"Practically everyone in the front office just got a promotion for back-to-back 90-loss seasons. Dolan appears to be pretty happy with the operation of the team. MLB profit sharing insures that teams can tank decades and still make a profit (see: Pittsburgh Pirates). What is the incentive to change the team's losing ways?" - terje3
View full sizeSince first tearing down the team in 2002, the Indians had two winning seasons under Mark Shapiro as GM.In response to the story It's time for the Cleveland Indians to embrace the underdog blueprint for success: Terry Pluto, cleveland.com reader terje3 isn't sure what, but assumes ownership likes something about the way the Indians are being run. This reader writes,
"Practically everyone in the front office just got a promotion for back-to-back 90-loss seasons. Dolan appears to be pretty happy with the operation of the team. MLB profit sharing insures that teams can tank decades and still make a profit (see: Pittsburgh Pirates). What is the incentive to change the team's losing ways?"
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