Game Seventeen: Indians 5, Twins 3

Cannot wait to see CC go tommorrow.

CC First Half of 2006: Ace.

CC Second Half of 2006: ACe.

CC 2007: ACE.

ACE

ACE

ACE

I love CC Sabathia.

I think we are in a really good situation right now..taking our pitching matchups into consideration, I'd be extremely surprised if we did not win at least 4 out of the next 5.

Let's keep it going!!

After all the winter speculation about Barfield's defensive skill, it was great to see him rise to the occasion last night.

Carmona's had two matchups with Santana and we've won them both.  Love seeing our #5 knock off THE ace.

In my opinion, this was the most impressive win by the tribe this year. They really looked like a good baseball team. Good fielding, excellent at-bats, aggresive pitching, and some timely situational hitting. I hadn't seen this combination since 2005. Playoff bound teams win games like this in precisely this manner. It is precisely the formula that Detroit used in 2006, and the white sox in 2005. I was impressed.

Anyone know if the game will be PPD? I have tickets, and I'm debating whether or not to go.

Hello Turkmenbashi,

According to local weather reports (I watched Fox 8 at 5 PM,) they think that the Indians should get in the game tonight, with a possible rain delay or two.  Of course, they all thought we'd get the home opener (the one against Seattle) in too, so take that for what it's worth.

However, the radar was showing the front was moving out to the east, and the second front is not supposed to arrive in NE Ohio until after midnight, so my guess is, they'll probably get the game in, for 3 main reasons:

1. They already have 4 to make up with Seattle, so I'll bet they'll try to get the game in.

2. Jacobs Field drains well, and it hasn't been that much rain, so the field should be in relatively good shape (especially with the dedicated grounds crew we have.)

3. Cleveland/Texas plays an afternoon game tomorrow, so to make that up now, we'd have to play a doubleheader, and Texas likely wants to leave as early as possible tomorrow afternoon/evening to whereever they go next, so in all likelihood, the game would have to be played tonight if at all possible.

If I had to put odds on it, I'd say at least an 80% chance of getting the game in (but I'm not a meteorologist, LOL, so take that for what it's worth!  :-)

Have fun at the game if you do go - hopefully, CC and company do very well tonight and keep this winning streak going!