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Is It Better to Fade Now Than Later?

Jeff Mount — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:00:07 +0000

Damn, this sucks. I can’t remember the last time we won a game before last night’s 5-2 victory. Is anyone playing well? Sunday should have been the day. Our ace was going up against a guy making his major league debut. There was a fifty-fifty chance that Jose Alvarez would come out and walk the first five batters, because that’s what happens in major league debuts. But the Indians made Alvarez look like Justin Verlander. Masterson was solid, but we are at a stage where our starters need to be perfect, and he wasn’t. With the Rangers and Nationals to follow, the schedule won’t fix our problems. (more…)

In Defense of Chris Perez

Brian Heise — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:00:38 +0000

With everything that has happened over the past few weeks to Chris Perez, it is understandable that the popular opinion is that Perez isn’t all that popular anymore among the fans. He’s blown saves, he’s gotten hurt, and he’s been arrested for drug possession. Like I said, he’s probably not too popular right now. (more…)

The View From Canada

Jeff Mount — Thu, 30 May 2013 16:00:57 +0000

I had a weekend of old-time fandom over Memorial Day. Those of you who came of age in the past twenty years probably assume that it is a natural thing to know every detail of a sporting event as it happens, but us old folks know that it is possible to go for days and know nothing about the fortunes of your favorite team. In 1989 I went to Nova Scotia for three weeks. There was no television, and of course no Internet. When I left the Indians were hovering around .500 and on the fringes of the race; when I got back they were ten games under and the season was gone. The only way I could find out what had happened would have been to go to the library and comb back issues of the newspaper; who wants to do that? (more…)