Now that we have had a few days to soak in the final ramifications involved with dealing away last season's Cy Young award winner, I felt that it was appropriate to discuss the Tribe's newest addition: Michael Brantley.
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While we were able to see the AFL debuts of several Indians players two days ago, the second game of the season lifted the curtain on a couple more. Unfortunately, Chuck Lofgren likely wishes that the curtain would just stay put as he was torched for six earned runs in one-third of an inning.
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Well, it only took three months to find out, but the Indians are the proud new owners of outfielder Michael Brantley.
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If you tuned it at three you know that something came up. I don't know, I missed, I guess there was flooding.. No news on the presser I guess. Oh well.. Shapiro did come on for the interview.. Here is the gist of his answers and my thoughts.*Luis IsaacShaprio said that it was a difference in   more...
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Well, here we are. We've talked about what happened in 2008 and also how much we paid for it, but unless you all are gluttons for the punishment that only Skip Carey and Joe Buck can provide, it's time to move on to 2009. The Tribe has some question marks heading into the off-season. Scott and I   more...
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According to an AL executive, the Indians have selected Brewers outfielder Michael Brantley, who hit .319 with 4 HR in 106 games this season, to complete the Sabathia trade from July. As apart of the deal, if the Brewers made the playoffs, the Indians would be allowed to select the final player to   more...
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The Milwaukee Brewers got exactly what they wanteThe Milwaukee Brewers got exactly what they wanted with the acquisition of C.C. Sabathia back in early July. Needing another arm to compliment Ben Sheets, Sabathia was likely more than the team even anticipated by going 11-2 with an ERA of 1.65 in   more...
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It has been finished.. Michael Brantley will be the final piece to the Indians trade of CC Sabathia.The specifics on Brantley... He's a speedy outfielder with a high on base percentage, but some feel that could be skewed by the fact that the minors will do that to players because of control.Not   more...
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It has been finished.. Michael Brantley will be the final piece to the Indians trade of CC Sabathia.The specifics on Brantley... He's a speedy outfielder with a high on base percentage, but some feel that could be skewed by the fact that the minors will do that to players because of control.Not   more...
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Buckle up, Tribe fans. That simple acronym in the title is something that you're bound to see and hear an awful lot about over the foreseeable future. The missing information on the C.C. Sabathia deal that we've talked about nearly all day long - and possibly the most important part - is that   more...
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September 28th, 2008.A Exactly 23 days until the final game of the season.A While we have heard rumblings of fans hoping that the Indians can pull off a Colorado-like surge, this is the date by which we have to get that done.A But this date also has another reminder attached to it:The time which   more...
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