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Clobbering Time: Indians Find Strange Success Against Former Cy Young Winners

Kyle Downing — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:00:26 +0000

At the top of the list of highlights for the Tribe this season has been their astounding success against former Cy Young Award-winning pitchers. So far this season, the Indians have had the unfortunate luck of having to face members of this elite class in more than one out of every five games they’ve played. In those seven match ups, they have produced some astounding results, dealing losses to six of those pitchers and slapping them with a colossal 8.10 combined ERA.They’ve tagged them for a whopping 33 earned runs on 52 hits, including 9 home runs, dealing the pitchers a dismal average game score of 37.

If those numbers don’t already make your jaw drop, there’s more. (more…)

Opposition Research: Justin Klugh Talks Phillies… Again

Brian Heise — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:00:31 +0000

Two weeks ago, I got in touch with Justin Klugh over at That Ball’s Outta Here to talk about the Phillies before their two game melt-down at Progressive Field. We had so much fun exchanging questions that we decided to do it again. And even though They’ve already played one game of this two game set, a game that the Phillies managed to win, it still seems like a worthwhile endeavor to share our exchange. (more…)

Opposition Research: Justin Klugh Talks Philadelphia Phillies

Brian Heise — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:00:06 +0000

The Indians return home this evening after a very lengthy, but also very successful road trip to take on the Philadelphia Phillies in their first interleague series of the season. In preparation for this short two gamer, I talked to Justin Klugh, the senior editor over at That Ball’s Outta Here, about the Phillies, their aging core of super-stars, and just what we should expect out of the Phillies over the next two days. Here’s what he had to say. (more…)