Mark Shapiro has officially been named Executive of the Year!
I remember about six years ago sitting in a room with a few friends as we watched a Tribe game and I was bored and frustrated watching every AB by our Cleveland Indians. Why? It was clear that we had a team full of a bunch of over-the-hill, big name, little output, players...
Fryman....Alomar....Burks....Gonzales....Nagy.....
with a few mediocre youngsters tossed in....
K.Garcia....Branyan.....Jacob Cruz......E.Diaz....
U-G-L-Y!
Meanwhile, we were watching Sexton and Casey and Giles do there thing for other teams.
I thought....we have got to break this thing down and start fresh.
Mark Shapiro did just that. He took on a tremendous amount of criticism from spoiled Tribe fans everywhere. John Hart had left him with very little in the minors and Dick Jacobs wallet was no longer available. It seemed like an insurmountable task, but Shapiro attacked it head on and rebuilt this thing from the inside out.
Kudos to your hard work, dedication, loyalty, and perseverance that has produced a team that is poised for the future and a bunch of great guys that we can all be proud of as Clevelanders!
Great Job Mark....we are lucky and proud to have you on board!
Gooooooooooooooooooooo Tribe!
Cheers!
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