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Indians Tidbits (2007 Season)

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Peralta with the winning hit and a homer. Could he be out of his funk?

I honestly don't know if I could make myself send Carmona to the minors. Not with Borowski on the team.

In related news CHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

What a throw to gun down Kenny!
 
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Dispatch

BASEBALL
Choo's 'lucky' throw gives Indians a lift
Tribe drops Rangers for fifth win in a row
Friday, April 27, 2007 12:03 AM
By Scott Priestle


The Columbus Dispatch
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MARK DUNCAN | AP
Indians catcher Kelly Shoppach tags out the Rangers' Kenny Lofton at the plate in the first inning.

CLEVELAND?Indians left fielder Shin-Soo Choo charged the fly ball, set his feet and fired a fastball toward home plate. His goal, he said later, was to throw a low line drive that an infielder could cut off, just in case the runner on second base tried to advance to third. He assumed Kenny Lofton would tag and score from third.
Instead, the throw reached catcher Kelly Shoppach a split second before Lofton for a rally-killing double play, giving the Indians an early spark on their way to a 9-4 win over the Texas Rangers yesterday in Jacobs Field.
"Maybe I was lucky,?? Choo said with a smile.​

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Todd Jones commentary: Tribe has prospered in wacky month of April

Friday, April 27, 2007 6:57 AM
By Todd Jones


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

CLEVELAND -- Go to Jacobs Field anymore and you might see a plague of locusts or flying monkeys.

Just yesterday, with the seats empty, a slew of white paper napkins inexplicably floated through the air amid a pregame drizzle.
The bizarre sight of raining napkins fit well with an April that has been a David Lynch movie for the Cleveland Indians. "It's been wacky and weird," pitcher Paul Byrd said. After a break in the napkins, Byrd pitched the Indians to a rain-delayed 9-4 win over the Texas Rangers yesterday, meaning Cleveland now has six home wins this season despite playing only five games in Jacobs Field.

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ABJ

Streaky Tribe spicy hot

Since Yankee debacle, Indians' spate of wins reflects good attitudes

By Sheldon Ocker

Beacon Journal sportswriter

CLEVELAND - Was blowing a four-run lead at Yankee Stadium on April 19 the best thing to happen to the Indians since the invention of Stadium Mustard?
Probably not, but the Tribe has won six of seven and five in a row since that infamous game, including Thursday's 9-4 triumph over the Texas Rangers at Jacobs Field.
The loss to the New York Yankees seemed devastating at the time. Leading by four runs in the ninth inning, Joe Borowski suffered a meltdown that netted the Yankees six runs and an 8-6 comeback win, which raised the following fearful questions:

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Indians report

Tribe's Choo not wasting his time

Outfielder making mark in just a few days of play

By Sheldon Ocker

Beacon Journal sportswriter

CLEVELAND - It's easy to tell that Shin-Soo Choo is in the house.
Choo has been with the Indians only since Monday and has played in four games, starting three in left field. Already, he has left his imprint on the season.
In the Tribe's 9-4 win Thursday over the Texas Rangers, Choo threw out Kenny Lofton at the plate when he tried to score from third on Mark Teixeira's fly to left with the bases loaded and nobody out in the first inning. The play kept the Rangers from jumping to an early lead and blunted a possible multi-run rally.
``He is a fast runner, so I was really going for the cutoff man,'' Choo said. ``So I guess it was kind of lucky. I was very surprised.''

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CPD

On deck: Indians vs. Baltimore Orioles

Friday, April 27, 2007


Where: Jacobs Field.
When: Today through Sunday.
TV/radio: SportsTime Ohio today and Saturday, WKYC Ch. 3 on Sunday; WTAM AM/1100 today and Sunday, WMMS FM/100.7 on Saturday.
Pitching matchups: RHP Jake Westbrook (0-2, 9.15 ERA) vs. RHP Steve Trachsel (1-1, 4.37) today at 7:05 p.m.; LHP Jeremy Sowers (0-1, 4.76) vs. LHP Erik Bedard (3-2, 6.11) on Saturday at 7:05 p.m.; and RHP Fausto Carmona (1-1, 5.00) vs. undecided on Sunday at 1:05 p.m.

