SB Nation User Blog: dctribefan

Sauerbeck: "I'm a big boy..."

dctribefan — Wed, 31 May 2006 18:34:04 -0000

Sauerbeck has apologized to his team and family. Seems like it was a pretty standard public apology, until this:

"I'm trying to do the right thing; I made a terrible error in judgment," Sauerbeck said. "It's something I'm going to have to live with the rest of my life. I'm a big boy, and I'm going to have to deal with it."

Maybe I have a kind of a sick sense of humor, and I know this is a pretty awkward situation for everyone involved, but something about a Major League pitcher describing himself as a big boy just strikes me as humorous.

As for the rest of the article, there's some new info about the situation. Apparently Scott and his lady friend had been hiding in the bushes for 45 minutes before they were found! This girl blew a .253 and likely hadn't had a drink in over an hour? Remarkable.

BP predictions

dctribefan — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 16:50:15 -0000

Baseball Prospectus posted their 2006 AL Predictions today (it's free). Some highlights: The Tribe are the consensus pick for AL Central champs, though by a fairly narrow margin. Dayn Perry is sticking to his guns, with Detroit in second and the Tribe close behind. Perhaps the most interesting part was that four Indians (you can guess which four) came in the top ten for AL MVP. Check it out.

CIR

dctribefan — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 23:21:06 -0000

I may be way behind the curve on this, but Joe over at the Cleveland Indians Report has begun posting again. If you're like me, you simply stopped checking the site and forgot about it over the winter. (Due in no small part to the fact that he quit posting sometime during the last series of the year and so the front page was a particularly painful reminder of the season's end.)

Anyway, CIR (http://cir.blogspot.com) is a great place to find game recaps of the Tribe, as well as their minor league affiliates. I encourage you all to check it out.

Four more days...

World Baseball Classic

dctribefan — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 22:01:21 -0000

The shortlist for the World Baseball Classic rosters is up -- http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/wbc/rosters.jsp?content=alphabetical -- and only three Indians are represented, including Jose Hernandez. Anyone else surprised that Ronnie Belliard and C.C. Sabathia are the only players being considered for the classic on the Indians?

I'm surprised that Jhonny didn't make the list for the Dominican Republic. I'm even more surprised that Pronk isn't being considered for the U.S. team. I know it's a (very) deep team and that he'd have to DH, but he did just finish fifth in the MVP voting. But probably most surprising is that V-Mart isn't on the Venezuelan team's short list. Henry Blanco instead?

I suppose this isn't exactly bad for the Indians organization -- less chance of injury, etc. -- but it would be fun to root for some of our guys in this thing, especially since C.C. probably won't make the final cut for one of the USA's 13 pitching spots. Any thoughts?