ITS TIME!!!!
I'm Coming Cleveland!!
could be something, could be nothing. but he's excited nonetheless.
[UPDATE: Added the additional tweet - Ryan]
[UPDATE: It's official. Jordan Bastian tweets that Valbuena was optioned down to Columbus, and Goedert was DFAd to make room for Kipnis on the 40-man roster - Ryan]
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Good gawd!! It’s the JK Kid’s music!!!
by TheDanimal on Jul 21, 2011 4:54 PM EDT reply actions 5 recs
This should be our rallying cry for the stretch drive.
by cheech99 on Jul 21, 2011 5:04 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
+1
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge..." C. Darwin
by Spidey on Jul 21, 2011 6:04 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
IT’S TIME!!!
“I’m coming, Cleveland” will need to be revised come August (knock wood) to: “We’re here, Cleveland”
And in October to: “We’re here, America”
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge..." C. Darwin
by Spidey on Jul 22, 2011 8:33 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
He just tweeted I’m Coming Cleveland!
by Paul Shuey's Groin on Jul 21, 2011 5:12 PM EDT reply actions
Maybe he’s been traded to the College World Series?
by PBH on Jul 21, 2011 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Has he talked to Huff about this?
by kennesawmountainwahoo on Jul 21, 2011 5:16 PM EDT reply actions 5 recs
Sounds like Valbuena may be headed to SD as part of a deal for Ludwick.
by kennesawmountainwahoo on Jul 21, 2011 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Pure speculation – I should have noted that. Supposedly Ludwick in not in the lineup today.
by kennesawmountainwahoo on Jul 21, 2011 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Ludwick has not played today, and the game is in the 9th.
by kennesawmountainwahoo on Jul 21, 2011 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions
LUDWICK WAS NOT IN THE PADRES LINEUP TODAY
"I want to be playing at the end of October or the end of September -- not just at the beginning of April." —Grady
LUDWICK WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL BY HIS WIFE THIS MORNING. RYAN JR. WAS BORN AT 9:59.
"I want to be playing at the end of October or the end of September -- not just at the beginning of April." —Grady
RYAN JR WAS SEEN PACKING HIS CRIB.
Steel Nick
by nickjs21 on Jul 21, 2011 5:41 PM EDT up reply actions 7 recs
VALBUENA HAS AGREED TO BE HIS GODFATHER!
by peter m on Jul 21, 2011 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
SO MUCH FOR LOUSY SPECULATION.
by kennesawmountainwahoo on Jul 21, 2011 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I very much appreciate your use of a comma before Cleveland. I did not appreciate Kipnis’ inability to use a comma.
by sandyalomarfan on Jul 21, 2011 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions
As long as he can field and hit a ball, he can make as many grammatical errors as he wants.
by emily522 on Jul 21, 2011 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
This sounds like the closing lines of a Broadway musical.
by emily522 on Jul 21, 2011 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
“Everyone goes through a faze after a great vacation where they want to pack everything up and move there. I mean, if everyone moved to their favorite vacation spots, then everyone would live in Ohio, Italy, and Cleveland.”
We’re all models west of the Allegheny.
l dream about moving back to Lakewood. Or maybe even Shaker Heights. Big Creek Parkway. Send the kids to St. John Bosco’s, you know? Maybe even cheering on the Tribe at the Jake.
What hot spot’s got the hippest groove? Cleveland Where all the real gone daddies move? Cleveland Dig that sweet Cuyahoga glow What smells so good?
I think that’s my favorite 30 minutes of television ever.
Il faut d'abord durer.
We all want to flee to the Cleve.
Steel Nick
by nickjs21 on Jul 22, 2011 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I would love this. Anything to get rid of Valbuena at this point is a plus to me.
I teach good life choices. That’s why I almost didn’t graduate High School.
Intensive Purposes? I could care less...
your whole argument is a fallacy!
by bross09 on Jul 21, 2011 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
More I think about this…
Kipnis is mired in slump (OPS of .400 in last 10 games). Donald is red hot, has better glove (Kipnis’ bugaboo), as well as being more versatile infielder.
