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Cleveland Indians General Manager Mark Shapiro concerned, but not panicked Friday, April 18, 2008Joe Maxse Plain Dealer Reporter Fifteen games does not a season make. But at 5-10 entering Thursday, it makes for more than a periphery glance. After losing six of their past seven, outscored, 49 to 24, in the six losses, the Indians are not about to reach for the panic button. But as General Manager Mark Shapiro said before Thursday night's game against the Detroit Tigers at Progressive Field, the time for a hard look is definitely approaching. "After 15 games, it necessitates concern, not action, from a front-office standpoint," Shapiro said. "We hope it's a glitch. There's not enough there to address yet." Those numbers were part of the reason the Indians were last in the American League in hitting [.232] and slugging percentage [.340] entering Thursday. "We've been the polar opposite of a year ago when we were able to control the baseball," Shapiro said. "Pitchers threw strikes and kept the ball in the ballpark. Hitters controlled the strike zone and had tough, quality at-bats from top to bottom in the lineup. Cont... |
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Cleveland Indians should look for help for left-field platoon, bullpen, Terry Pluto says Friday, April 18, 2008 Before the Indians beat Detroit, 11-1, on Thursday night, Mark Shapiro mentioned his team had "four dead spots" in the lineup. The general manager's point was the season being only 16 games old and with so many things going bad, it's too soon to make moves from what would seem like a panic position. In the Tribe talk that you hear from this and other modern front offices, the "sample" is too small. Sixteen games is only 10 percent of the season. But why not start with one? On the night when Jason Michaels busted free from his 4-of-33 start with two singles, three RBI and throwing out a runner at home plate from left field, I still don't buy into the left-field platoon. Yes, Dave Dellucci has come back from a major hamstring injury that required surgery to have a solid start. He's batting .276 on a team that entered Thursday night hitting an American League-low .232. Dellucci's .432 on-base percentage is second on the team. Cont... |
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I certainly don't believe Fausto then decided to plunk Sheffield to make it first and second, no outs. The fastball was in an area you'd expect a message pitch to hit, but from his and Victor's reaction I don't think it was intentional. |
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thing is, it was only 5-0 at that point....putting runners on first and second, no outs in the fifth is asking for trouble. I still believe it was 2 poor pitches.
On top of that, Leyland was [censored]ed in the dugout, but if he thought Carmona lit up 2 guys on purpose, I'm pretty confident he's the type of guy to send his worst bullpen pitcher in there to start a brawl. |
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Good to see some life finally. Hopefully the light has now gone "on".
BTW, .340 team SLG coming into the game? Holy [censored]. ![]() |
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Cliff Lee = ace (so far)
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Shocking, isn't it? He's always had the stuff, just needs to keep his head screwed on straight...
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Lee and Perez combine on a 3 hit shutout.
![]() Cliff's ERA on the season = 0.40 ![]() Great to get a couple wins in a row...now if C.C. will just wake up from his slumber... |
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