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Jake Westbrook is the Indians' purported Opening Day starter for April 5 in Chicago, but he has a high hill to climb first.

As Thanksgiving draws near and the holiday season kicks off, the Indians are once again feeding needy families with the help of their fans.

Here's the 2009 scouting report on Phillies star pitcher Cliff Lee in the Maple Street Press 2009 Indians Annual : In 2007, Cliff Lee had about as bad a season as a veteran pitcher can have.

With the League Championship Series halfway through, the self-imposed deadline of installing a manager into the Cleveland Indians dugout is looming.

Shin-Soo Choo will go into the off- season knowing he has enough power to hit in the middle of the Indians ' lineup.

Jon Lester passed his final postseason tuneup test with flying colors. Now it's Josh Beckett's turn.

In his last start before the playoffs, Beckett was unable to turn around his unimpressive late-season trend of not pitching all that well.

It's been an ugly season for the Indians, and it has the potential to end really ugly.

"It felt kind of weird," Martinez said. "I was like, wow, it took me so long, and then to see who I hit it off it was just weird.

Josh Beckett hopes his back holds out this evening when the Boston Red Sox continue their four-game set with the Cleveland Indians at Fenway Park.

As the Indians search for a manager, the first thing they must do is look outside the organization.

I can, but I don't want to. - Sheldon Ocker Sheldon: I think it would be a really interesting story to see what the Indians would look like if there were no trades and no free agents.

On the heels of a second inning collapse for Tribe starter Aaron Laffey, the White Sox have taken a 3-0 lead over the Indians on a cold and windy night at Progressive Field.

An ailing left hip won't put a damper on the strong finish to his rookie season for Indians outfielder/first baseman Matt LaPorta.

Entering this season, the Cleveland Indians were considered a contender for the AL Central crown.

Will the Indians win another game in the 2009 season? From their own perspective and that of their fans, they had very well better.

Justin Masterson only lasted four innings. If my math is correct, the Indians just have to win two more games to avoid ending the season with 100 losses.

In losing nine of nine of 13, the Tigers let a season-high, seven-game lead on Sept.

One monotonous day is followed by another monotonous, identical day. The same things will happen, they will happen again -- the same moments find us and leave us.

BBATigers-Indians,0280 Tigers down Indians 3-1 Eds: APNewsNow. Tigers 3, Indians 1. AP Photo OHTD110, OHTD109, OHTD104 By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND Edwin Jackson wouldn't allow the AL Central to get any tighter.