Indians General Manager Mark Shapiro said “it was the right time” to fire manager Eric Wedge.
The official announcement of his dismissal came early this afternoon. Wedge’s staff also was fired. Wedge and his staff will finish the season, which includes a doubleheader against the White Sox today at Progressive Field and four games in Boston beginning Thursday.

“This is obviously an announcement I never envisioned having to make,” Shapiro said. “This is a very difficult day for me personally and professionally because of the type of person Eric is.”
It is not clear exactly when in recent days Shapiro informed Wedge of his decision. Wedge said that he only had wanted to know his status before the Indians departed for Boston.

Click here to read the full article – By Paul Hoynes of Cleveland Plain Dealer

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Grady Sizemore went 2-for-2 in the surgery stat line.


Sizemore underwent successful surgery on Wednesday morning to reinforce an unstable abdominal wall on his lower left side. The condition, known as an athletic pubalgia, was corrected by Dr. Bill Meyers in Philadelphia. Head athletic trainer Lonnie Soloff accompanied Sizemore on the trip to Philly and reported that all went well during the 20-minute procedure, which required a small incision in the region.

So that’s two successful surgeries in the span of a week for Sizemore, who had arthroscopic surgery on his left elbow on Sept. 9.


Click here to read the full article – By Anthony Castrovince of MLB.com

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Indians starter Aaron Laffey was under constant duress on Sunday and Cleveland’s offense wasn’t effective outside of one key inning.

This mattered not in a surprisingly easy 7-4 victory over the Twins at the Metrodome.

Laffey danced in and out of trouble against a dangerous Minnesota lineup, but he held the vaunted duo of Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau hitless while escaping from danger in big spots.

How was he able to silence the M&M boys?

“Luck,” Laffey quipped.

Click here to read the full article – By Thor Nystrom of MLB.com

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The 2009 season has been a grind and a disappointment. It has been anything but fun for Victor Martinez and his Indians teammates.

For Martinez, a team leader who wears the successes and setbacks of his club on his sleeve, personal accomplishments have been outweighed by the frustrations of playing for a last-place ballclub. Martinez’s inclusion in the 80th All-Star Game festivities, then, is a welcome distraction from a year otherwise gone awry. He arrived to St. Louis with about a dozen family members, and he’s looking forward to being in an environment where the pressure is momentarily off and the fun flows freely.

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