i'm busy on the 3rd but could probably make it on the 2nd and 4th. maybe we can get that bum Von Halen to town too.
i'm on vacation the first couple weeks of July, i go back on the 15th.
i'm busy on the 3rd but could probably make it on the 2nd and 4th. maybe we can get that bum Von Halen to town too.
i'm on vacation the first couple weeks of July, i go back on the 15th.
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I flipped on the tube and saw a runner on second in the ninth...with none out...and was a might concerned...good to see Wickman shut that down...and get Millwood a good win...after his first inning struggles...
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I'll let you know...would be good to get Vonnie down to a game...to see a real team...lmfao...
yeah, being up there in Detroit without real baseball and football must suck.
The 4th may be logistically impossible for me...I know my parents are coming down here on the 29th...and are usually here for the fourth...but I'm going to try and talk my dad into heading home early...so we can hit that game...
I'll let you know in this thread by tomorrow...
Yo twona...their hockey team is undefeated this year though...
yeah, them and everyone else!
Hey...you gotta look on the bright side...lmfao...
i forgot.
they played ATBL when Boone came to the plate.
(obligitary DLR/classic VH reference)
It looked a bit like Boone is looking more comfortable at the plate...hopefully it will continue to translate...
I look up and down that lineup and see Boone's average...Blake's average...Martinez of course...and think...
if they heat up...and the pitching stays sound...there are going to be some troubled teams coming down the stretch...
Sizemore and Peralta are both picking it up a bit...hope it carries over...
Boone with the CVH tune...gotta love that...how can he not improve...
Man I miss the Jake...
So...the Twinkies get spanked tonight...
and Cleveland...8 1/2 behind Chicago...
3 1/2 behind Minnesota...
hmmmm....
and only three teams ahead of them for the wild card slot...early to talk about it...but christ...it's been a few years...just glad to be into June...and able to talk about .500+ baseball...seems that this team is taking the next step...last year it was all about the cusp...then falling back...they've passed the cusp...now the magical 10 games over .500...
I remember thinking the same thing 11 years ago...before the strike...
8 in a row for Cleveland...
They've won 11 of 12...
36-30 record...
the White Sox win again...so they are 8 1/2 back...damn it...
but...those Twinkies lose again today...
and are 6 1/2 games back...
that's right folks...the Tribe is 2 games behind DLoc's shitwinkies...
If hotshot Indians keep winning, they will be ahead of schedule
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By Peter Gammons
Special to ESPN.com
June 18
It's the 18th of June and the Cleveland Indians are six games over .500, one game better than the Braves in the won-lost column, 1½ better than the Yankees, two better than the Cubs, better than the entire National League West.
Five weeks earlier, the Indians were 12-18 and floundering. Mark Shapiro resisted the temptation that general managers sometime find irresistible -- to feed their egos by making trades to show the fans and media they are "doing something" -- and stuck with what he and manager Eric Wedge believe is a building team that can and will contend next season. "We believed that we are closer to what we hit last season than the first six weeks of 2005," says Shapiro.
As Coco Crisp, Travis Hafner, Ronnie Belliard and most everyone other than Victor Martinez has crept toward their expected norms, the Indians have developed two middle-of-the-diamond regulars in their first full seasons. Grady Sizemore, 22, has an .834 OPS, second best among AL center fielders behind Johnny Damon. Jhonny Peralta, 23, has an .848 OPS, third among AL shortstops after Miguel Tejada and Michael Young.
Outfielder Coco Crisp is one of a host of young Indians players meeting expectations.
With the presence of Bob Wickman at the end of games, Cleveland's bullpen has been the best in the league: Its 2.54 ERA through Friday was .30 lower than runner-up Minnesota, and it has led in strikeout/walk ratio and -- as a stuff indicator -- lowest OPS against. That has allowed C.C. Sabathia, Cliff Lee and, now that he has some support, Jake Westbrook to build as a rotation with Kevin Millwood. Incidentally, Millwood has earned deep respect from his general manager. "This is a guy who threw 200 innings four times before he turned 30," says Shapiro. "When I see that and I see how he stays in games even when he doesn't have his best stuff makes me appreciate how badly he wants it and how he does not ever give in. He's been a very positive influence on the younger pitchers."
Beginning with the 2006 season, the Indians will be able to enter the free-agent market. But they will also have several young pitchers ready for the major leagues, like relievers Fernando Cabrera (5-0, 0.97, 52-7 K/BB in 37 IP) and left-hander Brian Tallet. And Double-A starters Dan Denham (5-3, 3.10, but .201 opponents' average) and J.D. Martin, who in eight starts has a 2.82 ERA and a 56-7 K/BB ratio in 44 2/3 innings. Then there are also two starters who may be on the horizon by this time next year, top prospect Adam Miller, returning from arm problems, and lefty Jeremy Sowers, their 2004 first-round pick from Vanderbilt.
