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Hello one and all.. Of all days to sleep in, I chose the trading deadline. For some reason I went to bed at my normal time and woke up at 11:30. With the game getting ready to start, here is what I've got in the world of the Cleveland Indians.
Buffalo beat up on Durham again. This time it was Brad Snyder who was a single away from having the cycle.. Two nights in a row now a Bisons' player was missing the single.
The Box Score is escaping me because the Bisons site blows and I can't get a box-score once they put the new game up. Jerks. Jeff Weaver got the win.
Erie edged Akron in extras. Bronson Sardinha and Wes Hodges had solo shots. Scott Lewis started and went six solid giving up one un-earned run.
I've been waiting to talk about this since I saw it last night.. Myrtle Beach put an absolute crushing on Kinston. Shawn Nottingham gave up 10 runs and Cristo Arnal, an infielder take in mind, gave up SIX RUNS in an inning.. Not sure why he was pitching.
Are you kidding me? I might do an in-game blog if I can get the right game.. I could go nuts.... This is ridiculous.. How are they giving him third base on this? What a complete joke.. He shouldn't even get second. How is Sal Fasano going to do anything when the ball hits the umpire..
Get FIRED UP Wedge... For the love of God.
Lake County won last night, I can't get the Boxscore, they are currently playing and leading.
Mahoning Valley is starting to get their footing. They won again and Lonnie Chisenhall went deep for the fourth time this year.
And the run scores.. There is no justice.. YOU JERKS
Garrett Rieck was called up to take the spot of Rob Bryson at Lake County, who went on the disabled list. He has a partially torn rotator cuff.
Onto the majors.. Kelly Shoppach's five hit performance was only the second time an AL player had five extra base hits in a game. Remarkably the only two players are Shoppach and Lou Bordeau.. Both Cleveland Indians. He's also the only catcher to ever do it.
So far.. Nothing on Paul Byrd other than what I posted yesterday. The Rockies have interest as well but I don't know if anything will get done there. Ken Griffey Jr is a White Sox though, so that should be fun seeing him there.. I guess they are getting sick of Thome's lack of production against the left handers.
Shapiro said he doesn't expect to make a deal before the deadline, for anyone that is, according to Paul Hoynes.
Byrd was in the dugout last night and he had some pretty good commentary, such as:
"Ya Cliff Lee only needs 2-3 runs.. Save the 7 runs for Paul Byrd."
He knows he sucks, and he is willing to admit it.
Two of the headlines on Indians.com are "Wedge Hopes Garko falls into old ways" and "Wedge hopes Betancourt puts past struggles behind him"
Don't we all?
"I've just got to stop worrying about my swing and just get back to competing and grinding out at-bats," Garko said. "That's the kind of player I was when I first got called up and I just need to get back to it." (Indians.com)
Well do it Ryan. He has been hitting the ball a little better lately.. You know who else is pretty good? Asdrubal Cabrera who managed to get his average up over .200 at one point last season. He's been working hard with Derek Shelton and it is paying off. How about that bunt he laid down last night? He's gotta put that in his game as Rick Manning said.. I think its the red bat though.
"He needs to disconnect from the numbers," Wedge said. "Sometimes it helps to say, 'All right, we're going to start over today and see where it goes.'" (Indians.com)
That was on Rafael Betancourt, but it goes for Ryan Garko as well. Betancourt pitched okay last night. He got through two innings.
Yayyy Peralta.. You feel good whenever he comes up to the plate for some reason.
Here's more on that sad CC Sabathia ad from yesterday.. I still think he could have put a little more words and cut down on the pictures of his mug.
"The day I got traded, my wife and I started thinking about some of the people we needed to thank," said Sabathia, whose trade from Cleveland to Milwaukee was made official when he passed a physical on July 7. "It seemed like something in the paper was the way to do it, and it started as a little half-page. Then it grew to a whole page.
"It was worth it. I had been there 10 years, and I felt like I should say thanks to some people." (Indians.com)
"I keep working and remain confident that I'll come around," Francisco said before he slugged two solo home runs in the Indians' 13-inning, 14-12 loss to Detroit at Progressive Field. "When you play 162 games, there are going to be some ups and downs. I'm not moping around. Every night, I come to the park thinking I'm going to hit." (Plain Dealer)
Benny Fresh just had a double so he's got himself back on track it looks like. They always said his swing is made to not go into many funks offensively, and if he does it will be quick. That would be correct sir.
You know for all they say about Grady Sizemore being the hottest centerfielder(and only) in Cleveland for the Ladies, he sure doesn't care about being a sex-symbol.
"I don't go looking for stuff like that," he said Wednesday afternoon. "It's more my agent having to pull teeth to get me to do it. I've said no to him 20 times and he said I owed him one. I enjoyed it, but it still was uncomfortable for me. It's awkward. I don't really like having my picture taken." (Plain Dealer)
Speaking of Sizemore.. Ben Francisco just made a Grady-like catch in left field. Anyway.. Grady did some photoshop for Men's Vogue yesterday.. I bet if he was more apt to do that type of stuff, he'd be more of a star than he is now. He just doesn't like that big spotlight.. I don't blame him. He's got a good head on his shoulders, he isn't letting this stuff get to him.
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