5-20-11 - Reds at Indians

[HotCorner]

Stubbs, CF
Gomes, DH
Votto, 1B
Phillips, 2B
Bruce, RF
Rolen, 3B
Heisey, LF
Hanigan, C
Janish, SS

[OesterPoster]

I posted this in the injury thread, but worth noting that both Sizemore and now Hafner are on the DL.

@Indians Cleveland Indians
Travis Hafner placed on DL; Ezequiel Carrera & Frank Herrmann promoted from Columbus. Luis Valbuena optioned to Triple-A

[kbrake]

Janish not hitting 2nd, its at least a start.

[oneupper]

If Stubbs gets on to start the game, will Gomes bunt him over?

[RichRed]

If Stubbs gets on to start the game, will Gomes bunt him over?

I think his best bet is to lean into one and get on base that way. He's a complete mess at the plate right now.

[traderumor]

Dusty is snickering right now. "They don't want the SS hitting 2nd, how about Gomes? Lets hear 'em on that one." :lol:

[traderumor]

If Stubbs gets on to start the game, will Gomes bunt him over?
Only if a tree falls in the woods and nobody hears it :)

[SirFelixCat]

Go get'em boys!

[Far East]

Is the Cleveland starting pitcher right-handed?

If so, I'd like to see:

Lewis, DH
Stubbs, CF
Votto, 1B
Phillips, 2B
Bruce, RF
Rolen, 3B
Heisey, LF
Hanigan, C
Janish, SS

[reds44]

Hahah no really, who is hitting second?

[mth123]

Stubbs Ks'
Gomes does something generally crummy as usual
Votto grounds to O-Cab on a nice play.

3 up, 3 down.

At risk of getting booed, glad to hear George in the booth.

[Screwball]

Stubbs Ks'
Gomes does something generally crummy as usual
Votto grounds to O-Cab on a nice play.

3 up, 3 down.

At risk of getting booed, glad to hear George in the booth.

He's lost too much to be a top shelf SS anymore, but I always thought he'd be a very good 2B as this point in his career. Very nice diving snag to rob Votto of a knock.

[mth123]

Wood K's Brantley (he's no Cowboy)

[mth123]

Fly to Heisey that would have been a double with Gomes out there. 2 Down.

[Screwball]

Wow, Wood just hit 94.

[mth123]

Wood Chews up Choo for his 2nd K. 3 up, 3 down.

[mth123]

Phillips grounds to 2B.

[mth123]

Bruce doubles off the LF wall.

[mth123]

Looked like he barely swung

[Screwball]

That was easy power from Bruce.

[mth123]

Rolen Ks.

[Screwball]

White's a pretty tough righty. Fastball is sitting in the mid 90s (routinely hitting 95, 96) and his sinker has some really sharp downward action. Runs may be tough to come by tonight.

[Tom Servo]

Missed the top half of the 1st and couldn't figure why Phillips-Bruce-Rolen were batting 4, 5, and 6. Gomes batting second seems to indicate Dusty finally became mentally unhinged.

[mth123]

Missed the top half of the 1st and couldn't figure why Phillips-Bruce-Rolen were batting 4, 5, and 6. Gomes batting second seems to indicate Dusty finally became mentally unhinged.

Might be his last chance. If he doesn't get going hitting in front of Votto, not sure what else they can do. June is approaching and that is when teams usually start looking at other options.

[mth123]

Santana walks. No one out.

[oneupper]

Wood getting squeezed.

[757690]

That was perty.

[mth123]

Nice non-chalant DP there with Phillips stylin' a bit.

[kaldaniels]

Could be a stupid question.

Will there be a better defensive lineup on the field in MLB this year than what the Reds have tonight?

(edit: not counting pitcher)

[mth123]

Could be a stupid question.

Will there be a better defensive lineup on the field in MLB this year than what the Reds have tonight?

(edit: not counting pitcher)

I don't think anyone can do much better. The pitcher is pretty good as well.

[kaldaniels]

I don't think anyone can do much better. The pitcher is pretty good as well.

Wood is well above average...we do have a GG on the bench tonight though. :thumbup:

[Gallen5862]

Thanks for the pbp.

[mth123]

White with some kind of finger injury. Looks like he's staying in for now.

[mth123]

Hanigan Ks.

[mth123]

Janish Walks. Good fortune there.

[mth123]

Stubbs using up a good percentage of this guy's pitch count.

[The Voice of IH]

What an at bat by Stubbs here, needs to come away with something here.

