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Paul Hoynes at the PD is reporting that Eric Wedge will not coach past the end of the season on Sunday.
Eric Wedge has had a couple good runs with the team (2005 and 2007), but consistently underperformed his Pythagorean record, and has turned in several years of terrible starts (2006, 2008, 2009) in years in [...]

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Well, it’s the final trade deadline of the season (waiver wire version), and once again the Indians are showing some signs of life now that the pressure is off.
The Indians come into an off day today on the heels of a split or a four-game series with the Baltimore Orioles, having won both of those [...]

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Remember the heady days of the beginning of the season when we believed that the bullpen could be a strength of the team and that even if a couple guys in the starting five didn’t pan out we still had Laffey, Sowers and Huff back in Columbus?  Those were good times.  Good times.
Remember when we [...]

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So, here we are after the trading deadline, and the Indians are not the team they were when they started the season.  How much has the roster turned over?  The following table compares the roster on opening day with the roster now:

Position
Opening Day
8/5/2009

Starting Pitchers
Cliff Lee
Jeremy Sowers

Fausto Carmona
Fausto Carmona

Scott Lewis
Aaron Laffey

Carl Pavano
Carl Pavano

Anthony Reyes
David Huff

Bullpen
Kerry Wood
Kerry [...]

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Hey, crimestoppers.  I figured it was about time for me to come on here and say something about the Tribe, since this is, allegedly, a blog about the Cleveland Indians.
I’ve been thinking that I’d wait until things turned themselves around, and then one week become two, and two weeks became three and here we sit [...]

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Kevin Millwood looked in mid-season form and Cliff Lee looked like 2007 Cliff Lee instead of 2008 Cliff Lee as the Indians were blown out 9-1 by the Texas Rangers.
Cliff Lee was struck in the left arm by a batted ball in the second inning and struggled the rest of his stint, giving up 7 [...]

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It’s Friday morning and I’m sitting at my kitchen table listening to my Internet radio station (Festival Radio), and, in a nice stroke of coincidence, it’s playing Michael Stanley (“Working Again”).  Alas, however, I am sitting at my kitchen table because I am not really working.  Three weeks ago, I was cut back at my [...]

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Apparently, the Indians’ management picked the perfect time to slip Andy Marte through waivers and he cleared and he has been outrighted to Columbus.
According to reports, it is likely that Wes Hodges will get the majority of time at third base, while Marte will spend time at third base, first base and DH.  This will [...]

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Spring is here, with much anticipation that a good year will begin in Goodyear.
That is all.

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Every once in a while, it’s nice to use that expensive undergraduate degree in writing from a fine private institution of higher learning for the forces of good instead of what I usually do around these parts, which is to promote the forces of snarkiness.  I am proud to announce the publication of the [...]

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