Thursday, August 25th, 2011
The Cleveland Indians claimed Minnesota Twins slugger Jim Thome off waivers on Wednesday, and now the teams are engaged in trade talks. Thome has a no-trade clause and his preference would be to land with the Philadelphia Phillies, but he began his career with the Indians and if a deal ...
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Saturday, July 30th, 2011
The Cleveland Indians landed a big score Saturday afternoon as they traded for Colorado Rockies ace Ubaldo Jimenez. In return, the Rockies landed an impressive haul of prospects.
Jimenez left his start against the San Diego Padres on Saturday after just one inning, following a disappointing outing in which he surrendered ...
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Friday, July 29th, 2011
It's Friday night and baseball's trade deadline is Sunday afternoon. That means things are getting tense and heated all around the big leagues. Here's the latest on what's happening right now.
Reds and Nationals looking at Bourn
The Cincinnati Reds and Washington Nationals are both said to be interested in adding Houston ...
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Friday, July 22nd, 2011
The Cleveland Indians have been one of the surprise stories of Major League Baseball's 2011 season. They currently sit just .5 games out of first place in the American League Central with a record of 51-46. But with news that star outfielder Grady Sizemore will miss four to six weeks ...
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Friday, April 8th, 2011
Without question, the biggest surprise in baseball's first week has been the horrific start of the Boston Red Sox, who have dropped their first six games for the first time since 1945 despite being the pick of most people to take the AL East.
After getting swept by the Indians, the ...
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Friday, April 1st, 2011
Any time you set or tie a Major League record, you should probably celebrate. Something tells me Fausto Carmona won't be celebrating his exceptional achievement from Opening Day.
In the Cleveland Indians' home opener against the Chicago White Sox on Friday, Carmona turned in what might have been the worst Opening ...
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Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
Even in the offseason, the Cleveland Indians are still drawing crowds to Jacobs Progressive Field, home of the least-attended baseball squadron in the league. How, you ask?
Apparently, the organization has built something of a winter wonderland on the field in hopes that they'll pull in some offseason revenue. Lord knows ...
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Friday, October 1st, 2010
Now that the final weekend of baseball's regular season is upon us, we thought it would be nice to take a look back at what was undoubtedly the best play of the season.
There have been a ton of phenomenal plays this year. Home runs have been stolen, diving stops have ...
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Thursday, September 30th, 2010
Start celebrating Pirates fans. Pop the champagne, spray each other down, get crazy, your team has just locked up the No. 1 pick in the 2011 MLB Draft. On second though, scoring the worst record in baseball is a tad different than clinching a playoff spot, and given how cheap ...
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
As we all know by now, Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Armando Galarraga was robbed of a perfect game Wednesday afternoon thanks to an awful call by umpire Jim Joyce. While this was a tragedy, there is something that can be done after the fact. And it should be done as ...
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