Yes we love the Cleveland Indians and we focus on them 99 percent of the time. The one percent representing whoever they face or are involved with.

But if you know me, I like to talk about other teams and what they are doing. I do it frequently and I mostly enjoy looking at the AL Central. When you face those four other teams almost 20 times a year each, well, it becomes really important.

Since he's been with the Royals I have hounded Luke Hochevar. Why? Well, he's a Royal, and was the number one overall pick, and he has big ears and he always looks like his hat is over-sized. Okay that last one is just mean, but Hochevar is someone the Indians have beat up on in the past and it's fun to see how a guy like that progresses for a team that has a good offense, but needs pitching.

To put it into perspective he would barely be a four-five guy on the Indians, yet for the Royals they hinge on him doing something. Granted, that isn't saying much because the Indians don't have a whole lot to boast, but the guy's career 5.39 ERA speaks for itself. That's over several seasons, not just one or a few months.

And now the Royals seem to think that if they trade him, they'll net a good return?

I'm just gonna go ahead and laugh at that and wonder if we the Indians could dump Ubaldo on them and save themselves the "Will he/won't he" drama that will certainly surround him this year.

I of course say the hopes that I can copy-paste that statement three months from now and say, "See, look what I said, that would have been a stupid stupid thing to do if the Indians listened to me."

And we know the Indians most certainly do not listen to me. Thank...God...

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One of my personal favorite prospects will be highlighted in today's installment of the prospect countdown. I'll give you a hint; he plays a position that starts with "C" and ends with an "R." In addition to another backstop with a bright future, we'll look at a 2012 draft pick who grew up in Alaska and is trying to buck the trend and play professional baseball, a player who missed all of 2012 due to injury, another power righthanded reliever and a 3B-turned-OF who has one of the prettiest swings in the entire organization, non-Chisenhall division.

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As we break into the top half of our little countdown, we start getting into some really exciting boom-or-bust type guys. Today, we're going to cover a defensive whiz at 3B who made some major strides with the bat last year, a pair of toolshed outfielders who have yet to play at even low-A, a power righthanded reliever (get used to seeing that description tossed around) and a southpaw who was acquired from the Tigers a couple of years ago in exchange for the immortal JHonny Peralta.

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I love old movies. It’s just that when I begin to watch them, I get distracted and lose interest. OK, maybe I mostly just like the idea of old movies.

I am fascinated by the social norms of earlier generations. In the early 20^th Century, the United States certainly suffered from her warts; many of those involved racial overtones. But there was a structure to society that tended to hold most of her citizens to a code of honor and respect.

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