Indians Fire Louie Isaac

Indians apparently are looking for a new bullpen mentality. I'm not sure this falls on Isaac, but after 15 seasons the club wants a new voice in the pen.

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WHAT?

by afh4 on Sep 30, 2008 1:45 PM EDT reply actions

My sentiments exactly.

by painaxl on Sep 30, 2008 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions

Didn’t you have a drink with him in Florida?

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Sep 30, 2008 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions

He was in the same bar. My friend talked to him. He was really funny.

by afh4 on Sep 30, 2008 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions

Hmmmmmmm

Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.

by westbrook on Sep 30, 2008 1:49 PM EDT reply actions

by afh4 on Sep 30, 2008 1:52 PM EDT reply actions

Kangol Nation weeps.

by Brick. on Sep 30, 2008 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions

Kangol Nation, Population: 3 (Samuel L. Jackson, LL Cool J, Luis Isaac)

by afh4 on Sep 30, 2008 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions

don’t forget Fruit

Anti-Ben Fran before it was cool.

by Gradyforpresident on Sep 30, 2008 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions

He kind of looks like Jim Brown there.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Sep 30, 2008 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions

that looks photoshopped

Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.

by westbrook on Sep 30, 2008 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions

no way. that’s real.

by Brick. on Sep 30, 2008 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions

the party’s over

Governor’s Cup in ‘09

by JK in CBus on Sep 30, 2008 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions

by afh4 on Sep 30, 2008 1:55 PM EDT reply actions

how did you find that picture of me!?

by Brick. on Sep 30, 2008 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions

He was honored with the “Good Guy” award from the Cleveland chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America in 1998.

by Brick. on Sep 30, 2008 1:55 PM EDT reply actions

by afh4 on Sep 30, 2008 1:56 PM EDT reply actions

by afh4 on Sep 30, 2008 1:58 PM EDT reply actions

White Dudes in Kangol Hats

by FredOx on Sep 30, 2008 1:59 PM EDT reply actions

Posted by jetercp on 09/30/08 at 1:16PM
another no brainer by the indians brass. the guy serverd 44 years for the indians and they fire him with no chance for re-assignment within the organization.
wedge and shapiro have to go people… my guess is they felt threatened by isaac somehow.

terrible management!

by Brick. on Sep 30, 2008 2:00 PM EDT reply actions

by APV on Sep 30, 2008 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions

Stop doing that.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Sep 30, 2008 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions

one thing i can say for the guy…. he shares my disregard for capital letters.

by Brick. on Sep 30, 2008 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions

What’s the over/under for the first comment on any cleveland.com story to blame Wedge for anything Indians-related?

by FredOx on Sep 30, 2008 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions

Could it possibly be zero?

by Voltaire on Sep 30, 2008 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions

if Hoynes is writing the article

by APV on Sep 30, 2008 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions

Let me guess…cleveland.com, perhaps?

by odradek on Sep 30, 2008 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions

With such unstable management, I always thought the Indians were at serious risk for a coup.

by xrickx on Sep 30, 2008 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Threatened!

What a great guess!

by Jay on Sep 30, 2008 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions

that was the first and only reply when i clicked on the link, and i had a reply all typed in and ready to go.

i shook my head, said to nobody around me “it’s not worth it”, and close the page.

You know Selig? Ombudsman.

by rolub on Sep 30, 2008 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Me too.

Pinch-hitting Carroll for Marte at this point in the season is inexcusable. I’ve had it with Wedge. He’s a younger, paler Dusty Baker.

by emd2k3 on Oct 1, 2008 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions

by afh4 on Sep 30, 2008 2:04 PM EDT reply actions

Is that Ben Roethlisberger?

by Roger Dorn on Sep 30, 2008 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Don’t think so.

by afh4 on Sep 30, 2008 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions

www.bigbenswebcam.com

by Brick. on Sep 30, 2008 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions

www.bigbenswebcamwhilehetypescommentsoncleveland.com.com

by afh4 on Sep 30, 2008 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Pretty sure the Roethlisberger web cam is www.bigbenslens.com. Then there’s the camera in the dashboard of his SL500: www.bigbensbigbenz.com.

by fleerdon on Sep 30, 2008 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions

Did you guys hear the news on our PLTBN?

by fleerdon on Sep 30, 2008 2:12 PM EDT reply actions

Good gravy. I got stuck reading those comments again. Can we institute a rule where a warning must be given to any cleveland.com link? Every time I click on one of those, I get stuck reading in the comments and lose IQ points.

I did, however, love the one idea of Dellucci at 3B. It makes too much sense not to happen!

by Fundamentals on Sep 30, 2008 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions

I’ve seen Dellucci’s throws from the outfield, they go exactly as far as the distance between 3b and 1b. This is a genius move.

by Toxicadam on Sep 30, 2008 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions

I really get mad when you guys link to a cleveland.com story and I read the comments. I can’t look away.

