The B-List Lite: 10/1 - 10/3

The Indians drop 2 of 3 to the White Sox to end the season, and the game recaps feature:

• Fausto Carmona's strong finish
• Carlos Carrasco's streak-ender
• The Thumper Rule applied
• Relief pitching, mayonnaise frequency, and John Updike's letter distribution
• Shin-Soo Choo and base ten bias
• Mike Brantley as Juan Pierre
• My flawless record of karma de-hancement
• The lineup as a game of "Telephone"

There are lots of places to see it rain on the Tribe, but only one place to read The B-List.

The B-List Lite: 9/29

The Indians sweep the Tigers to even the season series, and the game recaps feature:

• Mitch Talbot's season-ending gem
• Josh Tomlin's last start of ordinariness
• Pronk smash!
• Smash-Soo Choo & the Golden Sombrero
• The Best Bunt in the World
• Raw steak and live shrews
• Chris Perez: no longer on Lou Marson's Christmas list
• Shelley Duncan's career steal percentage raises 1000 points

There aren't many places to see Shelley Duncan steal a base, but only one place to read The B-List.

The B-List Lite: 9/27

The Indians take the opener from Detroit, and the game recap features:

• The dominance of Armando Galarraga
• The shelling of Armando Galarraga
• The comparison for Armando Galarraga
• Triple Smash Action!
• Carlos Nagy
• The bullpen in action
• Where has Luke Carlin been all my life?
• Where Luke Carlin has been all my life

There are lots of places to see the home team win a DET-CLE matchup, but only one place to read The B-List.

The B-List Lite: 9/24 - 9/26

The Indians sweep the Royals into the basement, and the game recaps feature:

• Josh Tomlin's first major-league complete game
• A treatise on cut fastballs
• Ordinary starts by ordinary starters
• An impressive bullpen showing
• Shin-Soo Choo voodoo dolls on sale in KC
• Even bad teams are capable of magic
• A disturbing comparison involving Jayson Nix, a Royal, and Muppets
• Blue Moon Specials!

There are lots of places to see home runs on fat hanging curves, but only one place to read The B-List.

The B-List Lite: 9/21

There is no pithy list today.  No set of bullet points, no teasers, no snidely-worded jabs.  There is no mention of what the Indians did well, or did poorly, or in fact, did at all.

Instead, I will point you to the recap with the caveat that last night's loss squashed what little sense of hope I had about this team next season.  Yes, a meaningless (to Cleveland) late-inning road loss to a superior team has emotionally wiped out the entire concept of 2011 success.  This is probably an overreaction.  I do not care.

There are lots of places to see Cleveland Fail, but only one place to read The B-List.

The B-List Lite: 9/20

The Indians drop the opener in Minnesota after going 2-1 in KC, and the game recap features:

• The Purpose of September
• Jeanmar Gomez' focus
• Andy Marte's special night
• The author admits his ignorance
• Drew Sutton and the nickel-plated schmoes in Clumbus
• Compare and contrast: Tony Sipp v. Joe Smiff
• Notes from the weekend: Choo & Lou, Yoon steals home, rain delays of death
• Happy 8th birthday, Isobel!

There are lots of places to see an inability to get the third out, but only one place to read The B-List.

The B-List Lite: 9/16

The Indians take the sesaon series from the Angels on a bloop single by Christopher Lloyd, and the game recap features:

• Fausto's newfound command
• Raffy Perez rights the ship
• Over the bullpen's collective heads
• Trevor Crowe's hitting prowess
• Unfair derision
• Managerial Second-Guessers!
• Very, very, very* bad  September offense

There are lots of places to see an error by a third baseman cost a team a win in a Cleveland game, but only one place to read The B-List.

