Days until college football starts: 71
Don’t get me wrong I thoroughly enjoy major league baseball, but other than that summer is a virtual sports wasteland. The162 game season starts to wear on you after awhile, the MLS is a joke regardless of what Alexi Lalas thinks, no summer Olympics, ESPN is trying to pimp the AFL (all the Mike & Mike in the world won’t make me care), and my usual summer favorite Le Tour de France is going to be over shadowed by the cycling world’s doping scandals.
Just some quick words about the Tribe:
The pitching staff has looked as good this year as any in recent memory. C.C. Sabathia, Fausto Carmona, and Paul Byrd are a combined 23-7. Cliff Lee looked down right dominant last night (let’s hope this continues). Jason Stanford had a solid first outing and is pitching again tonight, and last but not least Jake Westbrook is expected to be called up to the big club (replacing Stanford, but you can’t have too much quality pitching hanging around) after a final rehab start in Buffalo. The bullpen has been quite reliable as well. With the Wick gone, Joe Borowski has done a solid job (20 saves vs. 2 blown) for a pitcher that does not over power people; his fast ball only reaches the low 90’s.
The offense is something that I don’t really worry about with this team. They went through a little slump in early June but now they seem to be getting it back on track.
In other words the 162 game season won’t seem so long if the Tribe can stay in first place for the duration.
This week concludes with a road trip to D.C. to catch the Indians – Nationals series at RFK and probably more beer than I will be able to handle (I can’t wait).
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