This ship is sinking fast...

...the good news is that I think I can fix it. I'm very superstitious when it comes to sports. It makes absolutely no sense at all but it makes me feel better thinking that I can somehow personally have an effect on the outcome of a game. So after the Tribe's 6th consecutive loss last night, I started trying to figure out what I might have done to play a part in all of it. Then I remembered that I changed the wallpaper on my phone to the old 70's Chief Wahoo logo on Saturday:

Well, that wallpaper has officially been replaced as of 9:30 eastern on Friday morning with old faithful that led us to the ALCS last year:

At this point I don't really care if I'm made fun of for having a picture of Grady Sizemore on my phone. I'll take one for the team, and at least my wife will like looking at my phone. And if that fails, I will start my own personal campaign to have Derek Shelton fired. Just look at what this guy has done for this team so far in '08. How is he still employed???

NAME	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Ben Francisco	54	7	18	7	0	1	6	2	8	.333	.373	.519	.891
V. Martinez	140	9	42	8	0	0	15	9	16	.300	.344	.357	.702
G. Sizemore	173	26	44	9	1	7	23	25	38	.254	.363	.439	.802
M. Aubrey	8	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	1	.250	.250	1.000	1.250
Ryan Garko	143	15	35	8	0	4	19	16	20	.245	.339	.385	.724
F. Gutierrez	127	15	29	7	0	2	12	7	29	.228	.274	.331	.605
D. Dellucci	114	13	26	5	0	4	14	11	22	.228	.310	.377	.687
K. Shoppach	57	7	13	2	0	1	3	3	16	.228	.290	.316	.606
Casey Blake	134	20	30	10	0	3	27	13	34	.224	.307	.366	.672
Travis Hafner	148	17	32	9	0	4	21	20	42	.216	.318	.358	.676
J. Peralta	148	23	32	5	0	8	15	12	36	.216	.273	.412	.685
Jamey Carroll	65	15	13	0	1	0	4	9	12	.200	.333	.231	.564
A. Cabrera	128	14	22	5	0	1	13	17	31	.172	.272	.234	.506
Andy Marte	26	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	6	.115	.179	.115	.294