April
6 th
Like so many of you, we at WFNY cannot wait for the first pitch of the 2009 Cleveland Indians season. We all know you want to watch today’s game, but so many of you are at work and can at best, follow along online or listen to the dulcet tones of Tommy Hamilton. There is an alternative – chat aling with the WFNY crew. Kevin Millwood steps on the hill for the Texas Rangers and is about to fire his first pitch…. and away we go……..
Author: TD
TD is a born and bred Clevelander who agrees with ESPN's Scott Van Pelt when he says ""Ranch Dressing makes everything better except for cereal and ice cream."TD has written 234 articles for Waiting for Next Year.
“A lotta people say you can tell how the season’s going to go based on the first hitter…”
And, Grady strikes out. 0-162.
hey, does anyone have a livestream link? too early to hit the bar yet…
DeRosa….4 pitch walk….good first AB….Underwood is still brutal
#3: to listen/watch? I do not.
I’m listening on the radio and following it on ESPN game cast:
http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/gamecast?gameId=290406113
MLB’s game cast app is pretty decent as well.
all live major league content is available for subscription on mlb.com
i got the yearly audio package for $15
So, is WTAM broadcasting the game? The streaming audio on the iphone app is some british guy rambling on about Kim Jong Il.
mlb game cast is:
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2009_04_06_clemlb_texmlb_1&mode=gameday
this is a great at bat by Vic….serious battle. good to see him back, regardless of the outcome.
Ugh. The first of many GIDP’s the Tribe will have this year, I suspect.
ok..i lied…4-6-3 is not what I ordered after a 10 pitch AB
I give up. I’m buying MLB at the plate for the iPhone for $10. Looks like MLB stopped Clearchannel from streaming MLB games. Jerks.
it’s on ESPN2 b/c the Boston-Rays game is delayed!!!
Tom Hamilton, I love you. Just like that, we’ve got streaming audio. Best $9.99 you can spend. Booooosh.
Yea Benny!
#13 – Boston game is rained out….so you may get the whole game…
Benny diving catch in left!
“Jhonny is the best at balls hit right at him”
-The Grinder
I’ll tell you what…second year in a row, Extra Innings is going to be the best investment I made. Extra Innings + Slingbox = Happy Tribe fan at work in Florida.
1-2-3…Spring means nothing
sincerely,
Clifton Phipher Lee
for some reason my wtam on mlb.com audio isnt working and i only can get the texas broadcast… anyone else have the same problem? i am not near cleveland so i cant get 1100 down here
Sounds like Cliff cruised through 1…
Pronk “really knocked the crap out of that one.”
is lee ok?
Great. Ball hit off of Lee’s pitching arm.
Ouch Cliff…a knot just popped up just like Haseem Rachman’s head
he is fine…accept Marlon Brd just hit a double down the line…2nd and 3rd…one out.
Followed up by a Marlon Byrd double. 2nd and 3rd, two outs…
Sorry, one out.
huge K….Chris Davis threw his bat into the stands swinging and missing on that 3-2 offering…
W is on the rangers radio broadcast… he claims to know things about baseball
Or maybe spring training does matter…
Salty with a 2-run single. D’oh. Ever since he got drilled, Cliff has been struggling.
saltalamachia, two run single….weak….left the pitch too far over the middle of the plate.
And since that blow, 2 runs in.
wow the flood gates open on lee
Another screamer down the line for a double. Yuck.
he isnt locating his pitches…just like spring….everything is in the middle of the plate
Well…lets see how our bullpen improved since last year…
Waiting for Next Year….
Good thing the Tribe didn’t offer Lee a contract extension.
Wedge said Lee wasn’t very focused in Arizona.
i dont ever remember him giving up four straight hits last year…than again, the ball that drille dhim on the arm is affecting him.
Get ready for the Zach Attack today!
Manning just said that that pop foul would have been an out last year. They added two rows of seats behind home plate….Now Hamilton is up with the bases loaded….ugh
I say its time Cliff got another recharge visit to the minors.
The Attack is getting warm Boomhauer!
Phew. Could have been even worse with Hamilton up.
I’m not ready to send Lee down just yet. He *did* take a line drive OFF OF HIS PITCHING ARM!! Calm down, folks.
gamecast isn’t working for some reason! nooooooo!
@ #20 and #49 – not working well for me right now. No audio, although the picture feeds are working Ok. I want sound!!!
