Cards Acquire Belliard

I'll say this: Belliard is fat and lazy. He committed a terrible baserunning error in the 9th inning today, getting forced out at third on a bloop single to left with no one out. The Indians ended up with zero runs and lost to my beloved M's. I wouldn't want him.

Indians.com is reporting it here

Just to throw in my view on this, I'm extremely happy. I've long been saying Inglett should get a chance to start every day, and this will be his opportunity. If he keeps hitting like he has, he may win the 2B job for 2007. If not, then we know the team needs to address that position in the offseason. On the other hand, we also get a decent utility man in Luna and who knows if there will be a PTBNL involved. Ronnie is a free agent this winter and the Tribe can make an attempt to re-sign him if that's the route they want to go. Yes, Belliard was a fan favorite, but there's no way you can't look at this trade as a good thing.

Alright, I saw the play too, and I'll accept your point that it's only one play wholeheartedly. I shouldn't base my feelings about Belliard on that play. But...it was bad baserunning. He got deked by Ibanez when Belliard should have seen clearly that he couldn't catch it. After all, the play was right in front of him. Ibanez had time to double clutch and still get him by an obvious margin. I'll argue about that, but you're right that Belliard is solid. It seems like his weight has gone up at least a bit over the last couple years.

Sabathia could be a deadline surprise as the Indians seem to be trading their quality players.

Sizemore's next... :)

Great deal for Cleveland! They received a player in Luna who is just as good as Belliard, but younger and cheaper. This trade helps them both now and in the future.

Please...Send Belliard Back!!!!!

ya it was for cleveland