Indians Tidbits (2007 Season)

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ABJ

Sabathia sticks to priorities

Indians starter wins Cy Young concentrating on team goals
By Sheldon Ocker Beacon Journal sportswriter
Published on Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007

C.C. Sabathia played it right. All season, the ace of the Indians' staff deflected questions about winning the American League Cy Young Award.
Was he thinking about it?
Was it difficult not to think about it?
Why wasn't he thinking about it?
When will he think about it?



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[osugrad21]

CPD

The C.C. Sabathia file



Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Full name: Carsten Charles Sabathia.
Height, weight:
6-7, 290.

Bats, throws:
Left, left.
Age: 27.
Born:
July 21, 1980,
in Vallejo, Calif.
Resides:
Fairfield, Calif.
Contract status: Signed through 2008.
Acquired: First-round selection (20th overall) in 1998 amateur draft.
Family: Wife, Amber; son, Carsten
Charles III, 4; daughter, Jaeden Arie, 2.

 

[osugrad21]

CPD

Plain Dealer columnist Bud Shaw comments on Cleveland Indians pitcher C.C. Sabathia winning the Cy Young Award

The Cy Young Award is nice, but give Sabathia a World Series title and he'd be happier
Wednesday, November 14, 2007Bud Shaw
Plain Dealer Columnist
SABATHIA'S FUTURE:
Will the Indians be able to keep the Cy Young winner in Cleveland?


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[osugrad21]

CPD

Cleveland Indians pitcher C.C. Sabathia win AL Cy Young Award

Indians' Sabathia voted AL Cy Young Award winner
Wednesday, November 14, 2007Story by Paul Hoynes

e has grown up right in front of us. Now that he's primed and polished and has the American League Cy Young Award trophy sitting in the back seat, will C.C. Sabathia drive right out of Cleveland?
Sabathia became only the second Indians pitcher, and first in 35 years, to win the Cy Young on Tuesday by a surprisingly easy margin in a vote by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Sabathia, named on 27 of the 28 ballots, received 119 points. Boston's Josh Beckett (20-7, 3.27 ERA) was second with 86 points and the Los Angeles Angels' John Lackey (19-9, 3.01) finished third with 36.
Fausto Carmona, Sabathia's teammate, was fourth in his first full season in the big leagues.




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[osugrad21]

Canton

Cy Young for C.C.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
By Andy Call
Repository Sports Writer

CLEVELAND C.C. Sabathia, a fine football and basketball player, never saw choosing baseball as a difficult decision.

?That?s what guys played,? Sabathia said Tuesday. ?We played football and basketball, too. It just seemed like everybody in my neighborhood played (baseball). It wasn?t a hard choice. I was always pretty good. It was a fun game. It just felt like it was right. My first love was always baseball.?

Sabathia stuck with his first love until, at 27, he reached the pinnacle of his profession. Cleveland?s big left-hander was announced as the American League Cy Young Award winner Tuesday, only the second Indians pitcher to be recognized as the best in the league.


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MJ

Cy of relief: C.C. named AL's best
JIM INGRAHAM, Morning Journal Writer
11/14/2007




In the 43 drafts since Major League Baseball's first June Free Agent Draft in 1965, the Indians have selected a total of 1,954 players.


One thousand nine hundred and fifty three of them have never won a major award at the major league level.

C.C. Sabathia has.

Paul Cogan was present at the creation.

''The thing I remember most about the first time I saw him in high school,'' said Cogan, the Indians scout who signed Sabathia, ''was how overwhelmed I was by the man-against-boys aspect of it. He threw 93-94 mph that day, pitched a no-hitter and hit two 500-foot home runs. We never found the one ball. It went sailing over some trees, and they were never able to find it. I know it sounds like an old wives tale, but all that happened the first time I saw C.C.''


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Dispatch

CY YOUNG AWARD
Sabathia AL's best; Carmona is fourth

Wednesday, November 14, 2007 12:07 AM
By Mike Fitzpatrick


Associated Press
NEW YORK?C.C. Sabathia beat Josh Beckett at last ? albeit a few weeks later than he hoped.

Sabathia won the American League Cy Young Award yesterday, topping Boston's ace and two other worthy contenders by a comfortable margin to become the first Cleveland Indians pitcher in 35 years to win the honor.


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[LitlBuck]

Well... that just cost Larry Dolan some lettuce.

With the money the Yankees are throwing around at a relief pitcher, I think you better add some tomato and onion along with that lettuce:(

 

[osugrad21]

ABJ

Wedge named AL Manager of the Year Indians overcome snowstorms, other challenges to win 96 games and play in Championship Series


By Stephanie Storm Beacon Journal sportswriter
Published on Thursday, Nov 15, 2007

For the second consecutive day, the Indians garnered a national baseball award as manager Eric Wedge was named American League Manager of the Year on Wednesday.
Arizona manager Bob Melvin was honored in the National League after leading his Diamondbacks to a league-best 90 wins.
On Tuesday, left-handed Tribe ace C.C. Sabathia claimed the A.L. Cy Young award.
As Sabathia did, Wedge deflected much of the personal attention.

