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Welcome back http://www.piratesfanproshop.com/authentic-josh-bell-jersey , you silly game"It’s amazing to think this run of the Indians is just entering its fourth year. easons with another expected, the only real hint of a challenge coming from a young Minnesota team that ultimately got steamrolled by a 22-game win streak. It seems like such a long time, like we’ve been rapping our fingers on the desk, waiting for them to get back to October for something like a decade now. And yet, we’re not even half way to that mark. In the grander scheme of baseball history, what we’ve seen so far is barely a blip. These long seasons somehow pass by quicker than we’d like each year, and take longer and longer to return each spring. The waiting to get here, only to get there, it’s a bit of a pain. One would be right to be a bit frustrated. But at the same time, gutting out the doldrums of the dark and cold is worth it, if only for this moment in late March, when Spring dawns again. And finally, after yet another long winter, the sun shines. Baseball is back.For as much as seems to be looming over this Indians team in 2019, don’t we deserve a moment to bask in that simple joy? Cleveland’s flaws will be bared sooner rather than later, simply because they’re the same flaws we talked about all winter, and all last summer, and the winter before that too, and yet here we are still expecting to see a fringe title contender and a squad penciled in for October baseball, whoever long that lasts this time around.But considering how long this good stretch of theirs is going, and how assumed a division title is and all we have to worry about is, you can forget how fragile it all is, how rare what they’ve put together can be. Teams like the Padres or Mariners or really anyone have surely stared longingly at the rotation that’s somehow come together as if by magic in Cleveland of drafting one future star and finding another out of nowhere Brad Hand Jersey , somehow able to give the Indians a guarantee for October, albeit a guarantee bolstered by an otherwise dreadful division. No rebuild is ever assured, much less one that hands you a division for a handful of years, and yet the Indians continue to sit pretty, and don’t really seem to be ready to slow down. Not with an improving minors system on top of this very solid big club.It’s come together and given us what will soon be four years of incredible baseball. The true end goal hasn’t been achieved, but the fact that we get to have it here, for us as fans, to be the envy of so many, should not be forgotten. Remember, the Tigers went from toast of the division to basement dwellers in a blink, so did the Royals after their own title. The peaks can feel forever, the depths a thing of the past, but baseball can slap you around before you know it. Which is all a long way of saying, I’ve learned, and I hope you have too, that while it’s hard to appreciate the team each and every day, it’s important to reflect on what we’ve gotten to see come together at Carnegie and Ontario, that beautiful baseball has dawned each March for the past four years now, and that’s a rare delight to enjoy. This year will likely be similar to the last two, rife past with surges and swoons, victories and failures and worries and wonders, and as with so much in life it will be hard to take a step back and just appreciate the game being played so well by so many stars on the Indians roster. Especially if the Twins exceed expectations and give the Tribe a chase. Between Minnesota making moves, subtle hits of improvements in Chicago http://www.padresfanproshop.com/authentic-brad-hand-jersey , and a couple good players in Kansas City, things are less assured than in the past, and the injuries to the infield either. By June everyone is going to be upset for some reason or other. For a little while, at least, it’s nice to have this silly game back. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Colorado Rockies manager Bud Black isn’t ready to name his opening day starter. Kyle Freeland is pitching as if he’s got the job.Black said Monday he had yet to talk to all of the pitchers about the rotation order. The Rockies open March 28 at Miami.“You know Buddy — he’s not going to let you know until he tells you,” Freeland said.Jon Gray has started opening day for the Rockies the last two seasons, but Freeland, 25, may have earned the assignment this year. The lefty went 17-7 with a 2.85 ERA last season, throwing a career-high 202 1/3 innings. Freeland finished fourth in the NL Cy Young voting last year.What was impressive was how Freeland didn’t seem to mind pitching at Coors Field. He went 10-2 with a 2.40 ERA at home and 7-5 with a 3.23 ERA on the road.“I think a lot is made out of the altitude and both teams have to pitch there,” Rockies catcher Chris Iannetta said. “There have been times over the course of Rockies history where some of the guys on the pitching staff have been under talented compared to the rest of the league. I think now we have a pitching staff that’s on par with, if not better than (other teams), and Kyle’s one of those guys. He’s a great competitor. He doesn’t let the outside noise affect him. If anything, it kind of propels him further on.”It may help that Freeland was born in Denver. He’s used to the altitude.“There’s always talk about guys coming in who hate to pitch at Coors Field,” Freeland said. “You’ve already got an excuse in your mouth if you do that. You’re already setting yourself up for failure.”“I think with Kyle, and we’ve seen some other pitchers, maybe not to the extent that Kyle has, but if you make good pitches, you’ll be rewarded no matter where you’re pitching,” Black said. “Kyle’s mentality is such where he doesn’t care where he pitches. The ultimate goal for Kyle is to pitch a strong game no matter where he is.”Freeland did just that in the NL wild-card game against the Chicago Cubs, pitching 6 2/3 innings on short rest in a 2-1, 13-inning win.“You’re in a situation when it’s one and done and everything’s on the line in that one game and you come out on top Tyson Ross Jersey , you realize, ‘We belong here,'” Freeland said.Freeland already has handled an opener, making his major league debut in the Rockies’ home opener on April 7, 2017.“If I get the opportunity to pitch another home opener or pitch opening day, I’m still going to address it as if it’s another start for me,” Freeland said. “There’s no reason to change your mentality.”On Monday, Freeland retired Reds leadoff batter Jesse Winker but then served up an opposite field home run to Scott Schebler on his third pitch of the game. Freeland lasted 4 2/3 innings and was lifted after throwing 77 pitches.“I was impressed by everything he did last year,” Iannetta said of the lefty. “His stuff is great — his compete level is off the charts. His ability to find ways that when he got in trouble or the game sped up, he found ways to rise ot the occasion which is impressive.”NOTES: Ryan McMahon went 2 for 3 with two RBIs, including his third home run this spring, a 466-foot shot to straightaway center. He’s batting .444 this spring, tops in baseball in both Arizona and Florida. “You hear a lot of people say, ‘It’s just spring,’ but when you’re going good, you put it up a little higher,” McMahon said. “I’m definitely excited about where I’m at and just want to try to keep going with it because it’s a very humbling game.” … The Rockies optioned outfielder Noel Cuevas to Triple-A Albuquerque and reassigned infielder Peter Mooney, right-handed pitcher Peter Lambert, and left-handed pitcher Sam Howard to minor league camp. The Rockies now have 35 players in camp, including four non-roster invitees. … Right-handed pitcher Antonio Senzatela is sidelined because of an infected blister on his right heel caused by new shoes. Lefty reliever Chris Rusin has been slowed because of upper back discomfort. … The Rockies have catchers Iannetta, Tom Murphy and Tony Wolters in camp. Will they carry all three in the regular season? “Doubtful,” Black said.