I am a huge fan of the Ron and Fez show on Sirius XM Satellite radio. They do a bit on the radio called life boat, and I’m borrowing it for Cleveland sports. Here’s how it works. There are four people and only three seats remaining on the life boat. You must work your way through the list of candidates and, unfortunately, someone is designated to try their hand at long-distance swimming.
A couple rules.
1. You MUST pick three people to ride in the boat. “Let them all drown!” isn’t an interesting answer and frankly, you’re not funny. It’s been done, so skip it.
2. Don’t use an overly silly premise for your answer. Life boat is a silly enough premise where you aren’t going to “wow” anyone with your take that you should “keep the fatter guy because at least when we turn to cannibalism, we’ll have someone tasty to eat!”
So, the second Cleveland sports life boat is Indians closers. The candidates are:
Jose Mesa, Mike Jackson, Bob Wickman, and Chris Perez [Read more...]
July 1st, 1994 – Indians acquire RHP Jeff Russell from Boston for RHP’s Chris Nabholz and Steve Farr – The first big trade deadline acquisition came actually came a month before ’94 date when the Indians, looking for a closer, snagged the former Rangers closer from the Red Sox. Russell, then 32, saved five games and had a spotty 4.97 ERA before the strike ended the season with the Indians and White Sox just one game apart for the AL Central lead. My one memory of the Jeff Russell era was watching him blow a save by being taken deep by the light-hitting Texas SS Manny Lee, who had just one homer entering the game.
We’re a bit late on this one, but I didn’t want to write much about it over the weekend. But if you were anywhere near a TV or computer over the last 48 hours, you’re likely aware that Omar Vizquel is now the 