[Screwball]

Pretty good battle here between Stubbs and White. The next pitch will be the 11th.

[kaldaniels]

Outstanding AB

[mth123]

Stubbs walks on 11 pitches.

[CTA513]

7 pitch walk by Janish followed by a 11 pitch walk by Stubbs

[Screwball]

7 pitch walk by Janish followed by a 11 pitch walk by Stubbs

Odds Gomes pops out on the first pitch?

[Joseph]

If Stubbs can do this more....my word the sky is the limit for this kid.

[The Voice of IH]

I hate Johnny Gomes in the two hole, I hate it :(

[Tom Servo]

White is not alright at the moment.

[CTA513]

4 pitch walk for Gomes

:eek:

[mth123]

Gomes walks on 4 pitches

[kaldaniels]

White deserves a big fat loss tonight. Walking Janish and Gomes. I don't think he got the memo.

[Screwball]

White was cruising along and then all of a sudden completely lost his command. Reds need to make him pay with a crooked number.

[Brutus]

White deserves a big fat loss tonight. Walking Janish and Gomes. I don't think he got the memo.

Even Mark Wohlers laughs at that.

[CTA513]

Double play turned into a 2 run error

2-0 Reds

[Tom Servo]

The Cleveland Cubs? :lol:

[mth123]

Votto grounds to first and the throw goes into LF. 2 Runs score.

[Screwball]

The Cleveland Cubs? :lol:

:D

[757690]

White deserves a big fat loss tonight. Walking Janish and Gomes. I don't think he got the memo.

At the very least, all runs this inning should be earned, no matter how many other errors the Tribe make. ;)

[mth123]

Phillips flies to CF. Gomes to 3B. 2 outs, 1st and 3rd for Bruce.

[mth123]

Bruce grounds to 1B on a good stop.

[757690]

Looks like the Tribe got some good dividends from the CC trade with LaPorta and Brantley.

[mth123]

Laporta drives Stubbs to the warning track. 1 out.

[Tom Servo]

Grande and Welsh talking about the sad history of Austin Kearns. Obligatory Ray King comment here.

[mth123]

Austin Kearns grounds to Janish. 2 outs.

[Screwball]

Kearns now OPSing .499 on the season. Ouch.

[Tom Servo]

And you know I just wikipedia'd King and it's pretty surprising to think he last pitched in 2008 and he's now just 37. I guess being a big fat guy I thought he was older, and figured he'd continue to get jobs for being left-handed.

[mth123]

Hannahan grounds votto to Wood. 3 outs

[Screwball]

Guess there was something to that finger injury on White. He's been replaced by the long man.

[CTA513]

1-2-3 4th inning for Wood

[TeamBoone]

Kearns just made a really good catch.

[jojo]

I'm guessing Votto was guessing something else on that last pitch....

[reds44]

Yonder is now hitting .338 with a .956 OPS in AAA.

Francisco and Frazier are raking as well.

[kaldaniels]

I'm for letting Yonder clear super 2 status then bringing him up. Mind as well wait now.

[757690]

Whoever runs the Reds Twitter account should be fired. I don't want to make the same mistake they made by posting what they did, but you can see it here:

http://twitter.com/#!/Reds

[jojo]

TW looks in command tonight.

[reds44]

Whoever runs the Reds Twitter account should be fired. I don't want to make the same mistake they made by posting what they did, but you can see it here:

http://twitter.com/#!/Reds
Overreacting a little maybe? lol

[kaldaniels]

So what do you think about Travis Wood Reds44?

[reds44]

Hall of Fame.

[reds44]

Ehehehe Indians talking about the Colon trade.

What about the Phillips/PTBNL one?

[kaldaniels]

Ehehehe Indians talking about the Colon trade.

What about the Phillips/PTBNL one?

Yep. Broadcasters should table this conversation till the Tribe plays someone else.

[CTA513]

Yonder is now hitting .338 with a .956 OPS in AAA.

Francisco and Frazier are raking as well.

.941 OPS for Frazier and from what people say he can also play defense.

[reds44]

.941 OPS for Frazier and from what people say he can also play defense.
I'd call Frazier up and let him be Rolen's caddy. Whenever Joey needs a rest he can play 1B too.


And I'd have Yonder in LF.

[reds44]

I doubt both of those happens though. At least one of them will be left in AAA to rake as trade bait.

[reds44]

OC lol

[kaldaniels]

OCab is a Red at heart.

[jojo]

The Reds are playing the Cubs again tonight...

