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Indians Tidbits (2007 Season)

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Cleveland Indians have unanswered questions

Is this the end for Indians or the beginning?

Tuesday, October 23, 2007 Paul Hoynes

Plain Dealer Reporter
Jacobs Field sat there Monday in the morning sun, green and manicured. All it needed was a ballgame.
There could have been one there Wednesday. Game 1 of the World Series between the Indians and Rockies was almost a reality.
Then came one of the biggest folds in Indians postseason history. Leading Boston, 3-1, in the American League Championship Series on Oct. 16, the Indians lost three straight games by a combined score of 30-5. It cost them their sixth trip to the World Series and a chance to be world champions for the first time in 59 years.




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MLB to meet with Byrd



Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Indians right-hander Paul Byrd can expect a visit from MLB investigators in the near future to talk to him about his use of human growth hormone. They would have talked to him Monday or Tuesday had the Indians and Byrd qualified for the World Series, but they lost Game 7 of the American League Championship Series on Sunday to Boston.
"They'll look to meet with him soon," said Patrick Courtney, MLB's vice president of public relations.
MLB banned HGH in January 2005.




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Plain Dealer columnist reflects on the Cleveland Indians' loss in the ALCS


Tuesday, October 23, 2007
In the end, they played bad baseball. When the Indians needed to be at their best, they were at their worst.
For that, there's no excuse.
Understand that Boston is gifted enough to beat the Indians three games in a row with both teams playing well. But what happened to the Tribe in the final three games of the American League Championship Series was discouraging.




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Some Cleveland Indians' contracts are up


Tuesday, October 23, 2007Jodie Valade
Plain Dealer Reporter
As his Indians teammates packed up boxes and cleaned out their lockers Monday at Jacobs Field, pitcher C.C. Sabathia strolled up to outfielder Trot Nixon. He swiped Nixon's jersey off a hanger in his locker, handed the outfielder a pen and demanded he sign the back of the uniform.
Sabathia added the signed jersey to his collection, folding the jersey in a box that contained all the autographed memorabilia he has snared this season. He had to ask for Nixon's contribution Monday because Sabathia only collects jerseys from his favorite players - and he wasn't sure when he will see Nixon again.




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Sabbathia takes responsibility


CLEVELAND -- C.C. Sabathia was confident he and Fausto Carmona could carry the Indians in the American League Championship Series. How confident?
"I would have bet my paycheck," Sabathia said Monday afternoon, "against me and Fausto going in the ALCS and not winning a game."
And he'd be hurting for cash right about now.


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My favorite part: "It's tough," Sabathia said. "I take all the blame for it. Fausto's young. This was his first full season in the big leagues. You can't really fault him. I take all the blame for this."



Somehow I think when his contract is up all will be forgotten. :shake:
 
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JCOSU86;968599; said:
Sabbathia takes responsibility






My favorite part: "It's tough," Sabathia said. "I take all the blame for it. Fausto's young. This was his first full season in the big leagues. You can't really fault him. I take all the blame for this."



Somehow I think when his contract is up all will be forgotten. :shake:
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It really shows how mich C.C. has matured. Although I think he does take a portion of the blame here for the loss in the ALCS, it's certainly not all his burden to shoulder and as far as forgiveness, I don't think he needs to ask for it or even feel like he needs it. He didn't play well, it happens, no real Indians fan is ready to kick him off the team or ask for him to be traded. He is our Ace, and one hell of a pitcher. Without him, we don't even make the playoffs. I am confident that if the Indians are in this position again next year, it won't happen again.
 
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In my opinion, we need to add another quality starter, a closer and a veteran middle relief guy.
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.agree with the fact that we might need to add a middle reliever but I think we can find another starter out of Lee, Sowers, Laffey or someone else in the system. I think I would stay with Joe B for one more year and just hope that he comes through for us. Closers are very difficult to find and usually very expensive. I really think that we have enough relief pitching on the team now or in the system especially if Adam Miller becomes healthy.
II give CC credit for taking responsibility, but baseball is a team game and we did not play well enough the last three games of ths series in all phases to win the game
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I agree with your premise that baseball is a team game but how many times have we heard that pitching is 95% of the game. CC it is our number one starter and he did not win one game during the entire playoffs. That is very disappointing for someone who is supposedly a Cy Young "candidate" and he should take most of the blame for the Indians on making it to the WS.
 
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The picthing will be better next year.. Carmona will be stronger, C.C will have something to prove, westbrook will be healthy, Cliff Lee has a chance to get his act together, Maybe Sowers works problems out, Laffey is still an option, and of course we still have reliable Byrd. The bullpen will be better too when we get some of the people we had injured all year back as well.

1-2 more bats (depends on how lofton is) and I think we can seriously take it all next year.
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.I don't see how we are going to get a big-time (free agent) bat without giving up one of our top 3 starters. Hafner has such a big contract I don't know if the Indians will even think about signing a big-time free-agent when they will have C. C. to worry about at the end of the season. The only scenario I can imagine is leading CC go before next season and trading him for a big-time bat but would that be worth it... I don't think so. I'm not disagreeing with the fact that we need another big-time bat I just don't see how we can obtain one.

I think it will be up to Lofton whether or not he comes back. Michaels is a good team player as far as I know and is a quality outfielder. They also have Francisco who might be able to take over left-field next year.
 
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Antoher issue may be Marte at third......how long before he makes an impact? As much as I like Casey Blake, he is not the long term answer.....we could see a change at third if Marte continues to progress. He is one talented player just waiting to get experience.

I think I would stay with Joe B for one more year and just hope that he comes through for us.
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I understand your point of view, but I do not agree. I would feel better if we had someone with additional closing experience. The expectations have been raised. It is time to make a few moves to ensure we have the opportunity to get back to the post season next year. I do not believe the Indians can just sit back and not make any changes. This team got a career year out of Byrd. Who knows if that will happen again. There are areas of weaknesses. You can never have enough quality veteran pitching and the back of the bullpen is an area that needs to be added in my opinion. I am not sold on Joe. Great job this year and everything but we need some insurance back there.
 
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I am not sold on Borowski as a closer at all. How many of his saves did he get becasue the Tribe had a 2 or 3 run lead, and he only gave up 1 or 2 runs for the save? I was never comfortable when he came in a game, and it cost the Indians in the long run. He blew two ninth inning leads in Seattle by way of the long ball the last week of the season. if he doesn't blow either one of those games, the Tribe has the best record in baseball and home field advantage throughout the playoffs and World Series. I think that the ALCS is a whole different series had we played 4 games at the Jake. Borowski does not have good enough stuff to be a lights out closer like Pappelbon, or Rodriguez of the Angels, or even Rivera. It's a crap shoot everytime he steps on the field wondering if he will get the job done. I say the Indians do need a better closer, or move Bentancourt to the closer position, and pick up a big HR / RBI guy for the middle of the lineup. Hopefully Hafner will be back to normal next Spring, but he didn't have a very good season and was horrifc in the post season. The bright side is how young the team is and it should be another run at it next year if they stay healthy.
 
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OSUBasketballJunkie;968798; said:
I understand your point of view, but I do not agree. I would feel better if we had someone with additional closing experience. The expectations have been raised. It is time to make a few moves to ensure we have the opportunity to there.
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desert_buckeye;969145; said:
I am not sold on Borowski as a closer at all. How many of his saves did he get becasue the Tribe had a 2 or 3 run lead, and he only gave up 1 or 2 runs for the save? I was never comfortable when he came in a game,.
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I agree with both of you! The question is where do you find someone better and how much is it going to cost the Indians.
 
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