http://www.theclevelandfan.com/The One Stop Shop For The Cleveland Sports Fanrichswerb@gmail.comWhen you suck the life out of Paul Cousineau as an Indians fan, you know you have issues as an organization. And that's about where Paulie's at right now. Tired of the team's "consistent approach" of playing middling players at the wrong position, capturing defeat from the jaws of victory, and overwhelmingly sucking the life out of any optimism we may feel for the team ... Paulie takes some time out to hurl some tomahawks at our readers, hitting on a slew of different issues surrounding the team.2 July 2009http://www.theclevelandfan.com/article_detail.php?id=4816http://www.theclevelandfan.com/article_detail.php?id=4816Whether you view the Browns current quarterback situation as incompetent, or simply incomplete, it probably is much too early to speculate on how either Brady Quinn or Derek Anderson will perform in 2009, considering no one outside of Eric Mangini's office knows exactly what the Browns offense will look like in 2009. However, in the spirit of early July 4th celebrations, and in the bloody embrace of independence that gives us all a forum to shout our idiot ideas and opinions, let's take a look and see what we actually have at the quarterback spot. Dave K breaks it down for us.2 July 2009http://www.theclevelandfan.com/article_detail.php?id=4815http://www.theclevelandfan.com/article_detail.php?id=4815Trying to get Buckeye Dan Wismar's head in some condition to objectively evaluate the Buckeyes is an annual exercise that he's not sure he will ever really accomplish completely. But with the 2009 season fast approaching, we coerced Dan to give our readers his thoughts on how this season will play out for the Bucks. And he relented. So, without further adieu, Buckeye Dan gives us the best damn Ohio State preview in the land as we get ready for the start of the college football season.2 July 2009http://www.theclevelandfan.com/article_detail.php?id=4814http://www.theclevelandfan.com/article_detail.php?id=4814Well, at least we didn't have to watch all nine innings of this one last night. Thank you Mother Nature. Cliff Lee got shelled ... and the Tribe was pounded, 11-4, losing their 12th game in their last 14 tries. Not a pretty picture in the wigwam right now, and in today's B-List, Buff soothes the masochists and tells us how Cliff Lee was platypus-like, why Matt Herges should never pitch again, and ... why he never wants to see Matt Herges pitch again.1 July 2009http://www.theclevelandfan.com/article_detail.php?id=4813http://www.theclevelandfan.com/article_detail.php?id=4813While it's technically true that more than half the season still awaits us (HOORAY!), the real truth lies in the fact that prior to the Trading Deadline at the end of July, the seeds for 2010 and beyond may be sown in terms of management, players, and organizational approach. The tone of the moves (or non-moves) that occur over the next month then, will go a long way in determining whether contending in 2010 is remotely feasible and what players will be involved in next season, as well as who will be filling the names of said players into the lineup card. Paulie talks about what we might see in his latest piece.1 July 2009http://www.theclevelandfan.com/article_detail.php?id=4812http://www.theclevelandfan.com/article_detail.php?id=4812It has been a difficult and frustrating season for the Tribe. The team has used up just about every bullpen option they have available to them in the system, and have looked under every rock and in every dark corner outside the organization for a solution to the bullpen mess. While all this has been going on, it has been puzzling why Triple-A Columbus right-handed reliever John Meloan has yet to get a call to Cleveland. Tony had a chance to talk to Meloan in a recent trip to Columbus, and gets to the bottom of it for our readers. 1 July 2009http://www.theclevelandfan.com/article_detail.php?id=4810http://www.theclevelandfan.com/article_detail.php?id=4810For the first time in franchise history, the Blue Jackets did not pick in the top eight of the National Hockey League Entry Draft. That did not keep General Manager Scott Howson from having an active draft day. The Blue Jackets, slated to pick 16th overall, traded down and then traded back up adding a second rounder in the process. In Adam Burke's latest, he takes a look back at the NHL Draft, and ahead to free agency, which begins tomorrow.30 June 2009http://www.theclevelandfan.com/article_detail.php?id=4811http://www.theclevelandfan.com/article_detail.php?id=4811The Indians may have squandered a very solid outing by Carl Pavano ... they may have squandered a pair of ninth-inning homers ... they may have caused Eric Wedge to burst several capillaries in his eyeballs ... but the 6/29 game will heretofore be remember as Chris Perez' Cleveland Debut Game. That ... was ... AWESOME!!! in the B-List, Buff shifts his salesmanship away from Mark DeRosa, talks about why Ryan Garko's timing stinks, and wonders why people are surprised when Jhonny Peralta plays in a Jhonny Peralta fashion.30 June 2009http://www.theclevelandfan.com/article_detail.php?id=4809http://www.theclevelandfan.com/article_detail.php?id=4809For a team that relies heavily on attendance for revenues, the Cleveland Indians sure don't act like it. Speaking to the media last week, general manager Mark Shapiro more or less shrugged his shoulders at the team's fate and said that this may just be one of those years. And a million Indians fans shrugged with him. Gary talks about the Indians disastrous 2009 season in his latest column for us.30 June 2009http://www.theclevelandfan.com/article_detail.php?id=4808http://www.theclevelandfan.com/article_detail.php?id=4808It is an annual rite of summer, and the NBA's own version of 'Midnight Madness.' At 12:01 AM on July 1st, General Managers across the land will start ringing doorbells, calling cell phones, and firing off e-mails ... all in the hopes of landing the free-agents on the top of their wish lists. In Jesse's latest, he offers up a comprehensive look at all of this year's free agents, and which ones may be of interest to the Cavaliers.30 June 2009http://www.theclevelandfan.com/article_detail.php?id=4807http://www.theclevelandfan.com/article_detail.php?id=4807