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Posted: **Tue Mar 26, 2013 8:40 am**

Brett Myers has pitched poorly all spring

, which is why he opens the season as our No. 3 starter. Carrasco will be back soon taking that rotation spot

Posted: **Tue Mar 26, 2013 10:13 pm**

Once again, the Cleveland Indians scammed 3,500 fans into believing they would see Major League players in a ST game. With 4 days before they break camp, the lineup contained 1 starter.

In Winter Haven they posted the starting lineup for both teams outside the ticket office. If I was in line to buy a ticket and saw today's starting lineup I would have done a U-Turn and headed for the back fields. At least there you don't have to pay to see minor leaguers.

And you wonder why the Indians can't draw flies.

Posted: **Tue Mar 26, 2013 10:25 pm**

Athletics 7, Indians 6(10)
March 26, 2013

GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) - Brett Anderson is ready for the season to start.

Anderson, Oakland's opening-day pitcher, gave up three runs and six hits in 5 1-3 innings, and the Athletics went on to beat the Cleveland Indians 7-6 in 10 innings on Tuesday.

"Once I get this last start out of the way, it will hit me," Anderson said. "It's an honor to go out there and get that first start. It's going to be exciting."

Anderson missed most of last season for the Athletics recovery from elbow surgery but made it back for the playoffs. He pitched six scoreless innings against Detroit in the AL Division series.

"I threw some good fastballs and changes to get some ground balls. I'm ready to get up in the bigs with some humidity maybe the breaking ball will be better," Anderson said. "It was good to get my stamina built up."

Eric Sogard doubled home Michael Choice with the tying run in the fifth inning and then scored two outs later on Yoenis Cespedes' fourth home run of the spring to put the A's up 5-3.

Jose Ramirez had an RBI single in the ninth, advanced to third on Ryan Rohlinger's single to center and scored the tying run on Travis Blackley's wild pitch.

"We want to use Buckley for multiple innings," Oakland manager Bob Melvin said. "It is something we are trying to make a decision on. Those are the situations you evaluate closely."

Blackley also pitched the 10th and picked up the win.

Daric Barton's two-out single in the top of the 10th put Oakland back ahead, and Nate Freiman scored two batters later on a bases-loaded walk to Luke Montz to increase the lead to 7-5.

Todd Hankins had an RBI grounder for the Indians in the bottom of the 10th.

Zach McAllister, who will make the major league opening day roster for the first time, gave up five runs and eight hits in 5 2-3 innings.

"Delivery wise I felt very good. I had good life on my fastball," McAllister said. "Every thing was good except for that curve ball to Cespedes. He's a really good hitter I wanted to be aggressive and I made too good of a pitch for him to hit."

McAllister had to iron out his mechanics after he was told he earned a spot in the starting rotation.

"My spring was up and down," McAllister said. "Half way through I got out of sync a little bit mechanically. I got a little frustrated by that. I was extremely happy today with my delivery. I wasn't happy with the results. I wanted to go out and put up zeros but I got my delivery back and that's what makes me successful

Brandon Moss doubled and Josh Reddick tripled for Oakland.

Grant Balfour, recovering from arthroscopic surgery on his right knee on Feb. 14, retired all three batters he faced for the A's.

Indians closer Chris Perez made his first official spring appearance since straining his right shoulder on Feb. 26. He retired all three batters he faced, one by strikeout.

"Perez looked really good," Indians manager Terry Francona said. "He felt good. He said he was a little rusty. I didn't look like that. He was throwing free and easy and letting it fly. The ball came out of his hands really well."

