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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"><title>News on Cleveland Indians</title><link href="http://www.grandslamnews.com/topic/Cleveland%20Indians" rel="alternate"></link><id>http://www.grandslamnews.com/topic/Cleveland Indians</id><updated>2010-03-20T16:45:18Z</updated><entry><title>Indians Wood Spring</title><link href="http://www.grandslamnews.com/photo/2202837" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-20T11:45:57Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.grandslamnews.com,2010-03-20:/photo/2202837</id><summary type="html">FILE-&lt;a title="Cleveland Indians" href="/topic/Cleveland+Indians" &gt;Cleveland Indians&lt;/a&gt; relief pitcher &lt;a title="Kerry Wood" href="/topic/Kerry+Wood" &gt;Kerry Wood&lt;/a&gt; pitches against the &lt;a title="San Diego Padres" href="/topic/San+Diego+Padres" &gt;San Diego Padres&lt;/a&gt; in a spring training baseball game Wednesday, March 10, 2010 in &lt;a title="Goodyear (Arizona)" href="/topic/Goodyear+(Arizona)" &gt;Goodyear, Ariz.&lt;/a&gt; Wood says he's not worried about missing any more time with the Cleveland Indians be...</summary><category term="Orthopedics"></category><category term="Back Pain"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Offseason Training Camps"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="San Diego Padres"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Kerry Wood"></category><category term="Goodyear (Arizona)"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Hafner hits 3-run homer as Indians top A's 12-4</title><link href="http://www.grandslamnews.com/article/Hafner%20hits%203-run%20homer%20as%20Indians%20top%20A%27s%2012-4" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-20T16:45:18Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.grandslamnews.com,2010-03-20:/article/Hafner%20hits%203-run%20homer%20as%20Indians%20top%20A%27s%2012-4</id><summary type="html">&amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;gt;Hafner hits 3-run homer during 8-run second inning as Indians pound &lt;a title="Oakland Athletics" href="/topic/Oakland+Athletics" &gt;A's&lt;/a&gt; split squad 12-4&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;After an extended outage, &lt;a title="Travis Hafner" href="/topic/Travis+Hafner" &gt;Travis Hafner&lt;/a&gt; may be getting his power back.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Hafner's three-run homer onto a sidewalk beyond the right-field wall capped &lt;a title="Cleveland Indians" href="/topic/Cleveland+Indians" &gt;Clev...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="St. Louis Cardinals"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Travis Hafner"></category><category term="Kerry Wood"></category><category term="Brian Buscher"></category><category term="Jason Jennings"></category><category term="Cactus League"></category><category term="Manny Acta"></category><category term="Michael Brantley"></category><category term="Mitch Talbot"></category><category term="Kevin Kouzmanoff"></category><category term="Adrian Cardenas"></category><category term="Mark Grudzielanek"></category><category term="Jason Donald"></category><category term="Columbus Clippers"></category><category term="Chris Perez (Baseball)"></category><category term="Wes Hodges"></category><category term="Matt Carson"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category><category term="Lonnie Chisenhall"></category></entry><entry><title>Indians closer Kerry Wood out with muscle strain</title><link href="http://www.grandslamnews.com/article/Indians%20closer%20Kerry%20Wood%20out%20with%20muscle%20strain" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-20T14:15:17Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.grandslamnews.com,2010-03-20:/article/Indians%20closer%20Kerry%20Wood%20out%20with%20muscle%20strain</id><summary type="html">&amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;gt;Knocked Wood: &lt;a title="Cleveland Indians" href="/topic/Cleveland+Indians" &gt;Indians&lt;/a&gt; closer &lt;a title="Kerry Wood" href="/topic/Kerry+Wood" &gt;Kerry Wood&lt;/a&gt; could miss 2 months with strained back muscle&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Kerry Wood went one full season in Cleveland without making a trip to the disabled list. He won't make it two.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The Indians' closer, with a long history of injuries and surgeries, could miss two months with a strained muscl...