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Indians Tidbits (2007 Season)

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Indians 12 | Yankees 3
Indians jump on Yanks
Four homers highlight explosive offensive display in opening win
Friday, October 5, 2007 4:21 AM
By Scott Priestle


The Columbus Dispatch
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Tony Dejak | Associated Press
The Indians' Ryan Garko tracks his home run off Yankees pitcher Phil Hughes in the eighth inning.


CLEVELAND -- The Indians offense has flair: Witness Asdrubal Cabrera's line-drive home run last night, followed by a wide turn in the batter's box to admire its trajectory, and Travis Hafner's line-drive home run that threatened harm to the fans in right field.

The Indians offense has fight: Witness the two-out, two-strike walk by Hafner and two-out, two-strike single by Victor Martinez to start a rally in the first inning, or the two-run, opposite-field double by Casey Blake in the fifth.
And after the 12-3 win over the New York Yankees last night, the Indians offense has fans. How could it not? In the biggest game of the season to date, its best was on display for a sellout crowd in Jacobs Field and millions of witnesses on national television.

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Indians don't seem worried about playoff jitters

Friday, October 5, 2007 4:08 AM
By Scott Priestle


The Columbus Dispatch
CLEVELAND -- Indians players took batting practice and took playful shots at one another yesterday as if it were still July, ignoring the bunting on the fences and the magnitude of the moment. Manager Eric Wedge was unusually relaxed during a pregame chat with a small group of writers who regularly cover the team.

Most of the Indians' uniformed personnel made their postseason debut yesterday in Game 1 of an American League divisional series against the playoff-tested New York Yankees, but in the hours before the game it was tough to tell Wedge and Co. were in uncharted waters.
"I feel pretty good about it," Wedge said. "I'm excited to watch these guys play."

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Tribe has a blast

Kenny Lofton leads offensive onslaught as Cleveland Indians rip New York Yankees, 12-3
Friday, October 05, 2007 Paul Hoynes
Plain Dealer Reporter
Kenny Lofton sat in his chair, hidden behind a pillar in the locker room, before Wednesday's workout. He was laughing and joking and talking about the wild players and the wild times of the 1995 Indians.
But it was the 2007 Indians who were about to plunge into the postseason, many for the first time. What advice did Lofton have for them?
"You have to seize the moment," he said, "because you never know if you'll get back here. Seize it and enjoy it."

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Pen could spell trouble for New York Yankees, says Terry Pluto

Friday, October 05, 2007


Scribbles in my playoff note book as the Indians bounce the Yankees, 12-3 . . .
Recipe for the Indians to win? Get to the Yankees bullpen in the middle innings. Their first reliever - in the fifth inning - was Ross Ohlendorf. He wears No. 60! He was recalled from the minors on Sept. 9 and had pitched only 6 1/3 big-league innings. The Indians knocked him around for three runs in one inning to take command of the game.
In Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Pa., the 25-year-old right-hander was 3-3 with a 5.02 ERA, allowing 86 hits in 66 innings - not exactly dominating as opposing batters hit .320 against him.

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Cleveland Indians' C.C. Sabathia was at his best on a night when he lacked his best stuff


Friday, October 05, 2007 Bill Livingston
Plain Dealer Columnist
Cabathia's s 100th pitch went skipping in side the third-base bag for a double, bringing the New York Yankees to within a run of the Indians in the fifth inning and taking him to the moment of truth.
As the first game of the division series wore on Thursday night, plate umpire Bruce Froemming's strike zone dwindled to something you could grasp with tweezers. The Yankees specialize in long at-bats and pitcher attrition. They had forced Sabathia to throw 33 pitches in just the first inning.
Now on a T-shirts and shorts night stolen from the summer and not the fall, weather that might sap a big man like the 6-7, 290-pound Sabathia, the left-hander issued an intentional walk to Alex Rodriguez to load the bases with one out.

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Playoff newcomers look like old hands


Friday, October 05, 2007 Joe Maxse
Plain Dealer Reporter
Check out postseason experience in the Indians' media guide. You'll read "none, none and none" time and again under the player bios.
Not any longer.
You can start filling in some numbers after Thursday night's resounding 12-3 Division Series win against the Yankees at Jacobs Field. The numbers for the playoff newcomers look darn impressive to say the least.
Catcher Victor Martinez went single, home run and double in his first four at-bats. Where was the triple?
Who cares. Not after igniting the Tribe's pivotal five-run fifth inning with a 403-foot, two-run homer into the joyous right-field stands for a 6-3 lead.

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On Deck: Game Two

Friday, October 05, 2007


The division series between the Yankees and Indians resumes this afternoon at 5:07 with Game 2 at Jacobs Field. The Indians defeated the Yankees, 12-3, Thursday night in Game 1. The Yankees are trying to snap a two-year losing streak in division series (Angels 2005, Detroit 2006). The Indians have not won a postseason series since the 1998 division series against Boston. Yankees manager Joe Torre is making his 12th consecutive playoff appearance. Torre entered the division series with 75 postseason victories.

PITCHING MATCHUP

Fausto Carmona
Carmona went 19-8 with a 3.06 ERA in the regular season after going 1-10 in 2006. He makes his postseason debut. A 6-4 right-hander, Carmona relies heavily on a hard sinker with left-to-right action. His long fingers help him manipulate the pitch. Carmona led the American League with a 3.28 ground ball/fly ball ratio.

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PrincessPeach;950021; said:
Leaving pretty soon to drive up for tonight's game.

:groove:

Hope to send 'em off to NY up 2!
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Gee, sounds like fun. I mean, not as much fun as "drinking-other-people's-booze-fun", but kinda fun.
 
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