NOTES: Daisuke Matsuzaka and Matt Capps signed minor league contracts with the Indians. Both players were released from contracts earlier this week to avoid the $100,000 retention bonus that is mandated by the collective bargaining agreement. ... LHP Rich Hill, RHP Vinnie Pestano and RHP Matt Albers pitched in minor league games for the Indians. ... Cleveland SS Asdrubal Cabrera will rest one more day before taking batting practice. Cabrera has missed three games with back spasms. ... Balfour has made three appearances since returning from his surgery. "They told me I would be out 4-6 weeks and I'm back in four. All my stuff is ready for the season," Balfour said. He has retired all nine batters he's faced. ... Athletics 2B Adam Rosales was placed on the 15-day disabled list with strained left intercostal muscles (muscles in the ribs). Rosales was injured Monday night while making a throw in a game against Milwaukee. "It's too bad for a guy that was finally healthy again and putting together good at-bats. He is a tough one to lose," manager Bob Melvin said.

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OAKLAND (7) AT CLEVELAND (6)

 OAKLAND          AB  R  H BI  CLEVELAND           AB  R  H BI
 E Sogard 2b       3  1  1  1  F Lindor ss          5  0  1  0 
 S Sizemore 2b     2  0  0  0  M Aviles lf          4  1  1  0 
 J Lowrie ss       3  0  1  0  B Jeroloman c        1  0  0  0 
 H Nakajima ss     2  0  1  0  C Santana c          3  0  1  1 
 T Ladendorf pr-ss 0  1  0  0  B Myles pr-lf-cf     1  1  1  0 
 J Reddick rf      4  1  1  0  M Carson dh          4  0  0  0 
 D Myers lf        0  0  0  0  R Raburn rf          3  1  1  1 
 Y Cespedes lf     2  2  1  2  J Toole rf           0  0  0  0 
 C Oberacker lf-rf 2  0  0  0  J Henry cf           3  0  1  0 
 B Moss 1b         3  0  1  1  T Hankins ph-lf      2  0  0  1 
 N Freiman 1b      1  1  0  0  G Urshela 3b         3  1  1  0 
 S Smith dh        3  0  0  0  C Chen ph-1b         2  1  1  0 
 D Barton ph-dh    2  0  1  1  J Ramirez 2b         4  1  2  2 
 J Donaldson 3b    3  0  2  0  J Sabourin 1b        3  0  0  0 
 A Parrino 3b      1  0  0  0  R Rohlinger ph-3b    1  0  1  0 
 J Jaso c          2  0  0  0  
 L Montz c         1  0  1  1  
 M Choice cf       5  1  2  0  
 TOTALS           39  7 12  6  TOTALS              39  6 11  5

 OAKLAND                   200 030 000 2--  7
 CLEVELAND                 110 100 002 1--  6

 E--Y Cespedes, G Urshela. DP--CLEVELAND 2. 
 LOB--OAKLAND 8, CLEVELAND 7. 2B--B Moss, E Sogard,
 F Lindor, B Myles. 3B--J Reddick, M Aviles. HR--Y 
 Cespedes 1 (4) (off Z McAllister), R Raburn 1 (5) 
 (off B Anderson). SB--J Henry 2 (2). CS--J 
 Donaldson. S--D Myers, J Toole. SF--C Santana.
                                   IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR
  OAKLAND
 B Anderson                     5 1-3   6   3   2   1   1   1
 E Scribner                       2-3   0   0   0   0   0   0
 G Balfour                          1   0   0   0   0   0   0
 J Norberto                         1   1   0   0   0   1   0
 T Blackley (W,1-1)                 2   4   3   3   1   2   0
  CLEVELAND
 Z McAllister                   5 2-3   8   5   5   2   3   1
 N Hagadone                       1-3   0   0   0   0   0   0
 C Perez                            1   0   0   0   0   1   0
 J Gil                              2   2   0   0   0   2   0
 J Flores (L,0-1)                   1   2   2   2   2   0   0

 WP--T Blackley 2, Z McAllister. HBP--N Freiman by
 J Flores. SO--OAK: D Barton, E Sogard, M Choice, Y
 Cespedes, N Freiman, J Reddick. CLE: M Carson, T 
 Hankins, F Lindor, M Aviles. BB--OAK: J Jaso, A 
 Parrino, Y Cespedes, L Montz. CLE: M Carson, R 
 Raburn. T--3:06. A--3,512.

