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Fausto Carmona Is Not Fausto Carmona

Barry Petchesky — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:40:59 EST

He is Roberto Hernandez Heredia. That is all. More »

Grady Sizemore Will Stay in Cleveland, John Baker’s Psyched To Be A Padre, And Other Rumblings From The Hot Fucking Stove

josh brill — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:40:00 EST

Your roundup of all the hottest hot-stove items of the day (and whatever shit Ken Rosenthal is throwing against the wall). This is ... HOT FUCKING STOVE!!! More »

The Indians' Shelley Duncan Made Leaping Catches At The Wall Three Straight Times Last Night

Dom Cosentino — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:50:00 EDT

Your morning roundup for Sept. 15, the day we learned we're going to Mars. Photo via Big League Stew. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors. More »

The Flying Squirrel, Like The Cleveland Indians' Playoff Hopes, Is Getting Away

Dom Cosentino — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:25:00 EDT

Your morning roundup for Sept. 8, the day we learned we could buy Marty McFly's shoes. Photo via Big League Stew. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors. More »

Presenting A Chris Mullin Career Retrospective With Violins And Real Talk

Brian Hickey — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 10:15:00 EDT

Your morning roundup for Aug. 13, a day that can strengthen you personally, professionally, physically and spiritually. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors. More »

Someone Wore A Big, Furry Chewbacca Mask To The Rangers-Indians Game Last Night, When It Was 106º Out

Jack Dickey — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 11:00:00 EDT

Yes, it was really quite sweltering. Inherit the Wind-courtroom sweltering. More »

This Woman's Kneecap Is Pretty Sure That Asdrubal Cabrera Hit A Two-Run Homer Last Night

Emma Carmichael — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:00:00 EDT

In the eighth inning of the Indians-Red Sox game last night, with the game tied at five runs apiece, Asdrubal Cabrera's hit a line drive to right field that was initially ruled a single. Umpires reviewed the play and called it a homer — Cabrera's second of the night — to give Cleveland a two-run lead. All of the evidence needed, though, was in the imprint of the baseball's seams on this poor woman's right knee: More »

Watch A Cop Take A Baseball To The Head At Last Night's Indians/White Sox Game

Brian Hickey — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 16:00:00 EDT

Tipster Andrew D. was kind enough to share this video of a foul ball deflecting from the stands at Progressive Field in Cleveland onto the dome of a sideline cop. At first, he's on the edge of seething, but then he sees the whimsy of the moment and just goes back to his responsibilities to God, Country and Team. More »

If You Have Front-Row Seats At An Indians-Sox Game, What Else Are You Going To Do But Shotgun Beers?

Wed, 25 May 2011 09:50:50 EDT

Your morning roundup for May 25, the day we were "spoon-fed gold leaf and pharmaceutical cocaine by Ferran Adria himself." Image courtesy tipster Rosina. More »

Most Pitchers Would Not React The Way Indians Closer Did After Allowing Inconsequential Run

Wed, 18 May 2011 10:00:00 EDT

Your morning roundup for May 18, the day your bros realized they shouldn't have done that, man. Above: Chris Perez makes his case to be the real-life Kenny Powers. Video via The Dugout Sports Show. More »

Here's Video Of LeBron James And Delonte West Sharing A Brief But Loving Embrace Last Night

Brian Hickey — Thu, 12 May 2011 09:30:00 EDT

Your morning roundup for May 12, the day old coot Yogi Berra will come up with something witty to say about turning 82, even though he's only 81. More »

Wild Australian Horse Decides To Run Away From A Steeplechase Course And Over The Crowd

Brian Hickey — Fri, 06 May 2011 09:30:00 EDT

Your morning roundup for May 6, the day Willie Mays becomes an octogenarian. More »

Shin-Soo Choo And His Arresting Officer Combined For A Comedy Of Errors

Jack Dickey — Tue, 03 May 2011 21:05:00 EDT

Indians outfielder Shin-Soo Choo was arrested early Monday morning on DUI charges, the second such Indian and sixth MLB player this year. People smarter and more serious than we, like ESPN's Keith Law, have noticed and called out the trend—Law tweeted, "I'm so glad MLB is directing its time and money into developing a test for an ineffective PED rather than addressing its DUI epidemic." More »

