Wahoo's on First » Merritt Rohlfing http://wahoosonfirst.com A Cleveland Indians Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Sat, 25 May 2013 10:00:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 An Analysis of the Indians’ Success Against the Cy Young Army http://wahoosonfirst.com/2013/05/23/an-analysis-of-the-indians-success-against-the-cy-young-army/ http://wahoosonfirst.com/2013/05/23/an-analysis-of-the-indians-success-against-the-cy-young-army/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 14:00:36 +0000 Merritt Rohlfing http://wahoosonfirst.com/?p=8202 With the Cleveland Indians’ 6-0 drubbing of the Seattle Mariners and 2010 Cy Young winner Felix Hernandez this past Sunday, the Tribe is 7-1 against Cy Young winners this season. The run includes both of last season’s winners, R.A. Dickey on Opening Day and a thumping of David Price in Tampa, as well as superstars in Justin Verlander and retreads like Bartolo Colon, who is a shadow of his former self. It’s quite a shadow. The one loss? Of course, it’s to Jake Peavy of the Chicago White Sox. A guy who reconstructed his shoulder gets the better of a team that thumped the King and Verlander. Sometimes the Sox just don’t know when to get out of the way.

What does this mean? Any number of things. Maybe the guys were lucky that day. Maybe Felix and Verlander and Price and everyone else were just flat that time around. whatever it was, and including Peavy, the Cy Youngers hold a combined 8.20 ERA against Cleveland along with a lot of frowny faces. Let’s see how they did it. (more…)

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The latest edition of WotM sees three brilliant gentlemen break down a brilliant week of Indians baseball. The victory over Felix Hernandez puts the Tribe at 7-1 on the season against former Cy Young winners, not to mention how integral Justin Masterson has been in some of those wins. Speaking of which, he’s awesome. Also, Ed love Michael Bourn, Nick loves Francisco Lindor‘s makeup, and everyone loves Skaggs, the renegade cop who does things his way and also the pitcher for the Diamondbacks. Is it the best show yet? Maybe!

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But just because the Indians are 18-4 in their last 22 games, this doesn’t mean it’s time to sit back and reminisce. Even with a 2.5 game lead over the preseason favorite Detroit Tigers, it’s never too early to make a little space, and another one of those two game quick shots that keep happening is another chance. (more…)

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