Aim For The Head: Aim For the Front Office by Keith Woolner

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  Excellent.  Good for Keith.  The Indians are one of the most forward-thinking organizations in baseball.

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BP's Woolner joins Tribe
Published 5/4/2007 by gogiggs <info@letsgotribe.com> at Let's Go Tribe!: Front Page Posts
... http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=6187

Keith Woolner’s big move (not RR)
Published 5/4/2007 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
... Keith Woolner

Indians Add Stats Anaylist to Front Office
Published 5/4/2007 by Rick Lopez at Tribe Report

Keith Woolner Gets the Call
Published 5/4/2007 by Dan Agonistes at Dan Agonistes
... Congratulations are in order to Keith Woolner, a BP colleague and the inventor of VORP, who has taken the position of Manager of Baseball Research and Analysis with the Cleveland Indians. The quote by Indians GM Mark Shapiro that I used in my

Cleveland, Meet Your New Manager of Baseball Research and Analysis
Published 5/4/2007 by Alex at Mistake by the Lake Sporting Times
... That being Keith Woolner, of Baseball Prospectus fame, naturally. This probably won't garner any ink in the Plain Dealer, but presumably, this move will have more of an effect on the Indians' pennant hopes than sending down "Big League" Choo. If you don't know much about Woolner, my handy copy of Baseball Prospectus 2007 says,

Central Division News Roundup
Published 5/5/2007 by Eric Jackson at D-Town Baseball
... Cleveland has created the position of ‘Manager of Baseball Research and Analysis‘ to be filled by Baseball Prospectus writer Keith Woolner. Congrats go out to Keith. This certainly seems to be a growing trend around baseball and it’s great to see.

CIR 5-8
Published 5/8/2007 by Joe at Cleveland Indians Report
... is the newest member of the Indians front office , joining the club as the Manager of Baseball Research and Analysis where he will be responsible for advanced objective analysis, forecasting, and strategy analysis. Official makeup dates for the opening weekend snowout... April 6 - May 21 April 7 - June 11 April 8 - August 30 April 9 - September 26 (in Seattle) Note that the Indians-Twins game originally scheduled for August 30 will now be played on August 27. Note that the Indians will now play "home" games in three separate facilites this season (Jacobs Field, Miller Park, Safeco Field) Adam Miller worked six strong innings to move to 4-0 on the year in the Bisons 4-2 victory over Columbus yesterday. Miller (4-0, 2.43) retired 11 in a row at one point and scattered three hits and a pair of walks while striking out seven. Brian Finegan will be out 4-to-6 weeks after breaking a bone in his left hand while attemp

CIR 5-9
Published 5/9/2007 by Joe at Cleveland Indians Report
... is the newest member of the Indians front office , joining the club as the Manager of Baseball Research and Analysis where he will be responsible for advanced objective analysis, forecasting, and strategy analysis. Official makeup dates for the opening weekend snowout... April 6 - May 21 April 7 - June 11 April 8 - August 30 April 9 - September 26 (in Seattle) Note that the Indians-Twins game originally scheduled for August 30 will now be played on August 27. Note that the Indians will now play "home" games in three separate facilites this season (Jacobs Field, Miller Park, Safeco Field) Adam Miller worked six strong innings to move to 4-0 on the year in the Bisons 4-2 victory over Columbus yesterday. Miller (4-0, 2.43) retired 11 in a row at one point and scattered three hits and a pair of walks while striking out seven. Brian Finegan will be out 4-to-6 weeks after breaking a bone in his left hand while attemp

CIR UPDATE: Goedert Goesdeep
Published 5/9/2007 by Joe at Cleveland Indians Report
... is the newest member of the Indians front office , joining the club as the Manager of Baseball Research and Analysis where he will be responsible for advanced objective analysis, forecasting, and strategy analysis. Official makeup dates for the opening weekend snowout... April 6 - May 21 April 7 - June 11 April 8 - August 30 April 9 - September 26 (in Seattle) Note that the Indians-Twins game originally scheduled for August 30 will now be played on August 27. Note that the Indians will now play "home" games in three separate facilites this season (Jacobs Field, Miller Park, Safeco Field) Adam Miller worked six strong innings to move to 4-0 on the year in the Bisons 4-2 victory over Columbus yesterday. Miller (4-0, 2.43) retired 11 in a row at one point and scattered three hits and a pair of walks while striking out seven. Brian Finegan will be out 4-to-6 weeks after breaking a bone in his left hand while attemp

