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Sep 24, 2011 11:16 AM
Went to the game last night. It was pretty awesome to see the stadium so bumpin after a rain delay and for a meaningless game. I thin the statue of Thome was a little ridiculous but it was nice to see him hit a home run in his "Thomecoming".
Sep 24, 2011 11:16am
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Sep 24, 2011 11:42 AM
hoops23;908587 wrote: Carrera is quietly doing a solid job offensively as well.. I could see him turning into a very high OBP guy, as well as keeping a BA around .280+.
now only if he could be taught to play the outfield. heck the other day he even made Duncan drop a fly ball.
Sep 24, 2011 11:42am
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Sep 24, 2011 4:57 PM
Three more wins needed to guarantee an over .500 season.
Sep 24, 2011 4:57pm
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Sep 24, 2011 9:13 PM
Tribe making it interesting in the nightcap. Down 6-0 they put up a 5 spot, so far, to draw within 6-5 in the 6th...
Sep 24, 2011 9:13pm
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Sep 24, 2011 9:41 PM
Duncan 2R double puts the Tribe up 7-6 in the 7th...
Sep 24, 2011 9:41pm
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Sep 24, 2011 9:48 PM
Carrera is quietly doing a solid job offensively as well.. I could see him turning into a very high OBP guy, as well as keeping a BA around .280+.
now only if he could be taught to play the outfield
That pretty much sums him up. I do like his appraoch at the plate...but he takes bad routes to the ball in the OF. When he and Duncan are in the same outfield, it is positively scary.
Sep 24, 2011 9:48pm
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Sep 24, 2011 10:04 PM
Perez closes it out. Tribe with the sweep 7-6. Pretty friggin sweet coming back from a 6-0 deficit. Now 2 games above .500.
Sep 24, 2011 10:04pm
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Sep 24, 2011 10:16 PM
And 2 more wins needed to finish it out enough to satisfy BRF.
Sep 24, 2011 10:16pm
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Sep 25, 2011 2:59 AM
This team is 80-78 with 4 games left. Currently have a 3 game lead on Chicago for 2nd.

Last season, they were 69-93 and finished 4th.
Sep 25, 2011 2:59am
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Sep 26, 2011 12:17 AM
one more win and I will be happy...that is until they do nothing in the offseason to upgrade this flawed team.
Sep 26, 2011 12:17am
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Sep 26, 2011 10:15 AM
Thought it was pretty cool that they put Thome in at 3rd base yesterday....even if it was only for one pitch. First time he's played the hot corner since 1996.
Sep 26, 2011 10:15am
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Sep 26, 2011 10:19 AM
It would have been nice if the home season would have ended with a win...still, a lot of good feelings...the team is on the way back up.
Sep 26, 2011 10:19am
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Sep 26, 2011 4:13 PM
Is Shelly Duncan making the FO think about him as being more than a bench player? What a month he is having.
Sep 26, 2011 4:13pm
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Sep 26, 2011 4:25 PM
Wanted to chime in on the Thome statue. My chime in is "DUMB"

Players who leave in their prime dont get statues. Thats all I can say. Put in our HOF? Absolutely!!!! Statue? Absolutely NOT!
Sep 26, 2011 4:25pm
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Sep 26, 2011 5:13 PM
royal_k;911929 wrote:Is Shelly Duncan making the FO think about him as being more than a bench player? What a month he is having.
That's what I'm sayin', too! :thumbup:
Sep 26, 2011 5:13pm
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Sep 26, 2011 5:14 PM
Laley23;911938 wrote:Wanted to chime in on the Thome statue. My chime in is "DUMB"

Players who leave in their prime dont get statues. Thats all I can say. Put in our HOF? Absolutely!!!! Statue? Absolutely NOT!
And this, too! :thumbup:
Sep 26, 2011 5:14pm
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Sep 26, 2011 5:29 PM
BRF;911980 wrote:And this, too! :thumbup:
Reps brotha???
Sep 26, 2011 5:29pm
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Sep 26, 2011 5:30 PM
royal_k;911929 wrote:Is Shelly Duncan making the FO think about him as being more than a bench player? What a month he is having.
Reps. Its what I said also. Given a full (er) slate of games, he could have been a poor mans "right handed power bat" we needed. AKA, he could hit 20+ HRs and hit .260. Not great, but it is closer to what we needed than anything else we had.
Sep 26, 2011 5:30pm
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Sep 26, 2011 5:55 PM
Laley23;911987 wrote:Reps. Its what I said also. Given a full (er) slate of games, he could have been a poor mans "right handed power bat" we needed. AKA, he could hit 20+ HRs and hit .260. Not great, but it is closer to what we needed than anything else we had.
But instead we had Kearns to do that. And then made Duncan do the "shuffle".
Sep 26, 2011 5:55pm
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Sep 26, 2011 6:58 PM
BRF;912000 wrote:But instead we had Kearns to do that. And then made Duncan do the "shuffle".
Kearns and Brian Robiskie have the same agent who in turn have compromising photos of Manny Acta and Tom Heckert, respectively.
Sep 26, 2011 6:58pm
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Sep 26, 2011 10:02 PM
Laley23;911987 wrote:Reps. Its what I said also. Given a full (er) slate of games, he could have been a poor mans "right handed power bat" we needed. AKA, he could hit 20+ HRs and hit .260. Not great, but it is closer to what we needed than anything else we had.
Absolutely!

I love Duncan, but now watch the front office not do anything via trade or FA with a big right handed stick.
Sep 26, 2011 10:02pm
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Sep 27, 2011 9:12 AM
Ubaldo got rocked again....I am pretty sure that the last year in a half is the real ubaldo....that first half of last year was a fluke.

That trade was such a bad idea
Sep 27, 2011 9:12am
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Sep 27, 2011 9:16 AM
wes_mantooth;912771 wrote:Ubaldo got rocked again....I am pretty sure that the last year in a half is the real ubaldo....that first half of last year was a fluke.

That trade was such a bad idea
Should've traded him for Ozzie Guillen...
Sep 27, 2011 9:16am
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Sep 27, 2011 8:59 PM
Kearns and Brian Robiskie have the same agent who in turn have compromising photos of Manny Acta and Tom Heckert, respectively
Hmmmm!:confused:

I've got no problem with a Thome statue.....not when the owner is not gonna cough up the bucks to keep him here. If we are going to hold players to the standard that they can't leave in their prime if they get a better offer...we''ll never have any heros. Thome is a class act. Period.

Shelly Duncan as an every day player?......uhhhhh... he better hit a lot of HR's to make up for the poor defense. Right now, he's the back up plan. I don't mind keeping him as a 4th or fifth outfielder, but as a regular????? I don't think so.

That trade was such a bad idea
I'm not liking it much either.
Sep 27, 2011 8:59pm
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Sep 28, 2011 5:25 AM
Looking like these asshats aren't even going to finish at .500 with the way they are going out with a wimper. One more shot tonight.
Sep 28, 2011 5:25am