An Early Season Statement Regarding C.C. Sabathia

Deadspin found this 4/18/2008 on www.letsgotribe.com [flag]

April 17, 2008 For Immediate Release Contact: http://www.letsgotribe.com This past off-season, like many Indians fans, we the members of the Let’s Go Tribe web site discussed at enormous length the possibility of C.C. Sabathia signing a contract extension with the Cleveland Indians. At this time, we have not been able to reach agreement. Now that the season has ... [link]

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That'll Be Enough, C.C. [Blogdome]
Published 4/18/2008 by Leitch at Deadspin
• Indians fans would like to cut off contract talks with C.C. Sabathia. [Let's Go Tribe] • Carlos Zambrano, CRAZY. [Cobra Brigade] • Scary, scary fans. (Yes. Red Sox-Yankees. Why do you ask?) [Red Sox Monster] • Why doesn't Joe Torre have an LA home yet? [Curbed LA] • If the 49ers HAD drafted Jake Plummer. [Niners Nation] • College baseball excitement. [The College Baseball Blog] • Chad Johnson should be forced to stay with the Bengals' sinking ship. [Throwing Into ...

Lazy CCunday (the C's are soft...so far)
Published 4/20/2008 by Paul Cousineau at The DiaTribe
... site), who penned a “press release” from Indians fans saying, essentially, that Tribe fans would like to break off contract negotiations themselves so WE, as fans, can focus on baseball. ...

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Alright, time to fess up. In the winter did you want the Indians to pay Sabathia whatever he wanted? Do you still feel that way?

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