Plain Dealer file photoLeft-handed starter Greg Swindell is the last player to beat the Indians in salary arbitration, winning a salary of $2.025 million in 1991. Since then, the Indians have made a concerted effort to avoid arbitration, but that streak

New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia, left, laughs as he greets fans after watching the New York Knicks defeat the Detroit Pistons 113-86 in an NBA basketball game at Madison Square Garden in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) Say

The Cleveland Indians ran their Snow Days attraction at Progressive Field in Cleveland for the second time this year. Team president Mark Shapiro said the event lost money both years and it will be evaluated to see if it will take place again in 2012. Ma

It barely registered as more than a blip on the radar, but the Yankees made a rather significant move yesterday. The club added former Cubs GM Jim Hendry as a special assignment scout, but that’s not what I’m talking about. Pro scouting director Billy Ep

CLEVELAND (92.3 The Fan) - “The problem we’re trying to solve is that there are rich teams and there are poor teams. Then there’s fifty feet of crap. And then there’s us.”

CLEVELAND -- On a recent flight to Arizona, Indians team president Mark Shapiro had the pleasure of being offered an in-flight movie. Naturally, the film that began playing was "Moneyball," making him a little uncomfortable in his seat. "I'm sitting ther

CLEVELAND -- Aaron Cunningham did not necessarily need to come to Cleveland this week, but the outfielder figured it was for the best. After all, the Indians were not only extending an invitation to attend their Winter Development Program. The Tribe has

What makes these outdoor contests so attractive to the cities and teams that sponsor them? As I wrote for the Changing Gears public media project, this was the third big outdoor hockey game I’ve attended in the past three years. I was at the 2009 Winter

CLEVELAND — The lack of snowflakes this winter in Northeast Ohio is a big factor as to why the Indians will re-evaluate Snow Days at Progressive Field, said team president Mark Shapiro. That lack of snow and unseasonably mild weather took a bit out of th

The lack of snowflakes this winter in Northeast Ohio is a big factor as to why the Indians will re-evaluate Snow Days at Progressive Field, said team president Mark Shapiro. That lack of snow and unseasonably mild weather took a bit out of the event crea

CLEVELAND - Michigan and Ohio State have dropped the puck above a baseball diamond. With the rivals' fans sitting side-by-side in Progressive Field, home of the Cleveland Indians, the Wolverines and Buckeyes are playing the first outdoor college hockey g

Michigan and Ohio State have dropped the puck above a baseball diamond. With the rivals' fans sitting side-by-side in Progressive Field, home of the Cleveland Indians, the Wolverines and Buckeyes are playing the first outdoor college hockey game in Ohio.

Michigan and Ohio State play in the first period of an outdoor college hockey game in Cleveland on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan) CLEVELAND (AP) - Michigan and Ohio State have dropped the puck above a baseball diamond. With the rivals' fan

Chris Brown and Alex Guptill scored first-period goals and the No. 15 Michigan Wolverines went on to beat No. 2 Ohio State, 4-1, today at Progressive Field in Cleveland. Michigan defeated the Buckeyes, 4-0, Friday night in Columbus, Ohio, to sweep the we

Just the other day, my wife and I were watching a Restaurant Impossible cooking show in which some poor widow restaurant owner had already sunk $350,000 of her own money into a sub-standard business and had to keep throwing in more in order for it to hav

The 10-year anniversary of the Roberto Alomar trade passed on Sunday. In what seems like a lifetime ago, it is amazing that it has now been ten years since that trade was consummated on December 11, 2001. It is a trade that signaled a dramatic change in

DALLAS – Sandy Alderson finished explaining to the television camera why the New York Mets couldn't justify the cost of keeping batting champion and free agent shortstop Jose Reyes from jumping to the Miami Marlins. The Chicago Cubs spent big for new pre

It was between innings of a Sunday night game in Anaheim, July 20, 2008. I was sitting at the end of the visitors' dugout when Terry Francona walked down, looked me in the eye and said, "Manny Ramirez is the worst human being I've ever met." He turned an