Comments on: Pleasantly surprised

By: Susan Petrone

Susan Petrone — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:59:46 +0000

@Bob: My husband is a huge Cleveland sports fan. Our first date was actually an Indians game (He said those four magic words: “I have season tickets” and I was putty in his hands.) But he’s the quintessential Cleveland fan in that he gets so frustrated when they lose that he can’t watch because it drives him too crazy. That being said, we do occasionally have reverse gender roles. When we first started going out, the now-defunct Cleveland Rockers were in the WNBA playoffs. He was still in the cow-eyed lovey-dovey phase of the relationship. I did actually say to him: “Can we please talk about our relationship later? I’m watching the game.”

By: Bob Timmermann

Bob Timmermann — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:47:45 +0000

So you live in a household where the husband controls the remote, but doesn’t have it on sporting events? Holy gender role reversal Batman!

By: Susan Petrone

Susan Petrone — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:53:02 +0000

Yeah, Cord Phelps is troubling me too. I’m willing to give him a bit more time to acclimate to the major leagues. It took him several plate appearances to get a hit (and a few more to start hitting more regularly). How long do you wait before you say, Gee, the kid isn’t ready defensively and leaving him up here is going to mess with his confidence? And I agree, Manny Acta did do a lot of clever shuffling last night to keep the pitchers away from the batter’s box.

By: Drew

Drew — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:59:39 +0000

Cord Phelps bothers me. Isn’t he supposed to be a very capable fielder? He already has 5 errors this season as an Indian. Those are the kind of numbers you’d expect from a little league second baseman. I am little concerned also by Lonnie Chisenhall’s hits. Both pitches were on the outside of the plate and he pulled both of them. In contrast, A-Cab’s homerun was to the opposite field. I have to give props to Manny Acta with how he managed the game last night. On two separate occasions, he combined a pitching change with a defensive substitution to prevent the pitcher from having to hit. The second of which brought O-Cab to the plate with two outs in the top of the nineth. Between all the substitutions and pitching changes, I think I counted that 18 players were involved in last night’s game.