What do Indians need right now? An outfielder. And what has Donald never done? Played the OF. What did Kipnis do in college? Played outfield.
I hope I’m wrong. He’s just that much of a better prospect, right? Please?
David Huff was recalled when Sizemore was placed on the DL, and Jeanmar Gomez optioned when Carmona came off the DL.
They better freaking play him. None of this spelling Grandpa sh_t! Too late to dfa grandpa and un-dfa Everett?
Being a smart-ass is vastly preferable to the alternative
i really doubt it, they have put all this work into moving him to 2nd putting back in OF would take a huge step back
"Hardwork beats talent when talent fails to work hard" -Norm Nixon
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." -Confucius
by ChewyFL on Jul 21, 2011 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Until today, I would have agreed. But:
MLBastian Jordan Bastian
I would say no, but I’ve gotten vague answers today. RT @LetsGoTribe: do you think there is any chance that Kipnis sees OF time? No, right?
MLBastian Jordan Bastian
I’m not keen on idea of having Kipnis playing outfield after 2 years of 2B development, but no one has ruled it out in conversations today.
Maybe all they mean is that if Buck and Brantley can’t go tomorrow (very unlikely), Kipnis might end up there for a single game, Luis style. I can live with that as a contingency plan.
Luis style? Oh dear God please no
by YoDaddyWags on Jul 21, 2011 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
At In N’ Out Burger I order everything Luis style.
by afh4 on Jul 21, 2011 5:59 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Does that come with their secret “Underwhelming” sauce?
My watch is broken... it's stuck on Tribe Time
#suckitLaw
by Turkmenbashi on Jul 21, 2011 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
They heave it to you from the take out window but you’re too far back so you can’t catch it.
"Lotta heart in Cleveland." - Ian Hunter
by Denver Tribe Fan on Jul 21, 2011 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
You won’t be able to eat it. It’ll drop in front of you.
by fg28 on Jul 22, 2011 8:59 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I hope so. But at the same time, I feel like the answer would have been “only if necessary”, or something like it.
I just worry about Acta’s comments not too long ago that OCab is a starter. Unless they are gonna DFA him (I wouldn’t mind if they did that and replaced him with Donald), I’m not sure what’s going on.
ITS FEWER TIME. Welcome to LGT, Jason.
"Lotta heart in Cleveland." - Ian Hunter
by Denver Tribe Fan on Jul 21, 2011 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
It’s going to feel weird not losing another game for the rest of the season. But I think I’m read.
Steel Nick
by nickjs21 on Jul 21, 2011 5:51 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
Shouldn’t there be a comma somewhere?
by YoDaddyWags on Jul 21, 2011 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
God[,] I love LGT.
"Lotta heart in Cleveland." - Ian Hunter
by Denver Tribe Fan on Jul 21, 2011 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Are you there, God? It’s me, LGT.
(Can we win a championship sometime, as long as we’re talking?)
by YoDaddyWags on Jul 21, 2011 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions 8 recs
Obscure Andrew rec.
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Jul 21, 2011 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions
DaddyWags, you are the green machine in this thread.
by kennesawmountainwahoo on Jul 21, 2011 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions
SG!
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge..." C. Darwin
by Spidey on Jul 22, 2011 8:35 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I’m kind of surprised to be the only one who recced this comment.
Lou Marson fan.
by Gradyforpresident on Jul 21, 2011 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Does any one think besides the fact that Kipnis is a great prospect; Anotentti is balking at other GM’s asking prices and saying screw it I am bring up my prospects to see if there demands will come down in the next week? Complete udder conjectural blogging just a thought though
by johio1 on Jul 21, 2011 6:02 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Dude, seriously, it’s “utter.” I just don’t want to see you get made fun of anymore.
My watch is broken... it's stuck on Tribe Time
#suckitLaw
by Turkmenbashi on Jul 21, 2011 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions 9 recs
so I’m not the only one who was going to suggest taking care of Sizemore’s nagging sports hernia?
by AllenSmith on Jul 21, 2011 6:47 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 15 recs
Crappy, insufferably hot day now awesome day! LGMFT!