</summary><category term="Injuries and Traumas"></category><category term="Sports Injuries"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Mark DeRosa"></category><category term="Chicago Cubs"></category><category term="St. Louis Cardinals"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Mark Shapiro"></category><category term="Cliff Lee"></category><category term="Kerry Wood"></category><category term="Victor Martinez (Baseball)"></category><category term="Chris Perez (Baseball)"></category><category term="Cy Young Award"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Spring Training Capsules</title><link href="http://www.grandslamnews.com/article/Spring%20Training%20Capsules" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-19T22:30:28Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.grandslamnews.com,2010-03-19:/article/Spring%20Training%20Capsules</id><summary type="html">&amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;gt;&lt;a title="Spring Training" href="/topic/Spring+Training" &gt;Spring Training&lt;/a&gt; Capsules&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&lt;a title="Stephen Strasburg" href="/topic/Stephen+Strasburg" &gt;Stephen Strasburg&lt;/a&gt; allowed two solo homers and struck out eight in four innings, and the &lt;a title="Washington Nationals" href="/topic/Washington+Nationals" &gt;Washington Nationals&lt;/a&gt; beat a &lt;a title="St. Louis Cardinals" href="/topic/St.+Louis+Cardinals" &gt;St. Louis Cardinals&lt;/a&gt; split squad 1...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Offseason Training Camps"></category><category term="Clearwater"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Chicago Cubs"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="Seattle Mariners"></category><category term="Alfonso Soriano"></category><category term="Houston Astros"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Milwaukee Brewers"></category><category term="Kissimmee"></category><category term="Bradenton"></category><category term="Jim Johnson"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="Los Angeles Dodgers"></category><category term="Arizona Diamondbacks"></category><category term="San Diego Padres"></category><category term="Manny Ramirez"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Kansas City Royals"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Carl Crawford"></category><category term="Evan Longoria"></category><category term="Johan Santana"></category><category term="Atlanta Braves"></category><category term="St. Louis Cardinals"></category><category term="Port St. Lucie"></category><category term="Port Charlotte"></category><category term="Sergio Mitre"></category><category term="Cincinnati Reds"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Washington Nationals"></category><category term="J.J. Putz"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Milton Bradley (Baseball)"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Matt Lindstrom"></category><category term="Kenshin Kawakami"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Matt Kemp"></category><category term="Brandon McCarthy"></category><category term="Derrek Lee"></category><category term="Albert Pujols"></category><category term="Kosuke Fukudome"></category><category term="Vladimir Guerrero"></category><category term="Xavier Nady"></category><category term="Brandon Morrow"></category><category term="Grapefruit League"></category><category term="Brian Bannister"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Chad Gaudin"></category><category term="Paul Maholm"></category><category term="Hiroki Kuroda"></category><category term="Goodyear (Arizona)"></category><category term="Jeff Suppan"></category><category term="Chris Carpenter"></category><category term="Kyle Kendrick"></category><category term="Marlon Byrd"></category><category term="Rafael Furcal"></category><category term="Aaron Harang"></category><category term="Jeremy Bonderman"></category><category term="Omir Santos"></category><category term="Rick Porcello"></category><category term="Jeff Larish"></category><category term="Kevin Slowey"></category><category term="Trevor Cahill"></category><category term="Brian Anderson"></category><category term="Gordon Beckham"></category><category term="John Mayberry"></category><category term="Garrett Jones"></category><category term="Aaron Laffey"></category><category term="Bud Norris"></category><category term="Justin Masterson"></category><category term="Greg Smith"></category><category term="Kendry Morales"></category><category term="Cory Sullivan"></category><category term="Chase Headley"></category><category term="Scott Linebrink"></category><category term="Ryan Theriot"></category><category term="Aubrey Huff"></category><category term="Delwyn Young"></category><category term="Ben Zobrist"></category><category term="Chris Young (Pitcher)"></category><category term="Steve Pearce"></category><category term="Billy Buckner"></category><category term="Buster Posey"></category><category term="Wilson Ramos"></category><category term="Dennis Sarfate"></category><category term="Will Ohman"></category><category term="Anibal Sanchez"></category><category term="Chris Coghlan"></category><category term="Stephen Strasburg"></category><category term="Josh Banks"></category><category term="Danny Valencia"></category><category term="Ross Wolf"></category><category term="Brian Matusz"></category><category term="Jason Vargas"></category><category term="Doug Fister"></category><category