Indians On The Move
mysportsrumors.com 7/7/2009 — The Cleveland Indians are on the move and I definitely don’t mean in the standings. The trade of Mark DeRosa has solidified that the Indians are the first official sellers in this years trade market. Yes, the Pittsburgh Pirates have made a few trades but we knew they’d sell players ...

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 ...

What To Watch For
clevelandtribeblog.blogspot.com 7/1/2009 — At the risk of bowing to the ESPNification of sports news with that title (of which I recently heard Fox Sports’ Andrew Siciliano refer to as “Bristol Red”, which has a nice Kremlinesque feel to it in terms of dictating what’s relevant to the average consumer by packaging sports information in ...

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 ...

Report: Indians open to trading Lee, Martinez
scoresreport.com 7/3/2009 — While it would have to take quite the package(s) to pry them away from Cleveland, the Indians are open to the idea of trading pitcher Cliff Lee and catcher Victor Martinez according to a report by the Plain Dealer . The Indians could put together a decent rotation next year with Lee, Jake ...

Cleveland Indians will dive into international free-agent market: Indians Insider
cleveland.com 7/2/2009 — Lynne Sladky/Associated PressThe $2.4 million the Indians spent last year in the international free-gent market was the most they spent since signing Danys Baez in 1999. Baez currently pitches for the Baltimore Orioles. Teams can start signing ...

Will the Cleveland Indians lose 100 games for the sixth time in franchise history?
cleveland.com 7/3/2009 — Chuck Crow, The Plain Dealer The Indians, led by Victor Martinez, are fourth in the American League in runs scored. Such production the rest of the way may keep them from losing 100 games. It's come to this: The Cleveland...

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 ...

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 ...

Feeling Guilty for Tribe’s Failures
waitingfornextyear.com 7/6/2009 — Allow me to be self-indulgent for a minute. As I write this article today, I do truly know that the Cleveland Indians and their successes and failures aren’t truly about me. I am writing this post for what I am guessing are a lot of people who are fans of the Indians and feel the [...]

Revisiting the Pre-Season Predictions — Bleacher Report - MLB
With the mid-point of the season approaching, now seems like a good time to check in on my pre-season predictions . Nick Johnson, Ryan Zimmerman, Lastings Milledge, Jason Bergmann, and Austin Kearns will be better in 2009 than they were in 2008. ...

Nationals Are Not the Titanic Searching for Icebergs (but They're Close) — Bleacher Report - MLB
Since the beginning of the season, I've been watching the Washington Nationals play a very unique brand of baseball. Most of us wrote off last year's 59-102 debacle as a perfect storm, a confluence of off-years, green pitching and bad luck. I mean, ...

Tonight's Lineups — Nationals Journal
Atlanta McClouth - 8 Prado - 4 Jones - 5 McCann - 2 Escobar - 6 Diaz - 7 Francoeur - 9 Kotchman - 3 Kawakami - 1 Washington Morgan - 8 Johnson - 3 Zimmerman - 5 Dunn - 7 Willingham - 9 Guzman - 6 Harris - 4 Bard - 2 Detwiler - 1

Florida Marlins Should Be Beating Washington — Bleacher Report - MLB
The Marlins returned home Sunday night as a beaten down team after being swept by the red-hot Rays at the Tropicana Dome. There was no fear because help was on the way. The Nationals were waiting for the Marlins in Miami for a three-game set so the ...

MLB Betting – AL Weekend Rundown — Bleacher Report - MLB
MLB betting : Jays Try To Keep Up With Streaking Yankees The Toronto Blue Jays will make the trip to New York this weekend for a four-game set. The Jays started off the season guns blazing, but have cooled off since. They find themselves in ...