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  1. Sad Sam Jones

    2024 Guardians: Rockin' the Vogt

    With early news, I"ll get an early start while Stephen Vogt is winning me over with his introductory press conference right now. Aside from simply the strategic views, he got a little glassy-eyed talking about what Opening Day will be like in Oakland, where he spent the majority of his career...
  2. Sad Sam Jones

    May MLB News

    The Astros made it through the first month of the season only needing their original starting five in the rotation and rank #2 in the AL in ERA... but they've lost Jose Urquidy to shoulder soreness and Luis Garcia to Tommy John surgery this week. Their substitutes for now are 27-year-old Brandon...
  3. Sad Sam Jones

    2023 Guardians: Contending Ugly

    After 17 rookies helped take Cleveland to within one win of the ALCS in 2022, they entered this year as the team to beat in the AL Central. Veteran leadership and offensive upgrades were added to the starting lineup, where Josh Bell will fill a role that Franmil Reyes and a revolving door of...
  4. Sad Sam Jones

    Leagues of Their Own

    I'm going to ramble and meander, but I don't think we really have a preexisting thread for historical baseball topics outside the realm of the majors. I thought this might be a starting point for such stories. I spend most of my free time researching local history and following baseball, so...
  5. Sad Sam Jones

    2022 Cleveland Guard Railing

    NBC Sports Edge accidentally, but perfectly, sums up Cleveland's depth chart: (there's no LF or RF)
  6. Sad Sam Jones

    October Regular Season Game Thread

    We enter the final weekend with six series that still matter: Rays @ Yankees (+2.0 AL Wild Card) Friday, 7:05: S. McClanahan vs N. Cortes (MLBN) Saturday, 1:05: S. Baz vs J. Montgomery (MLBN) Sunday, 3:05: M. Wacha vs L. Severino Red Sox @ Nationals (– AL Wild Card) Friday, 7:05: E. Rodriguez...
  7. Sad Sam Jones

    April Game Thread

    The Indians usually start the season on the road because of potentially bad weather for home games. So naturally they begin the schedule in Detroit playing in snow. Shane Bieber picks up right where he left off in last year's playoffs and gets tagged for 2 runs in the 1st inning.
  8. Sad Sam Jones

    2021 Cleveland PTBNLs

    The Cleveland Indians are entering a full-blown identity crisis. Not only are they about to pull off a level of roster turnover rarely seen outside of Miami, it's also quite likely an announcement will be made at some point that the ballclub on the corner of Carnegie and Ontario will cease to be...
  9. Sad Sam Jones

    Cy Young and MVP races

    So who's taking home the personal hardware in this bastardized season? I think Shane Bieber has had the AL Cy Young wrapped up since the second week of the season. He leads MLB in wins, ERA and Ks, and also tops the AL in WAR. The only question left is whether leading the hitless wonders to a...
  10. Sad Sam Jones

    2020 Indians: Enjoy them and then we'll see what happens.

    After winning three consecutive AL Central titles for the second time in franchise history, for the second offseason in a row, the Indians will only commit to competing to the point that Paul Dolan can sustain his profit margins. In 2019, Cleveland spent $2.5M total in free agency (on Oliver...
  11. Sad Sam Jones

    2019 Indians: In For A Penny, In For A Pennant

    For a team that sleepwalked to a division title in 2018 and expect to reign again in 2019, the Indians are looking at a lot of upheaval. Beyond Francisco Lindor, Jose Ramirez and Jason Kipnis, every position on the field is likely to be held down by a different player than last season, and even...
  12. Sad Sam Jones

    August 2018 MLB Game Thread

    Corey Kluber is healthy and back in rhythm... 3-hit shutout of the Angels on 97 pitches. Leonys Martin is 4-for-8 with 2 home runs as an Indian. Watching the Indians and Angels play is an absolute treat if you enjoy watching the two best shortstops in the game ply their trade. *
  13. Sad Sam Jones

    2018 Indians: The Chief's Farewell Tour

    I've delayed starting this thread in the hopes Cleveland would take advantage of the free agent market that never developed or finally pulling the trigger on a trade for a corner outfielder, but I'm now resigned to the idea this is the team heading into the 2018 season. C - Yan Gomes/Roberto...
  14. Sad Sam Jones

    2017 Indians: 68 and counting

    My dad turned 78 this week. As a 9-year-old, he listened over the radio at Lazarus Department Store in downtown Columbus, Ohio when the Cleveland Indians clinched their last World Championship. Last year I sat behind home plate at Progressive Field, watching the Fox broadcast of Game #5 of the...
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