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Footprints in the Snow: Indians

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:57:00 +0000

by Tom Fornelli Footprints in the Snow is FanHouse's look at the paths to be forged by MLB teams this winter as they look ahead to 2010. The baseball season ended in a way that Cleveland Indians fans had been dreaming it would for a few years. There starting in a World Series game were CC ...

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Kerry Wood: What’s His Trade Market?

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:40:01 +0000

he Indians signed Wood expecting to compete in 2009. Things really didn't work out that way and now the Indians are in rebuilding mode yet again. When a team is rebuilding, they really don't have any use for a 32-year-old closer who will be making $10.5 million in 2010.

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Agent: Dodgers asked about Mark DeRosa and John Smoltz

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:12:42 +0000

The Dodgers have inquired about Mark DeRosa and John Smoltz, according to their agent, Keith Grunewald. A 34-year-old utilityman, DeRosa played first, second and third base, as well as the two corner outfield positions, for the Cleveland Indians and St....

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Indians Expected To Name Alvaro Espinoza to Staff

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:00:18 +0000

Manny Acta and the Cleveland Indians have announced a press conference for tomorrow morning where they will announce that Alvaro Espinoza has been hired to a newly minted position: On/Off-Field Coordinator With Regards To Preparing For A Mid-1990s Style Run Of Success. Acta was enthusiastic ...

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Does Manny Acta's win breads winning philosophy work against him?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:54:00 +0000

For those of you that haven't seen Manny Acta on "More Sports and Les Levine," here is the interview. The interview is a good one, as Acta continued to carry an interview very well since his hire. He obviously knows his stuff, and does his homework, but we've been saying that from the very ...

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Cleveland Sports Week in Review

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:51:37 +0000

As the Browns are just getting into the teeth of their schedule and the Cavs are finally in full swing, this week’s review will surprisingly spend a little more time on the Indians than the other two. This is mainly because the biggest news of the week, aside from another Browns defeat, ...

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Jordan Brown, Others added to 40-man Roster

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:00:26 +0000

This morning, the Cleveland Indians announced that they have purchased the contracts of seven players and added them to their 40-man roster. Among the seven is Jordan Brown, whom we have discussed around these parts for a good portion of the last two seasons. With Andy Marte getting his just ...

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Indians slow hot-stove season has luke-warm possibilities

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0000

Can the Indians make a splash during the '09 Hot Stove season? The easy answer is no, since the Indians quite obviously can't pony up enough money for anyone of consequence. There is still some room for the Indians to make a couple of moves that could bring the Tribe a player or two of ...

LouBoudreau posted 4 days ago from bringingbackboudreau.blogspot.com

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Rule V Round Up, Alomar Speaks and Minor League Free Agents

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:50:51 +0000

Cleveland's Rule V Roster Round Up and their Minor League Free Agents. Plus, Sandy Alomar Jr. speaks to Cleveland's media and Manny Acta has lunch with reporters to cover up some loose ends.

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Hot Stove to kick off quietly for Tribe

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:02:00 +0000

By Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com 11/19/09 1:00 AM EST CLEVELAND -- Free agency officially begins at 12:01 a.m. ET on Friday. Don't expect any alarm clocks to go off in the Indians' front office at that time. This figures to be a quiet Hot Stove season for a Tribe team that made plenty of noise ...

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The Return of Sandy Alomar Jr.

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:01:00 +0000

Is it sad that the biggest cheer on opening day of the 2010 Cleveland Indians' season is going to be reserved for the Tribe's new first base coach? Yesterday, manager Manny Acta announced in a surprise move that former Indians backstop Sandy Alomar Jr. would be taking over the duties as first ...

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Sandy Alomar Jr. is Glad to be Back with Indians

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:00:52 +0000

By now, Tribe fans are likely aware that former All-Star catcher Sandy Alomar Jr. has been named to the Indians coaching staff as a first base coach. It was only a few months ago when Alomar was inducted into the Indians Hall of Fame. It was at this time that the ex-catcher was spending time [...]

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Indians 40-man Review: Who Do They Add?

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:04:32 +0000

On Friday we took a deeper look at some of the players on the proverbial roster bubble and whether or not they may be removed from the roster before the November 20 th roster deadline coming at the end of this week. Today, it's time to look at the many players in the organization who will ...

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Baseball Free Agency Starts Friday

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:00:19 +0000

It is amazing how dates like this can sneak up on you when your expectations are nil. The Indians were semi-active last season in free agency. They went out and signed Mark DeRosa, Carl Pavano, and Kerry Wood. This season? Not so much. At this point, it is tough for me to even sit here [...]

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Cubs not among teams pursuing DeRosa

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:07:11 +0000

The Los Angeles Times reports: The agent for Mark DeRosa says the Dodgers are one of a dozen teams interested in signing his free-agent client, but -- perhaps surprisingly to fans in Chicago -- the Cubs aren't one of them. Agent Keith Grunewald identified the other interested teams as the ...

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Sandy Mania, Acta Thoughts and Other Stuff

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:06:27 +0000

Post-Sandy mania and more coherent thoughts about the Cleveland Indians new first base coach. Reflection on Manny Acta's TV interviews the past few days, and other things about the Tribe.

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Satchel, Toby Hyde, Mets Minors Tonight @ 7pm

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:36:47 +0000

Great hour of radio tonight. Author Larry Tye joins me to discuss his recent book “Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend.” We will discuss the great career of Satchel Paige who was estimated to have won 2,000 games and pitch 50 no hitters. In 1948 he joined the ...

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Cleveland Indians: good news and bad news

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:40:00 +0000

Good: Sandy Alomar is back and he will work with the catchers particularly Carlos Santana. Bad: Tory Lovullo did not make the Indians coaching staff and might be snapped up by another team. G: Eric Wedge might become the Mets’ bench coach, reducing ...

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The Indians new coaching staff emerges

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:30:00 +0000

Finally, the Cleveland Indians braintrust has sent out some white smoke from the reservation. As noted here at B3 on Sunday , Mark Shapiro and the the Indians front office were being fairly methodical in choosing their coaching staff. After weeks of searching, the Indians have finally begun ...

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Today, in Cleveland Sports…

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:48:01 +0000

Keeping with our theme of trades today in 1998 the Cleveland Indians traded outfielder Brian Giles to the Pirates for relief pitcher Ricardo Rincon. Unfortunately this was right about the time that Giles began to blossom and turn into quite the outfielder in Pittsburgh. Rincon pitched pretty ...

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