A contusion never sounded so good

What is that supposed to mean?  Seriously, I don't understand that statement at all.

"The win went to former Toronto pitcher Bubbie Buzachero. The loss, oddly enough, was charged to former Indians pitcher Lee Gronkiewicz."

No matter where he is, he still has to perform well. He had a golden opportunity with the A's and their OF injuries, and just couldn't take advantage. I'm sure some of his frustration is directly related to his poor performance during ST:

"What Goleski did miss was a lot of two-strike pitches. Through Tuesday, he was batting .152 (7-for-46) with a team-high 17 strikeouts. And with fellow outfielder Bobby Kielty expected to be fully recovered from knee surgery by Opening Day, the A's have no room on the big-league roster for Goleski, whom the Indians were happy to take back." (mlb.com)

I believe indianinkslinger is referring to 1B/OF Jordan Brown, who, according to this MiLB.com article, will be the starting 1B at AA Akron - this is significant because Brown played in the Kinston OF in 2006, and it was presumed that either Michael Aubrey or Stephen Head would be playing 1B for Akron for most of 2007, but it sounds like Brown will have significant time there.

Perhaps the Indians were preparing for Goleski's return, which meant that they prepared Brown to take over at 1B at Akron, knowing that Crowe and Barton will already take up two OF spots, so Goleski could take the final OF spot.  

I read that Aubrey had been optioned to the Bisons, so the Indians must have felt confident enough in Aubrey's ability to hit to advance him to AAA Buffalo, despite limited AA experience.  As for Head, even though he made progress late last year in changing his swing and using the whole field more, there is a decent argument for returning him to Kinston, just to make sure he is ready for the jump to AA sometime in 2007.

Speaking of Head, I just read today on BA's Prospect Blog that Head has made great strides on shortening his swing - he was the only member of the Kinston Indians to turn back Joel Zumaya's 98 MPH fastball on Saturday, lining out to second base.  You can read more about that here.

Hello indianinkslinger,

According to MiLB.com, via Bisons.com, Aubrey was optioned to AAA Buffalo.  You can see more about that here.  

Like I mentioned above, I presume the Indians felt comfortable with Aubrey's hitting ability and what he showed in ST to promote him to AAA Buffalo, even though he only has had 266 career AA ABs (134 in '04, 106 in '05, 26 in '06.)  

That's probably also part of the reason why Jordan Brown was moved to 1B - the Indians feel Brown is more ready for AA than Head is, and with Goleski's return from Oakland, combined with Crowe and Barton, Akron's OF is already full, so Brown fits in perfectly at 1B, and from what I read online (either at BA, Kinston.com, or Indians.com,) Brown seems happy to make the transition back to 1B because he felt he played pretty well over there and feels he can make more of an impact defensively than just making routine plays in the OF.

Wedge was a little more cautious:

http://blog.cleveland.com/sports/2007/03/cc_says_hes_good_to_go_for_ope.html