Posted: **Wed Mar 27, 2013 6:59 pm**

•Francisco Lindor is a flat-out fantastic fielder, and I truly believe would make a run at the gold glove right now. I’ve honestly not seen him in a live game all that much, but I have talk to several folks connected to the Indians, either through scouting or the media that say the same thing. His range is immense, his work ethic may be the best in the system, and his maturity with how he handles himself is something special.

•Yesterday, he simply put on a display of what he can do right now. He made several memorable plays. The first came with a runner on first base and a ball was hit sharply up the middle. Lindor covered the ground easily, fielded the ball, backhanded it to Jose Ramirez, who tagged the bag and nailed the runner at first for the double play. It was a great play.

•He later made another sensational play up the middle when he fielded a ball on the second base side of the bag and made a spinning throw to first in time to get the runner. There were others in the game as well, as Lindor made nine total plays in the game. He also roped a double and hit the ball sharply all day long.

•There were lots of other interesting prospects playing today, including the out-of-nowhere top prospect, Jose Ramirez. He’s hit everywhere he’s gone, and today was no exception. He went 2-for-4, with a run and two RBI, and was part of the fielding clinic put on up the middle.

Posted: **Wed Mar 27, 2013 7:07 pm**

If anyone watched Sunday's game in its entirety (Indians 10-5 over the Mariners), Lindor had three hits including a triple, Ramirez had a pair of hits including a two run double that broke the game open.

In that game, the shoe was on the other foot. Jose Ramirez had 9 plays fielded flawless and one of them was a highlight reel gem. A smash up the middle, barehanded flip to Lindor for the out at second and a bullet to first to complete the double play.

Everyone's been watching Lindor and most know what he is capable of. I watched Ramirez all winter and to date, he is no flash in the pan. He's only 19 years old and mature far beyond his years. If we can keep Lindor and Ramirez together in the minors and on into the majors, we wil be treated to an exciting keystone combination up the middle.

Lindor hopes to get his gold glove this summer. Ramirez has already picked up two for his collection. One at Lake County and one for the Toros this winter.

Posted: **Wed Mar 27, 2013 10:22 pm**

Good gloves are a dime a dozen. The question is can the guys with the good gloves hit Major League pitching.

AA is the first test.

Posted: **Thu Mar 28, 2013 1:35 pm**

For these two kids that test is still a year away.

Posted: **Thu Mar 28, 2013 10:35 pm**

Watching yesterday's game. I see Stubbs wears #11. Who was the last #11 we had?

Posted: **Thu Mar 28, 2013 10:58 pm**

VT'er wrote:Watching yesterday's game. I see Stubbs wears #11. Who was the last #11 we had?

The immortal Jamey Carroll

Posted: **Fri Mar 29, 2013 12:23 am**

New season starts Tuesday.

Be here, or just wait in the wings for opportune easy moments like Rusty waits for..

Just be here.

J.R. touted me on a flick titled "Fever Pitch," and after watching, it got my Cleveland Indians baseball vibes flowing a bit.

My wife is hotter than the once drug addled Drew Barrymore.

Posted: **Fri Mar 29, 2013 10:40 am**

Tribe Fan in SC/Cali wrote:
J.R. touted me on a flick titled "Fever Pitch," and after watching, it got my Cleveland Indians baseball vibes flowing a bit.

A really fun baseball movie, especially if you follow the Red Sox, or have been to Boston.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNns4YlyRvQ

Posted: **Fri Mar 29, 2013 11:12 am**

Or even if you just like Drew Barrymore.

Posted: **Sun Mar 31, 2013 5:43 pm**

Keep saying it and you may believe it some day.

Posted: **Tue Apr 02, 2013 4:16 pm**

We open with a night game, apparently?

Posted: **Tue Apr 02, 2013 9:21 pm**

Yes, CIV. Night game in Toronto. I guess the tradition of not posting during the game continues. It's now 4-1, Tribe, top of 7th. ACab hit a two-run homer.

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