I know JR has a vacation to Cape Cod upcoming. He might be on his way there, now. I'm not sure I caught the dates.

I think JR and Ryan are the only one's with keys to this place.

Didn't they leave a set of keys for the cleaning lady?

JR is on vacation right now but I am sure he will read about Bob's problem.

"It's very easy to say, 'Go grab such and such, and go grab such and such.' But they have owners, too. They belong to somebody. It's not like you go in a grocery-store aisle and grab something." Indians manager Manny Acta, on trading for players

Hard to make the argument that bringing in one bat on the level within the Tribes' grasp, can make the offense even half baked, must less enough to win the division.

Pitching is slipping and the offense is MIA.

How can you look at the Tribe team on the field(not the mound) and think you have enough there to be a contender down the stretch?

rocky raccoon wrote:How can you look at the Tribe team on the field(not the mound) and think you have enough there to be a contender down the stretch?

Finish up a good bottle of wine early, and then switch to good vodka?


(Was that a trick question?)




In this season I suddenly believe in Shapiro. There are no easy and obvious answers. I hope and trust that in his new catbird seat he'll see a good chess move.

We're only a chess move or two away from playing October and November baseball.

Still in first place, though by the slimmest of margins: Alphabetical order.

rocky raccoon wrote:How can you look at the Tribe team on the field(not the mound) and think you have enough there to be a contender down the stretch?

That's an easy one. The same way I could look at our preseason team and think they could be where they are now.

Hey, I would love to have a hitter or two myself. But I don't pretend I know what this present lineup could do - any more than I could have predicted the seasons of guys like Justin Masterson, the whole bullpen and Asdrubal Cabrera - oh, and Travis Hafner as well.

In the case of Luis Valbuena, being a utility player means he sucks at different positions equally badly.

Tigers just picked up Wilson Betemit, who is obviously no star but would instantly become the best player on the Indians bench were he here (hell, better than a few of their current starters).

Team We'll Spend When The Time Is Right is about 4-5 days from seeing this season totally get away from them.

Can Ryan Ludwick really cost that much? He strikes out too much, but a power right handed bat would be nice for this lineup.

Indians will be fine through the 9 game home stand. After that it's dicey unless they pick up some bats. Should have swept Twins with any offense at all....

Unless they are intent on totally phillipsing the guy now is the time to bring up kipnis. The team is about to go into the tank so I dont think offending orlano cabrerra is that big a deal.

At least the Tigers and White Sox also lost.

The AL Central is pathetic.

Tribe must at least bring up Duncan.

What kind of upset stomach lasts for 2 days?