clevelandtribeblog.blogspot.com - 2/25/2009
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With the first Spring Training game scheduled for Wednesday at 3 PM (airing both on STO and MLB Network, by the by) and all of the focus on these “Spring Training Battles”, I think that it’s necessary to remove this focus on these “Battles” for the last few spots on the roster for a moment and ...
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 ...
Point of Contention
clevelandtribeblog.blogspot.com 3/4/2009 — In December of 2001, the trade of Roberto Alomar to the Mets signaled that the rebuilding process was officially underway in Cleveland as the team that had gone to the playoffs 7 out of the previous 8 MLB seasons from 1995 to 2001 had evolved into a bloated, unproductive roster full of ...
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 ...
The Good Ship Marte Has Sailed
clevelandtribeblog.blogspot.com 2/20/2009 — As the Andy Marte Era ends with a whimper, nobody can feign surprise (unless the fact that he’s gone before the 1st Spring Training Game has even been played surprises you) as he finds himself likely out of the organization as the writing was on the wall that Marte should have a cardboard box ...
Were the Indians a success, a failure or both in 2008?
mvn.com 1/29/2009 — The Cleveland Indians were one out away from the World Series in 2007. How many times have you heard that over the past year or so. I know, I know, so many times that every time you hear it now, you ears start bleeding. Taking into account the 2007 certainly puts out a certain smell ...
Changing Of The Guard In Cleveland
springtraining09.com 2/25/2009 — For nearly an entire decade, fans of the Cleveland Indians clung to a roster that featured All-Stars at nearly every position. The mid-90s featured an outfield that most major league teams will never see with Albert Belle, Kenny Lofton and Manny ...
Arizona Dreamin’ – Doing the Bull Dance…Feelin’ It
clevelandtribeblog.blogspot.com 1/30/2009 — Being simply no longer surprised or dismayed by another significant dropping of whiteness upon us (it is Cleveland and it is January after all), it’s definitely time to take another look forward to the land of cacti and sun…Arizona and Spring ...
CLEVELAND INDIANS - ALL TIME HOME GROWN TEAM vs. ALL TIME ACQUIRED TEAM
sullybaseball.blogspot.com 3/16/2009 — Home Grown vs Acquired is in the home stretch. There are only six more of these to go before I meet my goal.
And it seems like more and more of you are reading these!
I've got some suggestions for future lists and other rosters. I encourage ...
Arizona Dreamin’ – Three Divided by Four
clevelandtribeblog.blogspot.com 2/10/2009 — With the date that Pitchers and Catchers report being…um…THIS WEEK, it’s finally time to hammer out the final installment of the Spring Training Preview – the infield. Having looked at the rotatio n, the bullpen , and the outfield , let’s take it around the horn to see what 2009 may hold in ...
A Cleveland Miracle
joeposnanski.com 4/12/2009 — How about this banner day: FOUR posts. Absurd.
But I have to get this out there. I have written at great length here about what it has been like for me growing up a Cleveland sports fan. There was my childhood — 1967 to 1980 — when ...
Sizemore among Tribe's Classic reps —
Major League Baseball News 2/24/2009
Final 28-man rosters for the upcoming World Baseball Classic were announced Tuesday night, and the Indians have four members of their Major League team, as well as five other players from the organization, heading off to represent their countries
