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Jester’s Court — November 10, 2009
Foolocracy | November 10th 2009 by Glenn Church
The Australian Sex Party’s chances at the polls…uh, I mean poles looks good. Pole dancer, trapeze artist and human rights lawyer Zahra Stardust is running for a seat in the Bradfield by-election. New York Governor David Patterson called a joint read more
Blogging the Offseason: Cleveland Indians
SimonOnSports | November 10th 2009
Blogging the Offseason is a 30 team series in which I ask a blogging representative from each MLB team a series of ten questions about their desires and thoughts surrounding the offseason. Check out all of them here.Today's AL team is the Cleveland I read more
BoSox exercise $7.7M option on Martinez (AP)
revolution inc relatively levels capita | November 9th 2009 by revolution inc relatively levels capita
The Red Sox exercised their $7.7 million option on Victor Martinez and declined options on Jason Varitek and Alex Gonzalez on Monday. Boston also agreed to a $5 million, two-year contract with 43-year-old knuckleballer Tim Wakefield, replacing a perp read more
The 2010 World Series Odds
Advanced Fantasy Baseball | November 9th 2009
From Bodog.net...# New York Yankees: 11/4# Boston Red Sox: 13/2# Philadelphia Phillies: 9/1# Los Angeles Angels: 10/1# St. Louis Cardinals: 10/1# Los Angeles Dodgers: 11/1# Chicago Cubs: 15/1# New York Mets: 15/1# Tampa Bay Rays: 15/1# Atlanta Braves read more
BoSox exercise $7.7M option on Martinez (AP)
MLB News Blog | November 9th 2009
The Red Sox have exercised their $7.7 million option on Victor Martinez and declined options on Jason Varitek and Alex Gonzalez. They also agreed to a $5 million, two-year contract with 43-year-old knuckleballer Tim Wakefield, replacing a perpetual $ read more
2010 MLB Baseball World Series Betting Odds
BetVega.com Sports Betting News | November 9th 2009
Odds To Win 2010 MLB World Series (odds from Sportsbook.com) Arizona Diamondbacks +3000 Atlanta Braves +2000 Baltimore Orioles +5000 Boston Red Sox +700 Chicago Cubs +1500 Chicago White Sox +2000 Cincinnati Reds +5000 Cleveland Indians +5000 Colora read more
Former INF Brookens joins Tigers staff (AP)
MLB News Blog | November 9th 2009
The Detroit Tigers have named former infielder Tom Brookens as the team's first base, outfield and baserunning coach. Manager Jim Leyland said Monday Brookens is a "perfect fit" for the staff. Brookens played 12 seasons with Detroit (19 read more
The Hot Stove Season Starts
Cleveland Sports Perspective | November 8th 2009
Baseball's annual General Manager's Meeting start this week, and so will the hot stove league. The groundwork for trades can be laid down at the meeting, and some may even be consumated. Mark Shapiro and Chris Antonetti are representing the In read more
While We’re Waiting…Browns Woes, CC Sabathia Bringing LBJ to…
WaitingForNextYear | November 8th 2009 by Scott Sargent
While We’re Waiting is a solid feature here that serves as the collection of spectacular sports information for your early morning sensation. Storing something we should share here tomorrow? Send your stellar story summary to our smashing tips emai read more
Preview of the 2010 Indians Starting Rotation
WaitingForNextYear | November 7th 2009 by Scott Sargent
Yesterday’s hire of Tim Belcher as Cleveland’s pitching coach gave a glimpse at what the Indians are looking to accomplish this season at the Major League level. Belcher, who has been all around the organization for the past eight years, read more
Manny Stays A Dodger, Other MLB News
Baseball Blogging Network | November 7th 2009 by kenneth watkins
Manny Ramirez is coming back to the Dodgers next season. The team said Friday that the slugger exercised his $20 million contract option for 2010. His agent Scott Boras informed general manager Ned Colletti of the decision, which Ramirez had until th read more
On Belcher, Rest of the Staff and Free Agents
Bottom9 | November 7th 2009
"As I mentioned, I think it was just a matter of him making the commitment to be on the field. It was not just the Cleveland Indians, but the whole baseball industry waiting for the moment to have a guy like him because we think he is a special guy." read more
Phillies Keep One, Dump One
MySportsRumors | November 6th 2009 by MySportsRumors
The Philadelphia Phillies are wasting no time making personnel moves. Not even two full days since they lost to the New York Yankees in the World Series, they’ve picked up one players option and informed another he’ll be let go. The two read more
WDYWT: ‘Yankees’ Zoom LeBron V
Sole Collector Sneaker Magazine / Blog | November 6th 2009
words & images_Nick DePaula It’s still funny to think about all of the commotion that stemmed from LeBron showing up to an Indians/Yankees series with a Yankees cap on, and it’s even more awesome that Nike Basketball has thrown it rig read more
2010 Dynasty Rankings: Fantasy Baseball's Top 15 Shortstops—A F…
Sports news | November 6th 2009 by steve
More than any other position, there are vast differences between yearly league owners and dynasty league owners when it comes to shortstops. A crop of exciting, young players, like Elvis Andrus, Alcides Escobar, and Everth Cabrera, is the main reason read more
