indiansconfidential.com - 7/5/2009
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In the final home game of the unofficial first half of the season at Progressive Field, the Indians whimpered out to a pitcher they had never heard of, and once again provided their ace, Cliff Lee, with little offense and a severe lack of run support in the teams latest setback - 5-2.
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Scrapbook Memories 1989, Chapter 5
athleticsnation.com 7/6/2009 — Scrapbook Memories celebrates the 20th anniversary of Oakland's last World Series triumph. We near the halfway point of the season with the still-hurting A's clinging ever so precariously to the top spot in the dangerous American League West.
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Indians Destroy A’s, Sign of Things to Come?
waitingfornextyear.com 7/4/2009 — Well that seems like a pretty appropriate way to end a streak. The Indians battled back last night, riding the efforts of Shin Soo-Choo to a 15-3 victory, the largest since the 22-4 wallop they put on the Yankees in their brand-new stadium. It was just the third win in 16 games for Cleveland, ...
A's First Game of B.B. Series
baysportsjournal.blogspot.com 6/23/2009 — For a few years in the middle of the decade there, the Giants absolutely could not figure out the A's in inter-league play, but they're hoping to get even this year. After getting swept by the Giants in San Francisco earlier in the month, the A's beat the Giants in the first of a 3-game set in ...
Oakland Goes Hunting
mysportsrumors.com 6/16/2009 — With the Oakland Athletics now realizing third baseman Eric Chavez’ s season, and perhaps career, are over have hit the trade market. They’re in need for a new starter at the position and have begun to line up a list of targets. That list is headlined by Cleveland Indians Mark ...
Indians Take On Oakland This Weekend
waitingfornextyear.com 7/3/2009 — The Cleveland Indians begin a three-game set with the Oakland Athletics tonight at Progressive Field with plenty of celebrations on tap for the holiday weekend. The 31-49 Indians, losers of 13 of their last 15 games since crawling to only seven games under .500, are in the midst of a deciding ...
ROCKIES 3, A'S 1 / Loss only part of bad news
sfgate.com 6/29/2009 — The Rockies scored twice in the second against Vin Mazzaro, virtually assuring victory given the zombie state of the A's lineup, and Colorado ticked off a 3-1 win and left town with a three-game sweep, the Rockies' first ever against Oakland. The A's ...
Moneyball: A Retrospective
ampsportsduo.blogspot.com 7/14/2009 — It has been seven years since the fateful 2002 season of the Oakland Athletics was chronicled by Michael Lewis in the now famous bestseller Moneyball . I was fully aware of the concepts of the book but had never actually read it. About a month ago it was plopped into my lap at the cost of 50 ...
Game #81: Indians Ride Choo’s Career High 7 RBI in 15-3 Win Over A’s
indiansconfidential.com 7/4/2009 —
When the Indians break a losing streak, let’s just say they really know how to break a losing streak. For the first time since May 27th, the Tribe scored over 10 runs in a single game, pouring it on the equally as awful Oakland A’s in a 15-3 romp at Progressive Field in front of ...
MLB Road Trip: Oakland Athletics, White Sox West
thesportsbank.net 8/13/2009 —
By Paul M. Banks
Thou shall not be a sports bigamist- that is one of the ten sports fan commandments. You got one team and you stick with them. But I often bend this rule. Sure, whenever my Chicago White Sox play anybody, the Sox are the good guys and the other team, they’re the bad guys. ...
Athletics 5, Indians 2 —
NYT > Baseball 7/6/2009
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Gio Gonzalez pitched six strong innings for his first win of the season and the Oakland Athletics beat the Cleveland Indians 5-2 on Sunday.