might as well start one up since no one else has

I know that there are a couple more Indians fans on here, so we should have our own thread

Our lineup looks good again this year, Hafner and Sizemore are in the AL MVP race...biggest question mark is the pitching (for the 2346th year in a row). As long as everyone stays healthy we should turn a few heads this year - at least we arent picked/cursed to go to the World Series.

Here's to winning our first two games of the year IN CHICAGO

GO TRIBE

4/5/2007 12:12:22 AM

pity bump

4/5/2007 2:21:04 AM

4/5/2007 2:54:47 AM

Fuck Yeah! GO TRIBE! we're gonna have to slug our way through the season, but they just may be able to do it.

I plan on hitting up a few games this summer. Nothing beats 95 though. Had season tickets and it was by far one of the best summers of my life.

4/5/2007 2:40:32 PM

GO INDIANS!

4/5/2007 3:19:56 PM

I was at The Jake back in 1994, during their inaugural season, for a doubleheader against the yankees

I've been to a few games since then, but that day always sticks out in my mind



but on a bad note, our bullpen (namely Roberto Hernandez) just blew the game for us against the ChiSox. It was a 3-3 tie, Hernandez comes in, gives up two, no out hits - putting runners on 1st and 2nd. Then he goes to pick off the runner at 2nd, throws the ball away, runners advance to 2nd and 3rd, still no outs. He intentionally walks Iguchi to load the bases for Peirzynski, then he fucking HITS PIERZYNSKI, which drives in a run, and the Sox win 4-3


un-fucking-believable way to lose a game

4/5/2007 5:10:49 PM

paging prb185

4/5/2007 5:38:41 PM

yea bad loss our pitching was crap today. but at least we took the series 2-1! with a nice long homestand coming up

4/5/2007 6:03:20 PM

anyone want to drive up for the home opener? high of 34 and snow flurries sounds tempting

4/5/2007 7:18:40 PM

The Cleveland Indians are giving away free money

http://tinyurl.com/ypdfty

Quote :

"On Saturday, April 14 at 7:05pm it will be "Free Money Night" at Jacobs Field. ALL FANS thru the turnstiles will receive a "FREE MONEY ENVELOPE" that will contain cash value ranging from $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100 to $10,000."

4/10/2007 10:14:01 AM

my buddy said it was absolutely miserable last weekend. Said he'd never had so much snow on his car. Fucking april snow in cleveland. Definitely don't miss that

4/10/2007 10:50:04 AM

my seattle and cleveland fantasy players get mad neglected for that series

4/10/2007 10:53:16 AM

I finally got to see a game at Jacobs Field last season. I must say it was light years better than Cleveland Municipal Stadium even though I got to see Nolan Ryan's last visit to Cleveland there.

Either way, I guess it doesn't matter seeing how the Angel's series has now been moved to Milwaukee. I guess the snow will eventually go away so they can start playing at home.

4/10/2007 1:16:19 PM

big win for the tribe tonight got a 7-6 win over the angels. desperately need a new closer had a 7-3 lead going into the 8th and almost gave it all up. also had an error which makes 2 through 5 games. hopefully this is not the beginning of an error filled season like last year.

4/10/2007 10:30:02 PM

3 run homer by Pronk to pull out the series with the Angels. We definitely look like a playoff team this year as long as the pitching stays healthy.

4/13/2007 12:57:53 AM

go tribe!

4/13/2007 1:29:26 AM

6-3 overall
4-2 against the Chisux

Starting pitching and bullpen looks good, just need the bats to warm up

4/15/2007 3:44:15 PM

yessir

I'm trying not to get my hopes up too high after the past couple of years letdowns, but we look good

and its good to know the Victor is able to play again

4/15/2007 4:15:33 PM

wtf was blowoski doing in there AFTER giving up 3 runs already just 6 batters in??!! This team cannot afford another shitty april.

god dammit fuck aids

4/19/2007 5:44:46 PM

lol @ Eric Wedge

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GO TIGERS!

4/19/2007 6:09:28 PM

4 runs in the top of the 9th today get the victory.
We've got the bats but the pitching has to get better for us to stand any chance. Westbrook got soft since we gave him that extension and Sowers looks like he is gonna get shelled every time he takes the mound. I have a feeling we'll be seeing Adam Miller in the next month or so to help shore up the back end of the rotation.


Go Tribe!

[Edited on April 22, 2007 at 4:40 PM. Reason : pronkville]

4/22/2007 4:39:01 PM

If the Indians were a national league team, they would be pretty much playoff bound for sure....
Too bad thats not the case

4/23/2007 11:30:22 AM

i dont know our pitching is pretty awful. got a big series with the twins and could end up in first place in the central if we win both.

