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Familiar Territory for a 50 Something Tribe Addict

<!--StartFragment-->OK, if you are like me, a Tribe fan since the early 60's, then youw've been down this road before.  So rather than worry what can be done now to salvage this season, it makes more sense to face up to the future we surely face. By July, the fire sale starts, Wood, Derosa, Lee are traded for what the Indians call prospects and what the rest of the world calls future insurance salesmen (no offense to insurance salesmen intended). Martinez is kept but body and spirit are broken (think Ray Fosse) and his remaining years with Cleveland are just a 'what coulda been' exercise (finally released, signs with NY and goes out in a blaze of glory with two rings as DH and clubhouse leader). Hafner of course, never comes back to anything resembling his former self (think Hawk Harrelson), and retires half way thru 2010 to join the WWF tour. Peralta, well what can you do with him? He's a career Indian, holds a few records, and by 2050 most people confuse him with Max Alvis. Sizemore grows into a .240 slugger with 30+ homers a year (most in Aug/Sept after contention is long gone), then signs with the Red Sox in his mid 30's and enjoys a sudden run of plus .800 OPS seasons and a few pennants and series rings. The Tribe? Well, we're back to the landscape we know like the back of our hands...wandering through baseball's wasteland looking for the next Dick Jacobs to resurrect us and usher in another decade of false hope.<!--EndFragment-->

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