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Shane Beiber OUT for year, elbow surgery ... OMG ! What else can happen to this Cleveland GUARDIANS team. More later.

▪︎ ⚾ So what do you all think about our "patched-together" relief squad of pitchers ? Besides Clase ..... just good ennough for now ? Whatever ? [ NOTE ] The below list and explanations were put out just before the season started. They are (6-2) now, Clase has 3 saves, whoa ! Relief pitchers (8): Emmanuel Clase, Scott Barlow, Eli Morgan, Nick Sandlin, Tim Herrin, Hunter Gaddis, Tyler Beede, Cade Smith The club lost Xzavion Curry and Ben Lively for a while due to the virus that spread through the clubhouse, which put them too far behind to be ready by Opening Day. Sam Hentges was slowed by a swollen middle finger on his throwing hand and is working his way back now. Trevor Stephan has to undergo elbow surgery this month and has no return date in sight. James Karinchak is still building up after reporting to camp with right shoulder fatigue. This meant the Guardians needed other guys to step up. Gaddis was excellent this spring, while Beede will provide some much-needed length and Herrin started pounding the strike zone as spring camp progressed. The Guardians sat down with Smith and let him know that he’s done everything right to earn his spot on this team, but Cleveland will need to figure out how best to use him and everyone else in the 'pen.

Nice job there Mr axe ! I like the semi elderly and all reference. ...... I do get that graduating from HS and starding at YSU in 1968 during the best R&R time ever ! Oh yes during the incredible Janis & Jimi era .... and then some. Keep it up !

~ AND ~ THE Twins STADIUM EXTRAS ~ WINNING PITCHER TANNER BIBEE 1-0 TIME OF GAME 2:57 ATTENDANCE 35,595 SAVE EMMANUEL CLASE 3RD ▪︎ CLE 4 7 1 TC 2 7 1 ~ ALSO ~ NO GAME Friday -OFF- Day. NEXT GAMES GAME 9 on APR 6 at 2:10 pm in MIN GAME 10 on APR 7 at 2:10 pm in MIN ●~~~~~~~~~~● ★ GAME 11 on MON APR 8 at 5:10 pm in Cleveland, Ohio ! "The HOME Opener" ! GO GUARDIANDS ! ★ Don't miss it.

APR 4 and GAME 8 - CLE 4 min 2, final score. CLE now (6-2). APRIL 5 -OFF- APR 6 & 7 in Minnesota then back to Cleveland on Monday APRIL 8.

The Tropicana's days are indeed numbered. BIG money involved here. Those old strip places are indeed numbered too.

What a game. Cleveland now (5-2) and won two series in 2024. CLE 8 11 0 SEA 0 5 0 On to MIN-nesota baby ! GO GUARDIANS !

Anyone still remrmber Jacob's Field 1994- ?

UPDATING THE -10- GAME ROAD TRIP. April 3 - GAME 7 - It's CLE 8 SEA O in the bottom 4th. -OR- Win Probability 98.0% GUARDIANS MARINERS. 2% ..... that's it. .... 2 lousy percent ! CLE 98.0%

H▪︎▪︎Ui everyone, MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2024, doing good so far 3-U......U ▪︎--> FUrom mjpUp's il pril 1 ▪︎-- GGAMEUGAME 5 on APR 1 at 9:40 pm in SEA. L 4-5 (3-2) ▪︎ ⚾ UPDATING the schedule in APRIL 2024 ▪︎ GAME 5 on APR 1 at 9:40 pm in SEA. L 4-5. (3-2) GAME 6 on APR 2 at 9:40 pm in SEA. W 5-2 (4-2) ●--> GAME 7 on APR 3 at 4:10 pm in SEA. CLE 3-0 in the 1st. ●--------------------● GAME 8 on APR 4 at 4:10 pm in MIN GAME 9 on APR 5 at 2:10 pm in MIN GAME 10 on APR 6 at 2:10 pm in MIN ●--------------------● Before returning to CLE on Mon. April 8 for the HOME OPENER vs the WSOX ! And on the Monday April 8 total eclipse, remember your glasses. See you then. GO GUARDIANS ! mjp.

All look pretty good from here. Stay balanced -and- move closer to safe, cash positions the closer you get to the retirement age. ( in 2033 to 2037 +/- ?) Stick with it and good luck !

Well our. (3-2) Guardians are now up 3-0 going to top 5, I'll take that with Beiber. .... edit add .... up 4-0 and man on 3rd. Now up 5-0?? ? pitching change.

Oh yes and thE TOO ! IN TODAY'S EMAIL ...... NATURALLY. (Mowing to follow. ....later) Hi everyone, MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2024, doing good so far 3-1--> From mjp's email April 1 ▪︎--> ■ Cleveland Gardians lost two one run games in a row. ■ Tonight they are up CLE 6-1, Bot. 7. Beiber with a gem ! Q GAME 5 on APR 1 at 9:40 pm in SEA. L. 4-5. (3-2) GAME 6 on APR 2 at 9:40 pm in SEA. W 5-2. (4-2) GAME 7 on APR 3 at 4:10 pm in SEA ●--------------------● GAME 8 on APR 4 at 4:10 pm in MIN GAME 9 on APR 5 at 2:10 pm in MIN GAME 10 on APR 6 at 2:10 pm in MIN ●--------------------● Before returning to CLE on Mon. April 8 for the HOME OPENER vs the WSOX ! And on the Monday April 8 total eclipse, remember your glasses. See you then. GO GUADRDIANS ! mjp.

