Friday, May 14, 2010

The B-List Lite: 5/13

The Tribe gives Zack Greinke his first win, and today's game recap features:


  • David Huff is bad
  • Ducks on the Pond
  • The badness of David Huff
  • Squander Ball against Bad Robinson Tejeda
  • David Huff's badness
  • The predictable failure of Grady Sizemore
  • David "Mr. Bad" Huff
There are lots of places to watch the Indians strand 11 runners, but only one place to read The B-List.

Indians Lean Hard to Port

Rob Neyer is off for a couple days, so he asked some of the SweetSpot bloggers to submit a piece in the theme of "What should your team do about [ill-performing player X]?"

For the Indians ... well ... singling out ONE ill-performing player is kind of a challenge.  Given that we have exactly two hitters doing well (arguably four, I guess), my piece would have been an eight-column installment plan, mostly ending in "scream helplessly and cry."

Instead, I sought a class of trouble we're having: namely, a near-total inability to hit left-handed pitching.  For more details, check out my entry on Rob's blog.

THEN you can scream helplessly and cry.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

The B-List: 5/12

The Tribe wins the series in KC in a rain-drenched affair, and today's game recap features:


  • Fausto Carmona's weasel factor
  • Aaron Laffey and Chris Perez add more weasality
  • Tony Sipp: not a weasel
  • Russ smash!
  • Drooby Doo!
  • Super Trey Hillman's Parade of Bad Decisions
  • Terror on the Basepaths!
There are lots of places to watch the Royals strand 13 runners, but only one place to read The B-List.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

The B-List Lite: 5/11

The Tribe takes the opener in KC, and today's game recap features:


  • Jake Westbrook adjusts, looks much the same
  • Russ Branyan connects!
  • Russ Branyan doesn't connect!
  • Plate discipline is not simply taking walks
  • The horror of the KC bullpen
  • Small Sample Size Follies
  • Mark Grudzielanek, useful player
There are lots of places to watch KC's bullpen combust, but only one place to read The B-List.

Monday, May 10, 2010

The B-List Lite: 5/7 - 5/9

The Indians do not lose a series and actually beat the Tigers, and today's game recaps feature:


  • Masterson fights Verlander to a draw
  • Talbot fights mediocrity to a draw
  • Branyan fights Suck, loses by split decision
  • Our new old closer
  • Our old new closer
  • The guy who probably ought to be closer
  • Good things from Travis Hafner and Mark Grudzielanek
  • Serial badness
There are lots of places to watch Luis Valbuena make another error, but only one place to read The B-List.