term="Surprise (Arizona)"></category><category term="Peoria (Arizona)"></category><category term="Spring Training"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category><category term="Chris Heisey"></category></entry><entry><title>Posey leads Giants past Indians split-squad 7-6</title><link href="http://www.grandslamnews.com/article/Posey%20leads%20Giants%20past%20Indians%20split-squad%207-6" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-19T16:30:38Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.grandslamnews.com,2010-03-19:/article/Posey%20leads%20Giants%20past%20Indians%20split-squad%207-6</id><summary type="html">&amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;gt;&lt;a title="Buster Posey" href="/topic/Buster+Posey" &gt;Buster Posey&lt;/a&gt; hits run-scoring double in 8th inning as Giants beat Indians split-squad 7-6&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Buster Posey hit a run-scoring double with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift the &lt;a title="San Francisco Giants" href="/topic/San+Francisco+Giants" &gt;San Francisco Giants&lt;/a&gt; to a 7-6 victory over a &lt;a title="Cleveland Indians" href="/topic/Cleveland+Indians" &gt;Cleveland Indians&lt;/a...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Fausto Carmona"></category><category term="San Francisco Giants"></category><category term="Brian Wilson (Baseball)"></category><category term="Jonathan Sanchez (Baseball)"></category><category term="Justin Masterson"></category><category term="Matt Downs"></category><category term="Edgar Renteria"></category><category term="Aubrey Huff"></category><category term="Pablo Sandoval"></category><category term="Asdrubal Cabrera"></category><category term="Buster Posey"></category><category term="Jake Westbrook"></category><category term="Tony Sipp"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Laffey, Marte help Indians split-squad top Rangers</title><link href="http://www.grandslamnews.com/article/Laffey%2C%20Marte%20help%20Indians%20split-squad%20top%20Rangers" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-19T16:30:15Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.grandslamnews.com,2010-03-19:/article/Laffey%2C%20Marte%20help%20Indians%20split-squad%20top%20Rangers</id><summary type="html">&amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;gt;Laffey throws 4 strong innings, Marte hits grand slam as Indians split-squad tops Rangers 12-2&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;A day in the field was just what &lt;a title="Texas Rangers" href="/topic/Texas+Rangers" &gt;Texas Rangers&lt;/a&gt; slugger &lt;a title="Vladimir Guerrero" href="/topic/Vladimir+Guerrero" &gt;Vladimir Guerrero&lt;/a&gt; needed to end his struggles at the plate.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Guerrero, making his first appearance of the spring in right field, went 2 for 3 with a doub...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Minor League Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Carlos Santana"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Shelley Duncan"></category><category term="Carlos Rivera"></category><category term="Michael Young (Baseball)"></category><category term="Ron Washington"></category><category term="Brandon McCarthy"></category><category term="Vladimir Guerrero"></category><category term="Josh Hamilton (Baseball)"></category><category term="Nelson Cruz"></category><category term="Jordan Brown"></category><category term="Aaron Laffey"></category><category term="Nick Weglarz"></category><category term="Chad Tracy"></category><category term="Andy Marte"></category><category term="Justin Smoak"></category><category term="Columbus Clippers"></category><category term="Akron Aeros"></category><category term="Tommy Hunter"></category><category term="Hector Rondon"></category><category term="Mitch Moreland"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Reds Indians Spring Baseball</title><link href="http://www.grandslamnews.com/photo/2200542" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-18T16:01:17Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.grandslamnews.com,2010-03-18:/photo/2200542</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Cincinnati Reds" href="/topic/Cincinnati+Reds" &gt;Cincinnati Reds&lt;/a&gt; starting pitcher &lt;a title="Homer Bailey" href="/topic/Homer+Bailey" &gt;Homer Bailey&lt;/a&gt; pitches to the &lt;a title="Cleveland Indians" href="/topic/Cleveland+Indians" &gt;Cleveland Indians&lt;/a&gt; in the first inning of a spring training baseball game Thursday, March 18, 2010, in &lt;a title="Goodyear (Arizona)" href="/topic/Goodyear+(Arizona)" &gt;Goodyear, Ariz.&lt;/a&gt; (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)&lt;div id="copyright"&gt;&lt;div&gt;