LGT's resident moderate Yankee hating fan.
by Joe. on Jul 21, 2011 6:35 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Also, Kipnis will be the 7th Indians rookie to make his debut this year:
Alex White, Zeke Carrera, Josh Judy, Cord Phelps, Lonnie Chisenhall, Zach McAllister and now Kipnis.
though how many of those guys actually played enough to lose rookie status so far? Just thinking about that.
I teach good life choices. That’s why I almost didn’t graduate High School.
Intensive Purposes? I could care less...
your whole argument is a fallacy!
the sig? Those are a few kinda inside jokes at DBN
I teach good life choices. That’s why I almost didn’t graduate High School.
Intensive Purposes? I could care less...
your whole argument is a fallacy!
Boo-urns!
Dawgs By Nature - Covering the Cleveland Browns on SB Nation.
by Chris Pokorny on Jul 22, 2011 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
in the long run, it really doesn’t matter. Its just an observation that with the lack of depth on this team, we seem to keep calling up rookies but then sending them down only a few weeks later.
I teach good life choices. That’s why I almost didn’t graduate High School.
Intensive Purposes? I could care less...
your whole argument is a fallacy!
I actually really like that. Using the 40-man and the AAA shuttle to give players tastes of the bigs, reveal strengths and weaknesses, use a couple spots on the 25 for player development rather than vet retreads who won’t budge until cut.
I think its something you do when you do have some depth, not the opposite.
it depends on the situation. a team with a lot of depth may do this, but I believe a lot of these moves (such as calling up mccallister, Alex White, and Zeke) has to do much more with injuries showing our lack of depth. Those guys were called up due to need, not giving them experience.
I teach good life choices. That’s why I almost didn’t graduate High School.
Intensive Purposes? I could care less...
your whole argument is a fallacy!
7 is not actually all that many. Last year, there were 317 rookie debuts. The fewest was San Francisco, which only had one (Darren Ford, who appeared in seven games but had 0 PA). The most was Florida, with 25. Seventeen of the 30 clubs had at least 10 rookies.
Correcting for two computational issues (in addition to the roster expansion, pitchers were counted twice), 148 of the total 209 rookies made an appearance before September. So, 7 is on the high side of average, but not absurdly so.
Look for Kipnis to play mostly 2B. He’ll share it with Orlando Cabrera. Doesn’t sound like he’ll see much, if any time, in OF.
Hoynes tweet
Glad to see I was wrong.
Though I’m a little disappointed in the “sharing” plan (though it’s not a strict platoon). I’m hoping for 5 games/week to be Kipnis (though it’ll probably be more like 3-4).
I doubt they bring up Kipnis just to play him 3-4 days a week.
by Buckeye Brad on Jul 21, 2011 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I bet initially it’s a job-sharing thing. If Kipnis gets hot, he’ll have a chance to play more. Sort of like the Phelps thing, but probably a better likelihood of working.
“Hey, you gonna use your Underwhelming sauce?” “Nah, you can have it, Wayne.”
by YoDaddyWags on Jul 21, 2011 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
I’ll believe it when someone OTH tweets it.
Being a smart-ass is vastly preferable to the alternative
It is not the poet’s intent that matters – it is that of the reader
Being a smart-ass is vastly preferable to the alternative
by stuart dean on Jul 21, 2011 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I’m very excited for Kipnis.
Owner of FearTheSword
by Conrad Kaczmarek on Jul 21, 2011 7:20 PM EDT reply actions
I really hope this is the right move. I think it is, but I’m also a moron.
"Lotta heart in Cleveland." - Ian Hunter
by Denver Tribe Fan on Jul 21, 2011 7:21 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
The Joe Mauer things gotta go
Being a smart-ass is vastly preferable to the alternative
by stuart dean on Jul 21, 2011 7:40 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
If this was Royals Review, half the comments would be green.
