Shills
When you look back at it, when you break it down, Jake Westbrook did outpitch Bartolo Colon.--Indians "broadcaster" Matt Underwood after the Indians' 2-1 loss to the Angels.
This game sums up the Indians for me right now. Westbrook pitched the game of his life, setting down 21 in a row. But the Indians offense, which has had the competence of an East German Olympics drug test, couldn't score anymore than one run off Bartolo Colon. The run came from Jody Gerut, who was called up today from AAA to replace Coco Crisp.
I will not knock Jake, who struck out eight. But he was outpitched by Colon. You know how we know? Westbrook lost and Colon won. That's it.
The Indians are done. Finished. As bad as they played, they had a chance to win another series, but couldn't. Westbrook did everything he could, and they STILL couldn't score more than a run.
Three hitters in the Indians lineup (Blake, Boone and Martinez) are under .200. This is not an early season swoon. It is May 18. Martinez has less than 15 RBIs. Blake has 12, at least six from homers.
The Indians broadcasters praised Colon, a pitcher the Indians had on their roster.
"He's one of the best in the league," Mike Hegan said.
He is, and I will resist the temptation to go on about trading "one of the best in the league," because what's done is done.
But the Indians are a major league team (sort of) and they will have to face tough pitchers. The Indians will not have the luxury of facing a rookie making his first start every night.
It's becoming more and more apparent that Omar Vizquel and Matt Lawton had a lot to do with the Indians success last year. Now they are both gone because they were too expensive. I don't blame the Indians on Vizquel, but Lawton's departure is killing them. Couldn't they have traded someone else for Rhodes?
Blame hitting coach Eddie Murray, blame Shapiro, blame Wedge, blame that ridiculous thing under his nose.
Who cares?
The Indians have failed their fans. The season is now doomed.
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Yes, this is an angry rant. But I am an angry fan.
posted by Zach @ 10:45 AM
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1 Comments:
The Indians stand at 17-22. The progress has been snail-like, with the Indians going 8-7 in their last 15. Unfortunately, two of those losses stemmed in large part from critical late-inning collapses from starters (C.C. on Sunday, Westbrook today).
The win column isn't letting the loss column run away and hide yet. In the also-ran world of the Indians, that is some convoluted form of progress.
I still think there is a productive offense rattling around in these guys somewhere. Whether it shows up consistently enough for the Indians to make a run at a wild card berth is another story.
And Westbrook did outpitch Colon. He set down 21 straight batters. The trouble is, he only outpitched him for eight innings. The ninth inning counted the most. You can blame mustache man for leaving him in one batter too long.
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