CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Imagine a world in which Mark Shapiro still resides in Cleveland seven days a week, a world in which the long-tenured Indians executive still oversees a professional sports operation.
Envision the former Tribe general manager and president in a slightly different role in a different office, one about a 20-minute trek from his old confines at Progressive Field.
What if Shapiro were in charge of the Browns' front office, a gig that eventually went to one of Shapiro's former colleagues in Cleveland, Paul DePodesta? Would the man who became the face of the Indians' front office have excelled in such a role?