Pronk Needs You!

The Tribe lost last night’s game to the Mariners (7-2) the same ways they’ve been losing them all season. Let’s run down the checklist, shall we? Adequate starting pitching wasted by anemic offense? Check Lack of clutch hitting? Check Fielding mistakes turn into unearned run(s)? Check Late bullpen collapse by the closer? Check Failure to [...]

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There’s an old maxim that says, “It’s better to be lucky than good.” That’s okay as far as it goes, but it hardly goes far enough. It is best, of course, to be good AND lucky. It is worst to be bad and unluky. The FEDBU, as they pretty much have been throughout their storied [...]

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I know it’s been a few days, but I have been extremely busy at work, and then at home in the evening preparing to go to Milwaukee for a few days to visit family and friends. It’s early Sunday morning, and my “niece” Foxy, a 12-week old calico kitten belonging to my brother- and sister-in-law [...]

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Courtesy of the Onion: Congress Debates Merits Of New Catchphrase

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The Indians lost yet another series to a bad team, this time the Minnesota Twins in the Abomination Dome. The weekend started out promising, as Cliff Lee pitched 8 scoreless and Rafael Perez mopped up a 4-0 shutout on Friday night. Then the Abomination Dome black magic kicked in, as the Indians couldn’t buy a [...]

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Cleveland 11, Detroit 1 Lots of hits going on at Progressive Field last night. Even the pitchers were getting into the act. The tally: Cleveland: 11 runs, 13 hits, 2 hit batsmenGrady Sizemore: 1 hitJamey Carroll: 2 hitsPronk: 1 hit (big fly)Victor Martinez: 2 hitsJhonny Peralta: 1 hhitRyan Garko: 2 hits (1 big fly)Franklin Gutierrez: [...]

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Cleveland 2, Detroit 13 Among the bad things that happened, and there were many, I’m not sure which is the worst: CC Sabathia’s continuing implosion: 4 innings, 9 runs Allowing a 26-year-old journeyman making his second major league start to throw 6.2 innings of 1-hit baseball. David Dellucci hit his first home run of the [...]

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Once again, the Indians come from ahead to lose to the Red Sox, this time 5-3 The Good: Age and Treachery went 6 innings, striking out 6 and giving up 1 run, leaving with the lead. If Age and Treachery can keep the Tribe in games, they have a shot at turning this thing around [...]

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He Who Shall Not Be Named was put on the disabled list today. Nasty Mastny recalled to take the spot. Who will close? Take your pick: Rafael Betancourt – Indians’ best relief pitcher. Has been saved for high leverage outs as a primo set-up guy. Closing experience earlier in his career not memorable. Jorge Julio [...]

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Game 13: Boston 6, Cleveland 4Pronk Needs You has been somewhat of a Joe Borowski apologist over the last year or so. Sure, his saves can induce one to churn up enough stomach acid for most people to digest an entire turkey. But, for the most part he’s done the job. I’ve even given him [...]

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