You are very boring Rusty.

I have never even contemplated blocking Joe. He has his opinions, which he repeats ad nauseum, but in a friendly way. He does not insult others and hardly is fazed by other's criticisms. Joe gives the impression that he thinks being a baseball fan is fun, not serious business. Me, too. I am glad to have Joe around and missed his posts when he disappeared earlier this season. Rusty, on the other hand, ....

Well at least the "ad nauseum" part was true.

Well! Thanks for the kind words and a vote of confidence fellas

which he repeats ad nauseum

I thought I improved in 2012. I'll try to do better in 2013.

For what it's worth, I love reading everyone's posts,

Me too mcdoc

ad nauseum isn't a bad thing!

joez wrote:
I thought I improved in 2012. I'll try to do better in 2013.

Said every Cleveland Sports team....Every Year

Today, the Indians received RHP TREVOR BAUER, RHP MATT ALBERS and RHP BRYAN SHAW from the Diamondbacks and OF DREW STUBBS from the Reds in exchange for OF SHIN-SOO CHOO, INF JASON DONALD, LHP TONY SIPP, INF LARS ANDERSON and cash considerations.

This just in....

Cleveland Indians President Mark Shapiro is working on an Opening Day tribute to former Indian Ravi Shankar after learning of the former Indian star's passing today.

I like the trade. Basically we traded Choo who is leaving after 2013 for Bauer. Sipp is replaced by another Lefty. Donald is replaced by the guy we got earlier for Rogers. We replace Rogers. We dump useless Lars. We still have Asdrubal. We acquire one of the top pitching prospects in the game.

Tribe Fan in SC/Cali wrote: Cleveland Indians President Mark Shapiro is working on an Opening Day tribute to former Indian Ravi Shankar after learning of the former Indian star's passing today.

Another monitor bites the dust. Thanks Cali!

Have not been reading the Forum as much as I would like due to personal issues but the vigor of posting made me read the last few days.

I like this trade for a number of reasons. We got defense and speed in the OF which we really can use. Stubbs may give us a little bit of Sizemore (including strikeouts!) that we as fans have been missing. As much as I liked Choo he was gone next year. Sipp has lost something IMHO, and Donald, as gritty as he seemed to be, always seemed to come up short. But the clincher from a fan standpoint is Bauer. He could be the real deal and we have not really had someone like that, young, interesting and a possible ace.
Now let us hope that he gets his shot this season and we do not interfere with what has worked for him and got him to this point. I think fans would come to see him pitch.

I give the front office some "guts" points that have been sorely lacking.

Let us hope it works.

I found this snippet kind of funny......

......Bauer had fallen out of favor with Arizona brass because of his unorthodox training methods. According to several sources, the Diamondbacks wanted Bauer to workout during the offseason with their trainers. It’s not a strange request, especially considering how closely teams like to monitor their prospects to keep them from blowing out their arms.

Of course, with pitchers destroying arms daily, you have to wonder if these trainers have any clue what they are doing.

Bauer uses long toss as a major piece to his warm-up and training. He plays long toss right before his starts, which is a no-no in major league circles. His long toss is even unique, in that he throws from foul-pole to foul-pole.

Perhaps his most strange habit is that his last warm-up “pitch” comes after he walks behind the mound, then turns and furiously fires a pitch towards home plate as hard as he can. As a matter of fact, many compared this wild throw to Charlie Sheen’s “Wild Thing” in major league.

Bauer is a smart kid, but he’s also stubborn. It’s what makes him a great pitcher.

Can the Indians harness that? It’s unknown, but the fact that they got him for one-season of Choo is a steal of mammoth proportions..........

We joke about it often here but I've also wondered if some of these trainers know what the heck they are doing.

I really don't care how unorthodox a pitcher might me as long as he's in his comfort zone. I've seen a lot of crazy windups and deliveries in my time. Some of the most successful pitches did some crazy stuff out there.

Brandon Phillips refused a training regiment put together by the tribe officials in favor of training on his own with his friends in Atlanta. I'm sure the brass wasn't happy. I remember the posters here certainly were not happy. I was OK with Phillips at the time just as I am OK with Bauer's refusal to change his methods of training.

Tim "The Freak" Lincecum earned that nickname for a reason and anyone who's seen him pitch knows why. One thing was for certain.....no one was going to change his mechanics. Sometimes science is a good thing. Take it from Lincecum's father.