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Super Sizemore speeds to rescue

Three-run inside-the-park homer caps rally for Superhero Weekend victory

By Sheldon Ocker

Beacon Journal sportswriter

CLEVELAND - Indians position players were given evocative pseudonyms for Superhero Weekend at Jacobs Field.
Incredible Pronk (Travis Hafner), Spider Martinez (Victor Martinez) and Jhonny Blaze (Jhonny Peralta) Ghost Rider were a few of the gems.
But by the end of the fifth inning, it was obvious the marketing department hadn't coordinated its efforts with the players; either that, or Slump Man and Bat(less) Boy had inadvertently been left off the master list.
That's why they play nine innings, because the Tribe scored five runs in the sixth and made that hold up for a 5-4 win over the Baltimore Orioles, thanks mostly to Grady Sizemore (Super Sizemore) and Jeremy Guthrie.

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INDIANS NOTEBOOK

CLEVELAND - Former Aeros pitcher
catches his break
Jeremy Guthrie still hasn't established himself as a bona fide major-league pitcher, but his foot is wedged farther in the door than at any time since the Indians drafted him in 2002.
So far this season, Guthrie is 1-1 with a 2.77 ERA in four appearances, three out of the bullpen. His employer since being claimed on waivers in late January is the Baltimore Orioles.
The Tribe knew that Guthrie would not be in its farm system when spring training began, inasmuch as the right-hander was out of options and some team was sure to snap him up.

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CPD

INDIANS INSIDER
Guthrie: 'Expectations not meeting reality'


Saturday, April 28, 2007 Dennis Manoloff
Plain Dealer Reporter
Jeremy Guthrie was supposed to be a fixture in the Indians' rotation by now. If not a starter, then a back-end reliever.
Instead, Guthrie pitches for the Baltimore Orioles, as a reliever and spot starter. The Indians and Orioles began a three-game series in Jacobs Field on Friday night.
In the sixth inning, during his first appearance against his former team, Guthrie allowed a two-run single to Josh Barfield and a three-run, inside-the-park homer to Grady Sizemore. The first two runs were charged to Orioles starter Steve Trachsel.

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IN THE MINORS
Lee shuts down Phillies in five in rehab start

Saturday, April 28, 2007

From staff reports
Cliff Lee allowed only two hits and one walk in his rehab start Friday as the Akron Aeros defeated the Reading Phillies, 5-1, in Canal Park in a Class AA Eastern League game.
Lee (1-0) pitched five innings and struck out seven for the Aeros. Jake Dittler pitched two innings of relief and Jensen Lewis was credited with his first save.
The Aeros, who had nine hits, scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth and seventh innings and added another run in the bottom of the eighth. Reading scored its only run in the top of the seventh.

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Orioles game photo

Hey Tribe Fans, I was at the game this evening, and seeing as how it was a gorgeous day, took some photos...






Thanks to autostitch on the pano shot (and sorry for the ghosts, this is a first attempt, and all. I'm tossing this up on the graphics forum, too, 'cause I just love the attention.
 
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Orioles 7, Indians 4

Not better late than never

Tribe protests as run in third counts in sixth for Baltimore

By Sheldon Ocker

Beacon Journal sportswriter

CLEVELAND - It is not a commonly known baseball practice, but apparently runs can be added to a team's total long after the inning in which the action took place.
At least that's the way it worked in the Indians' 7-4 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night at Jacobs Field.
It is not clear whether crew chief Ed Montague and his team of umpires established a precedent, but what they did is far from an everyday occurrence: awarding the Orioles a run long after the play that generated the score.
The concept that the umpires can giveth and taketh away three innings later obviously did not sit well with Indians manager Eric Wedge, who played the game under protest.
``I protested as soon as they told me they were adding a run,'' Wedge said. ``The play was in the third; the run was added in the sixth. They said the run should have been there all along, but the fact is the umpire waved the run off.

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