Tribe D'Agos

He throws a nice hook before he strikes a guy out (or before the word "and" at the end of a list).

WEEEEEEEEEEEEIRD Mike

God this whole season I'm not going to be able to get that Indians’ Harlem Shake video out of my head

  Eddie

Thinking about it is kinda like a bad burp that keeps coming up

  Mike

Or one of those not-nightmare bad dreams that sticks with you all week

Unsettling

  Eddie

Like thinking about Bob from Twin Peaks... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

  Mike

Eddie

Are you listening now to the Giants broadcaster going on and on about Bob Feller? Hahahahahaha

Mike

Hahahahahaha no just looking at Gameday

Eddie

Why aren't you listening to it? Cuz it’s not Hammy? Snob hahahahaha

Mike

Hahahahahahahahahahahahhaah we were watching Arrested Development

Mike

That broadcaster just compared Choo to Votto

Hahahahahaha comparing Choo to Votto is like comparing Mike Greenwell to Don Mattingly... Huh?

Eddie

Hahahahahahaahahahahahahhaahhahaah

I know I didn't understand that

Mike

I mean, Choo is a hell of a player... But Votto is the freakin best hitter in baseball

Eddie

Mike

Want to know something crazy? CC is only two years older than Verlander and has almost 70 more wins and 750 more strikeouts... it's unlikely that Verlander will win as many games as CC has in four years, much less two. Amazing.

Eddie

Yeah it's easy to overlook CC nowadays but he's still the best jahahahahahaah

Mike

Yep... well at least for now... soon it will be Felix

Eddie

750 more K’s????

Felix is baby CC

Mike

And that means if Verlander even won ever single start for 2 years he'd still not have as many

Eddie

I guarantee Felix is on pace to hang with those numbers

Mike

Oh yeah, he already has almost 100 wins and he's only 26. Which means, if his team is any good, he could have as many wins as Verlander does now by the time he's 28.

And I'm not trying to say anything against Verlander, but I just get tired of hearing about him... especially since Price, Felix, Kershaw, and a number of other guys are right on par with him.

  It's too bad national media annoys the crap out of me with the Tigers because otherwise I would really like them hahahahahaa definitely more than the Twins or White Sox. I've always likes Verlander, I love Prince Fielder, and other than Peralta I have respect for everyone else on their team. And Hunter is on their team now! Not to mention VMart of course.

Eddie

Yeah I know, I always liked the Tigers more than Twins or the Sox but it can't be helped--they're the touted leader of the division and I want their blood. Even the Royals, I've always liked, I can see myself wanting to beat the shit out of now that the media idolizes them

But I think competition is good! Makes it meaningful when you win

  Mike

Yeah, and I'm so sick of people talking about how weak the Central is. Well now we'll see what people think when we all beat the shit out of them haahahahahahahahaha

  Eddie

Eddie

Kipnis looked terrible again today ... and guess where he was hitting? 3 spot

    Mike

Yup. And now we're trying to sign him to a six-year contract hahahahahahahhahahaa

He and Brantley are the same age...

Eddie

What? A six-year deal? What on earth for?

With the kind of infielders we have, we should NOT be thinking long term with him

He's kinda turning into a Peralta HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH

Man I really hope we don't sign him, unless he stays tradeable but I worry that might not happen

Mike

HAHAHAHAHA well he's got two big reasons he's waaaay better than Peralta... speed and defense. But it does seem a little premature. They are also looking at a long term deal with Brantley. Brantley is eligible for arbitration after this year, Kipnis after 2014. So with Kip the deal might not get done til after this year. The reason that people think they'll be 5 to 6 year deals is because the front office said they wanted to avoid arbitration and maybe some free agency years with both of them.

Eddie

Well I know he's better than P Pot but I think they have to do everything they can to lock up Brantley before anything else, and 6 years is just too long anyway

Yeah realistically they shouldn't even think about it til they have to. Like next year. I'm most nervous that they won’t do enough to keep Brantley and he's key. I'm just saying Kip is a lot more dispensable in our future with our fleet of talent in middle infield

Not that they shouldn't offer him anything, just not until we have more important pieces locked up

It just makes me mad cuz Brantley isn't as popular as Kip and if that's why we sign him before MB.... gah

Logically, they should deal with Brantley before Kipnis

Mike

Eddie

I'm so sick of listening to them say Molina has "carried" and 'led" Puerto Rico ... he hasn't done shit. 0 RBIs. Meanwhile, Aviles has batted in 9/23 by himself

