I’m pretty depressed right now. This is the first opening day in Cleveland that I’m missing in quite some time. I guess I really shouldn’t complain since I’ve been in Mexico and Florida in the past month. Whatever. This would HAVE to be considered work related, right?
- Delicious shopping mall pizza and GWCS’ almost career destination Sbarro is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. I always wondered how they made money by giving stuff away.
- Tribe All-Star Shin-Soo Choo predicts playoffs for the 2011 Cleveland Indians. Unless they kill it in April and everybody plays lights out, I don’t see it happening.
- I don’t think they will be terrible either. They should be pretty solid, and they could win 75ish games. I know that’s nothing to write home about, but they have to be better than last year, right?
- Warren Moon thinks that the criticisms of Cam Newton are racially motivated. He’s probably right. A lot of pundits have him going to the Bengals at #4. I would not like to see him to go the Bengals.
- Former Washington QB Jake Locker had his pro day yesterday. Depending on who you talk to, it was either impressive, or way too easy. Aren’t all pro days way too easy? If you ask me, I think all Division I QBs should be able to make every throw with no defenders.
- The headline of this story is amusing.
Is anybody going to Opening Day today? If you do, take some pictures, write down your story, and send it to me. I’ll post it here next week. You can email me at tribalpursuit@chroniclet.com.
Here’s a tribute to the 2007 Indians. Here’s hoping they can reclaim some of that magic. Of course their roster was 100x better then, but nobody thought they’d go to the ALCS. Enjoy.
craig
April 1st, 2011 at 10:59 am
Summer in Cleveland is 100x better when the Tribe is contending. Unfourtunately, they wont. Not enough pitching, youngest team in baseball, and too much money tied up in a singles hitting DH.
The future however does look bright (as in like 2012 & 2013). I do think Carrasco and Masterson will suprise… they both have good stuff and just need to stay away from the middle of the plate. IMO Talbot and Tomlin are just keeping the seat warm for Drew Pomeranz and Alex White. Pomeranz is going to be a stud and our ACE very soon. Lonnie Chisenhall will be up in Aug/Sept and he will be our 3B for the foreseable future.
For this year, there are just to many questions. Can Sizemore be productive again? Can Laporta and Brantley become solid everyday MLB players? Can Assdribble and Santana stay healthy? Can Santana step right into the 4 hole and become the star I think he can be? Can Hafner actually hit for power like he did when he was on roids?
This season should tell us a lot and I expect us to come out of it knowing we have a solid core ready to contend again in 2012. Keeping Choo, Santana, and Perez is a must IMO.
nastruthomas
April 1st, 2011 at 11:46 am
why are you missing it?
did you see the reds last night? pretty tight.