Pitchers, catchers & tweeters report
That there on the right is Indians closer Chris Perez, working through a bullpen session on Tuesday morning at the player development complex here in Goodyear. If we’re to believe @PureRage_Perez, not...
View ArticleWe need to talk…
Every hitter is different. Some like talking to their hitting coach during a game. Some like to be left alone, leaving chats about approach and mechanics for sessions in the batting cage. It is the...
View ArticleGetting up to [game] speed
The Indians played some baseball today. At 10:45 local time, Jeanmar Gomez let loose a strike against Jason Donald for the first unofficial pitch of the 2011 season. The Tribe held its first intrasquad...
View ArticleFausto goes first
You know what happens when you assume? Well, not much if the assumption at hand was that Indians starter Fausto Carmona was going to be on the bump come Opening Day. It had not been officially...
View ArticlePom[eranz] Wonderful
Mike Pomeranz felt it was time to teach his son how to throw a curveball. Not just any curve, either. It was a spike curve, thrown with the index finger bent and dug into the seams. So Mike began...
View Article“It’s Spring Training.”
I know how some die-hard fans can get at this point in Spring Training. We’re about midway through camp, so it seems like a good time to study the box scores and see what jumps out. If somebody isn’t...
View ArticleRed Cedar Faithful Rejoice!
This has been a strange college basketball season for me and my fellow Michigan State fans and alums. Up is down. Down is up. The Spartans lived on the bubble. I didn’t know what it was like to root...
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