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Mark Shapiro, Terry Francona Speak at TribeFest

This weekend the Cleveland Indians hosted TribeFest, an event at Progressive Field featuring autograph sessions with players, roundtable discussions with broadcaster Tom Hamilton, kids activities, clubhouse…Read More

Why the Indians Need to Abolish the Word ‘Rebuild’

The Indians front office should aggressively spend the offseason actively eliminating the words rebuild and window from the discussion of the team’s future. They need to respond to every writer…Read More

On Grady Sizemore, Mark Shapiro, and Being a Fan

In his wide ranging interview with Fox Sports Ohio last week, Indians president Mark Shapiro covered pretty much the entirety of Tribe baseball as we know it. Amid all that, one thing that stuck with me…Read More

Judging Mark Shapiro’s GM Tenure: Low-Profile Trades

We’re now more than two full years removed from Mark Shapiro’s promotion to Cleveland Indians team president and GM Chris Antonetti is firmly entrenched as the Tribe’s decision maker. So I thought…Read More

Some Thoughts on the Mark Shapiro Interview

On Wednesday, Fox Sports Ohio’s Pat McManamon published a long and incredibly thorough interview with Cleveland Indians President Mark Shapiro on his background, some of the team’s recent moves,…Read More

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Judging Mark Shapiro’s GM Tenure: High-Profile Trades

Let’s get a this out of the way:  I am a fan of the work Mark Shapiro did as general manager of the…Read More

Survey: Assessing Confidence in the Indians’ Front Office

Last week, 20 Cleveland Indians writers from six different websites and media outlets took part in a…Read More

On Terry Francona, Manny Acta, and the Indians’ Front Office

Today, the Cleveland Indians will officially announce that they have named Terry Francona their new manager,…Read More

Trying to Stay Positive…

As I sit here and watch the Indians hand the Royals (yes, those Royals) another game, I find myself grasping…Read More

LaPorta Trying to Avoid “Bust” Label

Source: Yardbarker.com Matt LaPorta is doing his best to remove the “bust” label. Since…Read More

Tribe Front Office Shuffles Its Deck

As I mentioned yesterday, Cleveland kinda, sorta, did a front office shakeup (but not really). Indians…Read More

Anthony Reyes : Destination Rotation

Anthony Reyes had a sore elbow shut down his 2008 season early.  So far this spring, Reyes has yet…Read More