CIR UPDATE: K-Tribe Wins
Published 5/9/2007 by Joe at Cleveland Indians Report
... is the newest member of the Indians front office , joining the club as the Manager of Baseball Research and Analysis where he will be responsible for advanced objective analysis, forecasting, and strategy analysis. Official makeup dates for the opening weekend snowout... April 6 - May 21 April 7 - June 11 April 8 - August 30 April 9 - September 26 (in Seattle) Note that the Indians-Twins game originally scheduled for August 30 will now be played on August 27. Note that the Indians will now play "home" games in three separate facilites this season (Jacobs Field, Miller Park, Safeco Field) Adam Miller worked six strong innings to move to 4-0 on the year in the Bisons 4-2 victory over Columbus yesterday. Miller (4-0, 2.43) retired 11 in a row at one point and scattered three hits and a pair of walks while striking out seven. Brian Finegan will be out 4-to-6 weeks after breaking a bone in his left hand while attemp

CIR 5-14
Published 5/14/2007 by Joe at Cleveland Indians Report
... is the newest member of the Indians front office , joining the club as the Manager of Baseball Research and Analysis where he will be responsible for advanced objective analysis, forecasting, and strategy analysis. Official makeup dates for the opening weekend snowout... April 6 - May 21 April 7 - June 11 April 8 - August 30 April 9 - September 26 (in Seattle) Note that the Indians-Twins game originally scheduled for August 30 will now be played on August 27. Note that the Indians will now play "home" games in three separate facilites this season (Jacobs Field, Miller Park, Safeco Field) Adam Miller worked six strong innings to move to 4-0 on the year in the Bisons 4-2 victory over Columbus yesterday. Miller (4-0, 2.43) retired 11 in a row at one point and scattered three hits and a pair of walks while striking out seven. Brian Finegan will be out 4-to-6 weeks after breaking a bone in his left hand while attemp

CIR 5.15
Published 5/15/2007 by Joe at Cleveland Indians Report
... is the newest member of the Indians front office , joining the club as the Manager of Baseball Research and Analysis where he will be responsible for advanced objective analysis, forecasting, and strategy analysis. Official makeup dates for the opening weekend snowout... April 6 - May 21 April 7 - June 11 April 8 - August 30 April 9 - September 26 (in Seattle) Note that the Indians-Twins game originally scheduled for August 30 will now be played on August 27. Note that the Indians will now play "home" games in three separate facilites this season (Jacobs Field, Miller Park, Safeco Field) Adam Miller worked six strong innings to move to 4-0 on the year in the Bisons 4-2 victory over Columbus yesterday. Miller (4-0, 2.43) retired 11 in a row at one point and scattered three hits and a pair of walks while striking out seven. Brian Finegan will be out 4-to-6 weeks after breaking a bone in his left hand while attemp

CIR UPDATE: Front Office Extensions
Published 5/15/2007 by Joe at Cleveland Indians Report
... is the newest member of the Indians front office , joining the club as the Manager of Baseball Research and Analysis where he will be responsible for advanced objective analysis, forecasting, and strategy analysis. Official makeup dates for the opening weekend snowout... April 6 - May 21 April 7 - June 11 April 8 - August 30 April 9 - September 26 (in Seattle) Note that the Indians-Twins game originally scheduled for August 30 will now be played on August 27. Note that the Indians will now play "home" games in three separate facilites this season (Jacobs Field, Miller Park, Safeco Field) Adam Miller worked six strong innings to move to 4-0 on the year in the Bisons 4-2 victory over Columbus yesterday. Miller (4-0, 2.43) retired 11 in a row at one point and scattered three hits and a pair of walks while striking out seven. Brian Finegan will be out 4-to-6 weeks after breaking a bone in his left hand while attemp

CIR UPDATE: Hotties
Published 5/15/2007 by Joe at Cleveland Indians Report
... is the newest member of the Indians front office , joining the club as the Manager of Baseball Research and Analysis where he will be responsible for advanced objective analysis, forecasting, and strategy analysis. Official makeup dates for the opening weekend snowout... April 6 - May 21 April 7 - June 11 April 8 - August 30 April 9 - September 26 (in Seattle) Note that the Indians-Twins game originally scheduled for August 30 will now be played on August 27. Note that the Indians will now play "home" games in three separate facilites this season (Jacobs Field, Miller Park, Safeco Field) Adam Miller worked six strong innings to move to 4-0 on the year in the Bisons 4-2 victory over Columbus yesterday. Miller (4-0, 2.43) retired 11 in a row at one point and scattered three hits and a pair of walks while striking out seven. Brian Finegan will be out 4-to-6 weeks after breaking a bone in his left hand while attemp

