"First off, let me start by saying the Cleveland Indians drive me absolutely nuts. One year later, they still do.
One of these days, I'm just going to stop torturing myself. I mean, why am I still watching these games? The Tribe are done for the year. One year later, I still continue to watch them, and still realize that, yet again, they are done for the year.
Yet I still find myself sitting in front of the TV, watching Ryan Garko suck every night. It must be a disease or something. I don't know how else to explain it. Wow. I wish I could watch Ryan Garko suck every night. Instead, he got traded and replaced with Andy Marte, who is even worse.
- Who's next? CC, then Casey Blake. I'm sure Shapiro isn't done yet. Haha, if I only knew.
- Ben Francisco is terrible. Every game, you are guaranteed that at least one of his at bats will result in a pop-up in the infield. Yea, well, he still does that. I don't care that he's gone.
- Ryan Garko is a joke. Seriously? Every single game....0-4, 2 Strikeouts. Time to go, meatball. I miss Ryan Garko.
- Paul Byrd needs to get the hell out of Cleveland. I don't know who would want him, but he needs to go. Anywhere. How in the HELL did Paul Byrd get signed by the Red Sox last year? What were they thinking?
- Fausto Carmona is starting to look like the pitcher who went 1-10 two seasons ago. Which one is the real Fausto? Uhh...the crappy one is the real one.
- David Dellucci shouldn't get another at bat the rest of the season. If you want to find out what you have in these young guys, why keep playing Dellucci? Well, that's how Wedge rolls. What else explains why, ONE YEAR LATER, Matt LaPorta is STILL in AAA-ball? At least Dellucci is gone.
- Andy Marte doesn't look that bad. He's bad, but not terribly bad. Haha. Was I drunk?
- Kelly Shoppach has proven, with V-Mart out for so long, that he deserves to play more than once a week. It wouldn't be a bad idea to put Victor at first more and more when he comes back, and keep Shop in the lineup more often. Besides, Garko sucks. So get him out of the lineup by putting Victor at first. Worst idea EVER. Shoppach is the biggest pile of junk I've ever seen behind the plate. Again, what was I thinking?
- Jhonny Peralta is thriving in the cleanup spot. He's been hitting the ball real well ever since he was moved there. I say keep him there--for good. Put Victor 3rd, and let Hafner hit 5th--if he ever comes back. Jhonny is still my favorite Indian. Why? No clue. But I like him. And he's raking again.
- We still need a second baseman. Jamey Carroll is bad. Asdrubal Cabrera is bad. Josh Barfield is bad. Asdrubal is the future...he was just playing bad at this post last year.
- When is Matt LaPorta going to be sent up? Since the season is already over, you might as well bring him up in September to get some at bats. Even if he hits .090, it doesn't matter. The season is already over. Never. That's when.
- K-Rod anyone? Hey Shapiro...PAY HIM WHATEVER HE WANTS. We haven't had a closer in over 10 years. Kobayashi isn't the answer. Neither of the Rafael's are the answer. Joe Borowski sure as hell wasn't the answer. Francisco Rodriguez is the answer. Hahahaha. Shapiro spend money? Not ever. No way. FYI, Kerry Wood wasn't the answer, either.
- Who in the hell is going to be in the rotation next year? The only sure things are Cliff Lee and Fausto Carmona. Byrd will (hopefully) be gone, and Sowers and Laffey are pitching terrible. What does that leave? Let's answer that question...Fausto Carmona, Aaron Laffey, Carl Pavano, Jeremy Sowers, David Huff. Oh yea. A starting rotation that could be competetive--in High School ball.
- I've been saying this for two years now--Trevor Crowe needs to be in Cleveland. Playing in Akron isn't doing the kid any good. He rakes in Akron. He's the leadoff hitter the Indians need. Then, Sizemore can move down in the batting order, and produce more runs for this team. Crowe is a base burner. Yea...too bad Trevor Crowe is garbage in Cleveland.
Hahahahahahahaahahahaha. Seriously. I must have been tanked. The Browns do something good? Not ever.
Ahhh, how much I love being a Cleveland fan.
