P.s. I Love You

And you thought that the Tribe owned Troy Percival.  He ain't got nothin' on Brandon League.  (Quick aside: the spell checker is cool with "ain't" but cannot abide by "nothin'".)  Over 42 career appearances, Percival posted a 1-9 record with a 5.90 ERA against the Indians.  He did find some success, saving 16 games and holding Tribe hitters to a .232 average.  Also, while no other team beat him more than 5 times, he had a higher ERA and a higher WHIP against the Red Sox and Orioles.  League, on the other hand, has been utterly dominated by the Indians.  He has faced the Tribe 19 times and lost 5 of those.  Brandon's career ERA against them is 9.18.  That's, with the exception of 4 games against the Marlins, about 4 runs higher than any other team tags him for.  In fact, facing the Wahoos raises his career era from 3.41 to 3.68.  The Indians crush him for a .356 OBA and a 1.008 OOPS.  League has walked more Tribesmen that he has struck out (11 vs 10) and his WHIP is 2.20.  Could you tell when he walked three in the 11th yesterday?

Given how personnel changes from year to year, the only reasonable explanation is that the Indians are stuck in Brandon's head.  Maybe he could get a new tat to ward off the hex.

4 games up.  Roll Tribe.

Cheers.