Abbott and Costello – Who’s on First? The World Series Funnie…
Idea Girl Consulting - Word Press | November 5th 2009 by linda randall
Here’s a video for all you baseball World Series Fans. Now you need to learn who is on first, What’s on second and I don’t know is on third. Abbott and Costello, a funny sports commentary about baseball. 1903 Baseball World Series read more
Larry Dolan Buys the Tribe 10 Years Ago Today
WaitingForNextYear | November 5th 2009 by Scott Sargent
Not that it will help ease the pain today when we look through the images of CC Sabathia and the Yankees celebrating yet another MLB championship, but exactly ten years ago today, Dick Jacobs sold the Cleveland Indians to Larry Dolan for a whopping $ read more
World Series Game 6: Yankees vs. Phillies
The Daily Contributor | November 4th 2009 by Randy Marasigan
The New York Yankees are back at home and can close out their 27th World Series title behind Andy Pettitte. The Bronx Bombers have won 37 of 46 matches at the new Yankee Stadium since the All-Star break, but they face significant challenges tonight. read more
November 4, Sports Birthdays - 2009 Edition
golf links, courses and tournaments | November 4th 2009 by Joel Spealman
November 4, Sports Birthdays - 2009 Edition Carlos Obed Baerga Ortiz, “Carlos Baerga” Born: November 4, 1968, Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico MLB baseball player (second baseman) Teams: Cleveland Indians (1990-1996), New York Mets (1996-1 read more
What the Hell Were You Thinking? Jake Westbrook Edition
Jorge Says No! | November 3rd 2009
*Over the next couple of weeks, Jorge Says No! will take an in depth look at some of the worst contracts in baseball. We'll evaluate why the player was signed, what went wrong, and future implications of the contract. Behind every bone head decision, read more
What Professional Sports Can Teach Us About Staffing
Seize This Day | November 3rd 2009 by Diane Helbig
The other night I was watching the World Series and heard the commentators mention CC Sabathia. They were discussing how well he's been pitching. It brought to mind how he used to play for the Cleveland Indians.And that thought took me to the Clevela read more
Grady Sizemore’s Elbow is Ship Shape
WaitingForNextYear | November 2nd 2009 by Scott Sargent
While I was hoping for some Cavaliers talk from Terry Pluto this weekend, one takeaway from his Indians post was at least refreshing from a “what else can go wrong in Cleveland” way. All-Star center fielder, and perennial 30/30 guy, Gra read more
Indians Sign Japanese Pitcher to Minor League Deal
Taters and Gophers | November 1st 2009 by Ryan Gaydos
The Cleveland Indians have reportedly signed Takafumi Nakamura to a minor league contract. Nakamura is a right-hander out of Chuo University and reportedly throws 92 mph. He complements his fastball with a slider, curve, forkball and shuuto (similar read more
November 1 Sports Birthdays
golf links, courses and tournaments | November 1st 2009 by Joel Spealman
Darryl Ashmore Born: November 1, 1969, Peoria, Illinois NFL football player (guard) College: Northwestern University Teams: LA/St Louis Rams, Washington Redskins and Oakland Raiders Ryan Collins Born: November 1, 1975, Minneapolis, MN NFL football pl read more
Cleveland Indians: What Happened to Their 1999 Team?
Sports news | October 31st 2009 by steve
The 1999 Cleveland Indians had one of the best lineups in the history of Major League Baseball. They had incredible individual accomplishments. Three sluggers combined for 108 homers. Four hitters had RBIs in the triple-digits. Five players scored 1 read more
Hollow Happenings
YouGabSports | October 31st 2009 by YouGabSports
Creepy happenings in Cleveland Hope you had a very safe, fun and not too scary Halloween. Mine was very frightening as my Cleveland Indians decided to hire a new manager. A manager with a career record of read more
Baseball Teams We Have Listed
Cards Galore Canada | October 31st 2009 by April
Baseball - MLB Anaheim Angels Arizona Diamondbacks Atlanta Braves Boston Red Sox California Angels Cleveland Indians Detroit Tigers Kansas City Royals Los Angeles Dodgers Montreal Expos read more
Facebook Reactions Part I: Acta Hired
Bottom9 | October 30th 2009
In case you are new to the internet, Facebook is one of the roots of all evil and as I like to mention, I'm on it along with the other root of all evil twitter.As a fan of the Cleveland Indians on Facebook, I see their postings and so do many many ot read more
Greatest Franchise of All Time! Douche
One God-Damn Hit? | October 29th 2009 by BoozeRob
I planned on doing another post about the former Indians matchup last night, but you all know my feelings about that at this point. The only thing I want to say about that is FUCK YOU to Fox for showing a graphic of both pitchers wearing their Clevel read more
Cliff Lee was nearly a Pirate
Raise the Jolly Roger! | October 29th 2009 by bmac21
…but we didn’t want him. No, it wasn’t that the Bucs didn’t want him, the fans didn’t. In December of 2007, [the Pirates and Indians were discussing a swap involving Jason Bay for Lee and backup catcher Kelly Shoppach]. read more
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