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[clyde]

This is true.

At least the Tribe knows it cannot lose 100 and now may be able to stay out of last place.This would be something to build on.


Oh boy.





Like the way you put what you prefer.

I wish I had your confidence for next week,but with a midget qb probably going again and with wide outs ( other than Cribbs) who can't seem to get open......ah don't know.

[horseofcourse]

I found some gems on the internets clyde....

You want to talk about a loud-mouthed self-promoter who had his lunch handed to him all day yesterday, well, no one fits the bill like Eric Wright. Anquan Boldin did everything short of hold Wright’s head down in the toilet and flush while making out with Wright’s mom Sunday in Baltimore.

I haven’t seen a cornerback have a day like that since…… well…ever. Wright got beat for all three Raven TDs Sunday. All of them scored by Boldin. It didn’t matter if he had help or was isolated all alone when the Browns brought pressure (in hopes of hurrying Raven QB Joe Flacco to the point where Wright may actually be in the same camera frame as Boldin when the ball was thrown).

The issue with Wright is he talks like Deion and plays like some truck driver named Leon. His mouth writes checks his ass can’t cover and it keeps getting worse. The Ravens flat out said they were going after Eric Wright because he lacked discipline and they did it to the tune of beating the Browns 24-17. Yeah, any one of the three TDs Wright gave up was the difference on Sunday in yet another game the Browns could have won.


It didn’t look good for seven innings on Sunday. The Royals and Bruce Chen led the Tribe 3-0 headed to the home half of the 8th inning.

But then Shelley Duncan did what Shelley Duncan will (on rare occasions) do: he hit a 3-run home run to tie the game.

That was stunning enough. But when Luis Valbuena and Andy Marte kept the inning going, Michael Brantley pinch hit for Lou Marson and doubled home two more runs to win the ball game 5-3.

(Those last two paragraphs should be preserved for posterity’s sake as one day, when we’re celebrating a World Series title in Cleveland, we can show back to back paragraphs that mentioned Shelley Duncan, Luis Valbuena, Lou Marson and Andy Marte. For then we shall truly understand how far we have come.)

The end result is the Tribe has taken a commanding lead in the Head Above Sewage race and leads the Royals by a game and a half for the fourth place spot in the AL Central.

What a magical weekend down at Progressive Field.

(And it just gets better.....the return of Jhonny to the place formerly called the Jake tonight and playing shortstop!!)

[clyde]

Oh God..I'm crying.

[clyde]

Shelley Duncan=half a Pete Incavlia.

That's not good.



I think it's time to go with the option and have Josh Cribbs at qb.

I'm serious.

In fact...let's just go to the wishbone with Cribbs at qb ,same fb ( forgot his name) and Hillis and the other tailback ( forgot his name,too) at the wings.



Hopefully the wide outs can block because they sure can't get open.

[Crown@club]

Coach Eric Mangini gave a vote of confidence Monday to Eric Wright as the Browns' starting left cornerback.

"No, no," answered Mangini when asked if Wright might be benched after being toasted for eight catches and three touchdowns by Anquan Boldin in Week 3. "Cornerbacks need to have short memories." Wright can't afford another game like Sunday's, but he's not in danger of an imminent demotion.

[clyde]

I think it was Bollden's last td...the Browns sent 8 guys after the qb.

If I had a corner getting toatsed by a receiver like Bolden was to Wright....I don't think I do that.



I would have put those 8 guys on Bolden.

[clyde]

Tribe down 2-1 in the fifth.


Carrasco continues to whiff batters.

And it's cold outside.


-HarryDoyle-