Thursday, April 06, 2006
Alright Jason Michaels
Jason Michaels stole the show yesterday. 4 hits and none of them bigger than the game winning RBI in extra innings. A lot of Tribe fans were worried about getting rid of Coco but Michaels looks like the type of player Tribe fans will love. Kind of a throwback player. Looks like he doesn't mind getting his jersey a little beat up. Great relief pitching against the Sox and as much as I thought Wickman was washed up he can still rack up those saves.
I feel for all of you that are going to the game tommorow. Weather forcast seems rather gloomy. Got my tickets for Sat and I hate to say it but I hope tommorow rains out so I can see opening day myself. Go Tribe!
I feel for all of you that are going to the game tommorow. Weather forcast seems rather gloomy. Got my tickets for Sat and I hate to say it but I hope tommorow rains out so I can see opening day myself. Go Tribe!
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
CC out 3-5 weeks
CC was placed on the DL today and Jason Davis was brought back from Buffalo to replace him. Here is the full story from MLB.com
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060403&content_id=1381643&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
In brighter news: The tribe is crushing the white sox today. They are up 7-1 banging around 10 hits to the White Sox 4. Good news considering Garcia is a topflight pitcher that gives the Tribe fits and Westbrook took a half a season to get into form last year. Lets keep it going! Victor Martinez went deep for the Indians.
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060403&content_id=1381643&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
In brighter news: The tribe is crushing the white sox today. They are up 7-1 banging around 10 hits to the White Sox 4. Good news considering Garcia is a topflight pitcher that gives the Tribe fits and Westbrook took a half a season to get into form last year. Lets keep it going! Victor Martinez went deep for the Indians.
Monday, April 03, 2006
Oh, the pain the of an Indians Fan
Being a lifelong Tribe fan does waiting a winter and getting smacked around by the defending champs while seeing the ace of the staff get hurt suprise me? Of course not! This is what lifelong Indians fans come to expect. CC getting hurt is actually not that big of a deal. April you really need only 4 starting pitchers and of course the Indians have that in Lee, Byrd, Johnson, and Westbrook. CC has battled these types of injuries before and the cold weather in Chicago probably was to blame. Which leads me to another thing: A few years back Major League Baseball had enough forsite to start the season on the West Coast and Domes. I am sure Eastern and Midwestern Owners didn't like that it took a week and half before they cashed in on their home openers but who in their right mind wants to go to a game in drizzle and cold? I am content to watch the season progress on TV and wait till the weather is halfway suitable to watch a game. Anyway, the Tribe goes back at it tommorow @ 2pm EST. Here is the scouting report brought to you by Indians.com.
Scouting Report:Westbrook (15-15, 4.49 ERA in 2005) was inconsistent in 2005 and needs to have regular control of his sinker to get quick outs and be as effective as he was in '04. He struggled against the White Sox last season, going 0-4 with a 5.13 ERA in five starts.
Garcia (14-8, 3.87 ERA in 2005) gets the honor of being the starting pitcher on the day the White Sox receive their World Series rings. Of course, Garcia also has to work instead of joining in the celebration. Garcia is known as a big-game pitcher, having worked up or down to the competition during the course of his stellar 99-62 career. But Garcia already has been tested even before the regular season begins, turning in two tremendous efforts for Venezuela during the World Baseball Classic. Garcia has struggled during his career at U.S. Cellular Field, posting a 10-9 record and 4.67 ERA. But he is 6-3 with a 3.04 ERA lifetime against the Indians.
Scouting Report:Westbrook (15-15, 4.49 ERA in 2005) was inconsistent in 2005 and needs to have regular control of his sinker to get quick outs and be as effective as he was in '04. He struggled against the White Sox last season, going 0-4 with a 5.13 ERA in five starts.
Garcia (14-8, 3.87 ERA in 2005) gets the honor of being the starting pitcher on the day the White Sox receive their World Series rings. Of course, Garcia also has to work instead of joining in the celebration. Garcia is known as a big-game pitcher, having worked up or down to the competition during the course of his stellar 99-62 career. But Garcia already has been tested even before the regular season begins, turning in two tremendous efforts for Venezuela during the World Baseball Classic. Garcia has struggled during his career at U.S. Cellular Field, posting a 10-9 record and 4.67 ERA. But he is 6-3 with a 3.04 ERA lifetime against the Indians.
