Random views about Cleveland sports has me wanting the Tribe to be smart about how they do things!

My life has been in a whirlwind for the better lately. I recently was able to land a better position for myself. My focus has been trying to make this opportunity work for me. This has had me reading Anthony Castrovince everyday and glad that baseball is on the horizon for 2010 no matter what the record for the Tribe.

Yesterday I went to my first Cavaliers’ game since Shaq was a Laker. I kept looking at the uniforms and thinking I was seeing the team with Mark Price and Craig Ehlo and thinking I was on the road when the Cavaliers were playing last night while they wore the old school jerseys from the late 1980′s.

The crowd was amazing. Still i just cannot get into basketball as much as baseball. I’d much rather like to see the Indians with a losing record at Progressive Field than the Cavaliers. I guess the sport of baseball just inspires me so much. However, it was great to see my son getting so excited about LeBron, Antuan, Shaq and the rest of the team. He went home and wanted to simulate the game he just saw at Quicken Loans Arena.

I felt this way when I saw Len Barker, Joe Charboneau, Rick Manning, Duane Kuiper, Toby Harrah and the rest of the 1980, 1981 teams when I first saw and fell in love with Cleveland Indians baseball. I remember going out in my yard and simulating the players that I observed down at old Cleveland Municipal Stadium.

I heard that we officially signed Russ Branyan and I sighed and thought “Oh well…(no comment)..prove me wrong Russ!”

I was very glad to see that Jake Westbrook pitched in his first workout pain free. I just hope he lasts this entire year even if rumors come true that he gets traded. I wish I had some players to hang my hat on.

I just hope the Indians with their recent promotions of Mark Shapiro to President and Chris Antonetti for GM for 2011. has me thinking for the Indians to be smart about what they do to make this organization a winner again.

After all, the worst thing for the Indians to do when the Cavs are tops and the Browns are fast approaching potentially returning to glory with Mik Holmgren as their President and their late season winning streak, the Indians can ill-afford to bury themselves in the fans’ minds as an afterthought and last in the city’s major team list, especially since dollars are hard to come by for most in this town.

Hoping for better times, hanging on to the dream of winning Cleveland baseball!