[CTA513]

Cabrera boots an easy double play ball
3-0 Reds with runners at 1st and 2nd with 0 outs

[757690]

The Reds are playing the Cubs again tonight...

Or the Indians from the first half of "Major League."

[kaldaniels]

FYI I'm bearish on the Indians the rest of the year.

[CTA513]

Indians really want to give the Reds runs and wild pitch the runners over to 2nd and 3rd.

[reds44]

Heisey>Gomes

[jojo]

Heisey>Gomes

Lady Gaga>Gomes

[Chip R]

Did Hanigan say something that he shouldn't have said when he popped up? ;)

[757690]

Lady Gaga>Gomes

Not when it comes to outrageous outfits.

http://omgreds.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/gomes_011.jpg

[oneupper]

Someone explain that steal attempt to me, please?

[757690]

There's aggressive running, and then there's just plain dumb running.

[Degenerate39]

Did Hanigan say something that he shouldn't have said when he popped up? ;)

I think he yelled Duck as in "Duck there's a ball coming at you!"

[reds44]

Gomes>Heisey

[jojo]

Someone explain that steal attempt to me, please?

Heisey was on first base but he really wanted to be on second base instead. Given this he broke for second while the pitcher was in his windup despite the fact that Janish did not put the ball in play.

[jojo]

Ohhhh.....hope that attempt by Votto doesn't come back to haunt...

[757690]

Those were Reds fans that got in the way of Votto on that play.

Idiots.

[Degenerate39]

That was close

[kaldaniels]

Those were Reds fans that got in the way of Votto on that play.

Idiots.

Check the thread about RZers going to this series. I want names.

[reds44]

Jesus Stubbs, don't pull up on that.

[Degenerate39]

Austin Kearns. smh

[CTA513]

The great Austin Kearns breaks up the no hitter

[jojo]

I wonder if Wood wishes he would've had that 3-1 pitch back....

[_Sir_Charles_]

*sigh* I just now tuned in the game. Literally just now. I quickly saw that Travis had a no-no going. First thing I hear is Marty announcing the single.

Totally my fault. *lowers head in shame*

[kaldaniels]

Uncatchable. A clean hit.

[jojo]

Uncatchable. A clean hit.

Ya. It was a honest line drive.

[CTA513]

*sigh* I just now tuned in the game. Literally just now. I quickly saw that Travis had a no-no going. First thing I hear is Marty announcing the single.

Totally my fault. *lowers head in shame*

We also blame you.

;)

[CTA513]

3 straight hits and a bobble by Bruce since Sir Charles showed up.

[jojo]

I prefer the boring version of this game where the Indians acted the fool.

[CTA513]

Bases now loaded with 1 out.

[CTA513]

Reds falling apart

4-2 after Wood hits Choo with the bases loaded

[jojo]

Jeeps......Wood beaned Choo and now will be sitting on the pine watching Ondrusek control the fate of his ERA.

[Screwball]

Wood went from no-hitter to no control in about a third of an inning.

Let's see if Ondrusek can get out of this mess with the lead intact.

[jojo]

Platoon advantage to the Indians but Santana could hit into a double play.

[jojo]

Yikes.... Ondrusek goes to 3-0 and gets a gift call.

[CTA513]

Just imagine how much outrage we would have if this was Masset doing this.

[Screwball]

Yikes.... Ondrusek goes to 3-0 and gets a gift call.

You mean on the strike down the middle of the plate??

[Reds Fanatic]

Ondrusek is not even close to the strike zone.

[NJReds]

Do the Reds have any relievers that can throw strikes?

[reds44]

This bullpen is trouble.

[Reds Fanatic]

Tie game on a sac fly to left.

[CTA513]

sac fly ties the game at 4-4

[jojo]

Un.Believe. Able.

[jojo]

You mean on the strike down the middle of the plate??

You mean the one that was high?

[Reds Fanatic]

The inning is finally over.

[reds44]

You mean the one that was high?
That wasn't high. It was right down the middle and Santana tried to duck it.

[CTA513]

Cabrera helps the Reds out again and hits a weak grounder to Janish for out #3.

[jojo]

That wasn't high. It was right down the middle and Santana tried to duck it.

It was not legal to drive.

[Screwball]

That wasn't high. It was right down the middle and Santana tried to duck it.

Yep, it was well within the zone. Gameday agrees as well.

[jojo]

Yep, it was well within the zone. Gameday agrees as well.

Gameday indicates it was high.

