They trade one of the best young pitchers for a .190 hitter and 3 cups of coffee.

[hoffman]

I wondered the same thing...why couldn't they trade him to an AL team if they had to do this?

Thanks for nothing!

[MNeadle]

They drafted Duwan Wagner I believe. From Camden, NJ. Scored 100 points in a game in high school. They know what they're doing.......

[Yossarian]

Yeah, but how many touchdowns did he score?

[hoffman]

I still stand by my right to be bitter!

BTW Mark, congrats on Villanueve de Neadle!

Mark, they apparently have some sort of building where people pay tribute to Loverboy too.

But I was talking about the game they play with the little white ball with stitching, not the bouncy pebbly orangey kind.

[Yossarian]

Cricket? <IMG SRC='/cf4/images/smiley/smiley02.gif' BORDER=0 WIDTH=15 HEIGHT=15>

And for the record, we'd have happily traded them a .203 hitter AND a .226 hitter, which adds up to a .429 hitter!

(And Mark, those numbers are called batting average. Say it with me:

<b><i> Bah ting ahv err ege.</b></i>

WHo says this place ain't edukayshional?

chirp chirp

[Deem]

Rather surprising.....I hope those prospects turn into something decent for them in the future.

[ewb]

I've been pissed at them ever since they fired Randy Wittman.

[Flash]

A BAD move IMHO, but what do I know? I'm a CUBS fan for Petes sake!!

[Egoist]

Freaking hilarious. What an awful move. Guess they are giving up on this year already and looking for 3 years down the road. Colon has been their only consistent pitcher all year.

[Fuente Fan]

Sure looks like they are giving up on this year. Bad move imho.

[Scott from NY]

As long as Seattle or Boston didn't get him <IMG SRC='/cf4/images/smiley/smiley01.gif' BORDER=0 WIDTH=15 HEIGHT=15>

[bigdaddy]

They have lost their minds. Be prepared for an all out fire sale.


If (when) they get rid of Omar, I'm through with them. <IMG SRC='/cf4/images/smiley/smiley06.gif' BORDER=0 WIDTH=15 HEIGHT=15>

[CPT/VSG]

As one FORMER season ticket holder, I will not be happy until I see that IDIOT Larry Dolan in rotting in Hell along with the incompetent smirky punk GM, Mark Shapiro, who wouldn't know a baseball player if he saw one. What a sad, sad, sad destruction of a franchise almost overnight by absolute idiots who have no idea of what they are doing. After 8 years of holding season tickets, I will never set foot in Jacobs Field again until I have positive confirmation that Dolan and Shapiro are resident in Hell where they belong.

[bigdaddy]

I see I'm not the only one pissed. LOL!

I couldn't have said it better myself, CPT/VSG.

BTW, the Cleveland Plain Dealer is raking Dolan and Shapiro over the coals pretty well today.

This reminds me of Marge Schott and the Reds all over again.

[bob]

Very sad day. First they tell us the are going to load up pitching when they traded Alomar, now they fire sale the best young pitcher in the league, Omar & Thome will be next to go then next season when they only draw 10 or 15000 a game they will cry and raise the prices. Just 2 years ago they sold out every home game for 419 games in a row now we are back to the old days with an owner that has no money a GM that has no idea, guess I will go buy a boat as I sure won't be spending my $6000.00 a year for tickets.

[bob]

Oh and the rumor around hear is that the player to be named later will be Tim Drew, a good PITCHING prospect in the minors now that has shown a lot of promise.

[Witland]

At least no one can say that MLB is throwing in the towel in Montreal. They're making a respectable showing and trying to do everything on the up and up there.

On the other hand, WTF were the Indians thinking? <IMG SRC='/cf4/images/smiley/smiley02.gif' BORDER=0 WIDTH=15 HEIGHT=15>

[Egoist]

Good point witland, very good move by the Expos. Their 4 fans will be very happy.

[Fast Freddy]

Expos to Selig: "Contract This!"

[LuvDog]

They'll pick up the new "prospects" and when they get good, they'll trade them away for either a bunch of "has beens" or more "prospects"... just like the Indians of old.

[Bond]

Dolan and Shapiro might as well be related to Modell for all intensive purposes. And I hope Selig decides to keep the Expo's and contract the Indians!!<IMG SRC='/cf4/images/smiley/smiley36.gif' BORDER=0 WIDTH=16 HEIGHT=16>

[cigarvp]

Yeah, but aren't those .109 hitters reeeaaaalll cheap these days, say only $2MM a year or so <IMG SRC='/cf4/images/smiley/smiley13.gif' BORDER=0>

I forgot that pr!ck Dolan owns the Indians...those cable guys make Ken Lay look like Mother Theresa.

My deepest condolences.

[BluesBoy]

And I thought this thread was about school vouchers.

[Bond]

I'll tell you how sad things are; I have the latest Tribe screen saver, and every 20 seconds it switches to a picture of a different player......and I cant tell ya how long its been since I saw a player that still plays for Cleveland!<IMG SRC='/cf4/images/smiley/smiley36.gif' BORDER=0 WIDTH=16 HEIGHT=16>

[Yossarian]

I would love to see Little O come back to Seattle. He was only traded because they knew they had A-Rod coming up, and Omar has always been a fan favorite in Seattle.

[bigdaddy]

I've been a Cleveland fan for 20+ years and I have never liked a player as well as I like Omar. He is what baseball should be about. Playing for the love of the game!!!

When he goes they can blow up the stadium for all I care. <IMG SRC='/cf4/images/smiley/smiley06.gif' BORDER=0 WIDTH=15 HEIGHT=15>

Huh...that stinks. It'd be like us losing Nomaaaaaah...

[mmeadows]

Welcome to our baseball hell <IMG SRC='/cf4/images/smiley/smiley02.gif' BORDER=0 WIDTH=15 HEIGHT=15>

[bob]

Did any one hear the spin they were putting on this afternoon? Makes me sick. But I did see a nice boat today!

[proudpop]

Colon salary = 4.5 million <br> Stevens salary = 4 million <br> Way to shed payroll Cleveland you idiots.