Hallelujah! Pitchers and Catchers Report Today
waitingfornextyear.com 2/12/2009 — Today is the day Tribe fans. Your 2009 Cleveland Indians embark on their long journey back to the top of the AL Central division in sunny, beautiful, Goodyear, Arizona. The Indians new Spring Training facilities are the envy of all other Cactus League teams. You can call the Dolan’s cheap ...

Sunday Drivin' with a new Cleveland Indians bullpen
mvn.com 12/15/2008 — Normal 0 The Cleveland Indians saga over the past four seasons has been a roller coaster ride that only Cedar Point could appreciate. The team has alternated brilliant seasons in 2005 and 2007 with disappointments in 2006 and 2008. Coincidentally, the Tribe ...

Indians GM Mark Shapiro Hoping Risk Earns Reward for Cleveland
bleacherreport.com 1/9/2009 — Mark Shapiro's "relentless" offseason was topped off this week when he filled his final concern for the 2009 Cleveland Indians. While other teams were playing for the World Series, Shapiro was talking with reporters in an empty ballpark. He was ...

Speaking Of Tribe Injury News…..
waitingfornextyear.com 3/4/2009 — …..the man who seemingly can never stay healthy, pitcher Adam Miller has been shut down for another week to 10 days because of soreness in his right middle finger. It’s the same finger issue that caused him to lose a large part of the 2008 season. This probably puts the odds of ...

Where Music Means Something
clevelandtribeblog.blogspot.com 2/18/2009 — As has become the custom around these parts, the first full workout of Spring Training is accompanied by a little ritual called “The Soundtrack of Life”, a detailed explanation of which can be found here . If you don’t want to get too deep into it, just look at it as one man’s humble ...

Battlestar Goodyear
clevelandtribeblog.blogspot.com 3/10/2009 — With 35 games scheduled for the Indians to play this Spring and Monday’s game against the A’s constituting the 12th game this Spring, we’re a little more than 1/3 of the way through the Spring games. That being said, most of the players are still easing their way into the Spring, in terms of ...

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 ...

Indians Poised to Bounce Back in ‘09
imwritingsports.com 1/7/2009 — N obody wants to be average. Average sucks. It’s not good, it’s not bad, it’s just, well, average. There’s nothing worst in sports than finishing right in the middle of the pack. At least if you crash and burn you end up ...

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 ...

Arizona Dreamin’ – “I Don’t Know…Third Base!”
clevelandtribeblog.blogspot.com 2/11/2009 — 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 ...

Sean Casey Retires — Bleacher Report - MLB 1/26/2009
Red Sox first baseman Sean Casey is officially retiring, according to a report by WEEI.com in Boston. The report said Casey, nicknamed "The Mayor" for his friendly personality, has signed on with the MLB Network for role that has not been defined ...

Excerpt from Joe Torre’s "The Yankee Years" — Bleacher Report - MLB 1/27/2009
Now that Andy Pettitte has signed back on with the Yankees the next big thing to talk about in Yankeeland is Joe Torre’s new book. If you are interested you can read an excerpt here . This section mostly talks about October 2007, ...

Westbrook Working His Way Back To Tribe — Bleacher Report - MLB 1/27/2009
CLEVELAND -- Jake Westbrook is the Indians' sixth man, waiting to contribute off the bench. He'll be waiting awhile, as his return to big league action following Tommy John elbow ligament replacement surgery isn't slated to take place until late ...

Cleveland Indians: Will Wood Help Kerry The Indians in 2009? — Bleacher Report - MLB 1/28/2009
Last year, Indians fans witnessed Cliff Lee win the AL Cy Young and have a tremendous season, but little else. He can only pitch one out of five games. For a team picked to win the World Series, the '08 brand can be considered an absolute disaster.  ...

Choo looks to build on breakout season — Major League Baseball News 1/28/2009
Shin-Soo Choo was a pleasant surprise for the Indians last season, and the outfielder is hoping his improvement vs. lefties can make him an everyday player.