Cleveland Indians

03/30/2008, CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Indians today announced the club has set its Opening Day roster for the 2008 Championship Season, the 108th campaign in the history of the Cleveland American League franchise.

Today the Cleveland Indians placed OF Shin-soo Choo on the 15-day disabled list (retroactive to March 21) as he rehabilitates from reconstructive left elbow surgery in September of 2007. Also today, the Indians reassigned CA Yamid Haad and INF Andy Gonzalez to Minor League Camp.

The 2008 Major League Opening Day roster is below.

POSITIONAL (25/1):

PITCHERS (12):

63 BETANCOURT, Rafael, RH
47 BOROWSKI, Joe, RH
58 BRESLOW, Craig, LH
36 BYRD, Paul, RH
55 CARMONA, Fausto, RH
44 JULIO, Jorge, RH
30 KOBAYASHI, Masa, RH
31 LEE, Cliff, LH
50 LEWIS, Jensen, RH    » read more »

03/25/2008 -- The Cleveland Indians have surpassed the 1.4 million ticket mark, which wasn't achieved until May 14, 2007.

The following represents the latest update relative to 2008 ticket sales:

• Season Ticket Sales are up nearly 25%, eclipsing last year's total Season Ticket number in early January.
• Group Sales are up 50% compared to last year at this time.
• Single Game Sales are up 15% compared to 2007.    » read more »

National Guard Corporal and Progressive Insurance employee Andre Hampton to be live via satellite from Kuwait as his mom, Kim Shockley, tosses ceremonial first pitch on his behalf

CLEVELAND, 03/25/2008 -- The Cleveland Indians today announced pregame festivities for Opening Day 2008 at Progressive Field on Monday, March 31 vs. Chicago White Sox at 3:05 p.m.    » read more »

Progressive Field tours program returns for 2008

03/15/2008, CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Indians announced today that tickets for tours of Progressive Field are now on sale to the general public. The Progressive Field Tours Program runs from April until September 2008 with all proceeds benefiting Cleveland Indians Charities (CIC).    » read more »

Cleveland Indians Re-sign him to 2008 Minor League contract

03/12/2008, CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Indians today announced the club has released LHP Juan Lara and re-signed him to a free agent Minor League contract for the 2008 season.    » read more »

"Our Tribe is green, are you in the Tribe?"

03/11/2008 -- The Cleveland Indians organization continues to be among the industry leaders in taking a proactive approach to supporting various environmental initiatives to reduce the carbon footprint at Progressive Field.    » read more »

03/10/2008, CLEVELAND, OH -- The Cleveland Indians today announced the club has reduced their spring training roster by five players.

This morning the Cleveland Indians optioned right-handed pitcher Adam Mikker and left-handed pitcher Reid Santos to AAA Buffalo and optioned infielder Michael Aubrey and left-handed pitcher Scott Lewis to AA Akron. The club also reassigned left-handed pitcher Chuck Lofgren to minor league camp.    » read more »

Cleveland Indians establish a $50,000 grant program to benefit NE Ohio youth baseball and softball teams/leagues

03/10/2008, CLEVELAND -- Cleveland Indians Charities (CIC), the self-sustaining charitable arm of the Cleveland Indians organization, recently announced the Majestic Steel Diamond Improvement Grant. New in 2008, CIC in partnership with Majestic Steel established a $50,000 youth baseball and softball grant program to benefit Northeast Ohio area teams and leagues in need of new bleachers, backstops, fences and other equipment.    » read more »

- 2008 Single-game Baseball tickets at Progressive Field on sale beginning Saturday, Mar. 1 at 10AM
- Season ticket "Select-A-Seat" opportunity 9AM-3PM at Progressive Field Saturday, Mar. 1

02/26/2008, CLEVELAND -- The 2007 American League Central Division Champion Cleveland Indians today announced single-game tickets for the remaining 80 regular season home games at Progressive Field go on sale Saturday, March 1 at 10AM. Opening Day 2008, just 34 days away on March 31, sold out in less than three hours when Opening Series tickets went on sale in November.    » read more »

Cleveland Indians launch online educational program for grades K-8; NE Ohio area students rewarded for academic excellence and positive efforts

Sides have 75 days to agree to terms on Spring Training deal

01/28/2008, CINCINNATI -- The Cincinnati Reds and the city of Goodyear, Ariz., have entered into a 75-day, exclusive agreement to negotiate a lease on a facility that would serve as the club's future Spring Training site.

Under the agreement, the sides cannot negotiate with outside parties until the middle of April. The exact date will be announced when the documents are executed.    » read more »

Cleveland Indians, SportsTime Ohio, WKYC-TV3 finalize 2008 Tribe TV schedule, featuring all games televised in High Definition (HD) with 161 regular-season games and eight spring games slated to be televised in 2008

- Single-game baseball tickets go on sale March 1 at 10 a.m. ET
- '08 season-ticket sales up 21 percent

01/21/2008, CLEVELAND -- With Opening Day only 70 days away, tickets sales pacing at a high rate and in anticipation of single-game tickets going on sale Saturday, March 1 at 10 a.m. ET, the Cleveland Indians today announced their 2008 special events and promotional calendar.    » read more »

Progressive signs 16-year deal for ballpark naming rights; Becomes official auto insurer of the Indians

01/11/2008, CLEVELAND -- In March of 1937, Steve O'Neill was managing the Cleveland Indians, the team was at Spring Training in New Orleans and preparing for another season at League Park at Lexington and East 66th Street in Cleveland. At the same time, just a few blocks away on Euclid Avenue, two young Clevelanders, Joe Lewis and Jack Green, were starting a car insurance company known as Progressive.    » read more »

12/13/2007 -- The Cleveland Indians and the AAA Buffalo Bisons today announced that the entire 2007 coaching staff will again return to Buffalo for the 2008 season.    » read more »