4/23/2007 11:57:25 AM

hopefully Cliff Lee will be back soon

and I agree, Westbrook has looked like shit this year - but I guess that's just like last year and the year before

4/23/2007 12:19:25 PM

yea thank god we signed him to a big contract

4/23/2007 4:20:53 PM

^,^^ have you both gone mad? He's won 15 games for us the past two years and 14 games in 2004 when he was an all-star. The guy is a solid #3 starter and his stats are comparable to Charlie Nagy in the 90's.

4/23/2007 4:46:39 PM

Tribe wins in 12 last night. Sowers pitched better but still gives me an uneasy feeling.

Tonight's matchup:
Carmona vs Santana

4/24/2007 9:26:06 AM

that was a good game last night...i didnt so much like the 12th inning but it was a good game

4/24/2007 9:30:55 AM

4/24/2007 10:22:30 AM

Quote :

"have you both gone mad? He's won 15 games for us the past two years and 14 games in 2004 when he was an all-star. The guy is a solid #3 starter and his stats are comparable to Charlie Nagy in the 90's."

When you are consistenly healthy (which is not a bad thing) and play for a club that puts a lot of runs on the board, it's inevitable that you're going to get wins. While he (Westbrook) may be reliable, he can contribute most of those wins to our offense putting up great numbers while he manages to get by with a 4.50 ERA and about 4-5 K's per 9 innings, which are two statistics that paint a better picture of the pitcher's quality than the number of wins he gets.

Look at somebody like Scott Kazmir, who only has had 10 wins a year over the last two years with the low-scoring Devil Rays, but also has averaged an ERA of 3.50 and about 9-10 K's per 9 innings.

Solid #3 starter, yes, but for the past few years he was supposed to be our second ace behind Sabathia, especially with the money he's getting paid now.

4/24/2007 4:15:20 PM

great win tonight! puts us in first place in the central for the time being!

4/24/2007 11:00:29 PM

4/25/2007 12:03:18 AM

Pronk's line from the last 8 games: .567 17H 4HR 9RBI

4/25/2007 10:06:26 AM

yep hes been tearing it up. lets hope it continues tonight against a mediocre Rangers team.

4/25/2007 12:03:11 PM

Heading up to C Town in couple weeks to see my grandma and some buddies. Definitely catching a game while I'm there. And while the Jake is better for baseball, nothing beats Municipal Stadium for Browns games.

4/25/2007 12:11:57 PM

4 in a row! pitching struggled last night even thought they struck out 19. CC pitched ok but got beat up a little. very encouraged we still won though and we got some clutch hitting in the 11th.

4/26/2007 9:32:23 AM

CC deserved the decision last night. I don't think he pitched great, but we had a 6 run lead in the 6th inning and that should be enough for any pitcher to get the win. Our team chemistry seems really high right now. All the guys look like they are having fun and you can tell they all really like each other. Hopefully we can keep up this 2 of 3 pace we're on and 90-100 games this year. We've got birdie goin tonight and he is usually $$$ at home.

/tribe

4/26/2007 10:47:00 AM

9-4 today we on fire son.

4/26/2007 3:22:33 PM

Byrd held Kinsler to 1-3 with no RBIs...that is impressive

4/26/2007 3:49:13 PM

5 in a row baby! weekend series with the O's coming up hopefully we can win 2 of 3 too keep the momentum rolling!

4/26/2007 4:41:30 PM

6 wins in a row...Westbrook got the win and Borowski got his 9th save of the season striking out all three batters in the ninth inning

oh yeah, and Grady had an inside the park homerun during the game

GOOOO TRIBE

4/27/2007 10:41:21 PM

keep it up tribe...

4/28/2007 3:12:14 AM

grady's got some fuckin wheels!

This is going to be a great year for the tribe.

4/28/2007 8:58:24 AM

good series win this weekend. The team seems to be finding their stride lets hope they can keep it up.

4/30/2007 11:38:42 AM

8 outta 9

15-8

5/1/2007 11:19:03 PM

woohooo, we are 1.5 games ahead of the Twins and Tigers (3.5 games up on the ChiSox)

I'm just hoping we can keep this roll of good hitting and pitching going through this 10-game semi-west coast swing coming up starting on Friday

5/2/2007 9:39:12 AM

GO TRIBE!

5/2/2007 1:07:25 PM

big win tonight in extra innings...Pronk hit the game winning RBI double in the 11th to end the game


9 out of 10 baby

5/2/2007 11:30:21 PM

I'll be in baltimore saturday to catch the game at camden. Lets keep it up boys!

5/3/2007 9:36:13 AM

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