Ladies and Gentlemen, Justin Masterson

Charlie Sheen, who recently bailed Lenny Dykstra out of jail for one reason or another, has coined many catchphrases recently. The one we find most irritating is: "Duh, Winning."

Justin Masterson, on the other hand, finds this saying enlightening. Even appropriate. I guess we can go along with that for now.

Sporting a black t-shirt with the Sheenism right on the front, Masterson gets a pass from us. The right-hander won his fifth straight start Tuesday, leading the first-place Indians to a 9-4 win over the Kansas City Royals.

Now boasting a 5-0 record and 2.18 ERA after going at least six innings in each of his victorious starts, Masterson allowed three runs on five hits over 6.2 innings. He opened the game by retiring 10 straight, five on grounders, striking out seven and walking two.

This is a pretty huge turnaround for the 26-year-old Kingston, Jamaica native, considering just a year ago, he kicked off the season at 0-5, losing 11 straight games over two seasons to go winless over a stretch of 17 starts. Nice work, Justin.

At 14-8, the Tribe are off to their best start since 2007, when they won 96 games and the American League Central title. Holy crap.

[Rotoworld]