Record: 49-44
Standing: First in AL Central
Definitely a missed opportunity this past weekend. After starting the second half of the season strong by beating up on Baltimore in the first two games, we ended up only coming away with a series split as the Indians gagged on Saturday and fell apart on Sunday. With as terrible as Baltimore is, we should have taken at the very least 3 out of the 4 games from them. The inability to beat those teams hurts our chances of separating ourselves from the rest of our AL Central rivals. Speaking of which, we start this week in a 4 game set against the Twins in Minnesota. That begins today with a doubleheader. I'm already worried about those two games given that we have an unproven David Huff pitching Game 1 in his season debut and the always shaky Fausto Carmona coming of the DL to pitch in Game 2. Also problematic is our depleted roster. We have seemingly lost Grady again to a knee injury, which certainly doesn't help. We have yet to play well in Minnesota's new stadium and I'm concerned that will continue in this series. I certainly hope I'm wrong though. After Minnesota, we'll be coming back home to play the dreaded White Sox. With two big divisional series this week, we could see our place in the standings dramatically shift. Let's hope it's in a postive direction. If nothing else, it should give the team's front office a clear sense of how active they should be as the trade deadline nears. Just like the thermostat, it appears things for this team are about to heat up. And I'll be there to root them on all the way through it. Go Tribe!
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