Red Sox 14 Tribe 9

The Cleveland Indians lost tonight to the Boston Red Sox at Jacobs Field. Here are my thoughts on tonight's game:

1. Cliff Lee was again disappointing and came up very small. The tiping of the cap to the fans was another disgraceful act by Lee a week after getting in a fight with Victor Martinez in the dugout. I always here Eric Wedge trump out the whole you have to respect the game. If he truly believes this Cliff Lee needs to be moved. Ive heard people say you wont get anything for him but to my knowledge he is coming off of three seasons with at least 10 wins in each season.


2. I know some people will panic over tonight's game. But when you play games in the postseason your rotation gets shortened to 4 and your bullpen gets shortened as well. In the pen you have to have four guys you can count on. So were going to have to find another starter let it be Laffey, Sowers, Stanford. As for the bullpen the four that you really can count on are Betancourt, Perez, Borowski, and hopefully Fultz when he comes off the DL. I personally hope they keep Perez in the bullpen because if you move him to the rotation you will really weaken the pen. This is why another arm in the bullpen would be a great addition.


3. Shapiro spending tonight in Buffalo can not be overstated. When the radio play by play man is talking about trades and your GM is watching his AAA club you can expect something to happen. Because you can definitely expect Detroit to do something to shore up their bullpen.


4. The series with Boston really showed that you cant play from behind against them. I believe the Red Sox are the most complete team in baseball.


5. The loss tonight wasn't devastating in that we didn't lose any ground in the division or the wild card race. The other good thing is that the Twins are coming in leaking oil. The Tribe has to take advantage of playing a Minnesota team not playing their best ball. Cause if you take two or even sweep the series you can almost deliver a death blow to their playoff chances.

The Tribe will now begin a three game series as Paul Byrd faces Boof Bonser.