Tribe Diatribes - A Cleveland Indians Blog http://damox.com/cleveland-indians Indians news with videos and pictures Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:46:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Indians Make It To The World Series… Kind Of In case any of you tribe fans haven't noticed yet, the starters for game 1 of the World Series will be CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee, both former Cleveland Indians. It's a shame that the lack of a salary cap or a punishing luxury tax allows teams that develop fine ... http://damox.com/cleveland-indians/2009/10/27/indians-make-it-to-the-world-series-kind-of/ Tony Pena Should Be Our Next Manager The Indians are looking for a manager, and Tony Pena should be a front runner for the position. Here are some reasons why: - Pena was once an Indian, and he had a heroic home run when the returned to the playoffs for the first time in 40 years in 1995. ... http://damox.com/cleveland-indians/2009/10/13/tony-pena-should-be-our-next-manager/ Indians Don’t Wait Until End Of Season To Fire Wedge The Indians have finally fired manager Eric Wedge. The team has only won a handful of games this month and will not win 70 games this season. I'm not convinced this makes us a better team, but at the very least it allows us to let go of this season ... http://damox.com/cleveland-indians/2009/09/30/indians-dont-wait-until-end-of-season-to-fire-wedge/ Indians Select Alex White in 1st Round The Indians have selected Alex White from North Carolina with their 1st pick in the 2009 MLB Draft. It was the 15th selection in the 1st round. Alex White is a right-handed pitcher who has a mid-90's fastball and a good slider. He has had some control issues, but he ... http://damox.com/cleveland-indians/2009/06/10/indians-select-alex-white-in-1st-round/ Indians Overcome Wedge’s Stupidity To Beat Yankees Eric Wedge tried his hardest to sink the Indians today, but the Tribe came through in the end with a walk-off hit in the 9th inning. Wedge's pitching change in the 8th led to the Yankees tying the game, and led me to consider whether Wedge is actually trying to ... http://damox.com/cleveland-indians/2009/05/31/indians-overcome-wedges-stupidity-to-beat-yankees/ Fire Eric Wedge NOW! Here's the situation: Carl Pavano has pitched magnificently through 8 1/3 innings. He's just given up an infield single to Derek Jeter. He's thrown 84 pitches on the day. Do you: a.) Leave him in to face Johnny Damon b.) Take him out and bring in Perez, a reliever with an ERA ... http://damox.com/cleveland-indians/2009/05/31/fire-eric-wedge-now/ Indians Find A Way To Lose Heartbreaker Just when things were looking better for the Indians, they found a way to disappoint fans once again. The Indians had snapped the Red Sox 11 game winning streak on Tuesday night and were looking to take the third game of the series on Wednesday. They had a 5-0 lead ... http://damox.com/cleveland-indians/2009/04/30/indians-find-a-way-to-lose-heartbreaker/ Are The Indians Facing an Attendance Crisis? As you're all aware, the Boston Red Sox are in town for the first part of this week. They are one of the most popular teams in baseball, and they usually draw pretty good size crowds, even when on the road. A look at last night's attendance at The Jake ... http://damox.com/cleveland-indians/2009/04/29/are-the-indians-facing-an-attendance-crisis/ Indians Snap Red Sox Winning Streak Mark DeRosa scored the game-winning run after Red Sox reliever Javier Lopez dropped a flip throw from first baseman Kevin Youkilis as the Tribe beat the BoSox by a final score of 9-8. DeRosa went 4 for 5 with a home run in the game to lead the Tribe, and ... http://damox.com/cleveland-indians/2009/04/29/indians-snap-red-sox-winning-streak/ Indians 1-7 After Crushing Loss to Royals John Buck hit two home runs, including a grand slam in the 8th inning, as the Royals beat the Indians 9-3 on Tuesday night. Carl Pavano didn't pitch well, giving up 4 earned runs in 6 innings of work, but his ERA came down dramatically after his 1 inning, 9 ... http://damox.com/cleveland-indians/2009/04/15/indians-1-7-after-crushing-loss-to-royals/