Monthly Archives: May 2021

Cleveland begins back-to-back doubleheaders

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The Cleveland Baseball Club begins a set of back-to-back doubleheaders Sunday.

Fans of the Cleveland Baseball Club will be treated to at a minimum 28 innings of baseball over the next two days. That is due to playing back-to-back doubleheaders on Sunday and Monday. Cleveland plays the Toronto Blue Jays twice on Sunday before hosting the Chicago White Sox Monday. In fact, Cleveland will be playing five consecutive seven inning games counting Friday’s weather shortened 11-2 loss and if none of these games go to extras.

This could prove to be an exciting Memorial Day weekend for the Cleveland Baseball Club or an all out disaster depending on the results. Toronto was more than capable of taking Game 1 and the White Sox are leading the division for a reason. It will not be easy couple of days, but it will at least provide a lot of baseball to watch.

Cleveland throttled by Toronto 11-2

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The Cleveland Baseball Club was no match for the visiting Toronto Blue Jays losing 11-2.

There was one team that the weather did not impact Friday night and unfortunately it was not the Cleveland Baseball Club. The Baby Jays came to town and brought some hot bats with them as they pounded out 11 runs on 15 hits in just seven innings. Meanwhile, Cleveland managed just two runs on four hits, all coming against Blue Jays starter Hyun-Jin Ryu.

Cleveland’s starter was Eli Morgan who was making his MLB debut. This was not an enviable situation for Morgan as he is facing a team that can hit with the best of them. Morgan allowed six runs on eight hits with two walks and one strikeout. It is best to not make assumptions on Morgan’s abilities after this outing as he deserves another start in better circumstances. There was no reason for that game to be played Friday night, but yet it was.

Toronto also scored five runs in three innings off the trio of Phil Maton, Nick Sandlin, and Trevor Stephan. It did not really matter who was pitching for Cleveland as the Blue Jays were obviously locked in.

Cleveland can take Game 2 and even the series on Saturday. First pitch should take place at 4:10 P.M. That is as long as the weather wants to play along and not interfere for the second game in a row.

White Sox City Connect jerseys are perfect

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I am someone who can appreciate a good jersey, especially an alternate one. Having an alternate jersey that looks good is the perfect addition to the uniform set. The Chicago White Sox unveiled their Nike City Connect jerseys and they are absolutely perfect.

Having the black jersey with white pinstripes is just a great inverse of their usual white with black pinstripes. Instead of the usual Sox on the hat it is Chi. Across the chest is Southside in the familiar Sox font. The numbers also appear in the same font.

It is just great to see a team come out with an alternate jersey that is not underwhelming or a complete letdown. Even though I am not a White Sox fan, I can admit that these jerseys are flawless.

Bieber dominates as Cleveland defeats Tigers 5-2

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The Cleveland Baseball Club defeated the Detroit Tigers thanks to an excellent pitching performance.

If the Cleveland Baseball Club was going to come away with a win on Thursday they were going to need an excellent starting pitching performance. Lucky for them Shane Bieber was on the mound.

Bieber carried a no-hitter into the 6th inning before Detroit managed to get their first hit of the game. Bieber struck out 12 batters over seven innings while allowing just one run on one hit and walk.

Bryan Shaw would work the 8th and allowed one hit while walking one and striking out another.

James Karinchak took the 9th, allowing one run on one hit and one walk with two strikeouts. Even after the Tigers scored their second run of the game Karinchak didn’t falter as he got the final out of the game on a foul out to third.

Offensively the contributions came from Harold Ramirez and Eddie Rosario. Harold Ramirez drove in Jose Ramirez twice, in the 1st and 6th innings. Eddie Rosario would drive in Harold Ramirez twice, with a two-run homer in the 6th and an RBI double in the 9th.

Cleveland returns home to take on the Blue Jays for a three game set starting Friday.

Noah Syndergaard shut down for six weeks by Mets

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The New York Mets have shut down the starting pitcher for six weeks after experiencing right elbow inflammation.

Some bad news for Noah Syndergaard and the New York Mets. Syndergaard has been shut down for six weeks after experiencing inflammation in his right elbow according to reports.

This is just the latest setback for Noah Syndergaard has experienced quite a few injuries in previous years, including missing all of 2020 after undergoing Tommy John surgery. The last time Noah Syndegaard saw major league action was in 2019. The pitcher known as Thor hard a 4.28 ERA, 1.234 WHIP, and 9.2 K/9 in 32 starts that season. In two rehab starts with St. Lucie, Syndergaard allowed one hit and walk while striking out six in five innings.

When/if Noah Syndergaard does return he would be a huge boost to the rotation as they still waiting for Carlos Carrasco to make his Mets debut. New York is making things work right now, but the question is for how long can they keep doing this. Some stability in their rotation would do wonders for their rotation as nine pitchers have already made starts this season.

Koby Altman to meet with media Friday

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The Cleveland Cavaliers general manager will meet with the media on Friday.

