INDIANS RUMORS & GOSSIP
The Indians lost 2 to the Tigers. Was Nick Swisher’s absence a key factor?
The Cleveland Indians lost 2 games to the Detroit Tigers. They were forced to play the Motor City Kitties without one of their key rally guys. Nick Swisher, the guy who plays a huge role with the Indians was out on paternity leave. Swisher and his wife actress, JoAnna Garcia welcomed a baby girl into their family. It is their first child. Swisher is the guy who gets this Indians...
Cleveland Indians NIck Swisher Leaves Team After Wife Has Baby
First and foremost congratulations to Nick Swisher, his wife and the new baby girl that they welcomed to this world Tuesday afternoon. The first baseman was placed on the paternity leave list by the Cleveland Indians. He is allowed to enjoy these moments with his family for a few days and hopefully he takes full advantage. FFLockerRoom hopes for a healthful childhood.
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Chris Perez: “I want to minimize any potential off-the-field distraction”
Cleveland Indians closer Chris Perez released an official statement following the much-discussed deactivation of his Twitter account.
“The decision to deactivate my Twitter account was a personal choice I made in order to maintain the greater focus on the success of the team this season and our shared goals moving forward.
We have an extremely positive and supportive group of players...
Indians place Nick Swisher on paternity leave list
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The Cleveland Indians will be without Nick Swisher on Tuesday night after his wife gave birth to a baby girl earlier in the day. Swisher is expected to return to the Indians in the next couple of days.
In order to give the Indians some infield depth Cord Phelps has been promoted from Triple-A. Phelps was hitting .233/.318′.431 over 30 games for the Columbus...
Tired of mouth-breathers, Indians closer Chris Perez deletes Twitter account
Cleveland Indians closer Chris Perez, one of the most entertaining — and sometimes controversial — Twitter users among professional athletes, surprisingly deleted his Twitter account on Monday, reportedly due to his growing exasperation with having to deal with the hostile, troglodytic and oft-unwarranted commentary from a small but prolific faction who troll his account and...
Indians take on the Tigers tonight,can Corey Kluber beat Max Scherzer?
The first place Cleveland Indians come into the 2 game series against the Detroit Tigers tonight at Progressive field with a 2-1/2 lead over the Tigers in first place in the A.L. Central. It should be Corey Kluber facing off against Detroit’s Max Sherzer. Scherzer is one of the best pitchers in the Tigers staff. He comes to Cleveland with a record of 5 wins and no losses this season...
So You Won The Cy Young...Big Deal, the Indians don't care!
The Cleveland Indians have been rather rough this year on reining or former Cy Young award winners, having beaten 7 of them to date. A list of the victims follows. They started the rein of terror in the first game of the season against reining N.L. winner R.A. Dickey now with the Toronto Blue Jays. Dickey, who won the award last year with the Mets allowed 4 runs, 3 earned...
Perez deletes Twitter account after verbal attacks
Score one for the haters.
The Twitter account for closer Chris Perez was no longer active Monday night. Perez, one of the more accessible and open Indians players, apparently had enough ugliness.
Perez was villified on Twitter immediately after giving up a solo home run in the ninth inning of Mondays 10-8 win. Perez had blown a save on Saturday after giving up two solo home runs...
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Yan Gomes Caps Indians’ Wild Win Over Mariners With Walk-Off Homer in 10th Inning
It might be time for baseball fans to start paying attention to the Cleveland Indians.
The AL Central-leading Tribe have won five straight, and Terry Francona‘s club completed a four-game sweep of the Mariners on Monday in dramatic fashion.
After taking a 5-5 tie into the bottom of the seventh, the teams combined to score eight runs over the final 3 1/2 innings, with Cleveland’s...
Gomes' home run beats Mariners in 10th
CLEVELAND, OH -- This time the excitement and jubilation came down to the best bunt never hit.To overcoming the failing of not one but three of the Indians standout relievers.To bumbling errors by the Seattle Mariners.And to a home run by a backup catcher in the bottom of the 10th that sent the bench racing to the plate to welcome a hitter for the second time in four days.Go ahead...
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Justin Masterson named AL Player of the Week
Major League Baseball announced today the players of the week for the week ending May 19th. Cleveland pitcher Justin Masterson earned the award for the American League and Joey Votto for the National-
“Masterson went 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA, 20 strikeouts and five walks in 16.0 innings pitched over a pair of starts to claim his first
career A.L. Player of the Week Award and the first...
Ranking the 2013 Cleveland Indians' roster at the quarter-mark
Expectations were high heading into 2013, with general manager Chris Antonetti blazing a new course with real free agent signings and manager Terry Francona at the helm. At the quarter-mark of the season, expectations remain high as Cleveland sits two games up in the division and owns the fifth best record in all of baseball.
How did the team reach that height? Well, it is once...
Lindor and Naquin are Fishing for Mudcats
From the Bait Shop:
There’s struggling…
…and then there’s being just plain bad.
The Mudcats were officially bad last week, as they only managed a 1-6 record, dropped to 13 games behind the first place Myrtle Beach Pelicans, were outscored by 13 runs, and had the worst record in the entire Carolina League, by five games.
Some will point to the offense leading the league with...
The Cleveland Indians stand alone at the top of the A.L.Central Division, after 41 games.
They say you judge your baseball teams after 40 games of the regular season. The Cleveland Indians have played 41 games and they have played most of them very well. The team is in first place in the A.L. Central and even the starting pitchers have done better than expected. The Indians won another one run game over the Seattle Mariners yesterday. That makes 2 games they won in the...
Trend Spotting: The value of Drew Stubbs and a dilemma at third
As an Indians fan watching the team get off to a tremendous start, I find myself spending the majority of my time trying to pick holes in the roster that could eventually be our downfall or equalizing force. Attempting to find players who are so far outplaying their capability that regression both as a player and as a team is inevitable. This is not to say I am not thoroughly enjoying...
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