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The Browns Outsider - Training Camp Primer The National Media would like you to curb your enthusiasm. Yes, as each season springs anew in the NFL, every team - even the most repulsive piles of refuse - glows with the hope of rebirth. Rookie X and Free Agent Y will come in and bring success to Position Z. Young Veteran Q will make a production leap to the Nth degree. But these are the hopes and dreams of the locals, the people that are understandably blinded by their own ... Read more Chris Hutchison | Saturday, 31 July 2010 |
Minor Happenings: Abraham Leads Lake County "Minor Happenings" is a weekly column which covers the important developments and news in the Indians farm system. While most of the information in this report is from my own research and through interviews I have conducted with organizational personnel, some information in this report is collected and summarized from the various news outlets that cover each team.Okay, slowly but surely I am clearing out the cache of news and notes in regard to the Indians' minor league system after ... Read more Tony Lastoria | Saturday, 31 July 2010 |
Goedert’s Big Season Could Bring Big Opportunity When the Indians traded Jhonny Peralta on Wednesday night it left a wide open competition for the vacant third base position on the team. While top rated prospect Lonnie Chisenhall is expected to become the everyday guy there by the end of next season, the Indians have a need to fill the position in the short term, hence why the likes of Luis Valbuena, Jayson Nix, and Andy Marte will get some looks there the next few weeks. But the trade of ... Read more Tony Lastoria | Saturday, 31 July 2010 |
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Using a Poker Strategy in Football
Successful poker players may lose many small pots and still be totally happy, for their goal is to win the occasional big ones. The same thinking comes naturally in football. When the Browns are in a fourth down, moving all in, in the meaning of going for it, is worthwhile only if the odds for success are good enough. In most other cases, it's probably wiser to just fold the hand, as in punting the ball away. In the same way, winning or losing a single yard means nothing as long as they manage to get a first down.
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The B-List: 7/29 Mitch Talbot walked a hitter. Then he walked a hitter. Then he walked a hitter. Then he walked a hitter. Then he left, and Raffy Perez walked a hitter. Then he left, and Frank Herrmann walked a hitter. Then he walked a hitter. Then he left, and Tony Sipp walked a hitter. Then he walked a hitter. Then he left, an... Read more Steve Buffum | Friday, 30 July 2010 |
The Problem: Michael Brantley and the Comfort Zone Michael Brantley really excited us all last year. With Grady Sizemore out for the year, the opportunity presented itself to Brantley and he certainly put himself on everyone's radar. Sure, he was already on the radar because he was involved in the trade that sent CC Sabathia packing, but this is a different radar. His performance suggested that maybe the hype ... Read more Nino Colla | Friday, 30 July 2010 |
Coming Attractions With Jhonny Peralta now shipped off to the Tigers (a transaction that increases Detroit’s employment rate by 2.3%, incidentally), our Indians have taken another symbolic step toward enacting their perpetual positioning statement: “Playing for the future.” With Peralta’s paltry .246 batting average now finally removed from the Cleveland lineup like an infected cyst, it opens the door for a kid like ... Read more Jonathan Knight | Friday, 30 July 2010 |
The B-List: 7/28 Do you like hats? I’ve really started to like wearing hats in recent years. I mean, I’ve always worn a baseball cap when playing Ultimate to keep the sweat out of my eyes, and now I wear it in the pool because my hair is … um … “thinning,” but now I like wearing other hats for stylistic reasons, too. Wh... Read more Steve Buffum | Thursday, 29 July 2010 |
Quick Thoughts On Peralta Trade If you have not heard already, the Indians traded infielder Jhonny Peralta to the Detroit Tigers for Low-A left-handed pitcher Giovanni Soto. For a recap of the trade along with some quotes from GM Mark Shapiro, Indians.com beat reporter Anthony Castrovince has a very good writeup on the trade. Here are some quick thoughts on the deal: - Make no mistake about ... Read more Tony Lastoria | Thursday, 29 July 2010 |
Jhonny Be Gone The second domino has been felled as the Indians’ continued purging of veterans who do not figure into their plans in 2011 and beyond rolls on as Jhonny Peralta has been traded to Detroit for Low-A LHP Geovanni Soto, who is obviously not the Cubs’ current catcher. The move, which includes the Indians covering the remainder of Peralta’s 2010 contract, co... Read more Paul Cousineau | Thursday, 29 July 2010 |
Cavs wisely taking time in making next move AKRON, Ohio - Losing a superstar like LeBron James is something from which you don’t recover easily. But that doesn’t mean the Cavaliers have mailed it in.Nor are they panicked.Cavs owner Dan Gilbert and new general manager Chris Grant actually seem confident about a few things, including the fact the team didn’t win 61 games last season by accident. Unlike ... Read more Sam Amico | Thursday, 29 July 2010 |
The Arms Trade With the glow of a brilliant debut from Josh Tomlin against the Bronx Bombers still shining bright, the Trading Deadline (the July 31st one at least) bearing down, and in light of the recent Dan Haren deal – you know, the one in which Yahoo Sports' Jeff Passan said that the Diamondbacks were “depantsed” - perhaps now is the time ... Read more Paul Cousineau | Thursday, 29 July 2010 |
Minor Happenings: Aguilar Powers Rookie-Level Arizona "Minor Happenings" is a weekly column which covers the important developments and news in the Indians farm system. While most of the information in this report is from my own research and through interviews I have conducted with organizational personnel, some information in this report is collected and summarized from the various news outlets that cover each team. Okay, as mentioned ... Read more Tony Lastoria | Wednesday, 28 July 2010 |
The B-List: 7/27 Rookie Josh Tomlin’s debut could not have gone much better, and Alex Rodriguez did not hit his 600th home run. Tomlin held the Yankees to 3 hits over 7-plus innings and showed the veteran poise Alex Rodriguez did not in failing to hit his 600th home run. The Tribe benefitted from a couple of New York errors, as well as Al... Read more Steve Buffum | Wednesday, 28 July 2010 |
A Simple Mandate The Cleveland Browns are scheduled to open training camp later this week and as befitting a summer like this, the energy level of fans seems low, at best. Maybe it's the twin disappointments of what's gone on with the Cavaliers and Indians lately coupled with a season like the last that tried the patience of even the most hard core ... Read more Gary Benz | Wednesday, 28 July 2010 |
Historically Speaking: Montario Hardesty Edition Depending on your perspective, the signing of Montario Hardesty is either the only happening on a slow Wednesday – or marks the beginning of a compelling new chapter in Browns’ history. Browns and Hardesty Agree to Terms On one hand Hardesty appears to be the most NFL-ready back the Browns have unearthed in years – but on the other – who exactly is ... Read more Dave Kolonich | Wednesday, 28 July 2010 |
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The Enablers
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