@the-gipper said:

I never thought that Gabe Paul was ever an Owner. 

Vernon Stouffer was.   Didn't Nick Mileti have the Tribe for some time....or was he just Cavs owner.    I think you are listing GMs here, not owners. 

Both partial lists of owners and GMs, many were owner/GMs for better or worse.... for the full lists see.  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cleveland_Indians_owners_and_executives

@tour2ma said:

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How did symbolics.com stab the Cleveland sports scene in the back? 

 

Cleveland Indians owner Jim Dunn

I guess Gabe Paul was an owner....but, oddly, it seems that he continued on as GM for years after he was an owner. 

From this, it seems that the Dolan family have owned the Tribe longer than anyone else now. 

@mjp28 said:

Ok to change gears how about the ownership and GMs of the 1960s and 1970s Cleveland Indians and their yearly dealings with the trading good players for cash and we tribe fans just waiting for next year every year. Remember those names?  (current ownership and management has been fine)

Ownership

Frank Lane1957–1961  Gabe Paul1961–1973   Phil Seghi1973–1985

Joe Klein1985–1987Hank Peters1987–1991John Hart1991–2001Mark Shapiro2001–2010Chris Antonetti2010–2015Mike Chernoff2015–present

GMs

I never thought that Gabe Paul was ever an Owner. 

Vernon Stouffer was.   Didn't Nick Mileti have the Tribe for some time....or was he just Cavs owner.    I think you are listing GMs here, not owners. 

@dutch-oven said:

Color me totally confused. 

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Ownership

Frank Lane1957–1961  Gabe Paul1961–1973   Phil Seghi1973–1985

Joe Klein1985–1987Hank Peters1987–1991John Hart1991–2001Mark Shapiro2001–2010Chris Antonetti2010–2015Mike Chernoff2015–present

GMs

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@the-gipper said:

Yep,  good one.   Modell is obvious. 

I could say the same for Jose Mesa...but, again, an on field failure that he certainly did not intend.   Still, it irks.

Mike Hargrove took out a 21 year old pitcher, throwing a two-hit shutout, because of a pitch count in game 7. The kid didn't have to pitch until March. 

It was Hargrove's fault the Tribe lost in '97. I'm tired of fans blaming the players. 

But yeah, hell with all that. There's no other answer than Art Modell.

@dutch-oven said:

I'll let some amateur say Art Modell, and I'll go right to Carlos Boozer. That was a pretty shady move he pulled on the Cavs back in the day.

Yep,  good one.   Modell is obvious. 

I have remained pissed as hell at CC Sabathia,  who twice choked away a chance to put the Indians in the WS....but then, that was just an on field failure which I am sure he didn't want to have happen.   But the fact that he went to the Yankees and didn't choke on it for them is what irks me. 

I could say the same for Jose Mesa...but, again, an on field failure that he certainly did not intend.   Still, it irks.

Another is Albert Belle.  He left here at the height of his career for cash.   This was right at the beginning really of Free Agency for baseball players.  He went to the White Sox for more cash...which at the time pissed me off...but, of course, since then going to another team for more money is Standard Operating Procedure.   Maybe we should have been pissed at the ownership for not doing what they could to keep him....though, maybe, they were glad to see him go because he had become such a headcase. 

Of course, we could probably say that every Browns GM since Ernie Accorsi has stabbed us in the back....but, again, nothing intentional there....stupidity, incompetence...but not purposeful  fuckyouness.