Wahoo's on First » paul byrd http://wahoosonfirst.com A Cleveland Indians Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Sun, 19 May 2013 11:00:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Paul Byrd Interview, Part 2: On HGH, Sabermetrics, and the Hall of Fame http://wahoosonfirst.com/2013/04/24/paul-byrd-interview-part-2-on-hgh-sabermetrics-and-the-hall-of-fame/ http://wahoosonfirst.com/2013/04/24/paul-byrd-interview-part-2-on-hgh-sabermetrics-and-the-hall-of-fame/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:00:04 +0000 Lewie Pollis http://wahoosonfirst.com/?p=7773 Last week, I had the honor of sitting down with former MLB and Indians pitcher Paul Byrd for an exclusive interview before a talk he gave at Brown University. In the second half of our interview, Byrd spoke about sabermetrics, his use of HGH, the Hall of Fame, and what he would—and wouldn’t—change about the game. (more…)

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]]> http://wahoosonfirst.com/2013/04/23/paul-byrd-interview-part-1-on-the-indians-terry-francona-and-the-2007-playoffs/feed/ 0 The 2007 Cleveland Indians: Five Years Later http://wahoosonfirst.com/2012/03/09/the-2007-cleveland-indians-five-years-later/ http://wahoosonfirst.com/2012/03/09/the-2007-cleveland-indians-five-years-later/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:41:52 +0000 Katie Hendershot http://wahoosonfirst.com/?p=3362 Remember Roberto Hernandez? No, I’m not talking about the pitcher we used to call Fausto Carmona. (Or do we still call him that? I’m really not sure.) I’m talking about the pitcher that was with the Tribe back in the exciting season of 2007. My guess is that most Cleveland Indians fans don’t remember Hernandez, who appeared in only 28 games before being released by the Indians at the end of June that year.

There has been a lot of turnover in the Indians lineup in the recent years. This season will mark the fifth year since the whirlwind of a season that left Indians fans reeling after coming within one game of the World Series.

Looking at the roster the Indians put on the field in 2007, not many of the players are still in Cleveland. Some of the names are recognizable, and even memorable. But for most of the players, if they were with the Tribe beyond 2007, they probably weren’t there much longer.

It many respects, it’s easy to think of the 2007 Cleveland Indians and the 2012 Cleveland Indians as two entirely different teams, with completely unique identities. We have yet to see if the 2012 version has the ability to make a splash and have a magical season like the one of 2007.

Remember David Dellucci? Maybe, but do you know what he’s done since leaving the Tribe in 2009? He’s not the only member of that team who seems to have disappeared from the sport of baseball entirely and the faded from the memories of Indians fans. I doubt many future grandfathers will tell stories of the “great” Ryan Garko, but they will tell stories of that fateful October. It was one to remember, but it seems that many of the players weren’t.  So where are they now? (more…)

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