CIR UPDATE: Faustopendous!
Published 5/17/2007 by Joe at Cleveland Indians Report
... is the newest member of the Indians front office , joining the club as the Manager of Baseball Research and Analysis where he will be responsible for advanced objective analysis, forecasting, and strategy analysis. Official makeup dates for the opening weekend snowout... April 6 - May 21 April 7 - June 11 April 8 - August 30 April 9 - September 26 (in Seattle) Note that the Indians-Twins game originally scheduled for August 30 will now be played on August 27. Note that the Indians will now play "home" games in three separate facilites this season (Jacobs Field, Miller Park, Safeco Field) Adam Miller worked six strong innings to move to 4-0 on the year in the Bisons 4-2 victory over Columbus yesterday. Miller (4-0, 2.43) retired 11 in a row at one point and scattered three hits and a pair of walks while striking out seven. Brian Finegan will be out 4-to-6 weeks after breaking a bone in his left hand while attemp

CIR UPDATE: Quick Hits 5.18
Published 5/18/2007 by Joe at Cleveland Indians Report
... is the newest member of the Indians front office , joining the club as the Manager of Baseball Research and Analysis where he will be responsible for advanced objective analysis, forecasting, and strategy analysis. Official makeup dates for the opening weekend snowout... April 6 - May 21 April 7 - June 11 April 8 - August 30 April 9 - September 26 (in Seattle) Note that the Indians-Twins game originally scheduled for August 30 will now be played on August 27. Note that the Indians will now play "home" games in three separate facilites this season (Jacobs Field, Miller Park, Safeco Field) Adam Miller worked six strong innings to move to 4-0 on the year in the Bisons 4-2 victory over Columbus yesterday. Miller (4-0, 2.43) retired 11 in a row at one point and scattered three hits and a pair of walks while striking out seven. Brian Finegan will be out 4-to-6 weeks after breaking a bone in his left hand while attemp

CIR 5.19 Quick Hits
Published 5/20/2007 by Joe at Cleveland Indians Report
... is the newest member of the Indians front office , joining the club as the Manager of Baseball Research and Analysis where he will be responsible for advanced objective analysis, forecasting, and strategy analysis. Official makeup dates for the opening weekend snowout... April 6 - May 21 April 7 - June 11 April 8 - August 30 April 9 - September 26 (in Seattle) Note that the Indians-Twins game originally scheduled for August 30 will now be played on August 27. Note that the Indians will now play "home" games in three separate facilites this season (Jacobs Field, Miller Park, Safeco Field) Adam Miller worked six strong innings to move to 4-0 on the year in the Bisons 4-2 victory over Columbus yesterday. Miller (4-0, 2.43) retired 11 in a row at one point and scattered three hits and a pair of walks while striking out seven. Brian Finegan will be out 4-to-6 weeks after breaking a bone in his left hand while attemp

CIR 5.20 Quick Hits
Published 5/20/2007 by Joe at Cleveland Indians Report
... is the newest member of the Indians front office , joining the club as the Manager of Baseball Research and Analysis where he will be responsible for advanced objective analysis, forecasting, and strategy analysis. Official makeup dates for the opening weekend snowout... April 6 - May 21 April 7 - June 11 April 8 - August 30 April 9 - September 26 (in Seattle) Note that the Indians-Twins game originally scheduled for August 30 will now be played on August 27. Note that the Indians will now play "home" games in three separate facilites this season (Jacobs Field, Miller Park, Safeco Field) Adam Miller worked six strong innings to move to 4-0 on the year in the Bisons 4-2 victory over Columbus yesterday. Miller (4-0, 2.43) retired 11 in a row at one point and scattered three hits and a pair of walks while striking out seven. Brian Finegan will be out 4-to-6 weeks after breaking a bone in his left hand while attemp

CIR 5.21 Quick Hits
Published 5/21/2007 by Joe at Cleveland Indians Report
... is the newest member of the Indians front office , joining the club as the Manager of Baseball Research and Analysis where he will be responsible for advanced objective analysis, forecasting, and strategy analysis. Official makeup dates for the opening weekend snowout... April 6 - May 21 April 7 - June 11 April 8 - August 30 April 9 - September 26 (in Seattle) Note that the Indians-Twins game originally scheduled for August 30 will now be played on August 27. Note that the Indians will now play "home" games in three separate facilites this season (Jacobs Field, Miller Park, Safeco Field) Adam Miller worked six strong innings to move to 4-0 on the year in the Bisons 4-2 victory over Columbus yesterday. Miller (4-0, 2.43) retired 11 in a row at one point and scattered three hits and a pair of walks while striking out seven. Brian Finegan will be out 4-to-6 weeks after breaking a bone in his left hand while attemp

