Archive for April, 2008
New Contest
Okay, I have a new contest for you guys. I need you to play “fortune teller” and tell me what you think the Tribe’s record will be on June 1st. I will need all submissions by May 5th. The winner will receive two tickets to the June 24th game against the San Francisco Giants. In [...]
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Progressive Field is #1
In a fan survey conducted by SI.com, Progressive Field was ranked number one under a myriad of categories and fan input. Here’s how they did it:
"These are your rankings. They are based solely on results taken from an online survey of baseball fans in March, when we asked readers to rate their hometown ballpark in [...]
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‘08 Tribe=Tribe from Major League II
The 2008 Indians are following the script from Major League II to a T. Let’s look at how exactly they are doing it:
A team that goes further than it probably should the year before has huge expectations for the next, and they get off to a very slow start.
An ace who really came into his [...]
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CONTEST WINNER
Well I decided to end the contest about 12 hours early, and the winning name is:
TRIBAL PURSUIT
It was submitted by ToMMyBoy, and he sent me along the rhetoric behind it. Here it is:
"Hey Bill,
I’ve got a great idea for a name for your blog…You know I’ve always been a fan of ‘word tricks’ and, well [...]
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Craig’s Perspective
Here is what my buddy Craig said about the Tribe’s season. I think it’s pretty much spot on:
"You know what’s frustrating … It used to be the Indians were an ace away from winning the world series. They could score 7 or 8 runs a game at will, but at times would give up 9 [...]
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Simply Offensive
I had to steal that from Chris Assenheimer’s recap today, because that’s pretty much all there was to it. Where the hell are the bats? Here are my thoughts:
Well I thought we were in for a big game when Grady started off with a double, and "How You Doin’" knocked him in. Guess not.
Travis Hafner [...]
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Major League Quotes
Since Major League was on ESPN Classic last night, I decided to watch the second half of the movie. Laying in bed last night, I started thinking about how many hilarious quotes there are. Here are some of my favorites, straight from the "memorable quotes" section from imdb.com:
Lou Brown: You may run like Hayes. but [...]
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That’s Gonna Leave a Mark
Watch this video and ponder this question: How in the hell is this guy alive?
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Creepy Clemens
It has been reported that Roger Clemens had a decade long affair with country star Mindy McCready, and Brain McNamee’s lawyers are going after the Rocket’s reputation by showing he isn’t the family man that he says he is. Now that isn’t too out of the ordinary. Professional athlete cheating on his wife with another [...]
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RIP Consecutive Games Streak
Grady Sizemore’s consecutive games played streak ended Sunday at 382 games. Why would he quit? I know he had Cal Ripken’s record in his cross hairs, only 2,250 games to go.
Maybe he was out late Saturday with the Grady’s Ladies, celebrating how there is a group of women who are willing to do anything [...]
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