Game 151: Tigers 3, Indians 1
One monotonous day is followed
by another monotonous, identical day. The same
things will happen, they will happen again --
the same moments find us and leave us.
A month passes and ushers in another month.
One easily guesses the coming events;
they are the boring ones of yesterday.
And the morrow ends up not resembling a morrow anymore.
I thought the game was over when Ryan Raburn hit a home run in the third inning. It wasn't quite over, for the Indians would score a run, but it might as well have been. The Indians have been losing in boring, monotonous regularity, a feature of an especially awful baseball team. Many of the players on this team have futures, but it seems that everyone's taking their cues from their manager, who can see his end approaching. Tonight's loss made nine in a row for the Indians, a season high
Aaron Laffey pitched very well despite a tight strike zone. After struggling in his past two starts, Laffey pitched into the seventh, leaving with the Indians just down a run, a winnable situation for a club of any offensive ability. Unfortunately, the Indians' long run came after Chris Perez gave up two runs in the eighth. Although Cleveland would have an excellent opportunity in the bottom of the inning, three runs were too much to overcome for this punchless offense.
To make matters worse, Matt LaPorta had to leave the game with a hip injury. LaPorta's "only" hitting .235/.278/.426 this month, which ranks among the best on the team. Andy Marte, who is again buried on the bench in favor of Trevor Crowe, got a couple at-bats in place of LaPorta, but I expect we'll be seeing a Chris Gimenez start tomorrow.
Next Up: Porcello vs. Masterson, 7:05 PM

| Highest WPA | Lowest WPA | ||
| Aaron Laffey | .214 | Jhonny Peralta | -.220 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | .109 | Luis Valbuena | -.189 |
| Jamey Carroll | .095 | Asdrubal Cabrera | -.148 |
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Can’t it be goodbye Wedge instead?
In the new Geico commercial, Marte sings "Let me be myself" on Wedge's front lawn (with the cavemen).
by V-Mart Shopper on Sep 22, 2009 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions
If you watched Baltimore totally give away the game last night, you wouldn’t be so sure.
They win the tiebreaker, too, so we actually have to finish with a worse record.
How is the tiebreaker determined?
"But people are stupid, and their memories are short." - FredOx
by woodsmeister on Sep 23, 2009 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions
You mean they don’t play a game to see who loses?
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Sep 23, 2009 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Andy Marte, who is again buried on the bench in favor of Trevor Crowe
I both beg and challenge someone, anyone to offer me a credible explanation.
This makes me want to write my own “I’m Done” post.
by stuart dean on Sep 23, 2009 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
not to mention he can pinch run for either shoppach or torregas.
by Brick. on Sep 23, 2009 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
And, who’s name will we misspell if Gimenez isn’t around next year?!
by MooneysRebellion on Sep 23, 2009 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions
But we KNOW what Crow is and will do. The very reason someone is a 4th out fielder is because he ain’t worth playing every freaking day…
by stuart dean on Sep 23, 2009 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions
someday we will give him away for nothing. it’s just a matter of when that day is.
by Brick. on Sep 23, 2009 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Has he gotten an engineering degree or slapped around his wife? Either one would help narrow it down.
*sigh*
Well to be fair to Michaels, I think that was a cop he was slappping around, his former philly teammate Brett Myers is the guy with the wife

"But people are stupid, and their memories are short." - FredOx
by woodsmeister on Sep 23, 2009 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions

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