waitingfornextyear.com - 7/3/2009
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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 ...
Indians Turnover Appears to be Record Breaking
waitingfornextyear.com 7/13/2009 — 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, ...
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 Weekend That Wasn’t
waitingfornextyear.com 6/22/2009 — It started with dark skies and ended with a team in shambles and a manager on his last legs. Amazing how things can change so fast in just a week.
Exactly seven days ago, the Indians had just finished taking two of three from the St. Louis Cardinals for their third straight series win. I was [...]
The Devil's Pitchfork: The Cleveland Indians' Bullpen
bleacherreport.com 5/8/2009 — A wise man once exclaimed, "Welcome to the Hotel Hell. Check in time is now. Check out time is never."
An even wiser man responded by asking if his room had cable.
Okay, Dwight Schrute may not be wise, but he certainly had a good idea to torture ...
Cleveland Indians' Eric Wedge mum on status; meeting looms
sports.espn.go.com 6/24/2009 — Eric Wedge talked about center fielder Grady Sizemore's return from the disabled list. He commented on Tony Sipp's latest call-up to the Cleveland Indians' bullpen and Asdrubal Cabrera's rehabilitation assignment.
As the Dust Settles – R-O-L-A-I-D-S Edition
clevelandtribeblog.blogspot.com 8/11/2009 — Having looked at the position players and the rotation going forward in this Brave New World at the corner of Carnegie and Ontario, it’s time to take a look at what has apparently become the most important part of the Indians’ success (or lack thereof) in the last five years...I speak, of ...
Tribe Escapes: A Win That Didn’t Feel Like One
waitingfornextyear.com 6/24/2009 — This morning’s Tribe recap was supposed to start with me fawning over David Huff’s breakout performance. Instead, I’m forced to talk about the bad bullpen again. Despite the fact that the Tribe won 5-4 in Pittsburgh, the gas can crew was handed a 5-0 lead with just three outs ...
Indians Drop Series to Reds - Now What?
waitingfornextyear.com 6/29/2009 — Another weekend, another lost series for your Cleveland Indians. Since winning three straight series and getting to within 5.5 games of first place Detroit two weeks ago, the wheels have completely fallen off the wagon. The Wahoos have lost 10 of 12 and fallen deeper into the basement 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 [...]
MLB Betting – AL Weekend Rundown —
Bleacher Report - MLB 7/3/2009
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 ...