What's A Mother To Do?!

By now, everyone has seen the picture of Gloria James coming to the rescue of her famous son, Lebron in game 4 of the playoffs between the Celtics and the Cavaliers. This incident took place on Monday, May 12 at the "Q" in Cleveland. Apparently Gloria James had had enough of the rough stuff on her son, first from the Wizards and now from the Celtics so she decided to take matters into her own hands. As her son was wrestled out of bounds on the receiving end of a hard foul, Gloria James rushed to Lebron's aid. In frustration, son said to mother words to the effect of, "Sit your sweet ass down!"

Tsk, tsk, tsk! This on the day after Mother's Day? What's a mother to do?

Well, since Lebron was not going to let her be his enforcer and protector, Gloria James turned her attention to another sport in town that may also be in need of her coaching talents and services. Besides, she knew she had some family business to take care of with the Cleveland Indians, especially after Lebron's faux pas during the Indians' playoffs with the Yankees last year.

So, mother James found herself coaching C.C. Sabathia out of the funk that he was in...Thanks Gloria!

Recently, she has been seen working with injured closer Joe Borowski as he makes his way back to the line-up from the disabled list.

But her biggest challenges are still ahead...Go Gloria, Go!

What's The Masa With You? Kobayashi Is Our Closer!

Is there any doubt that Masahide Kobayashi is the Cleveland Indians' Closer? After saving 227 games in Japan, he has saved the last two games he has pitched for the Indians...by mistake!

As said before, Rafael Betancourt is a very valuable pitcher to the Indians...just not as a closer!

Betancourt failed with a 4-1 lead in the top of the 9th inning this afternoon vs. the A's as he loaded the bases with one out. Enter Masa!

Was it perfect? Naw, he threw a wild pitch to advance the runners and make the score 4-2. Oops, no double play! That's OK, Masa induced both Mike Sweeney and Ryan Sweeney to strike out as he saved the day!

Masa=Closer!

Masa=Closer!!

Masa=Closer!!!

The Indians stay in first place as their record improves to 22-19.

Aaron Laffey gave up an unearned run in the second inning to stop the starters' streak at 44.1 scoreless innings. That's OK, we won and he pitched a great game giving up 1 run on 5 hits with 1 walk and 6 strike outs.
Other highlights;
Travis Hafner went 1 for 2 with 2 walks and...a stolen base!
Johnny Peralta (2 for 3) smacked his 7th home run in the 7th inning.
Ben Francisco went 3 for 4 with 1 RBI.

The Tribe is really putting the pieces together!