Series Preview: Cleveland Indians at Toronto Blue Jays

Merritt Rohlfing — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 23:54:07 +0000

How do you categorize a first half in which the Indians trail a team that was projected to lose over 85 games this year, and lead the division winners of a year ago? In all honesty, it’s almost nice to not be in first, no expanded expectations, and now with the second half starting the team has something to aim at (the White Sox, in case you didn’t know) rather than their more nebulous goal of a year ago. (more…)

Diary of an Excruciating Game

Lewie Pollis — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 01:20:35 +0000

It’s still Opening Day for the Cleveland Indians, but it doesn’t feel like a good time to celebrate. In case you missed it, the Indians took a 4-1 lead into the ninth inning before Chris Perez blew the save and the Toronto Blue Jays tied the game. The score remained knotted up at 4-4 until J.P. Arencibia‘s three-run homer in the top of the 16th put Toronto on top, 7-4.

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To recap the game now wouldn’t do justice to the agony of the almost-five-and-a-half-hour game and the crushing frustration that followed when the Indians lost. Instead, here’s the story of the game through some Wahoo’s on First writers’ tweets (including Katie Hendershot, who was there to see the Tribe’s misfortunes live). See if you can detect our joyful optimism slowly fading away. (more…)

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Series Preview: Cleveland Indians at Toronto Blue Jays

Diary of an Excruciating Game