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Notes: Hafner earns bragging rights
Fantasy football championship helped make winter good
Travis Hafner edged out Paul Byrd to win his second straight fantasy football title. (David J. Phillip/AP)
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. -- Travis Hafner will not be attending Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony, despite the fact he's nominated for "Best Supporting Actor."
Actually, upon further review, that's not Hafner playing the part of Anton Chigurh in "No Country For Old Men." It's actor Javier Bardem. But the two bear more than just a passing resemblance, as Pronk himself admits.
"If I grew my hair out, that's what I'd look like," Hafner said with a laugh Tuesday. Hafner said he has yet to see "No Country For Old Men," but it is on his Spring Training agenda.
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02-22-2008, 10:45 AM
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Minors: Depth takes a hit
2007 callups leaving Indians farm system depleted in '08
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. -- The Indians raided Ross Atkins' cupboard last year.
Not that Atkins is complaining. It's the job of a farm director, after all, to oversee the grooming of players who can eventually help out the Major League club.
But the Tribe's player development system didn't just augment the 2007 Indians; it was a critical part of their success. Callups such as Rafael Perez, Asdrubal Cabrera, Franklin Gutierrez, Jensen Lewis and Aaron Laffey sparked the team in the second half of the season. All of the above players are now considered some part of the big league equation, which means Atkins' territory looks decidedly less deep than it did this time last year.
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02-22-2008, 10:46 AM
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Notes: Sidelined making progress
Some members of Tribe, farm system rehabbing injuries
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. -- Aside from reliever Jorge Julio, who is expected to report Thursday after having his visa issues settled in Venezuela, the Indians' full squad is accounted for.
But not every player who has reported to the Chain of Lakes complex is up to full speed. With that in mind, Indians director of media relations Bart Swain provided a quick rundown of all the players who are coming off injuries from 2007 and where they stand in these early days of camp: ? RHP Adam Miller: The Tribe's top pitching prospect is about a week behind after straining the middle finger on his throwing hand during Arizona Fall League play. It is the same finger Miller strained last season at Triple-A Buffalo. Miller has a blister on his finger and, therefore, did not throw Tuesday. He is expected to play catch Thursday. His game activity won't be determined until after the blister issue is resolved.
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02-22-2008, 10:47 AM
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Wedge sets pace for hopeful Tribe
Manager wants to move past '07, but not look too far ahead
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. -- If the perception that going from one child to two is akin to going from one to 20 holds true, Eric Wedge and his wife, Kate, will have their hands full this season.
"That's what they say," Wedge said with a laugh. "We'll see what happens."
Little Dalton Cash Wedge was brought into the world by Kate on Monday afternoon in Cleveland. He joins 22-month-old sister Ava in the quickly expanding Wedge clan. But crying kids and late-night diaper changes won't be the only challenges placed before Wedge, the reigning American League Manager of the Year, in 2008.
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02-22-2008, 10:48 AM
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Notes: Indians shake off cobwebs
Pitchers and hitters get first chance to face each other live
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. -- Third-base coach Joel Skinner looked at his watch on Thursday morning and smiled.
"This is fun, huh?" Skinner said. "Can you imagine facing C.C. [Sabathia] at 10:38 a.m.?"
Uh, no. Let's leave that to the professionals. In an annual rite of spring, the Indians held their first full-squad workout at the Chain of Lakes complex on Thursday. Manager Eric Wedge gave the club an hour-long pep talk, position players had their first round of agility drills and pitchers, catchers, infielders and outfielders all had group meetings.
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02-23-2008, 07:51 AM
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Cleveland Indians pleased by pitching debut of Masa Kobayashi
Saturday, February 23, 2008Bud Shaw and Paul Hoynes
Plain Dealer Reporters
Winter Haven, Fla. -- All eyes turned from 19-game winner Fausto Carmona's live batting practice session to Field 5 where Japanese reliever Masa Kobayashi threw to hitters for the first time on Friday.
Observers behind the batting cage grew to include GM Mark Shapiro, assistant GM Chris Antonetti and pitching coach Carl Willis. Eric Wedge walked up late as Kobayashi faced Josh Barfield, Jason Michaels, David Dellucci and Casey Blake.
"What's everybody here for?" Wedge deadpanned.
 Hitters aren't thrilled to be standing in against major-league pitching this early in camp and it showed when Barfield took a swing and splintered his bat. When Kobayashi left the field, he was carrying the bat.
"I gave it to him," said Barfield. "A souvenir. His first broken bat in America."
"I saw his two-seam fastball, his four-seam and his slider," Blake said. "He seemed to have good location."
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