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Game 6: Carmona deals, Tribe sweep

It was a war between starting pitchers, as Fausto Carmona and Jon Lester went inning for inning daring each other to do better than the last.  It was a thing of beauty watching them work.  They weren’t perfect, by any means, but even when they got in trouble they both were able to Houdini their way out of it.

That’s when Manny Acta had to shake things up.  In the 8th inning he called for a squeeze play that would fair successful and would put the Tribe on their way to a 1-0 victory over the struggling Red $ox.
Now, some people (especially $ox Nation) claimed that the final out was questionable at that Darnell McDonald was in fact safe as he panicked back to the bag after he over slid at a distance that looked to be at least 10 feet.  Now, the call was close, for sure… but when you’re struggling the way Boston is, and you make such an awful mistake as that, the ump isn’t going to be ready to show mercy.  It’s just the way the game works.
Tribe head way out west to take on Eric Wedge’s Seattle Mariners.  Start time 10:05PM ET.

A week away from the first Spring Training game

This entry isn’t going to be all that insightful.  I just felt compelled to share my excitement for the upcoming week.  The Grapefruit and Cactus leagues will kick off with full force and fans will get an early glimpse of their teams in some actual baseball game action.

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I know, you can’t base all that much on what your teams accomplish in the upcoming regular season.  But, you have to follow it.  It’s the fan in all of us connecting with our teams again.  It’s been a long off-season for the 29 teams and their fan bases that did not win it all.  However those Phillies, while I’m sure they’re eager to defend their championship, have no doubt enjoyed this passed off-season al ot.  Who can blame them?  They earned it.

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Also, for those who haven’t heard, MLB Network is airing a series called 30 Teams In 30 Days and will be covering a single club each night.  It is apparently an in depth look at a typical day during spring training for each team.  Definitely sounds interesting.  The series debuts Feb 20th, and starts with the Boston Red Sox if I’m not mistaken. 

I need to make it to Arizona and check out the Indians new facility. From the pictures, it looks like it is a fantastic place to get a team ready for the upcoming season.

As always, Go Tribe.

Me on TV during 2007 ALDS Game 1

In 2007, I was fortunate enough to make it to every Indians Home play-off game.  It really was terrific.  The atmosphere surrounding play-off baseball is unmatchable and I hope everyone has a chance to experience it one day.  The crowds were incredible, the games were exciting, and the bugs were… prominent. Haha.

Anyway, I stumbled across this video on Youtube.  I knew I had been on TV (from the various calls I received from people) but never got a chance to see it until now.  I’m the guy holding the “Tribe Beat Steinbrenner” sign.  Joe Buck actually comments on it!

CLICK HERE:
Me at Indians:Yankees ALDS Game 1 – TBS.mov

The Tribe went on to crush the Yanks that game, 12-3.

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