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The Beaded One is Back

July 19th, 2008 · No Comments

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 runs (3 [...]

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Tags: Cleveland Indians · Roster Moves

3 Out of 4 Ain’t Bad (Neither is 3 out of 3)

May 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Hey crimestoppers,
Coming at you from New Jersey, where I’ll be on business for a couple days.
The Tribe has scratched and clawed its way to .500 (well, briefly over .500) since my last post, carrying 3 of 4 from Toronto.
Good things:

Unassisted Triple Play by The Beaded One!
Knocking out Roy Halladay with a 6-spot in his shortest [...]

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Tags: Cleveland Indians

Luckiness

April 29th, 2008 · No Comments

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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Tags: Cleveland Indians · FEDBU

Vacation

August 10th, 2007 · No Comments

Pronk, it seems, may be forced into a couple vacation days while his knee heals up. Apparently, he jammed it sliding into second base on his gift double Tuesday night. More will be known after an MRI administered by team doctor (I am not making this up) Mark Schickendantz. Hey, you gotta have both knees [...]

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Fleeing Lee?

July 27th, 2007 · No Comments

Last night’s game was ugly. 14 to 9 Boston ugly.
Cliff Lee was awful, even by recent Cliff Lee standards. And compounding the awfulness, as the boos rained down upon him from an extremely upset home crowd, Lee tipped his cap as he entered the dugout. Bad move, Cliffie. Not the kind of move that will [...]

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