You be the GM. How do you answer the phone when other baseball bosses call looking for help?
View full sizePut yourself in Indians General Manager Mark Shapiro's polo shirt. What would YOU do with the Tribe when trade time comes?Cleveland, Ohio -- Every fan thinks he or she could do a better job than the current general manager. OK, this is your chance. Pretend you're Mark Shapiro. The Indians are awful. You lose two out of three to the last-place team in the National League ... and looked bad in doing so.
You're going nowhere quickly, so what you do is sit by the phone and wait for a call from "Dialing for Dollars'' ... or an opposing general manager in need of help. Who are they after and what can you get for 'im? Especially knowing that you're already disenfranchised from the fans for dumping back-to-back Cy Young winners two years in a row. Oh, and you work for an owner whose grip on a penny is so tight that Lincoln's beard is worn off by the time he lets one go.
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