Indians GM Mark Shapiro Hoping Risk Earns Reward for Cleveland
bleacherreport.com 1/9/2009 — Mark Shapiro's "relentless" offseason was topped off this week when he filled his final concern for the 2009 Cleveland Indians. While other teams were playing for the World Series, Shapiro was talking with reporters in an empty ballpark. He was ...

Indians Sign RP Greg Aquino
tribetimereport.blogspot.com 11/25/2008 — The Indians made a move to sign relief pitcher Greg Aquino, presumably to a minor league deal. Preston Larrison signs with Washington.

Mangini's hiring makes for family affair | indians.com: News
cleveland.indians.mlb.com 1/8/2009 — CLEVELAND -- Having lived in Cleveland since 1991 as a member of the Indians' organization, Mark Shapiro has become more than a casual observer of the Browns. And if Shapiro was a fan before, he really has a rooting interest now. The Browns ...

Indians executives delivering optimistic pitch to season-ticket holders in meetings
cleveland.com 1/14/2009 — Chuck Crow/The Plain DealerIndians President Paul Dolan is among other team executives working to connect with fans this week in informal "town hall" meetings.Indians scout killed in car accidentCLEVELAND -- From 1995 to 2001, the Indians rode a ...

Shapiro Speaks
waitingfornextyear.com 1/16/2009 — Sunday night I couldn’t sleep, and while normally I am down for a good Pac-10 Sunday night hoops game or Bret (don’t call me Jason) Michaels Rock of Love on VH-1, I switched over to Channel 3’s Sports Tonight with Dave Chudowski. He happened to have on the great Mark Shapiro, Tribe GM. I caught ...

Final Relief
waitingfornextyear.com 1/28/2009 — Last week we discussed the final position player spot on your 2009 Cleveland Indians. Since then, all has been quiet on the Tribe front (except for new Browns GM George Kokinis invoking the classic Mark Shapiro “Championship-caliber club” line during that snoozer press conference

Indians Sign The MLB’s First European Player
baseballreflections.com 2/25/2009 — Indians Sign European Catcher Cervenka to Minor League Deal The Indians announced on February 21 that they had come to terms with Martin Cervenka to a minor league deal. The deal was originally done on January 24 and the team was just waiting for the right time to make this news public. To ...

Report: Mark DeRosa Acquired by Indians
waitingfornextyear.com 12/31/2008 — Mark Shapiro continues on with a considerably busy off-season, notably with the Chicago Cubs. Buster Olney breaks down the goods: DeRosa has been traded to the Cleveland Indians for three players. The Indians sent minor league pitchers Jeff Stevens, Chris Archer and John Caub to Chicago in the ...

O.J. Lawyer: 'He's a Sociopath' - Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Arts And Entertainment
foxnews.com 1/15/2009 — Wednesday, January 14, 2009 By Roger Friedman O.J. Lawyer: He's a Sociopath | Introducing Stevie Wonder! | Jennifer Aniston Is Doing Just Great | Obama's Secret Soundtrack | Inaugural Mess: Logistics Memo O.J. Lawyer: He's a Sociopath Time heals some ...

Cleveland Indians Sabermetrics 101: Fielding Statistics and the Peralta Problem — Bleacher Report - MLB 1/19/2009
Don't worry, there is very little math involved this time. For many years, sabermetricians ignored fielding, at least partially because it was so much harder to quantify compared to hitting. The original fielding metric is fielding percentage (outs ...

Cubs, Gregg agree on $4.2M, 1-year deal (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 1/19/2009
Closer Kevin Gregg and the Chicago Cubs agreed Monday to a $4.2 million, one-year contract that avoided salary arbitration. The Cubs acquired the 30-year-old right-hander from the Florida Marlins last November for right-hander Jose Ceda, then said the ...

Cardinals - Steelers Is A Game You Blow Off In October — Bleacher Report - MLB 1/19/2009
Ugh what a rotten Super Bowl. Picture this.  It's October. The Jets are on the bye, your buddy invites you to the local pub to watch "the games." One o'clock rolls around and you watch Giants-Redskins and enjoy some beer and wings. ...

Oswalt headlines Astros in Classic — Major League Baseball News 1/19/2009
Roy Oswalt committed to pitch for Team USA more than a month ago, and he's projected to serve as the team ace.

Shapiro upbeat on Press Tour — Major League Baseball News 1/20/2009
When it was general manager Mark Shapiro's turn to speak on the first night of the Indians' annual winter Press Tour, which raised more than $1,500 for Cleveland Indians Charities, he talked about the work done this offseason to construct what he ...