Fuck Yeah, Cleveland!

I’ve been out of school and working, thus a severe lack of updates. I have, however, been keeping up on all things Cleveland sports, promise!

Here’s some news, if you haven’t already heard it:

• The Cavs drafted Duke PG Kyrie Irving at 1 overall, and Texas PF Tristian Thompson at 4th. I approve.
• The Indians recalled their number one prospect, 3B Lonnie Chisenhall, from AAA Columbus yesterday. His debut went smoothly, to put it lightly. Against Arizona, Chisenhall went 2 for 4 with a double and the game winning RBI. Not too shabby.
• BUT… The Tribe have been kinda sucky lately. They’ve fallen one game behind Detroit in the AL Central, but according to MLB sources, GM Chris Antonetti has been burning up the phone lines looking to pick up a big bat in a trade. Good news.
• SHIN SOO CHOO! OH NO! Choo broke his left thumb when he was hit by a pitch in San Francisco. He had surgery today, and is expected to be out 8 to 10 weeks. If we’re still in a pennant race, he’d be back in time for the September push.

I’ll try to update at least once a week! Have a great 4th of July weekend if I don’t post until after!

I saw this on ESPN, and my approximated reaction is as follows:

“ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS?! THIS IS NOT FUCKING JOURNALISM, YOU FUCKS! GODDAMN, ESPN, REPORT SOMETHING WORTHWHILE INSTEAD OF SHITTING ON SMALL MARKETS.”

ESPN couldn’t read my comment, as the network was busy gargling LeBron’s pecker snot while giving a reach-around to the Yankees.

Before the Series, April 25rd 2011

Current Record: 13-8, 1st in AL Central

Previous series vs Minnesota Twins (9-12)

Next series vs  Kansas City Royals (12-10)

That didn’t go well, now did it?

After blowing the lead in the fourth game in the Kansas City series, the Indians looked to get back on track with a few games against the AL Central’s worst, the Minnesota Twins.

The rain-out on Friday may have been an omen.

Saturday’s contest was a 10-3 drudging. Fausto Carmona picked up his third loss on the year, in a performance in which manager Manny Acta claimed that, “[Carmona] wasn’t being agressive enough.”

Well, it was only two straight losses, they could pick it up on Sunday, right? Wrong.

Carlos Carrasco gave up 2 runs early, however behind good hitting, the Tribe answered to put themselves up 3-2. Shin-Soo Choo twice threw from right field to Lou Marson behind the plate to tag out runners headed home.

The Brantley ground-rule double that put Cleveland up 3-2, however, was curious. Originally ruled a 3-run home run, it was reversed, because it didn’t hit the top of a planter in right, just the corner. This will come up later.

Carrasco only pitched three, leaving the game with right elbow tightness. Remember what I said about the omen?

Jeanmar Gomez then came out of the bullpen to relieve, followed by Rafael Perez, who gave up 2 in the seventh to give you the final score of 4-3. Keep in mind, the Brantley run-that-wasn’t would’ve put the Indians up 4-2 in the third, sending the game into extra innings.

Well, what’s done is done, although I’ll hesitate to call this a sweep because of the Friday night rain-out.

The Indians face Kansas City again, in another battle for the number one spot atop the standings, followed by a weekend series with the Detroit Tigers before heading out west again.

Before the Series, April 23rd 2011

Current Record: 13-6, 1st in AL Central

Previous series vs Kansas City Royals (12-8)

Next series vs  Minnesota Twins (7-12)

Well, you can’t win ‘em all. After the first three games in KC, the Indians looked to win the series on Thursday, having won two of three, and holding on to a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the ninth in the fourth game of the series.

And our savior, the impeccable Chris Perez came onto the mound. We were going to leave KC winning the series three games to one, right?

Well, he couldn’t stay perfect forever. A Melky Cabrera double sent two runs home, ending the game with a final score of 3-2.

On the bright side, the Tribe still hold the AL Central lead by one and a half games over Kansas City, and are going to have a couple of games against the Minnesota Twins (Friday’s contest was postponed due to rain), the worst team in the division.

It will be interesting to see how this team, especially Chris Perez and the bullpen, come back from a loss like that.

The games are at 1:10 today and 2:10 on Sunday.

Keith Law, you’re officially on my shit list.

The headline, by the way, was Don’t Believe It.

How could I not post this?

Michael Brantley and Shin-Soo Choo after last night’s 7-3 10-inning win against the KC Royals.

(Source: layzrr)

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS DEFEAT MIAMI HEAT 102-90

Despite LBJ’s triple double, the Cavs were able to take down the Heat behind strong performances by Anthony Parker, Ryan Hollins, J.J. Hickson, Baron Davis (who played limited minutes due to injury), and many others.

After a season like this one, the win is something to hang our hats on.

Another note: Opening day is this Friday and yours truly will be there. Tribe fever, catch it.