Jason Leonard
Jason is not from Ohio. In fact, he’s only spent a few days of his life there and has been to just one Indians game at Progressive Field (4/13/98)! But to know Jason is to know his passion for Indians baseball is very real—it’s a passion he inherited from his dad, an Akron native. Jason watches every game because deep down he knows that the team’s success and his fandom are somehow cosmically intertwined. He hasn’t slept since Game 7 of the 2007 ALCS. He plans to share some of his sleep-deprived Tribe ramblings here at Wahoo’s on First.
Last week Jordan Bastian, MLB.com’s Cleveland Indians beat reporter, explained his projection methodology for the team’s offense in a blog post title “Projecting the offense.” His system, as he…Read More
In Spring Training in 2004, Indians outfielder Milton Bradley was pulled from an exhibition game for not running out a popup that dropped in for a hit. Bradley clashed with manager Eric Wedge over the…Read More
With their first-round pick (29th overall) in the 2008 draft, the Indians selected infield prospect Lonnie Chisenhall out of Pitt Community College in North Carolina. Not two months later, the team sent…Read More
The Indians bullpen had its highs and lows in 2012. Collectively, Indians relievers were statistically undistinguished. They logged 528.1 innings, the fift- highest workload among major league bullpens.…Read More
On October 31, the Indians declined to exercise their $13 million club option on Travis Hafner, choosing instead to buy out his contract for $2.75 million. This was, of course, expected. Hafner has long…Read More