It seems like we've had a lot of games over the years where our young pitchers have become unglued after an error. It happened all the time with Colon and C.C., it happened to some extent in Gomez's last game, and it's happened tonight.

This team in its current state can't afford to blow 4-run leads.

And someone tell me again why the scoring rule that "you can't assume a double play" exists? All scoring judgments that an error has occurred are about making assumptions, so why should that be different in the case of a bad relay throw on what all recognize as a tailor-made double play grounder?

At least they came right back and tied it up. Haren is out now. Takahashi on. Runners at 2nd and 3rd, one out, bottom of 5th

Wow! It would take a lot of typing to summarize what just happened, but it is 7-5 now, nobody on, 2 out.

After a half-hour rain delay, we are in the top of the 9th now.

And now there is another delay with only 2 outs to go! 9-5, Tribe.

Game is supposed to start again at 11:25. I wonder if they will still have the fireworks.

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And yes, they are having the fireworks now.

Tomorrow marks Game 81, the official halfway point of the season.

With a win, we have a chance to end The 4th of July just one game out of first.

With a nod to Rainman, 27 days to the trade deadline.

Aside from the John Hart era, there haven't been many seasons we've been sitting this close to First Place as the halfway point is reached. At least in my about 50 years of active Cleveland Indians Fandom.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SFG/2010.shtml

Above is a link to the batting averages of the 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants that I watched up close and personal. Only Buster Posey topped .300, and then just barely. The RBI's weren't among the league leaders either.

Of course those San Francisco Giants had a stellar pitching staff. But our staff has shown flashes of brilliance for each thus far in 2012.

All things are possible.

"With God all things are possible" is the official motto of The Great State of Ohio, by the way.

Happy Birthday, America.

Pronk is back!

And he scores on a 3-run homer by Brantley!

The venerable left fielder bloops a single.

I don't get it....Duncan has been on a hot streak crushing the shit out of the ball.....Damon sure isn't there for defense....I don't know....I was all about giving Damon the benefit of the doubt...but there was too much doubt and not enough benefit for him to be on the field....

4th of July boom booms in Cleveland!

Kotchman with a 3 run blast to make it 9-1 us.......in the SECOND inning...


Ervin Santana has been chased.

And we send Santana to the showers after 1 1/3...

life isn't so good for the next guy....Kotchman hits the tribes 2nd three run homer of the game....8 runs charged to Santana....and Hanahan gets the first strike out of the game to end the inning....

9-1 going to the bottom of the second...yes the second.

Hello, Baron!

I'm just here for a bit as the wife and I are headed off to a dinner cruise and fireworks in Fort Myers....