Maybe the White Sox weren’t so bad. They were just locked in the big bad AL Central.
T.J. Zuppe
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T.J. Zuppe
@TJZuppe
Podcaster: @SelbyIsGodcast • Voice overs • Former baseball writer & sports radio talker • Previously: The Athletic, 92.3 The Fan, ESPN Cleveland
- Indians in first place at the end of July and still nobody going to games.
- Jose Ramirez's day: -Demanding handshakes from anyone standing in clubhouse -Throwing small ice cubes at pitchers, then hiding out of view when they turned around -Yanking on Erik Gonzalez's leg and spinning him around in his chair while he was on the phone -3 hits, 23rd HR, SB
- Trevor Bauer’s current season ERA is 0.69.
- Francisco Lindor said he wants to stay in Cleveland, but "they haven't offered me the right thing." Here's more from Lindor on his future:
00:00 - Playoff baseball, man. You’re in agony the entire time. You feel like you wanna puke. Heart explodes out of your chest. Let’s do it again tomorrow.
- It’s still wild that Cleveland went into Houston at one of their lowest points, swept the Astros to save the Guards season, giving them the eventual tiebreaker that closes the door on Houston tonight. Imagine telling yourself the magnitude of all of that as it happened.
- Adam Plutko is back with the club. He walked through the locker room doors and Jose Ramirez immediately demanded a Mario Kart rematch.
- Opposing front office: We’d like to have Bauer Indians: OK FO: But that incident today was kinda ugly Indians: ya not ideal FO: so we probably wouldn’t give you as much for him Indians: well we’re happy to keep a really good pitcher FO: but he threw the ball Indians: OK?
- Trevor Bauer on Sunday: “(I’m) probably the only person in baseball rooting for extra innings in the All-Star Game.”
- It felt hard to believe when Tito picked Cleveland. That press conference felt like an organizational rebirth. The energy had changed. For Francona era to last 11 years also feels hard to believe. Truly privileged to see part of it up close. Incredible chapter for the franchise
- Qualified AL hitters with a better wRC+ than Andres Gimenez at the moment: 1. Judge 2. Alvarez 3. Devers That’s it. That’s the list.
- Two series in a row that mean the world to Cleveland’s opponents. Two series in a row Cleveland spanked them. Amazing.
