LaPorta Called Up
Crowe to DL.
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Finally.
I propose giving Victor a 2012 World Series ring.
by Gradyforpresident on Aug 19, 2009 3:22 PM EDT reply actions
on a serious note, who’s going to spell grady in CF when he needs a break? choo?
by gorilla_baller on Aug 19, 2009 3:34 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I believe they said he was taking fly balls out there.
by FallsTribeFan on Aug 19, 2009 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions
find a way to get garko back… i think he’s a natural CFer
by gorilla_baller on Aug 19, 2009 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Well at this rate, I thought we might see Carroll out there, too.
by FallsTribeFan on Aug 19, 2009 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions
This.
"It's all part of life's rich pageant, you know?" - Inspector Clouseau
by woodsmeister on Aug 19, 2009 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions
who’s going to spell grady in CF when he needs a break?
honestly…who cares?
by DontCallMeJoey on Aug 19, 2009 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions
apparently shapiro did… in an interview a while ago he stated that the only reason laporta wasn’t up was because they needed to carry an extra pitcher while stretched masterson out and their 4th outfielder needed to be able to play cf when grady needed a day off, hence crowe over laporta
by gorilla_baller on Aug 19, 2009 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions
funny, i was just going to come here and point out to both of you that that was probably gorrilla_baller’s joke – that “what happened to that silly excuse” and then i saw here, you are clearly serious.
not really alllll that serious… just wondering because it was clearly a concern for the front office at some point, so it seems odd that’s they’d just ditch that line of reasoning
by gorilla_baller on Aug 19, 2009 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions
i guess my point is that “back up CF” was a bad reason to keep laporta down when shap gave that interview, and it’s not something that we should really care about at this stage.
I reserve the right to complain about Gimenez at 1B and Carroll in the OF, no matter the facts. - FredOx
by DontCallMeJoey on Aug 19, 2009 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Of course. All that was needed was for me to buy tickets to a Clippers game for this to happen.
2nd time this season.
WEDGE HE BETTER PLAY EVERY DAY OR ELSE
by Roger Dorn on Aug 19, 2009 3:41 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
No fear – Wedgie will have Giminez play 1B and LF simultaneously just to to make sure he should be on the 40-man. What type of AAA utility player can’t do both at the same time?
I just wanted to believe.
i’m in no position to correct spelling, but can we all start spelling it Gimenez? Jenson Lewis asked me to write this.
So correct spelling is earned, right?
by kennesawmountainwahoo on Aug 19, 2009 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Man, in addition to the fact that Crowe is a bit of a disappointment in his game, more disappointing may be his ability to get injured.
Indians official tweet describes him as INF/OF Matt LaPorta. Almost as versatile as Gimenez.
In other news, the Cardinals officially signed 59 year old pitcher John Smoltz, who will make his debut against the Padres (in the NL West, blah blah blah).
So he’s only a couple years older than ClemsonGirl?
"It's all part of life's rich pageant, you know?" - Inspector Clouseau
by woodsmeister on Aug 19, 2009 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions
And he’s supposedly going to be a starter. I had heard that he was going there to be a setup man, but evidently not.
by Buckeye Brad on Aug 19, 2009 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Wait, that’s what I’d heard too. He’s starting? Lord, we should have gotten more for Leevano.
This is Victor's home. Victor Jose, you too.
I just read that he’s going to be the fifth starter for now but they might move him to the bullpen for the playoffs. Why not just put him in the bullpen now and get him used to pitching in relief for the next 1.5 months?
by Buckeye Brad on Aug 19, 2009 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions
This is the moment I’ve been waiting for. I’m back.
Here Lies the Victor Martinez Era:
Sept. 10, 2002 - July 31, 2009
And … your lineup is … !
Sizemore cf, Carroll lf, cabrera SS, Choo rf, Peralta 3b, Hafner dh, shoppach c, valbuena 2b, gimenez 1b
I would wager LaPorta was still in Columbus when this came down.
Didn’t they say Crowe was going to take some swings today … to see how he felt?
by FallsTribeFan on Aug 19, 2009 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions
The Clippers are playing in Toledo, but no matter. I reserve the right to complain about Gimenez at 1B and Carroll in the OF, no matter the facts.