CIR 5.21
Published 5/21/2007 by Joe at Cleveland Indians Report
... is the newest member of the Indians front office , joining the club as the Manager of Baseball Research and Analysis where he will be responsible for advanced objective analysis, forecasting, and strategy analysis. Official makeup dates for the opening weekend snowout... April 6 - May 21 April 7 - June 11 April 8 - August 30 April 9 - September 26 (in Seattle) Note that the Indians-Twins game originally scheduled for August 30 will now be played on August 27. Note that the Indians will now play "home" games in three separate facilites this season (Jacobs Field, Miller Park, Safeco Field) Adam Miller worked six strong innings to move to 4-0 on the year in the Bisons 4-2 victory over Columbus yesterday. Miller (4-0, 2.43) retired 11 in a row at one point and scattered three hits and a pair of walks while striking out seven. Brian Finegan will be out 4-to-6 weeks after breaking a bone in his left hand while attemp

CIR 5.22 Quick Hits
Published 5/22/2007 by Joe at Cleveland Indians Report
... is the newest member of the Indians front office , joining the club as the Manager of Baseball Research and Analysis where he will be responsible for advanced objective analysis, forecasting, and strategy analysis. Official makeup dates for the opening weekend snowout... April 6 - May 21 April 7 - June 11 April 8 - August 30 April 9 - September 26 (in Seattle) Note that the Indians-Twins game originally scheduled for August 30 will now be played on August 27. Note that the Indians will now play "home" games in three separate facilites this season (Jacobs Field, Miller Park, Safeco Field) Adam Miller worked six strong innings to move to 4-0 on the year in the Bisons 4-2 victory over Columbus yesterday. Miller (4-0, 2.43) retired 11 in a row at one point and scattered three hits and a pair of walks while striking out seven. Brian Finegan will be out 4-to-6 weeks after breaking a bone in his left hand while attemp

CIR UPDATE: Hot Sheet
Published 5/23/2007 by Joe at Cleveland Indians Report
... is the newest member of the Indians front office , joining the club as the Manager of Baseball Research and Analysis where he will be responsible for advanced objective analysis, forecasting, and strategy analysis. Official makeup dates for the opening weekend snowout... April 6 - May 21 April 7 - June 11 April 8 - August 30 April 9 - September 26 (in Seattle) Note that the Indians-Twins game originally scheduled for August 30 will now be played on August 27. Note that the Indians will now play "home" games in three separate facilites this season (Jacobs Field, Miller Park, Safeco Field) Adam Miller worked six strong innings to move to 4-0 on the year in the Bisons 4-2 victory over Columbus yesterday. Miller (4-0, 2.43) retired 11 in a row at one point and scattered three hits and a pair of walks while striking out seven. Brian Finegan will be out 4-to-6 weeks after breaking a bone in his left hand while attemp

CIR 5.23 Quick Hits
Published 5/23/2007 by Joe at Cleveland Indians Report
... is the newest member of the Indians front office , joining the club as the Manager of Baseball Research and Analysis where he will be responsible for advanced objective analysis, forecasting, and strategy analysis. Official makeup dates for the opening weekend snowout... April 6 - May 21 April 7 - June 11 April 8 - August 30 April 9 - September 26 (in Seattle) Note that the Indians-Twins game originally scheduled for August 30 will now be played on August 27. Note that the Indians will now play "home" games in three separate facilites this season (Jacobs Field, Miller Park, Safeco Field) Adam Miller worked six strong innings to move to 4-0 on the year in the Bisons 4-2 victory over Columbus yesterday. Miller (4-0, 2.43) retired 11 in a row at one point and scattered three hits and a pair of walks while striking out seven. Brian Finegan will be out 4-to-6 weeks after breaking a bone in his left hand while attemp