Steel Nick
by nickjs21 on Jul 21, 2011 8:22 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
Blue this
Being a smart-ass is vastly preferable to the alternative
by stuart dean on Jul 21, 2011 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
There really has got to be a better way to say that.
by Fundamentals on Jul 21, 2011 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
I don’t really have the internet connection to put together a Soylent Green column at the moment, but it might be a good time for someone to give it a try
They already are
My watch is broken... it's stuck on Tribe Time
#suckitLaw
by Turkmenbashi on Jul 22, 2011 8:48 AM EDT up reply actions
There’s a grammatical thing I never understood, actually. When is “were” appropriate versus “was?”
My watch is broken... it's stuck on Tribe Time
#suckitLaw
by Turkmenbashi on Jul 22, 2011 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions
It’s a subjunctive — when the clause begins with “if,” as in this case, it should be were.
by peter m on Jul 22, 2011 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
It was actually when I was learning Spanish that I learned to correctly use the subjunctive in English.
by Roger Dorn on Jul 22, 2011 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I guess this’ll be a good opportunity to see how the Columbus clippers would’ve fared in a heated pennant race. We are basically a AAA team right now. A good, first place AAA team, but still a AAA team
by tr1betime on Jul 21, 2011 8:32 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Tomorrow’s game just got even more interesting. And the inability to rec on the mobile version of the site is really frustrating.
If you squint just right....you can sometimes see the ghost of Andy Marte...playing dominoes in the dugout.
by Seattle Tribe Fan on Jul 21, 2011 8:48 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
jay-hey kid, kippers, kippies, j-kip, jaz-kip. honestly forgot what his last name was just now for a second.
Lou Marson fan.
by Gradyforpresident on Jul 21, 2011 9:33 PM EDT reply actions
This. I’m just going to call him Kipnis, although he himself has adopted The JK Kid, at least on Twitter.
But for the love of God(s), please no JKip.
You’re such a hater, B-Dobs
My watch is broken... it's stuck on Tribe Time
#suckitLaw
by Turkmenbashi on Jul 22, 2011 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
No no no no. I hate the forced nicknames.
And please, when he gets intentionally walked, no “Jason KipnIBBs.” No “JaSBon Kipnis” when he steals a base, etc. I’m glad his name makes it difficult to fit RBI and HR and the like in there.
Steel Nick
You’re such a SABR snob. Would you prefer Ja(I)SOn Kipnis then?
My watch is broken... it's stuck on Tribe Time
#suckitLaw
by Turkmenbashi on Jul 22, 2011 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Then my work here is done
My watch is broken... it's stuck on Tribe Time
#suckitLaw
by Turkmenbashi on Jul 22, 2011 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I am encouraged that Kipnis looks like he could be cast as the muscle in a 1920s era mob movie
by APV on Jul 21, 2011 11:09 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Tomorrow’s game is being shown on ESPN here, please please be the STO coverage!
One day I'll get over to watch the Tribe play
by new zealand tribe fan on Jul 22, 2011 12:15 AM EDT reply actions
They show games with local announcers on ESPN there?
by Buckeye Brad on Jul 22, 2011 2:29 AM EDT up reply actions
I’ll save you the grief.
Manning: “Kipnis is just looking for something over the middle of the plate right here.”
Underwood (describing a mildly sharp chopper): “JK hammers one to second! But right at the second baseman. And he throws him out. Man, was that close.”
Manning: “If he can learn to elevate that ball, there’s a better chance of it being a home run. You’ve got to drive the ball in the air to get it out of the park.”
Underwood: “Do you think he realizes that yet, Rick?”
Manning: “He’s just a kid.” (laughs) “I mean, welcome to the show, time for more than a cup of coffee. Right now he’s just trying to make solid contact. And perhaps pick up Chris Perez’s wife.”
by tabler84 on Jul 22, 2011 3:52 AM EDT up reply actions 18 recs
I’ve given up listening to the STO broadcast. Mute + Hamilton has made watching a much more pleasant experience.
Don’t forget Rosie- that guy is growing on me as a sedated foil to Hammy…
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge..." C. Darwin
by Spidey on Jul 22, 2011 8:50 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
He’s actually gotten better as the season’s gone on. He’s definitely a contrast to Hamilton that’s for sure. Or, shall I say, no question about it.
by Ryan on Jul 22, 2011 9:56 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Very funny. Truly LOL.
