Found July 08, 2008 on
The BearDown:
So my beloved Tribe has dealt away Sabathia to Chicago's own second city after rejecting an extension with Cleveland worth $72 million over 4 years. To those of us Cleveland fans you either feel betrayed, or by this point are so used to similar situations that you are just sad to seem him go. To those of you feeling the latter you might want to hold on a second. It looks like we may have gotten the better end of the deal.
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Let me start by saying I understand perfectly well that the Tribe had to trade CC Sabathia.
The season was over almost before it started, though most of us didn't realize it until two or three weeks ago. So, with the Tribe unable to get his double-C on a dotted line, the big man had to go.
Even though there was plenty of advanced notice, just the concept of CC in someone...
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