2015 Series #5 -|- Indians @ White Sox -|- April 20th, 21st, and 22nd.

[The Oi]

Blow my brains out.

So fuck it then, right?

Wait til the Cavs win it though and then regroup. That'll also give you time to get numb to the idea of last place in the AL Central.

 

[Chris]

So fuck it then, right?

Wait til the Cavs win it though and then regroup. That'll also give you time to get numb to the idea of last place in the AL Central.

If that happens, I'll be okay. Probably forget the Indians even exist until Spring 2016.

 

[Real Deal]

Somebody on Twitter posted that this year's team and the 2013 Indians both started 5-9.

So.

Yay.

We also played the Asstros and Whitesox back to back and got hot. This time its Detroit, Kansas City, and Toronto. 3 teams playing way better baseball than us so it can very well get real ugly.

 

[Huber.]

So fuck it then, right?

Wait til the Cavs win it though and then regroup. That'll also give you time to get numb to the idea of last place in the AL Central.

So we have to wait until next year to get numb to the idea?

 

[Taiter]

I'm not anti-Dolan -- I haven't heard of a viable buyer who'll keep the team in Cleveland and I'd rather have a team than no team. However, I think the negativity toward the Dolans are a big reason why the Tribe hasn't gotten any traction for years. You hear it from a LOT of people.

I would like to see the Tribe spend in the low 100s but even there it's just not fair that if you have a Detroit team spending, what, $70M more? Believe that'd pay Cabrera, Victor, and David Pryce to name three. If the teams are all in the general ballpark then I can blame the front office (as I do the Browns front office), but MLB is just a joke w/no cap because the spending disparities are just too great.

 

[Nom]

I'm not anti-Dolan -- I haven't heard of a viable buyer who'll keep the team in Cleveland and I'd rather have a team than no team. However, I think the negativity toward the Dolans are a big reason why the Tribe hasn't gotten any traction for years. You hear it from a LOT of people.

I would like to see the Tribe spend in the low 100s but even there it's just not fair that if you have a Detroit team spending, what, $70M more? Believe that'd pay Cabrera, Victor, and David Pryce to name three. If the teams are all in the general ballpark then I can blame the front office (as I do the Browns front office), but MLB is just a joke w/no cap because the spending disparities are just too great.

That's the thing with baseball - if the Indians spent $100million they're still $172 million behind the Dodgers. They'd just be chasing the next Nick Swisher.

They have all of their core guys locked up - which is the only thing they should really be spending on.

And very good point on the owner - the thing people overlook is who is really going to buy this team and deficit spend. More likely someone would buy it and move it to a new city.

 

[The Oi]

I don't really give as much of a shit about spending as I do having decent players. The Indians have one good hitter who has very limited power.

Right now is really the result of failing to draft and groom quality talent over a fairly long period of time. Even if it turns out these last few drafts have been solid, those players won't be making any significant impact until guys like Brantley and Kipnis are on other teams.

 

[macbdog]

Same old same old... Only one owner in baseball deficit spends, and he is a 90 year old billionaire with no heirs trying to buy a title. Even he put a cap, as his GM had to let a Cy Young winner walk for nothing. They have several key impending FAs. Anyhow, besides the point- just another tired call for something that outside of one outlier doesn't exist- the billionaire who buys a million dollar business in a billion dollar industry as a recreational toy so they can hemorrhage their life's work of fortune (and no, Dan Gilbert has never been this either).

I think too many Cleveland sports fans think Major League is based on a true story and live in fantasy land. Maybe after the team finds this mythical owner we can find a 12 year old boy to pitch them out of this. Or some angels to prop up our own mediocre power bat. Or whatever. I bet if everyone keeps regurgitating the same old tired lines you will find a solution.

 

[Chris]

It's going to hurt but once Detroit sweeps us everyone can turn their attention to the godforsaken NFL draft and the Cavs playoff run. Then in a few months we'll have the Buckeyes again to win us another title. So don't worry, help is on the way. We can forget about this horrible team soon enough.

 

[macbdog]

Yes because the best way to forget about this 'horrible' team is the Browns draft?

 

[AZ_]

Yes because the best way to forget about this 'horrible' team is the Browns draft?

You can sense their commitment to winning, though.

The blue-collar folk of Cleveland's hardened suburbs just connect with that so well.

 

[Chris]

Yes because the best way to forget about this 'horrible' team is the Browns draft?

Did you notice the word "godforsaken" in there? That was intentional.

 

[Taiter]

I don't think anyone should hope for the Indians to find a mythical owner that will deficit-spend. I think the real hope is a cap so that the disparities are much more like they were in the 1990s. At that point the top team was spending something like $60M. The MLB players union is too powerful for a cap now, but it took years for the NHL to get one and they have one now.