Young Man Wants You To Realize The Grizzlies Beating The San Antonio Spurs Is A Really Big Deal

Brian Hickey — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 09:30:00 EDT

Your morning roundup for April 30, the day we deal with Ouzo hangovers from George Kalpaxis and Julie Herrmannsdoerfer's lovely wedding. More »

Deion Sanders May Have Found A New Football-Playing Host Upon Which He Can Attach

Brian Hickey — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 09:30:00 EDT

Your morning roundup for April 29, the day "special cookies" in zip-lock freezer bags got real. More »

Man Dry Humps Cleveland Indians Mascot

Brian Hickey — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 18:00:00 EDT

The summary of dude's video explains, "He's not wearing any pants. It just seemed right." Dude. Epic move, brah. More »

We Can Infer From This Video That Heidi Watney Does Not Like Her Food Fried

Emma Carmichael — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:00:48 EDT

Baseball's on-field reporters, much like NBA's sideline reporters, are often sent to ask asinine questions and do asinine things on camera. It's a part of the job. Today in Cleveland, as the Sox did indeed crawl their way into an 0-6 start, NESN sent Heidi Watney to try Progressive Field's chicken and waffle sandwich and fried cookie dough. Admirably — but just barely — she got it down. More »

If Boston Gets Swept By Cleveland Today, Red Sox Nation May Implode

Emma Carmichael — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 13:05:00 EDT

The Red Sox, predicted by many to win it all this year, are still without a win five games into the season. Naturally, there's a discussion board up on the Globe website today titled "Panic Time?" Is it? Last night against Cleveland, Kevin Youkilis attempted to intentionally drop a line drive to turn a double play. He didn't make the tag on Travis Buck, Jason Varitek did not get the memo, and the Sox gave up a sixth-inning run to fall behind 4-2. The WTAM announcers were thrilled to have witnessed such a catastrophe (you can find video of the play here; our MLB friends have requested that we pull our clip). More »

Real Men Support The Cleveland Indians By Kissing One Another On Live Television

Brian Hickey — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 09:30:00 EDT

Your morning roundup for April 7, the day that attempted courtroom eye-gouging became a no-no. More »

No One Is Going To Cleveland Indians Games

Jack Dickey — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 20:40:00 EDT

On Friday, Cleveland opened its season on the losing end of a slugfest with the White Sox. Not the worst opening day possible, however much air Fausto Carmona's 3-inning, 10-run performance sucked out of the building—catching stud Carlos Santana went 3 for 5 with a homer. More »

Bob Feller, Cleveland Indians Hall Of Famer, Is Dead At 92

Emma Carmichael — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:15:00 EST

"Rapid Robert" joined the Indians at age 16 for $1 and a baseball autographed by his team. He won 266 games in 18 seasons, despite losing four years to serve for the Navy during World War II. [The Plain Dealer] More »

X-Games Flasher, Large Photo Make For R-Rated Where's Waldo

Barry Petchesky — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:45:51 EDT

Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »

LeBron Jersey Guy Speaks, Confirming Everything We Thought About Him

Barry Petchesky — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:35:00 EDT

Matthew Bellamy is back for his third day of Internet fame, doing local news and posting abrasive Facebook messages. We've been told not to use the word "douchebag" on the site, but...I don't know how to finish that sentence. More »

The LeBron Jersey Guy From The Indians Game Speaks!

Barry Petchesky — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:00:00 EDT

Matt Bellamy, who riled up an entire city, says he'd move to Florida too if he could find a way. But the siren song of Sandusky is too strong! [Cleveland Frowns] More »

Major League Manager Dies

David Matthews — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:00:00 EDT

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James Gammon—the manager from Major League and a lot of other stuff—died over the weekend after a long battle with cancer. Everybody smoke a pack of Marlboro Reds and talk like him in his honor. [Backstage] More »

Indians Minor Leaguers Arrested For Beating Up Bouncer

Dashiell Bennett — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:00:51 EDT

Three players, including the son of Astros manager Brad Mills, are accused of puncturing a man's lung in a fight outside an Akron bar called....wait for it....Whiskey Dick's. Gee, you wouldn't expect trouble at a place like that. More »