        Copyright 2010...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Offseason Training Camps"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Cincinnati Reds"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Goodyear (Arizona)"></category><category term="Homer Bailey"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Hafner powers Indians over Reds</title><link href="http://www.grandslamnews.com/article/Hafner%20powers%20Indians%20over%20Reds" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-18T16:00:27Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.grandslamnews.com,2010-03-18:/article/Hafner%20powers%20Indians%20over%20Reds</id><summary type="html">&amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;gt;&lt;a title="Travis Hafner" href="/topic/Travis+Hafner" &gt;Travis Hafner&lt;/a&gt;'s first homer of spring leads &lt;a title="Cleveland Indians" href="/topic/Cleveland+Indians" &gt;Cleveland Indians&lt;/a&gt; past &lt;a title="Cincinnati Reds" href="/topic/Cincinnati+Reds" &gt;Cincinnati Reds&lt;/a&gt; 6-2&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&lt;a title="Jeremy Sowers" href="/topic/Jeremy+Sowers" &gt;Jeremy Sowers&lt;/a&gt; had a better day than his beloved alma mater.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Sowers, whose spring debut was dela...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="College Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="College Athletics"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Ohio Valley Conference"></category><category term="Murray State Racers"></category><category term="Jeremy Sowers"></category><category term="Cincinnati Reds"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Travis Hafner"></category><category term="Jonny Gomes"></category><category term="Vanderbilt Commodores (Basketball)"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Carmona sharp, Indians beat Reds 8-2</title><link href="http://www.grandslamnews.com/article/Carmona%20sharp%2C%20Indians%20beat%20Reds%208-2" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-17T22:45:22Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.grandslamnews.com,2010-03-17:/article/Carmona%20sharp%2C%20Indians%20beat%20Reds%208-2</id><summary type="html">&amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;gt;&lt;a title="Fausto Carmona" href="/topic/Fausto+Carmona" &gt;Fausto Carmona&lt;/a&gt; has second solid performance, Indians rough up Arroyo and beat Reds 8-2&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Fausto Carmona had his second strong outing of spring training Wednesday night, allowing only a pair of hits over four innings of the &lt;a title="Cleveland Indians" href="/topic/Cleveland+Indians" &gt;Cleveland Indians&lt;/a&gt;' 8-2 victory over the &lt;a title="Cincinnati Reds" href="/topic/Cincinnati+Reds" ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Cincinnati Reds"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Fausto Carmona"></category><category term="Manny Acta"></category><category term="Micah Owings"></category><category term="Dusty Baker"></category><category term="Bronson Arroyo"></category><category term="Mark Grudzielanek"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Indians Rockies Spring Baseball</title><link href="http://www.grandslamnews.com/photo/2199994" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-17T18:47:57Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.grandslamnews.com,2010-03-17:/photo/2199994</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Cleveland Indians" href="/topic/Cleveland+Indians" &gt;Cleveland Indians&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a title="Chris Gimenez" href="/topic/Chris+Gimenez" &gt;Chris Gimenez&lt;/a&gt; looks at this hand after striking out in the second inning against the &lt;a title="Colorado Rockies" href="/topic/Colorado+Rockies" &gt;Colorado Rockies&lt;/a&gt; in a &lt;a title="Cactus League" href="/topic/Cactus+League" &gt;Cactus League&lt;/a&gt; spring training baseball game in &lt;a title="Tucson" href="/topic/Tucson" &gt;Tucson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title="Arizona" href="/topi...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Offseason Training Camps"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Colorado Rockies"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Cactus League"></category><category term="Chris Gimenez"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>De La Rosa strikes out 6 as Rockies beat Indians</title><link href="http://www.grandslamnews.com/article/De%20La%20Rosa%20strikes%20out%206%20as%20Rockies%20beat%20Indians" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-17T18:00:32Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.grandslamnews.com,2010-03-17:/article/De%20La%20Rosa%20strikes%20out%206%20as%20Rockies%20beat%20Indians</id><summary type="html">&amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;gt;&lt;a title="Randy Flores" href="/topic/Randy+Flores" &gt;Randy Flores&lt;/a&gt; bruises arm in 6-3 win over Indians, another injury to Rockies' battered bullpen&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;All morning, Rockies reliever Randy Flores took part in a drill designed to improve the dexterity and reflexes of the pitchers.