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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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It was just announced that the deal is final! It was finalized at 7:01.  I'm done.
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omg i know Icant stand mark shapiro!!!!!!!! i HATE HIM SOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!! if they trade vic i dont know what im going to do!!!! what the heck is the point of trading him!? every time i hear the name cliff lee i just wanna cryy and scream!!!! i have a poster of his 20 wins on my wall i couldnt stand looking at it i had to take it down Mark does not care about the fans niether do the Dolans all they care about is there stupid money
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What really makes me mad is the fact that Shapiro, Wedge, etc. will all be here next year.
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Exactly!! Dolan makes me ill. Shapiro, Wedge etc. should be gone then lets worry about the players. The players are not the problem & it irks me that they haven't seen this yet. Open YOUR eyes people!!
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I just wanted to add, that Im 35 years old. I have been a fan of the indians since as far back as I can remeber. I used to cut school back when the indians were at municipal stadium just to watch them! Ive seen the good, the bad and this is just UGLY!!!
I LOVE my indians, but I cant watch this utter disgrace of a front office/owners screw up anymore. If they make anymore trades and notably trade Martinez I am going to lose my mind. Im sick to my stomach at how ignorant Dolan and Shapiro are.
Victor- wherever you go, Im going!!! I really DO NOT want to be routing for the damn RED SOX!! Im done with the Indians if he leaves. You can forget about my family going to any games, watching them on TV or buying any merchandise!!
Im with the person thatt posted : Looking for any children of Jacobs that wants to buy back the Indians... the people of Cleveland are BEGGING you!
Shapiro and Dolan- GTFO out CLEVELAND, U are DISGRACES TO BASEBALL!
i agree with the person who wrote this 100 percent!!! i wish jacobs kids could buy back the indians actually anyone would be better then the STUPID Dolans
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Strike another match, go start anew
About 91,682 words later (you can check out all that work at Indians.com), my brain is very near the point of being fried, as I get ready for a, sure enough, delayed red-eye flight back home this evening.
But I've got a few more quick thoughts about today's news.
EXCRUCIATING MINUTIA OF THE DAY...
Just throwing this out there, but I wonder what this trade, and the overall decision to look more toward 2011 than 2010, means for Eric Wedge. If anything, I would think it improves his chances of remaining with this club next year. For one, the Indians are clearly in player development mode for the next 14 months, and that eases the emphasis on poor April starts and the struggle to perform under weighty expectations -- the biggest knocks on Wedge. And then there's the financial issue, which is, of course, no small issue right now. Wedge is under contract for next season for at least $1 million. Would the already cash-strapped Indians really be willing to pay that price and hire a new manager next year? I can't help but doubt it. I'm not saying Wedge and his staff are secure, as the Indians obviously want to see some legit development over the next two months. But the "reload" philosophy, I would imagine, helps Wedge's standing here.
Worth noting that if Victor Martinez gets traded, his base salary for '09 increases from $5.7 million to $6.2 million, and his 2010 option increases from $7 million to $7.5 million.
But will Martinez get traded? The Indians aren't going to just give him away. And if the Red Sox are as highly motivated to acquire him as some people have suggested, you would think the framework of a deal would be in place by now. Martinez certainly hasn't helped his trade stock by batting .144 since June 20.
Former high school, Minor League and Major League teammates Ryan Garko and Ben Francisco get shipped off, within two days of each other and in their shared hometown of Anaheim, no less. What are the odds of that?
And here's further coincidence: Francisco and Garko will be reunited this weekend, as the Phillies and Giants are squaring off in San Francisco.
Fausto Carmona will start either Friday or Saturday against the Tigers. That was not yet determined. Trevor Crowe gets the call over Matt LaPorta because he can back up Grady Sizemore in CF.
We'll give the final word today to the centerpiece of the deal, Clifton Phifer Lee: "Losing one Cy Young winner one year and another the very next year is probably hard for a fan to swallow. It's the nature of the game. It's something you're really going to have to talk to Shapiro about, as far as his outlook and his intent with the whole deal. Obviously, he feels he's making the team better with those deals. It's not my job to grade it. It's my job to pitch."
-From the official Castrovince Blog.
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I find it really dumb if they go & trade away Martinez. Of course I'm sure the Front Office is thinking, "Why keep him now??" Keep him for the fans, & keep him for the team, keep him for his hits & the way he reacts after he gets a hit for HIS team... THE CLEVELAND INDIANS!
Happy to see Carmona back, but he is NO Cliff. Don't really understand why they would call up Crowe & not LaPorta when LaPorta can help Grady just as much! I guess they're gonna do what they do. I'll just say whats on my mind.
Miss you Clifton. & I'm saying LET'S GO PHILLY'S! I hope I see Cliff out their in the playoff's.
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Trev has been doing really good down in AAA. Plus, he's the one that's always getting starts in center, while Matt is playing left. It's always an advantage to have more than 1 centerfielder in your outfield...
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Gotcha! Like I said they're gonna do whatever they want. Us fans just have to sit back, watch & take the crap!
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