Hello Tribe fans everywhere!

Cleveland lost 2-1 this afternoon on a late-inning home run by Chicago's Joe Crede, but few Indians fans would complain about the season-opening homestand. Not since the 1954 and '55 seasons have the Indians started two consecutive seasons with two straight wins, as they did in 2007 and '08.

Here's what impressed me on the opening homestand:

Fausto Carmona looks like he's picked up right where he left off in '07. Chicago's hitters were helpless against his hard sinkers Wednesday.

Franklin Gutierrez has been just as impressive in Cleveland, where it was 34 degrees Wednesday night, as he was in Winter Haven. The kid looks like a real player -- somebody who's really coming into his own. Could he be on the verge of a big year? Maybe!

Asdrubal Cabrera is another who doesn't seem to have lost of the panache he showed during a late-season call-up in '07. What a steal this guy was from Seattle!

Grady Sizemore seems to be in mid-season form. Still only 25, Sizemore's power is more apparent and perhaps he really is ready to take his place among the game's greatest stars.

There were other highlights during the first three games, and, if you're a Cleveland fan, you can't help but feel excited about the great things to come.

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Today's quickie quiz: Name the athlete Grady Sizemore idolized when he was growing up.

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-- Kevin Cuneo