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Eric Wedge won't return in 2010

October 1, 2009

Trying to catch up on current events while computer issues remain …
The Indians announced that Eric Wedge would not be back next season, a nice way of saying he’d been fired. This produces a lot of ambivalent feelings.
I’m not as virulently anti-Wedge as many folks seem to be. I don’t get all that upset about [...]

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How did the Cliff Lee trade play in Peoria

July 30, 2009

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 row.  Ahem.
SI was positive about the trade. "Those four players should quickly help the depleted Indians [...]

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The Indians enter the season's second half

July 16, 2009

The Indians begin what should be one of the more blasé second halfs in recent memory. Last season they could point out that they finished strong and be optimistic. I’m not thinking fans will buy that view this season. I’m going to write about the Indians and Eric Wedge for Sunday’s paper, but suffice it to [...]

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It's been that kind of season

July 16, 2009

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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Eric Wedge will stay the season

July 6, 2009

Between an orthodontist appointment for my daughter and driving to the office to meet with the boss, there won't be much time for blogging. But I'll try. And I did notice that Mark Shapiro put to rest any question about Eric Wedge's status with the team this season.
Wedge will remain the manager – and his [...]

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Another in-depth look at the Indians, with the same conclusions

June 30, 2009

A pretty in-depth study of the Indians blames the team's woes this season on poor pitching and high draft picks that missed. Then it states: "The (Mark) Shapiro-(Chris) Antonetti tandem gets more love from national media outlets than, say, White Sox GM Kenny Williams, who is perceived as arrogant and overly blunt. Is it because [...]

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Shapiro meets the media

May 13, 2009

I listened to an interview with Indians GM Mark Shapiro on tape – gimme a break, I was on a plane back from Atlanta as he was sitting in the dugout – and it struck me that the team really does not believe it has a lot of options to change things. I don't know why [...]

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We interrupt the NBA playoffs to opine on the Indians

May 11, 2009

Noticed from afar that the Indians are 11-21. That would not seem to be good.
Let's do the math. The Indians have lost nearly twice as many as they've won, and if they want to win 90 games they'll have to finish the season 79-51. That's 28 games over .500, and a .607 pace. It can [...]

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Shapiro: Different camera showed it was a HR

April 20, 2009

Indians GM Mark Shapiro just concluded a conference call with local media. Shapiro has been a strong proponent of replay, especially as it relates to home runs, and he said the umpires got the call right when they ruled Jorge Posada's ball went into the stands in New York on Sunday.
Between stating that the Indians [...]

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The Indians get better; the Browns keep looking

December 31, 2008

While the Browns go all over the country in search of a coach and/or General Manager – yes, Mike Shanahan will be investigated – the Indians made another one of those very quiet, intelligent moves that produce winning teams.
The acquisition of Mark DeRosa fills a need at third base, gives the Indians an option at [...]

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Taking a look at the Indians moves

December 11, 2008

Item: The Indians acquire second baseman Luis Valbuena and relief pitcher Joe Smith for Franklin Gutierrez.
Let's see. Gutierrez is an excellent defensive player, but his production at the plate dropped dramatically last season. He hit .241 and other teams learned in the 2007 playoffs that Gutierrez can't hit a breaking ball. That does not bode [...]

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On Manny, Hafner, Flacco and the Indians

October 9, 2008

Item: Tim McCarver calls Manny Ramirez's actions in Boston "despicable."
His point?
Item: McCarver says "despicable" twice (to the Philadelphia Inquirer).
It's about time someone called it like it is and stopped making excuses for the guy. Manny got his way out of Boston by faking injuries and being a less than stellar teammate. All this stuff about [...]

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Is this Indians team viable enough to … ummm … win?

June 12, 2008

Attended the Indians game last night, as anyone who saw today’s Beacon Journal and read about Indians and aardvarks and limbo now know. As I sat in the press box and looked at the field on a beautiful sunny day and saw a stadium barely half full and a team that just lacked some essential [...]

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