iclfan2
Posts: 6,360
Sep 24, 2011 11:16am
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".
Glory Days
Posts: 7,809
Sep 24, 2011 11:42am
now only if he could be taught to play the outfield. heck the other day he even made Duncan drop a fly ball.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+.
BRF
Posts: 8,748
Sep 24, 2011 4:57pm
Three more wins needed to guarantee an over .500 season.
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BR1986FB
Posts: 24,104
Sep 24, 2011 9:13pm
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...
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BR1986FB
Posts: 24,104
Sep 24, 2011 9:41pm
Duncan 2R double puts the Tribe up 7-6 in the 7th...
HitsRus
Posts: 9,206
Sep 24, 2011 9:48pm
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+.
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.now only if he could be taught to play the outfield
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BR1986FB
Posts: 24,104
Sep 24, 2011 10:04pm
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.
BRF
Posts: 8,748
Sep 24, 2011 10:16pm
And 2 more wins needed to finish it out enough to satisfy BRF.
hoops23
Posts: 15,696
Sep 25, 2011 2:59am
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.
Last season, they were 69-93 and finished 4th.
wes_mantooth
Posts: 17,977
Sep 26, 2011 12:17am
one more win and I will be happy...that is until they do nothing in the offseason to upgrade this flawed team.
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BR1986FB
Posts: 24,104
Sep 26, 2011 10:15am
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.
HitsRus
Posts: 9,206
Sep 26, 2011 10:19am
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.
royal_k
Posts: 4,423
Sep 26, 2011 4:13pm
Is Shelly Duncan making the FO think about him as being more than a bench player? What a month he is having.
Laley23
Posts: 29,506
Sep 26, 2011 4:25pm
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!
Players who leave in their prime dont get statues. Thats all I can say. Put in our HOF? Absolutely!!!! Statue? Absolutely NOT!
BRF
Posts: 8,748
Sep 26, 2011 5:13pm
That's what I'm sayin', too! :thumbup: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.
BRF
Posts: 8,748
Sep 26, 2011 5:14pm
And this, too! :thumbup: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!
Laley23
Posts: 29,506
Sep 26, 2011 5:29pm
Reps brotha???BRF;911980 wrote:And this, too! :thumbup:
Laley23
Posts: 29,506
Sep 26, 2011 5:30pm
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.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.
BRF
Posts: 8,748
Sep 26, 2011 5:55pm
But instead we had Kearns to do that. And then made Duncan do the "shuffle".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.
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BR1986FB
Posts: 24,104
Sep 26, 2011 6:58pm
Kearns and Brian Robiskie have the same agent who in turn have compromising photos of Manny Acta and Tom Heckert, respectively.BRF;912000 wrote:But instead we had Kearns to do that. And then made Duncan do the "shuffle".
OQB
Posts: 6,679
Sep 26, 2011 10:02pm
Absolutely!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.
I love Duncan, but now watch the front office not do anything via trade or FA with a big right handed stick.
wes_mantooth
Posts: 17,977
Sep 27, 2011 9:12am
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
That trade was such a bad idea
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BR1986FB
Posts: 24,104
Sep 27, 2011 9:16am
Should've traded him for Ozzie Guillen...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
HitsRus
Posts: 9,206
Sep 27, 2011 8:59pm
Hmmmm!Kearns and Brian Robiskie have the same agent who in turn have compromising photos of Manny Acta and Tom Heckert, respectively
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.
I'm not liking it much either.That trade was such a bad idea
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BR1986FB
Posts: 24,104
Sep 28, 2011 5:25am
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.