waitingfornextyear.com - 7/2/2009
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When the product on the field has trouble drawing in crowds, shift your focus to promotions!
The Indians will do just that this weekend with a back-to-back fireworks show. Friday nights typically have fireworks following every game, and this week will be no different. Except for the fact that ...
The Indians Promotions Department is the Best
slanchreport.com 6/19/2009 — Despite the prognosticators predicting a good season from the Cleveland Indians, someone in their marketing staff knew that wasn’t going to be the case because, for the third time in less than a week, the Indians have ANOTHER awesome giveaway for their fans. First it was the Shin-Soo ...
Indians Will Honor Jacobs This Season
waitingfornextyear.com 6/22/2009 — I posed the question last week- do the Indians plan on honoring their fallen former owner this season? I thought a uniform patch would be appropriate. It turns out the Indians have something else in mind. Vince Grzegorek was able to get the Indians to comment on the situation, and here is the ...
Indians Fall to Sox Again
deepleftfield.com 7/9/2009 — In news that should surprise no Indians fan, Cleveland was shut down by Chicago 5-1. The loss is Cleveland’s 17th over their last 22 games. Chicago, in the meantime, is now 44-40, a mere two games behind Detroit for the division lead. Contrary to Cleveland’s downfall, the White Sox ...
The Indians are on their way to 100 losses
bases.newsvine.com 7/3/2009 — The Cleveland Plain Dealer's Starting Blocks blog notes that, if the Indians lose tonight, they will have exactly 50 losses at the exact halfway point of the season. Starting Blocks uses that possibility as a springboard for discussing the Indians' ...
Indians Draft Picks: And Then There Was One
waitingfornextyear.com 7/10/2009 — It’s a happy day in Tribe land - at least thus far. Not only are the Indians coming off of a win where the bats were working and the bullpen actually came through, but their latest signing likely has the front office in a decent mood as well.
Second-round pick Jason Kipnis, an outfielder ...
Indians Swept Again
deepleftfield.com 6/22/2009 — In what was somewhat less painful than the first two losses against Chicago, the Indians were shut down by an unknown pitcher by the name of Randy Wells. Wells recorded his first career win on Sunday, go figure.
This should come as no surprise after the Indians blew two late leads in Chi-town ...
A Lazy Sunday After the Fireworks
clevelandtribeblog.blogspot.com 7/5/2009 — After watching the fireworks burst over Lake Chautauqua last evening and seeing that the Indians’ ails seem to be fixed by merely playing the Athletics (OK, maybe not ALL of the ails are remedied), let’s roll right into a Lazy Sunday: While moving the 24-year-old John Meloan for the ...
Indians Wrap-up Interleague With Loss to Reds
deepleftfield.com 6/29/2009 — The first version of the Mark DeRosa-less Indians never stood a chance against state rival Cincinnati today. A sac-fly in the first, off the bat of Victor Martinez, scoring Asdrubal Cabrera was all the Tribe could muster against the Reds.
Micah Owings (5-8) went six strong innings for Cincy, ...
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, ...
Tribe acquires righty Abreu from Rays —
Major League Baseball News 7/2/2009
On Thursday, the Indians acquired right-hander Winston Abreu from the Rays in exchange for right-handed relief prospect John Meloan. Abreu will join the Tribe's bullpen in the coming days, with a corresponding roster move to be announced at that time.