waitingfornextyear.com - 7/13/2009
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Over the course of 2007, the year that found the Indians one game away from the World Series, the team used 21 pitchers. Last season, due to trades (CC Sabathia) and injuries (Jake Westbrook among others), the team was forced to use 28 pitchers. While we sit here today at the All-Star break, ...
Tribe Relievers - A 2009 Anthology
waitingfornextyear.com 7/3/2009 — Even in their worst of times in the 70’s and 80’s, we never saw this kind of fluctuation on the Indians roster when it came to the bullpen. Sure, we have seen bad bullpens in our day, I mean who can forget the infamous 1988 “Bullpen From Hell” featuring the likes of Don ...
A Look Back at A Look Ahead
clevelandtribeblog.blogspot.com 7/14/2009 — Since I’m not one of these All-Star Game guys and couldn’t care less about the Home Run Derby or anything associated with it and as I’m going to venture to say that a “where do we stand now” piece is not going to be anything different than what’s been posted here for the last month, I thought ...
Post Trading Deadline Update
pronkneedsyou.com 8/5/2009 — So, here we are after the trading deadline, and the Indians are not the team they were when they started the season. How much has the roster turned over? The following table compares the roster on opening day with the roster now:
Position
Opening Day
8/5/2009
Starting ...
Game #89: The First Half is Over - Not Soon Enough
indiansconfidential.com 7/13/2009 —
The first half of the 2009 season is officially over.
Thank Heavens.
Justin Verlander has owned the Indians this season, he’s 3-0 with a 0.39 ERA against Cleveland this season. Sunday it was business as usual, halting what Eric Wedge thinks is a pretty good offense to to no runs on ...
The Tribe Rotation: Yesterday To Today
waitingfornextyear.com 8/11/2009 — Tribe off-day topics are easy to come by these days. We could always go with the conventional “The Dolan’s are cheap” route, or discuss the fact that Eric Wedge does his best work when the Indians are 10 games out of first or more. Instead, I thought we should look back from ...
Next Man Gone: Who Will The Tribe Trade Next?
bleacherreport.com 7/2/2009 — Over the weekend, the Cleveland Indians started the process of what many believe is their fire sale to end their 2009 season.
Mark Shapiro and company believe that there is still a sliver of hope, because they traded from a deep spot to improve on ...
Here's the Plan: Trying To Fix the Cleveland Indians, Part I
bleacherreport.com 7/21/2009 — I thought as you grow up, your bedroom was supposed to get a lot cleaner.
At least that was the case for me.
We've all had messy rooms growing up, that's no doubt. Your mother would always come in and yell at you to clean your room because it ...
"That guy can't even go to the bathroom in South America!"
castrovince.mlblogs.com 7/23/2009 — Many of you have voiced either anger or confusion or some combination of the two over Eric Wedge's lineups this season. Well, how do you think the Korean population of Toronto feels? Entering tonight, Choo had started 91 of the...
Indians Off Day House Cleaning
waitingfornextyear.com 6/9/2009 — Since your Cleveland Indians have their first off day in seemingly forever, I thought it would be good to take a little survey of the scene, or the damage if you want to call it that. Here on June 9th, they sit at 25-34, seven games out of first place and three and a half [...]
Reality Sets In on Lee Trade
waitingfornextyear.com 7/30/2009 — Well, Cleveland fans, welcome to yet another morning after. This time it isn’t the sun setting on a basketball playoff run, or a college football game. This time it is another baseball trade. On the heels of trading C.C. Sabathia the Indians were back at the auction again yesterday ...
Busy Weglarz growing into his frame —
Major League Baseball News 7/13/2009
On Sunday, as a participant in the XM All-Star Futures Game at Busch Stadium, outfielder Nick Weglarz represented his organization -- the Indians -- and his own potential, not just his country. And he only had to come to St. Louis to do so.