The Coaches Exodus
It was a week in which three coaches found their way out of the Cleveland organization.Carl Willis is off to Seattle.Luis Rivera is headed to Canada, well not really, but kind of.And the surprise that shouldn't be a surprise, Torey Lovullo is going to Boston.Yep, it was a fun week for former Indian coaches.Look these other moves.. Great for these guys. You have to be happy for Carl Willis and his new job as Seattle's minor league pitching coordinator. Luis Rivera

Protection is a Beautiful Thing and Random Stuff
The last thing I want to do is what I, and many others, did last year.Initially, the fact that Matt McBride didn't get rostered was sort of surprising and it almost feels as if it was a mistake.But the more and more I think about it, the more and more I'm starting to realize how this works.First, I will bring this up.When is the last time the Indians lost someone of worth in the Rule V Draft?Yeah good luck finding one recently.The point is this, we get all in a huff about some of the protections and really, the Indians know what they are doing. They've talked to scouts, they've done their homework, they've looked at all

Rule V Round Up, Alomar Speaks and Minor League Free Agents
Alright so today, we'll actually post this one at a normal time instead of like, late in the afternoon when the network at UA sucks.Anyway whatever, I'm over it now man.I really am.There's a bunch of roster move stuff we need to go over, but let's clean up some stuff about Sandy and Manny.Yesterday, Sandy Alomar had a conference call with reporters and we now find out that he did indeed have an offer to take the same post with New York.In fact, Omar Minaya didn't even want to give Sandy the opportunity to talk to Cleveland.

Sandy Mania, Acta Thoughts and Other Stuff
5:02 PM: A big die off to the University of Akron network today. They were having all sorts of issues and this post was DONE around noon today but lovely jerks didn't let me publish it.. Be back tomorrow, hopefully in the morning with what I promise at the end of this one.Gather yourself.So wow.Acta talked to Les Levine on Monday at 6:00 on Time Warner's NEON channel. It was his first one on one with a Cleveland media type and it was the first time he had some interaction with the fans.A day later he did his second sit down in as many days with Bruce Drennan and right off the bat he dropped his first bombshell.After a

SANDY'S BACK!
BOMBSHELL!!! BOMBSHELL!!Manny Acta dropped a bombshell just a few minutes ago on All Bets are Off.. Sandy Alomar Jr will be the next first base coach for the Cleveland Indians!IT'S NOT APRIL FIRST IS IT?!NO?!WOOOOOO!!!Emphatically and exuberantly confirmed by the Swain/Swibel twitter account.That is all!