Actually, same two teams are back in Columbus tonight for whatever reason.
by FallsTribeFan on Aug 19, 2009 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions
“Whatever reason” turns out to be the schedule … a minor league, back-to-back, home-and-home …
by FallsTribeFan on Aug 19, 2009 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I reserve the right to complain about Gimenez at 1B and Carroll in the OF, no matter the facts.
if i knew how to create a signature, this would be mine.
by DontCallMeJoey on Aug 19, 2009 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Click on your username then go to Edit Profile. It’s the same place where you select your avatar pic.
by Buckeye Brad on Aug 19, 2009 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions
funny enough…jay selected my avatar pic and fired it in there for me. thanks, though.
by DontCallMeJoey on Aug 19, 2009 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions
test
I reserve the right to complain about Gimenez at 1B and Carroll in the OF, no matter the facts. - FredOx
by DontCallMeJoey on Aug 19, 2009 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
So is that Stalin, as portrayed in the game “Civilization” (or some sequel thereof)?
Great choice with the username, if so.
by Logodaedalus on Aug 19, 2009 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions
“not joey” is an homage to the metamorphosis that brought us albert belle, and left joey belle in the shadows.
jay picked out my avatar b/c i had been here too long and didn’t do it myself. a fine choice, if i may say so.
I reserve the right to complain about Gimenez at 1B and Carroll in the OF, no matter the facts. - FredOx
by DontCallMeJoey on Aug 20, 2009 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I didn’t think you had Stalin in mind when you chose your username, but it’s a funny juxtaposition. I like the image of a bunch of guys approaching Stalin, and one of them saying, “Hey, Joey, nice job getting rid of that pesky Trotsky guy. What a pain.”
“Don’t call me Joey. I am the Man of Steel.”
“Yeah, sure thing, Joey. I mean, um, Steel Guy.”
by Logodaedalus on Aug 20, 2009 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
/throws bag of rubles at fan’s chest for calling him Joey
by gorilla_baller on Aug 20, 2009 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
/runs down 8 million dissenters in his escalade
I reserve the right to complain about Gimenez at 1B and Carroll in the OF, no matter the facts. - FredOx
by DontCallMeJoey on Aug 20, 2009 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I just thought, who else other than Belle might be saying those words?
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
it’s perfect…it sings, if you will
I reserve the right to complain about Gimenez at 1B and Carroll in the OF, no matter the facts. - FredOx
by DontCallMeJoey on Aug 20, 2009 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Sure, as long as you don’t mind having a mass murderer as your avatar, it’s awesome.
Funny how Stalin just doesn’t have the same cachet/stigma as Hitler and Pol Pot.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
I had a history prof who spun a good conspiracy theory as to why. According to him, [deleted, politics]
Oh come on, I’m sure you could write the theory. We’d just have to agree not to discuss it.
by NickFantana on Aug 20, 2009 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s pretty bland, actually – basically just “institutionalized liberal historian bias”. (There was some "so that the Jews can somethingorother in there, too). I was hoping by leaving it up to the imagination he would seem like a unique crazy freak, instead of a run-of-the-mill loony.
So your professor was Mel Gibson’s dad?
Occam sez: Our country went to war against Hitler (and Mussolini and Hirohito), with Stalin as an ally whatever his faults. Pol Pot? Had a good publicist.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
And yet, accusations of being a “commie” get thrown around from the right all the time… even if they don’t mention Stalin specifically, that’s certainly the image they’re hoping to evoke.
Pol Pot doesn’t belong in the same league as Hitler, by far, as far as being a cultural touch stone goes. Nor Mussolini or Hirohito. Stalin is a more popular villain than either of those two, I’d venture. I would have said Stalin over Pol Pot as well, but evidently you don’t think so.
by Logodaedalus on Aug 21, 2009 1:26 AM EDT up reply actions
it’s sort of unfair to pigeonhole stalin as just a mass murderer…he was also a world-class bigot, sociopath, paranoid ego maniac…and he apparently had really bad halitosis.
