Comments on: What went wrong: Cleveland Indians

By: djfromrh

djfromrh — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:41:35 +0000

The problem is in baseball as a business. As long has you have the New Yorks, Chicagos, Boston and L.A. running the show, teams like Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Kansas City will be the minor league training teams for the big boys. Sure, we will be competive once and a while but against 100-200 million dollar salaries of the big boys, we have no chance to retain the talent we find and develope. Until the majority of the owners stand up to the big boys, demand a complete sharing of all profits (TV and radio contracts specfically) then nothing is going to change and Major League baseball will be the big boys and the AAAA teams.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:36:25 +0000

What went wrong?
Larry Dolan bought the team in 2000 and it’s been a slow rollercoaster ride from then on, going mostly downhill.

By: dsmith4444

dsmith4444 — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:08:26 +0000

These kids are playing since the all star break, given a tough series in Detroit where they were swept they have only lost one other series since the All-Star Break. Right now there are not a lot of people calling Shapiro and Wedge geniuses, but if this team proves to be competetive with the heavy unmoveable salaries of Wood, Westbrook and Hafner, maybe that will change. Regardless, the Indians are still one of the classiest operations in baseball, as none of these guys are reported in the newspapers for adverse situations or any other negative publicity. This comes from the leadership at the top as much as it comes from the individuals themselves. It has been a tough year, but Cleveland is resilient and things will get better.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:07:20 +0000

Great series idea. This has the potential to be pretty as well.