Breslow to Tribe

by Liza on Mar 23, 2008 4:21 PM EDT

The Cleveland Indians claimed Craig Breslow off waivers and expect him to report to their ST major league camp tomorrow. Good thing he stayed in Florida...

Breslow is out of options, so the Indians added them to their 40-man roster.

Ah, well... with his departure, the collective intelligence level of the team shrinks; Breslow has a Bachelor of Arts from Yale in molecular biochemsitry and biophysics. He's said that if the "baseball thing" doesn't work out, he wants to go back to medical school.

That's one hell of a fallback plan, if you ask me...

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Re: Breslow to Tribe

Ah, crap. Really wanted to see him find a spot in the Sox's bullpen. Indians got lucky.

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by Randy Booth on Mar 23, 2008 4:37 PM EDT reply actions

Re: Breslow to Tribe

Same here. I like his dedication--he went to college and got a good degree as well as having been captain of Yale's baseball team, and he's been trying for years to break into the big leagues.

I don't much like Cleveland, but I definitely wish him luck there.

by Liza on Mar 23, 2008 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Why don't you like the Indians?

"You know you're having a bad day when the fifth inning rolls around and they drag the warning track." - Mike Flanagan, Baltimore Orioles pitcher, 1992.

by SoxDevil on Mar 24, 2008 12:52 PM EDT reply actions

It's mostly the racial issue

I don't really like having racial stereotypes as a team's logo. It doesn't seem right. (The Braves kind of annoy me too, on this point, though less directly--they don't have a red-skinned, big-nosed, feather-wearing head on their caps.)

But that's not just it--some of the players annoy me, too. I hold a particular (and somewhat irrational) dislike for Grady Sizemore. Garko's champagne comment still bugs me, for that matter, too.

by Liza on Mar 24, 2008 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions

I ignore the logo

I like the Indians as my 2nd team, purely because they're well-run and fun to follow over the years. They're sort of like "Red Sox lite" these days, but they've been doing good things with their farm system longer than the Sox.

"You know you're having a bad day when the fifth inning rolls around and they drag the warning track." - Mike Flanagan, Baltimore Orioles pitcher, 1992.

by SoxDevil on Mar 25, 2008 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions

Don't get me wrong, I totally respect them as a team and an organization. It hurts to see former favorites go play in that particular uniform, though.

by Liza on Mar 26, 2008 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions

Visiting from LetsGoTribe ...

What did you guys think of Breslow? There didn't seem to be much discussion of his being removed from the roster around here.

He seems to have a few things going for him, at least based on his numbers against lefties. Is your bullpen really so loaded that you could afford to let him go? And was he really the best guy to dump from the 40-man?

by Jay on Mar 27, 2008 6:47 PM EDT reply actions

He's alright

I'd rather we kept him over say Javier Lopez. He never really got his shot here. But I don't really see him being more than a 6th or 7th inning guy.

And yes, we're that loaded. ; )

Manny ain't the only bad man.

by tommy.otm on Mar 27, 2008 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions

+1

I liked Breslow over Lopez, too.

"You know you're having a bad day when the fifth inning rolls around and they drag the warning track." - Mike Flanagan, Baltimore Orioles pitcher, 1992.

by SoxDevil on Mar 28, 2008 1:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Didn't everybody?

by Liza on Mar 28, 2008 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions

The Red Sox apparently did not.

"You know you're having a bad day when the fifth inning rolls around and they drag the warning track." - Mike Flanagan, Baltimore Orioles pitcher, 1992.

by SoxDevil on Apr 1, 2008 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions