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Bobby Valentine spoke with Joe Castiglione on today's pregame show. Topics include Clay Buchholz, Dice K and the Red Sox' upcoming pitching rotation.
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Robby had -- for the manager last night the pitching -- paid off and that would -- -- said that Daisuke seemed to turn them or pound in the first inning. You know it's all about the players doing. What you hope they can do it and in -- Daisuke. Really had some problems and they weren't necessarily created by a his pitches who's pitching really well and you know it just get him focused on an extended it think was important at that time he did. Get out of first inning with just one run and did a good job and helped us winnable game you know pinch hitting his soul. He would miss but the guys are prepared to go up there in situations they went up there and then. You know -- -- a -- Tuesday double. In and then Daniel. You know seen the ball well and having them the ball hit them great job by -- everybody vocalist. What did you say to Daisuke did you just pick -- Japanese. I book and only a little at the Phillies of today and I I told that. You know just to ask them personalities feeling it is. You know his arm is -- -- -- asked about his metal. Thoughts and you know if you knew who make Sydor was in the news ready to get out of this thing and he said yes to all of the above and we afford. They worked -- about solve the heat hits his home runs at the most important times he's averaging a home run every twelve and a half. Plate appearances from the left side. He's real -- accomplish this year. Trying to take control things he's taking so that bats taking control of the pitchers -- a team responsibility. For. You know the job that he has to do at least one between Mike Youkilis made a very big play and also to a rare walk which is pivotal. Yeah the walk and for best in the load the bases at that. Who has. You know crucial to scoring in the back in the plane and he makes them real fast runners getting a force at second base. Was. Crucial and -- of them scored. We just see Clay Buchholz in the clubhouse. Surprise. Yeah me well. I wasn't so surprised there isn't -- radio show this morning winners -- Saturday at a hospital last night so. He looks great you know he's it is pretty slippery. -- He has good color he says the only lost a couple pounds we're afraid it was going to be somewhere more than -- the end. You know we'll take it step by step but having him in the clubhouse is a great first. City staying behind for more tests so we probably won't pitch before the race. He definitely won't pitch before the break in. Will will get him ready for whenever. It is his time to go again. So how you work the rotation is starting with Seattle. Oh in Seattle have thought Franklin Morales and Aaron Cook and and Josh Beckett for the first three games going and in. That will take it from there. So as a possibility of -- six starters. I think Seattle had six going the first six games -- this road trip and then narrow it down to five at the end and break out with our our best and after the break. While today have been Ricky Romero he's together Red Sox camera in the past Woody pitched a pretty good game begins in fact I don't win though they in the third strong innings. In April -- pretty much a right in line up forum. Well I have you know -- In in the -- in and a unions in there right. I like West Indies against them but the other guys that. Purdue and good enough to operator where they need to play also so. Well will put together. A string of hits and maybe a walk in between and see if we can't get on the board. Jacoby Ellsbury area looking pretty good is he going to play maybe this weekend did the golf closely. Again we're trying to put -- -- on it but he does feel good and he's looking good in batting practice. So he's close to us starting his -- And do Sweeney's a little further away. So he's a little further away but he has or -- addicts and he's he's. Feeling better about his but situation -- we might be able to alleviate a lot of the pressure that causes. The problem that put him on the disabled list -- Scott said nick is so real close to. And getting back into the swing of things and he'll probably be be with Pawtucket before. Before the week's over. We wrap up things that I -- eighties -- question of the day Bobby last night in the Yankee game. Dewayne wise reach into the stands didn't catch a foul ball the umpire said he did that. He was a somewhat deceptive he got away with it is -- fair in -- and -- Oh absolutely you know clear claim by idiotic system. That is and there but because we have our readers out there and and they're there to decide. What is the truth. You know he get away and anything he can't. -- -- good like today thank you joke. I question -- manager brought to you by the Boston area Mercedes-Benz dealers this month take advantage of attractive offers on select models by a local -- and schedule a test drive today -- -- USA. Dot com. Let's go back to --
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Cleveland Indians hottest team in baseball, yet remain last in attendance May 19, 2013 By AJ Kaufman 6 Comments There’s a scene in Major League where Bob Uecker, portraying the radio voice of the Indians, bemoans, “In case you haven’t noticed, and judging by the attendance you haven’t, the Indians have managed to win a few here and there, and are threatening to climb out of the cellar.” Well, that was nearly 25 years ago and fictional, but today’s reality is that Cleveland has won 17 of its last 21, and currently tops the AL Central with a mark of 25-17. No one in the majors is better than the Indians in the past month (20-7). That’s great news. The bad news, however, is the Tribe somehow remain in the MLB cellar when it comes to attendance. How can this be? The fact that I wrote on this same topic almost to the day last year – when only Tampa Bay drew fewer fans than Cleveland - may be even more troubling. Though roughly 34,000 watched a walk-off win Friday night against Seattle, perfect weather and free caps weren’t enough to draw more than 36,000 Saturday and Sunday combined. What did the Indians do in those tilts? They nabbed another walk-off win on Saturday, then the Indians crushed the great Felix Hernandez Sunday behind Justin Masterson, arguably the AL’s best pitcher right now. Fun fact: The Indians have already faced eight Cy Young Award winners in 2013: Bartolo Colon, R.A. Dickey, Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, Jake Peavy, David Price, Justin Verlander and Hernandez. They have won seven out those eight matchups. Simply astounding. This offseason, the much-maligned Indians front office finally made a legitimate attempt to improve the team through free agency. I’m not talking an Ubaldo Jimenez-like trade, but rather smart acquisitions that brought veterans Mike Aviles, Michael Bourn, Jason Giambi, Scott Kazmir, Brett Myers, Mark Reynolds, Drew Stubbs and Nick Swisher to Cleveland. In addition to being a fantastic place to watch a game due to great egress and ingress, with extremely affordable tickets, the best promo lineup anywhere, Jacobs Field boasts overall, cooler, less muggy summer weather than most Midwestern locales. The team also lowered beer and hot dog prices to $4 and $3 respectively. What other professional stadium in any sport offers that? I have visited 28 of the 30 current Major League Baseball stadia, and few top The Jake when all angles are considered. I say that as a baseball fan, not an Indians fan. As for the putative “economic” angle, these are the same people who spend insane amounts of money to watch terrible football every fall and show up in decent numbers for putrid basketball in the winter. Irrespective of season length, those sports charge up to 10 times the price for a ticket, and the atmosphere isn’t half as fan-friendly as baseball. I understand fans’ lack of willingness to get on board to some degree. A decent recap of Cleveland’s decade of “rebuilding” can be read here and the team suffered a horrific collapse last August. However, in addition to all the benefits of attending games at Jacobs (now Progressive) Field, fans should also realize the team has potential and often exceeds preseason aspirations at any point without warning. Cleveland hosts the rival Detroit Tigers — heavy favorites to repeat as AL Central champs — Tuesday and Wednesday nights before hitting the road. The temperature should be pleasant at first pitch each evening so you’d expect The Jake to be full to watch the best hitter on the planet right now — but don’t count on it.
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