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Trevor Bauer let loose on Twitter after the loss last night and I don’t blame him

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You just knew it was coming. Trevor Bauer was spinning his best game of the second half and one of the best of his career (ended up being his first career complete game) and the one run we had accidentally scored was thanks to a Sally Perez throwing error. When that game was tied heading in to the last three innings you had to know we had absolutely no chance of winning.

Eric Hosmer knew it too.

So that was that. One run on eight hits = our eighth straight loss at home, longest losing streak in Cleveland since The Godfather Part II won Best Picture in 1975. But it turns out the fireworks would come from the Twittersphere, not the post game presser.

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Before last night, Bauer had thrown 12.2 innings against the Royals and hit zero batters.

 

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This was in reference to Bauer wearing boxing gloves in the dugout because the Royals had gotten into like sixteen bench clearing brawls leading up to their series in Cleveland at the end of April:

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Bauer will earn $1.94 million dollars this year. According to his LinkedIn page, Matt Shelp is a Billing Assistant in the KC area. Indeed.com says the average salary for a Billing Assistant in the US is $31,000.

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Before last night, Hosmer had two hits in ten career ABs against Bauer.

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@KayNel76 has never thrown a complete game in a Major League Baseball game.

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Kendrys Morales was hit with a pitch last night in a 1-1 game with two outs in the 7th inning.

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@brodyburs once tweeted this:

https://twitter.com/brodyburns/status/593559952322531328

and @CoryfromKC actually seems like an OK dude.

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ConJueto&ZenBobrist and Mehke Settle drink spritzers and talk about how they would have went pro if one didn’t hurt his arm and if their coach didn’t have it out for the other.

 

 

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Agree 100%. Can you imagine having a long day at at the office where you work your ass off and none of your coworkers do anything at all, then come home to someone sitting on your couch mercilessly berating you about how much you suck?

Yes I know he’s a professional athlete but he’s also human. I enjoyed seeing a little fire in Kipnis with his comments earlier this week and I enjoy seeing this from Bauer too. Would you rather the entire team stay silent and pretend this god awful stretch of baseball isn’t affecting them? I certainly wouldn’t.

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The Indians broke Lloyd McClendon

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So the Tribe invaded Seattle this past weekend and took three of four from the M’s. The whole squad had a rough weekend, including manager Lloyd McClendon.

Then, on Tuesday, Alex Rodriguez checked his swing.

You’ll have to click the link cause I’m on my lunch break and can’t figure out how to embed it:

http://m.mlb.com/video/v142346583

Here are some highlights:

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Best parts about this historical tirade:

  1. Obviously the kicking of the hat. Clean contact, great distance. One of those drives in golf that you hit perfectly, a line drive off a baseball bat that you don’t even feel because you squared it up so nice. Big players make big plays at big moments, and your boy Lloyd absolutely crushed the hat punt.
  2. Making sure every umpire got a piece of his mind. There’s no way 90% of what was coming out of his mouth was making any sense or had any relevance to the situation at hand, but it’s all about making a show. Check, check and check.
  3. The hustle in the jog out to the third base ump. That part made me LOL. “I’m gonna throw a temper tantrum, but god damnit I’ll make it as convenient for you as possible.”

This ain’t Lloyd’s first rodeo, either. The man literally stole first base when he was managing the Pirates back in the day.

Still, for my money, the best ejection of all time is quite safely in the hands of Wally Backman.

“Let’s go have a beer, Doc.”

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Baseball is BACK, Cleveland

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Happy f***ing Tuesday, Cleveland. Best day of the year. Baseball is officially back. The Indians kick off Spring Training with a skirmish against the Cincinnati Reds today at 3:05 on STO and WTAM.

Obviously it’s the first game of the spring so the starters won’t play much, and we’re still missing a good chunk of guys who are taking it slow after injuries. But I don’t care. I’d watch the Willoughby Baseball League minors division champs play the Yankees if it meant real, live baseball. There’s watch parties all over town for those of you who are with me.  And here’s the TV schedule for the rest of spring:

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This team has some serious hype. If you need me, I’ll just be here watching this 2015 Indians hype video made by my good friend Chris K on YouTube who I’ve never met.