#49 – you arent missing much. We dont have a hit through 3.
I was kidding with my sending down to the minors comment. Sarcasm doesn’t come through well on the internet for some reason.
Sabathia also had a nice habit of giving up the house within the first two innings before settling down, so I’m used to this kind of pitching. And yea, getting hit on the arms certainly doesn’t make someone pitch better.
Rangers radio (KRLD) is streaming right now through MLB At Bat. WTAM having issues. This guy is boring. NEEDS MORE TOM HAMILTON!
well, at least Millwood can’t get a perfect game, only a no no.
yikes.
@ #20
I cannot get WTAM on my MLB Audio either. I had to listen to Dubyah tell the listeners that the Rangers were “lighting up” Cliff Lee…
Grady leadoff single…here we go..
Im at work so I can’t put on a rally cap…Ill just turn my Tribe polo inside out.
did i mention how lame Underwood is?
Lets go TRIBE!!!!! It is soooo good to have you back!!!!!!
Here’s where having Hafner hitting cleanup is going to bite Wedge in the ass.
oh Pronk….another inning ending DP
Wow…he could have just struck out with that crappy swing, but no, had to hit the tapper!
You have to wonder how long keeping Hafner there just because he’s a lefty will stick.
DP NK.
Hafner sucks…
WFNY
…where we’ll be one year closer to the end of Hafner’s contract
Hafner used to have a pretty decent eye back when he was hitting well. Now, he seems to swing at garbage all the time.
Boomhauer- im with you….he has done nothing to prove he should be in that spot in the last two years. Id rather have Choo 4th if he needs a lefty there.
2 hits, thats all we got is 2 d*mn hits?!
ah who cares, no ones listening anyways.
Are you guys still here? I figured everyone would have been on to less painful activities like getting a root canal or having an eye put out with a red hot poker.
Underwood: “I dont know how that ball didnt hit Millwood”
replays showed the ball a good five feet between Millwood and the ball hit by Choo
first and third nobody out for Texas in the 5th…
i want my $15 back from mlb.com
Blalock just CRUSHED that ball…7-0…Im done….goodnight now
Game. Set. Match.
Is it too late to get a refund on our season tickets?
at least Blaylock is on my fantasy team
Crap!!! so is Lee
Gone. Game over.
Forget this. Game’s over. Season’s over. I am so sad right now.
And Cliff Lee’s contract with the Devil is officially expired…
I hate being from Cleveland.
I don’t think the season’s over, but down 7 with 12 outs left against a pitcher who’s allowed two hits through five doesn’t exactly make me feel confident for today’s chances, hehehe.
Just get me to that bullpen, please…. a Texas bullpen = a fighting chance.
Mark Shapiro is shivering right now.
As many have said, at least we saved the money we would have wasted by signing Lee in the offseason.
12.60 ERA… Yup, right on par with spring training. But, spring training never carries over into the regular season. Much.
Bout time, Wedge. It’s 7-nothin’.
I need a response to people when they bash the Indians…now that it isn’t Spring Training I can’t use “At least it doesn’t count” any more.
Look at it this way: at least the pressure of a perfect season is no longer a worry
It’s one game out of 162 people
This is the only acceptable situation for Masa Kobayashi to be pitching. At least Wedge got that right.
Gasoline on the fire – it’s Kobiyashi time!
i’m not going to overreact and say the season is over…and i hope those doing so are just joking…
however……….i hope Lee is just working off the rust….
What’s that “1″ in the “R” column?
Apparently, Scott, when you have a runner touch the plate, you are awarded a run. Having not seen this all day, I was confused myself.
The number you’ll see next to Cleveland in the final box score most of the season.
have you guys heard? there’s a one day sale at the team shop!*
So Hafner hit .333 with a run, and Cliff Lee put up a 12+ ERA… I’m confused.
This is officially an a$$ whipping.
Wow. Haven’t watched the game at all. Just checked the score. Hopefully the Rangers are just really really good this year. LOL Then again. It is a Cleveland team they’re playing.
My bad… Hafner went .225 –
Can we get Millwood back now?
Personally I’m not worried about Lee. No, I was WORRIED 2 weeks ago; now I’m just sad.
Five of our 81 losses last season were by eight runs or more. Yuck.
100!
Dalmatians!
Hey – at least CC got the crap hit out of him by the Orioles…
And don’t forget our secret weapon in the rotation – CARL PAVANO!
Well, at least Perez pitched well.
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