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Oh the fall from glory for the Pistons. LeBron getting MVP chants in the Palace from Cavs fans in attendance.
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Frenetic finish to this one. Bron with the block, then draws the charge next time down the floor. Fred McLeod growing on me.
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Mo drops the HAMMER. Three triples in a row to put the Pisstons on life support.
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RT @dwismar: Tribe touched up 2-time Cy Young winner Lincecum today. Choo got a good pitch down and away and hit it out the opposite way ...
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Not Talkin' Tribe The Plain Dealer is having a “Talkin’ Tribe” Opening-Day breakfast on April 12th, and I am apathetic. Some buddies contacted me about attending the gala affair, at which writers Paul Hoynes, Terry Pluto and Dennis Manoloff will wax poetic about this year’s team. Under normal circumstances, in other years when the outlook was a little brighter, I might eagerly ante up the 25 bucks, because I’m normally one of the most optimistic guys you’ll ever meet. But the Indians? This year? ... Read more Jerry Roche | Friday, 19 March 2010 |
The Six-to-Seven Year … Pitch Moving on in this comparative look to see how closely the 2010 season could parallel the 2004 season, we turn our attention to the area of the team that looks the shakiest at the outset of 2010 – the rotation. One could argue that the 2010 offense stacks up positively in comparison to the 2004 version and since interest (not to mention expectations) is subterranean entering the 2010 season while the 2004 season was viewed with some optimism for the ... Read more Paul Cousineau | Thursday, 18 March 2010 |
Goodyear Notebook: 3/18 Putnam Has Big League Aspirations The Indians are going to go through a lot of arms this year as they look to build a reliable big league rotation and bullpen by the end of the season. With that in mind, it will be a lot of trial and error all season long as they find out who sticks and who doesn’t. One of those pitchers who hopes to stick is right-hander Zach Putnam. He was a non-roster invite to big league spring ... Read more Tony Lastoria | Thursday, 18 March 2010 |
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Cavs Out-Fire Pistons, 113-101 Tuesday night’s game between the Cavaliers and Pistons was fiercely fought, frightfully flawed, and for a Cleveland-Detroit donnybrook, unusually high scoring. The result, however, was very familiar- a 113-101 Cavalier victory. It was Cleveland’s tenth consecutive victory over their erstwhile rivals from Michigan, including the four-game sweep in last season’s Playoffs, and the fourth straight overall for the Cavaliers, whose ... Read more Jesse Lamovsky | Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
The Cavs Aren't Good At Free Throws Fox Sports Ohio color commentator Austin Carr has a saying (naturally) for when a Cavs player fools a defender into biting on a pump-fake, leaving the ground, and fouling the shooter on the way down. He says: "He got himself a bird." And he usually follows that up with a sing-songy: "Time to go to the line for two." But there hasn't ... Read more J.D. Shultz | Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
Goodyear Notebook: 3/16 Short update today, I will have longer updates the rest of the week. Morris On The Mend Left-handed pitcher Ryan Morris suffered a shoulder injury last July with High-A Kinston which shut him down for the remainder of the season. After an offseason of rehab and getting his shoulder back in shape to handle a regular pitching load in 2010, he is ... Read more Tony Lastoria | Tuesday, 16 March 2010 |
2010 Indians Top 50 Prospects: #15-11 Here is the next group of prospects in the 2010 Indians Top 50 Prospect Countdown here on TheClevelandFan.com and SportsTimeOhio.com. As a reminder, these scouting reports will be linked and listed for easy access on my site.Also, my new 2010 Cleveland Indians Top 100 Prospects & More book is now available. To order the book (which profiles over 165 players ... Read more Tony Lastoria | Tuesday, 16 March 2010 |
The Aftermath Let me start by saying this – LeBron James is the best thing that has ever happened to Cleveland sports in the contemporary era. Yet, how is it that a sports city such as Cleveland – one who has the greatest player in his profession – can spend the last 24 hours talking about the following subjects…rather than celebrating this once in ... Read more Dave Kolonich | Tuesday, 16 March 2010 |
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