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Still, the exercise couldn't prepare him for the liner off the bat of &lt;a title="Cleveland Indians" href="/topic/Cleveland+Indians" &gt;Cleveland&lt;/a&gt;'s ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Colorado Rockies"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Huston Street"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Tim Redding"></category><category term="Cliff Lee"></category><category term="Chris Iannetta"></category><category term="Brad Hawpe"></category><category term="Carlos Gonzalez"></category><category term="Carlos Carrasco"></category><category term="Melvin Mora"></category><category term="Jorge De La Rosa"></category><category term="Troy Tulowitzki"></category><category term="Justin Speier"></category><category term="Omar Quintanilla"></category><category term="Rafael Betancourt"></category><category term="Randy Flores"></category><category term="Jimmy Gobble"></category><category term="Chris Gimenez"></category><category term="Matt Belisle"></category><category term="Jim Tracy (Baseball)"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Westbrook leads Indians past Giants</title><link href="http://www.grandslamnews.com/article/Westbrook%20leads%20Indians%20past%20Giants" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-16T16:31:54Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.grandslamnews.com,2010-03-16:/article/Westbrook%20leads%20Indians%20past%20Giants</id><summary type="html">&amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;gt;&lt;a title="Jake Westbrook" href="/topic/Jake+Westbrook" &gt;Jake Westbrook&lt;/a&gt; outpitches 2-time &lt;a title="Cy Young Award" href="/topic/Cy+Young+Award" &gt;Cy Young winner&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a title="Tim Lincecum" href="/topic/Tim+Lincecum" &gt;Tim Lincecum&lt;/a&gt; as Indians down Giants 7-1&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;As Jake Westbrook ran sprints in the outfield grass, a Cleveland fan leaned over the railing in right field and offered his critique.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;"Hey, Jake," the man holler...</summary><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Chicago Cubs"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Travis Hafner"></category><category term="Kerry Wood"></category><category term="San Francisco Giants"></category><category term="Cy Young"></category><category term="Tim Lincecum"></category><category term="Manny Acta"></category><category term="Aaron Rowand"></category><category term="Bruce Bochy"></category><category term="Eugenio Velez"></category><category term="Trevor Crowe"></category><category term="Mark Grudzielanek"></category><category term="John Bowker"></category><category term="Jake Westbrook"></category><category term="Lou Marson"></category><category term="Cy Young Award"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Brewers' Gallardo sharp, hopes to get opening nod</title><link href="http://www.grandslamnews.com/article/Brewers%27%20Gallardo%20sharp%2C%20hopes%20to%20get%20opening%20nod" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-15T16:46:02Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.grandslamnews.com,2010-03-15:/article/Brewers%27%20Gallardo%20sharp%2C%20hopes%20to%20get%20opening%20nod</id><summary type="html">&amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;gt;Brewers' Gallardo tosses 4 sharp innings, hopes he'll be opening day starter&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&lt;a title="Yovani Gallardo" href="/topic/Yovani+Gallardo" &gt;Yovani Gallardo&lt;/a&gt; wants to start on opening day for the first time. He's making his strongest argument yet.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Gallardo struck out five in four solid innings and rookie &lt;a title="Alcides Escobar" href="/topic/Alcides+Escobar" &gt;Alcides Escobar&lt;/a&gt; knocked in his ninth run of the spring, lifti...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Mark Rogers"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Milwaukee Brewers"></category><category term="Minnesota Twins"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Randy Wolf"></category><category term="Kerry Wood"></category><category term="Trevor Hoffman"></category><category term="Ken Macha"></category><category term="Manny Parra"></category><category term="Huntsville Stars"></category><category term="Dave Bush"></category><category term="Doug Davis"></category><category term="J.J. Hardy"></category><category term="Jeff Suppan"></category><category term="Yovani Gallardo"></category><category term="Matt LaPorta"></category><category term="Michael Brantley"></category><category term="Carlos Gomez"></category><category term="Alcides Escobar"></category><category term="David Huff"></category><category term="Chris Narveson"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL Central"></category><category