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I did not see the game as per usual.

But they do show good signs here and there.The only problem is the good signs were bad signs in prior games when other signs were good.Today those former good signs were bad signs.

Maybe that's some form of strange progress; perhaps in the next 3 years they will get everyone moving in the same direction.



Francona seems like a nice guy.I think there are more important faces that the team needs...that being players.Competent players.Signing a guy who no one else wanted and who had no spring training....this must stop.

[horseofcourse]

Originally Posted by pointmanscousin

I did not see the game as per usual.

But they do show good signs here and there.The only problem is the good signs were bad signs in prior games when other signs were good.Today those former good signs were bad signs.

Maybe that's some form of strange progress; perhaps in the next 3 years they will get everyone moving in the same direction.



Francona seems like a nice guy.I think there are more important faces that the team needs...that being players.Competent players.Signing a guy who no one else wanted and who had no spring training....this must stop.

One good sign today is that instead of focusing on stopping the run or the pass, they decided to focus on neither so they were able to stop nothing. To be fair their best run defender, Jackson was hurt most of the game and their best pass defender, Haden has missed 4 straight games. That really helps nothing. They are competetive for chunks of games but never for a whole game, I guess that's part of being the youngest team in the NFL. You would think they can compete with Cincy next week, but I think they'll figure out a way to lose. They do get Haden back which should help pass defense.

[horseofcourse]

Tribe management was actually counting on Sizeless to fill the outfield gap prior to the 2012 season. Now that's saying something as to the front office. I used to defend them somewhat. Poor Grady is now a full body concussion. In the end I really don't care about Francona. No one could have won 70 games with the starting pitchers they threw out there this year.

The Browns' average age is 15.7.That might be the problem.

I agree, Alomar would have been the better choice.



Sizeless' signing....only the Indians front office is capable of doing the things they do.They fell for Sizeless' claim that his heart was still here. "I love the Tribe.After all,I took more money to come back."

[horseofcourse]

The Cavs front office is trying to join the Tribe and Browns. they drafted a college bench player with the number 3 pick overall then traded up to draft the tall white guy Zeller from North Carolina. I think they just were confused and wanted another white guy they could call "Big Z". They had that for about 10 years before I guess so why not do it again. Urban Saban Meyer is just creepy.

Gosh, that's very good.I never made that Z connection.


What interests me,too, is your Meyer reference.As you well know, over the recent years the NC's have been won by teams having hc's born and fb schooled in Ohio or at the very least strongly fb schooled in Ohio though not born here.

Meyer has won two NC's, yet he doesn't feel right.

I have lost a whole bunch of interest in sports even to the point I do not care what Ohio State does.It was very much upsetting to me that they dumped Luke Fickell, who took on a horrendous situation, and threw money at Meyer.Won't go into detail on this....just made me turn in my Ohio State leaves.


He is going to be trouble.

That may sound ridiculous, but that's what I think.

Mr. Rogers is not handling his ability to go through adversity( great football term, but so overused) sa hot.


He is getting very snarky with the media and using the "fucl<" word.

Livingston,the Cleveland writer, mentioned.... "There is soft, softer,Charmin soft and then there's Schurmur soft."

A ten pier if I ever saw one.

[horseofcourse]

Originally Posted by pointmanscousin

I have lost a whole bunch of interest in sports even to the point I do not care what Ohio State does.

For the most part sports is comic relief for me. This is especially true following Cleveland sports. The hilarity of these billionaires holding cities hostage so they get their government welfare combined with highly paid athletes messing stuff up to the nth degree gives it all a train wreck feel that I can't help but continue to follow. Baseball is still by far the best. I think in regards to that it's by far the hardest to script. And I can still enjoy baseball postseason much more than the others. Tiggers/A's last night, Reds/Giants today still fantastic stuff.