Baseball has begun and the Cleveland Indians are nine games into the summer marathon that is Major league baseball's regular season.
The Tribe was one win short of a trip to the world series last year, and the bar has been set pretty high for the young club. Anything short of a World Series would be considered a failure.
Many things went right last year for the Cleveland Indians to accomplish what they did. In the city of Cleveland fans are generally happy with the last year, but now a World Series Championship is where the bar is sitting and it's been said many things would need to happen for Cleveland to get back into October.
First off, the Indians pitching—which was the Tribes strength last year—would have to repeat a year of excellence. A few factors played a major role in the pitching staff's success.
While many would point to C.C. Sabathia's Cy Young season, the everyday tribe fan knows that a few of the tribes unknown's showed up. Fausto Carmona came back from national scrutiny after a string of blown saves after the tribes closer Bob Wickman was traded away in a season that ended with the tribe out of contention.
Carmona returned last year in the starting rotation and finished in the top five for the coveted Cy Young with a 19-8 record, 3.06 ERA, and 137 strike outs to 61 walks.
Boston fan's became some of Carmona's biggest fans paying homage to his "Wicked Slida" as pointed out by Cleveland's number one sports station AM 850 WKNR on-air personalities who have a cult like following around the city.
Other arms from the Tribe stepped up big last year, both starters and relievers alike, and had years that even the most optimistic fan would be surprised by.
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