I reserve the right to complain about Gimenez at 1B and Carroll in the OF, no matter the facts. - FredOx
by DontCallMeJoey on Aug 21, 2009 12:38 AM EDT up reply actions
But a stellar negotiator, plus he loved to run over kids.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
i do like the philosophy of pairing “strengths” with “areas for improvement”. so it doesn’t seem like you’re piling on a person.
you have a great mustache, it’s to be celebrated…but your death camps are not cool
I reserve the right to complain about Gimenez at 1B and Carroll in the OF, no matter the facts. - FredOx
by DontCallMeJoey on Aug 21, 2009 12:48 AM EDT up reply actions
The Stalin mustache is indeed much better than the Hitler ’stache.
by Logodaedalus on Aug 21, 2009 1:27 AM EDT up reply actions
But the Hitler mustache is so much more unique and identifiable. If you draw a Hitler ‘stache on someone’s face then everyone immediately knows who you are referencing. That won’t work for a Stalin ’stache.
by Buckeye Brad on Aug 21, 2009 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions
I suppose, but if you’re doing it with a negative connotation, which is when it’s usually used, then it’s probably not Charlie Chaplin.
by Buckeye Brad on Aug 21, 2009 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Huh. And here I thought that photoshop you keep e-mailing everyone of Jay with the mustache is a reference to his classic sense of humor.
Steel Nick
Shut up! He’s not supposed to know about that.
by Buckeye Brad on Aug 21, 2009 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions
waiting for Fasano references…
Stuart Dean, shrubber
by stuart dean on Aug 21, 2009 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions
I bet Tim Tebow is angry that LaPorta stole his preferred twitter name. They should have a wrestle-off for it.
by millionairesrow on Aug 19, 2009 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions
in 5 years, Laporta will be better-known than Tebow.
This is Victor's home. Victor Jose, you too.
by westbrook on Aug 19, 2009 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
this
"It’s tough," Martinez said. "This is my house. This is my home."
We'll miss you, Vic
by BLAZER_FAN_199 on Aug 19, 2009 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
How hard is it to shrink your screensaver down to that size?
by FallsTribeFan on Aug 19, 2009 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions
that’s not the hard part. first i have to convert my wallpaper into a screensaver, then back into an image.
by Brick. on Aug 19, 2009 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
A lot of work, but for those two guys, it’s worth it!
by FallsTribeFan on Aug 19, 2009 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions
And scanning the framed poster off your wall must have been a bitch
by jakesinger777 on Aug 19, 2009 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
And scanning the framed poster off yourwallceiling must have been a bitch
by danvail on Aug 20, 2009 9:24 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Well, I WAS going to ask how Wedge was going to manage to sit both Agent M AND The Door but…
Stuart Dean
by stuart dean on Aug 19, 2009 5:30 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
MATT LAPORTA!
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Aug 19, 2009 4:05 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I feel like we need to recruit players based soley on their jawline.
Matt LaPorta = 4 star jawline
Jeremy Sowers = neck threatens to swallow his chin.
I think I am on the verge of something big here.
by Toxicadam on Aug 19, 2009 4:12 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
posada’s chin line evaporates into his neck
by gorilla_baller on Aug 19, 2009 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Blake.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
by Jay on Aug 19, 2009 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well, I’m psyched, having just scored tickets behind home plate for Saturday night’s game agains the M’s. LaPorta in the game will make my seven hour drive each way seem less like a drag.
44 games left on the schedule.
I’m setting the over/under on games Laporta plays at 27.5, and the number of times Wedge uses performance as an excuse as to why he’s sitting at 1.5.
Il faut d'abord durer.
With the Wedgie love for Giminez, this just means that Wedgie will have to get creative with his screwing over of Marte and LaPorta’s development. This will be the true test of his manager abilities.
I just wanted to believe.
Rereading this 30 min later, I take parts of this back because it smacks of CLE.com. I’m bitter and I hate the fact that Wedge is still the manager – but this just sound overly jerkish.
I just wanted to believe.
don’t. sometimes a little cleveland.com is just what the doctor ordered.
