Tom's Blog

Do you see the same pattern with the Indians and the Browns that I do?

Last year, both the Indians and the Browns had good seasons.  What did both teams do during their off-seasons?  They both figured that they could rest on their previous season laurels and do very little to improve to get to the next level. 

The Indians watched a few players leave and only picked up two players.  Yes, injuries to Travis Hafner and Victor Martinez didn't help, but there was little depth until they were out did we find out that Kelly Shoppich is a very good catcher and Ben Francisco was really ready out of spring training to play with the Indians instead of waiting until late May-early June.  Also, I still feel that if Astrubel Cabrera played every day instead of sending him to Buffalo he could of been this year's Dustin Pedroia instead of making a late season push again to stick with the team for next year. 

As for the Browns, its early yet...but when Donte Stallworth goes down yet again with an injury and you lose a key person in your defensive line and no depth because you didn't pick up anyone that could help.  Well, the Browns need to pick it up now and beat Baltimore on Sunday or it will end up looking like a replay of what the Indians did for their season.