A Lazy Sunday and The End of an Era
clevelandtribeblog.blogspot.com 8/2/2009 — Before rolling into a LS, it’s time for a not-so-brief look at the past week, not in terms of player movement (for now), but a big-picture look at the unquestioned shift in strategy for the Polo Shirt Mafia and their seemingly new outlook on contention. After what has been an obviously ...

Head v. Heart
clevelandtribeblog.blogspot.com 6/16/2009 — As the Indians season rolls on and the calendar keeps flipping, a dichotomy has emerged within me in terms of how I am viewing this evolving 2009 season. On one hand (call it my head), I see an eminently flawed team, now trying to overcome injury and stick around long enough to make their ...

Lazy Sunday - The Aftermath
clevelandtribeblog.blogspot.com 6/21/2009 — Walking out of Wrigley Field, head hanging for the second straight day as Cubs’ fans alternately told me to “go back to Cleveland” and commiserated with my experiences of the last two days in a feeling that they know all too well, the words were inescapable in my head…it’s over. Whatever hope ...

Bait Shop – Part I
clevelandtribeblog.blogspot.com 7/21/2009 — With the Trading Deadline a mere 10 days away and the status quo remaining inexplicably in vogue at the corner of Carnegie and Ontario despite a season that cannot find a bottom, I thought it would be a good time to break out a little series on players that could be moved prior to July 31st, ...

Indians Fall to Sox Again
deepleftfield.com 7/9/2009 — In news that should surprise no Indians fan, Cleveland was shut down by Chicago 5-1. The loss is Cleveland’s 17th over their last 22 games. Chicago, in the meantime, is now 44-40, a mere two games behind Detroit for the division lead. Contrary to Cleveland’s downfall, the White Sox ...

However Beautiful the Strategy
letsgotribe.com 6/22/2009 — The season is over. We've had some dreadful luck, but a reversal of fortune by itself couldn't change the commanding position our rivals cumulatively hold over us.  We're five games behind Chicago and no better than they are, in terms of runs ...

A Look Back at A Look Ahead
clevelandtribeblog.blogspot.com 7/14/2009 — Since I’m not one of these All-Star Game guys and couldn’t care less about the Home Run Derby or anything associated with it and as I’m going to venture to say that a “where do we stand now” piece is not going to be anything different than what’s been posted here for the last month, I thought ...

Time for Some Action
clevelandtribeblog.blogspot.com 6/25/2009 — Maybe Wedge is staying, maybe Wedge is going – who knows at this point – but if he stays, if he goes, there’s no question that the time “to talk of many things, of shoes and ships…” has long since passed and internal meetings that should have been initiated when this team was 14-26 on May 19th ...

Bait Shop – Part III: Fish or Cut Bait
clevelandtribeblog.blogspot.com 7/29/2009 — In the throes of Trading Deadline week, after hitting on all those expendable pieces and parts (some of whom have already been assigned new laundry to wear), it’s finally time to talk about the two prettiest lures in the Indians’ tackle box of bait – it’s time to…gulp, talk a little CP Lee and ...

Looking Over the Cliff
clevelandtribeblog.blogspot.com 7/30/2009 — As the smoke clears and the emotions tone down from the maelstrom of vitriol that accompanied the news that CP Lee was now a Phillie, let’s try to take a step back and look at this deal from a rational viewpoint, if only to see if the deal looks any better with emotion removed and to see if it ...

Indians' GM Shapiro says Wedge's job is safe — Boston.com -- Baseball News 7/5/2009
Cleveland general manager Mark Shapiro says Indians manager Eric Wedge's job is safe for the rest of the season.

Cleveland Indians GM Eric Wedge says manter Eric Wedge's job is safe — ESPN.com - MLB 7/5/2009
Cleveland general manager Mark Shapiro says Indians manager Eric Wedge's job is safe for the rest of the season.

Indians' GM Shapiro says Wedge's job is safe — FOXSports.com News for MLB 7/5/2009
Eric Wedge's job is safe for the rest of the season. Cleveland general manager Mark Shapiro said Sunday that the manager and his coaching staff would remain in their jobs with the last-place Indians. "As I've said all along, the responsibility for ...

Tribe's coaching staff can take sigh of relief — Major League Baseball News 7/5/2009
The clouds of doubt that have hovered over Indians manager Eric Wedge and his coaching staff in recent weeks have given way to clear skies.

Oakland tumbles again in Cleveland — SFGate: Top Sports Stories 7/5/2009
No offense to Indians pitchers David Huff and Carl Pavano, who stifled the A's the past two nights, but now it gets tough. In today's series finale here, the A's begin a four-day stretch in which they face far more celebrated pitchers. In order, Cliff ...