Hey all of you die hard fans out there whether it's the ★ CLEVELAND BROWNS -or- CAVS -or- even our old INDIANS -or- even now our new(er) ..... ★★ CLEVELAND GUARDIANS FANS ★★ WHY NOT ! And while we're at it why drag out the barbeque grill -and- fire it up with a couple packs of our favorite hot dogs -or- or maybe kelbassi ! Some chips and dips ! Why not ! Get the radio cranked up with Hammy going and and our 3-1 AFC LEAGUE LEADING CLEVELAND LEADING GUARDIANS OUT THERE ! OH YEAH ! And go inside and down some hot dogs and beer ! How manly !

GAME 5 on APR 1 at 9:40 pm in SEA GAME 6 on APR 2 at 9:40 pm in SEA GAME 7 on APR 3 at 4:10 pm in SEA GAME 8 on APR 4 at 4:10 pm in MIN GAME 9 on APR 5 at 2:10 pm in MIN GAME 10 on APR 6 at 2:10 pm in MIN ●~~~~~> Before returning to CLE !

Oh yes .... a trip to SEA and then to MIN ( a few more Ws would be nice). Before, finally going home again. .... edit. add ... hey syd, are you there for this ?

In GAME 4 - And bottom 7 CLE 0-3. Go to mid 8 CLE 3-3 .... oh yeah ! OAK 4 CLE 3 final, on a bases loaded walk. Oh well...

~ AND ~ Looking ahead to the Opening Day Game 2024 and beyond. --> Cleveland Guardians Schedule 2024 ▪︎--> DATE OPPONENT RESULT W-L WIN LOSS SAVE ATT Thu, Mar 28 @Oakland W8-0 1-0 Bieber 1-0 Wood 0-1 13,522 Fri, Mar 29 @Oakland W6-4 2-0 Allen 1-0 Stripling 0-1 Clase 1 3,837 Sat, Mar 30 @Oakland W12-3 3-0 Sandlin 1-0 Sears 0-1 5,425 DATE OPPONENT TIME TV PITCHER OPP TICKETS Sun, Mar 31 @Oakland 4:07 PM Carrasco Blackburn Tickets as low as $13 Mon, Apr 1 @Seattle 9:40 PM McKenzie Hancock Tickets as low as $10 Tue, Apr 2 @Seattle 9:40 PM Bieber Castillo Tickets as low as $8 Wed, Apr 3 @Seattle 4:10 PM Allen Kirby Tickets as low as $10 Thu, Apr 4 @Minnesota 4:10 PM Bibee Lopez Tickets as low as $22 Sat, Apr 6 @Minnesota 2:10 PM Carrasco Ryan Tickets as low as $14 Sun, Apr 7 @Minnesota 2:10 PM McKenzie Ober Tickets as low as $9 ●--> Mon, Apr 8 vsChicago 5:10 PM Bieber Tickets as low as $61 ● Tue, Apr 9 vsChicago 6:10 PM Allen Soroka Tickets as low as $15 ● Wed, Apr 10 vsChicago 6:10 PM Bibee

Nice way to start the season ! First pitch 4:07 pm Sunday. ◆ Roasted chicken, potatoes, vegetables at 2:30 today. Umm-mmm a classic Sunday meal.

Also in other <--▪︎--> MLB News today .... NYY also 3-0 ... Cabrera, Soto, Volpe homer as Yankees win third straight with 5-3 victory over Astros

--> We would like to hear your comments on our 2024 Guardians start this year. <--