[reds44]

lol Gomes

[reds44]

Seriously, next in line to hit 2nd is the pitcher's spot. I've never seen a major who loves to bat an automatic out second except Dusty.

[Screwball]

Gameday indicates it was high.

That's not true at all. It had it at the bottom edge of the top row of squares, well within the zone. It was clearly in the zone watching it live as well.

[Reds Fanatic]

Tony Sipp in to pitch

[jojo]

That's not true at all. It had it at the bottom edge of the top row of squares, well within the zone. It was clearly in the zone watching it live as well.

Clearly high.

[Reds Fanatic]

Votto singles to center.

[reds44]

Clearly high.
What gameday are you looking at?

[BCubb2003]

Reds have walked or HBPed in 11 runs this year.

[CrackerJack]

Seriously, next in line to hit 2nd is the pitcher's spot. I've never seen a major who loves to bat an automatic out second except Dusty.

He's using Votto to try and get his struggling guys out of slumps. Thus Votto's ridiculous # of walks and lack of HR's this year so far.

[jojo]

He's using Votto to try and get his struggling guys out of slumps. Thus Votto's ridiculous # of walks and lack of HR's this year so far.

Dusty has burnt outs in the two hole alot as a Reds skipper.

[Reds Fanatic]

Good play by Janish.

[Screwball]

Janish makes tough plays look easy.

[CTA513]

Austin "It Burns" Kearns strikes out swinging for out #2

[757690]

What gameday are you looking at?

I don't trust Gameday.

[reds44]

I don't trust Gameday.
So besides gameday, the umpire, and common sense the ball was high.

Got it.

[CTA513]

After helping blow the lead Ondrusek follows up with a 1-2-3 inning.

[kbrake]

I don't trust gameday either but I didn't realize there were two different ones and the pitch in question was clearly a strike.

[jojo]

So besides gameday, the umpire, and common sense the ball was high.

Got it.

Well that and the fact that the pitch was high.

[757690]

So besides gameday, the umpire, and common sense the ball was high.

Got it.

It looked like a borderline strike to me too, but I wouldnt use gameday as evidence.

[Gallen5862]

What inning is it?

[jojo]

Common sense screams it was a ball because Ondrusek had poor command that inning and it is well known that umps are most likely to incorrectly call a ball out of the strike zone a strike on a 3-0 count.

[jojo]

What inning is it?

Top of the eighth...

[jojo]

Rolen looks like the kind of guy who doesn't mind hitting with two strikes..

[757690]

Common sense screams it was a ball because Ondrusek had poor command that inning and it is well known that umps are most likely to incorrectly call a ball out of the strike zone a strike on a 3-0 count.

Whether a pitch is high or not is a tough call, since it changes from hitter to hitter, and is not definitively defined in the rule book.

That pitch might have been high, but I've seen much worse automatic strikes on 3-0 counts, and I've seen that pitch called a strike on other counts as well.

[Reds Fanatic]

Rolen to 3rd as he steals 2nd and the throw goes into center.

[jojo]

Rolen needs to write a book about baserunning.

[Reds Fanatic]

Hanigan with a soft line out to 2nd. 4-4 mid 8th.

[CTA513]

Grienke with another bad outing tonight.

[reds44]

The Indians have 3 hits.

[jojo]

St Louis is down by three in the bottom of the 7th.

[alloverjr]

Not a stellar showing by the offense this week. Seems like almost all of their runs have been given to them with very few balls hit hard.

[alloverjr]

Inconsistent zone all night long.

[CTA513]

Bruce and Stubbs try to make it interesting in right center before Stubbs calls Bruce off and catches out #2.

[Gallen5862]

Let's go Reds.

[CTA513]

Stubbs and Heisey get to close the the wall and a double off the wall nearly turns into a inside the park home run.

[Reds Fanatic]

Choo triples off the top of the wall in left center. He almost went home as Heisey could not field it cleanly.

[edabbs44]

Stubbs and Heisey get to close the the wall and a double off the wall nearly turns into a inside the park home run.

That wasn't a very clean play out there. Heisey made that an adventure.

[Reds Fanatic]

Masset in to pitch as the Indians have runners on 1st and 3rd with 2 outs.

[CTA513]

Masset thinking about how he can one up Ondrusek.

[reds44]

Wow.

[CTA513]

5-4 after Votto can't tag the hitter out on an infield single.

[jojo]

Un. Believe. Able.

[reds44]

Votto's best play might have been to throw that one to 2nd.

