Friday, July 9, 2010

The B-List Lite: 7/8

The Tribe loses opener in Tampa despite several Apocalyptic Signs, and today's game recap features:


  • Jake Westbrook's excellent K:BB ratio
  • Jake Westbrook's execrable home run pitches
  • Signs of the Apocalype: Mike Brantley
  • Signs of the Apocalype: Andy Marte
  • Signs of the Apocalype: Carlos Santana bunts, Jason Donald fields
  • Signs of the Ordinary: Most everything else
  • Salient observation about LeBron James
There are not many places to see Mike Brantley hit a home run, but only one place to read The B-List.

Thursday, July 8, 2010

The B-List Lite: 7/7

The Tribe loses the rubber match of the Texas series 4-3, and today's game recap features:


  • Mitch Talbot's great and terrible movement
  • Jayson Nix cannot be contained
  • Carlos Santana: still good
  • Bottom of the order: still bad
  • Tony Sipp: good once again
  • Manny Acta's objectionable baldness
  • Managerial Head-Scratchers
There are lots of places to see the Tribe hit a home run and have it matter not one iota, but only one place to read The B-List.

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

The B-List Lite: 7/6

The Tribe drops a heartbreaker 12-1, and today's game recap features:


  • Live weasels
  • Coked-up Gila Monsters
  • Very bad foul-catching technique
  • Anderson Hernandez' 16th minute
  • Michael Brantley, jack of no trades
  • Nice hose!
  • Pointless butchery
There are lots of places to see the Tribe hit a home run and have it matter not one iota, but only one place to read The B-List.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

The B-List Lite: 7/5

The Tribe takes the opener in Texas 9-3, and today's game recap features:


  • Aaron Laffeybuss
  • Clutch relief strikeouts
  • A proper application of replay
  • Matt LaPorta's soft head
  • Chicks dig the long ball
  • Middle infielders with sticks
  • Poor Austin Kearns' body
There are lots of places to see the Tribe hit a home run, but only one place to read The B-List.

Monday, July 5, 2010

The B-List Lite: 7/2 - 7/4

The Indians drop two of three to Oakland through feeble hitting, and today's game recaps feature:


  • Shin-Soo Choo's injury
  • The Replacement Players Plus Three
  • Variant-free starting pitching
  • Run-free relief pitching
  • Jason Donald: steel glove, or stone hands?
  • Clutch LaPorta
  • Mike Redmond: not fast
  • Fausto Carmona, All-Star!
There are lots of places to watch low-scoring games, but only one place to read The B-List.