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Monthly Archives: July 2009
Goodbye Victor Martinez
As bad as the Cliff Lee trade looked and felt, this one looks and feels worse. Victor Martinez spent too many years with the Indians and was too good a player and valuable a teammate for it not to be … Continue reading
Posted in Indians, McManamon, Victor Martinez
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On Shaq being Shaq
AOL's David Whitley has an interesting take on Shaquille O'Neal: "Cavs fans are going to discover what people in Orlando, LA , Miami and Phoenix already knew. Shaq is far more interested in being Shaq than being a basketball player.Being … Continue reading
Posted in McManamon, Shaq
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Another baseball juicer takes a fall
David Ortiz becomes the latest star and denier of wrongdoing to show up on the 2003 steroid list. He joins Manny Ramirez. What does this do to the Red Sox World Series championships? That's not hard to figure. It pretty much … Continue reading
Posted in McManamon, MLB, Steroids
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Key to Indians moves with Lee and (possibly) Martinez? Follow the money
Peter Gammons wrote about the possible Victor Martinez trade in his Insider column for ESPN, and he wrote as if it was a fait accompli. Gammons also examined the Cliff Lee trade, and when Gammons examines a trade it's worth … Continue reading
Posted in Cliff Lee, Indians, McManamon
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Do we say goodbye to Victor Martinez today?
Sounds like Victor Martinez is the next Indian who could be traded. Jayson Stark has him going to Boston in a three-way deal that would bring pitcher Clay Buchholz to the Indians along with … hold your breath … take … Continue reading
Posted in Indians, McManamon, Victor Martinez
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How did the Cliff Lee trade play in Peoria
Here's some national takes on the Indians trade of Cliff Lee. General consensus is that though the Indians got some talent, they didn't get enough for the reigning Cy Young winner, whom they traded for the second year in a … Continue reading
Posted in Cliff Lee, Indians, Mark Shapiro, McManamon
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Mark Shapiro explains the Cliff Lee trade
Indians GM Mark Shapiro addressed the media this evening, and there were a few buzzwords in his discussion of the Cliff Lee trade. First, though, let me state there are very few people in sports who can verbalize a team's … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
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The Indians trade Cliff Lee
Just got back from running my 93-year-old mother to a few stores and I learn the Indians have agreed to trade Cliff Lee for four prospects — one a catcher, none in the major leagues, none named Kyle or Drabek. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
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A glittering beginning for Braylon Edwards
Braylon Edwards is off to a great start in training camp. Next thing you know he'll race a teammate and get spiked and miss a month. Nah … not even Edwards would be nuts enough to do that, would he? … Continue reading
Posted in Braylon Edwards, Browns, McManamon
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Time to get the cash out of the mattress
Finally … a use for that extra quarter-mil we all have sitting around.
Posted in LeBron, McManamon
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Will they or won't they?
Will they make a trade or won't they? Various reports have the Indians all over the board in possibly dealing Cliff Lee or Victor Martinez. ESPN said the Indians have been very "aggressive" in trade talks about the two. SI … Continue reading
Posted in Cliff Lee, Indians, McManamon, Victor Martinez
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Personal question
It's vacation time of year again folks, and after Sunday I'll be off for two weeks. Taking my daughters someplace very special. So I ask … and please respond in the spirit of the question … do you the kind … Continue reading
Posted in McManamon, What the heck?
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Time's up
The Roy Halladay trade rumors have taken on a Francisco-Franco-is-dead-the-British-are-still-sailing-to-the-Falklands quality. It's time for it to end so we can all get on with our life without the seven daily and breathless Halladay updates.
Posted in McManamon, What the heck?
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Some things are just wrong
The NCAA has 120 FBS coaches (FBS is the new name for what used to be Division I-A … it stands for Football Bowl Subdivision, not football something else … though that something else applies to this topic … or anything … Continue reading
Posted in McManamon, NCAA football
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The NFL's six weeks of torture
Former Brown and present SI writer Ross Tucker wrote how refreshing it is that Redskins coach Jim Zorn is allowing four-year-and-up veterans to stay at home during training camp. Tucker describes camp as " … the brutality of multiple padded … Continue reading
Plan your schedules accordingly
This arrived in the e-mailbox today … time to change the vacation plans: The 10th annual Motorsports Marketing Forum Moves to Las Vegas For the first time in its 10-year history, the Motorsports Marketing Forum (MMF) will be headed west!
Posted in McManamon, What the heck?
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Where does it end?
The Raiders have a marketing deal with a Malaysian Airlines that does not even fly to the United States. Planes are decorated in Raider logos, Raider scenes and … yes … Raiderettes.
Posted in McManamon, What the heck?
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Let Marte play every day (please)
Andy Marte's numbers in Columbus were staggering in their improvement. He hit .327 with 18 home runs and 66 RBI in 82 games. His OPS was an outstanding .963 and his on-base percentage was .369. Marte was not included on the Indians … Continue reading
Posted in McManamon
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Some Big Ten media day nuggets
I wasn't there, and I don't know why long and rambling answers to questions are called "nuggets," but this is some of what Ohio State coach Jim Tressel had to say at the Big Ten media day on Monday: An … Continue reading
Posted in McManamon, Ohio State
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Vick's "conditional reinstatement"
All this angst about a guy who killed dogs. Sheesh, you'd have thought in reading this that Roger Goodell had banshed Michael Vick to the Browns or somethin (ba-dum-bum). Here's the bottom line about Vick: He will sign somewhere, and … Continue reading
Posted in McManamon, NFL
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More on the Ryan Garko trade
Ah, perception. The Giants, naturally, said they were happy to acquire Ryan Garko from the Indians. "This guy can drive in a run, he can hit the three-run home run," Giants GM Brian Sabean said. Added manager Bruch Bochy: "You … Continue reading
Posted in McManamon, Ryan Garko
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Ryan Garko the latest Indian to be traded
The Indians clearly did not think as highly of Ryan Garko as many of the media did. The general consensus with Garko from whatever estate we've become now was that he was a pretty good run producer when given the … Continue reading
Posted in Indians, McManamon, Ryan Garko
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For your Saturday entertainment …
A near-total change of pace (as T-Bomb still gets no love for Van Morrison) …
Posted in McManamon, Musical entertainment
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