Comments on: Four story lines to watch this season http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=2252 A CLEVELAND INDIANS BLOG FROM THE ESPN SWEET SPOT NETWORK Fri, 24 May 2013 01:11:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Will McIlroy http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=2252#comment-1394 Will McIlroy Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:47:09 +0000 http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=2252#comment-1394 I see Reuben Blades and Salma Hayek in a screen version directed by Robert Redford.

]]> By: Susan Petrone http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=2252#comment-1392 Susan Petrone Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:25:57 +0000 http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=2252#comment-1392 I won’t quibble with your quibble, although Hernandez still has a lot of red tape to untangle before he has to worry about redemption. But doesn’t “The Redemption of Manny Acta” have a nice ring to it?

]]> By: Will McIlroy http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=2252#comment-1390 Will McIlroy Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:00:34 +0000 http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=2252#comment-1390 Good post. I would add a fifth story line– Derek Lowe. Tomlin scares me (the league has adjusted and he doesn’t have the arm to ‘surprise’ anymore) so we need Jimenez, Lowe and Slowey/Gomez to step forward.

Lowe has been out of the American league long enough that teams will need time to track him and reportedly he has corrected some mechanical flaws and rediscovered his sinker. On the upside, he’ll give us innings, keep us in games and has a chance to win 12-14. We’ll need that durability to maintain the bullpen if Tomlin tanks.

One quibble. Would the ‘redemption’ tag not better apply to Hernandez than Acta? I agree this is the year Acta must prove himself but his record with the Nationals was poor because the team was poor. So far in Cleveland his field judgment looks solid.

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