Cleveland Indians (official 2012 season)

[y0yoyoin]

Not even going to try to guess. Way too many variables with this team and the rest of the division. I'll just say health will play an enormous role where this team finishes.

on a serious note i totally agree with this...health is the key factor with this team

 

[Mac]

Along with the last two posts about health, not starting off on a good foot. Damnit front office. Why couldn't we have given this problem to some other team?

Grady out indefinitely with strained lower back. Double

 

[y0yoyoin]

Grady out indefinitely with strained lower back. Double

that a'boy

 

[NFBuck]

Grady out indefinitely with strained lower back. Double

Water is wet.

If we get 60 games outta Glass Joe, I'll be shocked.

 

[Bucklion]

Grady hurt already.

Grady Sizemore=Kevin Nash

 

[y0yoyoin]

maybe everyone will get injured before the season so we will not be dissapointed when it happens during the season

Chris Perez will be sidelined 4-6 weeks after suffering a left oblique strain.

Indians head trainer Lonnie Soloff said Perez has not been ruled out for Opening Day at this point, but it seems likely that he'll probably begin the season on the disabled list.

Related: Vinnie Pestano

Source: Jordan Bastian ‏on Twitter

 

[NFBuck]

Can somebody get this team a competent training staff? JFC.

 

[OSU_D/]

Grady hurt already.

Grady Sizemore=Kevin Nash

Once Grady, Hafner, and the rest of them couldn't take PED's this team went south quickly and many of the best players have been consistently injured. It's shame the team is a far cry from the fun of the mid 90's to the early 00's.

 

[NFBuck]

Over/under for games played:

Sizemore: 60
Hafner: 81
Choo: 124
Brantley: 124
LaBusta: 100
Santana: 140

 

[AKAK]

Over/under for games played:

Sizemore: 60
Hafner: 81
Choo: 124
Brantley: 124
LaBusta: 100
Santana: 140

That labusta is in danger of playing that many games is a problem.

The santana number is fine with me if he's primarily catching, shit, that's not even a DL trip in that number really.

 

[BuckeyeFlorida]

The 90's Tribe at this year's camp

GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Spring training is one big reunion after everybody scatters for vacation. And the best part is, you never know who you'll run into.

Sometimes, it even draws recluses out of hiding.

"I wanted to see the guys," Albert Belle, 45, said as he surveyed Indians camp Tuesday morning. "We're rehashing old memories."

It's not quite that simple. But then, with a man as complicated as Belle, it never was.

Two stars from the classic Cleveland teams of the mid-1990s are in uniform for part of the spring as guest instructors. And Carlos Baerga and Kenny Lofton aren't alone: Their former manager, Mike Hargrove, is suiting up, too.

http://scott-miller.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270335/35019738

 

[NFBuck]

Man, I loved that '95 team. So much fun to watch. I've never seen an atmosphere in professional sports like the one at the Jake that summer, every game was an "event"...

Belle, Baerga, Alomar, Manny, Thome, Eddie, Kenny, Omar, Sorrento, Dennis, Orel...

 

[NFBuck]

BTW, I'm curious what kind of reception Belle would get in Cleveland now. Back in '97, he was the original Judas. Of course, he didn't stab us through the hearts on an e!spn dog and pony show.

 

[buckeyemania11]

I wonder if the bullpen can hold and be as "solid" as they were last year

or if they will revert to the all so familiar old gas can/here they come to wreck the day form.

 

[Mac]

Man, I loved that '95 team. So much fun to watch. I've never seen an atmosphere in professional sports like the one at the Jake that summer, every game was an "event"...

Belle, Baerga, Alomar, Manny, Thome, Eddie, Kenny, Omar, Sorrento, Dennis, Orel...

My favorites. I also remember that '95 team. I remember coming home from school and being excited to watch baseball everyday.