term="A.J. Murray"></category><category term="Martin Maldonado"></category></entry><entry><title>Rangers blank Indians 5-0</title><link href="http://www.grandslamnews.com/article/Rangers%20blank%20Indians%205-0" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-13T16:45:23Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.grandslamnews.com,2010-03-13:/article/Rangers%20blank%20Indians%205-0</id><summary type="html">&amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;gt;Indians closer &lt;a title="Kerry Wood" href="/topic/Kerry+Wood" &gt;Kerry Wood&lt;/a&gt; misses 5-0 loss to Rangers with arm soreness&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The &lt;a title="Cleveland Indians" href="/topic/Cleveland+Indians" &gt;Cleveland Indians&lt;/a&gt; lost a game and may not have Kerry Wood for at least a few days either.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&lt;a title="Brandon McCarthy" href="/topic/Brandon+McCarthy" &gt;Brandon McCarthy&lt;/a&gt; pitched three scoreless innings for the &lt;a title="Texas Ranger...</summary><category term="Injuries and Traumas"></category><category term="Sports Injuries"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Chicago Cubs"></category><category term="Vail (Colorado)"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Washington Nationals"></category><category term="Kerry Wood"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Matt Brown"></category><category term="Frank Robinson"></category><category term="Brandon McCarthy"></category><category term="Ian Kinsler"></category><category term="Charlie Pride"></category><category term="Manny Acta"></category><category term="Russell Branyan"></category><category term="David Murphy (Baseball)"></category><category term="Michael Brantley"></category><category term="Jason Grilli"></category><category term="Justin Masterson"></category><category term="Eric Hurley"></category><category term="Asdrubal Cabrera"></category><category term="Joaquin Arias"></category><category term="Hernan Iribarren"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category><category term="John Steadman"></category></entry><entry><title>Cleveland's Carmona pitches well in 7-7 tie</title><link href="http://www.grandslamnews.com/article/Cleveland%27s%20Carmona%20pitches%20well%20in%207-7%20tie" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-12T15:30:43Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.grandslamnews.com,2010-03-12:/article/Cleveland%27s%20Carmona%20pitches%20well%20in%207-7%20tie</id><summary type="html">&amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;gt;&lt;a title="Fausto Carmona" href="/topic/Fausto+Carmona" &gt;Fausto Carmona&lt;/a&gt; pitches 3 scoreless innings; &lt;a title="Cleveland Indians" href="/topic/Cleveland+Indians" &gt;Cleveland Indians&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" href="/topic/Los+Angeles+Angels+of+Anaheim" &gt;Los Angeles Angels&lt;/a&gt; tie at 7&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Fausto Carmona pitched three scoreless innings and the Cleveland Indians blew a three-run lead in the ninth against a Los Angeles Angels ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Fausto Carmona"></category><category term="Mike Napoli"></category><category term="Asdrubal Cabrera"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Indians, White Sox play to 5-all tie after 10</title><link href="http://www.grandslamnews.com/article/Indians%2C%20White%20Sox%20play%20to%205-all%20tie%20after%2010" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-11T16:01:48Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.grandslamnews.com,2010-03-11:/article/Indians%2C%20White%20Sox%20play%20to%205-all%20tie%20after%2010</id><summary type="html">&amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;gt;Retherford hits 2-run home run, White Sox and Indians play to 5-all tie after 10 innings&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&lt;a title="Brian Horwitz" href="/topic/Brian+Horwitz" &gt;Brian Horwitz&lt;/a&gt; hit a run-scoring single in the ninth inning for &lt;a title="Cleveland Indians" href="/topic/Cleveland+Indians" &gt;Cleveland&lt;/a&gt;, and the Indians and &lt;a title="Chicago White Sox" href="/topic/Chicago+White+Sox" &gt;Chicago White Sox&lt;/a&gt; called off their exhibition game Thursday with the sc...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Freddy Garcia"></category><category term="Mitch Talbot"></category><category term="Brian Horwitz"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Brian Giles cites knee pain in decision to retire</title><link href="http://www.grandslamnews.com/article/Brian%20Giles%20cites%20knee%20pain%20in%20decision%20to%20retire" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-11T13:01:46Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.grandslamnews.com,2010-03-11:/article/Brian%20Giles%20cites%20knee%20pain%20in%20decision%20to%20retire</id><summary type="html">&amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;gt;Outfielder &lt;a title="Brian Giles" href="/topic/Brian+Giles" &gt;Brian Giles&lt;/a&gt; cites increasing pain in arthritic right knee in decision to retire&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Brian Giles says the pain in his arthritic right knee is getting worse, and the 39-year-old outfielder informed the &lt;a title="Los Angeles Dodgers" href="/topic/Los+Angeles+Dodgers" &gt;Los Angeles Dodgers&lt;/a&gt; on Thursday that he will retire.