9 of the 23 runs

Mike

Jeez

And with the DR it's all about Cano... although at least he somewhat deserves it

Eddie

Well yeah Cano has been on fire... but it’s cool that Carlos has started the whole time! And they didn't mention his 500+ OBP.  Carlos has obviously been more effective than Molina! And they only talk about MOLINA? HAHAHAHAAH

Mike

I hate that guy

But it's really not his fault as much as it is stupid ass commentators

I'm rooting DR

Eddie

Yeah Molina is a bitch. He acts so obnoxious

Yeah I just love so many of the DR players. And I’m annoyed with Pagan and Molina so much haahahah

Mike

Yep hahahah

Eddie

Reyes is so awesome

Mike Oh yeah I've always loved Reyes

  And what's annoying is that Pagan and Molina ARE good players, but just nowhere near as good as you'd think from how much you hear about them

Eddie

Exactly! It’s not that they’re not good, it’s just how they obviously think they're so much better than they are...

Media buys into it

Or maybe Media starts it

Mike

There's Pagan sucking right there

Media starts it hahahahahaha

Eddie

Every game I've watched (and I'm not exaggerating) Pagan has made sub MLB defensive plays No joke

Like... horrible.

Mike

Maybe he's just slacking

Eddie

Maybe he's a terrible fielder! Hahaahahahaha

Mike

hahahahaha

Did I ever tell you about the fight Molina started with Brandon Phillips and the Reds?

Of course, Cardinals fans claim it was Phillips’ fault...

Eddie

No but I hope Phillips kicked his ass

Mike

Haahahaha it was a whole team brawl

  During a series against each other, and not waiting until he was safely away from them like some wimps (i.e., Chris Perez) Phillips said that the Cardinals were whiners, then the next game when he came up to bat he tapped it in a manner of respect on Molina--I guess a bunch of players do it to catchers of opposing teams--and Yadi kicked his bat and everyone started fighting

  It's not a great story, but it's indicative of how lame Molina is

Eddie

Yeah Molina can eat it hahahhahahahaah

Mike

Damn that pitcher has some movement on that ball

Eddie

Deduno? I know I can't believe he's not in mlb

Mike

Tribe should sign him! hahahahahah

Carlos knows him...

Oh, he's in the Twins’ organization

Eddie

Oh ok. They said he's trying to make MLB , so I guess he's with the Twins’ affiliate

Twins would probably want Myers... HAHAGAHAHAAH

Pagan never coulda made a play like De Aza just did hahahaahahahaha

Mike

Bah… Nelson “Eyebrows” Cruz

Eddie

Wow Deduno! !! Knocked out Pagan for a big KO and then stupid Pagan acted like he wanted to fight him for "celebrating" Pagan is the biggest turd!

Yeah we gotta get Carlos to put in a good word for us with this guy... heheheheehe

  Mike

Hey, guess who was the only Puerto Rican player to not leave a runner on base and one of only three to get a hit? That's right, Mike Aviles.

Eddie

Damn straight

His clutch ability is so impressive. That's his element

Mike

Mike

Glad the WBC is over and the boys are coming home!

  Eddie

Exactly! And If we ever get anywhere, he's gonna be huge

  Mike

Yep. Our depth is like 10x better than last year

  Eddie

Yeah! Finally. Hahahahaahahahaa

  Mike

UGGGGHHHH I just watched a video of the trophy hoisting for the DR and the shit-brained announcers spent the whole time talking about a what-if DR team with all the "best" players from the DR... and they basically replaced every single person on that team! Including Santana, which makes no sense.

I wanted to puke

They won the fucking tournament!

I really, truly hate national sports media

They have tapioca for brains

  Eddie

Like who would they replace them with?

  Mike

They listed them

Melky Cabrera - CF Pujols - 1B Bautista - RF Beltre - 3B Ortiz - DH

Castro - SS

  Eddie

That doesn't make any sense. Hahahahahaa the only person I'd talk about replacing is Molina with Sandy. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

  Mike

Rosario - C Carlos Gomez - CF Cueto - P

HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH

Yeah I think they were purposely picking players who weren't there, but still

  Eddie

I guess they're just showing how much talent DR has... but no duh, they just went undefeated!!! They can't get better than that! Hahahaahahahaha

Yeah pretty weird. And when I was watching the idiot was talking about how the DR are like the US hockey players on the Miracle team... and I have no idea what the hell he was talking about. That came straight out his ass

  Mike

HAHAHAHAHA yeah that is completely stupid. If all of the DR players were amateur status and were not expected to compete then maybe hahahahahahahahahahah

  Eddie

Mike

We saw a commercial with McCutchen yesterday, and Joanna said he reminded her of Paul D'Ago. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA of course.

