A sports blog by and for Midwest Sports Fans
This is the second in a monthly series called “Down on the Farm” that will chronicle my visits to various minor league parks throughout the 2011 season. (Part 1 can be found here.) In May’s edition, I regale you with tales and photos of my journey to Round Rock (Texas) to watch the Express on a lovely [...]
Grady Sizemore is scheduled to return to the Indians’ lineup on Monday in Kansas City. He is returning to a team that is 10-4 and tied for first in the AL Central. His return should help the team, but at the same time it could mess up their current chemistry.
After two straight disappointing seasons with less then 70 wins, the Cleveland Indians have gotten off to an excellent start this year. Cleveland is currently 7-2 and has won seven straight, thanks in large part to a resurgence from Travis Hafner.
The MLB season is about ten days old, and there are already many surprises in the American League – starting with the records of the Indians and Orioles. Each division has its own storylines, and I will break down the surprises by division.
The world has lost a great man. “The Ace of the Greatest Generation,” Bob Feller, died Wednesday night after bouts with leukemia and pneumonia.
I’m sure Indians fans have watched in amusement over the past decade as, one by one, all of those former Indians from the mid-1990s have made their way to Chicago during the latter stages of their careers. The latest example is Manny Ramirez, who is expected to join the White Sox later today.
Like any sports fan, I have been both enamored with and enraged by players that get very little press or respect. Today, former Tiger and Indian Travis Fryman gets some well deserved recognition.
I wanted to find a way to give suffering Cubs and Indians fans something to smile about over the next two months. In my experience, few things make baseball fans smile like old and often goofy pictures of retro ball players.
Cleveland Indians announcer Bruce Drennan went on an epic rant against the team, singling out each player for criticism. This will make White Sox fans smile…until they realize that 5 of Cleveland’s 10 wins are against Chicago.
Between watching CC and Cliff Lee start Game 1 of the World Series, the Cavs’ 0-2 start, and the Browns continued awfulness, sports fans in Cleveland continue to suffer mercilessly.
If the Cleveland Indians and Owner Larry Dolan paid his stars, we would not be watching C.C. Sabathia, Cliff Lee, Manny Ramirez and other former Cleveland Indians in the playoffs. The Indians would be in the playoffs!
The trade rumors swirling around Joshua Cribbs, and the potential fan reaction if he is in fact traded, lead to the following question: is Cribbs the most untradable Cleveland athlete, from a fan perspective, not named LeBron James?
