Profound clubhouse thoughts

"These guys aren't giving up. That's good."

2 stars out of 5 on the "cliche-meter": The clarifying second sentence clears up any ambiguity!

(more) Profound clubhouse thoughts

"We have to continue to battle."

1 star out of 5 on the "cliche-meter": So overused to be essentially meaningless. I am a little surprised sportswriters still see this as a usable quote.

Profound clubhouse thoughts

"We have to get out there and fight"

2 stars out of 5 on the "cliche-meter": "Rally the troops......errr..tribe........errr..Indian warriors.......well bring back a scalp or somethin.'" That Chief Wahoo thing makes things weird over there.

It's Cleveland! They will never catch it!

"We've stressed finishing innings a lot to those kids. But sometimes when they get two out, they tend to lose focus and concentration."

"When you have two out, you're three-fourths of the way there. You need to zero in, make the pitch and get out of there."*

Terry Francona could NEVER get away with that!

Cambridge and New Haven are nearby, you know!

*Indians manager, Manny Acta per the Cleveland Plain Dealer.