The Cleveland Indians today let manager Eric Wedge know that he will not be returning next season. Wedge will be allowed to manage the team's last six games as the Indians play out the string in fourth place in the AL Central. Two years ago the Indians were an up and coming team with a 3-1 lead in the ALCS against the Boston Red Sox. Then the collapse began as the Red Sox crushed Cleveland in the next three games and the Indians have never seemed to recover. The 2008 Indians had expectations to live up to and by the end of a .500 season they had an injury plagued season from catching star Victor Martinez and had traded C.C Sabthia and Casey Blake. Cliff Lee and Grady Sizemore were bright spots in 2008 and expectations were still running high coming into the 2009 season. The 2009 season has been an utter disappointment for all Cleveland Indians fans as they watched their team deal more players, this time Cliff Lee and Victor Martinez. So it would appear that the 2010 Indinas will be in rebuilding mode and the new manager will need to erase the memories of the 2007 ALCS. The man that might have to do that job is current Red Sox pitching coach John Farrell, who used to be the director of player development for the Indians and seems to be the front runner for the job. Only two real questions remain will General Manager Mark Shapiro be the one to lead this turn around and are the Indians at rock bottom or will Grady Sizemore be the next star dealt out of town. Stay tuned.
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It won't be Farrell. The Sox have a clause in his contract that he can't leave to take a manager's position until after the 2010 season. A pretty sneaky contract clause if you ask me.
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