"Dude, I'm a really cleaaaaaan CF."

  Eddie

Eddie

  Why is Huff still on our team? Hehehehe

How bout Brantley back in form.

  Mike

Yeah, it didn't take him long. 3 for 3.

  Eddie

I love the Indians!

  (Next game…)

  Eddie

I like this lineup!!

They got Chisenhall batting 3rd.

Mike

Man, I know. And Brantley!!!! The guy is a beast.

 I keep watching his home run. 3-0 pitch... Beautiful. Also, it's hilarious bc it says "7th home run of the season." I was like, uhhh.... That's definitely his first. Hahahahahahagagagagagagahahahahaha

If Brantley had 7 HRs this spring, even with missing time and along with how amazing he has been, I'm pretty sure everyone would be going crazy hahahahahaha.

  Eddie

Maybe your eyesight is bad and you mistook a 1 for a 7... and a S for a T and a T for an H. HAHAHAHAHHAAHA

   (Next game…)

  Mike

Gonna watch this sucka on da big screen! Well, 19" screen.

  Man, this is the lineup we should have. Screw Kipnis hahahahahahaahaha.

  Brantley is a PRO.

The Pro.

  HAHAHAHAHAHAA Squisher suuuucks.

  Eddie

I can't wait to kick Wedge’s ass today.

  Mike

Oh man Wedge would loooooove Kipnis... We should trade him straight up for Felix hahahahahahahagagagahahahahah.

    Eddie

And then somehow convince the Reds to give Phillips back hehehehehehwh.

"Hey you got Jason Donald now, you don't neeeeeeeed Phillips..."

"You're just being selfish, Cincinnati."

  Mike

HAHAHAHAHAHA three team trade: Kipnis, Donald, and Squisher to Seattle, Felix and Phillips to us, and someone from Mariners to Reds HAHAHAHA.

Morales maybe.

Votto can play second.

  Eddie

Ackley to the reds, Felix to us, Donald, Kipnis, Squish, and Myers to Seattle and the Reds give us Philips... man they'd have to be stupid hahahahaahha.

The Reds would trade BP and JD for Dustin Ackley essentially.

  Mike

HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH yeah not a great trade for anyone but us.

    Eddie

That's how I like it.

In a way I could see Seattle maybe considering since they'd get the 4 players (and Wedge would wet himself for guys like Squish and Kip) but again, they'd have to be stupid.

  Mike

Well, yeah.

  Basically, I want Phillips straight up for Kipnis, but I don't think the Reds are dumb enough.

That's why I thought the Mariners could get involved.

  Eddie

They would never do it. But yeah the Mariners could help! Maybe if the trade didn't involve Felix... hahahahaahaha.

I see... that's why you said Seattle could throw in an OF, cuz then the Reds could move some guys around.

You know what, I bet you they are gonna need an outfielder. Once they realize Choo shouldn't be center.

Hoh! Mariners could give the Reds Gutti.

Now we're getting closer.

They have a bunch of young CF too but Franklin is proven, just has health issues is all.

  That's an improvement on Ryan Ludwick.

Hmmm. Maybe not. Hahahaha.

  Mike

HAHAHHAAHAHAH

Gutierrez is one of my favorite outfielders.

Mike

Doing my first fantasy draft today...

  Eddie

Ohhhhhhh nice.

Don't draft Kipnis hahahahaha.

  Mike

Def not. Fully planning on drafting Phillips

  Eddie

You're a smart man. Smarter than Wedge.

  (Later…)

  Mike

I'm gonna take Brantley for my last pick.

I missed out on Victor. :(

  Eddie

Ah man!! That sucks.

Brantley is a perfect Ace in the hole.

  Mike

I know.

So now my catcher is Wieters.

BLEAAAAH

  Eddie

Meh.

    Mike

But I got Salvador Perez to back him up.

And he's gonna be awesome.

Of course, I don't pick players from a Fantasy point of view.

  Eddie

Of course not! Hahahahaahahahaha

  Mike

I got CC, Phillips, Asdrubal, Bourn, Choo... hahahahahaha

  Eddie

So you just made the ideal Indians team.

  Mike

Basically. I missed Victor and Lee though.

Nuts.

  Eddie

Mike

We should probably be more worried about the starting staff than who’s clogging up the bench.

  Eddie

For sure.

