by zach hayes | Oct 12, 2007 | 2007 ALCS, Bobby Kielty, C.C. Sabathia, Cleveland Indians, Game Threads, Josh Beckett
@ Oct. 12 GAME 1 – ALCS 2007 C.C. Sabathia (0-0, 5.40) @ Josh Beckett (1-0, 0.00) Fenway Park (Boston, MA) 7:07 PM EDT, FOX CF Grady Sizemore 2B Dustin Pedroia 2B Asdrubal Cabrera 1B Kevin Youkilis DH Travis Hafner DH David Ortiz C Victor Martinez LF Manny...
by zach hayes | Oct 12, 2007 | 2007 ALCS, Cleveland Indians
To prepare for the big series, Fire Brand of the AL writer Zach Hayes and Tribe Report writer James Pete will be exchanging e-mails until the first pitch Friday and throughout the series discussing everything ALCS. Look for another update tomorrow. Note: Most recent...
by zach hayes | Oct 11, 2007 | 2007 ALCS, Cleveland Indians
To prepare for the big series, Fire Brand of the AL writer Zach Hayes and Tribe Report writer James Pete will be exchanging e-mails until the first pitch Friday and throughout the series discussing everything ALCS. Look for another update tomorrow. Note: Most recent...
by zach hayes | Oct 10, 2007 | 2007 ALCS, Aaron Fultz, C.C. Sabathia, Cleveland Indians, Curt Schilling, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Eric Gagne, Fausto Carmona, Hideki Okajima, Jake Westbrook, Joe Borowski, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Know Thy Enemy, Manny Delcarmen, Paul Byrd, Tim Wakefield
Some quick Red Sox/Indians notes before we finish the ALCS Know Thy Enemy
by zach hayes | Oct 9, 2007 | 2007 ALCS, Bobby Kielty, Cleveland Indians, Coco Crisp, David Ortiz, Doug Mirabelli, Dustin Pedroia, Eric Hinske, Franklin Gutierrez, Grady Sizemore, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jhonny Peralta, Julio Lugo, Kelly Shoppach, Kevin Youkilis, Know Thy Enemy, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell, Travis Hafner, Trot Nixon
Here we stand, on the date of October 10, two days before the first pitch of the 2007 American League Championship Series. Here we stood, on the date of March 31, two days before the first pitch of the 2007 baseball season. On March 31, we had no way of knowing...
by mike edelman | Sep 25, 2007 | Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Angels, New York Yankees
The only way the Yankees don’t make the postseason at this point is if they go 0-6 in their remaining games and if the Tigers win out. The Indians have the AL Central, the Angels have the AL West, and if five of the remaining twelve games for the Red Sox and...
by zach hayes | Sep 24, 2007 | Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Angels, New York Yankees
With a postseason berth wrapped up, the Red Sox have two more objects of accomplishment in the final week of the regular season. One, they need to hold off the Yankees and win the division. It
by mike edelman | Sep 12, 2007 | C.C. Sabathia, Cleveland Indians, Curt Schilling, Detroit Tigers, Fausto Carmona, Josh Beckett, Los Angeles Angels, New York Yankees, Tim Wakefield
The National League playoffs situation is still a muddy picture, as pretty much the entire NL West is still battling, the Phillies are still in the Wild Card situation and the Central is looking like a winner-take-all race to the finish between the Cubs and the...
by zach hayes | Aug 30, 2007 | Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners
First of all, everyone take a deep breath. Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. Exhale. Feel better? No? Well, now close your eyes and think back to late March of this year. Remember back to any place you may have been at- a wedding, the grocery store, drinking- where all you...
by evan brunell | Jul 27, 2007 | Alex Cora, Cleveland Indians, Coco Crisp, Dustin Pedroia, Eric Hinske, Fausto Carmona, Hideki Okajima, Jason Varitek, John Farrell, Julio Lugo, Manny Delcarmen, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell, Terry Francona
Two years ago, I stepped in to defend Terry Francona against naysayers. That season, the Red Sox finished in a tie for the division with the Yankees, and we won the wild card due to the Yankees winning the head-to-head tiebreaker, having beaten us 10 games to nine....