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Indians Say Eric Wedge's Job Not in Danger ... 'Right Now'

May 12, 2009 – 11:59 PM
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Pat Lackey

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Now we're really rolling. April is over, the weather is getting nice, and managers are marching on to the hot seat in pairs. After Clint Hurdle got his "vote of confidence" this morning, Indians' GM Mark Shapiro said that Cleveland manager Eric Wedge isn't currently on the chopping block Tuesday night despite the Indians' awful 12-22 start.

Honestly, I'm not even sure we can call Shapiro's statement a vote of confidence. His exact words were, "Right now, I feel the answers are here with Eric, our coaching staff and these players." The key phrase here is, "right now." As in, maybe that's how Shapiro feels at the moment but if this keeps up, anything might happen.

Right now, people seem particularly displeased with the way Wedge is handling the callup of Matt LaPorta and I'm guessing that more than a few Indians fans would happily point out all of the times the Tribe have failed to meet preseason expectations under Wedge. As things stand, Wedge probably has another month or so to turn things around before Shapiro will probably have to show him the door. With Tampa, division-leading Kansas City, and the Yankees heavily populating the schedule before June 1, I'd say things don't look very good for Wedge at all right now.
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