Some stuff on sports in the beautiful city of Cleveland— ·          I like C.C. Sabathia, but if he really wanted to thank the fans of Cleveland, he would stop commenting on James’ impending free agency.  He said winning in New York is special. 

In the next couple of years, great players such as Minnesota’s Joe Mauer, Seattle’s Felix Hernandez, and Tampa’s Carl Crawford are going to hit free agency.  All of those teams have the same dilemma that the Indians had with C.C. Sabathia, Victor Martinez, and Cliff Lee.  Is it better to trade...

The rosters have expanded and the baseball season has entered its final month, at least it is for the Cleveland Indians, who exited the pennant race in June.  With the ninth month just a few days old, we have already seen one more piece of the C.C. Sabathia trade in Michael Brantley, and the firs...

Other things from his statements that should be refuted are his claim that team Eric Wedge inherited in 2003 was like an expansion team.  Expansion teams generally don’t have players like C.C. Sabathia, and players such as Grady Sizemore, Cliff Lee, Victor Martinez, and Brandon Phillips i...

A few years ago, the Tribe knew three key components were about to be free agents after the 2008 season:  C.C. Sabathia, Jake Westbrook, and Travis Hafner.  As of the end of the 2006 season, these three players represented the team’s best power hitter, the ace of the pitching staff, and a solid...

Last year, the Tribe waited until the beginning of July before trading free agent to be, C.C. Sabathia for prospects.  At the time, the Indians were clearly out of the pennant race, sitting at 37-51, trailing the first place White Sox by 13-1/2 games. 

The Red Sox will get more bang for their considerably less free agent spending than the Yankees.  Even if C.C. Sabathia wins 17 games, that’s three less than Mike Mussina.  The Blue Jays have the pitching, and Vernon Wells will bounce back.  The Rays will experience a success hangover.

By King Kaufman The Brewers had to beat the Chicago Cubs in case the Mets won. A Brewers loss and a Mets win would have allowed New York to win the N.L. wild card. The Brewers got a dramatic home run from Ryan Braun and another masterful pitching performance from C.C. Sabathia and beat the Cubs 3-1.

By Rob(noreply@blogger.com) Different Spins On Recent Dodger Trade Rumors The Daily News passes on the following interesting tidbit regarding the C.C. Sabathia non-trade that recently went down: Shortly after the Milwaukee Brewers finalized a trade for reigning American League Cy Young Award winner CC Sabathia o...

By James Pete A day off in July for a team rumored to be ready to sell of it’s highest priced player might just be Kismet for the Milwaukee Brewers and Cleveland Indians, as they negotiate a trade for the reigning Cy Young award winner, C.C. Sabathia. Tomorrow, the Indians have the day off.

By James Pete The Cleveland Indians have traded C.C. Sabathia to the Milwaukee Brewers for their #1 prospect, double-A outfielder Matt LaPorta, two other minor league pitchers and a player to be named later. The rumors circulating around the deal, again thanks to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel’s Tom...

By James Pete Paul Byrd had his best outing of his 2008 season, pitching 7 1/3 innings of shutout baseball, as the Cleveland Indians defeated the Oakland A’s 4-0 in Cleveland on Tuesday Night. C.C. Sabathia goes up against Joe Blanton tomorrow. Can Sabathia keep the streak alive?

By Daniel Rathman The Cleveland Indians finished the 2007 season at 96-66, earning the AL Central division crown, and tying the Boston Red Sox for the best record in baseball. A terrific 1-2 rotation punch starring C.C. Sabathia and Fausto Carmona keyed their trip to the postseason, and a solid offense featu...

By James The top five starters are all back (in whatever form you can come up with for the fifth starter) and healthy, led by C.C. Sabathia and Fausto Carmona. The best bullpen in baseball also returns, boosted by Masa Kobayashi, the Japanese export that Cleveland signed early in the offseason.

By James C.C. Sabathia and Fausto Carmona started off their 2008 spring training much like they finished their 2007 ALCS performances: getting drilled. Most Indians’ fans shook off the starts as ‘beginning of spring’ rust. Those same fans very quietly shuddered in the deep, dark confines of their p...

By James It’s easy to say that the Indians starters:  C.C. Sabathia, Fausto Carmona, Jake Westbrook, Paul Byrd and Sowers/Laffey/Lee/Miller are going to continue to improve upon last season’s performance, while the Tigers starters:  Justin Verlander, Dontrelle Willis, Jeremy Bonderman, Ke...

By Chuck Murr C.C. Sabathia finally beat Josh Beckett. The Indians' left-hander was elected the 2007 American League Cy Young Award winner in balloting by the Baseball Writers Association of America. He becomes only the second Cleveland pitcher in 52 seasons to win the award, joining Hall of Famer Gaylo...

By e chigliak C.C. SABATHIA Pitcher- Cleveland Indians. C.C. Sabathia led Cleveland back into the Postseason and went (19-7) with a 3.21 ERA in 34 starts, but the Indians lost a hard fought series in seven games to the eventual World Series Champions from Boston. Cy Young-Related Links*

Red Sox Boston College Guest blogging by T.J Donegan; contact him at tdonegan@gwu.edu) The Red Sox took a giant step toward claiming their second world series title in the last oh-so-many years last night, knocking Cleveland ace, and likely Cy Young winner, C.C. Sabathia...

By Craig Lyndall The Indians also have one of the best starting pitching staffs that they have ever been able to assemble. C.C. Sabathia, Cliff Lee, Jake Westbrook, Paul Byrd, and relative newcomer Jeremy Sowers will be the starters on opening day. This is a great mix of righties and lefties; power and finesse.

By Leitch Columnist: The Cleveland Plain Dealer. Nicknames: Roger Clown, That Guy Who Makes Stuff Up For The Cleveland Plain Dealer. Sworn Enemies: C.C. Sabathia (Indians), Paul Silas (Cavaliers), Jeff Garcia (Browns), Mike Trivisonno (radio host, WTAM).