More Questions Than Answers…
waitingfornextyear.com 7/7/2008 — Driving home last night with the trade announcement buzzing in my mind, I tried to answer the questions that kept popping up in my head. Unfortunately, I had more questions than I could answer… the biggest one being how long are the Indians going to suck? I will concede that C.C. Sabathia and the Indians were not going to [...]…

WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL
madison.com 7/7/2008 — He was loud without saying a word. Melvin landed perhaps the best player on the trade market — left-handed pitcher Carsten Charles (C.C.) Sabathia from Cleveland — and removed all doubt regarding his expectations for this franchise in 2008. Catching ...

Cleveland robbed by Milwaukee
insidetheballpark.com 7/7/2008 — I’m not sure why, but the Cleveland Indians haven’t figured it out yet. They have been robbed by the Milwaukee Brewers after trading away last year’s AL Cy Young Award winner C.C. Sabathia. The Brewers are only a few papers away ...

Is There Even a ‘Winner’ in the CC Sabathia Deal?
thebiglead.com 7/7/2008 — The last-place Indians get a promising hitter who is pounding minor league pitching and three others , and the Brewers acquired rented last year’s AL Cy Young award winner, who stunk early this season, but has improved in recent weeks. Should ...

Punctuation purge: Sabathia ditches dots in 'C.C.' - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
sports.yahoo.com 7/7/2008 — MILWAUKEE (AP)—Write an e-mail and cc it all around baseball: New Milwaukee Brewers pitcher CC Sabathia no longer wants periods after the initials he uses for his first name. From here on out, Carsten Charles Sabathia is just “CC” Sabathia—not “C.C.” ...

Brewers trade prospects for reigning AL Cy Young winner C.C. Sabathia — NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 7/7/2008
Reigning AL Cy Young Award winner C.C. Sabathia was traded Monday from the Indians to the Brewers for four prospects. Sabathia gives the Brewers another power pitcher to pair with Ben Sheets as Milwaukee tries to make the playoffs for the first time ...

Prospects analysis for Sabathia trade — Major League Baseball News 7/7/2008
C.C. Sabathia may have been the big name in Monday's trade between the Indians and Brewers, but the Tribe got several key Minor Leaguers in return for the left-hander. Here's some more details about the players who now hope to call Cleveland home.

New Brewer Sabathia ditches dots in 'CC' (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 7/7/2008
Write an e-mail and cc it all around baseball: New Milwaukee Brewers pitcher CC Sabathia no longer wants periods after the initials he uses for his first name. From here on out, Carsten Charles Sabathia is just "CC" Sabathia -- not "C.C." After ...

Sabathia traded to Brewers — Boston.com -- Baseball News 7/7/2008
The Cleveland Indians traded Cy Young Award winner C.C. Sabathia to the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday in exchange for a group of prospects, the National League club announced.

Melvin 'going for it' with Sabathia trade — Major League Baseball News 7/7/2008
In the end, when GM Doug Melvin pulled the trigger Sunday on a trade that sent Matt LaPorta and three other prospects to the Indians for top-of-the-rotation starter CC Sabathia, the Brewers' baseball boss decided that the risk was worth the reward.