Jenny Lew, I’ve Saved You

Wow.. Quick and Painless..

Jensen Lewis’ quick save was a sight for sore eyes of Tribe Fans.

After the lead-off walk, Lewis got two ground ball outs and the strikeout of Alex Rios to end it. Thank god. Give him another shot.

Anthony Reyes pitched gooood. I like what I saw from the kid. He was getting ahead of just about every hitter he faced. 20 of 27 hitters faced got first pitch strikes. He allowed 7 hits but just one walk and all the hits were singles. Not to mention some of them were bloops and dribblers up the middle. He was simply just getting ahead, had them at two outs, the hits were harmless.

He pitched real well, I was real impressed with him. Lookingforward to more.. 6.1 innings, 7 hits, 1 walk, 1 run, 4 k’s and the win.

Offensively it was all the 4th inning. Francisco and Choo with back to back doubles knocked in the first two runs and then Gutierrez with a single knocked in the third. That would be it until Francisco and Choo did it again with back to back singles to knock in two more. Shoppach went 1-3 with two runs and a walk hitting in the three hole again. Guess it wasn’t just for one game Shoppy. Choo went 3-4 with the one run and two RBI

Tomorrow it’s Paul Byrd and Roy Freaking Halladay, not cool. Day Baseball and FOX doesn’t knock us out for once!

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LOLTribe: Kelly Shoppach Now Owns Home Plate

I realized today was Friday.. So Joe Inglett will be put on hold till tomorrow.

Here is the second edition of LOLTribe! I might have to go Bi-Weekly considering how many pictures I have for this one.

Jamey Carroll and his amazing floating bat!

Joel Skinner chose the wrong time to give the stop-sign. Damn you Joel, shoulda sent Lofton!

He’s doing it again! This time, check out how small Asdrubal is.

Rafael Perez recognizes how good Kelly Shoppach is..

Kelly Shoppach shows his dominance by writing his name behind home plate.

Jhonny Peralta, verifies.

Kevin Slowey gave up a home run to David Dellucci.. I’m sorry Slowey.

Even Loochers thinks its comical.

Asdrubal must have had some bad chicken.

If you are a fan of the Office, you understand perfectly…

Wakeup Wahoo: Peralta Picking It Up

Jhonny Peralta is just getting it done on the RBI front and now he’s getting that average up.

“What a great day for Jhonny,” said Wedge. “He was squaring up everything. Hitting the ball other way. Staying through breaking balls, squaring up fastballs.” (Plain Dealer)

Gotta tip your hat off to Jhonny getting these 5-5 nights. Keep doing it Jhonny… We need them.. I’m shocked because he hasn’t really cooled off at all since he started this tear. That was the thing with Jhonny. He was always there and then gone. He’s been consistent as all hell. .371 in the last 26 games.

There is tons of talk about Trevor Crowe geting called up come September.. Most believe he is the solution to the lead-off problem the team would have if the Indians moved Grady Sizemore down in the order.

“Obviously I’d like to hit leadoff. But, the thing is, Grady Sizemore is such a good leadoff hitter, that if he wants to do it, he’s going to be there,” Crowe said. “All I can do is play as well as I can every day.” (Indians.com)

I certainly think Crowe compares to Grady a little bit. He could be a great solution if the Indians ever decide to move Grizzle down.

So Brendan Donnelly and Anthony Reyes called up for the game today. I’m sure we will see Donnelly if needed. Reyes will start for sure and let’s hope he does good. He could be a great solution to our starter problem for next year. That would leave one vet signing instead of two. Donnelly doesn’t have a contract for next year but you would think if he shows he is back that he’d give the Indians dibs on re-signing him because they gave him a chance to rehab.

“So far, everything has been feeling good,” Donnelly said. “I’ve kind of been treating these games as a Spring Training for me, working on different things each outing, all while competing and trying to get people out, execute pitches. Each time it seems like it’s been getting better and better and stronger.” (Indians.com)

Expect more news on Hafner today and if It warrants it I’ll update. If not, look for a Joe Inglett, What Could Have Been.

Update 12:45: I forgot to mention that Paul Byrd CLEARED waivers, he can be traded to any team of the Indians choosing if someone wants him. Doubt it happens though.

Try to get the boards updated the best I can. There’s some moving around going on with the rosters and who knows what else will get shaken up, there could be some releases or shifts, never know.

Minor Issues: Mills, Goedert, Santana Mashing

Big Buffalo got a win behind Zach Jackson, who pitched into the 7th inning, giving up 3 earned, off 6 hits with 4 strikeouts. He’s now 3-1 since coming over to the Bisons in the Sabathia trade. Morgan Ensberg went deep and Jordan Brown had a 3-5 game with 1 RBI.

Akron fell to Trenton by a run yesterday. Ryan Edell went 6 solid innings giving up two runs, but Erik Stiller couldn’t hold it giving up three runs. Jose Constanza went 2-4 with an RBI.

A beat down was handed to Salem thanks to Beau Mills and Jared Goedert of Kinston. Mills went 3-5 with a home run and 4 RBI, while Goedert went 2-3 with 3 RBI and 2 walks. Carlos Santana went 4-5 with three runs scored and he’s now hitting .419 since coming to Kinston. Kelvin De La Cruz would have benefitted from the output had he gone five innings, but he could only go 4 giving up 2 runs.

Lake County got suspended because of ran and Mahoning Valley lost to that stupid Grape again. Cord Phelps is a monster though, going 1-3 with 2 RBI and 2 walks. Lonnie Chisenhall is now hitting .280 and he knocked in two more runs himself.

GCL Lost.. Cool Man

Like noted yesterday, the Tribe signed 7th round outfielder Tim Fedroff. The main chips left to fall are Curtis Haley, the 2nd round pick and 5th round pick Zach Putnam a multi-guy from Michigan. If the Indians can sign both of them before the 15th, that will give them their top 14 draft picks.

Some news on the Triple-A front. As we all know, Columbus wants the Tribe and the Tribe want Columbus for their Triple-A team next year. The Indians contract with Buffalo has not been renewed that is up after this year. The New York Mets have interest in Columbus.. Hey New York, BUFFALO is opening up.. Go after them, Columbus want’s Cleveland and they want to reach out to the western part of the state.