like_that;1499642 wrote:Just in case you all are interested. I definitely will be buying this book.

http://www.grayco.com/terrypluto/Indians.html

I just sent in my contributions. Thanks for the link.

Anyone know why Salazar came out in the 4th?

GOONx19;1499906 wrote:Anyone know why Salazar came out in the 4th?

No idea if its bc of pitch count that's pretty dumb considering he was at 78. At least let him finish the inning considering he had 9k's in 3.2 innings. Beast

Crimson streak;1499909 wrote:No idea if its bc of pitch count that's pretty dumb considering he was at 78. At least let him finish the inning considering he had 9k's in 3.2 innings. Beast

Watching online at work (yeah productivity on a Friday).
Mentioned it was his pitch count and want to rest him, keep him fresh.
Kid is amazing, but like Darvish, tends to get in the pitch count.

Brian Shaw nice outing, quick 1-2-3.

Love day baseball.

Tribe clinging to 3-1 lead. Both teams into the pens.

Salazar is the first Tribe pitcher to strike out 9 in less than 4 innings since 1960. F'n amazing!

And they are really watching his pitch count.

that was close

there ya go

7 wins @ Chicago.......most since 1952

Tommy about made me drive off the road on Konerko's...how close was it?

royal_k;1499938 wrote:Salazar is the first Tribe pitcher to strike out 9 in less than 4 innings since 1960.

Who was it? I am going to guess Pedro Ramos.

Ten in a row over the ChiSox.

Regarding Salazar. According to hammy, they are in a but of a pickle on what to do with him. They wanted to go every 6th or 7th day and have no limit (or, essentially 100) on pitches. When Masterson went down, he now has to go every 5th day and this his pitch count is now more towards 80-85. They want him in the rotation in the playoffs (not bullpen) as it stands now, so for him to be fresh he can't go much more than 85.

His control was a bit off last start so they did a side session, which they don't normally do (I assume an extra from the norm) to keep his control sharp. That apparently made today a hard pitch count of 80.

royal_k;1499938 wrote:Salazar is the first Tribe pitcher to strike out 9 in less than 4 innings since 1960. F'n amazing!

And they are really watching his pitch count.

Hammy said 1916. Herb score was the only one to strike out more in first 7 starts

1916? I was just a gleam in my daddy's eye at that time!

BRF;1499970 wrote:1916? I was just a gleam in my daddy's eye at that time!

My dad wasn't even born yet :O

ohiobucks1;1499977 wrote:My dad wasn't even born yet :O

I shoulda said "grand dad"!

How close was Konerko's drive.... Too damn close!
Perez and Allen scared the sh@t out of me today.

HitsRus;1500016 wrote:
Perez and Allen scare the sh@t out of me. Period.

fixed for truth

Like_that showing off.

Good Sept call up

Rangers were down 9-2

Now down 9-8 in the 8th with runner on and Beltre up

^^^at this point, I'm almost too 'scared' to scoreboard watch....I'm trying to resist getting to caught up in this.
I just know the Tribe has to keep winning.

Pennant(playoff) races in baseball can be exhausting for the rabid fan...they last a month and it's an everyday thing. IMO it is what makes baseball better than football where you get a lot of pregame hype between the actual games which often turn out to be anticlimactic themselves. Baseball's playoff 'hype' is the players grinding it out everyday...and when your team is out there battling for a spot you are hanging on every pitch.
Judging by the size of the crowds at Progressive field, I'm not sure Cleveland fans get this. No one alive has really watched the Tribe in a pennant race....for so long the team was [EMAIL="sh@t"]sh@t[/EMAIL] and was no where in it. Then in the late 90's the Indians just blew the division away and walked into the playoffs year after year.

This is the real stuff ....NOW.

lol

This stretch run is going to be fun. We got a very weak schedule while the al east beats up on each other. The best case scenario for the tribe is that Boston keeps winning. After this series with the royals next we got the Astros the white sox and the twins. I can definitely say I'm pretty excited.

If they would happen to finish with a wild card spot who do they start in a one game playoff? Right now I'd have to go with Ubaldo. He has been the best and most consistent starter over the second half.

Somebody earlier had suggested Ubaldo, with Salazar waiting in the wings. I agree with this.

royal_k;1500129 wrote:If they would happen to finish with a wild card spot who do they start in a one game playoff? Right now I'd have to go with Ubaldo. He has been the best and most consistent starter over the second half.

I don't want to get ahead of myself and project whose turn it might be then. We won't have the luxury of setting up our rotation for the potential 1 game playoffs because I am assuming that we will likely need every game down the stretch.