Game 162: Red Sox 12, Indians 7

by Ryan on Oct 4, 2009 5:59 PM EDT in Game Recaps

It's over. Finally.

Tomo Ohka got burned for for seven earned runs in five innings, but I guess that's besides the point, for if he starts another game for the Indians, the team is heading for another season like this one. Rafael Perez, in what may have been his last appearance as member of the Indians, gave up 4 runs in just 2/3 of an inning. But, for the most part, the major player moves have happened, and whoever you've seen this month is likely who you'll see next April. I think Andy Marte bought himself another spring training, and the same with Jeremy Sowers. Kelly Shoppach will eventually be traded, but I don't think this winter is the right time to do it.

Of course, there will be a new coaching staff, and their selection should play out by the end of this month. And after that, there's free agency, which the Indians probably won't participate in, and the trade market, which they probably will take a part in. All the while we'll think back on this season as little as possible, and wish the 2010 season to get here with all haste. Thanks for sticking around until the bitter end, and may your reward be watching next year's playoff contender with the satisfaction of remembering when the groundwork was laid for it.

Next Up: A season review.

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via www.fangraphs.com

Highest WPA		Lowest WPA
Andy Marte	.148	Tomo Ohka	-.520
Jhonny Peralta	.110	Chris Perez	-.125
Matt LaPorta	.061	Rafael Perez	-.115

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Thanks, LGT, for making this nightmarish season more bearable. I barely post, but I read nearly everything. Here’s to 2010 at least being fun to watch.

by jds16 on Oct 4, 2009 6:36 PM EDT reply actions

Here’s to 2010 at least being ~~fun~~ bearable ~~to watch~~.

Fixed.

"Lotta heart in Cleveland." - Ian Hunter

by Denver Tribe Fan on Oct 4, 2009 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Thanks, LGT, for making this nightmarish season more bearable. I barely post, but I read nearly everything.

Seconded

by Seattle Tribe Fan on Oct 4, 2009 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions

Third-ed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exOxUAntx8I&feature=channel_page

by The Cactus Leaguer on Oct 4, 2009 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Yep.

-Erik

by drerikbrady on Oct 5, 2009 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions

Many thanks to the mods and other regular participants for continuing to provide quality content through to the bitter end.

by Jeffrey R on Oct 4, 2009 7:20 PM EDT reply actions 7 recs

Thanks to all – I think the site may have had its best year ever.

However, thank goodness this season is over.

On to the NHL season for awhile – hopefully my enthusiasm for the Blue Jackets season doesn’t come crashing down like this Indians season.

by IndyDave on Oct 4, 2009 7:22 PM EDT reply actions

There’s no chance that next year’s team will perform at a level that will crush our expectations. So, we have that going for us.

by elsandito on Oct 4, 2009 8:13 PM EDT reply actions

Guess there’s just one thing left for them to do…

Chugga-chugga chugga-chugga, Choo Choo!

by USSChoo on Oct 4, 2009 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions

This should be a fun offseason IMO. And there’s plenty to look forward to until baseball wakes from hibernation.

Christmas Ale, for instance.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Oct 4, 2009 8:25 PM EDT reply actions

Amen brother.

by TheVanillaGorilla on Oct 4, 2009 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Thanks to the mods for keeping their heads when many of us lost ours in this dismal season. Hopefully 2010 is more fun to watch.

by ShawnK on Oct 5, 2009 12:25 AM EDT reply actions

I am astonished at the way Ryan slogged through the recaps (with some great pinch-hitting mostly from Andrew). Some really great work.

by Jay on Oct 5, 2009 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions

All’s well that ends

by Brad D on Oct 5, 2009 12:46 AM EDT reply actions

by JRontherim on Oct 5, 2009 3:13 AM EDT up reply actions

The

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by vbc3 on Oct 5, 2009 4:04 AM EDT up reply actions

End of the Year Version Of

by JRontherim on Oct 5, 2009 7:19 AM EDT up reply actions

THE

"But people are stupid, and their memories are short." - FredOx

by woodsmeister on Oct 5, 2009 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions

My uncle says you've got a screw loose.
Your uncle molests collies.

by gorilla_baller on Oct 5, 2009 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions

WEST

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by vbc3 on Oct 5, 2009 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions

I don’t get it.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Oct 5, 2009 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions

Neither does Eddy Mu.

