Sunday, May 4, 2008  AMEN - Francisco's Back  After watching
another pathetic offensive display, Mark Shapiro has finally had
enough. According to the Buffalo News' Bison beat reporter Mike
Harrington, Ben Francisco has been informed by manager Torey
Lovello that he has been recalled to the big club. No roster
move has been announced by the Tribe, but expect long man Tom
Mastny to be sent back down.  All we can say is it's about damn
time. How many more straws can break the camel's back? The stat
of the year is that the Indians have played 31 games and have
scored three runs or less 16 times. Take away Ryan Garko's 2-4
in the seven hole, and the rest of the bottom five, or the
"slump patrol" as I like to call them, went 0-12. Poor Aaron
Laffey deserved a better fate. Nothing like throwing seven
innings of four hit, zero earned run ball, and getting the loss.
Our boy Fake is now down to .202 and still is playing every
single friggin day. Did I mention today when his fifth inning,
two out, air mail throwing er