The Indians made a series of head scratching moves that they then compounded when those moves failed which ultimately lead to the window slamming shut after one postseason appearance by the early 00's Indians. A team that should have made it in 05, then tried to over compensate in 06 after a down year that if they had just stood pat likely would have set the Indians up to win the 2007 World Series, as thy barely lost in the ALCS that year. While there were two great moves that year, there were so many bad ones that I could not fit them all in one episode. This one is spread out over two days. From the big Brandon Phillips to the likely forgotten Mike Adams. We dig into it all.

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