Texas Rangers @ Cleveland Indians series thread.

• iclfan2

  

  This loss is gross. I feel like they threw it away.
• Laley23

  

  Not a good game. I was driving home and it was 3-0. I parked the car, walked into the house, and it was 3-3. I knew it was not gonna be a good night at that point.
• hoops23

  

  At least Detroit will be playing Chicago starting tomorrow.
• royal_k

  

  Does anybody play a deeper LF than Hamilton? That ball LaPorta hit is a double against any other LF. He plays about 5 ft infront of the warning track. And don't give me that no double defense. The other 2 Of were'nt playing deep.
  
  Also, not that impressed with Feliz. Smoked 2 balls off him. His fastball is very strait.
• Laley23

  

  royal_k;789287 wrote:Does anybody play a deeper LF than Hamilton? That ball LaPorta hit is a double against any other LF. He plays about 5 ft infront of the warning track. And don't give me that no double defense. The other 2 Of were'nt playing deep.
  
  Also, not that impressed with Feliz. Smoked 2 balls off him. His fastball is very strait.

  
  See what I posted earlier in the thread.
  
  "RHP Neftali Feliz worked through the middle of the Tampa Bay lineup on the way to picking up a save in a 3-0 Rangers' victory. The 2010 AL Rookie of the Year has been struggling with all kinds of issues this season, from a sore shoulder to a drop in velocity, an over-reliance on his fastball and a seeming inability or unwillingness to throw inside on hitters.Feliz has blown three saves in the last two weeks, all against Kansas City. He also allowed the go-ahead run to score in another game against the Royals. (Yahoo! Sports)"
  
  He has lost so much velocity (like 5 MPH) and his control is gone. BUT, he has gotten the job done versus everyone but KC. But there are growing concerns in Texas.
• DeadliestWarrior34

  

  I just wanted to tell you guys I'm proud of you tonight. We posted hard till the very end. We just didn't get the breaks we needed. Lets get behind eachother so we can get closer and be more productive. Hopefully we can come tomorrow and put on a great show.
• BRF

  

  Yes, DW, that was a good post!
  
  BRF says "oh well" and we try again tomorrow.
  
  Let's see....I do believe we are still 12 games over .500.
  
  Go Tribe!
• riders1

  

  87-75 ?
• hoops23

  

  riders1;789470 wrote:87-75 ?

  
  Actually, at this current pace (.611 win%) we'd be 99-63...
  
  Obviously, this pace won't continue...
  
  But, .500 ball the rest of the way gets us to 87 wins...
  
  If we can play just 6 games over .500 the rest of the season, we'd have 93 wins. That's more than likely good enough to be AL Central champs.
  
  Long way to go though, but I'm going to enjoy it. It is frustrating watching a game get blown like todays, but it is what it is.
• grodt

  

  Very frustrating game but we're bound to have those unfortunately. I actually liked this lineup a lot better although I still think we should bring up Cord Phelps to spell OC and play some DH.
  
  Just gotta get 2 of 3. Let's go Tribe.
• like_that

  

  Update on pronk for what it's worth:
  
  http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/43258458/ns/sports-player_news/
  
  We really need him back.
• riders1

  

  hoops23;789570 wrote:Actually, at this current pace (.611 win%) we'd be 99-63...
  
  Obviously, this pace won't continue...
  
  But, .500 ball the rest of the way gets us to 87 wins...
  
  If we can play just 6 games over .500 the rest of the season, we'd have 93 wins. That's more than likely good enough to be AL Central champs.
  
  Long way to go though, but I'm going to enjoy it. It is frustrating watching a game get blown like todays, but it is what it is.

  
  Of course 3 of last 9 is only .333, which probably won't happen either, but if you knew now where between .611 and .333 you could be a rich man
• Commander of Awesome

  

  like_that;789610 wrote:Update on pronk for what it's worth:
  
  http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/43258458/ns/sports-player_news/
  
  We really need him back.

  
  Still 2 weeks away with an oblique strain?!
• OneBuckeye

  

  grodt;789607 wrote:Very frustrating game but we're bound to have those unfortunately. I actually liked this lineup a lot better although I still think we should bring up Cord Phelps to spell OC and play some DH.
  
  Just gotta get 2 of 3. Let's go Tribe.

  
  I agree... when are the critical dates and what not to bring up minor league guys? Is it June 1st? I don't know the contract rules/dates.
• BR1986FB

  Commander of Awesome;789722 wrote:Still 2 weeks away with an oblique strain?!

  
  Initially I'd heard this was typically a 4-8 week injury with 4 being "conservative."
• like_that

  

  BR1986FB;789781 wrote:Initially I'd heard this was typically a 4-8 week injury with 4 being "conservative."

  
  As you said earlier this week, ballplayers are pussies these days. No way we ever see any player surpass Ripken's record of consecutive games played.
  
  I am not that old, but during the mid 90's I sure as hell don't recall many baseball players taking "scheduled" days off. Such an overrated concept imo. If you are not a pitcher, you don't need that much rest.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  like_that;789902 wrote:As you said earlier this week, ballplayers are pussies these days. No way we ever see any player surpass Ripken's record of consecutive games played.
  
  I am not that old, but during the mid 90's I sure as hell don't recall many baseball players taking "scheduled" days off. Such an overrated concept imo. If you are not a pitcher, you don't need that much rest.

  Agreed, I'd love to try and tell my coach, "Hey coach, I need to take this match off for scheduled rest". He would have flipped out no doubt.
• vball10set

  The Tribe's pitching is coming back down to earth---I'll be amazed if we can play .500 ball the rest of the way
• hoops23

  

  vball10set;790367 wrote:The Tribe's pitching is coming back down to earth---I'll be amazed if we can play .500 ball the rest of the way

  
  It's really not the pitching. It's the offense. Sure, they'll have a big game, but they need to get consistent again.
• grodt

  

  Lucky break on that play at the plate he was definitely safe. Gotta get the bats going.
• hoops23

  

  Commander of Awesome;789974 wrote:Agreed, I'd love to try and tell my coach, "Hey coach, I need to take this match off for scheduled rest". He would have flipped out no doubt.

  
  Yea or how Grady had to DH because he played the day before in CF on turf. Lol
• hoops23

  

  Well this may be another offensive shut out lol. My goodness.
• hoops23

  

  Grady Strikemore?
• BR1986FB

  Jesus...I'm 43 years old, just shy of 230 lbs and even I think I could've put O-Cab on my shoulder, ran down to 1st base and STILL beat out that grounder. SLOOOOOOOOOOOW....
• hoops23

  

  Tribe offense goes quietly again. Amazing how teams can put together productive at bats and piece together hits against us, but we get up and go right down in about 10 or so pitches. Smh
  
  Hopefully Masterson can get a quick inning and the offense can get something brewing.