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Cleveland Indians vs Tampa bay rays series thread

  • Crimson streak
    The tribe enter at 30-17 while Tampa enters at 26-23 after having their game today ppd. Hopefully the tribe can take 2 of 3 with Tomlin and masterson pitching in this series. Thoughts?
  • Laley23
    Gonna be another tough one. Second series in a row we get the top 3 pitchers for the opposition going. Game one is going to be huge. Tomlin versus Price could set the pace for the next 2 games. Its the most even match-up imo.

    Tomlin - Price (even, though Price dominated the Tribe last time out)
    Carrasco - Shields (Rays, CC is ehhh and Shields is a Cy Young frontrunner)
    Masterson - Hellickson (Tribe, but Hellickson has been very good and can shut you down on a given night).

    I think whoever wins Friday, wins the series 2-1.
  • wes_mantooth
    If price throws like last time, we are fucked...lol
  • wildcats20
    I thought the Tribe packed it in for the season after losing the last 2? I swear I saw that somewhere....
  • wes_mantooth
    wildcats20;780625 wrote:I thought the Tribe packed it in for the season after losing the last 2? I swear I saw that somewhere....

    They are done....brantly, grady and tomlin will be traded by the end of the weekend
  • wildcats20
    wes_mantooth;780633 wrote:They are done....brantly, grady and tomlin will be traded by the end of the weekend

    We will take Brantley to play left and Tomlin.

    And you can have Volquez.
  • wes_mantooth
    wildcats20;780634 wrote:We will take Brantley to play left and Tomlin.

    And you can have Volquez.

    Deal, but you have to throw in gomes
  • wildcats20
    We need SOME comedy around the Reds still.
  • BRF
    BRF checking in. Good job, Crimson streak, for getting our ship righted again! I think the key to this thread's success will be you not using capitals for "bay-rays" in the title! ;-)
  • oberhaus
    Im checking in to say I wont comment on this thread since the last series downfall was my doing.




    Oh crap........oops
  • royal_k
    wildcats20;780625 wrote:I thought the Tribe packed it in for the season after losing the last 2? I swear I saw that somewhere....

    Don't you have a Red's thread to post on? :)

    And I agree with Laley. Game 1 is very important for the Tribe if they want to win this series.
  • BR1986FB
    These next two series are going to show if the Tribe has any sack or not.
  • grodt
    Big series in terms of seeing how this team responds to dropping those two to Boston. So far this year they've been remarkably resilient and I hope that continues. Plus I believe Grady is eligible to return during this series and they said since he's been working out with the team, taking BP and running he probably won't go on a rehab stint. He would be a welcome addition to a lineup that's been sputtering along lately.

    Oh yes....Go Tribe! :)
  • Scrawney
    I'll be at a couple of these games, should be a good series.
  • kayo
    BR1986FB;780791 wrote:These next two series are going to show if the Tribe has any sack or not.

    What the hell are you talking about? You act like they've been choking games away left and right this year.
  • JerseyBuck
    Laley23;780620 wrote:Gonna be another tough one. Second series in a row we get the top 3 pitchers for the opposition going. Game one is going to be huge. Tomlin versus Price could set the pace for the next 2 games. Its the most even match-up imo.

    Tomlin - Price (even, though Price dominated the Tribe last time out)
    Carrasco - Shields (Rays, CC is ehhh and Shields is a Cy Young frontrunner)
    Masterson - Hellickson (Tribe, but Hellickson has been very good and can shut you down on a given night).

    I think whoever wins Friday, wins the series 2-1.

    This is the way I see it as well. Going against some more great pitching, hoping for 2-1 on this trip. Sizemore likely to return this weekend, so that's a plus.
  • dazedconfused
    we definitely need grady to get back in there...especially with some of the lineups we've been trotting out. hell, i'd probably bat him fourth or fifth at this point
  • hoops23
    Need to take 2 of 3 against TB... If not, then a sweep of Toronto would be the only thing that salvages the trip.

    Sweeping the Reds made losing 2 of 3 to the Sox tolerable.

    30-17 and you do not want to go on any kind of long skid, so it's important to come out and take Game 1.

    This team has the right attitude though, so I think they'll be fine.
  • BR1986FB
    kayo;781078 wrote:What the hell are you talking about? You act like they've been choking games away left and right this year.

    No, what I meant is between Cincy, Boston, Tampa, Toronto & Texas this stretch will be the toughest they've faced. They can weather the storm or they may come out of it with a very small lead in the division. They may have played some teams with winning records prior to this stretch but they haven't REALLY been tested by the "big boys" yet.
  • Crimson streak
    BRF;780757 wrote:BRF checking in. Good job, Crimson streak, for getting our ship righted again! I think the key to this thread's success will be you not using capitals for "bay-rays" in the title! ;-)

    They took 2 of 3 against us last time, they don't get the respect of capital letters haha. Plus I started it on my phone and it usually capitalizes it for me but didn't
  • riders1
    Today in Indians history, 18 years ago, involving a former Tampa Bay player, then with the Rangers.
  • dazedconfused
    that would be mr. canseco's dumbass
  • riders1
    Right guy, wrong part of the anatomy, or not?

    http://fanshots.com/index.php?url=video/ball-bounces-off-jose-canseco-s-head-for-home-run
  • BR1986FB
    Nice piece on Acta...

    http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-indians-mainmanny&active_dimension=carousel_coke_primary&ysp_frm_woah=1
  • like_that

    Good read. It's nice that this is Acta's "second chance." It seems like every coach/manager uses Cleveland as their first chance at coaching, then they fail, but they go on to succeed for another franchise. Hopefully we can get that "second chance" luck with Acta.