July 30, 2002: Moneyball⚾️ Current #DawgPound Chief Strategy Officer Paul Depodesta (Jonah Hill) and A’s GM Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) acquire Ricardo Rincon from Indians Trade is depicted (embellished) here in 'Moneyball' movie #ShapiroOn2 🎥⚾️🎬

July 30, 2006: Ronnie B. Dealt⚾️ Tribe trades 2B Ronnie Belliard to St. Louis for utility INF Hector Luna Ronnie 2.5 yrs solid in town including All-Star in 2004 #2B or not #2B #ThatIsTheQuestion

July 30, 2011: CC Trade Worth It⚾️ Matt LaPorta 3-run walk-off HR caps off a 4-run 9th inning Tribe beats KC 5-2, their 12th win in last AB at The Jake that year (Matt Underwood’s 🎤call not quite up to the Hall of Fame standard of Hammy though…🤷🏼‍♂️) #JacobsFieldMagic

July 30, 2002: The Tank🏀 A critical date for Cleveland fans everywhere - Cavs trade PG Andre Miller to Clippers for Darius Miles This marks start of “The Tank” - a direct link that ultimately gave us #1 pk (LBJ) + 🏆 (personal note: I thought Miles would be great) #TankinIt

July 30, 2011: Ubaldo⚾️ Indians go for it… In deviation from franchise norm, team trades top prospects to land pitching "ace" Unfortunately, in 2011 the available target was Ubaldo Jiminez He went 4-4, 5.10 ERA and was worse the next year #BestFrontOfficeInMLBLast30Years

July 31, 2016: Epic Trade⚾️ Indians make one of most significant trades in franchise history RP Andrew Miller acquired from Yankees 2016 CLE: • Reg Season: 4-0, 1.55 ERA • Postseason: 2-0, 1.40 ERA ALCS MVP + MLB record 15 scoreless IP in playoffs #WeWereSoDamnClose

Sigh. #BieberFever

July 31, 2016: Future Manager⚾️ Current #Guardsball Manager Stephen Vogt (then a catcher w/ Oakland) doubles off Indians P Corey Kluber Vogt goes 1 for 4, but Klubot goes 7 IP, O runs and Tribe wins 8-0 2,654 days later on 11/6/2023 Vogt is hired as our manager #Skipper

July 31, 2001: Yahtzee !⚾️ Tribe acquires OF Milton Bradley from Expos Asst GM Mark Shapiro views Bradley as eventual replacement for Kenny Lofton (note: Kenny is irreplaceable!) A volatile 2 yrs in CLE 2003: .321/10 HR/56 RBI, clashed often w/ Mgr. Eric Wedge #TheMadman

July 31, 1983: Not Standing Pat⚾️ Indians make managerial change OUT: Mike Ferraro IN: Pat Corrales Pat 5 yrs in CLE highlighted by: • charging mound/karate kick of A’s P Dave Stewart • guided EPIC 1986 team #TerryPluto

Pretty positive reviews from Pluto and Livy

August 1, 1990: Speed + Hope⚾️ In just the 8th game of his MLB career, speedster Alex Cole ties Indians club record w/ 5 SB's in single game Hard to truly capture the hope that Cole represented for fans desperate for a winner #SB #SB #SB #SB #SB #MoveTheFencesBack #RIP 🙏

Hamelin was indeed the legit winner…

August 1, 1994: “Manny Ramirez in a battle with Bob Hamelin for Rookie of the Year honors…” #BabyBull #SweetSwing