Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Dec 2, 2009, 11:51 am
Yesterday, I claimed that the Cleveland Indians only had one player on twitter, one Matt LaPorta. Well I've unearthed the twitter account of favorite relief pitcher of this blog, Jensen Lewis, th...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Dec 1, 2009, 1:58 pm
I interrupt your regularly scheduled boring Tuesday afternoon to announce to you that the Cleveland Indians have traded Kelly Shoppach to the Tampa Bay Rays. Anthony Castrovince beats them all to the...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Dec 1, 2009, 11:25 am
Tribeinsider's twitter account delivered this piece of information around 10:30 today. Announcing that Mike Sarbaugh has been promoted to Columbus. Very deserving. Sarby has done great things in j...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Nov 30, 2009, 11:35 am
Christmas has come early for many many women in the Cleveland area. Awww yeah! Honestly... Yesterday I saw a link on twitter about this and I assumed, yeah whatever it's spam. Cause I get all so...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Nov 28, 2009, 8:59 am
It was a week in which three coaches found their way out of the Cleveland organization. Carl Willis is off to Seattle. Luis Rivera is headed to Canada, well not really, but kind of. And the surpris...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Nov 25, 2009, 7:45 am
I figured out my purpose in life. It's to have this blog forever and ever and make it go mainstream so I can educate stupid people. I'm already seeing people jump on Mark Shapiro about Omar ...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Nov 22, 2009, 7:35 am
The last thing I want to do is what I, and many others, did last year. Initially, the fact that Matt McBride didn't get rostered was sort of surprising and it almost feels as if it was a mistake....
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Nov 19, 2009, 7:02 am
Alright so today, we'll actually post this one at a normal time instead of like, late in the afternoon when the network at UA sucks. Anyway whatever, I'm over it now man. I really am. There...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Nov 18, 2009, 1:00 pm
5:02 PM: A big die off to the University of Akron network today. They were having all sorts of issues and this post was DONE around noon today but lovely jerks didn't let me publish it.. Be back t...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Nov 17, 2009, 3:36 pm
BOMBSHELL!!! BOMBSHELL!! Manny Acta dropped a bombshell just a few minutes ago on All Bets are Off.. Sandy Alomar Jr will be the next first base coach for the Cleveland Indians! IT'S NOT APRIL F...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Nov 17, 2009, 2:05 pm
I'll have a review of Acta on both last night's More Sports and Les Levine and on All Bets Are Off with Bruce Drennan today. He'll be on ABAO with Bruce today at 4:00 PM or there about, i...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Nov 16, 2009, 1:30 pm
Manny Acta is opening himself up for the second time in his young stint as Indians manger for a one-on-one with the Cleveland Media. Remember Acta did a short interview with Bruce Drennan the day of ...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Nov 16, 2009, 11:37 am
Shocked much? Manny Acta made three additions to his coaching staff today and two of them were names we've heard. But like the pitching coach, Acta and company threw us a bit of a curveball with...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Nov 14, 2009, 9:00 am
Good Saturday morning from the lovely looking Youngstown, Ohio. No really, it's very nice looking out. Once a month or so I'm back in my old stomping grounds to visit and get a hair cut, bec...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Nov 14, 2009, 8:59 am
So, I'm as about as knowledgeable as you are in terms of the future of the site on this platform. As you may or may not know, I agreed to move this over to the Fan Huddle network, a new site star...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Nov 10, 2009, 1:43 pm
So things are taking a snails pace in Cleveland concerning just about everything. Last week we got Tim Belcher, this week, we may not get anything. In fact, according to Paul Hoynes, the staff may n...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Nov 7, 2009, 9:00 am
"As I mentioned, I think it was just a matter of him making the commitment to be on the field. It was not just the Cleveland Indians, but the whole baseball industry waiting for the moment to have a g...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Nov 6, 2009, 8:49 am
The first surprise of the Cleveland Indians new coaching staff was it's first one. Tim Belcher has been hired as the new pitching coach of the Cleveland Indians. Most assumed that Scott Radinsky...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Nov 5, 2009, 7:34 am
Remember when I suggested Sandy Alomar Jr. for this coaching staff a few posts ago? That as purely speculation and wild hope. But it turns out that there may be some ideas from the Indians to do thi...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Nov 2, 2009, 7:39 am
I twitted (tweeted) yesterday about the signing or possible signing of Japanese right hander Takafumi Nakamura. What? That's Hiro Nakamura, from Heroes. Relation? No, but that doesn't mean ...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Nov 1, 2009, 8:05 am
You would think with Manny Acta doing his thing for covering the World Series for the FOX Spanish broadcast, that we wouldn't have much news to divulge into. But there is plenty to get into about...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Oct 31, 2009, 11:19 am
Happy Halloween out there to everyone who gives a damn. To me, this is just another Saturday. The novelty of Halloween wore off the year after the last time I went out to get candy door to door, whic...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Oct 31, 2009, 7:50 am
And now the second part of Facebook Reactions to the Manny Acta hiring. I think this would conclude Manny Acta week here.. Certainly I think we've killed this to death. There's some more new...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Oct 30, 2009, 9:30 am
... Cavs and Lebron for now. Oh! the state of Cleveland sports. Wedge may be better then Acta. This is the third or fourth most common type of response. At least we have that 0-2 Cavs team! And the ...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Oct 29, 2009, 7:14 am
I've decided to delay Facebook reactions a day because of what we witnessed last night. I wanted to avoid talking about this here because of how painful it is. And it really is painful. But aft...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Oct 28, 2009, 7:21 am
