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Indians Tidbits (2008 season)

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billmac91;1223586; said:
I line-up of ManRam, Thome, Victor, and Sizemore would have been pretty amazing. It's fun to dream.

We've been an excellent farm system to major-market teams.
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Such a ridiculous system.

Baseball have-nots can only dream of such a scenario (getting screwed as their products are bought at market), while the greats can compile rosters with 2-3x as many allstars as listed above.

Football have-nots are the beneficiary of other teams' stars, while the greats can only dream of keeping that kind of talent (Indy fans dreaming of keeping Faulk).
 
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jwinslow;1223695; said:
Such a ridiculous system.

Baseball have-nots can only dream of such a scenario (getting screwed as their products are bought at market), while the greats can compile rosters with 2-3x as many allstars as listed above.

Football have-nots are the beneficiary of other teams' stars, while the greats can only dream of keeping that kind of talent (Indy fans dreaming of keeping Faulk).
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Absolutely agreed. It sucks being a fan of a small market team. But to the Tribe's credit, they've probably been the most successful of the lot. Minnesota has done well for themselves but always tend to fizzle in the playoffs. Same with Oakland. At least the Tribe has made it to a couple of World Series and have come very close to a couple others. you can still compete with scouting, good player development and smart trades, you just have to work harder than the teams like the Yankees and Red Sox that can go out and buy what they aren't getting from their farms. You have to keep the farm system stocked for when those star players are bought by a major market team after 5-6 years.

One thing the Indians have always been very good at is locking up their young talent early. Unfortunately, mediocre scouting and below average development have left the farm system relatively weak. I hope the trades of C.C. and Casey Blake help that down the road. I was especially pleased with the Blake trade as I didn't expect to get much more than a couple throw away prospects for him, but we managed to get an ace catching prospect and a promising young pitcher.
 
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jwinslow;1223695; said:
Such a ridiculous system.

Baseball have-nots can only dream of such a scenario (getting screwed as their products are bought at market), while the greats can compile rosters with 2-3x as many allstars as listed above.

Football have-nots are the beneficiary of other teams' stars, while the greats can only dream of keeping that kind of talent (Indy fans dreaming of keeping Faulk).
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GPA
 
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I guess that's why professional sports is not "sport" any longer. It is big big business and it is all about the money with the players and the owners. They have even found enough time to screw up, along with the NCAA, the college game with their ridiculous rules about when a teenager can play professional sports.

Sorry to get way off topic but Betancourt was really something last night. I just can't believe he is the same person that he was last year. Must be is location. The fact that he is with Cleveland:biggrin2:.

Well, at least we did not do the Red Sox any favors last night and probably won't tonight either.
 
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Dispatch

I wondered when this talk was going to begin.


The Clippers plan to search for a new major-league affiliate for next season.

General manager Ken Schnacke said the team will allow its two-year agreement with the Washington Nationals to expire when the season ends Sept. 1. The Clippers will let Minor League Baseball know in early September that they want to explore options with other major-league teams. Once approved, they can begin negotiations Sept. 16.

The Cleveland Indians have been mentioned as a candidate. Cleveland's agreement with its triple-A affiliate, Buffalo, expires after the season. Schnacke could not comment on Cleveland's interest.
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LitlBuck;1224022; said:
I guess that's why professional sports is not "sport" any longer. It is big big business and it is all about the money with the players and the owners. They have even found enough time to screw up, along with the NCAA, the college game with their ridiculous rules about when a teenager can play professional sports.

Sorry to get way off topic but Betancourt was really something last night. I just can't believe he is the same person that he was last year. Must be is location. The fact that he is with Cleveland:biggrin2:.

Well, at least we did not do the Red Sox any favors last night and probably won't tonight either.
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Couldn't have said it any better. Especially the last part.
 
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