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Indians Tidbits (2007 Season)

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Tribe's gloves, bats fail to show
Carmona again pitches well, but Blake's error with bases loaded key
By Sheldon Ocker Beacon Journal sportswriter
Published on Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007
CLEVELAND: This is no time for the Indians to look at their gloves and imagine them to be a set of cast iron cookware, though the clanging they hear is real enough.
The Tribe has carelessly constructed a three-game losing streak following a 3-1 defeat to the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night at Jacobs Field.
This is not a skid triggered by ineffective starting pitching. The offense certainly is culpable, but Johan Santana was the opposing starter for one of the offending games, and Matt Garza was throwing 97 mph fastballs in another.
Suddenly, the Indians can't throw or catch as major-leaguers should, and the shame of it is that each of the past three losses was a winnable game.
''It (defensive lapses) always show up more when you're not scoring runs,'' Indians manager Eric Wedge said.


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Trading deadline passes without Tribe deal
Shapiro makes offers to improve bullpen, but nothing transpires
By Sheldon Ocker Beacon Journal sportswriter
Published on Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007
CLEVELAND: In the end, harried activity in the office of Indians General Manager Mark Shapiro came to nothing, as Tuesday's trading deadline passed quietly.
Shapiro's phone lines needed more time to cool and e-mail traffic finally was easing up, but all of this was merely sound and fury unaccompanied by a deal or two for new players.
The GM was able to fill a need by acquiring Kenny Lofton from Texas last week, but Shapiro was unable to snag a reliever to ease the burden on setup man Rafael Betancourt.
Did the Tribe come close?
''It's hard to measure the degree of closeness if you don't get something done,'' Shapiro said. ''But we were very active. Only three bullpen guys of significance changed hands (today). It is safe to say that we were a finalist for one of those three.''

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Cabrera designated for assignment
Indians decide to give up on struggling right-hander
By Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com

CLEVELAND -- The Indians' seemingly undying patience with Fernando Cabrera has finally fizzed out. The Tribe informed Cabrera after Tuesday night's 3-1 loss to the Rangers that he has been designated for assignment. The club will have 10 days to trade, release or outright Cabrera to the Minors.

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My Solution To The Defensive Problems

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since Eric Wedge cant seem to teach defense, why not let Tom Emanski do it?
 
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sucks we self-imploded like we did tongihht(currently the top of 10) in case we make a comeback....but Lewis looked ok, w/ the exception of bad decesions on where to throw the ball when it came to him.......Lewis has good stuff and will be a good pro, so I hope he gets his jitters under control.....I'm assuming we lose tonight, so other than that, it'd be nice to get a great starting pitching performance sometime soon
 
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Well i think its safe to say our playoff chances are pretty much shot

when you cant field,throw,hit,or pitch you are going nowhere

the only saving grace is the tigers are also playing like shit right now
 
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How's this for a little perspective...they're about to drop the second in a row at home to the motherfucking Rangers.

I'm taking a hiatus from this team for a while. I just get more pissed off with each game. Pathetic.
 
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NFBuck;893856; said:
How's this for a little perspective...they're about to drop the second in a row at home to the motherfucking Rangers.

I'm taking a hiatus from this team for a while. I just get more pissed off with each game. Pathetic.
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yep, what this team has done this past month is a total joke

another classic Indians collapse
 
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