Baltimore orioles vs cleveland Indians series thread

• BRF

  

  We're going to go to .500 now and things better get hot soon (besides my blood pressure) or this is all over and we limp home, again.
  
  Things were going good tonight until about 8:40 when someone popped in to post a comment.
  
  Then, the wheels fell off.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Just messing with ya, Crimson!
• Crimson streak

  

  BRF;1230725 wrote:We're going to go to .500 now and things better get hot soon (besides my blood pressure) or this is all over and we limp home, again.
  
  Things were going good tonight until about 8:40 when someone popped in to post a comment.
  
  Then, the wheels fell off.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Just messing with ya, Cr'imson!

  
  No kidding we suck. I take full blame for this series loss. Put a fork in em there done
• THE4RINGZ

  

  Great pitching with no run support. Same old, same old.
• Mulva

  

  Indians averaged 2.57 runs per game this week. And they scored 10 runs in one of them.
• BRF

  

  Yeah, the Orioles are 39-0 now when coming into the 9th with the lead.
  
  Blah!
  
  We will end up finishing in 3rd.
• HitsRus

  

  The Indians have scored three runs in the series so far...all solo home runs. It is nearly impossible to get anything going when you have so many black holes in the lineup. .230 hitters just don't cut it....especially when you are paying one of them $14 million a year.
• Mulva

  

  It's absolutely disgusting that Hafner has made $57 million over the last 5 years. Another solid move in the career of Shapiro.
• Footwedge

  Mulva;1230795 wrote:It's absolutely disgusting that Hafner has made $57 million over the last 5 years. Another solid move in the career of Shapiro.

  The "big 5" in recent signings over the past 5 years.
  
  Hafner
  Sizemore
  Westbrook
  Santana
  Carmona.
  
  As a fan, I applauded every one of these moves at the time of the signings. I don't blame management, I blame the damn players. If it was the NFL, they would have been cut...contracts for the most part...not guaranteed in football.
• vball10set

  We'll be lucky to win 75 games this season--mark it down.
• BRF

  

  Tomlin on the mound today to try and keep the Tribe heads above water.
  
  I don't have much faith, though.
• dazedconfused

  

  Footwedge;1230826 wrote:The "big 5" in recent signings over the past 5 years.
  
  Hafner
  Sizemore
  Westbrook
  Santana
  Carmona.
  
  As a fan, I applauded every one of these moves at the time of the signings. I don't blame management, I blame the damn players. If it was the NFL, they would have been cut...contracts for the most part...not guaranteed in football.

  you agreed with sizemore and carmona/hernandez?
• wes_mantooth

  

  dazedconfused;1230963 wrote:you agreed with sizemore and carmona/hernandez?

  
  Yeah, I don't know one fan that liked the grady signing
• hoops23

  

  wes_mantooth;1230981 wrote:Yeah, I don't know one fan that liked the grady signing

  Especially since we could have had Cuddyer or Willingham...
  
  FUCK!
• ts1227

  

  Apparently the Tribe signed JC Romero yesterday. He can opt out if he's not called up to MLB roster by 8/15.
  
  This is probably our big trade deadline move too, lol
  
  http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/21/indians-sign-j-c-romero-to-minor-league-deal/
• hoops23

  

  Ha, from the comments of that article:
  

  [LEFT]All the fans with bleacher tickets will be bringing their gloves hoping Romero gets in the game.[/LEFT]

• Laley23

  

  I hate the Indians.
• Footwedge

  dazedconfused;1230963 wrote:you agreed with sizemore and carmona/hernandez?

  Sure did. Especially the Carmona signing. I thought the tribe pulled a major coupe with Fausto at that time. If you remember Carmona had better numbers than Cy Young CC Sabathia that year. I honestly don't remember exactly the time frame when Sizemore was extended. But Sizemore's numbers his first 5 years was much better than even Kenny Lofton. People forget how good he was.
  
  Why these players went into the shitter is not the management's fault.
• hoops23

  

  I think the problem lies with re-signing Grady THIS year, not his previous extension.
• hoops23

  

  And Zach McAllister has turned into the best starter on this team. Very underrated job this year by him.. Would love to see him turn into a legit starter for the long run.
• dazedconfused

  

  Footwedge;1231026 wrote:Sure did. Especially the Carmona signing. I thought the tribe pulled a major coupe with Fausto at that time. If you remember Carmona had better numbers than Cy Young CC Sabathia that year. I honestly don't remember exactly the time frame when Sizemore was extended. But Sizemore's numbers his first 5 years was much better than even Kenny Lofton. People forget how good he was.
  
  Why these players went into the ****ter is not the management's fault.

  the previous contracts were not the problem and were actually very good deals. the problem was re-upping both of them for this season for a combined 12 million when one (carmona/hernandez) had just come off a crappy year and been revealed to be three years older over the winter and the other (sizemore) who has proven to be made out of glass.
  
  not spending that 12 million on right handed stick has crippled this season and that you can blame on shapiro/antonetti
• BRF

  

  hoops23;1231032 wrote:And Zach McAllister has turned into the best starter on this team.

  That's what I was getting at last night when I was talking to myself!
  
  I saw that article comment on Romero, too. LOL!
  
  Glad you didn't leave us!
• hoops23

  

  And Baltimore already has this one in the bag. 2-0 2 batters into the game...
• BRF

  

  Wow! Great start.
  
  Welcome to one game below .500.
• vball10set

  Laley23;1231024 wrote:I hate the Indians.

  Reps...is it college football season yet?
• Crimson streak

  

  We have to win these 2 games vs Baltimore. We have to face fister, sherzer, and verlander against the tigers. So we're gonna get swept