By the time the Tribe’s offense could get in gear Friday, it was way too late. The Texas Rangers scored eight through the first four innings and went on to demolish the Indians 12-4. Paul Byrd surrendered those eight runs, although only four of them were earned thanks to errors by Ryan Garko and Kevin Kouzmanoff. The Rangers got three more in the eighth to blow the game wide open. Carlos Lee finished with two of Texas’ three homers on the night. The Tribe equalled the Ranger hit total but just could not come up with the key hit, leaving 10 runners on base. Hector Luna had two RBIs and Joe Inglett had three hits to lead the Indians offense.

The Indians have now lost four in a row and nine of 11. Cavs season cannot come soon enough.

Just a heads up for those who don’t already know, LeBron James will be a guest Friday night on the Dave Letterman show, which airs at 11:35 pm. It will be his very first appearance on the show.

As Cleveland fans, we haven’t had much to be happy about the last several months with the Indians and the Browns. At least we have a superstar in LeBron to fall back on. Despite the failures of the teams that are currently playing, we can always hang our hat on LeBron and be proud of his accomplishments as a player and a person. His charisma, professionalism, and personable demeanor will hopefully put us all in a good state of mind for at least 15 minutes Friday.