Indians sign Tom or Tony?

Typo in the first sentence of the article. Kind of hilarious.

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The sad part about the Internet is that journalists can correct their stupid mistakes. In dead-tree journalism, mistakes stand the true test of time…

"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007

by DeRoMyHero on Feb 15, 2009 2:35 PM EST reply actions

The old “lightning in a bottle” signing. This is what the havenots resort to. Well done Dolan.

And well done to you, cleveland.com

by Brad D on Feb 15, 2009 4:02 PM EST reply actions

I love how every time the Indians sign a guy like this to a minor league deal for spring training, which every team does, the idiots at cleveland.com act like this is an example of the Indians being “cheap”. You’ll see all kinds of “Oh, yeah, this guy will bring us a championship” or “the Yankees sign CC and we sign Tony Graffanino” or multiple versions of Dolan is cheap and Shapiro is dumb, as if this is the only move the Indians made this offseason.

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

by Buckeye Brad on Feb 15, 2009 4:30 PM EST up reply actions

Yes – you’d think they’d learn by now that most teams (outside of the Yankees, and even they bring in some no-name players for ST) do this. Last time I checked, the Indians were not the “cheapest” club out there – there are still plenty of teams (KC, OAK, MIN, TB – though perhaps not any longer, FLA, WAS) that spend less than we do.

As I recall, Rafael Betancourt was one of those signings, and outside of 2008, has been quite stellar for us, even being one of the best set-up men in the league after 2007. So, again, it’s a bit surprising these guys don’t learn. Then again, maybe it isn’t surprising. :-)

The "cream of the crop" doesn't always rise to the top.

by indiansfan on Feb 15, 2009 9:41 PM EST up reply actions