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1835 Miles Away found this 5/14/2008 on sports.yahoo.com [flag]

Oakland continued to struggle on its nine-game road trip, losing for the sixth time in seven games on Friday. The Athletics have plated just four runs over their last four contests. Not surprisingly, they have also lost each of those games. ... LHP Dana Eveland scattered two runs and six hits, walked three and struck out four, but was saddled with a no-decision. ... Former A's CF Mark Kotsay ... [link]

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Another Great Start
Published 5/14/2008 by 2&Fro (noreply@blogger.com) at 1835 Miles Away
... former Japanese closer came in for a four out save, allowing one baserunner and striking out one. I haven’t seen the official word, but with the way Betancourt has pitch (most recently ruining a great start from Cliff Lee the night before) this may be your new closer in Cleveland. I am just hoping one of our relievers can take the role and run with it, so the Indians don’t even have to think about giving the ball back to Borowski when healthy.C.C. goes tonight against the A's Joe Blanton.

Tonight's Questions
Published 5/14/2008 by Camp Tiger Claw at Walkoff Walk
... WHY do big names Sabathia and Blanton have such lousy records so far? Indians starters have a 34 scoreless innings streak. ...

Tribe Starters on a Roll, and Hitting Down League Wide

rickg15 posted 5/14/2008 from www.waitingfornextyear.com

Break down of the Tribe/A's game, plus the question 'Where has the offense gone?' is a league-wide epidemic...

Pitcher Analysis: Cliff Lee

kyleb posted 5/14/2008 from drivelinemechanics.com

Statistical and mechanical analysis of Indians' phenom Cliff Lee. Can he keep up his torrid pace?

Was Picking Up Frank Thomas a Mistake?

BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog found this 5/14/2008 on www.athleticsnation.com

I know, I know, people hate it when there is premature speculation (isn't there a pill for that these days?). But I'm wondering if the A's might've made a mistake in picking up Frank Thomas. The reason? I'm thinking that Mike ...

Remembering Ryan Church

Sarge posted 5/14/2008 from www.waitingfornextyear.com

Given their current situation, the Tribe could sure use Ryan Church's league-leading OPS. Too bad they traded him away in 2004...

Does Big Spending in Baseball Even Matter?

Rays Index found this 5/14/2008 on thebiglead.com

Following up on Monday’s little discussion about the A’s, Rays and Marlins … we decided to take a peek at who has made the MLB postseason since payroll began topping the $100 million mark. According to this database , that first ...

Struggling Suzuki slides down in order
Hitless in his previous 20 official at-bats, A's catcher Kurt Suzuki on Wednesday was dropped from the leadoff spot to No. 8 in the batting order for the second game of a three-game series against the host Indians at Progressive Field.

Surging Sabathia shuts out Athletics
C.C. Sabathia kept the Tribe's incredible string of starts going with a shutout of his hometown A's in a 2-0 victory at Progressive Field on Wednesday night. That extended the Cleveland starters' streak of consecutive scoreless innings pitched to 43 1/3.

Sabathia 5-hits A's, fans 11 in 2-0 win (AP)
C.C. Sabathia pitched a five-hitter and struck out 11 in the Cleveland Indians' major league-leading seventh shutout, a 2-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night. Sabathia (3-5) extended the scoreless streak of Indians starters ...

Sabathia pitches five-hitter to power Tribe past A's
C.C. Sabathia pitched a five-hitter and struck out 11 in the Cleveland Indians' major league-leading seventh shutout, a 2-0 victory ...

Indians shutout Athletics in Cleveland
Indians manager Eric Wedge is certain he's never before seen what his starting staff is accomplishing. C. C. Sabathia pitched a five-hitter...

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