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Originally Posted by QuasiMondo
I really don't know what's worse. Your team throwing in the towel before they have a chance, or your team toying with your emotions by getting tantalizingly close before throwing it away.
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I think giving up to early. Since trading CC and Blake the Indians had one of the best records in baseball. You figure CC may have given a few more wins, a couple close losses may have gone differently and being in the AL Central.... who knows?
On the other hand, did the trades inspire the rest of the team to do well? Did you get rid of cancers, that may have been unhappy they were in Cleveland or just not "team" oriented and their trades allowed the clubhouse to become a more relaxed environment?
Easy to say Shapiro may have given up too soon and that the past few years have shown it's not until after the All Star break that the team puts on the gas and blows everyone else away. But the truth is maybe the trades sparked the play.
It's a tough call. I tend to believe the latter.