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CPD

Cleveland Indians skipper Eric Wedge is selected American League Manager of the Year

Posted by Paul Hoynes November 14, 2007 13:40PM

Hear Eric Wedge's conference call and other audio
The day after C.C. Sabathia became the first Indians Cy Young winner in 35 years, his manager did him one better.
Eric Wedge, by vote of the Baseball Writers Association of America, today was named American League Manager of the Year. He's the first Indians manager to receive the award, instituted in 1983, and the third consecutive manager from the AL Central to be so honored.
Chicago's Ozzie Guillen won it in 2005 and Detroit's Jim Leyland won it in 2006. Guillen won the World Series and Leyland reached it. Wedge fell one victory short, losing the AL Championship Series in seven games to Boston.




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CPD

Cleveland Indians' way of business is gaining respect throughout baseball Terry Pluto



Thursday, November 15, 2007

The Cleveland Indians are doing a lot right, that's what all the postseason awards should be telling you.
The latest is Eric Wedge being voted the American League Manager of the Year. That comes after C.C. Sabathia winning the AL Cy Young Award, center fielder Grady Sizemore being voted a Gold Glove and Mark Shapiro being named the Executive of the Year by The Sporting News.
Some Tribe fans tend to view the team through a microscope. They find some trade that backfired, a managerial decision that blew up, a comment made by the manager that just made no sense. It's sort of like dwelling on a few dents in a race car, missing the fact that the motor is humming that the driver has it running with the leaders.


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Canton

Humble Wedge is AL?s top manager
[FONT=Verdana,Times New Roman,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Indians skipper deflects the credit to his players[/FONT]
Thursday, November 15, 2007
By Andy Call
Repository Sports Writer

CLEVELAND Eric Wedge talked about the players. He talked about his coaches. He talked about the organization.

In fact, he spent most of Wednesday afternoon talking about everyone except Eric Wedge. That?s exactly what those who know him best would have expected.

?One of his strongest traits is: This game is about the players. It?s not about the manager or the coaches,? Indians third baseman Casey Blake said after Wedge was named American League Manager of the Year by the Baseball Writers Association of America. ?He doesn?t try to take any of the credit for himself. He stays out of the way and lets the players do it. That?s huge.

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MJ

First for Wedge, Indians
Jim Ingraham, Morning Journal Writer
11/15/2007




CLEVELAND -- The Indians now lead the Red Sox 2-1 in postseason awards.


Yesterday, one day after Tribe pitcher C.C. Sabathia won the American League's Cy Young Award, Eric Wedge was named Manager of the Year in the American League. On Monday, Boston's Dustin Pedroia was named AL Rookie of the Year, as the competition between the two teams that battled through seven games in the American League Championship Series continues.

''This is the culmination of the body of work Eric has put in since he got here,'' said Indians general manager Mark Shapiro. ''He's so much more than a manager. He's been a core member of the leadership team that has guided our team to this point.''


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[LitlBuck]

I would trade anyone on this team aside from Fausto and Grady, and if they can re-sign C.C., I would not trade him either. But these farm guys? Trade 'em for a guy like Cabrera in a minute. I could puke thinking about the trades we could have made in the 90's for "untouchable" prospects like Jaret Wright and Russell Branyan. There is no such thing as a "sure thing" prospect. They are a WS contender and need to do what they can do NOW to put them over the top. I am sick of waiting, sick of hearing they won't trade someone like Frankie because of his "potential". Fuck that, get the proven talent in here, as long as they are not past their primes or coming of a big injury. That seems to be where the Tribe brass tries to catch lightning in a bottle too often, rather than go out and make the big deal or sign the guy for big money. It just does not work out. We saw it happen in the 90's. If this team would have made .etter trades than for re-treads or has-beens like Kevin Seitzer or John Smiley and gotten a guy like Pedro from the Expos when they could have, they would have won at least one World Series in the 90's. IMO.

Upon further review... I agree. None of us know how long we are going to be here and I don't know if I can hang on another 59 years for a WS championship

 

[LitlBuck]

Looks like Indians are going to make a move on a Japanese relief pitcher. They need to do something because Detroit and Chicago are starting to make moves.

PD

Cleveland Indians close to signing Japanese reliever Masahide Kobayashi

Posted by [URL="http://blog.cleveland.com/sports/about.html"]Paul Hoynes[/URL] November 20, 2007 13:09PM

Categories: Breaking News, Indians
The Indians are close to signing Japanese right-hander Masahide Kobayashi as a free agent to help their bullpen. Kobayashi is in Cleveland taking a physical.
Kobayashi, 33, has pitched nine years for the Chiba Lotte Marines. They are managed by Bobby Valentine, former big-league manager

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