Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages. I am proud to present to you some good, Kol Ramah-esque "Cheers and Jeers". Here you go:
-Cheers to: My brand new Cliff Lee jersey.
-Jeers to: Not getting a chance to wear it before we tossed him to Philadelphia.
-Cheers to: The only player with MLB experience in the 4 trade deadline week deals that the Indians made, for playing well tonight in his debut with the Tribe.
-Jeers to: It NOT being Clay Buchholtz.
-Cheers to: The Indians recently having a 5 game winning streak.
-Jeers to: Blowing it.
-Cheers to: Seth Shapiro, one of my best friends since kindergarten.
-Jeers to: Mark Shapiro, the WORST general manager that the Cleveland Indians have ever employed.
-Cheers to: Cliff Lee pitching well in his debut with the Philadelphia Phillies.
-Jeers to: Mark Shapiro settling for mediocre prospects, and not insisting on the top quality farm guys that Richardi and the Blue Jays were insisting on having to package a deal for Roy Halladay.
*****-Additional Jeers for throwing in Ben Francisco to the Cliff Lee deal, as if losing our ace (and reigning AL Cy Young winner) for the 2nd straight year was enough.
-Cheers to: Tomo Ohka for actually showing some decent pitching last night.
-Jeers to: One again, the Cleveland Indians for actually having Ohka on the roster.
-Cheers to: The hot streak that Jhonny Peralta has been on recently.
-Jeers to: The Indians for not trading Peralta after the 2007 season.
*****-Additional Jeers for the fact that he hasn't changed the spelling of his name ever since his parents made the spelling mistake at birth.
-Cheers to: Jake Westbrook being back in action for the Tribe in late June...
-Jeers to: That not actually happening...
-Cheers to: Andy Marte, Chris Gimenez, Trevor Crowe, and Wyatt Toregas getting some big league playing time.
-Jeers to: Travis Hafner, Jake Westbrook, and Kerry Wood getting WAY to much money for not enough (or in one case ANY) production.
-Cheers to: Victor Martinez bobble head night and chest protector backpack giveaways.
-Jeers to: Those two promotional giveaways STILL occurring AFTER we traded him to the BoSox. Fail.
-Cheers to: The Indians for FINALLY bringing up Andy Marte from AAA Columbus, after hitting 43 extra base hits, including blasting 18HRs, and hitting .327.
-Jeers to: Trading away Ryan Garko for a Class-A pitcher
*****-Additional Jeers to Eric Wedge for splitting his time between 1st and 3rd, when he's clearly better at 3rd than anyone we have, including Peralta who plays 3rd, but shouldn't.
