Tribe vs. Royals in battle of the basement

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Aug 17, 2010 8:45pm
Edit: per dave's request, this will now be the in-game thread for tonight. Please disregard the following;

"This thread is now relegated for posting rants about the Tribe!".......unless you feel the urge.
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BRF
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Aug 17, 2010 9:15pm
Hello? Mod pals......delete this thread, please. Thank you in advance.
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Aug 19, 2010 6:42pm
Welp, looks like this thread is headed to the FFT Worst Thread list.
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Aug 19, 2010 6:47pm
Ya know, in the summer, I look forward to sitting out in my back yard and maybe build a fire on cool nights and listen to the Tribe. It's almost become too painful. Thanks a lot Dolan and your lacky, SHA-Peer-O, as we say it down here.
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dave
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Aug 19, 2010 6:54pm
quality thread, lets make this the game thread for tonight. Go Tribe, don't give up 10 runs.
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Aug 19, 2010 10:25pm
4 errors after 7 innings and we're down 3-0.
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dave
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Aug 19, 2010 10:29pm
baby steps. unfortunately they are backward ones.
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dave
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Aug 19, 2010 10:41pm
its tribe time now
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Aug 19, 2010 10:54pm
Well whar do ya know, dave? A lead, and now we see if we can hold it.
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dave
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Aug 19, 2010 10:57pm
7 singles, hahaha
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Aug 19, 2010 11:17pm
Hey, the Tribe may actually win a game!

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Aug 19, 2010 11:25pm
What a strange game.
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Aug 19, 2010 11:37pm
It's been 14 years since the Tribe won a game while commiting 5 errors.
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dave
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Aug 19, 2010 11:38pm
Interesting stat. That would have been an embarrassing sweep.
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Aug 20, 2010 12:13am
Last night we lose while getting 17 hits. Today we win committing 5 errors. What a strange game
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burt07
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Aug 20, 2010 2:08am
Either way it's a glittering Wahoo!

But yeah it was nice to see LaPorta come around a little bit at the plate, because he certainly wasn't getting it done in the field. His at bat in the 8th got the wheels turning for the big inning, they had to nickel and dime with the singles to get there but hey, they got there.

As for some other tidbits, I'd like to see Talbot with a good outing soon. He started to struggle a little bit right before his injury that landed him on the DL and he hasn't really had a solid start since coming off the list. At this point he's a lead candidate for the 2nd or 3rd spot in the rotation and I'd like to see him start pitching like he's capable of fulfilling that role.

Asdrubal has seemed to find his stride lately as he's pusing his average near .300. I'd like to see a little more pop out of the bat as he's still hovering around a .700 OPS but hey for this team I guess that's above average.
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Aug 20, 2010 2:15am
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Aug 20, 2010 7:51am
It's been 14 years since the Tribe won a game while commiting 5 errors.

There is a reason KC is a bottom dweller too. They suck as bad as us!
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burt07
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Aug 20, 2010 2:49pm
Yeah, not bringing in the lefty to face Choo after we had tied the game was pretty astounding. That reminded me that even though the Tribe's pretty bad, there's some other teams that are pretty damn terrible too.
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Aug 20, 2010 3:50pm
That really was a strange game last night. I remember chuckling when they announced Marte as a "defensive" replacement at third. He promptly booted one at the "hot corner". That at bat by LaPorta, though, really seemed to turn the tide.