Countdown to Indians’ 2020 Opening Day – 0

July 24, 2020 | Bob Toth

The day many thought would never come has arrived, as the Cleveland Indians will host the Kansas City Royals later on today in the first of 60 games in the pandemic-shortened 2020 Major League Baseball regular season. Thank you for following along in our countdown to Opening Day! – BT

Countdown to Indians’ Opening Day – 0

Last spring, it was written that it was a longer offseason than expected for the Cleveland Indians after they were swept by the Houston Astericks, excuse me, the Astros, in three straight games in the American League Division Series to close out the 2018 season.

This offseason, by comparison, looked like it might not ever end. Spring Training came to a crashing halt just two weeks short of its outset as the coronavirus took over the lives of Americans from one coast to another. As deaths piled up, people complained about having to comply with minimally intrusive actions like wearing a mask in public and far more complex actions like staying home and being relieved from non-essential employment, and tensions mounted, sports seemed like a far away pipe dream.

Now, more than four months after the sporting world shut down in mid-March, the game of baseball is back to try to provide the globe with a little bit of normalcy in generally abnormal times. Read More

Countdown to Indians’ Opening Day – 0

March 28, 2019 | Bob Toth

The march to Opening Day has finally reached its destination. Major League Baseball will begin the 2019 regular season schedule around the country with games all day long on Thursday. The Cleveland Indians will start the year away from home again, opening in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where they will be hosted by the Twins in a 4:10 PM ET first pitch.

Countdown to Opening Day – 0 days

It was another longer than expected offseason for the Indians, who for the second straight season suffered a first round ouster in the American League Division Series as they were swept by the Houston Astros in three straight games to spell the end of the 2018 Major League Baseball season for the city of Cleveland. Read More

Countdown to Indians’ Opening Day – 0

March 29, 2018 | Bob Toth

The countdown has finally reached its target and Major League Baseball will begin the 2018 regular season schedule around the country with games all day long on Thursday (except in waterlogged locales…). The Cleveland Indians will start the year far away from home in Seattle, Washington, where they will be hosted by the Mariners in the final game of the day.

Countdown to Opening Day – 0 days

With their unexpectedly quick ouster from the 2017 postseason, the Cleveland Indians and their fans had to deal with a longer offseason than just a year before, when the club made an incredible run to extra innings in the seventh game of the World Series. It led to a winter that felt like it might not ever end. Read More

Countdown to Indians’ Opening Day – 0

April 3, 2017 | Bob Toth

Join Did The Tribe Win Last Night as we conclude our countdown to Opening Day! Welcome back, baseball!

Countdown to Opening Day – 0 days

Cleveland fans and their beloved Indians players were rewarded for their successful 2016 season with the shortest offseason in team history. It did not seem to make the fall and winter months move any quicker, however.

The final number in our nearly three-month long series brings about one candidate who has worn the number zero and two more who wore double-zeroes during the long, storied history of the Cleveland Indians organization. Read More

Countdown to Indians’ Opening Day – 0

April 4, 2016 | Bob Toth

As Did The Tribe Win Last Night helps fans count down the days until the Indians retake the field in an official Major League game, we look back at some of the players who wore the Cleveland jersey with pride.

Countdown to Opening Day – 0 days

This is it, the moment baseball fans in Cleveland have waited six long months for – the return of the game you must enjoy at least a little bit if you are on a baseball blog in the first week of April.

The final number in our nearly three month long series brings about one candidate who has worn zero and two who wore double-zeroes during the long, storied history of the Cleveland Indians organization. Read More