Lastoria chimes in one last time with his Winter Haven Live report. Now back in Cleveland, he provides pictures and video from his last few days in camp on various players like Carlos Rivero, Jason Cooper, Nick Weglarz, Shawn Nottingham, Steven Head, and many more. Lots of pictures here of various prospects in the Indians system, as well as some shots from the Thursday (3/15) game.

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Jesse Lamovsky is not a big fan of Jason Michaels, and he makes that readily apparent in his latest piece. Jesse takes aim at a recent fluff piece on Michaels where the Indians fawn over him as "their type of player". Jesse's take? The fact that a guy like Michaels is "their type of player" is one of the problems with the Indians organization.

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When Mark Shapiro agreed to a contract extension last week that binds him to the Indians organization until 2012, there were probably more than a few Cleveland fans that wanted the Indians' GM to undergo an immediate psychiatric evaluation. It would give him two decades with this organization, where he'll continue to battle with the "financial limitations of this market". Erik Cassano says Mark Shapiro knows exactly what he's doing though. And that despite what most would think ... the Indians GM job is one of the best of all in baseball.

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Back in town after a full week in Winter Haven covering the team for us, Tony has all sorts of nuggets of goodness in this week's edition of "Spring Happenings". Tony got a chance to rub elbows with several members of the Indians organization last week, and senses that with Mark Shapiro now extended through 2012, that more contract extensions are coming. Tony also hits on a myriad of different topics from spring training in this weeks column as well. A great read.

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