Morning Update/Game Recap: Laffey Struggles After ASB

So...

Pretty depressing to watch that last night.

One of those games.. You got an ace on the mound for the other team, and your pitcher struggles.

The results are what you saw last night.

Granted, Aaron Laffey only got charged with three earned runs. But he was clearly not on his game. Errors be damned, Laffey couldn't put hitters away after he got 2 outs. That entire 2nd inning mess all started with two outs. He also gave up the three run-jack in the 4th.

Encouraging outings from Jensen Lewis and Juan Rincon to hold the opposition where they were.

Casey Blake did all the offensive damage with 1-4 including a solo shot.

Asdrubal Cabrera went 1-3 with a walk and a run in his return. I'm still reading Wedge quotes on the kid.

"He's 22. He's a baby. He has to learn what he needs to do throughout his daily routine to be the best player he can physically." (Plain Dealer)

Can we stop asking Wedge these questions? Really.

Speaking of Wedge.. He spoke out about the All-Star Game.. I'm absolutely certain he wasn't a happy camper that Grady Sizemore played virtually all of that game.

"Whether it's nine, 10 or 11 innings," said Wedge, "the game is called after that. That way you can plan for everyone to get in the game. You know you don't have to pitch or play people who are tired or borderline hurt. If it's a tie game, you flip a coin and whoever wins it gets home field advantage. If you want that game to decide it, there's nothing else you can do." (Plain Dealer)

From that link... You know before last night the Indians are the best defensive team in the league? Yeah I tip my hat for that at least.

Here is the reason Shin-Soo Choo wears the double ear flapped helmet.

"I just feel comfortable. Who knows, maybe next year I'll go with one flap." (Plain Dealer)

Oh come on.. That wasn't any good.. I hope he keeps it, I love the double flaps.

Obviously.. Seattle is Grady's stomping grounds. So, obviously he grew up watching Ken Griffey Jr.

"He was exciting to watch. He was the center fielder when I was growing up, he was that guy," Sizemore said. "He was kind of emerging as a star, and it was fun to watch the way he played. It was exciting. So to sit there and play against him now is pretty special."(Indians.com)

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Hey a few site updates...

I'm not sure if you like the current layout... I don't.. It's only temporary, because I needed something larger on the right side.. I'll be unrolling a new layout by next week, it's done, but I'm working out the kinks.. It will allow me to do a lot more and It will all look a lot cleaner, no matter what resolution you are working with on your monitor. Less cluttered, easier navigation. I'm also gonna start a few new features. The best part is there is no more white text on blue background.

At this rate, the boards get updated anytime a major move is made, but if not I update them every two days. Stuff has been kinda slow though so no need for many updates. The only thing over there not being updated is the Prospect Notebook. A new version is one of those new features I'll be rolling out.