SB Nation User Blog: CU Adam

May 29, 1995 ... Better Times

CU Adam — Fri, 30 May 2008 03:51:11 -0000

May 29, 1995 ... Better Times

This was my first game at Jacob's Field, 13 years ago today. Thanks to Swerb's for the "Today in Cleveland Sports History" sidebar that reminded me. Dave Winfield hit a huge homerun in the 6th to start the comeback, one of the first of many, many, many unbelievable comebacks in 1995 for the Tribe. They were down 6-0 that day and ended up scoring 7 unanswered against the White Sox. It speaks volumes about how special that season was that this game is barely remembered because of all the other moments that outshine it. That team had Jim Thome batting eighth, for crying out loud. That's incredible.

Anyways, might be a good reminder as to what those of us that were lucky enough to follow that team learned; you can't make a comeback for the ages unless you're down first. It's still May. There's a lot of baseball to be played still. This team can still turn this season around.

Yankees sign Broussard

CU Adam — Wed, 28 May 2008 14:47:10 -0000

Yankees sign Broussard

I can't tell how funny this is, though I think it strikes me as really funny.

Juan Uribe Headed Out?

CU Adam — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:50:08 -0000

Juan Uribe Headed Out?

Thank god. Can't say I'll miss him hitting .400 against us and .200 against the rest of the league.

Schadenfreude: So Bad, but Feels So Good

CU Adam — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:24:08 -0000

Schadenfreude: So Bad, but Feels So Good

Roger Clemens had a ten year affair with a country music star. That supposedly started when she was FIFTEEN.

I'm sorry for gossip-mongering. And I feel a little bad about myself that I think this is so funny. But MAN, do I think this is funny.

Hampton back on DL

CU Adam — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:43:40 -0000

Hampton back on DL

This has almost nothing to do with the Indians (aside from the Indians and the Braves both play Major League Baseball), but I find the injury travails of Mike Hampton fascinating. What's with this guy?

ESPN the Mag CC Cover Story

CU Adam — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:59:49 -0000

ESPN the Mag CC Cover Story

Proving What We Already Know

CU Adam — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:20:01 -0000

The American Association for the Advancement of Science presented a paper on defensive analysis. Among the results, and the focus of that article on Sportsline, is the fantastic conclusion that A-Rod is one of the best defensive shortstops in the game -- and Captain Clutch is one of the worst. Awesome. Apparently making a running catch in foul territory and then tripping into the stands just isn't enough to get over that statistical hump.

An unexpected result shows that Jason Michaels is one of the best defensive outfielders in the game, so maybe this whole thing is a bit inaccurate.

Maybe a Dumb Idea

CU Adam — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:38:15 -0000

So I'm prefacing this by saying that I'm sitting in Copyright class and just got called on. I was pretending to look through my notes to remember what Baker v. Selden is about, but my computer screen was actually Swerb's Blurbs. Halfway through faking my way through a semi-intelligible answer (I'm a 3L who had 8 years of Jesuit education; if there's anything I can do, it's BS like a champion), this thought popped into my head as to the Indians infield. That's a long way to say this may be a terrible idea, so tell me if it is.

Asdrubal is clearly a better defensive SS than Jhonny, or at least that seems to be the near-universal presumption. Jhonny may or may not be able to play third at a high enough level to justify sticking him there, though that creates the problem of what to do with Andy Marte (Marte may suck it up this spring and make that a non-issue, but I'd at least like to give him the chance to suck). Why can't we just switch Astro Cab and Jhonny until we find out what we have at third?

I played enough baseball to reasonably think that 2d is an easier position than short; is it less important? I don't know enough about defensive statistics to know the answer to that. And I'm not assuming that just because Jhonny is an adequate to above-average shortstop he'll automatically be as good at 2d. But I've never seen the discussion and the idea just popped into my head.

Alex Rios Rumors?

CU Adam — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:57:22 -0000

This one might be too good to be true.

MLBTR is reporting that the Jays and the Indians are talking about Alex Rios. They mention Rios for Gutz and Cliff Lee.

Not sure what Rios's contract status is exactly; looks like he's under contract until 2010, but will cost more than Gutz. With Cliff Lee in the deal, though, the money doesn't hurt. Is it worth losing our outfielder with arguably as much upside as Rios and a pitcher that may burn us for an All-Star Right Fielder? I think I'd do it, though it doesn't necessarily address our "needs." Update [2007-12-4 11:1:20 by CU Adam]:Sorry, should have a run a search through the Winter Meetings thread, this is already there. I flipped through but didn't see it. Jay or Ryan, you can delete. Thanks.

Playoff Ticket Question

CU Adam — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:37:46 -0000

Hey, sorry to waste a diary on a question like this, but maybe other people are confused, too.

My brother got ALDS tix through the lottery. He has tickets for Game 2 and Game 3. The PDF of the tickets says the location of each game is Jacobs Field against TBD, time and date TBD. We're confused as to what we've actually got.

Do we have tickets to two hypothetical games right now, one of which will definitely be played at Jacobs Field? (The other game being played at either New York or Boston, depending on whom we play and who gets home field advantage). Or do we have tickets to Games 2 and 3 at Jacobs Field, regardless of what "Game" those end up being (either games 2 & 5, or game 4 and a void ticket). We're assuming it's the first option, and we're trying to figure out travel plans from Colorado and Chicago, but don't want to schedule our flights for the wrong dates. Does anyone know?

Thanks.