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Cleveland Indians drop designated hitter Travis Hafner to No. 6 in batting lineup
Friday, May 02, 2008
There's a whole lot of hammering and drilling coming from under Travis Hafner's hood. Manager Eric Wedge is confident they'll get the Tribe's designated hitter refitted with new shocks and plugs. If they don't, the cobwebs will continue to grow in Pronkville.
One of the first steps came Thursday when Wedge dropped Hafner from third to sixth in the batting lineup. It's the first time Hafner has started a game hitting sixth since 2004.
What do the rest of the steps entail to snap the man called Pronk out of slump that is now a calendar year in length (May 1, 2007, to May 1, 2008)?
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05-02-2008, 05:26 AM
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Cleveland Indians' Travis Hafner's work in batting practice pays off in game
Smacks pair of doubles in Tribe win
Friday, May 02, 2008Dennis Manoloff
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Travis Hafner is not a six-hole hitter. He better not be, or the Indians are in trouble.
One way for Hafner to return quickly to his customary No. 3 spot is to crank out the type of at-bats seen Thursday night against the Mariners.
Batting sixth for the first time since September 2004, Hafner went 2-for-4 with two doubles in the Tribe's 3-2 victory at Progressive Field.
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Wedge sees his dentist: Indians' latest win 'like pulling teeth'
Friday, May 2, 2008
By Andy Call
REPOSITORY SPORTS WRITER
CLEVELAND The Indians will take a win any way they can get one.
But, they certainly shouldn't be too giddy about how they got one Thursday night. Manager Eric Wedge definitely wasn't.
The Indians survived a blown save in the ninth inning as well as some of the most forgettable plate appearances in modern baseball history during the 10th and 11th to finally outlast Seattle, 3-2, at Progressive Field.
"It was like pulling teeth tonight," an agitated Wedge said afterward. "Our at-bats have got to be better. We have to do a better job sticking our nose in there with two strikes and having some concentration and discipline. And it's not OK to do it one time and not the next.
"I try to stay as positive as I can be, but these guys have got to turn the corner."
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Hafner will 'get there,' says Indians manager
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Friday, May 2, 2008
BY Andy Call
REPOSITORY SPORTS WRITER
CLEVELAND Travis Hafner knows what he's been working on to break out of his slump.
But, if he told you, he'd have to kill you.
"It's top secret," Cleveland's designated hitter said.
Hafner returned to the starting lineup Thursday, but was dropped to No. 6 in the order. He had batted third in 22 starts, fourth in four others. But, it's difficult to leave a player who is 7-for-51 (.137) in his last 14 games and batting .210 for the season in a critical spot in the lineup.
"I think it is the best way to go, for the team and for myself," Hafner said. "We've got a plan in place."
"This young man is going to get back to where he needs to get to, but it's going to take a little bit of time," Manager Eric Wedge said. "Because he has some adjustments he will be making, we didn't think we should leave him in the 3-hole."
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Indians ace has trumped his early struggles
Sabathia resembles Cy Young Award winner of a year ago
Friday, May 2, 2008 3:27 AM
By Jim Massie
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
 C.C. Sabathia has pitched solid back-to-back outings after starting the season 0-3 with an ERA of 13.50.
CLEVELAND -- The big man stalked off the pitcher's mound, pumped his left fist twice and let loose a pair of primal screams. If Indians ace C.C. Sabathia were a volcano, molten lava would have accompanied his emotional eruption Sunday against the New York Yankees in Progressive Field. In recording back-to-back, sixth-inning strikeouts of Alex Rodriguez and Shelley Duncan, Sabathia stranded Derek Jeter at third base in a 1-0 game and, for the first time probably this season, resembled his Cy Young Award-winning self of a year ago. Something simple had to give, even if it wasn't choreographed.
"It was kind of early in the game for it," Sabathia said. "But there's been a lot of frustration over the past couple of weeks. I was just letting it out. I was letting out a lot of frustration."
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