[Reds Fanatic]

Squeeze play on a bunt to Votto he can't tag the runner as the runner gets past him. 5-4 Indians.

[kaldaniels]

Was that a squeeze?

[Reds Fanatic]

Innning over 5-4 Indians after 8.

[CTA513]

Umpires now allow you to run outside the base line.

[reds44]

Was that a squeeze?
There's no such thing as a squeeze with two outs.

[edabbs44]

Was that a squeeze?

I guess. Great bunt either way.

[Reds Fanatic]

Janish, Stubbs and Gomes due up in the 9th.

[BuckeyeRedleg]

He was a foot out of the baseline.

Oh. Well.

[reds44]

Janish, Stubbs and Gomes due up in the 9th.
Pray Stubbs gets the game to Joey.

[kaldaniels]

I'd pinch hit Lewis now.

[Screwball]

Umpires now allow you to run outside the base line.

That's what I was thinking too. I'm a little hazy on the rules concerning the basepath, but he looked to run out of it trying to avoid Votto's tag.

[jojo]

Was that a squeeze?

No. It was a bunt for a hit attempt. The rookie kid runs like a rocket.

[Reds Fanatic]

Chris Perez in to pitch

[BCubb2003]

Janish, Stubbs and Gomes due up in the 9th.

The plan comes together.

[BuckeyeRedleg]

Two out machines and Stubbs....coming up.

Great way to start the road trip.

[CTA513]

He was a foot out of the baseline.

Oh. Well.

Ump was trying to avoid extra innings.

[reds44]

Fred Lewis hits for Janish.

[Screwball]

Perez will walk you if you let him.

[Reds Fanatic]

Leadoff walk to Lewis.

[reds44]

Now we get to watch Stubbs try to bunt.

[kaldaniels]

I'd pinch hit Lewis now.

Went perfectly to plan.

[kaldaniels]

Don't bunt.

[reds44]

I'd bunt because you guarantee the game gets to Votto.

[reds44]

Oh wow that was strike 3.

[reds44]

Wow.

[Reds Fanatic]

Stubbs flies out to the wall in right.

[edabbs44]

I'd bunt because you guarantee the game gets to Votto.

Is that a challenge for Gomes?

[jojo]

Oh wow that was strike 3.

And Stubbs almost made it payoff too.

[Screwball]

That's 10 rows deep at GABP.

[kaldaniels]

Indians announcers are a bit much for me.

[reds44]

Odds this is a DP?

[jojo]

jojo biting tongue and hoping for the best....

[Screwball]

Odds this is a DP?

100%

[Reds Fanatic]

Gomes lines into a 1-3 DP. Reds lose their 3rd in a row.

[reds44]

Keep batting awful hitters in front of your best player, Dusty!

[CTA513]

Gomes lines out to the pitcher and Lewis is doubled off to end the game.

Bray tagged with the loss.

[reds44]

Like I said, you bunt to guarantee the MVP gets to the plate.

If they want to walk the winning run on base and face Phillips, go for it.

[jojo]

Gomes gently lofts the ball into the pitcher's glove like a butterfly lighting upon a cotton ball into a 1-3 DP. Reds lose their 3rd in a row.

Fixed that one for the archives.....

[Reds Fanatic]

Gomes now batting .133 this month.

[reds44]

Gomes now batting .133 this month.
And hitting 2nd.

[The Operator]

Just got home and I see Gomes batted second tonight. Sweet! Dusty really is rubbing him in our faces at this point.

At least The Cardinals are losing so far tonight.

[forfreelin04]

Horrible game all around. Manager on down.

[*BaseClogger*]

Is that a challenge for Gomes?

:laugh:

[kaldaniels]

I can see Walt taking the matter of Gomes into his own hands soon.

[CTA513]

Gomes now batting .133 this month.

I remember when we used to hear about him leading the team in walks, hrs and rbis.

[edabbs44]

Fixed that one for the archives.....

Another for the archives, since no one really took him to task for it...if Heisey plays the ball cleanly as he is supposed to do as a "plus" fielder, the game might still be going on.

Not surprised that it hasn't been highlighted, but it is fairly relevant.

[reds44]

I can see Walt taking the matter of Gomes into his own hands soon.
He should be cut. The Reds have 4 guys in the majors or AAA I'd rather see playing over him.

[Reds Fanatic]

And hitting 2nd.

And they use him as the DH. Reds would much better off just letting the pitchers bat.

