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Clippers' winning streak reaches five
The Columbus Clippers extended their winning streak to five games on Saturday night as they defeated the Toledo Mud Hens, 7-1 at Fifth Third Field. The Clippers' bats continued their impressive stretch, pounding out 12 hits and their pitching staff stepped up their game as well.
Columbus jumped out to an early lead as Luis Valbuena hit his second...

"Minor Happenings" is a weekly column which covers the important developments and news in the Indians farm system. While most of the information in this report is from my own research and through interviews I have conducted with organizational personnel, some information in this report is collected and summarized from the various news outlets that cover each team.
A little bit different format...

"Indians Minor League Magazine" is a half hour program on the Cleveland Indians cable network SportsTime Ohio (STO) which airs weekly on Tuesday nights from 6:00-6:30 PM EST. The show recaps all of the highlights from the week that was in the Cleveland Indians farm system with lots of video, interviews, and in-studio guests.
The show recaps the week that was in the system and also features...

Cooper, Burnette too much for Jammers
The Mahoning Valley Scrappers won 2-1 Friday night at Eastwood Field beating the Jamestown Jammers for a second straight night. Chase Burnette's solo home run with the game tied at 1-1 was the eventual winning run as the Scrappers improved to 8-7 on the season.
Jordan Cooper picked up his first win as a professional pitching six innings, allowing...

This is an updated reposting of an article originally written by Dennis Nosco for this site three years ago. With the International Signing Period starting up today (July 2nd), I felt this was a good article to update and repost as it pretty well explains the whole international signing process. It should also be noted that all comments from Lino Diaz and John Mirabelli are from three years ago and...

Free agency is finally underway in the NBA and on day one, we already witnessed some ridiculous contracts being agreed to, but the most perplexing of all has to be Raptors F Amir Johnson, who averaged 6.2 points/4.8 rebounds/0.6 assists last year, agreeing to a 5-year, $34 million contract. Something tells me this is only the start of money being thrown every which way in the coming weeks.
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McBride Homers Three Times in 5-0 Victory
Matt McBride smacked three homers to lead the Aeros to a crucial 5-0 victory over the host Bowie Baysox on Thursday night. The 25-year-old first baseman came close to setting a new Akron franchise record in front of 3,316 fans at Prince George

Paul Cousineau and I are back on the cyberwaves tonight with another edition of "Smoke Signals" from 9:30-10:30 PM EST. Last week Paul was on vacation so the show did not air, so this week we have two weeks of happenings with regard to the Indians to catch up on from the big league team down to the rookie levels in the minors.
We'll recap some of the recent roster moves such as the decision...

It's never easy for a player to switch positions, but to this point, Double-A second baseman Jason Kipnis has made it look easy transitioning from the outfield to second in the off-season.
"It's going well so far, but it's still a work in progress," Kipnis remarked in a recent interview for the IPI. "It's going to be an everyday thing and something I am going to keep having to put the time...

Brown drives in four, Clippers win, 7-3
In a game that resembled last night's contest, the Columbus Clippers defeated the Indianapolis Indians, 7-3 on Wednesday night at Huntington Park in front of 9,552 fans. The Clippers scored five runs in the fourth inning last night, and followed suit tonight with five more in the victory.
The Clippers trailed going into the fourth, 2-1 as Alex...