Pronk Needs You!

Travis Hafner has not been with the team for the last few days due to a “family emergency,” and yesterday the news was announced that his father, Terry, had passed away.  Terry Hafner was a familiar figure to any Indians fan who has watched the team play on TV in the Metrodome, as he often attended [...]

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As fun as it is to speculate on what the Indians will look like in 2009 and farther down the road with the TRADE DEADLINE coming up, the team must continue to play baseball.  Like a benevolent father tossing big fat ones in the backyard to his young son, the Indians have managed to end [...]

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It now looks like another deal has gone down.  The Plain Dealer is reporting that the Tribe has acquired Anthony Reyes from the Cardinals for minor league reliever Luis Perdomo. At one time Reyes was supposed to be the next big thing with the Cardinals but he’s had difficulty living up to expectations there.  This [...]

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Andy Marte is free!!  ESPN is reporting that Casey Blake has been traded to the Dodgers for two prospects: Carlos Santana is a 22-year-old catcher who has been beating the high A California League like a rented mule, with a line of .323 / .431 / /563 with 14 home runs and a staggering 88 runs [...]

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It seems clear that Pronk’s Freefloating Mojo appears to remain AWOL given the performance of the Cleveland Indians to date in 2008.  While Pronk continues to rehab, his mojo remains out in the world, doing good and empowering the unlikely.  Here are some places that Pronk’s Mojo may be lurking. Tampa Bay: Really, is there [...]

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Well, at least they are here in EDT-land.  The Indians played their last 10 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time start of the season.  (Unless they would make the playoffs as a wild-card and get matched up against the Angels of Somewhere Vaguely Between Los Angeles and San Diego and Near Disney.   I kid.  Of course they’ve played [...]

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The Beaded One is Back! Asdrubal Cabrera has returned to the Tribe after a tune-up stint in Buffalo.  He started at second base last night. The Tribe, on the other hand, appears to still be taking their road games off, losing their 10th straight road game, this time to Seattle, 8-2.  Aaron Laffey allowed 8 [...]

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The All-Star Game has come and gone, and at Pronk Needs You! we pause to sum up the season so far: It’s been a bloody awful mess. All right. Enough reflection on the season so far. Others with far more ability to write reasoned discourse about the state of the Tribe (particularly the DiaTriber and [...]

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CC Sabathia, the Hefty Lefty, has been traded to the Milwaukee Brewers for outfielder/first baseman Matt LaPorta, right-handed pitcher Rob Bryson, left-handed pitcher Zach Jackson and a player to be named later. LaPorta is a significant power hitting prospect with a high ceiling and has been mashing at AA Huntsville. Bryson is being used as [...]

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Dear Mr. Dolan, Thank you for your letter to Indians fans. Many of us understand that you tried to negotiate in good faith with CC Sabathia and made him the best offer you believed that the team could afford and still remain competitive. CC himself came out on his website and told us that he [...]

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