  Mike

Although I'm feeling ok with Masterson and Jimini Cricket. Myers is a big question mark, McAllister will be fine, and if Kazmir sucks Carrasco, Kluber, and Bauer will be waiting in the wings.

We don't need any shut down, lights out starter if everyone else is consistent, bends but doesn't break, and gives us 6 to 7 innings on a regular basis.

  Eddie

Myers is definitely the big "what if" just cuz like you said, back of the rotation has backup. If Myers flops, then you gotta rethink it a bit, but all in all, we got our depth to hopefully keep it from sinking. Did you see Jimini today? Yes it was the Cubs, but he was lights out. best I've seen him this spring so he's getting in form.

  The late inning meltdown today was a perfect example of how having our first class defense saves runs. Most that Cubs woulda scored in that 8th woulda been 1 instead of 3 (even with Allen pitching a little shaky) if we had our 1st team defense in there.  I think that’s what’s most exciting about this team, is how Defense will really impact our pitchers. Having real good dominant pitchers-- of course that's what you want-- but they're the most coveted aspects for a reason! If you can't get the best, all you can do is piece a kick ass defense! I think the make-up of this team is a real creative way of using all the parts to make us work as a unit... let's just hope it runs as planned!

  Mike

"Creative" is definitely the best way to describe us, and that's what's exciting. In some ways, it's a bit of an experiment, but the only long-term risks are Squisher and, to a lesser extent, Bourn. Myers and Reynolds are only here for this year. Jimini is gone after this year, and maybe Stubbs? Who knows, but we won't be losing anybody incredibly valuable. The players I'm most excited about, Brantley, Chisenhall, Santana, Bauer, McCallister, Carrasco, aren't going anywhere. So I guess I'm already looking forward to next year hahahahahhahah.

  Eddie

Mike

McDade would make waaaay more sense than Giambi if you wanted another 1B

I love McDade

I hope he comes up this year and starts next year

  Eddie

That's my hope too. Apparently in Toronto everyone thought he was just a fat bust of a hitter. He's looking great for us

  Mike

Sure is!

Prince Fielder, whatever

  Eddie

We got some goods from Blue Jays! And I'm pretty sure they only ended up with Rogers

  Mike

Hahahahahaahah pretty much

  Eddie

McDade, Gomes, Aviles?

  Mike

So much for their "great" offseason

  Eddie

Well they did end up with Reyes.... and Melky .... and Dickey.....

  Mike

And Buehrle...

  Eddie

Whatever! I can't wait til opening series!!!

I wanna take em on! Haahahahahahah

  Mike

Eddie

Man I missed the game and my dumb phone is dead all the time these days. Grr.

  Mike

you didn't miss much. We are still playing like its spring training.

  Eddie

Yeah I know

But one thing I like is that we always score some runs. I saw a little of the white sox vs A's and it was like hitless through 4 or 5 innings and I was thinking how we woulda batted around by then

But yeah it’s still spring training.

I don't think we've scored less than 4 this spring.

  Mike

Yeah that's good. Brantley and Chisenhall are on fire... Bourn and Reynolds seem to be getting in grooves... Kipnis is the only one I'm worried about.

  Eddie

Even Stubbs man. I hope that carries to the season. Yeah Kip is the only one who hasn't shown anything but hey at least that's just 1 guy.

  Mike

And we have Aviles behind him.

  Eddie

What's great is if he ever gets in a similar funk during the regular season there's always Aviles or Raburn to give him a break.

Man I want the season to start!

  Mike

Cleveland sports' fans start early.  It prepares us for all the pain and heartbreak in life.

Mike

OH NO

Phil Dawson

:( :( :(  

  Eddie

What. Don't tell me he....

  Mike

49ers

  Eddie

He's gone?

Why??????

  Mike

because Cleveland is dumber than shit

  Eddie

How could we possibly need him LESS than the 49ers?????

  Mike

How could we possibly need him less than anything?

  Eddie

I know. What the hell

Well I hope he wins a ring and can shove it in the Browns face

  Mike

he will

All the 49ers were missing

  Eddie

Yeah and he's automatic

  Mike

Well, nothing the Browns do now matters

They'll be in the toilet for another century

  Eddie

That's true

  Mike

But that is one of the endearing things about the Browns

They will never ever ever win a Super Bowl

and I love them for it

  Eddie

Absolutely! I'd rather have the Browns floating in the toilet than the Indians right now

It’s funny tho that the Browns actually are the most recent champions Cleveland has

  Mike

It's true, but that is only what makes me love our teams more

  Eddie

Yeah, I wouldn't want them any other way. Heheheheheeh

  Mike