Marty the Two Error Party!

I don't feel older.

The novelty of your birthday kind of wears off when you hit 16 I think. For me it probably hit a little earlier. I don't know why.

Today is just another day if you ask me, even though people are saying, Hey you were born today, how super cool.

Whatever.. I just want to talk Tribe, another year older means another year without a World Series.

Andy Marte.... Sir...

Marty the One Man Party hit a two-run shot that gave the Indians a 5-2 lead in the 4th inning. That would be all he did positive. He committed an error for the second day in a row. This time it was a throw.

Sorry, I know Marte did something positive but it's fun to knock him down.

Kelly Shoppach hit his fourth home run of the spring with a solo shot off Ivan Nova in the 8th inning. He went 2-4 with an addition run scored.

A few batters later, Trevor Crowe went solo job off Nova as well. He was 2-4 on the day.

Grady Sizemore was 2-4 with a run scored and Travis Hafner went 2-5 with a run batted in. Hafner isn't trying to hit for power right now, he's simply focusing on his swing. So if you're getting all skittish about him not showing any power, settle down.

"Squaring balls up, hitting balls hard, that will come," he said. "After that you start to drive the ball. Right now, the focus is on putting the barrel on the ball, using the whole field and seeing the ball well. After that, it will be time to start driving the ball."

This is why we have a Spring Training, for guys like Hafner to get himself in check.

Hafner also says his shoulder feels fine, his power is as better as it's ever been, as evidence by the things he's done in BP, and that his bat speed feels good. Stay patient, he's got about a week and a half to get in more work and I think he'll be good to go.

Mark Shapiro also said that Hafner is working himself into better counts, something he failed to do last year.

Asdrubal Cabrera scored on the Hafner RBI hit and knocked in a run of his own with a triple.

Jhonny Peralta is now hitting .429 with two more hits and another RBI. That's 10 on the spring.

Carl Pavano turned in a good effort. He went six innings, giving up two runs, but he did surrender seven hits. Positive, no walks and two strikeouts. One run came off a Henry Blanco solo-shot.

This is progress though, especially since he only threw 77 pitches in the six innings. If it were the regular season, it had the makings of a solid outing you look for from your three guy.

"He threw well," said Cleveland manager Eric Wedge. "He did a good job locating his fastball and mixed in some good changeups. He was strong and consistent."

"It was a positive. I can walk away from this with quite a few positives," Pavano said. "It was definitely better than the last couple of times. I felt great and stayed strong.

"A couple of times my pitches fell flat. But I was able to get it back. Up to this, I'd had a frustrating time making adjustments."

Tom Singer, the author of that article points out that if things shake out like they are, Pavano's third start will come in the new Yankee Stadium.

Oh and another ringing endorsement for the awesomeness that is Carl Willis.

"He said to stay on the rubber longer," Pavano explained. "Carl simplified it for me. That's a sign of a great pitching coach, to be able to pick up something like that and tell you how to deal with it."

Take it, or leave it.

Terry Pluto has a story up on Pavano, where even Bud Black had nice things to say about his performance yesterday.

Kerry Wood gave up two runs, but both of them unearned, so his ERA is still at 0.00. He gave up three hits and struck out one in his one inning of work.

Joe Smith walked one, but gave up none in his inning and Vinnie Chulk tossed a scoreless frame as well, further bolstering his shot at the final bullpen spot.

And that was the game. Jody Gerut got a hit, FYI, random update on my guy.

Going back to Pluto for a second. It's evident they've got Terry down in Arizona watching the Tribe.

Some notes from him...

Asdrubal Cabrera is "playing gold glove" caliber second base right now.

Pluto thinks it might be better if they just release Marte, who he said was aided by the wind on his home run, I believe it.

Joe Smith compares to a harder throwing Steve Reed.

Finally, he said Peralta told him he isn't fooled by the breaking ball as much as he used to, thank god.

I've updated the big depth chart board.. Looks like it will be Sowers, Huff, Laffey, Saarloos in the rotation at Columbus. Scott Lewis is pitching today against the Angels, you can see his first performance after being named awesome by Eric Wedge.

"It says a great deal about Lewis in reference to what he did in big-league camp," manager Eric Wedge said. "I told him today that he came in and won the job from people who have had, or will have, a lot of success in the big leagues."

Like I said, the game is on STO today at 4:00, so you can watch Scotty Lewis in action.

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