Talk about a noisy withdrawal. Former Cleveland Browns quarterback Derek Anderson was sent packing by the team on Tuesday and he let the door hit him in the ass on the way out. In an email to the Lake County News-Herald, Anderson unloaded a few years worth of frustration by dumping not on the team that won’t be paying him nearly $10 million for the 2010 season but the fans who suffered through one awful performance after another for the last two seasons. Anderson has since apologized, more or less. He now says he was just speaking out of frustration. Really?

Here is the next group of prospects in the 2010 Indians Top 50 Prospect Countdown here on TheClevelandFan.com and SportsTimeOhio.com. And we're starting to get down to the nitty gritty. Featured in this quintet are three highly regarded international free agents the team has signed and also one of the key cogs recieved in the Cliff Lee trade from last fall.

While in the developmental leagues, Gerry Cheevers’ playing style reflected that which was identified with him throughout his career. He was a good skater, and showed a preference for leaving the crease to rush an oncoming shooter, taking away much of the angle for a shot. Cheevers eventually developed into a star, and Nick Mileti brought him to Cleveland to tend goal for the Barons. Greg Popelka tells his story in his latest Blast From The Past.

Is it just me, or did Sunday’s free agent signings of Tony Pashos and Scott Fujita remind you of this time last year, when Eric Mangini went on a similar Big Lots shopping spree, albeit one that didn’t move far from the Jets Bargain Bin? The 2010 Pashos signing is indeed an upgrade over the 2009 version, one John St. Clair. Also, isn’t Fujita a kind of Eric Barton 2.0? Not that I’m complaining, mind you. I’ll take Pashos at right tackle over St. Clair anyday. Actually, I would even consider Brady Quinn over St. Clair at this point in the veteran “tackle’s” career. By the by, that was my obigatory QB reference of the day. Feel free to discuss amongst yourselves.