Tribe Talk Indians 2007

The Indians Rallied back from a 4-0 deficit yesterday but lost again. More bad news for the Indians as starting right fielder Casey Blake has been put on the DL with an ankle injury and is most likely finished for the 2006 season.

Indians Left Hander Cliff Lee has agreed to a 3 year contract extension. Lee, who won 18 games last season, is thought to be a major piece of the Indians future.

The Indians head to Detroit this weekend for a 3 game series against the first place Tigers. Cliff Lee (9-8 4.70) takes the hill against the Tigers Jeremy Bonderman (11-5 3.65). Lee is 0-3 against the Tigers this year despite having an ERA of 3.44 against the club. Bonderma is 2-1 against the Indians with an ERA of 5.44. First pitch is at 7:05.

The Indians Hit 3 Homeruns off Josh Beckett including a Grand Slam by Shin Soo-Choo as the Indians hung on to a 7-6 victory. Travis Hafner and Brett Boone also went deep at Fenway Park as Jake Westbrook provided 8 solid innings of pitching with Jason Davis picking up the save. Westbrook improved his record to 8-7 on the year as Josh Becektt fell to 13-6 on the year.

The Tribe was one out away from a victory when Rookie stopper Fausto Carmona couldn't find the plate. He was flawless getting the first two outs and the pressure got to him hitting the next two and walking the next. The next batter doubled off the green monster bringing in the tying and winnng runs. Don't you miss Bob Wickman? He was sure worth that Class A catcher right Shapiro?

Jeremey Sowers and The Indians are facing the Red Sox and Jon Lester. Lester is The Red Sox version of Sowers. A young left hander who is comes into the game at 5-1 with an ERA 3.49. Sowers is 3-3 with an ERA of just below 4. After struggling giving up the long ball in his first few starts Sowers looks like the second coming of Warren Spahn throwing back to back shutouts in his last two starts. It should be interesting game tonight in Boston. You can catch it on SportsTime Ohio @ 7:05.

CC Sabathia went 8 innings giving up one run in a 6-3 victory against the Boston Red Sox. Former Indian Jason Johnson went 5 2/3 and took the loss for Boston. Victor Martinez and Casey Blake provided the offense for the Tribe with both driving in 2 runs and scoring a run each.

I understood the past few trades by the Indians but this one makes no sense to me. You can live without Bob Wickman and Ben Broussard but why would trade Ronnie Belliard for a ham sandwich. The Indians probably will use Boone at 2nd and Marte and 3base but the Indians got a nothing for Belliard. He wasn't making all that much and to dump a contract like that is just being cheap. Shapiro probably begged and pleaded teams to take Boone off his hands and had no takers but if that was the case they could of just released him. I am of the opinion that you don't get any better by losing. By trading Belliard the Indians got a lot worse very fast.

David Oritz, one of the most clutch hitters in all of the Major Leagues, hit a 3 run home run in the bottom of the 9th to give the Red Sox a 9-8 win tonight. He ruined what looked like a stellar game for the Indians with Casey Blake hitting 2 HR's and driving in 5 runs. F Carmona Lost for the second straight day and Kyle Snyder picked up the win for the Sox.