It's the Monday edition of The B-List, and in it ... Buff breaks down the weekend series win against the hated Pale Hoes. Buff hits on C.C.'s dominance, Paul Byrd's resurgence, Wedge's handling of the bullpen, and the Tribe being able to win on Sunday with only one hit.

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Very interesting piece here today from Gary Benz. In it, he tries to make sense of a column in Saturday's Wall Street Journal. According to the article, Shapiro and a former Pepsi executive turned baseball consultant, Vince Gennaro, are using a cutting edge analysis that places its focus directly on not just the player

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The weather problems that wracked the opening weeks of the MLB season led to much debate locally about what the sport can do to remedy the situation. Naturally, the topic seemed like a good one to let our roundtable chew on in this recurring Sunday feature. Start the season later? Start it out west and in the south? More divisional games early? TheClevelandFan.com writers opine ...

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After two consecutive off seasons of having money left in their pocket and a track record or letting free agents walk without compensation, many assumed Jake Westbrook might be destined for trade bait this July. Or, at the very least, a lame duck Indian until next winter. Jarad Regano admits he did. In his latest, he praises the Dolan regime for keeping one of their own, and making a preemptive strike towards C.C. Sabathia's pending free agency.

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