In case any of you tribe fans haven’t noticed yet, the starters for game 1 of the World Series will be CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee, both former Cleveland Indians. It’s a shame that the lack of a salary cap or a punishing luxury tax allows teams that develop fine young talent see it lost to teams with the biggest bank accounts. The Indians offered CC $20 million/year, but that fell $5 million short of the Yankees offer, who blew every other offer out of the water by at least $15 million over the length of the contract. That’s just not competitive. It’s like negotiating with a pocket knife when the other guy has a bazooka.

While the Yankees and Phillies enjoy their Indians purchases, we get to ponder the Indian big free agent signee of this offseason: Manager Manny Acta, formerly of the last place Washington Nationals. I guess if he wasn’t good enough for the worst team in baseball, he’s somehow good enough for the Indians.

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