Well no...he was a fan signed out of the stands.

The combination of Brantley's assault on Joe D's 56 (only 41 to go...and we'll have to wait a whole off season for it to continue.), and Marson's assault on the Mendoza line. (slipped from .197 to .196 tonight), we have two incredible weeks of vintage Tribe baseball ahead the rest of 2010.

Holy crap and with all this Tribe excitement I almost forgot it's less than 4 days til Delhomme laces them up.

!!

Honest..I didn't thnk Lou was htiting that well.Thought more like .170.




Oh...that's Valbuena.

He's really good,too.

OT-TOE!!...OT-TOE!!

HC,look at it this way............










Oh never mind.

Meanwhile, Ohio State takes on the BetsyCats of Ohio University.





Looking for a better game than Cryami gave them.

Exhausto really is a fine pitcher, but boy does he make me tired.


25 pitches in the first ininng...34 through 2.

But he has struck out 5 of 6.

Down to 43 through 3. marson sitting at .199, it's becoming agonizing. I don't think he's made it to the Mendoza line once this year. One more hit tonight and he's there.

I was wrong. Lou peaked at .224 on May 2nd. He dropped below permanently on June 5th.

This line ups batting averages look like a dollar store advertsiement.

Exhausto is the ultimate team player. He gave up two solo shots just to extend the game to give Brantley the chance to continue to pursue Joe D. More ultimate drama as he leads off the bottom of the 10th.

You know it baby!! 9th inning last night, 10th inning tonight! 40 more to go!

!!OOOOOOOOOO!!

Great win. 60 and counting. Head to head with KC this weekend in the war for 4th place (Tribe a half game back, one back in the loss column). Exhausto extended his scoreless streak to 22 innings, Brantley got to 16 straight (Tribe trivia, were it not for a K in a pinch hitting appearance he'd be at 24 right now! and Brantley was hitting .118 at the All Star Break.). And sweet Lou up to .197. Regarding Mr Marson, there is one thing the INdians are best in the league at....speedy catchers. Tribe catchers 11 for 12 stealing bases...Lou 8 for 9...guitar legend 3 for 3 pre shredded-knee.)

The football clevenaders get KC too. Doesn't get much better than that....two cities that don't win facing off. I think the football game could be a tie.

Not the 90s anymore. Tribe team ERA in September--2.39 and team WHIP 0.97. Team record 7-7. That seems almost impossible to accomplish.

Didn't want you leave you hanging ,HC.Decided not to clown around here anymore because.....well I don't know why,but I'm not.

Strange statistic you point out,but the defense and hitting---would be nice to have it.

Beat the Chiefs or be The Philski...but in any case at least we're not Michigan's defense.




But then no one is.





Ohio State is pretty good, but not sure that good.

Gotta love those special teams and that running game.

Why--I don't know.

Brantley’s 18-game streak is the longest current run in the majors and the longest by a Cleveland rookie since Larry Doby hit in 21 straight in 1948.

Marson got it to .202 Friday night, but an 0-fer last night and he's below Mendoza line. Won't play today.

It's very exciting. And the Jake Delhomme era lasted one game. We move on to the Seneca Wallace era!

Meet the best closer in baseball since the all-star break that no one knows....Chris Perez.

24 games....23 scoreless games

26.1 innings, 15 hits, 9 walks, 30 Ks, 0.69 ERA, 14 saves.

...plus, he sports a mullet.