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Wow, MLB Has A Delay Of Game Penalty
futonreport.net - 7/4/2007
Wow, MLB Has A Delay Of Game Penalty
— futonreport.net — In Tuesday night's win against the Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians reliever Rafael Betancourt was hit twice with... a rare rule that you gotta throw the ball within 12 seconds of the batter being ready, or else the ump adds a ball to the count. Who among us knew this was actually a rule? (more) Wow, MLB Has A Delay Of Game Penalty

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freep.com - 7/5/2007
Umps have a list of poky pitchers
— freep.com — Dana DeMuth, chief of the umpiring crew that penalized Cleveland right-hander Rafael Betancourt on Tuesday night for... taking too much time to throw a pitch, put to rest suggestions by the Indians that the Tigers had alerted the umpires to Betancourt's slow pace. DeMuth said Wednesday that Betancourt is on a list, supplied by Major League Baseball to its umpires, that shows which pitchers and ... (more) Umps have a list of poky pitchers

Comments vote down kcudah kcudah posted 7/5/2007posted this
letsgotribe.com - 10/16/2007
Game One Hundred Sixty-Nine: Indians 4, Red Sox 2
— letsgotribe.com — Indians lead series 2-1 Recap Box Score Win Probability Added @ Fangraphs Highest WPA : Jake Westbrook... .221 Kenny Lofton .181 Rafael Betancourt .078 Joe Borowski .078 Lowest WPA : Jhonny Peralta -.053 Victor Martinez -.043 Trot Nixon -.026 This ... (more) Game One Hundred Sixty-Nine: Indians 4, Red Sox 2

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Catching Up
outincenterfield.com - 12/27/2007
Catching Up
— outincenterfield.com — Hideki Okajima : Wanted to remind Josh, Jonathan & Clay that he kicks ass as well- and... swooped in to rightfully claim his place as TYIB's Setup Man of the Year . And if Josh and Jonathan's wins could be considered "convincing", Oki's was OVERWHELMING- he snagged 45% of the public vote, and the next closest vote-getter (Joba Chamberlain- vomit) got only 16% of the vote. (more) Catching Up

Comments vote down Peter@BaseballReflections Peter@BaseballReflections posted 12/27/2007posted this
sports.yahoo.com - 4/3/2007
MLB - Cleveland Indians/Chicago White Sox Box Score Monday April 2, 2007 - Yahoo! Sports
— sports.yahoo.com — Pitches-strikes - C Sabathia 91-61; R Betancourt 12-8; R Hernandez 14-8; J Borowski 16-9; J Contreras 48-27;... N Masset 50-24; A Sisco 33-20; D Aardsma 40-21; B Jenks 10-8. (more) MLB - Cleveland Indians/Chicago White Sox Box Score ...

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sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 5/23/2007
SI.com - MLB - Box Score - Cleveland Indians vs. Kansas City Royals
— sportsillustrated.cnn.com — WP: Z. Greinke 1 IBB: D. DeJesus (by T. Mastny ) Ground balls-fly balls: F. Carmona 16-2;... T. Mastny 1-1; A. Fultz 0-0; R. Betancourt 1-3; O. Perez 6-7; D. Riske 0-0; J. Gobble 0-0; Z. Greinke 2-0; J. Soria 1-1 Batters faced: F. Carmona 24; T. Mastny ... (more) SI.com - MLB - Box Score - Cleveland Indians vs. ...

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baseballprospectus.com - 6/30/2007
Baseball Prospectus Player Card for RAFAEL BETANCOURT Born 4-29-1975
— baseballprospectus.com — Born 4-29-1975 Bats R Throws R PECOTA card Actual Pitching Statistics AGE YEAR TEAM W L SV... ERA G GS TBF IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP IBB WP BK CG SHO 28 2003 CLE-A 2 2 1 2.13 33 0 154 38.0 27 11 9 5 13 36 1 2 1 0 0 0 29 2004 CLE-A 5 6  ... (more) Baseball Prospectus Player Card for RAFAEL BETANCOURT ...

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A method to Tribe's bullpen madness
cleveland.com - 9/9/2007
A method to Tribe's bullpen madness
— cleveland.com — Some fans would love to see someone else close besides Joe Borowski, but Tribe assistant GM Chris... Antonetti made an excellent point - the closer's job is just that, close out the game. He is supposed to walk off the mound having allowed one less run ... (more) A method to Tribe's bullpen madness

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halftimeadjustments.wordpress.com - 9/11/2007
Indians maintain lead…Cabrera a beast in 6-2 win
— halftimeadjustments.wordpress.com — Good take on Indians/White Sox game. (more) Indians maintain lead…Cabrera a beast in 6-2 win

Comments vote down rickg15 rickg15 posted 9/11/2007posted this
Magic number at 7 after late inning dramatics!
halftimeadjustments.wordpress.com - 9/18/2007
Magic number at 7 after late inning dramatics!
— halftimeadjustments.wordpress.com — Good recap plus video of Tribe Rally Pie. (more) Magic number at 7 after late inning dramatics!

Comments vote down rickg15 rickg15 posted 9/18/2007posted this
ohiomisery.blogspot.com - 9/25/2007
Indians clinch AL Central
— ohiomisery.blogspot.com — A lead of 7.5 games was just too much to let up, and the Indians slowly but... surely whittled that magic number down to 0. And when Rafael Betancourt came on at the top of the 9th everyone in the stadium stood up, because they knew it was over. He pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning and as soon as his 0-2 pitch hit the glove, Jacob's field (which will be called something different next year) erupted in a c (more) Indians clinch AL Central

Comments vote down suckatsports suckatsports posted 9/25/2007posted this
Rafael Betancourt Destroyed Our National Innocence
royalsreview.com - 9/29/2007
Rafael Betancourt Destroyed Our National Innocence
— royalsreview.com — Rafael Betancourt is the Cleveland Indians' best relief pitcher. Rafael Betancourt is a steroid user , piercing... the maidenhead of our national innocence. How many children have to die before Major League baseball does something? How many innocent, ... (more) Rafael Betancourt Destroyed Our National Innocence

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everyfacetofthegame.blogspot.com - 10/22/2007
Comprehensive List of MLB Players Linked With Performancing Enhancing Drugs
— everyfacetofthegame.blogspot.com — Carlos Almanzar - Violated MLB's Performance Enhancing Drugs Policy Rick Ankiel - Received shipments of HGH in... 2004 David Bell - Received shipments of Steroids April 2006 Rafael Betancourt - Violated MLB's Performance Enhancing Drugs Policy Barry Bonds - Testified to federal grand jury of unknowingly using steroids (continued) (more) Comprehensive List of MLB Players Linked With ...

Comments vote down retoocs retoocs posted 10/22/2007posted this
royalsreview.com - 12/9/2007
I Learned It By Watching You
— royalsreview.com — • The official team blog has two nice stories (with photos up). The first details a whirlwind... day of charity appearances by Trey Hillman, the second shares more photos of the boys in the powder blues. • I believe Sam Mellinger's story on ... (more) I Learned It By Watching You

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