If you don't respect Aaron Laffey, I will fight you.
by Cap'n Snegiryov on Aug 20, 2009 9:20 AM EDT up reply actions
This is Victor's home. Victor Jose, you too.
by westbrook on Aug 19, 2009 4:44 PM EDT reply actions 17 recs
you mean its nice to see any emotion out of him in general?
by MooneysRebellion on Aug 20, 2009 8:14 AM EDT up reply actions
So if LaPorta plays only half the games, are there going to be people on both sides saying he has to show something, or will it be 100% consensus freak out?
i’m sure there will be a freak out, but i will actually find it less annoying than with marte. they’ve still got years left to mess around laporta’s development.
Last night Underpants quoted Crowe as saying he felt “much better.” Looks like the lousy prospect got the shaft.
The DL Collector: Bring out yer DLed.
[a man puts Trevor Crowe on the cart]
Shapiro: Here’s one.
The DL Collector: That’ll be ninepence.
Trevor Crow: I’m not DLed.
The DL Collector: What?
Shapiro: Nothing. There’s your ninepence.
Trevor Crowe: I’m not DLed.
The DL Collector: ‘Ere, he says he’s not DLed.
Shapiro: Yes he is.
Trevor Crowe: I’m not.
The DL Collector: He isn’t.
Shapiro: Well, he will be soon, he’s very ill.
Trevor Crowe: I’m getting better.
Shapiro: No you’re not, you’ll be stone DLed in a moment.
The DL Collector: Well, I can’t take him like that. It’s against regulations.
Trevor Crowe: I don’t want to go on the cart.
Shapiro: Oh, don’t be such a baby.
The DL Collector: I can’t take him.
Trevor Crowe: I feel fine.
Shapiro: Oh, do me a favor.
The DL Collector: I can’t.
Shapiro: Well, can you hang around for a couple of minutes? He won’t be long.
The DL Collector: I promised I’d be at the Reds’. They’ve lost nine today.
Shapiro: Well, when’s your next round?
The DL Collector: Thursday.
Trevor Crowe: I think I’ll go for a walk.
Shapiro: You’re not fooling anyone, you know. Isn’t there anything you could do?
Trevor Crowe: I feel happy. I feel happy.
[the DL Collector glances up and down the street furtively, then silences Trevor Crowe with his a whack of his club]
Shapiro: Ah, thank you very much.
The DL Collector: Not at all. See you on Thursday.
Shapiro: Right.
"It's all part of life's rich pageant, you know?" - Inspector Clouseau
by woodsmeister on Aug 19, 2009 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions 14 recs
DUDE-I was just about to post that. HUGE REC.
by Wil Cantrell on Aug 19, 2009 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Let me be the first to begin turning this green.
-Erik
by drerikbrady on Aug 19, 2009 5:32 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Good thing Hafner is in the lineup… 0/11 vs Weaver and all.
This is Victor's home. Victor Jose, you too.
LaPorta is going with #7 this time around instead of #16. In case anyone cares.
Here Lies the Victor Martinez Era:
Sept. 10, 2002 - July 31, 2009
Obviously hoping Wedge will mistake him for Mark DeRosa and accidentally put him in the lineup.
What? You’re back? I thought you left. OK, then, take third base. Carroll in LF, Gimenez at first. Jhonny! Andy! Fichas de dominó!
by FredOx on Aug 20, 2009 8:15 AM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
Anyone else notice that both Hoynes and Castro put the word regular in quotes when they said that The Door will get “regular” playing time?
Stuart Dean, shrubber
It is noticeable, but specifically it just emphasizes that that’s the exact word that Wedge used.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
I also noticed a little snarkiness creeping into Castro’s blogs … examples:
Wedge said the Indians had planned to get LaPorta up here before September, regardless of Crowe’s injury, because pre-September at-bats are considered more meaningful than September at-bats. That’s all well and good, but it’s Aug. 19. I’m not sure when this pre-September promotion was going to take place, but clearly those meaningful at-bats would have been in short supply.
plus
Asdrubal Cabrera is now ninth in the AL in batting average (.316) after going 4-for-5 on Tuesday night. His .816 OPS is fourth among AL shortstops (and first among AL shortstops who illogically began the season at second base),
and
That film crew is still here following Shin-Soo Choo around for a documentary for MBC in South Korea. Today, they interviewed Grady Sizemore and Wedge during batting practice. How do you say “grind it out” in Korean?
by FallsTribeFan on Aug 20, 2009 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
There is a certain point where you have just…plain…had…it with somebody. I am at that point with Wedge. It is analagous to when it dawns on you that a relationship is over and you completely tune that person out and every little thing about them gets under your skin. It seems that Castro is there too, but he is certainly wandering in a grey area vis-a-vis his status as beat reporter and blogger.