Chugga-chugga chugga-chugga, Choo Choo!

by USSChoo on Oct 5, 2009 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions

So on the last day of the season, Andy Marte leads the team’s WPA with a .148, perfect.

by hans on Oct 5, 2009 1:16 AM EDT reply actions

What a dreadful season. I expect once the managerial search is finished there won’t be a whole lot of action from Cleveland during the off-season either. Oh well, pitchers and catchers report in about 110 days.

by APV on Oct 5, 2009 9:31 AM EDT reply actions

We could trade Peralta.

And Crowe. Please, Lord, you mercifully answered my prayers regarding Garko and Francisco.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Oct 5, 2009 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions

For as likeable as those guys are, I was just watching Brantley and LaPorta yesterday and reflecting on how little I missed their predecessors.

by fleerdon on Oct 5, 2009 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions

I think of Francisco as Crowe’s predecessor.

by Jay on Oct 5, 2009 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions

You liked those guys?

Everybody should get ice cream every day.

by Joel D on Oct 5, 2009 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Ryan said:

“It’s over. Finally.”

Well said. What an exhausting experience it is to be a NE Ohio sports fan.

Thank God they finally sent Wedge and his group of under performing cohorts packing. I still maintain this could have been avoided had they kept their spring training in Florida. The Winter Haven Curse lives on …

by SpringTrainingFun on Oct 5, 2009 9:34 AM EDT reply actions

Ryan does have a knack for the pulse-taking one-liner, doesn’t he? My favorite: “There will be a Game 163, and happily so.”

by fleerdon on Oct 5, 2009 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions

Brevity is.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Oct 5, 2009 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions

I usually hear this as “Brevity is the soul.”

by Voltaire on Oct 5, 2009 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions

I’m not into the whole brevity thing.

Chugga-chugga chugga-chugga, Choo Choo!

by USSChoo on Oct 5, 2009 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions

No?

by Ryan on Oct 5, 2009 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions

But I will call you El Duderino.

Chugga-chugga chugga-chugga, Choo Choo!

by USSChoo on Oct 5, 2009 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions

It’s over. Finally.

Rec.

by fleerdon on Oct 5, 2009 10:47 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs

This picture almost makes it look like Hafner is in the process of charging the mound, bat in hand. If only he was wearing a meaner face…

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by vbc3 on Oct 5, 2009 8:49 PM EDT reply actions

He looks like he’s growing knuckles out of his neck.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Oct 6, 2009 9:39 AM EDT up reply actions

He’s chasing down the food that got away last offseason.

Chugga-chugga chugga-chugga, Choo Choo!

by USSChoo on Oct 6, 2009 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions

Glad the season is finally over! But it doesn’t get any better for me, I am headed to Iraq for the next year tomorrow. All throughout the season, I kept asking, why couldn’t this season have happened next year so I didn’t have to watch?!

by ssg_schuler on Oct 5, 2009 9:46 PM EDT reply actions

Stay safe.

Chugga-chugga chugga-chugga, Choo Choo!

by USSChoo on Oct 5, 2009 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Best of luck.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Oct 6, 2009 9:39 AM EDT up reply actions

Thank you for your service, and best of luck.

Wait 'til next millennium!

by emd2k3 on Oct 6, 2009 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions

Keep up the awesome work guys. I generally lurk more than I post but I’ve always felt lucky that somehow by chance my favorite baseball team has by far the best blog on SBN. Believe me after joining the New York Giants football blog, it’s impossible for me not to appreciate the quality of the writing over here.

by Joe. on Oct 6, 2009 9:34 AM EDT reply actions