Comments on: In Many Ways, I Felt Right at Home

By: Stephanie Liscio

Stephanie Liscio — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:57:14 +0000

I’m a little slow to respond to this, but thankfully the Indians won game one of the series! I was hoping for no sweep as well…so now at least they’re assured one victory and the 2011 Ohio Cup.

I completely agree about Tampa Bay – they often have a lot of similarities with the Tribe. The one difference seems to be that a lot of their talent, they’ve acquired through the draft. I think the Indians did better with the trades of veterans than they did with the draft (except for the past couple of years – Chisenhall, White and Pomeranz both seem to be, so far, solid draft picks). I’m also a big fan of Joe Maddon, he seems like a very smart guy and a great leader. I have the MLB package where you can watch all of the games on the internet each day…many days I find myself selecting the Tampa Bay game.

By: TJ

TJ — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:06:42 +0000

Stephanie: I enjoyed your comparison of the Tribe with Oakland and Florida. I’ve felt these last few seasons the best comparison for the Tribe might be Tampa Bay. Both teams feature low pay rolls with mediocre fan support. Both teams take the long range view, doing it mostly thru the draft while trading some key players. The emphasis for both is pitching and down-the-middle defense. Offense for both is below average with little power. Both have one emerging superstar, A. Cabrera vs. Longoria. Both have one OF approaching stardom (time will tell): Brantley vs. Fuld. Both feature emerging solid starting pitching combined with off-season purchases in a successful pen. Both have good closers (Farnsworth has been unexpectedly so). I am still deciding on Acta as manager (I like what I see thus far) while I think TB’s Maddon may be the most underated manager in the Bigs. He is inventive and patient and worth a good post-game qoute. Both teams are over-achievers (a good thing for a small market franchise). I enjoy watching them play each other for these reasons. Both require fan patience as teams such as these take years to produce results..

By: Tribefan14

Tribefan14 — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:18:27 +0000

I was glad to see us pull out the win yesterday. The tribe was actually having some good at bats early but then seemed to get impatient again later in the game. I can only hope the pitchers bring their A games to this next series because the Reds are a very tough team. I will be pleased with at least one win from this series but 2 would great. I can’t even fathom a sweep