[CTA513]

Another for the archives, since no one really took him to task for it...if Heisey plays the ball cleanly as he is supposed to do as a "plus" fielder, the game might still be going on.

Not surprised that it hasn't been highlighted, but it is fairly relevant.

Its a double if either Heisey or Stubbs stay away from the wall.

[Reds Fanatic]

At least the Cards just lost 3-0 to the Royals.

[reds44]

Another for the archives, since no one really took him to task for it...if Heisey plays the ball cleanly as he is supposed to do as a "plus" fielder, the game might still be going on.

Not surprised that it hasn't been highlighted, but it is fairly relevant.
You could easily blame Stubbs for that play too. That was about as much of a tweener as it gets.

[edabbs44]

You could easily blame Stubbs for that play too. That was about as much of a tweener as it gets.

Sure, both of them botched it. But Heisey was more all over it than Stubbs for whatever reason.

[reds44]

Sure, both of them botched it. But Heisey was more all over it than Stubbs for whatever reason.
More times than that, Stubbs and Heisey will make the right play. Sometimes, stuff like that happens.

Meanwhile, Gomes is just bad at everything. Can't hit and can't field.

[edabbs44]

I remember when we used to hear about him leading the team in walks, hrs and rbis.

Irony is that he is still 2nd in HR and BB. And only 6 or 7 off the lead in RBI.

[reds44]

Irony is that he is still 2nd in HR and BB. And only 6 or 7 off the lead in RBI.
That's not irony.

[kaldaniels]

That's not irony.

Tragedy?

[alloverjr]

You could easily blame Stubbs for that play too. That was about as much of a tweener as it gets.

Tough call. Stubbs probably got himself too close to the wall on what appeared to be a ball hit more towards left field making it Heisey's ball to chase to the wall, but I didn't see a replay. Either way their team IQ has been greatly exaggerated to date.

[forfreelin04]

This one hurts but if you want to toss around blame, look no farther than Wood. Leake and him sure turn masterful performances into tragedies quickly.

[reds44]

This one hurts but if you want to toss around blame, look no farther than Wood. Leake and him sure turn masterful performances into tragedies quickly.
That's what happens when you have meh stuff. When you lose it, it goes down fast.

Wood was lucky to be pitching like he was tonight though. He threw something like 6 first pitch strikes the entire game.

The last 5 batters was a better indication of how he was pitching that the first however many.

[forfreelin04]

Going to school in the Cleveland area, I secretly despise the city more than most, but how is that Indians team any good?!

[alloverjr]

This one hurts but if you want to toss around blame, look no farther than Wood. Leake and him sure turn masterful performances into tragedies quickly.

Wood was missing his spots all night long. He was a ticking time bomb.

[edabbs44]

That's not irony.

Ironic that, with how bad he has been, those numbers are still holding. Babip is killing him for whatever reason.

[kaldaniels]

The wheels fell off for Wood. But he pitched great the first 5. No debate for me on that.

[alloverjr]

Ironic that, with how bad he has been, those numbers are still holding. Babip is killing him for whatever reason.

Weakly hit balls in play tend to bring that average down. The difference between unlucky and ungood.

[The Operator]

Ironic that, with how bad he has been, those numbers are still holding. Babip is killing him for whatever reason.I don't think BABIP means as much when Gomes' contact is always a ball beaten into the dirt or a sky high pop-up.

If he was scorching balls right at people, maybe. But even when he hits the ball it's either a pop-up or ground out. He's just a disaster at the plate right now.

[forfreelin04]

Ironic that, with how bad he has been, those numbers are still holding. Babip is killing him for whatever reason.

Not hitting the ball hard or at all is killing him. Line drives will find holes eventually, most pop ups and wounded ducks won't.

[edabbs44]

History tells us that his numbers should come around, unless something else is going on.

[Tony Cloninger]

All that work put in to sweep STL......and you play a team that is not that good...the Indians really are not to me. But they are winning close games and I am to the point where I just am not enjoying watching this team.
Great expectations just get you frustrated.

[Screwball]

Going to school in the Cleveland area, I secretly despise the city more than most, but how is that Indians team any good?!

Good question, color me unimpressed. There's no way they're one of the best teams in baseball, as their record would have you believe.

[GAC]

When you go 1 fer 10 with RISP bad things happen for you. This offense really has been struggling for a bit now. Even when we scratch out a win.

[_Sir_Charles_]

3 straight hits and a bobble by Bruce since Sir Charles showed up.

Just so you know...I left after the 2nd hit. But yep, I started it. :(