After Saturday’s debacle at Wrigley Field, Indians’ GM Mark Shapiro deflected criticism of manager Eric Wedge by telling the media that the team’s losing is as much as fault as anyone else’s. While it is true that the formation of the roster, and the problems with the drafts are his problem, the easiest thing to do is change the skipper.
And it’s not just this season that is the issue with Wedge. Speaking as a fan, we are tired of many things in this regime…
We are tired on poor April starts putting the team into a hole right out of the gate. A poor first month of the season every other year would be bad luck. Six bad Aprils in seven years points to the lack of preparation for the Indians as they head into the regular season.
We are tired of the poor fundamentals, which plague this team every season. I’m not talking about bunting, which is the key word for fans in discussing how to play the game. I’m talking about hitting behind runners, moving runners with outs, scoring runs with outs, throwing to the right base, and hitting the cutoff man. These are all things that have been lacking over the past seven seasons.
We are tired of players getting chance after chance after chance despite no track record of success.
We are tired of certain players getting a longer rope than others when it comes to performance.
We are tired of pitchers nibbling at the strike zone and hitters having no clue what is a strike and what is a ball.
We are tired of coaches who have no accountability for the performance of the players.
It doesn’t stop with the manager, either.
We are tired of a scouting department that hasn’t drafted and signed (remember the Tribe drafted Tim Lincecum) an impact major league player in over ten years.
We are tired of prospects being moved through the system at a snail’s pace.
We are tired of excuses about injuries and bad luck.
We are tired of the arrogance of the front office that there is only one way of putting together a winning ballclub, their way, despite evidence to the contrary.
We are tired of our summer being ruined.
We are tired of following this baseball team.
The last one should scare the Dolan’s most.
KM
Cleveland Sports Perspective 
Jeremy Sowers was a top ten pick… who is responsible for making that mistake ? I think the main problem with this organization is the drafting process. If you are a team that doesn’t spend big money in free agency, you better be flawless in the draft. Year after year, this team has 2 or 3 picks in the top 40 but they miss on just about every one of them. Sooner or later, those kind of mistakes will start to surface in a very bad way… What we are seeing in Cleveland is the effects of a inexperienced scouting department. Mark Shapiro has failed to properly oversee this organization for the past 8 years… He needs to be held accountable! Larry Dolan needs some outside advice from a person with a lot of MLB experience and no ties to Mark Shapiro. The coaches in the minor leagues are the only ones who should be safe, everybody else better beware of Larry Dolan’s wrath; He might turn into Donald Trump for a day…. Lol