clevelandtribeblog.blogspot.com - 2/11/2009
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As I finally pull this “Spring Training Preview” series that unintentionally morphed into a full-blown roster analysis into the garage, only one portion of the team remains - the infield positions and the players involved in 2B/SS/3B. So, since I’m not going to throw up links to the other four ...
The Good Ship Marte Has Sailed
clevelandtribeblog.blogspot.com 2/20/2009 — As the Andy Marte Era ends with a whimper, nobody can feign surprise (unless the fact that he’s gone before the 1st Spring Training Game has even been played surprises you) as he finds himself likely out of the organization as the writing was on the wall that Marte should have a cardboard box ...
Indians Annual 2009
letsgotribe.com 2/6/2009 —
I'll start by saying, for anyone on the fence about buying this book ... Andrew "afh4" Humphries is the Photo Editor, meaning that he selected all of the 130 or so photos in the book and wrote all the captions. And no, I am not ...
The Rate of Rotation and Evolution
clevelandtribeblog.blogspot.com 2/25/2009 — With the first Spring Training game scheduled for Wednesday at 3 PM (airing both on STO and MLB Network, by the by) and all of the focus on these “Spring Training Battles”, I think that it’s necessary to remove this focus on these “Battles” for the last few spots on the roster for a moment and ...
Arizona Dreamin’ – Three Divided by Four
clevelandtribeblog.blogspot.com 2/10/2009 — With the date that Pitchers and Catchers report being…um…THIS WEEK, it’s finally time to hammer out the final installment of the Spring Training Preview – the infield. Having looked at the rotatio n, the bullpen , and the outfield , let’s take it around the horn to see what 2009 may hold in ...
Were the Indians a success, a failure or both in 2008?
mvn.com 1/29/2009 — The Cleveland Indians were one out away from the World Series in 2007. How many times have you heard that over the past year or so. I know, I know, so many times that every time you hear it now, you ears start bleeding. Taking into account the 2007 certainly puts out a certain smell ...
Arizona Dreamin’ – Doing the Bull Dance…Feelin’ It
clevelandtribeblog.blogspot.com 1/30/2009 — Being simply no longer surprised or dismayed by another significant dropping of whiteness upon us (it is Cleveland and it is January after all), it’s definitely time to take another look forward to the land of cacti and sun…Arizona and Spring ...
Point of Contention
clevelandtribeblog.blogspot.com 3/4/2009 — In December of 2001, the trade of Roberto Alomar to the Mets signaled that the rebuilding process was officially underway in Cleveland as the team that had gone to the playoffs 7 out of the previous 8 MLB seasons from 1995 to 2001 had evolved into a bloated, unproductive roster full of ...
CLEVELAND INDIANS - ALL TIME HOME GROWN TEAM vs. ALL TIME ACQUIRED TEAM
sullybaseball.blogspot.com 3/16/2009 — Home Grown vs Acquired is in the home stretch. There are only six more of these to go before I meet my goal.
And it seems like more and more of you are reading these!
I've got some suggestions for future lists and other rosters. I encourage ...
Changing Of The Guard In Cleveland
springtraining09.com 2/25/2009 — For nearly an entire decade, fans of the Cleveland Indians clung to a roster that featured All-Stars at nearly every position. The mid-90s featured an outfield that most major league teams will never see with Albert Belle, Kenny Lofton and Manny ...
More Expectations for Tribe
indians.gearupforsports.com 2/6/2009 —
The Cleveland Indians’ offseason has the team buzzing. After all the team filled its biggest need by
signing closer Kerry Wood, who has the potential to be better than any closer the Tribe has had in the past decade. On top of that, the Indians got a solid setup man in Joe ...
Viola to be instructor at Indians camp (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 2/11/2009
Frank Viola, who won the AL Cy Young Award in 1988 with Minnesota, will work with Cleveland's pitchers at training camp this spring. Viola will assist Indians pitching coach Carl Willis and worked with the club's starting left-handers. The 48-year-old ...