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Cleveland Indians (official 2012 season)

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OK, the Tribe got smashed this afternoon, 14-1, by the Red Sox. But it was still a fun day at the ballpark. Weather was perfect and the crowd of over 27,000 was in good spirits; most did not start to leave until after the hot dog races...which I thought was impressive considering that the game was not competitive after the 2nd inning. And I didn't hear any large amount of--actually hardly any at all--booing by the Tribe fans. The fans seemed resigned to the fact that the lineup on the field today simply was not going to be competitive.

Indian's players had a bit of fun too, in spite of the circumstances. Acta totally cleared his bench and sent Santana out to play LF in the 6th. I believe that was a career first for Santana and I was wondering if he had to borrow an OF glove from somebody? Anyway, as often happens the ball found him via a routine fly a bit over his head. With all the grace of a dancing hippo he backpedaled into the catch and the crowd gave him one of the biggest roars of the day. Zeke Carrera shouted something from CF to Santana, who turned to him and gave a big exaggerated shrug in return and several Indians players on the field laughed.

Bobby Valentive apparently thought his guys deserved a bit of extra fun too. In the top of the 8th he cleared the rest of his bench, including moving DH Jarrod Saltalamaccio to 1B so that relief pitcher Clay Mortenson had to endure his first at bat of the season, striking out in the top of the 9th. Then Valentine pulled him for another pitcher to mop up the 9th.

Then there was what might have been the best part of the afternoon. A woman in her late 50s sitting behind us asked the two guys accompanying her if they would join her in signing a petition to get Joe Paterno "restored at Penn State." One of the guys says "Why? You didn't go to Penn State" and she gave a little spiel about how her best friend did, how great JoePa was and how unfair he had been treated and could not defend himself because he was dead. Then the other guy politely tells her how much he likes old school football, that JoePa was probably the last coach of that era, etc. He goes on to spend a good 3 or more minutes going into details about the horrors at Penn State and how much JoePa was responsible. She went dead silent, with no reply at all. I now regret not buying that guy a beer!

GO TRIBE!!
 
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http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2012/08/tribe_trades_jc_romero_to_orio.html


The Indians have traded veteran left-hander J.C. Romero fromr Class AAA Columbus to Baltimore for veteran minor league shortstop Carlos Rojas.
Romero, 36, had an out in his contract that said he could get his release if he wasn't in the big leagues by Wednesday. The Indians told him that they weren't going to promote him by the deadline so they worked a trade out with the Orioles.
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Looks like Jason Donald's roster spot is safe for a while. This deal gives the Tribe a warm body to take Donald's old spot in Columbus. Or, it's insurance in case Kipnis goes on the DL and Donald becomes the regular 2B?
 
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Yeah, ol' Lille and the D...3 errors in 1 fucking inning :slappy: The Indians commentators are brutalizing them right now...Arch is like "This is like Little League"

And...Santana forgot the count and heads to the dugout on strike 2 on defense :slappy: This is a fucking catastrophe, even for them
 
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Bucklion;2195152; said:
Yeah, ol' Lille and the D...3 errors in 1 [censored]ing inning :slappy: The Indians commentators are brutalizing them right now...Arch is like "This is like Little League"

And...Santana forgot the count and heads to the dugout on strike 2 on defense :slappy: This is a [censored]ing catastrophe, even for them
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:slappy: The 2nd inning was almost impossible not to burst out laughing while watching

heres the IPIs writeup

http://www.indiansprospectinsider.com/blog/second-thoughts-game-118-indians-4,-angels-8-31310

Defensive debacle: After Kendrys Morales and Mark Trumbo started the 2nd inning with consecutive singles, the stage was set for a three error inning that netted the Angels a five-zip lead. Against the next batter, Alberto Callaspo, Hernandez threw a wild pitch that advanced the twin base runners to 2nd and 3rd. On the very next pitch, a low changeup over the plate, Callaspo smacked an RBI single to kick off the scoring.

