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Red Sox honor Terry Francona pregame
Before Thursday night's Indians-Red Sox game, the Boston Red Sox aired a brief tribute video to former manager Terry Francona, the current manager of the Indians. Francona left the Red Sox after the 2011 season when the team collapsed down the stretch, and various borderline slanderous statements about Francona's tenure in Boston began to surface soon thereafter.
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Francona’s Indians dominate the Boston Red sox in his return to Fenway Park with a 12-3 win.
Terry Francona took his Indians to the place he won a world series in. He took the Tribe to the famous Fenway Park in Boston and he received a very warm welcome back by all the Red Sox fans. The Indians then proceeded to show the good people in the city of Boston, how good Francona has them playing this season.
The Indians dominated the welcome back party they threw for Terry Francona...
Red Sox Honor Terry Francona With Well-Deserved ‘Touch of Class,’ But Focus Needs to Be on Stopping Indians
BOSTON – The Red Sox won’t want to remember the end result of Terry Francona’s return to Fenway Park on Thursday. And if they do, it should only be to serve as motivation going forward.
There was a nice moment prior to the second inning of what was eventually a 12-3 Indians win. The Red Sox honored Francona, who won two World Series titles during his eight years as Boston...
Terry Francona Says He Never Rooted Against Red Sox When Visiting Fenway Park, But Now He Will ‘Like Crazy’ (Video)
Terry Francona might not have ended his time as Red Sox manager in storybook fashion, but he didn’t let that spoil his feelings toward his former team when he visited. Now, it’s a different story.
While speaking with the media before his first return to Fenway as an opposing manager, Tito spoke about his feelings coming back to the ballpark where he helped lead a team to two...
Nick Swisher and JoAnna Garcia Welcome a Baby
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Nick and JoAnna Garcia Swisher have reportedly welcomed their first child. the Cleveland Indians first baseman was put on the teams’ paternity list (mandatory one to three-days leave) Tuesday, revealing the happy news. Congrats to Swish on becoming a Dad.-TO
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Francona expects emotional return to Fenway Park
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Indians manager Terry Francona is bracing for a lump in his throat and maybe a tear or two.
He's going back to Boston.
For the first time as an opposing manager, Francona will walk into famed Fenway Park to face the Red Sox, the team he led to two World Series titles during eight seasons.
Francona, who was let go after the Red Sox collapsed in 2011, said he...
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The Indians lost 2 to the Tigers. Was Nick Swisher’s absence a key factor?
The Cleveland Indians lost 2 games to the Detroit Tigers. They were forced to play the Motor City Kitties without one of their key rally guys. Nick Swisher, the guy who plays a huge role with the Indians was out on paternity leave. Swisher and his wife actress, JoAnna Garcia welcomed a baby girl into their family. It is their first child. Swisher is the guy who gets this Indians...
Cleveland Indians NIck Swisher Leaves Team After Wife Has Baby
First and foremost congratulations to Nick Swisher, his wife and the new baby girl that they welcomed to this world Tuesday afternoon. The first baseman was placed on the paternity leave list by the Cleveland Indians. He is allowed to enjoy these moments with his family for a few days and hopefully he takes full advantage. FFLockerRoom hopes for a healthful childhood.
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Chris Perez: “I want to minimize any potential off-the-field distraction”
Cleveland Indians closer Chris Perez released an official statement following the much-discussed deactivation of his Twitter account.
“The decision to deactivate my Twitter account was a personal choice I made in order to maintain the greater focus on the success of the team this season and our shared goals moving forward.
We have an extremely positive and supportive group of players...
Indians place Nick Swisher on paternity leave list
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The Cleveland Indians will be without Nick Swisher on Tuesday night after his wife gave birth to a baby girl earlier in the day. Swisher is expected to return to the Indians in the next couple of days.
In order to give the Indians some infield depth Cord Phelps has been promoted from Triple-A. Phelps was hitting .233/.318′.431 over 30 games for the Columbus...
Tired of mouth-breathers, Indians closer Chris Perez deletes Twitter account
Cleveland Indians closer Chris Perez, one of the most entertaining — and sometimes controversial — Twitter users among professional athletes, surprisingly deleted his Twitter account on Monday, reportedly due to his growing exasperation with having to deal with the hostile, troglodytic and oft-unwarranted commentary from a small but prolific faction who troll his account and...
Trade of the year? Gomes and Aviles for Rogers
The Indians signings of free agents Nick Swisher and Michael Bourn got most of the attention this past offseason.
The hiring of Terry Francona as manager was also big news, and Cleveland even made headlines on the trade front with the three team, nine player deal that netted them Trevor Bauer and several other key pieces to the 2013 ball club.
But of all the moves the Indians made...
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So You Won The Cy Young...Big Deal, the Indians don't care!
The Cleveland Indians have been rather rough this year on reining or former Cy Young award winners, having beaten 7 of them to date. A list of the victims follows. They started the rein of terror in the first game of the season against reining N.L. winner R.A. Dickey now with the Toronto Blue Jays. Dickey, who won the award last year with the Mets allowed 4 runs, 3 earned...
Perez deletes Twitter account after verbal attacks
Score one for the haters.
The Twitter account for closer Chris Perez was no longer active Monday night. Perez, one of the more accessible and open Indians players, apparently had enough ugliness.
Perez was villified on Twitter immediately after giving up a solo home run in the ninth inning of Mondays 10-8 win. Perez had blown a save on Saturday after giving up two solo home runs...
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Trend Spotting: The value of Drew Stubbs and a dilemma at third
As an Indians fan watching the team get off to a tremendous start, I find myself spending the majority of my time trying to pick holes in the roster that could eventually be our downfall or equalizing force. Attempting to find players who are so far outplaying their capability that regression both as a player and as a team is inevitable. This is not to say I am not thoroughly enjoying...
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