Not that this season is over. The Indians were three games out of the wild card on Saturday, a far cry from where they were five weeks ago, and right where they thought they might be when the season began. Another reminder that even when you're 12-18, only a fifth of your season has been played.
The FUTURE looks fucking bright...that is for sure...
lots of arms...and we'll get a couple of players next year...
Cleveland wins their 9th in a row...
Minnesota loses again...
Cleveland 8 1/2 back of the Sox...who won again...
but only a game behind the Twins...and closing in on that Wild Card slot...
damn if there isn't fucking 3 months left...lmfao...
Cavs are giving their GM job to Danny Ferry...
rumor is...they're going to trade LeBron James to San Antonio for him...Harper wasn't good enough the first time around...
Jesus Christ...
What a carnival of clowns this is going to be...
fuck Ferry.
if another white guy from Duke never gets a job in Cleveland i'll be happy.
Pojo, you gotta check out www.carlosloozer.com. too fucking funny...
lmfao...
CARLOS LOOZER and the Revenge of the Stiffed...
with Gilbert as Princess Leia...
Charles Barkley as Jabba the Hutt...
LeBron as Han Solo...
and the loser as Darth Loozer...
shit if that was fucking classic...
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I had a feeling you'd be posting in here...
it's all good Dave's PA...It's all good...
long season...
the Indian youngsters are still finding their footing...
Sabathia was throwing GAS last night...he got rattled easily...
I'm not a big Sabathia fan...and I base that simply on the fucking way the fat ass wears his fucking hat...cocked off to the side...what a fucking moron...
Cliff Lee is the ace of the future...maybe now...
Cavs lose out on Ray Allen...
bastard...
Cavs lose out on Michael Redd...
bastard #2...
And just when I was about to post how LeBron was going to ask out THIS YEAR...they sign Larry Hughes to a long term deal...
I like Hughes...with the exception of health...more than Allen...Allen and LeBron would struggle to be the #1...
Redd is strictly an outside guy...but the Cavs need that...but he got the money...can't blame him for 25 million dollars more...
Hughes ISN'T an outside shooter...but another slasher/scorer...
but...definately a #2 option...
Man...if they could have gotten Redd and Hughes...damn it...
Well...Johnson from Phoenix would be the outside guy they need...
I think they'll sign Z in the next couple of days...
and who knows...they could go after Simmons...or Johnson...
Simmons was something like 45% from 3 land...and Johnson had to be close to that...
who knows...
Cleveland just became a very scary team.
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Well...my excitement seen is that they still have the kind of room to sign a couple of guys...
So they sign Z in the next couple of days...and they will...
And I'm hoping that they sign Sarunas Jasikevicius...from Lithuania...who's probably the best player outside the US right now...he's a PG who can shoot...and they ARE CLOSE to signing him...
He's 6'4"...but...he's being hounded by Indiana, Dallas, Utah and Portland as well...
he wants to play on a contender...which puts Indy at the top of the list...but they can only offer half the mid-level exception...
Dallas...he can't take them seriously...and again...half the midlevel exception...Utah is a fucking joke...and I can't see you looking at Portland and Cleveland right now and saying Cleveland...
so you throw out there every night:
Sarunas Jasikevicius
Larry Hughes
LeBron James
Drew Gooden
Z Ilgauskas
thats a good starting linuep...
they have that 7'3" fucker that many think is another Nowitzki off the bench...Luke Jackson...a shooter off the bench...Eric Snow...a good backup PG...
So here's their roster as we speak...
LeBron James
Larry Hughes
Eric Snow
Martynas Andriuskevicius (the 7' 3" kid that many compare to Nowitzki)
Anderson Varejao (PF) only 23...big kid...
Luke Jackson
Aleksandar Pavlovic
Eric Snow
Ira Newble (not sure if he's still on the roster?)
Players to be signed:
Zydrunas Ilgauskas C 29 7 FA
Sarunas Jasikevicius
it's a good roster...
Larry Hughes????
That doesn't make Cleveland a scary team.
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I didn't say it does...but it certainly makes them a better team...especially once they resign Z...and sign Jasikevicius
It gives them a solid...solid starting five...
a shooter...big man...rebounders...
and their bench has the pieces as well...
Perhaps they will overcome a shitty coach...
But is it enough to beat Miami?
It depends who stay in Miami...
and Hughes makes them an even better defensive team...
Shaq another year older...
so lets say Wade and LeBron nullify each other...
who's got the better overall roster after that?
besides...I don't think Miami will be the team to beat next year...I think it will be Indiana...and Detroit again...
I don't give a shit about Miami, I just used them as a the goalpost since every media guy had their nose up Shaq's bunghole last year.
Man...you Laker guys are like a broken ass record...lmfao...
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