CLEVELAND, Ohio – When Hank Peters was laying the foundation for the near-great 1990s Cleveland Indians, the team was deep in the shadows of national irrelevance. Jim Thome, for example, was an unknown kid, not a newly inducted member of the team's Hall of Fame.
Still, Peters knew the day would come when patience would have to be sacrificed for opportunity.
"When you have a chance to win, you've got to try," said Peters.
They now have that chance
The man who, through his hand-picked players and executives, saved the franchise thus also laid down a common sense, minimalist challenge that the Dolan family met in emphatic fashion over the weekend when the Indians traded for the New York Yankees' left-handed closer Andrew Miller.