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The next 1 Basemen for the INDIANS down the road will be Jesus aguilar. The biggest mistake byShapiro was he hired John Mirabelli as scouting Director over Jon Danniels.

Jose Mesa was a dominant closer for the Indians during the 1990s ... but most fans have difficulty forgetting his inability to get the final three outs against the Marlins in Game 7 of the 1997 World Series.

The Blue Jays told Adam Lind, a former 114-RBI man, to try his luck in Las Vegas.

I don't care whether his critique was on target. He expressed the kind of honest emotion seldom seen among Indians players.

Indians manager Manny Acta didn't hesitate to run closer Chris Perez out for his third save in three days Thursday afternoon against the Tigers.

R eader Mario Fioritto Jr., from Fioritto Funeral Service, sometimes sends in entries for this newspaper's weekly "Go Seek" contest.

Chris Perez, the ace relief pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, is discovering that telling the truth isn't a route to easy popularity.

Justin Masterson outdueled Justin Verlander on Thursday afternoon and the Indians defeated the Tigers, 2-1, to complete a three-game sweep.

It wasn't supposed to be like this. The Detroit Tigers were supposed to run away with the AL Central Division.

Prince Fielder entered Tuesday's contest against the Cleveland Indians looking to maintain an impressive hot streak.

Robinson Cano homered, Phil Hughes beat Kansas City for the second time this month and the Yankees - still looking to bust out with the bats - eked out a 3-2 victory over the Royals Tuesday night in New York.

Chris Perez, greeted by a standing ovation from the time he left the bullpen, worked another scary ninth inning for his 14th save as the Cleveland Indians ended a 10-game losing streak to Detroit with a 5-3 victory against the Tigers on Tuesday night.

Chris Perez, greeted by a standing ovation from the time he left the bullpen, worked another scary ninth inning for his 14th save as the Cleveland Indians ended a 10-game losing streak to Detroit with a 5-3 win over the... Jordan Zimmermann pitched six solid innings, and Ian Desmond and Rick Ankiel homered to lead the Washington Nationals to a 5-2 ... (more)

CLEVELAND - It's been a rough weekend for the "Bullpen Mafia."While closer Chris Perez was drawing fire for his inflammatory comments concerning Indians fans, another member of the relief corps - right-hander Joe Smith - was also embroiled in controversy.According to a police report, Smith was involved in an altercation at the Roundhouse Bar ... (more)

Indians baseball pitcher, Chris Perez , made headlines this weekend when he said it's embarrassing the first place Indians are in last place for attendance.

You might remember Chris Perez from his time here in St. Louis as a young fireballing reliever with shaky-at-best control.

Chris Perez ripped Cleveland Indians fans on Saturday for lack of support and for not showing up to cheer on the first-place Tribe.

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You know it by now, you recognize it - it's that familiar time of wondering how big a three-game series against the Indians at their place is whenever they're in first and the Tigers aren't. It's that time of wondering, nudged by the positions the two teams are in, if it's still early in the season or not.

Cleveland Indians closer Chris Perez had a bone to pick with Cleveland fans this weekend, making it quite clear that he doesn't appreciate the fact the Indians are last in Major League Baseball in attendance.