It’s a day for a bunch of stuff on Cleveland sports:
· Whether or not Cliff Lee pitches on Sunday, and here’s hoping he won’t, he will be the first Indians left-hander in history to lead the American League in wins. He also will be the first Tribe pitcher to lead the Junior Circuit in winning percentage twice. He also led the AL in that category in 2005 when he went 18-5.
· I’m not one to say teams should put together their rosters to placate the fans, but it will not be a big public relations move if we see this over the winter: “The Cleveland Indians have announced a press conference today to announce the signing of free agent 3B Casey Blake”.
· One of Romeo Crennel’s problems as a head coach is a lack of decisiveness, and his lukewarm endorsement of Derek Anderson shows that. The correct thing to do would be to start Brady Quinn, and give him the entire week of practice with the first team to be prepared. Being hesitant to make a decision is not a good quality in a head coach.
· Jason Whitlock wrote the following about Crennel on Fox Sports.com: Two years ago I asked a veteran member of New England’s Super Bowl defenses whether he ever envisioned Romeo as a head coach. The player, who is black, said absolutely not. Crennel never carried himself like a head coach while he was an assistant doing what Bill Belichick told him to do.
· Dan Gilbert is right. The media speculation about LeBron James is definitely an insult to the city of Cleveland. The Cavaliers organization has shown they want to win, can The King be sure if he leaves, that his new team will have the same commitment to winning a title?
· Wouldn’t it be nice if the Tribe could return the favor to the Chicago White Sox and eliminate the Pale Hose in the same fashion as they knocked the Indians out in 2005? Unfortunately, I don’t see Eric Wedge giving the choke sign to the Sox fans as Ozzie Guillen so famously did to the faithful at then Jacobs Field.
MW
Cleveland Sports Perspective 