▪︎ ⚾ The first time in many decades that NEW CLEVELAND MANAGERS started their teams at 3-0 ! 3-1 not bad at all. Now how about that. Kwan homers, Guardians get 15 hits and rout A's 12-3 before crowd of just 5,425 0:30 Steven Kwan belts deep homer vs. A's Steven Kwan sends a solo shot 424 feet into the right-field seats to extend the Guardians' lead 10-3 over the A's. ByAP Updated: Mar 30, 2024, 08:11 pm OAKLAND, Calif. -- — Bay Area native Steven Kwan homered and reached base four times, and the Cleveland Guardians had 15 hits in a 12-3 rout of the Oakland Athletics before a Saturday afternoon crowd of just 5,425. ● Six Guardians stole bases off Kyle McCann, a 26-year-old catcher making his major league debut. ● Cleveland's Stephen Vogt tied Al Lopez in 1951 as the only managers to start their Cleveland careers 3-0. Oakland dropped to 0-3 for the second time in 28 years. The Guardians scored six or more runs in the first three games of the season for the fourth time in franchise history. They have outscored the A's 26-7, a plus-19 run difference that is the ■ best in team history, topping plus-15 in 1922 and 1999. ● “Everything’s kind of clicking,” Kwan said. “We’re playing Guardians baseball, taking extra bags, stealing bases. It's been a lot of fun.” ● Kwan has been able to spend time with family this weekend, including visiting his newborn nephew for the first time. “Those are the things that let you detach from the game,” Kwan said. “Obviously, it’s a fun game, but it’s also really stressful.” ● The A's, who have announced plans to move to Las Vegas for the 2028 season, have drawn 22,784 in their first three home games for an average of 7,595. “From baserunning to defense to some walks, it kind of all adds up to a crappy day,” A's manager Mark Kotsay said. ● Cleveland trailed 3-2 before scoring three runs in the fourth, two each in the fifth and sixth, and then one in the sixth to burst ahead 8-3. “Our guys punched back every time,” Vogt said. “I thought it just showed the grit. The way that these guys have battled and the at-bats that they put together, it was great to see.” Nick Sandlin (1-0) struck out two in a hitless fifth in relief of Tanner Bibee, who allowed three runs, six hits in four innings. Bibee matched his career high with five walks. Cleveland's Cade Smith, a 24-year-old right-hander, pitched two hitles. ▪︎--> ■ to be continued ▪︎-->

Really ? GAMES 1, 2, 3 have been CLE 8-0, 6-4, 12-3 so far, I've seen most of the three, ffor West Coast road games they've been pretty good. Now they should fall back to earth but I'm good with that.

And in GAME 3 in the top 8 it is CLEVELAND 10-3 going for a 3-0 start ! Now how about that !

Players Each team carries 75-men roster to training camp, with regular season rosters will stand at 50 (45 active on game day).[44][45] The minimum stay on injured reserve is five games, while season ending injured reserve designation guarantees player a camp invite the following season.[46] While the UFL embraced more of a "developmental league" mentality,[47] they're also targeting veteran backups type players, with Johnston saying: "there are a lot of guys who are at peace that their NFL window has closed, but they love the camaraderie of the locker room. They love the day-to-day grind... That's been the really inspiring thing to me, is there is a number of guys in our league who just love the game and want to keep playing it as long as they can.[48] Players that have three or four years in the NFL and want to kind of rewrite that narrative, the way that they’re being viewed by front office’s in the NFL, they want an opportunity to come into the UFL and change that narrative".[49] Johnston also mentioned that the league would like to change the narrative, from "developmental league" and starting to talk about the "sustainability of spring football": "I think one of the things that we’ve started to have conversations is what do we want our new messaging to be? We do want to move off of the developmental component. We want to get away from the opportunity component. We want to talk about the talent of the players that are in this league... (compere to) spring football that you have seen in other iterations, this will be the best talent that if you’re a fan of spring football, you will have seen in recent history".[50] Unionization & compensation Local 9004 of the United Steelworkers, which had served as the labor union for the USFL in 2023, will continue in that capacity for the UFL, operating as the United Football League Players Association[51] (This is not to be confused with the United Football Players Association, which Local 9004 disowned during the 2023–24 offseason).[52] The league will continue operating under the USFL's collective bargaining agreement.[51][53] Initial reports suggested that, contrary to the 2023 XFL season, quarterbacks would not be allowed to sign for salaries higher than the other positional players.[54][53] However, the UFLPA later clarified that the agreement with the league is for minimum salary only, and any player could sign a personal contract above the minimum.[55] As late as January 2024, the league had resisted "pushback" from some of the higher-paid XFL quarterbacks to increase quarterbacks' salary, with Johnston at the time refusing to deviate from the plan to pay all players equally while acknowledging "there's a good argument for both sides. How do we manage this situation(...)? It's hard to thread that needle."[48] Select XFL players, who had voted against joining the USW in 2023, expressed concern about the lack of winning bonuses (a key feature of the XFL's pay structure) and a requirement to pay union dues,[53] while some players decided not to return to the league, citing the pay cut as a contributing factor.[56] On an interview after the merger, former Battlehawks QB AJ McCarron revealed that XFL players were in advanced talks with the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) for exclusive representation.[56] Salary UFL players' minimum salaries will be $5,500 per week ($2,500 for inactive players) and $150 a week toward 401K contributions, with $400 a week house stipend and $55-a-day per diem stipend during travel days. All contracts will run from January 1 to August 24. During training camp, all players will receive $850 a week. Players on injured reserve will receive $2,500 a week (plus house stipend). UFL players will also be entitled for "players accolade bonuses" for Player of the week ($1,000), All UFL ($2,500), Player of the year ($5,000), and MVP ($7,500).[46] The overall league player budget is $24 million.[32] Rules. ... most Mike Pereira and Dean Blandino are in charge of the UFL's officiating and rules.[41][57] The league rulebook was released February 13, 2024. Though most of the UFL's unique rules were common to both the USFL and XFL (such as allowing a second forward pass if the first does not cross the line of scrimmage, and the treatment of a fumble through the end zone the same as other forward fumbles in that it is brought back to the spot of the fumble), a limited number required compromise or were changed entirely from both leagues' rules: