We can all agree that the Indians have had trouble coming up with a working lineup, right?  I'm hardly the first person to think about it, or write it, and I mean, come on, when Jamey Blake Carroll has the plurality of AB's out of the 2 hole (heh), there has to be a problem.

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Evaluating a manager's performance is really really hard to do in quantitative terms.  Sure, we can all get pissed at calls that were or weren't made after the fact, but it's difficult to translate that into what a manager brings or takes away from his team in terms of wins or losses.  Plus, we all remember when the manager screws up, but nobody says "Oh man, he totally called for the lefty specialist at JUST the right moment last night, it was AWESOME".

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