What A Move
by scott longert on 12/24/16I was going to wait until January to resume blogging, but the signing of Edwin Encarnacion was too good not to comment on. The Tribe now has the classic power hitting first baseman in Encarnacion, a hitter that can produce 35-50 home runs and around 120 to 130 RBI's. The Dolans really went all out to give the Indians a chance for another World Series run.
Now the hope is Michael Brantley can make it back from the shoulder injury and catcher Yan Gomes can regain his old form. If that happens I believe Cleveland will be the team to beat in the American League.
Thinking about Encarnacion, I go back to the history of slugging first baseman
that wore a Cleveland uniform. Jim Thome is the most recent, however we can go back to the 1950's and remember big Luke Easter, who could really blast the ball deep into the seats at Municipal Stadium. Back in the 1930's it was Hal Trosky who launched balls over the right field wall at League Park. By the way it would not hurt to have a player like Earl Averill, Trosky's teammate who did it all in center field either. And last let's not forget Charlie "Piano Legs" Hickman, a burly guy who could slam the dead ball of the early 1900's. I can't wait to see Encarnacion take his place as one Cleveland's great first baseman.
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