CIR 5.24 Quick Hits
Published 5/25/2007 by Joe at Cleveland Indians Report
... is the newest member of the Indians front office , joining the club as the Manager of Baseball Research and Analysis where he will be responsible for advanced objective analysis, forecasting, and strategy analysis. Official makeup dates for the opening weekend snowout... April 6 - May 21 April 7 - June 11 April 8 - August 30 April 9 - September 26 (in Seattle) Note that the Indians-Twins game originally scheduled for August 30 will now be played on August 27. Note that the Indians will now play "home" games in three separate facilites this season (Jacobs Field, Miller Park, Safeco Field) Adam Miller worked six strong innings to move to 4-0 on the year in the Bisons 4-2 victory over Columbus yesterday. Miller (4-0, 2.43) retired 11 in a row at one point and scattered three hits and a pair of walks while striking out seven. Brian Finegan will be out 4-to-6 weeks after breaking a bone in his left hand while attemp

CIR 5.25 Quick Hits
Published 5/25/2007 by Joe at Cleveland Indians Report
... is the newest member of the Indians front office , joining the club as the Manager of Baseball Research and Analysis where he will be responsible for advanced objective analysis, forecasting, and strategy analysis. Official makeup dates for the opening weekend snowout... April 6 - May 21 April 7 - June 11 April 8 - August 30 April 9 - September 26 (in Seattle) Note that the Indians-Twins game originally scheduled for August 30 will now be played on August 27. Note that the Indians will now play "home" games in three separate facilites this season (Jacobs Field, Miller Park, Safeco Field) Adam Miller worked six strong innings to move to 4-0 on the year in the Bisons 4-2 victory over Columbus yesterday. Miller (4-0, 2.43) retired 11 in a row at one point and scattered three hits and a pair of walks while striking out seven. Brian Finegan will be out 4-to-6 weeks after breaking a bone in his left hand while attemp

CIR 5.26 - Back in First!
Published 5/26/2007 by Joe at Cleveland Indians Report
... is the newest member of the Indians front office , joining the club as the Manager of Baseball Research and Analysis where he will be responsible for advanced objective analysis, forecasting, and strategy analysis. Official makeup dates for the opening weekend snowout... April 6 - May 21 April 7 - June 11 April 8 - August 30 April 9 - September 26 (in Seattle) Note that the Indians-Twins game originally scheduled for August 30 will now be played on August 27. Note that the Indians will now play "home" games in three separate facilites this season (Jacobs Field, Miller Park, Safeco Field) Adam Miller worked six strong innings to move to 4-0 on the year in the Bisons 4-2 victory over Columbus yesterday. Miller (4-0, 2.43) retired 11 in a row at one point and scattered three hits and a pair of walks while striking out seven. Brian Finegan will be out 4-to-6 weeks after breaking a bone in his left hand while attemp

CIR 5.27 - Dellucci KO's Tigers
Published 5/27/2007 by Joe at Cleveland Indians Report
... is the newest member of the Indians front office , joining the club as the Manager of Baseball Research and Analysis where he will be responsible for advanced objective analysis, forecasting, and strategy analysis. Official makeup dates for the opening weekend snowout... April 6 - May 21 April 7 - June 11 April 8 - August 30 April 9 - September 26 (in Seattle) Note that the Indians-Twins game originally scheduled for August 30 will now be played on August 27. Note that the Indians will now play "home" games in three separate facilites this season (Jacobs Field, Miller Park, Safeco Field) Adam Miller worked six strong innings to move to 4-0 on the year in the Bisons 4-2 victory over Columbus yesterday. Miller (4-0, 2.43) retired 11 in a row at one point and scattered three hits and a pair of walks while striking out seven. Brian Finegan will be out 4-to-6 weeks after breaking a bone in his left hand while attemp

CIR 5.28 - SWEEP IN MOTOWN!
Published 5/28/2007 by Joe at Cleveland Indians Report
... is the newest member of the Indians front office , joining the club as the Manager of Baseball Research and Analysis where he will be responsible for advanced objective analysis, forecasting, and strategy analysis. Official makeup dates for the opening weekend snowout... April 6 - May 21 April 7 - June 11 April 8 - August 30 April 9 - September 26 (in Seattle) Note that the Indians-Twins game originally scheduled for August 30 will now be played on August 27. Note that the Indians will now play "home" games in three separate facilites this season (Jacobs Field, Miller Park, Safeco Field) Adam Miller worked six strong innings to move to 4-0 on the year in the Bisons 4-2 victory over Columbus yesterday. Miller (4-0, 2.43) retired 11 in a row at one point and scattered three hits and a pair of walks while striking out seven. Brian Finegan will be out 4-to-6 weeks after breaking a bone in his left hand while attemp

