At the moment I'm consumed by 4 papers that are all due Friday. Hell of a way to spend the week before thanksgiving break... especially since I checked out around Halloween. I've got papers on the movie Sonnenallee (to be written in German), the interaction between the Mongol Rulers of China and Persia respectively in the 13th century (actually two relatively short papers summarizing two different sources) and finally a good old 6 pager for Early Modern Europe about the changing conception of property during the 17th century. If you have any ideas send them to me by Friday. :)
Anyways... enough grumbling.... time to talk a little baseball. I've already commended the Indians for their hire of Manny Acta. Acta and the Indians have complied what appears to be a diverse group of articulate, well-respected individuals to staff the coaching spots around the diamond.
Here's how it stands:
Manager: Manny Acta
Bench Coach: Tim Tolman (good to see Acta get "one of his guys" on his staff)
Pitching Coach: Tim Belcher (not sure about this hire, but I trust Acta's judgment)
Hitting Coach: ?
Bullpen Coach: Scott Radinsky (he should have replaced Chuck Hernandez here around the end of April)
3rd Base Coach: Steve Smith (good write up on him here: http://www.blogcatalog.com/blog/the-tribe-daily)
1st Base Coach: Sandy Alomar (so well liked that the trolls on cleveland.com had positive things to say)
I'll have more analysis at the end of the week. With Kevin Goldstein's top 11 Indians prospects coming out soon and the 40 man roster deadline... we should have a nice weekend of Indians baseball news on our hands.
Keep it classy,
Alex Trebek
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