Cleveland Indians
Hop In the General Lee Bandwagon
Cliff Lee is still rolling, becoming the first American League hurler to 13 wins.It wasn’t pretty, but the Cleveland Indians ace lefty followed up his first All-Star start by surrendering 11 hits in his second complete game of the year for a 6-2 victor…
21Jul2008 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
Yay Rebuilding!
The Cleveland Indians have accomplished something their club hasn’t done since 1979: they’ve lost ten straight games. Way to go, guys!Squandering a 6-run lead to the Detroit Tigers which they held until the sixth inning Wednesday, the Tribe ended up lo…
10Jul2008 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
Captain Cheeseburger Enjoys Brats
C.C. Sabathia has reportedly (but not officially) been traded to the Milwaukee Brewers for a package deal highlighted by Class Double-A Huntsville Stars center fielder Matt LaPorta and two other prospects. The Cleveland Indians lefty ace is 6-8 midway …
6Jul2008 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
Weed Out the Crap: Borowski and Francoeur
Last season’s AL saves leader has sucked it up long enough for the Cleveland Indians.After blowing his fourth save in 10 chances on Wednesday against the Chicago White Sox, Joe Borowski (1-3, 7.56 ERA) was designated for assignment Friday. Some fans ma…
5Jul2008 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
Deal for Sabathia Brewing?
If reports are true, the C.C. Sabathia sweepstakes could be over before they started.
Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthal claims the Brewers’ offer for Sabathia includes Class AA left fielder Matt LaPorta, according to sources with two other clubs that are interested in acquiring the pitcher. It also possible that promising shortstop prospect Alcides Escobar could be […]
Tribe Turning the Bullpen On End
The Indians have finally grown as sick and tired of Joe Borowski.
Following today’s meeting of the minds, manager Eric Wedge is expected to name a new closer or allude to a committee of of Masa Kobayashi, Rafael Betancourt and Rafael Perez.
“We talked about immediate changes and things that could take place in the coming month,” […]
Eleven Reasons to Love Cliff Lee
Cliff Lee enjoyed yet another fantastic outing for the Cleveland Indians Thursday, striking out a career-high eleven San Francisco Giants over eight solid innings to earn his eleventh victory and help his club avoid a three-game sweep.
This marks the…
27Jun2008 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
The C.C. Sabathia Show
C.C. Sabathia promised his teammates a homer Saturday, and a homer they received.The Cleveland Indians ace wasted little time in fulfilling his oath, launching a 1-0 pitch served up by Los Angeles Dodgers starter Chan Ho Park 440 feet and into the righ…
21Jun2008 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
Elbowed to the Shelf
Indians catcher Victor Martinez gutted it out as long as he possibly could. After playing through a left hamstring strain since Opening Day and an inflamed right elbow since mid May, Martinez was finally put on the disabled list on Thursday.
“I gave it everything I had for the longest I could,” Martinez told MLB.com. […]
Recent Call Ups - June 10 Edition
Sometimes the biggest bang for a fantasy owner’s buck is the relatively obscure minor leaguers who have earned a promotion to the big show. Sifting through the pile of recent call ups to determine which players are worthwhile investments can have a significant impact on the numbers of any fantasy squad–even if it’s only fill […]
10Jun2008 | 108 Stitches | 0 comments | Continued
D-Train Derails Again
Dontrelle Willis sucks so bad right now, that the Detroit Tigers have sent their once-possible ace down to the Class A Lakeland Flying Tigers, in search of a little something called control.This is what happens when you surrender eight earned runs and …
10Jun2008 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
Out of Commission
Sometimes there are so many injuries at once that we have to roll them all up into one big post and call it Out of Commission. So here we go.Let’s start with everyone’s favorite, fun-loving guy, Gary Sheffield. The Detroit Tigers designated hitter was …
27May2008 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
Snag, Bag and Tag
During the second game of the double-header between the Cleveland Indians and Toronto Blue Jays, Asdrubal Cabrera experienced something most big leaguers never get to. A rare, unassisted triple play. Seriously? There aren’t many things in the world mor…
12May2008 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
Total Domination: Pitchers of the Month
Arizona Diamondbacks ace Brandon Webb was named the National League’s Pitcher of the Month for April. This should come as no surprise, since the right-hander won each of his first six starts of the month and held his ERA to 1.98 with 34 strikeouts over…
4May2008 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | ContinuedProgressive Field Named Best in MLB
Sports Illustrated recently conducted a survey of fans all around MLB and, based on a certain criteria, it was found that the Indians’ own Progressive Field stands above the rest. While the stadium did not rank number one in any specific category, it did contain the best average of all 30 MLB teams. As a […]
2May2008 | Deep Left Field | 0 comments | Continued
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