CIR 5.29 - Rally Falls Short in Beantown
Published 5/29/2007 by Joe at Cleveland Indians Report
... is the newest member of the Indians front office , joining the club as the Manager of Baseball Research and Analysis where he will be responsible for advanced objective analysis, forecasting, and strategy analysis. Official makeup dates for the opening weekend snowout... April 6 - May 21 April 7 - June 11 April 8 - August 30 April 9 - September 26 (in Seattle) Note that the Indians-Twins game originally scheduled for August 30 will now be played on August 27. Note that the Indians will now play "home" games in three separate facilites this season (Jacobs Field, Miller Park, Safeco Field) Adam Miller worked six strong innings to move to 4-0 on the year in the Bisons 4-2 victory over Columbus yesterday. Miller (4-0, 2.43) retired 11 in a row at one point and scattered three hits and a pair of walks while striking out seven. Brian Finegan will be out 4-to-6 weeks after breaking a bone in his left hand while attemp

CIR 5.29 - Pre-Draft Signings
Published 5/29/2007 by Joe at Cleveland Indians Report
... is the newest member of the Indians front office , joining the club as the Manager of Baseball Research and Analysis where he will be responsible for advanced objective analysis, forecasting, and strategy analysis. Official makeup dates for the opening weekend snowout... April 6 - May 21 April 7 - June 11 April 8 - August 30 April 9 - September 26 (in Seattle) Note that the Indians-Twins game originally scheduled for August 30 will now be played on August 27. Note that the Indians will now play "home" games in three separate facilites this season (Jacobs Field, Miller Park, Safeco Field) Adam Miller worked six strong innings to move to 4-0 on the year in the Bisons 4-2 victory over Columbus yesterday. Miller (4-0, 2.43) retired 11 in a row at one point and scattered three hits and a pair of walks while striking out seven. Brian Finegan will be out 4-to-6 weeks after breaking a bone in his left hand while attemp

CIR 5.30 - Beantown Blues
Published 5/30/2007 by Joe at Cleveland Indians Report
... is the newest member of the Indians front office , joining the club as the Manager of Baseball Research and Analysis where he will be responsible for advanced objective analysis, forecasting, and strategy analysis. Official makeup dates for the opening weekend snowout... April 6 - May 21 April 7 - June 11 April 8 - August 30 April 9 - September 26 (in Seattle) Note that the Indians-Twins game originally scheduled for August 30 will now be played on August 27. Note that the Indians will now play "home" games in three separate facilites this season (Jacobs Field, Miller Park, Safeco Field) Adam Miller worked six strong innings to move to 4-0 on the year in the Bisons 4-2 victory over Columbus yesterday. Miller (4-0, 2.43) retired 11 in a row at one point and scattered three hits and a pair of walks while striking out seven. Brian Finegan will be out 4-to-6 weeks after breaking a bone in his left hand while attemp

CIR 5.31 - Better Late than Never
Published 5/31/2007 by Joe at Cleveland Indians Report
... is the newest member of the Indians front office , joining the club as the Manager of Baseball Research and Analysis where he will be responsible for advanced objective analysis, forecasting, and strategy analysis. Official makeup dates for the opening weekend snowout... April 6 - May 21 April 7 - June 11 April 8 - August 30 April 9 - September 26 (in Seattle) Note that the Indians-Twins game originally scheduled for August 30 will now be played on August 27. Note that the Indians will now play "home" games in three separate facilites this season (Jacobs Field, Miller Park, Safeco Field) Adam Miller worked six strong innings to move to 4-0 on the year in the Bisons 4-2 victory over Columbus yesterday. Miller (4-0, 2.43) retired 11 in a row at one point and scattered three hits and a pair of walks while striking out seven. Brian Finegan will be out 4-to-6 weeks after breaking a bone in his left hand while attemp

There might be hope for the universe
Published 9/10/2007 by Pizza Cutter at Statistically Speaking
... from the Cleveland Plain Dealer, in which Indians assistant GM Chris Antonetti discusses why Joe Borowski is still the Indians closer, despite the fact that he’s liable to cause a heart attack every time he comes in from the bullpen in the ninth inning.  The other two candidates Rafael Betancourt and Rafael Perez, both of whom have better numbers this year, are more valuable to the Indians coming into close score situations in the seventh or eighth inning where there are runners on base (translation: high leverage situations).    The Indians are one of the more Sabermetrically inclined teams in the majors (they recently hired former Baseball Prospectus contributer Keith Woolner to their front office) so it’s not a surprise that they have a good understanding of what’s going on, but now we’re starting to see the ideas that Sabermetricians have been talking about for a few years c ...