Wedge not the reason Indians are struggling

By Peter Gammons

Monday, June 22, 2009

There were a lot of us who picked the Indians to win the American League Central, and right now they have the worst record in the American League. But manager Eric Wedge is not being fired. Wedge is not the issue. General manager Mark Shapiro has always preached accountability to his players, and as the Indians have fallen from one game away from the World Series in 2007 to last place less than one and a half seasons later, he says, "in the end, it's the players, and who's responsible for the p ...

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