Homestand: Series #3..Tribe vs BoSox

• HitsRus

  

  ^^^You'll have to forgive me wedge....I'm a Tribe FANatic...I must be insane, because I keep seeing the same things expecting/hoping for a different result
  
  
  I cannot believe that game was even that close.
• vball10set

  Man, this is gonna' be a loooong summer.......again
• TBone14

  

  I'm not discouraged by the start so far. Last couple of years they have started off on fire only to wear down and fall apart late.
  
  Schedule has been brutal. Jays, Rays, Yankees, White Sox, Red Sox?
  
  Nobody is going to run away with this division in April or May. Just try to get to .500 and keep heads above water for now and hope it all comes together at some point and they get hot. Lots of baseball to be played before saying it will be a long summer.
• wes_mantooth

  

  Footwedge;1427905 wrote:Wow...it seemed like I was the only one calling that trade a pig at that time. Pomeranz is starting the season off in triple A and White is on the DL. That eases the pain....somewhat.

  
  False...no one liked it. I wanted pence all along
• HitsRus

  

  Zac Mac:thumbup: will be sent out to the mound tonite in hopes of salvaging 1 game from the series, and to avoid the sweep.
  
  Going for the BoSox is John Lester.:thumbdown:
• IggyPride00

  

  HitsRus;1428467 wrote:Zac Mac:thumbup: will be sent out to the mound tonite in hopes of salvaging 1 game from the series, and to avoid the sweep.
  
  Going for the BoSox is John Lester.:thumbdown:

  Not looking good right now.
  
  24th in the league in team runs scored so far.
  
  22nd last year.
  
  The offense has got to start pulling it together. 6 straight games under 4 runs, and working on a 7th tonight.
  
  We are 8th in strikeouts, which was one of my big concerns before the season that we weren't going to be able to play small ball.
  
  Hopefully they can stage a comeback tonight to get back in the win column.
• Laley23

  

  Id like to see Mike Aviles get some ABs versus righties. He has been an everyday player for most of his career, and has posted solid numbers. In KC, it was not only unnoticed, but he also had to bat up in the order so the numbers werent as good, comparatively. He will be 7/8 for us, and I think can give us a lot of production there.
• HitsRus

  

  Home plate umpire Mike Winters has two strike zones tonite....a great big one for John Lester, while squeezing Tribe pitchers (especially Zac McCallister). SMFH.
• CLEconomically Speaking

  

  Laley23;1428541 wrote:Id like to see Mike Aviles get some ABs versus righties. He has been an everyday player for most of his career, and has posted solid numbers. In KC, it was not only unnoticed, but he also had to bat up in the order so the numbers werent as good, comparatively. He will be 7/8 for us, and I think can give us a lot of production there.

  He can take druby's spot.. Dude is straight garbage at the plate so far this year
• Laley23

  

  CLEconomically Speaking;1428585 wrote:He can take druby's spot.. Dude is straight garbage at the plate so far this year

  He has a track record and Druby will hit .275 Id guess. However, Chisenhall does not have a track record and is garbage for his whole career. So, for the moment, he can take his spot.
  
  Preferably Id like to see him playing 4/5 times out of 7 games and just literally move across the diamond. Kipnis, Chiz and whoever is at 1st havent proven to be everyday players yet. Kipnis I think will be, but at the moment, he still needs his days off.
• Crimson streak

  

  Laley23;1428593 wrote:He has a track record and Druby will hit .275 Id guess. However, Chisenhall does not have a track record and is garbage for his whole career. So, for the moment, he can take his spot.
  
  Preferably Id like to see him playing 4/5 times out of 7 games and just literally move across the diamond. Kipnis, Chiz and whoever is at 1st havent proven to be everyday players yet. Kipnis I think will be, but at the moment, he still needs his days off.

  
  Swisher plays 1st lol
• Laley23

  

  Crimson streak;1428597 wrote:Swisher plays 1st lol

  He also DHs and plays RF. Im not saying to take he or Reynolds out of the line-up, but we have SOO many guys who can play multiple positions, lets start moving them around to get our best bats in the line-up.
  
  This is also not really relevant with Kipnis and Bourn out of the line-up. But in the future.
  
  If we are competing in a few months, I think we need a quick leash with Chisenhall, Rayburn and Stubbs.
• CLEconomically Speaking

  

  Well that was fun to watch
• HitsRus

  

  I'm not happy with Druby in the 2 hole right now....the team is having a hard time scoring runs, and he's right in the middle killing rallies. A well functioning offense has guys staying within themselves and doing their jobs....like Swisher tonite in the 8th ...trying to pull the ball and hit a dinger and tie the game. They didn't give him anything he could pull and he got himself out. He was trying to do too much.
  
  You can't have an automatic out batting 2nd.....and that's what Cabrerra is right now.
  
  
  As for Stubbs...he's not the problem right now, I thought he's had some pretty good at bats the past couple of games.
• vball10set

  Remind me again why we acquired Rayburn?
• wes_mantooth

  

  
• vball10set

  wes_mantooth;1429190 wrote:

  red x?
• Commander of Awesome

  

  Dont know why I am doing this to myself, but this morning I was looking at the Cliff Lee and CC trades. SMFH, I'm not sure we could have fucked that up harder if we tried. I literally lol'd at our package that we got for Cliff Lee. Talk about a fucking joke.
• wes_mantooth

  

  vball10set;1429255 wrote:red x?

  shows up for me. It looks like you have the swear filter on and the jpg address is edited...lol
• ts1227

  

  Commander of Awesome;1429283 wrote:Dont know why I am doing this to myself, but this morning I was looking at the Cliff Lee and CC trades. SMFH, I'm not sure we could have fucked that up harder if we tried. I literally lol'd at our package that we got for Cliff Lee. Talk about a fucking joke.

  
  That's the only day ever that I actually made it a point to watch Bruce Drennan on STO, because I knew he was going to completely lose his shit (and he did). I think he's a jackass, but I knew it was going to be awesome that day
• GOONx19

  

  Look at that, hit the ball and we score some runs.
• vball10set

  GOONx19;1430625 wrote:Look at that, hit the ball and we score some runs.

  http://www.ohiochatter.com/forum/showthread.php?40179-Tribe-Astros-(Series-Thread)
• GOONx19

  

  Haha shit