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Indians Tidbits (2007 Season)

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the pen was great on wednesday. however, betancourt is terrible when pitching back to back days. wedge must be retarded to not know that by now.

however, once again, the failure to execute offensively is what hurt this team. the sox are able to manufacture runs in a way that cleveland can only dream of. and that's mostly because the batting order after the 4 spot is filled with some dumbasses. barfield and marte are still young and learning. however, someone needed to tell the bottom half of the order that after burhle went out, to start working the count and stressing the pen. but, they started hacking foolishly and let the first guy get in a nice groove and give chicago 3 innings. And it's not like they swung at good strikes early either.
 
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Dispatch

WHITE SOX 4 INDIANS 3
Indians try too hard, let Sox rookie off hook
Friday, April 06, 2007
Scott Priestle
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH



CHICAGO ? Two games into the season, Indians hitters had so dinged the White Sox pitching staff that Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said he was worried about developing an ulcer. Then the Indians knocked Mark Buehrle from the game in the second inning yesterday with a well-placed line drive and sized up another target.
Rookie reliever Nick Masset had been easy prey in the opener Monday.
"In a situation like that, you have to go for the kill," Josh Barfield said. "That?s what we were trying to do. But we forced it instead of letting it come to us, like we did the first two games." With that, the offense that terrorized the Sox for two days barely worked up a worry. The Indians were forced to fight with fundamentals, which have not been comfortable weapons in their hands.

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ABJ

Legend remembered

Barfield will wear Robinson's 42 on shirt

By Sheldon Ocker

Beacon Journal sportswriter

CHICAGO - Josh Barfield is only 24, but unlike many players his age, the Indians' second baseman has been schooled in Jackie Robinson lore.
``I think a lot of players now know who he was but not what he went through,'' Barfield said of Major League Baseball's first black player. ``He did a lot of great things. My great-uncle (Albert Overton) played against him in the Negro League and used to tell us stories about him.''
Major League Baseball will honor the former Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Fame second baseman April 15 with Jackie Robinson Day.
Either C.C. Sabathia or Barfield, both African-Americans, has the option of wearing Robinson's No. 42 for the occasion.

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ABJ

Indians have no excuses for bad loss

By Terry Pluto

CHICAGO - It's was good to hear the edge in the voice of Eric Wedge after the Indians lost 4-3 to the Chicago White Sox on Thursday.
The Indians manager made no attempt to say that it's great to win two out of three in Chicago, or that some of the Tribe's mistakes can be traced to youth, cold weather or the old ``these things happen'' excuses.
The Indians lost a tight game in Chicago and have only themselves to blame.
Jhonny Peralta failed to move up a runner with a sacrifice bunt, then struck out on a pitch in the dirt that he would've needed a 6-foot shovel to hit.
Veteran Roberto Hernandez made a poor throw on a pickoff play at second base in the ninth inning.

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Canton

Jacobs Field plaques honor great players in Indians history
Friday, April 6, 2007
By CHRIS BEAVEN

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LIVING LEGEND Bob Feller?s plaque in center field proclaims him the ?greatest pitcher in club history.? ?I know most every one of these players,? Feller said last week during a ceremonial opening for Heritage Park.
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CLEVELAND Tucked away behind center field, the past lives on in Jacobs Field.

Walk through the area and within minutes, long-ago moments ? some a century old ? come to mind. Addie Joss throwing a perfect game in 1908. Ray Chapman?s tragic death 12 years later. World Series victories from another generation.

The roll call of names and nicknames creates more memories. The pitching mastery of Rapid Robert and Sudden Sam. The hitting artistry of Tris, Nap and Shoeless Joe. The power of Colavito. The importance of Doby?s excellence.

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NFBuck;807098; said:
Are we gonna play another game this year?
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I heard on the radio this morning that they might move this week's series against the Angels to Cali? We might set a record for fewest home games in a 162 game season at this rate.

Edit - ESPN now reporting the series will be played in... Milwaukee, of all places. Wonder how many folks are going to show up to those games! :lol:

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It's SNOw Joke

Snow forces series shift away from Jacobs Field

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An entire four-game series between the Mariners and Indians was postponed by snow.


CLEVELAND (AP) -- After snow wiped out Cleveland's series against Seattle for the fourth day in a row Monday, the Indians moved their next series against the Los Angeles Angels to Milwaukee's Miller Park.
The teams will play a three-game series beginning Tuesday in the ballpark, which unlike Jacobs Field, has a retractable roof. The opener and Wednesday's game will be played at 7:05 p.m. CDT, with Thursday's scheduled for 1:05 p.m.

Entire article: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/baseball/mlb/04/09/bc.bba.mariners.indians.ap/index.html
 
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redskinbucksfan;807713; said:
Only a Cleveland team would have it's official home opener in Milwaukee :smash:
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Bud Selig and his family welcome Indians fans (and their gate and concession receipts) with open arms.

If Cleveland misses winning the central or the wild card by a game or two, there will be a HUGE stink raised about having moved home games and scrambling to replay the Seattle series.
 
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Dryden;807855; said:
Bud Selig and his family welcome Indians fans (and their gate and concession receipts) with open arms.
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I read somewhere that tickets were going to be $10. At that rate, it may cost them more money to open and operate the stadium than they'll make from ticket and concession sales.

Either way, at that price and with Milwaukee being a short drive away from Chicago, I'm headed there tomorrow to cheer on the Indians. Go Tribe!
 
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Read a report that they have already sold 4,000 tickets for each of the first two games and 2,000 for the last game which is an afternoon game.

My question is tonight was going to be Ricky Vaughn glasses night. Kind of ironic that the game will be held in the same city that Major League was filmed. It will be hilarious if they pass out the glasses tonight.
 
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