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July 13, 2013The Twitter Machine
July 14, 2013“While We’re Waiting” serves as the early morning gathering of WFNY-esque information for your viewing pleasure. Have something you think we should see? Send it to our tips email at tips@waitingfornextyear.com.
After the debacle vs the Tigers, the Tribe has won two straight series. “The grand slam is normally a rare event, but not apparently when the Indians and Royals play. In their last series, two grand slams were hit, both by Royal hitters, and tonight a third grand slam was hit, this time by an Indians player.
Because FOX did not choose to televise the game, the game was not broadcast by either STO or the Kansas City station. In one way that was appropriate, for the Indians sported a 1902 road uniform, so why not turn back the clock on television as well?* We in the home market will have to wait to see how Nick Swisher dealt with his collar, but we have a good idea how the game went via the radio and the old trusty box score.
Scott Kazmir had a representative start tonight. He pitched really well, cruising into the seventh inning, but then seemed to have a physical ailment and struggled to get the first out of the inning. Kazmir has undoubtedly been a season-long project for the training staff. and given that he’s thrown a total of 1.2 major-league innings over the past two seasons, it’s going to be difficult for him to make it through the remainder of the season. But however long the Scott Kazmir comeback show lasts, it’s been at times a blast to watch. Throwing in the mid-90s most of the game, Kazmir was efficient through six innings, having thrown only 85 or so pitches. But in the seventh, he walked the first two batters and retired Mike Moustakas only after throwing him 10 pitches. Terry Francona had seen enough.” [Ryan/Let’s Go Tribe]
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I see people complaining about this on the twitter machine all the time. “The price difference between buying early and late can be significant for popular dates. For example, bleacher seats for the Saturday, July 27, game against the Texas Rangers — which also features post-game fireworks and a giveaway of a Michael Brantley replica home jersey — were selling last week at prices ranging from $30.25 to $36 apiece. Those bleacher seats sold in a range of $10 (tickets for the upper bleachers, which are sold out for the Texas game) to $26 each (tickets for the lower bleachers, which are dynamically priced) at the start of the season.
Indians president Mark Shapiro said dynamic pricing, “when you look at it on a macro level, is nothing new.”
“When you go to the grocery store and buy a loaf of bread, do you even remember what you paid for the bread the last time you were there?” Mr. Shapiro said. “When you go to the gas pump and buy gas, it changes every day.
“The sports and entertainment world is moving to a model that the rest of our commercial markets operate under,” Mr. Shapiro continued. “It was the biggest lever that we had not yet pulled.”
But it isn’t the only lever the Tribe is using as it looks to boost revenues from ticket sales.” [Kevin Kleps/Crain’s Cleveland]
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It always cracks me up when an OSU alum is announcing an OSU game. It happens quite often. “Kirk Herbstreit, Clark Kellogg, Chris Spielman, Eddie George, Robert Smith, Jim Jackson Joey Galloway, John Cook and Mike Tomczak all work for national sports media organizations. Non-athletes such as the late great Jack Buck, Erin Moriarty and Albert Breer also have made a name for themselves working at national media outlets on some of the biggest news and sports stories.
Four of those athletes – Herbstreit, Kellogg, Spielman and George – were in Columbus at the Morning Sports Report in June to discuss their rise to prominence in sports media and their alma mater.
Playing at Ohio State offers many privileges: competing for championships, traveling around the country, getting a good education and garnering plenty of attention. It’s that last note that helped many Buckeyes transition into life after football. None of the four went to Ohio State with goals of working in journalism, it just happened to be their final destination.
“I think we all take a lot of pride in the fact that there are a lot of us out there and I think the school really opens up opportunities for you, like standing around microphones and cameras,” Herbstreit said.”” [Kyle Rowland/Eleven Warriors]
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Man, I wish Cleveland fans would move on past LeBron [/sarcasm]. “LeBron James. Well, he didn’t do anything this summer except lift another trophy. But the Cavs perhaps had LeBron’s 2014 free agency in mind when they went about their summer business. They signed Andrew Bynum and will give him at least a year to prove he can still stay healthy. They used the first overall pick on a power forward (Anthony Bennett), then went out and signed a guard (Jack) and will welcome back another center (Anderson Varejao) from injury. All they need now is help at small forward. Maybe they’ll look for one next summer.” [Shaun Powell/Sports on Earth]
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Lazy Sunday! Huzzah! “The most newsworthy item of the past week occurred early Thursday afternoon, when pitching prospect Danny Salazar turned his major league debut against the Blue Jays into a 6-inning coming out party. Salazar threw 5 no-hit innings to begin his major league career and wound up allowing just one run on two hits through six innings, walking one and striking out seven. Salazar nearly wound up with a hard-luck no-decision, but the offense came alive in the bottom of the sixth, plating a pair of runs en route to a 4-2 victory in the series finale against Toronto. I’ve had a front-row seat on the Danny Salazar bandwagon since he dominated for the Aeros down the stretch last season after his return from Tommy John surgery. While I can safely say I expected him to find success last week, I didn’t see that level of dominance coming.
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Too bad the Cavs didn’t pick Alex Len, he would’ve been a great fit for their always-injured-big-man-rotation with Bynum and Varejao. “There was a fun few weeks in which Alex Len was talked about as the No. 1 overall draft pick. Despite being ridiculously raw and having had ankle surgery to repair a stress fracture, the hype machine got caught up on him and, eventually, he went No. 5 to Phoenix. Now, just two weeks after landing in Phoenix, there’s more injury trouble. From a Suns press release:
“As a precautionary measure, our medical staff determined that it would be prudent to perform surgery on Alex Len’s right ankle at this time,” said Suns President of Basketball Operations Lon Babby. “That surgery was successfully completed this morning. As part of a routine evaluation, our medical team identified the very beginnings of a stress fracture in Alex’s right ankle even though Alex was entirely asymptomatic. We expect him to be available to begin the season.” [Moore/CBS Eye on Basketball]