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Cleveland Indians (official 2012 season)

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I would love to thank the great folks in the marketing department for anheuser busch with their Indians label on my budweiser beer cans for reminding me why I drink. Soon this will be a Browns label. (please put a photo of art on the can so I can enjoy crushing that head everytime I'm done with a beer.)
 
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Through 70 games this season, the Cleveland Indians were 37-33 and held a 0.5-game lead in the AL Central. That's not 1927 Yankees-level success or anything, but it's still respectable and first place is first place.
Since then, though, the Indians have fallen apart. They are 15-39 in the second half and were 5-24 in August. The overall 59-81 record is just one game better than the Twins, which sport the worst record in the American League.
Fortunately for the Indians, the Twins are in the same division. So Cleveland is not in last. Still, it's only a one-game lead and if the Indians do fall to last place, they'll be saddled with a dubious distinction.
Courtesy of Indians beat reporter Nick Camino, the stat of the day is that only three teams in baseball history have been in first place after 70 games and then finished in last place: the 1991 Angels, 2005 Nationals and 2006 Rockies.
There's a caveat, too. Those three examples were less collapse and more divisional parity.
When viewed through this admittedly narrow prism, if the Indians do fall back and finish last, we're looking at the worst post-70-game collapse in MLB history.
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http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/e...ndians-close-to-dubious-distinction-territory
 
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What if...they could compete for third?

This is, without a doubt, the worst franchise in the history of civilization. They could go down to Bolton Elementary, get 5 random first graders, give them the reigns, and they would do a better job. Hands down.
 
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If we had a decent front office, we might be losing for something.

After losses Tuesday night by each team, the Indians and the Twins remain tied for last place in the Central Division with a record of 59-83. Each team has 20 games left. The team that loses the most of those 20 games will finish not just last in the division, but last in the American League.

In other words, it?s loser take all.

Because in this case, the winner is the loser.

We?re talking draft picks. That?s what?s on the line in these last 20 games. Draft picks ? the lifeblood of any organization that doesn?t have the lifeblood of a wealthy owner.

At the start of play Tuesday, the Indians and Twins were tied for the fourth overall pick in the first round of the 2013 June draft.
However, they were one game in the loss column behind Colorado for the No. 3 pick.

The No. 2 pick might even be attainable. That?s currently held by the Cubs, who were four games in the loss column ahead (i.e. ?behind?) the Indians and Twins.

The No. 1 pick? Forget it. The Astros clinched that on opening day. But one of the next three picks, conceivably the second overall pick, is up for grabs for the Indians in these last 20 games

Granted, the last time the Indians had the No. 2 pick in the draft was 1992 (Paul Shuey) and 1988 (Mark Lewis), so there are no guarantees.
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Get your season tickets now:lol:

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Indians will play the New York Yankees in a four-game series to open the 2013 home season. The home opener will be April 8.

The MLB schedule, the first featuring 15-team alignments in the American and National League because of Houston's shift from the NL Central to the AL West, was announced today at 1 p.m. ET.

The Indians open their 2013 season schedule ( See 2013 schedule in pdf format ) April 2 against Toronto at Rogers Centre for a three-game series. They will travel to Tampa Bay at Tropicana Field to play the Rays in a three-game set starting April 5 before returning home to face the Yankees.

The MLB schedule, featuring interleague play throughout the year, doesn't look too much different than this year's.

The Indians will play 20 interleague games, an increase from 18 this year.
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Indians stink
 
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itownbuckeye;2212280; said:
Yes, hopefully being this high in the draft will force them to go more the Francisco Lindor type route than the Tyler Naquin one they took last year.
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they need someone to take choo's place when they trade him next year, and this kid was about as MLB ready as he could be as an outfielder. he's projected to be michael brantley with a much better arm, and gap power.

and that would be fine, if your left fielder wasn't the Double D amalgamation of Damon and Duncan, your 1st baseman casey krotchrott, and DH a dumpster fire.

if i had any belief that they would keep choo, this kid could play center and move brantley to left, making a good defensive outfield. but that won't happen either.
 
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tsteele316;2212350; said:
they need someone to take choo's place when they trade him next year, and this kid was about as MLB ready as he could be as an outfielder. he's projected to be michael brantley with a much better arm, and gap power.

and that would be fine, if your left fielder wasn't the Double D amalgamation of Damon and Duncan, your 1st baseman casey krotchrott, and DH a dumpster fire.

if i had any belief that they would keep choo, this kid could play center and move brantley to left, making a good defensive outfield. but that won't happen either.
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that is an awfully big word especially for an Indians prospect you are an awfully lot more optimistic than me for next year and probably for a couple years
 
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It's all shuffling deck chair on the titanic as long as Antonetti is making the moves. If he's moving Choo, Cabrera, Perez, et al...I'm confident we'll be getting fuck all in return. I have zero faith in the current ownership/FO combo to return this franchise to respectibility.
 
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buckeyemania11;2196920; said:
But they got LARS ANDERSON! they did not stand still at the deadline!
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A Quad-A hitter is typically an older player?often considered a non-prospect despite robust production?who has posted impressive power numbers year after year. However, there?s always been something that prevents them from similar success at the highest level.

Examples of such players can be found every season. This year, the Quad-A label is embodied by players like Mike Hessman, Lars Anderson, Paul McAnulty, Brad Nelson and Mauro Gomez.
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http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...and-promising-mlb-prospects-in-aaaa-purgatory

Not sure how Lars, the Tribe's apparent future at 1B, even qualifies as a AAAA player after the season he just finished. But I guess that's not the first time Bleacher Report has not let the facts get in the way of a story....

With Columbus since acquired by the Tribe on July 31 for RHP Steven Wright, Lars hit .196 in 18 games with 0 HR and .605 OPS for the Clippers. Lars spent the rest of the AAA season with Pawtucket (.257) plus a half dozen game call up to the Red Sox (.125).

BTW: (1) the Red Sox moved Steve Wright, who was with AA Akron for the Indians, to AAA Pawtucket, where he started 4 games, going 0-1 with 3.15 ERA, 16 SO and 5 BB in 20.0 IP; and (2) the Red Sox moved RHP Jose De La Torre (who they acquired from the Indians in a waiver wire deal for the infamous Brent Lillibridge) up from Akron to Pawtucket, where he made 12 relief appearances, going 1-0 with 2.45, 16 SO, 3 BB in 18.1 IP.
 
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Indians win Indians win:lol: and Jimenez doesn't lose the game because he leaves early:wink: I have given up on this season weeks ago and have no idea what this team is going to do next season because we have absolutely nothing:(
 
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