Pronk Needs You!

This picture pretty much illustrates how things went for the Indians last night. As you can clearly see, Lofton’s hand is on the bag while Dustin Pedroia, with the ball, is actually tagging second base. His eventual tag of Lofton was high, up on Lofton’s shoulder, but that didn’t stop umpire Brian Gorman, who [...]

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I have spent a lot of time thinking about how to respond to last night’s Game 6. I thought about taking the high road and congratulating the Red Sox for coming up clutch , but I decided against it. I’ve decided to be bitter.
The game was decided in the worst possible way - [...]

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Clues it wasn’t the Indians’ night:

Josh Beckett was dealing.
CC Sabathia was getting ahead and then nibbling.
The bottom of the Sawx lineup showed up.
Grady Sizemore made an unchargeable error in the field.
Rafael Perez looked awful for the second straight appearance against the Sawx.
Tom Mastny, as seems to be the case most times when he pitches with [...]

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Thoughts on the ALCS Game 4:

Who knew that Paul Byrd was such a big game pitcher? All he does is throw strike 1, then strike 2, and then make you swing at his pitch. It’s Pitching 101, and the old guy can do it through the lineup twice. It’s age and treachery overcoming youth and [...]

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If you grew up watching Superhost on Channel 43 in Cleveland, or Mystery Science Theatre 3000, then you probably remember the Gamera movies. Gamera was a giant turtle who primarily wanted to be left alone, but occasionally, Gamera was called out of the deeps to save Japan from a mutant monster from outer space and [...]

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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 - Tom [...]

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It’s even. Flip a coin.
Both teams tied for the best record in baseball. Both teams have great starting pitching and solid bullpens. Both teams can score runs and have solid hitters 1 through 9. The differences between these two teams statistically are not that significant.
The only significant advantage that Boston has [...]

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