* very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very

The B-List Lite: 9/15

The Angels bore the Indians to death, and the game recap features:

• Jeanmar Gomez' inability to win without stuff
• Gomez' silver lining
• Justin Germano, tomorrow's Jamey Wright
• Frank Herrmann, tomorrow's Frank Herrmann
• Jensen Lewis, today's Eddie Moo
• Every interesting plate appearance after the second inning
• Welcome to the club, Drew Sutton!

There are lots of places to see the Indians offense get throttled, but only one place to read The B-List.

The B-List Lite: 9/14

Shelley Duncan single-handedly beats the Angels, and the game recap features:

• Duncan's magical night
• Duncan's long-term value
• Josh Tomlin's high-wire act
• Mike Brantley, leadoff hitter
• Walks for fun and not fun
• The Bob Wickman Commemorative Save
• The silver lining of Travis Hafner's AB

There are lots of places to see the Indians ride homers to a victory, but only one place to read The B-List.

The B-List Lite: 9/10 - 9/12

The Indians drop two of three to the Twins despite 1 ER allowed by starters in over 23 IP, and the game recaps feature:

• Fausto Carmona's changeup
• Carlos Carrasco written in pen
• Mitch Talbot's Dead Cat Bounce Redux
• Justin Masterson, ersatz swingman
• Today's Science Lesson!
• Schmuckoglobin
• The highly-productive duo of ... catchers?!
• Luis Valbuena's errorless game (singular)

There are lots of places to see more low-scoring games, but only one place to read The B-List.

The B-List Lite: 9/7

Tofu lou Marson's grand slam (yes!) leads the Tribe past Caliheimgeles, and the game recap features:

• Tofu Lou's golden bat
• Tofu Lou's golden arm
• Tofu Lou's most surprising stat
• Justin Masterson makes an adjustment
• Travis Hafner looks familiar
• Jayson Nix' Tinfoil Hat
• Mike Brantley, one-man Terror on the Basepaths
• Walks for fun and profit

There are lots of places to see the Indians ride homers to a victory, but only one place to read The B-List.

The B-List Lite: 9/3 - 9/6

The Indians finish a split with the Mariners and take the Labor Day opener from the Angels, and the game recaps feature:

• Felix Hernandez is very good
• Getting no-hit by Luke French is very UN-good
• Mitch Talbot's Dead Cat Bounce
• Secretary of State Jessica Simpson
• Live weasels
• The invention of Punyball
• Chris Perez: still awesome
• Raffy Perez: a bit less awesome
• Terror on the Basepaths!
• Red Flag Carrasco

There are lots of places to see low-scoring games, but only one place to read The B-List.

The B-List Lite: 9/2

The Shin-Soos Choo take the opener in Seattle, and the game recap features:

• Josh Tomlin's Inning of Crap™
• A comparison you'd probably I didn't make
• Double Gloating Action
• Tony Sipp's key skills
• Chris Perez, strike-thrower
• A drunken colobus monkey
• Familiar faces doing familiar things
• Tofu Lou is not impressed

There are lots of places to see an Inning of Crap™, but only one place to read The B-List.

The B-List Lite: 9/1

The White Sox finish sweeping the Tribe with another late-inning win, and the game recap features:

• Carlos Carrasco's start
• Fundamental difference
• Goofus and Gallant
• The root of much evil
• New Math
• Jayson Nix: Not Jhonny Peralta
• Shin-Soo Choo: Still Good
• How hard is it to find a left fielder who can HIT?

There are lots of places to see homers play a pivotal role in an Indians game, but only one place to read The B-List.

The B-List Lite: 8/31

The Indians make a furious comeback to convert a 4-1 deficit into a 4-3 loss, and the game recap features:

• A list of players more odious than A.J. Pierzynski
• Justin Masterson's role
• Justin Masterson's performance
• Marln Brando watches Frank Herrmann pitch
• Botching the comeback
• Joe Smiff's vestibular region filled with Pop Rocks
• Gorgonzola cheese
• Shelley Duncan's milestone

There are lots of places to see homers play a pivotal role in an Indians game, but only one place to read The B-List.