Here's The Awesome Catch No One Is Talking About Today

David Matthews — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:35:02 EDT

In the top of the ninth of Armando Galarraga's fairly routine, ho-hum, complete-game one-hitter, Mark Grudzielanek smacked a ball deep to left-center. Austin Jackson was there with a Willie Mays impression, and history was preserved for Jim Joyce to fuck up. [MLB] More »

Taunting Tony Horton The Day After He Slit His Wrists: A Cleveland Fan Repents

Scott Raab — Wed, 26 May 2010 15:05:04 EDT

The following is excerpted from Top of the Order: 25 Writers Pick Their Favorite Baseball Player of All Time, edited by Sean Manning and featuring essays by Matt Taibbi, Stefan Fatsis, and others. Here's Scott Raab, writing about former Indian Tony Horton. More »

Indians Announcer Goes On Epic Indians Rant On The Indians' Network

David Matthews — Thu, 06 May 2010 16:45:53 EDT

Bruce Drennan has had it up to here with the Indians' poor play this season. Yesterday, he decided to go through his scoresheet and give each player an equal-opportunity ripping, looking like a Don Rickles-Gilbert Gottfried hybrid in the process. [WFNY] More »

Study Of Most Loved, Loathed Baseball Teams On Internet Fails To Account For Actual Internet

Tommy Craggs — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:00:08 EDT

Remember that totally, rigorously, kite-flyingly super-scientific Nielsen Co. study of the most loved and hated teams in baseball, according to the internet? The one that concluded that everyone loves the Giants and hates the Indians? Yeah, one problem: More »

Indians The Most Hated Baseball Team, Says Science

Barry Petchesky — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:10:00 EDT

When the Wall Street Journal added a New York sports section, we assumed it would be more than game stories and notes columns. Sure enough, they've debuted with a series of needlessly rigorous analyses of things nobody cares about. More »

Cleveland's Lebron Tests Positive For Horse Steroids

Barry Petchesky — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:00:00 EST

Sure, it's an Indians' minor league catcher named Steven Lebron. But still, could you imagine? [Plain Dealer] More »

Cleveland Indians: God Save The Fans

Will Leitch — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:05:30 EST

Will Leitch will be previewing/musing on every baseball team each weekday until the start of the season. You can pre-order his book and follow him on Twitter. Today: The Cleveland Indians. More »

Eric Wedge: Dead Man Walking

Dashiell Bennett — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:00:41 EDT

Manager Eric Wedge and his coaching staff will finish out the season on the Cleveland Indians bench. But don't worry—he's still totally fired. [Plain Dealer] More »

Shin-Soo Choo Is Korean For "Don Johnson"

Matt Sussman — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:00:00 EDT

Tonight the Indians are giving away an undisclosed number of Shin-Soo Choo '80s-style bobbleheads. You know, back when South Korea was a great place to live. [Slanch Report] More »

Cleveland's Flock Of Seagulls Scores Another Hit

Dashiell Bennett — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:30:59 EDT

Everyone said Eric Wedge was crazy to train wild birds to chase down baseballs in the outfield and distract opposing outfielders. Well, who's the crazy one now, huh? Indians/Birds 1, Royals 0. More »

Relive The Majesty And Terror Of "Ten-Cent Beer Night"

Dashiell Bennett — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:00:24 EDT

Today, June 4, is the 35th anniversary of the drunkest night in sports history—Ten-Cent Beer Night at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland. What better way to celebrate than getting absolutely blitzed on some cheap Stroh's? More »

Best Home Run Call Of The Weekend. (No, It's Not!)

Dashiell Bennett — Mon, 11 May 2009 08:45:00 EDT

Grady Sizemore beat the Tigers on a walk-off home run on Friday. Sorry, I read that wrong. The Tigers won, 1-0, thanks to Curtis Granderson's amazing catch. We all get confused sometimes. [YouTube] More »

Breaking: Some Sports Franchises More Equal Than Others

Moe — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:46:45 EDT

"Don't get me wrong I love America," a reader writes. Whatever Wen Ho, think I don't get my fill of pinkos whining about Fox over at Torture Points Memo? More »

Some Spring Training News That Really Isn't News

Rick Chandler — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:45:14 EST

In a development absolutely no one could have predicted, the Indians' Kerry Wood may miss some time with a sore back. [Cleveland Plain Dealer] More »