Mark Shapiro ranks sixth on SI’s list of baseball’s GM’s who are under the microscope. Though it would be hard to fit there, wouldn’t it?
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too high on the list
sorry, I am a confused, sad Indian fan since '46.
Shapiro should go now is all I should say.
the guy who wrote the article is clueless on what's going on with the indians. this season went in the dumpster before injuries hit. both cliff lee and the $10 million dollar closer have been healthy all year. between eric wedge's poor substitutions, the bullpen's failures and the garbage offense it's a small wonder cliff hasn't holed himself up in dolan's office with a bottle of whiskey, a pistol and a roll of duct tape.
AMEN, terje! The Tribe broke Spring Training at full strength, didn't they? And they began the season 0-5 and 1-7. If they didn't feel they had a team which could compete immediately, certainly changes would've been addressed in Arizona, right? No….there is no blaming this collapse on "injuries." Not this year, not last year, not the hitting swoon of '07, not the debacle of '06, not the choke of '05. Every team has injuries. We just have UNPRODUCTIVE PLAYERS.
I really feel that more attention should also be called to the horrible defense of the Indians, both early and now. Peralta has shown that he stinks at all positions, not just SS. Sizemore, and now Francisco have turned CF into "Tenative Alley" where balls fall in at will, and drives to the gap just keep on going. Please tell me I'm wrong, but I really feel that Victor Martinez is not a field general at catcher, in the Varitek/Molina mode. He is just adequate at calling a game and defending the plate. Yes, the pitching has been atrocious, but the ground balls that turn into singles, and the fly balls that become hits are setting up our staff to always be pitching out of a hole, instead of cruising along. And it can't help when they don't have confidence in the men behind the plate, either. This Tribe was bad right out of the blocks.