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Indians Tidbits (2008 season)

buckeyemania11;1192464; said:
:lol: its sad how predictable this team is
Coming into tonight, the opposition was punding Zito at a .325 clip. These humps go 4-24 (.167) against him. It's like they're too stupid to realize that a lower ERA is better, and they're intimidated by higher numbers. Well, we're into their bullpen now, so maybe they can get something going...

Wait, here's the nightly Marte PH appearance. Aaaand he fails dropping his BA to .137. :lol:
 
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Well, in a season of many, many lows, this is a new bottom. Taken to school by Barry friggin' Zito. I'm already assuming they lose tomorrow and drop at least 2/3 to the Reds which would put them at 5-10 in five series against the dregs of the NL. Since climbing to 22-19 on May 15, they've gone 13-24 and assuming my prediction on the next four games comes to fruition, 14-27.

It's gonna take a miracle to not lose 95 games. Burn this motherfucker down Shapiro. This organization needs a total 2002-type overhaul.
 
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NFBuck;1192485; said:
Because somebody has a hard-on for watching former 3B prospects flame out with a .130 BA.


aubrey is a 1st baseman. marte's status doesn't impact him at all.

aubrey is still in the minors because he has never been healthy and needs to play every day so he can either be dealt or be up with the club in '09.

when there is a firesale in a few weeks, he'll get the call-up.
 
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Canton

Barry Zito of old stops Tribe
[FONT=Verdana, Times New Roman, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Cleveland tumbles into Central Division cellar[/FONT]
UPDATE: 2:01 AM, Thursday, June 26, 2008
BY JOSH WEIR
REPOSITORY SPORTS WRITER


CLEVELAND Barry Zito has been lost since crossing the San Francisco Bay.

Not surprisingly, he found himself Wednesday night on the shores of Lake Erie.

Zito, looking like the Cy Young winner from his Oakland days, pitched the Giants past the Indians, 4-1, at Progressive Field, 15 years to the day the Indians last brought up the rear in a division.

The Tribe celebrated the anniversary by returning there.

Wednesday's loss, coupled with the Royals' 10th win in their last 11 games, puts the Indians in the cellar for the first time in the Central Division and for the first time overall since June 25, 1993, when they were last in the seven-team American League East Division.

Continued.......
 
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Barry Zito of old stops Tribe
[FONT=Verdana, Times New Roman, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Cleveland tumbles into Central Division cellar[/FONT]
UPDATE: 2:01 AM, Thursday, June 26, 2008
BY JOSH WEIR
REPOSITORY SPORTS WRITER


CLEVELAND Barry Zito has been lost since crossing the San Francisco Bay.

Not surprisingly, he found himself Wednesday night on the shores of Lake Erie.

Zito, looking like the Cy Young winner from his Oakland days, pitched the Giants past the Indians, 4-1, at Progressive Field, 15 years to the day the Indians last brought up the rear in a division.

The Tribe celebrated the anniversary by returning there.

Wednesday's loss, coupled with the Royals' 10th win in their last 11 games, puts the Indians in the cellar for the first time in the Central Division and for the first time overall since June 25, 1993, when they were last in the seven-team American League East Division.

Continued.......

Does this writer not understand, it has nothing to do with Barry returning to old form, and everything to do with the Indians sucking at the plate. Nolan Ryan could come out of retirement and shut the Tribe down and it would have zero to do with him channeling his old self, and everything to do with out pathetic approach at the plate.

Tom Candiotti of today would own this team if he had the chance.
 
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CPD

There's no end to the summertime blues: Indians stifled by 11-loss Zito, 4-1

Posted by [URL="http://blog.cleveland.com/sports/about.html"]Paul Hoynes [EMAIL="[email protected]"][email protected][/EMAIL][/URL] June 25, 2008 23:15PM

Categories: Indians
Chuck Crow/The Plain DealerBarry Zito, who had an 8.66 ERA for the month of June entering Wednesday night's game, totally dominated the Indians in San Francisco's 4-1 victory, allowing just four hits while working into the seventh inning at Progressive Field.

Barry Zito beat the Indians on Wednesday night. There would be nothing wrong with that sentence if it was written in 2006 when Zito was finishing a long and distinguished career with the Oakland A's. But the Indians lost to the San Francisco Zito, the left-hander who seemingly lost his mojo the minute the ink dried on his seven-year, $126 million deal.
Zito (3-11, 5.91), the losingest pitcher in the big leagues this year, held the Indians to one run over 6 2/3 innings in San Francisco's 4-1 victory. The loss perfectly defined the state of manager Eric Wedge's club. The most painful part of that reality is that they still have 78 games to play.

Continued.....
 
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when there is a firesale in a few weeks, he'll get the call-up.
In a few weeks maybe they will call up the entire Bisons or Aeros roster. That way we can see what we have for the future.
Does this writer not understand, it has nothing to do with Barry returning to old form
It really doesn't bother me that they lost to Zito. He is a quality pitcher and has some quality stuff. Maybe he is just starting to come around after a poor start. I would not mind seeing him in a Indians uniform.:)
 
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