Archive for July 15th, 2007
Royal disappointment Royals 6, indians 5
Central Division cellar dwellers stop Sabathia in bid for 13th victory
CLEVELAND — The Kansas City Royals are one of the worst teams in baseball, holding down last place in the Central Division at 12 games under .500. Someone is beating them on a regular basis. It just isn’t the Indians. With […]
Looking for relief relief - Tribe Notes
CLEVELAND — The internal search for late-inning bullpen assistance has drawn a blank thus far, which means if the Indians do get some relief help, it will most likely come at the trading deadline and from outside their organization. “We’re looking for people to step up,” said Cleveland manager Eric Wedge, who […]
Time to give Dolans their due
This space has been a harsh critic of Indians owner Larry Dolan — aka Tightpockets, among other derogatory nicknames. After all, the man did promise to bring “multiple World Series championships to Cleveland” when he bought the team from Dick Jacobs, then slashed the payroll and didn’t bring any. But now Larry, whose […]
East, West set for one last dance
ELYRIA — Elyria West used all of its grit and resources to trump three home runs by Elyria East and send the Senior League district championship into a final game this afternoon. For sure, West showed its own power — a first-inning two-run homer by Jason Neuschaefer that capped a three-run inning—but more […]
Shapiro was shrewd and lucky on Hafner
The signing of Travis Hafner to a four-year extension earlier this week reminds us that acquiring the big slugger in a trade from Texas was the first bold stroke of genius by Indians’ general manager Mark Shapiro. “Blind luck or genius?” I asked Shapiro. It wasn’t a fair question because it’s not Shapiro’s […]
Order to secure data issued before theft
COLUMBUS — State employees had been ordered to remove thousands of Social Security numbers from a new payroll and accounting system two months before a computer backup tape containing the personal data was stolen from an intern, a newspaper reported Saturday. David White, executive program manager for the massive new computer […]