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Some reasons to love postseason: If anyone had told me before the series started that CC Sabathia and Fausto Carmona would both pitch like crap and that the Indians and Sawx would still go back to Cleveland tied 1-1, I would have asked for a swig of whatever they were drinking. Unlikely postseason hero #1 [...]

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“Three is a Magic Number” – Schoolhouse Rock Three is now the magic number for the Cleveland Indians to clinch the American League Central Division after yesterday afternoon’s victory over the Motor City Kitties. After spotting the Kitties a 2-run lead in the top of the third inning, the Indians came back off Goggle Boy [...]

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From the Plain Dealer: “Clubhouse confidential: No, that’s not a pearl necklace that second baseman Asdrubal Cabrera wears. It’s a necklace of beads that his wife, Lismar, made for him.” http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/sports/1188390648188850.xml&coll=2 Now you know, as Paul Harvey might say, the rest of the story.

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Asdrubel Cabrera, the Tribe’s “Shortstop of the Future” is looking more and more like the “Second Baseman of Today.” All he did yesterday was get a clutch two-out 9th inning hit to send the game into bonus baseball. The day before he made a totally sick play where he fielded a wicked hop groundball and [...]

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“Age and Treachery will overcome Youth and Skill” — popular T-shirt The Indians’ version of Age and Treachery, Paul Byrd, bamboozled the Minnesota Twins on 4 hits to pitch a complete game shutout, using only 99 pitches to go the distance. The Twinkies were completely off-balance all night, grounding out weakly and popping out. The [...]

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Tough weekend for the Tribe, as they lose very winnable games to the Twins on both Saturday and Sunday and lose a second straight series at home. The weekend started out as if it were going to be party time for the Tribe on Friday night. Kenny Lofton was in the house, the Jake was [...]

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