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Giles is a career .291 hitter with 287 hom...</summary><category term="Arthritis"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="Los Angeles Dodgers"></category><category term="San Diego Padres"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Pittsburgh Pirates"></category><category term="Ned Colletti"></category><category term="Doug Mientkiewicz"></category><category term="Garret Anderson"></category><category term="Brian Giles"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Sizemore's slam powers Indians past Padres 10-5</title><link href="http://www.grandslamnews.com/article/Sizemore%27s%20slam%20powers%20Indians%20past%20Padres%2010-5" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-10T16:00:46Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.grandslamnews.com,2010-03-10:/article/Sizemore%27s%20slam%20powers%20Indians%20past%20Padres%2010-5</id><summary type="html">&amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;gt;Sizemore hits grand slam as Indians defeat Padres 10-5&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&lt;a title="Grady Sizemore" href="/topic/Grady+Sizemore" &gt;Grady Sizemore&lt;/a&gt; hit a grand slam in a nine-run fourth inning to help the &lt;a title="Cleveland Indians" href="/topic/Cleveland+Indians" &gt;Cleveland Indians&lt;/a&gt; beat a &lt;a title="San Diego Padres" href="/topic/San+Diego+Padres" &gt;San Diego Padres&lt;/a&gt; split-squad 10-5 on Wednesday.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Wade LeBlanc yielded one run over th...</summary><category term="Medical Treatments and Procedures"></category><category term="Surgery"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Milwaukee Brewers"></category><category term="San Diego Padres"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Grady Sizemore"></category><category term="Goodyear (Arizona)"></category><category term="Matt LaPorta"></category><category term="Aaron Poreda"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL Central"></category><category term="Jackson Quezada"></category></entry><entry><title>Vargas looks sharp in Mariners loss</title><link href="http://www.grandslamnews.com/article/Vargas%20looks%20sharp%20in%20Mariners%20loss" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-09T15:45:11Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.grandslamnews.com,2010-03-09:/article/Vargas%20looks%20sharp%20in%20Mariners%20loss</id><summary type="html">&amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;gt;&lt;a title="Jason Vargas" href="/topic/Jason+Vargas" &gt;Jason Vargas&lt;/a&gt; works into fourth inning in &lt;a title="Seattle Mariners" href="/topic/Seattle+Mariners" &gt;Seattle&lt;/a&gt;'s 6-4 loss to &lt;a title="Cleveland Indians" href="/topic/Cleveland+Indians" &gt;Cleveland Indians&lt;/a&gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Jason Vargas pitched into the fourth inning in another impressive outing but the Seattle Mariners lost 6-4 to the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Vargas, one of ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Seattle Mariners"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Franklin Gutierrez"></category><category term="Aaron Laffey"></category><category term="Wes Hodges"></category><category term="Jason Vargas"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Indians Diamondbacks Spring Baseball</title><link href="http://www.grandslamnews.com/photo/2179840" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-08T16:18:16Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.grandslamnews.com,2010-03-08:/photo/2179840</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Arizona Diamondbacks" href="/topic/Arizona+Diamondbacks" &gt;Arizona Diamondbacks&lt;/a&gt; starting pitcher &lt;a title="Rodrigo Lopez" href="/topic/Rodrigo+Lopez" &gt;Rodrigo Lopez&lt;/a&gt; works the first inning against the &lt;a title="Cleveland Indians" href="/topic/Cleveland+Indians" &gt;Cleveland Indians&lt;/a&gt; in a &lt;a title="Cactus League" href="/topic/Cactus+League" &gt;Cactus League&lt;/a&gt; spring training baseball game in &lt;a title="Tucson" href="/topic/Tucson" &gt;Tucson&lt;/a&gt;, Ariz., on Monday, March 8, 2010. Clev...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Offseason Training Camps"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Arizona Diamondbacks"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Cactus League"></category><category term="Rodrigo Lopez"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry></feed>