Indians 11, Tigers 1

Finally. Finally. We get the all around effort from all parts of the team. This was truly a breath of fresh air. Here are my thoughts from the game:

• Obviously I loved what I saw from Fausto. If he is going to be our ace next year, he does what aces do: they stop losing streaks. He was masterful in his 6.2 innings, and again looked pretty much unhittable.
• Ryan Garko and Travis Hafner both went yard for the Tribe, and they're starting to snap out of this power drought they are on. Hafner almost took another one out, but it curled foul. He absolutely CRUSHED the ball, for whatever it's worth.
• This Jamie Carroll is a nice little ballplayer. He hustles, he plays hard, and it seems like he genuinely cares. He's the homeless man's version of Grady, and this year's version of Mike Rouse.
• What an at bat by Victor in the 7th. He fouled off approximately 2, 742 pitches before hitting an RBI double off the wall in left field. They finally are starting to make pitchers work.
• The current bums of the lineup (Casey Blake, Jhonny Peralta, Jason Michaels, and Franklin Gutierrez) went a combined 6-17 with 4 RBI. Not the best, but I'm not gonna complain.
• Did you guys see that Subway commercial where you can earn Wahoo Bucks or something like that? Well the Subway restaurant they showed us had a number of palm trees in front of it. They might want to feature a restaurant that can actually exist around here.
• There is definitely going to be a bruhaha (is that right, Bryan?) between the Indians and Tigers at some point this season. Not a game goes by where multiple people aren't plunked by a pitcher. How Bobby Seay didn't get thrown out last night after hitting Grady AFTER both benches being warned is beyond me.

Was this the game that snaps the Tribe out of this funk? Are they gonna take off like we all thought they would? I'd love to hear your thoughts on this, as well as your opinion as to what this blog should be called. Guess nobody wants these tickets...