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Indians come back from 5-2 seventh inning deficit to win 9-5 in the bottom of the 9th on a Carlos Santana walk-off Grand Slam.

I'm calling a walk-off homer by Sizemore in the bottom of the 9th for the Tribe. You have to give Lillibridge credit for taking advantage of the opportunities provided him by Ozzie. Milledge is sulking down in AAA with a .500 OPS after his bat was pretty hot this spring.

As the Yankees' broadcasters refer to him, "home run by Lilliquist." Remembering the former Braves and Indians hurler.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 29, 2011 -> 07:54 PM) Our starting pitching has been quite disappointing so far this year. It's bad when you look forward to seeing Humber pitch. Yankees...what do you want for Danks? You just jinxed Humber, now. Great. I'm seriously waiting for one of those games he threw with the Royals where he goes 2 1/3rd and gives up 7 or 8 runs. Cleveland's not messing around. They have Chris Perez in the top of the 9th in a 5-5 tie game against the Tiggers.

What is our record against Baltimore the last 2-3 seasons? Seems like we've struggled a lot more than we should have. They used to be one of the teams we fattened up with, along with Seattle and the NL.

I'm tired of Danks and this entire organization. We might be 7 games back after the end of tonight. Last year, we had to fight like hell to get back from 9.5 games back. If you're a $100 million plus pitcher, you just don't blow 3-0 leads at home to the Baltimore Orioles.

I just noticed Cleveland has 5 guys in their line-up now at over an 800 OPS. And Santana, and Choo, who are below that mark. Hafner's not even playing. Orlando Cabrera is their only weak offensively link, and he can be dangerous occasionally. Well, at least the Royals are coming back to earth. Can't say there's any happiness to see them losing to the Twins at home, even if they are ahead of us in the standings.

Robin Ventura Time. Let me guess, "dad-gummit, just missed it by 1/32nd of an inch..."

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Apr 29, 2011 -> 07:36 PM) Luckily, we'd be buying out some arbitration years so it wouldn't be a true open market contract. I still think the Sox will sign him (as long as s*** doesn't continue to go as it has this year for this team, in which case, everyone will be out, and the Sox will have 15K fans for the next 5 years and a 40M payroll). Peavy, Rios, Teahen and Alexei?

Was that the classic "inside-out" Beckham stroke? Or he just got jammed inside and was lucky to fist it to the opposite side? Any GLIMPSES of hope for him recently?

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Apr 29, 2011 -> 07:32 PM) I stand by what I saw in Glendale from Rios. Absolutely blistering the ball. So this funk doesn't worry me as long as he keeps his mind right. So was Wilson Betemit 2-3 springs ago. Well, at least the Royals noticed him. Ironic, since we acquired their 3B. FYI, Farmer needs to stop calling him "Jean" Pierre. Hasn't really helped him this season. Kind of like the Alisay Ramirez thing.

And the Indians just made it back to 5-5 against Scherzer (Asdrubal Cabrera's 5th homer, 2 run shot). I think you really do have to start considering them a real threat with that offense, and considering they haven't had Sizemore and Santana going together for most of that stretch where they're leading the AL offensively.

And Danks always pitches just not quite well enough to win. I guess you can get away with giving up 3 runs to the Orioles, but giving back the 3-0 lead doesn't help. Then again, 2 runs are attributable to bad defense. Seems there's always an excuse for something this season.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 29, 2011 -> 06:53 PM) Well said..our hitting coach has not "fixed" anyone in a very long time. I still say he did a terrible job with Josh Fields. So basically Walker's existence is/was connected to Konerko coming back....and Dunn came here because of Konerko? Two runs that should have been prevented. God, this season sucks!

Keystone Cops. Konerko doesn't cut the ball off or gets a clean throw off and Reynolds is out by 10-20 feet.

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/gameday...swbaaa_chraaa_1 Has anyone been able to get this Peavy start to "refresh"? It's still stuck in the first inning. Updates?

Indians out of the gate with an early mistake against the Tiggers, throwing to Cabrera and giving up a two-run bomb. 2-0. And the Tribe have a pitcher with an ERA in the stratosphere on the mound going against Scherzer. By the way, the Indians' announcers were comparing Sizemore and Ordonez and saying how adversely affected both were by injuries to the right side of their body...Sizemore his knee, Ordonez his ankle last year, and apparently he's just a shade of his former self, showing no ability to drive the ball at all in 2011. Strangely enough, Leyland keeps trotting him out there as the #3 hitter. They really need to get Victor Martinez back off the DL.

Is it Rios' left or right big toe? If it's his RIGHT, that's a much bigger issue, since it's the plant foot and would severely affect his power and drive at the plate, as well as jumps in CF. Where's PTAC? Is it like "turf toe" or something different? How long would they theoretically need to shut him down for him to be 100%? Is it one of those injuries that you just have to play through during the season, but where it won't get any worse but it can possibly be healing and then regress again or be re-aggravated?

QUOTE (ChrisLikesBaseball @ Apr 29, 2011 -> 02:08 PM) This says he'll serve his suspension tonight and tomorrow. Trying to avoid the boos from the home crowd this weekend?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 29, 2011 -> 07:26 AM) I know they could collapse at any moment...but we've seen Talbot, Masterson, and Carmona all show flashes in the past. That's the talent to be a consistent top 3. Talbot seems more like a journeyman type, at least from our exposure to him in an Indians' uni. I'm more worried about Alex White or even Tomlin than Talbot winning 13-15 games.

Greg is rebuilding about 2 months too soon. While we're at it, why not make Santos a starter, too? He has at least three "plus" pitches that he can throw for strikes. It would be a lot easier to find a set-up guy in our minor league system or via trade (or the dreaded Royce Ring draft) if we're not going to use Sergio as the closer.

I can't stand to listen anymore. I'll just go walk around and hope the lead isn't any more than 2 runs.

How do you walk a guy who has two at-bats the whole month to face the top of the order? Sheesh. No wonder Jackson has been traded 4 times and counting.

Beckham's REALLY fortunate that ball didn't make it up the middle for a tailor-made double play. The Yankees have basically made two big mistakes already and Sabathia pitched over both of them (or we just suck, or a combination of both).

Well, this team is going to have to prove itself soon. If it's not against the Twins next week, the dreaded West Coast swing will do it. Especially playing at Oakland and Anaheim.