But, what. No mention of Souvenir City???
To their credit, the guys don’t seem to be complete homers and I’m not even using Hawk as a reference point. In the end they may be the most innocuous TV announcers in the game, which is fine by me; because it’s pretty easy to slide down the McCarver slope.
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge..." C. Darwin
by Spidey on Jul 22, 2011 8:48 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Last week when Santana threw a runner out at 2nd, his line, delivered with much excitement, was “He’s out from me to you, wherever you are!”.
I hope that was caught in the gamethread, because it was the epitome of forcing a tagline.
You are reading my signature.
Underwood strikes me as a little bit like Mr. Collins in Pride and Prejudice, spending his off-time thinking up and rehearsing catchphrases the same way Mr. Collins rehearses lines with which to flatter his patron Lady Catherine DeBourgh.
@grantgw - sports and Cleveland and Columbus stuff
by woodsmeister on Jul 22, 2011 9:01 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
You could make a case for Manning being like Henry Crawford from Mansfield Park.
@grantgw - sports and Cleveland and Columbus stuff
by woodsmeister on Jul 22, 2011 9:54 AM EDT up reply actions
I wouldn’t mind seeing a confrontation between Underwood and “Stone Cold” Steve Austin
My watch is broken... it's stuck on Tribe Time
#suckitLaw
by Turkmenbashi on Jul 22, 2011 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I think Manning would be okay with it, too.
@grantgw - sports and Cleveland and Columbus stuff
by woodsmeister on Jul 23, 2011 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Even better if “wherever you are” happens to be in Souvenir City…
Yeah, he really forces it, but I’ve gotten used to cringing, ever since Richie would make a fool of himself with Potsie and Ralph.
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge..." C. Darwin
by Spidey on Jul 22, 2011 9:08 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I’ve actually grown to appreciate “he’s outta room, it’s outta here…” It sounds like something announcers might have said 50 years ago. Souvenir City is an abomination. And I still think listening to Rosenhaus is like listening to a parody of Ben Stein reading the phone book.
My primitive mind can't grasp these concepts.
by Ockus_NYC on Jul 22, 2011 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
And I don’t know many announcers who would have ripped Cabrera a new one after swinging at that 2-0 slider from Liriano… Manning was really PO’d on that play.
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge..." C. Darwin
by Spidey on Jul 22, 2011 8:54 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
That’s the one thing I enjoy about Manning – he seems get as frustrated as all of us watching this team from time to time.
You’ve been on fire lately
Lou Marson fan.
by Gradyforpresident on Jul 22, 2011 8:56 AM EDT up reply actions
I didn’t realize just how bad those 2 were until I started reading LGT. Thanks, guys!
by emily522 on Jul 22, 2011 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
I didn’t realize how bad they were until I started listening to Hamilton again.
I teach good life choices. That’s why I almost didn’t graduate High School.
Intensive Purposes? I could care less...
your whole argument is a fallacy!
Better alert the DEA
Lou Marson fan.
by Gradyforpresident on Jul 22, 2011 8:56 AM EDT up reply actions
Kip it! Kip it good!
@grantgw - sports and Cleveland and Columbus stuff
by woodsmeister on Jul 22, 2011 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions
I think so, simply because it’s not possible to get less slack.
LGT's resident moderate Yankee hating fan.
by Joe. on Jul 22, 2011 2:15 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
See: Marte, Andy
My watch is broken... it's stuck on Tribe Time
#suckitLaw
by Turkmenbashi on Jul 22, 2011 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions
“Great news for tribe fans re: Alex White: threw 40 pitches in bullpen today, including sliders and splits, and felt good. Looked good, too..”
More:
…First time since finger injury that White threw sliders and splits off mound. Will throw simulated inning(s) Monday.
White: “Without any major setbacks, I think it’s fair to say that I should pitch again pretty soon.”
White’s already showing good command of his conditional sentences and modal auxiliaries, which is necessary when you play for Cleveland.
by YoDaddyWags on Jul 22, 2011 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
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