...and other entertaining comps from Grant Brisbee. This of course is in reaction to BP releasing PECOTA today. Other than humor, it seems the point of Brisbee's article is to show that the PECOTA comps are not always perfect and/or reasonable, which made me feel much better after seeing that Santana is either John Mayberry, Joe Torre, or Chris Iannetta.

Streaming online courtesy of WCPN 90.3 FM's Ideastream.

Moderating will be Tom Hamilton. I imagine Jim should have about 3 minutes left to speak by the time Hammy's introduction concludes.

via Craig at NBC's Hardball Talk.

if true, this would suck.

UPDATE: confirmed today.

In addition to the linked video, both Shapiro (@MarkShapiro) and Antonetti (@IndiansGM) are now on twitter. While I don't expect either to break any news via their accounts, I do expect them to be somewhat insightful and not a ghost account tweeted by an intern.

H/T to @craigcalcaterra on the video.

Update: Calcaterra details all the above at HardballTalk.

Two that I'd like to point out:

August 13th vs. the Twins: Mike Hargrove "Human Rain Delay" Bobble Head, Presented By Meritech | All Fans.

But easily the best, and the FO/marketing dept. deserves some credit for it. Basically, there's a Bob Feller Day, with a bronze statue giveaway. The best part about it? It's on the Fourth of July, and it's against the Yankees; no doubt how Rapid Robert would have wanted it.

Cleveland Indians appearing on the list:

39. Chiz
56. Kipnis
60. Pomeranz

Appearing on Law's blog as top prospects just missing the cut is Alex White.

And with the 6th pick in the draft, Kiper says the Cleveland Browns will select....

OHHHHHHHH, you have to be an Insider. Pay up.

The SABR-nerd revolution continues.

Of note, BBWAA (sorry, no permalink available) lists all voters and whom they gave their #1 vote to. Ocker was one of 3 to list Sabathia first.

Props to Dorn for calling it in the Colt McCoy post.

Trading for another RB simply means it was a personal, not personnel, issue.

per twitter:

#Indians today acquired RHP ZACH McALLISTER from the NY Yankees to complete the July 30th trade that sent OF AUSTIN KEARNS to the Bronx.

Z. McAllister at BP.

22-year old, 5th in pro baseball, first full year at AAA.

MiLB.com page.

# T.J. House, LHP, Indians (High-A Kinston): 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K. Over-slot 2008 draftee has been on a roll with one run and six hits allowed over last 19 innings; sinker/slider/change combo with all three pitches average or a tick above.

# Jason Kipnis, 2B, Indians (Double-A Akron): 2-for-4, 3B, HR (7), R, RBI. Officially entering super-hot mode by going 9-for-18 with double, two triples and home run in last five games and batting .337/.413/.554 overall at Double-A; passing Chisenhall on Indians prospect lists?

H/T to the post at Let's Go Tribe.

Cleveland Browns Stadium looks pretty good. And then... there's this:

Heinz Field
Pittsburgh Steelers
Vendors with critical violations: 61%

Inspection report excerpt: Inspectors found employees lacking in overall food-safety knowledge after observing one worker washing his hands with his gloves on. Another location had a gallon of milk that had expired 10 days prior.

Browns come in at #8.

Rankings based on players 25 or younger as of September 1, 2010. I'm not sure having young talent in the NFL is as much of an advantage as it is in the NBA and MLB. Nonetheless, it's nice to know there are reasons to be optimistic for 2010 through 2013.

Asked what he was thinking as he rounded the bases, McDonald was painfully honest. From MLB.com:

"Probably the fact that I couldn't call my dad after the game to tell him."

it's a bit dusty in my office. should probably clean up around here.

More here at BP as to why they'll wait; obvious to most of us here, but in my opinion, an excellent layman's article that I wish was available to all instead of as BP subscriber access (preaching to the choir).

Why should we care if this is true? If he starts the Tuesday, June 8th game to kick off that series and the Nats give him the next available turn in a 5-man rotation, then I think I have plans for Sunday afternoon, June 13.

Football Outsiders' Doug Farrar with an actual Wildcat play the Browns can use with Cribbs, Wallace, and Delhomme all on the field at the same time.

Note: I think Wildcat plays are more effective when an actual QB is also on the field. While guys like Ronnie Brown and Cribbs can throw, it's not the best use of their skills; the "threat" of them throwing is more dangerous.

Open at Tampa Bay, close at home vs. Pittsburgh.

Unsurprisingly, no nationally televised games scheduled.

Since nobody around here cares to debate about the QB prospects in Thursday's draft, I thought I'd throw this one out there and reserve my comments until people have posted.

Fun Fact! David Lewin is not a middle-aged systems analyst burnout. He can't yet drink legally, yet currently does stats work for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

from Lookout Landing via Doug Farrar's tweet.

There's one in here that should be dear to LGT's heart, and I'm not talking about Phifer.

This news has bigger implications than just marketing, apparel sales, etc.

When changing teams, a player can change his number at will. Is LeBron tipping his hand a bit, or just filing for the switch just in case?

Does this absolutely mean he' staying in Cleveland? Of course not.

But it does show he has serious thoughts about returning. If he had already made up his mind to leave, there would have been no reason to file for the number change.

White Sox won't invite Thome to camp... blah blah blah...

Ken Williams gave Ozzie Guillen final say.. oh that's interesting.

Note enough at-bats available... okay I can buy that.

"He plans to use a rotation of Paul Konerko, Andruw Jones, Mark Kotsay and Omar Vizquel in the DH spot. "

Wha-wha-whaaaaaaaatttttttttt?

"I will be a head coach in this league, and I will be damn successful, too,"

via the Rotowire feed on the left-hand side of DBN's front page.