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are ridiculously ignorant

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Yup, and also just human - and under the influence.

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and in my opinion need to be punished more harshly than "Joe or Mary NoName"

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I'd say that your opinion is terrible. They didn't commit any different of a crime than Joe and Mary, financial means has no bearing whatsoever... or if it does, does this now mean that you can't get a DUI if you're on Welfare?

Wow. 2 really strange choppers off home plate put runners at 2nd and 3rd with 1 out.

I hate Oakland. It's always bizarre and bad stuff happening there.

I've been trying to pay attention tonight as I finally have it on TV but it looks like Fausto might be off to a rough start.

Fausto cruised through the 1st 3 ..... then gave up a hit ... then back to back choppers off home plate, one that barely got down .. and the other than advanced the runners ..... then he gave up a dribbler to third that scored a runner ... then a walk .... now 2-2 on the hitter .....

It seems like those choppers ate him up a little. I'm sure he feels that he's pitched well enough to not have given up a run at all, and to be out of the inning. Nothing anyone could do .... just more weird stuff in Oakland.

Yeah, he got out of that jam pretty well. I liked the leadership that Santana showed on where to throw that ball. Don't be a hero and get the sure out.

I had a chance to watch all of the game on Sunday. I truly believe we are on to something special here.

Nice bit of hitting by LaPorta to drive in the tying run.

Indians at 1st and 2nd, 1 out, and 1 in.

Ouch ... Grady K's with bases loaded.

Bases loaded .... 2 out ... Grady at the plate ........

And he strikes out on 3 straight pitches.

Wow. Just heard that the Indians AAA team in Columbus has a 13 game winning streak (and are now 21-5) .... to go along with the Cleveland Indians winning streak.

That's impressive.

Yes! Strike out - throw out double play for the Indians!

Nice work in the infield. It's nice not having to see Peralta out there anymore.

Oh man, Orlando Cabrera and Jack Hannahan have been incredible.

Indians take the lead 2-1 in the 9th, with 2 on and 1 out!

Timely hitting seems to be our M.O. this season.

Yep.

Sizemore hit by a pitch to load the bases.

Asdrubal Cabrera comes through with a 2 run single!

Indians up 4-1!

It keeps coming. This is the reason why we are performing the way we are.

7th win in a row for the league leading Cleveland Indians!

I just watched the replay of Francisco Liriano's no-hitter. Great game. And it sure is nice to see the White Sox drop to 10.5 games back.

Listening to the game last night, they said that only 3 times in the history of baseball has a team won a division after being down 10 or more games at any point.

That would not bode well for the Chi Sox or the Twinkees.

It's kinda funny, but after talking up the Royals, people have started talking them down after we took 5 of 7 from them .... but not counting them playing us, they are 14-8 .... which is pretty damn impressive in its own right. Their pitching has been called into question, but again, they gave up 57 runs to the Indians in 7 games ..... and they have given up 85 runs to everyone else in 22 games. That's roughly a 3.8 ERA against everyone not in an Indians uniform. That's not bad either.

You know what my favorite Indians stat this year is?

Through 28 games, the Indians have allowed 96 Earned Runs ..... and only 4 Unearned Runs. That's amazing considering that last year was a debacle in that area.

Last year we gave up 68 Unearned Runs for the season. Last year, for the entire season, we had 74 quality starts. This year, in only 28 games, we already have 21 quality starts.

What an amazing difference. The pitchers this year can pitch and be confident that the defense behind them will make the plays they should. Also, year 2 of Tim Belcher seems to have sunk in across the board.

I'm lovin' this year so far. I have a feeling there is something special brewing. last night's game was one they would have managed to lose last year.

I don't think that I'd be all that anxious to go buy a pitcher just for the sake of buying one.

I mean, if Oakland decided that they wanted to trade us Dan Harren ..... then sure. But the Indians have 6 or 7 legitimate starters .... and a stacked bullpen. I would hate to blow up team chemistry just to add a questionable arm.

What kind of pitcher would you want to see them go after?

j/c

Going back to Choo incident....Knowing the area quite well where he got popped, I can tell you the guy was lost. Sheffield village has nothing going on but speed traps and DUI arrests. That's how they make their money in that village.

The arresting officer was in a particular Avon Lake bar where my GF works and was telling some folks he was next to how they tried a few times to let him off after they knew who he was but things didn't work out because he was a bit to far gone.

I love how bad the White Sox are this year.

I hate the White Sox as much as any team not named the Yankees. I fully bought into the Chicago vs. Cleveland rivalry of the early 90's and they are always the first team I want to see us beat in the division. And, this is such an easy ChiSox team to hate too.

Anyways, great win. I thought that last night had to be a game we would lose since we have been winning so many of those close late games. Silly me. This team is ridiculously clutch.

Cahill tonight - he's one of my favorite non-Indian players, so I watch most of his games. He's been great this year, but he does have a fatal-flaw. He is too much of a perfectionist, and if a team is patient, he can rack up his pitch count very quickly. I would be telling the team to take a couple pitches tonight and try to get him chased by the 5th or 6th inning (Oakland is very careful with their pitch counts).

Yeah, a lefty would be nice ..... but I'd rather just have high quality pitchers.

It seems like some teams add a lefty starter just to have a lefty ... and the guy has 6 wins and a 4.80 - 5.00 ERA or some crap.

That doesn't really help the team.

Our bullpen has been able to get out both right and left handed hitters ..... so a lefty there wouldn't help much.

If we can add a premiere player, position or pitcher, then I'd look at it ..... but I wouldn't want to give up our future at Columbus just for the sake of adding a guy. After all .... Columbus has a longer winning streak and record that the Indians do. lol They've done that despite losing 2 of their top starters to the parent club.

Oh ... and yeah, I don't kow what I was thinking .... we faced Haren in Anaheim earlier this year.

I'd like a good match-up lefty for the bullpen - someone like Paul Assenmacher. I just don't have a lot of confidence in Tony Sipp and Rafael Perez in the clutch.

I wouldn't go after someone proven unless they were still in their 20s and that would come with a hefty price tag.

I would do what NBA-GMs call a 'redraft strategy'. Go after young guys for their 2nd contract (or in MLB-terms, their arbitration contracts).

That is, target young pitchers who have shown flashes and have the numbers you are looking for (GB% with our IF defense for instance) but have been inconsistent enough that their teams could consider trading them at a bit of a discount.

j/c,....This one ought to be good tonite,...Tomlin and Cahill both 4-0.

I'm just glad that we're sitting on a .700+ win percentage when the Central can probably be had at .550.

The Tribe is playing well -- you combine that with Chicago and Minnesota tanking, wiping out Kansas City, and it is what it is.

Indians just have to keep after it.

Well, Minne just beat the Sox again today. So, while the Sox are going down, the Twins are coming up.

Interesting thing to watch for the Sox, they're next 20 of 26 are on the road. That's not a good thing for a struggling team in last place. They could be 20+ out by the end of May if the Indians keep this pace (or near it).

I love that the AL Central has the worst, 2nd worst, and 6th worst teams in MLB right now (and Tigers are 3rd worst in AL). Sure is helping that cushion out.

Bwahaha Tribe 4.5 games in front
Good start for May.

Right now, all of baseball is a horse race. The worst team is only 11 games out . Thats the WhiteSuxs and the media is already talkin bout Ozzie being goner status. Life is good.

Teh lulz