After relative and strange silence following the season, Cleveland Cavaliers general manager Koby Altman will finally speak to the media on Friday.

It will be the usual end of season media availability from Koby Altman. The Cavs have taken some flak for the silence and unknown status of when this would take place leading to some speculation about the status of certain members of the organization. Definitive answers on certain subjects should come during this media availability Friday.

Popcorn throwing fan deserves to be banned

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A fan threw popcorn at Russell Westbrook and they should no longer be allowed to attend sporting events in person ever again.

Homer Simpson once said while attending a Springfield Isotopes game that “This ticket gives me the right, no the duty to make a complete ass of myself”. Contrary to the wisdom of Homer Simpson, the real world doesn’t work like that. This brings us to Wednesday’s playoff game between the Washington Wizards and Philadelphia 76ers. Russell Westbrook was leaving the floor after suffering an injury and a fan decided to embrace his inner Homer Simpson by dumping popcorn on the Wizards star.

This is completely unacceptable and a total scumbag move. This fan should never be allowed to attend a sporting event in any city at any stadium/arena ever again. There is a certain line that once crossed should prevent an individual from going to games again and that line was crossed Wednesday by this fan.

Russell Westbrook said that the players need to be protected after the incident and he is absolutely right.

A great way to protect the players is by making an example of this specific fan. Taking action in regards to this incident and individual can be a way to discourage others from doing something similar or worse. The reality is that there are consequences for actions in the real world. It’s about holding people accountable for doing something despicable. The privilege of attending games should no longer be an option for this fan.

Cleveland manages only four hits in 1-0 loss to Detroit

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The Cleveland Baseball Club was not able to take advantage of impressive outings from their two pitchers in a shutout loss to the Tigers.

Triston McKenzie was called up to make a spot start due to injuries on the Cleveland pitching staff and he delivered. McKenzie allowed just one hit over five innings while striking out five. The only real issue was walks as McKenzie allowed three free passes in his start. This has been a recurring issue for McKenzie and one that Cleveland is hoping that he can improve sooner rather than later.

Cal Quantrill would follow McKenzie in this start and pitch three innings. Quantrill allowed just one run on two hits with four strikeouts. This was an impressive outing from Quantrill. The only problem is that one run is all Detroit needed to hand Cleveland a loss.

Cleveland managed only four hits in the game while walking five times. The combination of Cesar Hernandez, Jordan Luplow, Jose Ramirez, Harold Ramirez, Jake Bauers, and Rene Rivera went 0-17. Luplow, Jose (2), and Bauers accounting for four of the five walks.

The loss ends the possibility of Cleveland sweeping Detroit, but a series win is still possible. The fourth and final game of the series takes place Thursday at 1:10 P.M.

I’m hoping for the best when it comes to Corey Kluber

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The former Cleveland Baseball Club and current New York Yankees starter will miss significant time with an injury.

If there is one thing that Cleveland baseball fans can appreciate it is the nine seasons that Corey Kluber spent with the ball club. That’s what makes the last three seasons for Kluber so sad to see from the standpoint of a fan. Kluber suffered season-ending injuries the previous two seasons. While 2019 he was able to appear in seven games for Cleveland, he only pitched a single inning for the Texas Rangers in 2020. That’s why when the news of Kluber exiting a game with a shoulder injury hit it was like a gut punch. The update on his injury isn’t any better as he is expected to miss at least two months with the injury.

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What makes all of this just a little bit worse is that Corey Kluber tossed a no-hitter in his previous start. Kluber was starting to appear to be in Klubot form and was looking like his old self again. In 10 games with the Yankees, Kluber had a 3.04 ERA, 1.200 WHIP, and 9.3 K/9. While just a bit down from his prime years, this was a nice rebound after the last two seasons were cut short.

I don’t care that Corey Kluber plays for the Yankees now, I am rooting for him. I want to see Kluber come back and look like a good pitcher again. The fact that he was pitching good again was great to see considering the previous two seasons. Even if Kluber comes back and there is a little bit of a drop off it will still be great to see. The drop off is palatable as long as he returns to the mound.

I always have been and will be a fan of Corey Kluber. Right now I’m just rooting for him to come back.

KhaDarel Hodge signs restricted free agent tender

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The restricted free agent wide receiver signed his restricted free agent tender Wednesday.

There was a little bit of a question about whether or not KhaDarel Hodge would be back with the Cleveland Browns this season. That question was answered today as Hodge signed his restricted free agent tender to keep him in Cleveland for the upcoming season, the tender is worth just over $2.1 million.

KhaDarel Hodge has been with the Browns for the past two seasons and has 15 receptions for 256 yards. Hodge played a career-high 27% of offensive snaps this past season with Cleveland. This is partially due to the absence of Odell Beckham Jr. and the overall need for competent depth wide receivers. Hodge seemed to be more than capable of being a depth guy among the wide receiver group with OBJ, Jarvis Landry, and Rashard Higgins being the top three guys on the depth chart.