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Indians Tidbits (2006 season)..

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[FONT=arial,sans-serif]Tuesday, January 02, 2007[/FONT]
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[FONT=arial,sans-serif]Closer Foulke in town for physical[/FONT]
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[FONT=arial,sans-serif]Right-hander Keith Foulke arrived in Cleveland on Monday and started undergoing a physical that will determine if he'll be pitching in the Indians bullpen this year. [/FONT]

[FONT=arial,sans-serif]We should know in about 48 hours," said GM Mark Shapiro on Monday afternoon. [/FONT]

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ABJ

Indians report

Foulke joins mix to hold closer job

Borowski also signed, but decision will not come till season starts

By Sheldon Ocker

Beacon Journal sportswriter

CLEVELAND - Mark Shapiro refuses to call it a competition.
Keith Foulke and Joe Borowski might disagree with the Indians' general manager.
Foulke became the second prospective closer to sign with the Tribe on Thursday, almost one month to the day Borowski was signed to perform the same job.

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Canton

Tribe to see three stars in line for big bucks
Sunday, January 7, 2007
TRIBAL WRITES ANDY CALL

Oakland A?s fans know the drill. Indians fans might need a while to get used to the idea.
The A?s have drafted or developed young All-Star caliber players, only to see those players leave for teams in bigger markets with more money to spend. Just think of an Oakland roster with Johnny Damon, Miguel Tejada, Jermaine Dye and Jason Giambi atop the batting order and Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder and Barry Zito in the rotation. Not bad.

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NFBuck;709242; said:
I'm not a big fan of a "patchwork" bullpen, but anything has to be an upgrade over last season, right?
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One of the hardest things to predict is how a reliever is going to do in a certain year in the MLB so it is hard to say but going along with that a couple veterans that have done it before sure can't hurt.
 
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Canton

Sabathia, Tribe have two years to work deal
Saturday, January 13, 2007
By Andy Call REPOSITORY SPORTS WRITER


CLEVELAND C.C. Sabathia maintains he doesn?t pay much attention to what goes on in baseball during the offseason.
?I?m watching football or basketball,? Sabathia said. ?My mom tells me who we?ve signed.? A few transactions caught Sabathia?s attention this winter, however. Left-hander Barry Zito?s free-agent contract with San Francisco pays him $18.5 million per season. Right-hander Jason Schmidt signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers for $15.6 million per year.

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Hafner and Martinez featured on press tour

By Sheldon Ocker

Beacon Journal sportswriter

The Indians' annual press tour will feature Travis Hafner and Victor Martinez when it makes stops in Akron and Canton on Jan. 23.
The day will begin with a lunch program at the McKinley Grand Hotel in Canton. Radio voice Tom Hamilton and TV play-by-play announcer Matt Underwood will be masters of ceremony. Manager Eric Wedge and pitching coach Carl Willis also will be on hand.

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INDIANS

Four file for arbitration

Sunday, January 14, 2007

Four Indians filed for salary arbitration Friday.
Relievers Rafael Betancourt, Matt Miller and Jason Davis, and outfielder Jason Michaels filed. They were four of the 106 players who filed throughout baseball.
Last year, Betancourt made $365,300, Miller $337,400, Davis $341,700 and Michaels $1.5 million in base salary. They will exchange salary figures with the Indians on Tuesday.

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Canton

Shapiro hopes he's found some something
[FONT=Verdana, Times New Roman, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]GM is mixing and matching[/FONT]
Monday, January 15, 2007
By Andy Call Repository sports writer

Sources in the Indians organization say no one has seen Mark Shapiro walking around the Jacobs Field office complex recently shouting ?Eureka!?

But Cleveland?s General Manager ? intentionally or not ? may be tinkering with a method for building a batting order that could become something of a future model for middle-market teams. The Indians, unable to sign star-caliber free-agent hitters, will instead combine the platoon concept with versatile players such as Casey Blake filling multiple positions. If it works, perhaps a ?Eureka!? just might be in order.

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ABJ

Pitching prospect is happy guy

Jackson grad delighted to be member of Indians

By Stephanie Storm

Beacon Journal sportswriter

CLEVELAND - Monday was the start of the second week of the Indians' winter development program for 18 select minor-leaguers.
Shawn Nottingham still hasn't been able to replace the grin on his face with a more workmanlike expression.

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ABJ

Indians report

Tribe, Davis agree on deal

Associated Press

CLEVELAND - The Indians and reliever Jason Davis avoided salary arbitration Thursday, agreeing to a $670,000, one-year contract.
Davis was 3-2 with a 3.74 ERA and one save in 39 games last season, when he earned $341,700. He asked for $760,000 in arbitration this week and was offered $600,000 by the Indians.

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?07 Tribe counting on Peralta
Friday, January 19, 2007
By Andy Call REPOSITORY SPORTS WRITER


CLEVELAND He is, in the opinion of his bosses, the most important player on the 2007 Indians. Jhonny Peralta doesn't act the part. He doesn't call attention to himself in the clubhouse. He hangs out with teammates but isn't the life of the party. His bachelor days are about to end, as he and fiancee, Molly, plan a Jan. 27 wedding in Avon Lake. He will consent to interviews but remains a bit tentative with microphones testing his evolving command of English.

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