Sometimes I think there are a lot of people in Cleveland that would be pissed if we actually won anything. Then they couldn’t complain.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Sep 30, 2008 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions

isn’t this what happened when the Red Sawx won it all?

Oh wait, they still squawk about the Yankees.

by talonk on Sep 30, 2008 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions

They can still complain about the absence of onions at the hot dog stands.

by odradek on Sep 30, 2008 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions

.. and some people in Maui too.

"It's hard to win when you don't score." Cliff Lee, 9/28/05.

by Harry Doyle on Oct 1, 2008 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions

Nah, there’s still the Cavs.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Oct 1, 2008 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions

Maybe cleveland.com links need a NSFLGT designation?

by cleveland teamer on Oct 1, 2008 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions

I said in my fanshot on the PTBNL that reading those comments made me ill. Now, you got me to read them again. Mario, help!

"It's hard to win when you don't score." Cliff Lee, 9/28/05.

by Harry Doyle on Oct 1, 2008 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions

There were a few comments there that sounded intelligent. Unfortunately they were drowned out by all the idiots.

The best thing probably is to hit [Grady] 2nd -- Jay

by Buckeye Brad on Oct 1, 2008 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions

enter taciturn white dude.

by emil minty on Sep 30, 2008 2:47 PM EDT reply actions

Lack of reassignment …

Seems to me that this means that either Isaac did something a little more serious that they prefer not to disclose — providing something to the players perhaps? — or perhaps that they’ve been trying to get him to accept a reassignment for quite sometime, and he just wasn’t interested.

by Jay on Sep 30, 2008 5:00 PM EDT reply actions

If Wedge has only been trying to get rid of since he’s been here, maybe a precedent is set for Marte to get that much time? …. nahh wishful thinking

by talonk on Sep 30, 2008 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions

LUIS ISAAC DID NOTHING WRONG™

Pinch-hitting Carroll for Marte at this point in the season is inexcusable. I’ve had it with Wedge. He’s a younger, paler Dusty Baker.

by emd2k3 on Oct 1, 2008 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Long time coming. I’m sick of seeing him getting guys thrown out at home…wait we fired who?

by supermarioelia on Sep 30, 2008 6:17 PM EDT reply actions

Oddly enough it’s the exact opposite complaint with Skinner.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Sep 30, 2008 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions

This was a long time coming. Now that Isaac has been purged, this team can go all the way.

by elsandito on Sep 30, 2008 8:15 PM EDT reply actions

It’s like rearranging the deck chairs on the QE2.

by NickFantana on Oct 1, 2008 10:10 AM EDT reply actions

I think this is a move to clear the way for Scott Radinsky to replace Luis in the bullpen. Radinsky is ALWAYS lauded by the organization for righting players that are sent to him (Jen Lewis) or trying to put the finishing touches on young arms (I seem to remember a piece on him wanting to keep Stevens in AAA until he was “ready” for MLB) before they come to the parent club.

Who knows how the Isaac thing went down and why he wasn’t simply re-assigned, but my guess is that they decided that they wanted to get Radinsky into the Tribe bullpen and asked Luis to take another position. If he refused, he’s shown the door.
Maybe more was in play, but I think it’s a matter of getting Radinsky up here with all of the young arms that he’s helped develop over the last few years.

by The DiaTriber on Oct 1, 2008 10:33 AM EDT reply actions

this makes a ton of sense. radinsky, to my knowledge, doesn’t wear a kangol hat.

by Brick. on Oct 1, 2008 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions

But would the rigors of being a full time MLB bullpen coach delay the release of his punk bank Pully’s new EP Time-Insensitive Material? Although I suppose the title says it all.

"It's hard to win when you don't score." Cliff Lee, 9/28/05.

by Harry Doyle on Oct 1, 2008 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions

Now there are punk banks? Go figure.

Oh, wait—all banks are punk banks, right?

by odradek on Oct 1, 2008 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Freudian typo.

I just got off the phone with my broker before posting that message. He’s advising all his clients to move their portfolios into shotguns and canned food.

"It's hard to win when you don't score." Cliff Lee, 9/28/05.

by Harry Doyle on Oct 1, 2008 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Genuine LOL.

-Erik

by drerikbrady on Oct 1, 2008 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions

Wow, you got your broker on the phone?

by odradek on Oct 1, 2008 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, he had Verizon, so his cell phone worked on the ledge. (It is the network.)

"It's hard to win when you don't score." Cliff Lee, 9/28/05.

by Harry Doyle on Oct 3, 2008 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions

Mine’s working for White Hen now, and they won’t let him talk on his cell in the store.

by odradek on Oct 3, 2008 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions

Do you think Radinsky is the pitching coach in waiting for the Tribe?

by Roger Dorn on Oct 1, 2008 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions

Could be if Willis ever fell out of favor.
For now, a bullpen coach position would seem to suit his background and his previous experience with all of these young arms that look to be on the way for the Tribe to sort out for the bullpen.

by The DiaTriber on Oct 1, 2008 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions