Comments on: I Guess a Shutout is Better Than Being No-Hit

By: Seattle Stu

Seattle Stu — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:20:01 +0000

Stephanie, you nailed it with this post…..we are making opposing pitchers look way too good…where is the outrage from players/management?

By: Stephanie Liscio

Stephanie Liscio — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:51:50 +0000

Mark, you’re absolutely right – Sizemore did strike out 4 times. I’ll make sure to fix it. My husband booted me from the TV around the 7th inning to watch White Collar, so I switched to the radio. I thought Sizemore grounded out in his final at-bat, but he did strike out yet again! (And you’re right, it is pathetic). In his past 29 at bats (from Sunday, June 5 to Tuesday, June 14), Sizemore has struck out 12 times…that’s dangerously close to 50% of the time.

I had extremely low hopes for this team after I saw them play in spring training (in the annual “pick the standings” contest in which I participate, I put them dead last). How they’re playing now is how I feared they would end up. Pretty much everyone seems to hit in spring training; I saw games where the Indians only got 3 or 4 total hits. I saw Fausto Carmona lit up like a Christmas tree (I actually saw Carrasco hit pretty hard as well). It doesn’t mean that I wasn’t having a blast during the first part of the season; in fact, I think I enjoyed it so much just because my expectations had been so low.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:22:28 +0000

The box score I am looking at shows Sizemore “4 for 4″ in strikeouts. That is pathetic for a leadoff hitter making that kind of salary. I have been a Tribe fan all of my life (I was a member of the Al Luplow fan club as a kid). I apologize in advance for the next statements. While this team got off to a great start ,I could never come to embrace it as I did the teams in the 90′s. The starting pitching and stellar bullpen (and improved defense) is what carried the team in April. The hitting was always suspect given the career stats of these guys and it is now showing. The interesting thing is that hitters usually warm up with the weather, but not on this team. I will continue to root for the Tribe, but I agree with you that some benching, reassignments and releases are in order.