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Series Preview: Cleveland Indians vs. Seattle Mariners

Merritt Rohlfing — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:00:23 +0000

A brief swing to Philadelphia showed us both faces of the Indians offense. The Tribe was held to just two runs on Tuesday then lit up Cole Hamels like that Christmas Tree your elderly neighbor left up all year. It was 10 runs they scored that game, and it was awesome. While the low-scoring affairs are a bit of a drag, I’ll take these outbursts of stupendous smashingness.

So it’s back to Cleveland to face the Indians greatest foes, the Seattle Mariners. While you might think a division rival or perhaps some powerhouse would properly fit in as the Indians’ greatest foe, remember that Ichiro Suzuki said he’d rather punch himself in the face then go to Cleveland. That’s just rude, and THEN he went back on his word and came to Cleveland. Rude and a flip-flopper? Sounds like a future Yankee. (more…)

Series Preview: Cleveland Indians @ Philadelphia Phillies

Merritt Rohlfing — Tue, 14 May 2013 19:00:54 +0000

First place, American League Central! We up in this!

Really though, it’s been a blast of a couple of weeks, the Cleveland Indians are rocking face and taking names, grabbing series here and there and everywhere with inspired pitching, dominant (at times) offense and prizes for everyone. I assume.

The Tribe heads into the second half of a spread out four-game series against the Philadelphia Phillies having taken two of three from the detested Detroit Tigers and splitting a double-header with the New York Yankees, a makeup from a couple of weeks back. Since Justin Masterson decided to be a force of nature and Trevor Bauer continued what we hope is a proper growth into superstar ace magic dynamo, the ‘pen wasn’t worn out and the great bench the front office built gave marquee players a break. So rather than being exhausted emotionally and physically this team is riding their hot streak (10-3 in May) into P-town. Wait, that’s a different city of brotherly love.

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Let’s Play Two!

Brian Heise — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:30:07 +0000

With all the funky weather that can happen in Northeast, Ohio in April, it’s only natural that rain outs, or even snow out can occur from time to time. Well, that’s exactly what happened during the Indians opening home series of the year against the Yankees. Two of the four games were canceled due to inclement weather and rescheduled for a date later in the future. (more…)