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• Terry Francona and Broadcaster Don Orsillo Fight In The Dugout [Video]

  
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  Boston, MA — Cleveland Indians Manager Terry Francona got into a pre-game wrestling match with old friend Don Orsillo last night in the visitor’s dugout at Fenway Park. It was all in good fun, though, although Orsillo seemed to get the worst of it. Orsillo is the affable long-time Red Sox television ...
  13 hours ago

• Memorial Day 2013

  
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  Note: I wrote this in 2007 while a military analyst at NBC News. With a few word changes, I think it holds true yet today. The original is still available at MSNBC.com . On behalf of a grateful nation Do not forget our fallen men and women COMMENTARY By Lt. Col. Rick Francona, U.S. Air Force (Retired) ...
  15 hours ago

• Mike Aviles: “You’ll never want to play for anybody else”

  
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  Buried in his Friday evening notes from Boston , MLB.com’s Jordan Bastian had this “quote to note” from Indians utility man Mike Aviles about manager Terry Francona: “I had numerous guys ask me, ‘What’s Tito like as a manager?’ I’d say, ‘I promise you, you’ll never want to play for anybody ...
  18 hours ago

• Linky Links

  
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  Stuff I found interesting and thought Id share. - One of the many reasons to like Terry Francona (and good sport Don Orsillo) - The Evan Gattis story keeps getting cooler and cooler - Speaking of cool stories - it doesnt get much better than Chris Colabellas finally making it to the Big Show - Heh Heh - ...
  18 hours ago

• What will we see next from mercurial Tribe rotation?

  
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  Entering the 2013 season, the consensus weakness of the Cleveland Indians roster was its starting rotation. While Chris Antonetti had gone out and significantly boosted the offense — throwing out four-year deals and making small moves for new bench guys — the starters remained mostly intact. And coming off the ...
  18 hours ago

• The Triumphant Return of Old Friend, Terry Francona

  
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  On Thursday evening before the Red Sox and the Indians took the field for their 7:10 start, Larry Lucchino walked over to Indians manager Terry Francona who was positioned behind the green, turtle shaped batting cage. The two shook hands and cordially spoke for a few minutes. Only Tito and Larry know what was spoken, ...
  21 hours ago

• Leading Off: The Bruins’ Chaos Theory

  
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  Sportswriters will not be totally surprised if the Boston Bruins allow their playoff series with the Rangers to become complicated.        
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• Indians 12 Red Sox 3: Tito’s Revenge Tastes So Sweet

  
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  Baseball is such a beautiful sport because the highs are so high and the lows can really get you down. The last seven days are a prime example. Your first place Cleveland Indians swept four games from the Seattle Mariners in dramatic fashion thanks to three walk off wins and a shutout from their ace Justin Masterson. ...
  1 day ago

• Friday’s Links – Daniel Takes Over

  
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  The elusive Smiling Jacoby. Photo (c) Kelly O’Connor, sittingstill.smugmug.com I’ve seized the opportunity to commandeer Fire Brand ’s regular links post from the tyrant Brett Cowett, since Brett is writing today’s column. As a result of that, today’s links have become 125% more awesome. Let’s get ...
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• Francona Wins Big in Return to Fenway

  
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  In his return to Fenway Park as manager of the Cleveland Indians , Terry Francona received a much-deserved standing ovation and video tribute. Unfortunately for the Boston Red Sox , he didn’t exactly extend the warmest welcome in return, as the Indians pummeled the Red Sox 12-3 to give Francona the win. The ...
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• Tribe Weekend Recap: Two Walk Offs and a Shutout – What More Could You Ask For

  
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  Magnificent weather. First-place baseball. Hot Dogs.  Walk-off wins. Shutout Sunday. Beating down another Cy Young Award winner in front of the home fans. I mean, honestly, could it get any better down at the corner of Carnegie and Ontario this weekend? I vowed not to discuss the attendance at Progressive Field , ...
  5 days ago

• Before You Say Anything…

  
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  Commentary| Before you assume to know what ills the Los Angeles Dodgers , you better have a pretty good idea of the makeup of this team. You should also know that there are seasoned baseball men running this organization, from Stan Kasten to Ned Colletti , to Don Mattingly . Don’t sit there thinking you with ...
  1 week ago

• The Tribe – The REAL Lead Sports Story in Town

  
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  I love my city. There is something special about our little community. We are all bound together by our misery. It is no secret that Cleveland is nationally viewed as a dying city, trying desperately to rebound. There are hundreds if not thousands of people here that do their best to promote programs to invigorate ...
  1 week ago

• Will the Real Indians Please Stand Up

  
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  The Indians season shows a split personality so far. In general, teams that lose big are poor teams. Teams that win big are good teams. Through game one of the April 28th double header, the Tribe was losing big. Since then, they’ve been winning big, as this graph demonstrates: Learn About Tableau ...
  1 week ago

• MLB News: Indians will call up Bauer to start game 2 of Monday’s doubleheader

  
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  According to Jordan Bastian of MLB.com Terry Francona has confirmed Trevor Bauer will be making his return to the big leagues on Monday. Bauer is set to start the second half of Monday’s doubleheader against the Yankees. Indians manager Terry Francona confirmed that RHP Trevor Bauer will be called up to start Game ...
  2 weeks ago

• 3 Up 3 Down: Let’s Not Push the Panic Button

  
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  Note: Written before Friday nights game. Well, since the last installation of 3 Up 3 Down the Boston Red Sox have been less than spectacular. In fact, they have been pretty awful; losing 5 of their last 6 dating back to Saturday’s loss to the Rangers. In short, it hasn’t been pretty. The new Red Sox closer: ...
  2 weeks ago

• Cleveland Indians Will Finish Season As Team With Most Home Runs

  
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  David Richard-USA TODAY Sports It has been well-documented that for the last three seasons the Cleveland Indians have been a team that peaks too early and falters in the second half of the MLB season. With more than a month of the season already in the books, the Indians are following the same formula and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Tribe starting pitching continues to impress

  
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  Perhaps the Indians are getting a little lucky. Even in a beleaguered sports town like Cleveland luck has to turn your way at least a little from time to time. With Scott Kazmir returning to All Star form and Ubaldo Jimenez suddenly looking at least competent, the Indians appear to have a starting rotation that can ...
  2 weeks ago

• Out With The Crowd: "Happily surprised, obviously"

  
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  Bill Simmonss Dad is not actually Bill Simmonss actual dad. Hes my friend Mike, and hes a Red Sox fan…still, even after last year. Heh. I spoke to him a couple weeks ago about the Farrell regime, Napolis resurgence, and the lines between the leagues. I actually meant to go back and read last years , because ...
  2 weeks ago

• Cleveland Indians talk – trying not to talk attendance, Swisher’s intangibles, Francona and Ubaldo and more with TD – WFNY Podcast – 2013-05-09

  
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  We did talk briefly about the attendance, but really not much at all. We’ve both agreed that it shouldn’t dominate the headlines a second year in a row. Lackluster attendance and how tired we are of talking about it Bud Shaw’s article about the long-term project TV ratings and how far they’re up ...
  2 weeks ago

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