Comments on: A Terrible, Terrible Day

By: Stephanie Liscio

Stephanie Liscio — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:08:52 +0000

Drew, I think you may be onto something there. Although one interesting point (knock on wood) the bullpen has remained pretty healthy throughout the season, and that’s pretty unusual. It seems to be heavily weighted toward position players. One other thing that could also be going on – do you remember how the Indians used to be really evasive about player injuries? Guys would be playing hurt, and they’d be really tight lipped about it. I specifically remember Victor Martinez several years ago. Something was obviously up – he’d hit almost no home runs, really struggled at the plate during the first part of the season. Then they finally come out and admit that his arm is bothering him and he needs surgery. They made some dumb crack about how Victor at 80% is still better than no Victor at all. I think that may be the case with Sizemore at least – never 100%, but they pushed him back and kept it under wraps.

MikeD, I’m hoping he’s just going through a bad slump and isn’t injured as well (that’s immediately where my brain goes these days). Hopefully with 2 days off to clear his head, he’ll look better this weekend.

By: MikeD

MikeD — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:16:43 +0000

What is up with ACab lately (8 for 40 in his last 10 games)? He has been stranding men on base a lot over the past week and his fielding is suffering too. I know this is the most games he’s played during the season in his career and he could use the rest, but he needs to step it up and play like an all-star again since we can’t rely on anyone else with all the injuries.

By: Drew

Drew — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:22:18 +0000

With all of these injuries and and apparent lack of endurance it appears that there is a problem the with coaching. Since the Tribe has a knack for dismissing coaches, is the trainer or conditioning coach on the hot seat?