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Tito Francona got a wet one right on top of his noggin

November 19, 2014 Ai Leave a comment

The “all-star” team Major League Baseball sent over to Japan to play their national team in a 7 game series may be getting their tits lit a bit, including getting no-hit this past Saturday, but god damnit they’re having fun doing it. LA Angels reliever Hector Santiago dared Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Mark Melancon to serenade a random Japanese lady, so this happened:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tilwqsNMwsI

Not sure if it was a double dog or not, but impressive nonetheless. Melancon then responded by daring him to do this…

(Video via Hector Santiago’s Instagram)

Idk why it took a dare for that beautiful dome to get a kiss but whatevs. This all just proves the age-old adage, “pitchers are fucking weird”.

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A list of reasons why Corey Kluber should win the Cy Young today

November 12, 2014 Ai Leave a comment

The AL and NL Cy Young awards will be announced today around 3:45 PM on MLB Network. Here’s a little list of reasons why Corey Kluber should triumph over Seattle’s Felix Hernandez and become the first Indians pitcher since Cliff Lee in 2008 to bring home the hardware.

WINS – Kluber 18, Hernandez 15
K/9 – Kluber 10.27, Hernandez 9.46
Left On Base % – Kluber 78.6%, Hernandez 77%
WAR (Wins Above Replacement) – Kluber 7.3 (first in MLB among qualified pitchers), Hernandez 6.2
- 2013 Cy Young Winners: Max Scherzer (6.4 WAR), Clayton Kershaw (6.6)
- Highest WAR for a SP since Roy Halladay in 2011 (8.1)
FIP (Fielding Independent Pitching…basically an ERA that only takes into account what a pitcher can control) Kluber 2.35, Hernandez 2.56
Complete Games – Kluber 3, Hernandez 0
Strikeouts – Kluber 269, Hernandez 248
Kluber’s curveball was the nastiest in the majors in 2014, a 21.5 pitch value from Fangraphs (Hernandez’ was 12.6).
Kluber needed only 85 pitches to record a complete game shutout against, you guessed it, Felix Hernandez and the Mariners on July 30 (Hernandez – 7 IP, 2 ER)
This was a real thing that happened during one of his starts

It’s too bad Mike Trout exists, or your Cleveland Indians would be sweeping the two biggest awards in the league. I’ll be stunned if Klubedaddy doesn’t win this one today. Pay the man!

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We get to keep our tobacco-chewing, scooter-riding, bald-headed manager for another 2 years

November 4, 2014 Ai Leave a comment

#Indians sign manager Terry Francona to a two-year contract extension through 2018 with club options for both 2019 & 2020. #Tito

— Nick Camino (@NickCaminoWKYC) November 4, 2014

BREAKING: Manager Terry Francona has agreed to a contract extension through 2018! Details: http://t.co/Aqym4sJ1pB pic.twitter.com/1nt5iCnugZ

— Cleveland Guardians (@CleGuardians) November 4, 2014

Terry's resume:
+ '13 AL MGR of the Year
+ 10 straight winning seasons
+ 2 World Series rings
+ 1 awesome scooter pic.twitter.com/lTSwHcT5gx

— Cleveland Guardians (@CleGuardians) November 4, 2014

Rejoiiiiiiiiiiiiice. And be glaaaaaaaaaaaaaad. This is the day, this is the day, Tito, our savior had his contract extended another two years with two more additional team options after thaaaat. Yeah, that’s two church hymns mashed together and rewritten to celebrate a baseball team re-signing their manager. That’s why Mike pays me the big bucks.

Seriously though, this is great freaking news for Indians fans. He’s now signed through 2018 with team options for 2019 and 2020. The man has done virtually no wrong since coming here two years ago. AL Manager of the Year and a playoff appearance his first year. 85-77 this year, giving us our first back-to-back above .500 seasons since 2000-2001. Regardless of how you feel about the Dolans, Mark Shapiro, Nick Swisher, Michael Bourn or Chief Wahoo, the club is in a one thousand percent better spot now than they were before he got here. There’s something to be said about continuity in front offices these days and it’s extremely encouraging to know that, at least for the foreseeable future, Francona will be able to continue his relationship with Antonetti and Shapiro that has given us two years of great baseball. And yes, I would consider the team playing only two “meaningless” games in the past 324 to be great baseball.