Trust and the Cleveland Fan

This is an article about the Browns. But first, I must digress. In the last few days, the Cleveland Indians traded away a Cy Young award-winning pitcher, Cliff Lee, and one of their most popular position players, Victor Martinez. As a Cleveland fan, you'd think we'd be used to fire sales by now, but personally, I never get used to the bad taste in my mouth after watching my home team raise the white flag on not only this season, but next season as well. Whether or not the trades are ultimately good or bad is a debate for another time. My focus here is on perception versus reality. The reality is the Indians aren't going anywhere this season. The perception is we got a lot of minor leaguers for one of the best pitchers in the league right now and that we've traded away the Cy Young winner two years in a row. That's a lot frustration for one fanbase to take. My personal take on the situation is we got a good deal for Martinez, but I'm afraid we might have ...