Stuart Dean, shrubber
by stuart dean on Aug 20, 2009 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions
that’s more like a full battalion assault of snark, not so much a snark creep.
I reserve the right to complain about Gimenez at 1B and Carroll in the OF, no matter the facts. - FredOx
by DontCallMeJoey on Aug 20, 2009 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions
“Hello, Cleveland! We’re Battalion of Snark! Formerly known as the Snark Creeps! In any event, are you ready to be mildly amused?”
by Logodaedalus on Aug 20, 2009 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Battalion of Snark would be a fantastic name for a band, but an even better name for an improv troupe.
"It's all part of life's rich pageant, you know?" - Inspector Clouseau
by woodsmeister on Aug 20, 2009 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Just came up with one yesterday … Broken Metronome. Good? Bad? Too inside-baseball?
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
Broken Metronome would need to be a concept band. Perhaps with 2 or 3 percussionists, none of whom are in sync.
"It's all part of life's rich pageant, you know?" - Inspector Clouseau
by woodsmeister on Aug 20, 2009 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I was gonna say, it would probably have to be Prog.
by Logodaedalus on Aug 20, 2009 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I was thinking of it more in terms of managing expectations … like, when the beat is really steady, everyone will be pleasantly surprised.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
Ah, yes, the “Listening to our music is like receiving a Spinal Tap” school of band naming. Right up there with the folk duo, “Cacophonous Racket”.
by Logodaedalus on Aug 20, 2009 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I prefer to listen to free-form jazz. Especially that great track “Play Whatever The Hell You Feel Like” off the album “Incessant Noodling on Musical Instruments.”
"You just gotta roll with the ounches." - Clemson58YearOldMan
Isn’t “Incessant Noodling on Musical Instruments” a PDQ Bach album?
"It's all part of life's rich pageant, you know?" - Inspector Clouseau
by woodsmeister on Aug 21, 2009 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Broken Metrodome.
Tendrils of Flame was the last band name I came up with.
"You just gotta roll with the ounches." - Clemson58YearOldMan
With their hit single, “Breathing, Breathless…Heaving Breaths” off the album “On the Side of My Face”.
by Logodaedalus on Aug 20, 2009 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions
After watching last night’s game, I feel like the post-game interview room is the most uncomfortable room ever. It’s like all the reporters are glancing at each other out of the sides of their eyes, non-verbally asking each other “are you gonna be the one to ask him if he’s gonna be fired?” “I’m not asking, you ask him, I double-dog dare you.” “If I ask him anything, I’m asking why he put Garko in the outfield and why he sits Marte at all.” “Well if I ask him anything, I’m asking why Tomo Ohka is still on the roster and why Gimenez gets so many at bats.” “Screw it, let’s just ask if he’s pleased with the progress of Sowers.”
by lenred on Aug 20, 2009 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions 11 recs
If the Indians really are desperate to get another CFer on the roster, why not call up Jose Constanza? If Brantley is not a real CF option, then they will presumably be adding Constanza to the 40-man in the off-season to give them some depth protection, so why not call him up now? He’s not a guy valuable enough to really worry what happens to him, but he’s fast and at least this year has played great CF defense.
Not worthy of a Fanshot, as there will be front page on this soon, but BOTH the Indians all-time Dominoes champ and The Door are in the lineup tonight.
We win by at LEAST 17 or 18 runs, right?
Il faut d'abord durer.
That Wiley Wedgie is so sneaky. He can do this because it’s raining.
Stuart Dean, shrubber
by stuart dean on Aug 20, 2009 6:26 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Hey, you were close. We did score 11 runs.
by Buckeye Brad on Aug 21, 2009 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
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