With Acta now fully on board and the flurry of madness that was his arrival sort of over, I think it's time to settle down a bit. First off, read my plea to Cleveland Fans everywhere about Acta. ...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Oct 27, 2009, 7:15 am
HOLY CRAP Has this guy been in the organization longer than one day or something? He talked as if he's been here for awhile. He dropped a Hector Rondon mention! I mean, who does that?! He even...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Oct 26, 2009, 11:35 am
Clever ain't it? Everyone is doing it though. Second Act(a) or Re-Opening Acta. Whatever.. It's been a bit of a whirlwind since yesterday when the Indians named Manny Acta their new manage...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Oct 15, 2009, 7:35 am
Well the search is going by with very little information. Mark Shapiro and company are being very closed off in terms of what's going on so far. The people that have been confirmed from one sour...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Oct 13, 2009, 7:19 am
Here I am again ready to submit my ballot for the rookie of the year. If you haven't caught on yet, I'm helping represent Cleveland in the BBA, which is the Baseball Bloggers Alliance. We vot...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Oct 10, 2009, 2:18 pm
As I mentioned yesterday, I have the honor of being included in the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, a network of bloggers representing every team in the MLB and then some from all over the internet. We vo...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Oct 9, 2009, 4:42 pm
I love the playoffs. But in a way, I'm sort of depressed. I'm a regular viewer of First Take on ESPN2 and fellow Indians-commiserator Jay Crawford had a graphic put up of former Indians in t...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Oct 8, 2009, 7:30 am
One of the great things of the Indians official twitter account is when Swain and or Sibel post links to Mark Shapiro press conference audio. Or you could just watch a video the plain dealer put up. ...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Oct 4, 2009, 8:45 am
Who's ready to put this season behind and move on? :raises hand: Hopefully you raised your hand. It will be nice to put behind a year where we don't have to hear numskull's like Albert ...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Oct 3, 2009, 2:28 pm
Okay so here it is the final Facebook Reactions to Eric Wedge's firing post. The first one is here. The second one sits here. This definitely was fun to make fun of people.. So I'm going to...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Oct 3, 2009, 7:57 am
Current Indians players can only say so much. At least that's my belief... Especially the types of players the Indians have. You just aren't going to get responses that are totally heartfelt ...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Oct 2, 2009, 11:39 am
Hello again... It's time for the second part of Facebook reactions to the Eric Wedge firing. If you were throughouly entertained by the yesterday's first part, today's will do the same, I ...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Oct 2, 2009, 9:30 am
AKRON AEROS Level: Class AA League: Eastern League Finish: 89-53 (Southern Division Winners, Best Overall Record) Playoffs: Won Eastern League Championship (4 Games Over Connecticut) POTY Feathers: C...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Oct 1, 2009, 11:02 am
Facebook is a wonderful thing in some instances. It's also the root of all evil, along with myspace, twitter, and anything else of the sort. Yet I'm on two of the three. Of course I'm a...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Oct 1, 2009, 7:00 am
COLUMBUS CLIPPERS Level: Class AAA League: International League Finish: 57-85 Playoffs: Missed Playoffs (Last Place, 27 back) POTY Feathers: 1B Jordan Brown, 3B Andy Marte, and RP Frank Herrmann Bro...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Sep 30, 2009, 11:33 am
Take a snapshot of this day. It will be the one and only day that Eric Wedge is a trending topic on Twitter. Unless of course he does something crazy during a baseball game and every gets all a-twit...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Sep 30, 2009, 7:00 am
KINSTON INDIANS Level: High Class A League: Carolina League Finish: 60-78 Overall (27-41 1st half, 33-37 2nd half) Playoffs: Missed Playoffs (11 back 1st half, 2 back 2nd half) POTY Feathers: 3B Lonn...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Sep 29, 2009, 8:00 am
LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS Level: Low Class A League: Southern Atlantic (SAL, Final Season) Finish: 71-66 Overall (31-36 1st half, 40-30 2nd half) Playoffs: Missed Playoffs (10.5 Back 1st half, 5.5 2nd half...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Sep 24, 2009, 3:31 pm
According to Tony Lastoria, the Indians have outrighted three players off the 40 man roster. Pitchers RJ Swindle, Rich Rundles, and Zach Jackson have been ourighted off the 40 man and have been placed...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Sep 23, 2009, 4:17 pm
I'm getting the itch again. Last year I think there was some sort of lull towards the end. Last year in September my activity dropped off. Now this year I've been considerably less active in ...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Sep 20, 2009, 9:14 am
I get the feeling that it's finally going to happen. The crusade to save his job was well underway after the trades of everyone. The team started turning it around, they were winning games, even ...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Sep 20, 2009, 8:36 am
AKRON AEROS 2009 EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS Party!!! The Akron Aeros are 2009 Eastern League Champions! By defeating Connecticut 10-6 on Saturday Night, the Aeros ended the minor league season on a j...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Sep 19, 2009, 8:23 am
WHAT'S THE NEWS Fantastic new minor league happenings, championship edition, up at IPI. A big list of quotes from Ross Atkins on many different players, make sure you check it out. Along with t...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Sep 17, 2009, 7:48 am
WHAT'S THE NEWS I've not yet decided if the Minor League review will be by team or one giant thing. I'll start it out and see where it goes. IPI has started their reviews and Tony has Kin...
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Nino C. posted an article on The Tribe Daily - Sep 16, 2009, 7:27 am
WHAT'S THE NEWS The Captains always seems to find a good relief pitcher to close out games. Last year it was Vinnie Pestano, this year it was Steve Smith. He's the latest to have a nice story...
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