Then the wheels really started to come off; Vernon Wells followed with a grounder that had tailor-made double play written all over it, except shortstop Brent Lillibridge bobbled the ball for the first error, which allowed another run to cross the plate, while not yielding an out. Next, a savvy bunt from Maicer Izturis put the pressure on an unfocused Tribe defense; this time it was Carlos Santana that couldn?t come up with the ball cleanly, as the bases were now loaded on the Izturis infield single (which could?ve easily been an error on Santana), still with no one out. A Chris Iannetta sac fly pushed the third run across, followed by a fielder?s choice force at second base off the bat of Mike Trout, putting runners on the corners with two outs.

Then came one of the ugliest, most ill-advised plays you?ll see a major league defense make. With Erick Aybar at the plate, Trout, the American League leader in steals, took off for second. Santana launched an ill-fated throw that Lillibridge was ever-so-barely able to knock down a few feet to his side. Seeing the opportunity to break for home, Wells made a break for the plate, as Lillibridge uncorked a downright hideous throw that was nowhere close to Santana as it skipped to the backstop, allowing Wells to safely score and Trout to take third. That?s right, two errors on one play to make three for the inning.

But wait, there?s more! On the second strike to Aybar, both Hernandez and Santana started walking to the dugout, thinking that the inning was over. So, not only were there three errors, but the pitcher and catcher didn?t even know what the count was. Seemingly offended by their lack of attentiveness, Aybar turned on an inside sinker for an RBI triple to teach them that focus is prerequisite for playing Major League Baseball. Inexcusable isn?t even strong enough to characterize how poor the Indians performance was in the bottom of the 2nd inning.
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How the fuck do the Pitcher AND Catcher not know what the count is? even little leaguers are aware of the ball/strike situation

apparently Santana and Carmona (or whatever the fuck his name is now) can't count
 
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Also in awesome news, another one of the prized acquisitions from the Cliff Lee deal....

http://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-democrat/index.ssf/2012/08/cleveland_indians_release_ex-n.html

Former North Hunterdon High pitcher Jason Knapp, who was a second-round draft pick of the Philadelphia Phillies in 2008 and then part of a four-player trade to the Cleveland Indians for former Cy Young Award winner Cliff Lee, is no longer an Indian.

The 6-foot-5, 240-pound righthander and the Indians parted ways last week in what Knapp said was a mutual agreement after two surgeries on his right shoulder and the prospects of a third looming.

Knapp, who was the New Jersey “Pitcher of the Year” his senior season at North Hunterdon just before he was drafted, has been on the disabled list and hasn’t pitched for nearly two full seasons with the shoulder problems. He said he still wants to pitch in professional baseball and feels his best bet is another surgery to repair the new damage and move on.
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At the time of the deal, Knapp was 19, heavily talented – he showcased a plus to plus-plus fastball, a curveball that flashed plus at times, and a fringy changeup – and, simply, had front of the rotation potential. He was also injured, thought to be bicep tendonitis. And the Indians knew it. They thought he was a gamble worth taking, the potential too good to pass up. And, well, they were wrong.
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Thought this post from the Cleveland board more or less sums it up :lol:

judge_smails
 Lillibridge's final out last night should be the lead in next seasons promo marketing "Tribe in '13" campaign. Hit the ball as hard as you can directly off the plate with a trajectory toward the chalk at the front of the batters box, stand there, and when the ball comes down in fair territory only THEN run as hard as you can to first base --- all the while the pitcher fields the ball, smokes a cig, balances the baseball on his nose, and then rolls the baseball bowling ball style to first and still beat Lillith fair by a country mile.

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In a few outs, Tribe will have lost 18 of last 22 games. How can we get a vBet on when Acta is canned? Just no way they will retain him after this total collapse. Shapiro and Antoinetti are not going to fire themselves nor DFA the whole 25 man roster....so Acta gets the ax.
 
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In a few outs, Tribe will have lost 18 of last 22 games. How can we get a vBet on when Acta is canned? Just no way they will retain him after this total collapse. Shapiro and Antoinetti are not going to fire themselves nor DFA the whole 25 man roster....so Acta gets the ax.
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The Dolan's aren't going to pay two mgrs. Not sure when his contract is up, but he'll be here as long as he's under contract.
 
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