Dye was ejected for arguing after being called out with the bases loaded and two outs, and I don’t know why Guillen was ejected, because he didn’t start arguing on the field until after he was ejected.

Here are some photos:

Here’s where Ozzie gets ejected after leading Dye off the field:

Now Ozzie argues his ejection:

I have written a profile on watching Indians games at Progressive Field and on that game specifically in more detail for EventChaser, which can be read here.

MITCHELL BLATT

Manny Ramirez has expressed publicly what JSB was reporting last summer–that Ramirez wants to return to the Cleveland Indians.

Ramirez told the USA Today:

“I would like to play for Cleveland one more time, to go back where I started. … I think to go back where you started is everyone’s dream.”

I reported last summer that Ramirez wanted to go back to Cleveland, but the Indians didn’t end up wanting to spend money on him.

However, his desire to return to Cleveland may not be rooted so much in wanting to return to where he started his career as it is in making sure he doesn’t get inducted into the Hall of Fame as a Red Sock, says one of my sources.

The MLB HOF people decide which team a player represents when they are inducted, and Ramirez played 8 years with both the Indians and Red Sox (getting traded during his eighth season in Boston).

He put up similar stats on both teams, though for his first two years with Cleveland, he hadn’t risen to stardom.

If he were to be inducted today, my source thinks he would be a Red Sock, but if he plays just a few more years in Cleveland, he’ll be an Indian. Because he hates the Red Sox so much, he doesn’t want to be a Red Sock.

Just some speculation…

The Sox couldn’t trade him in his prime, so they won’t be able to trade him now. He has been on the decline the past few years, failing to hit 40 home runs since 2005 or 100 RBIs since 2006. This season, he has 19 home runs and 63 RBIs.

The few teams that could trade for him are the Diamondbacks, Mets, and Phillies, but even if he doesn’t get dealt, he will be a free agent at the end of the year because the Red Sox have no plans to extend his option.

This would present an interesting option for Manny’s original team, the Cleveland Indians. My inside sources tell me the Indians might be interested in signing him.

Indians owner Larry Dolan has taken heat from Indians fans for not spending enough, but my source noted that Dolan has had a track record of spending big money on good young players. Dolan did spend $57 million over four years on Travis Hafner in his 2007 renegotiation.

At the end of this season, with the contracts of C.C. Sabathia, Casey Blake, Paul Byrd, and Jason Michaels off the books, the Indians will have about $20 million available to spend. With the Indian’s disappointment this year and their lack of offensive production, the front office is feeling pressure to do something.

If they can sign Ramirez for two years for $15-16 million a year, they might go for it.

While Ramirez is a big name, don’t expect too much fanfare to be made about him in free agency. There’s a lot of teams that wouldn’t want him, my source said, and he’s not as good as was a few years ago, anyway.

That said, the Yankees seem to be interested in everybody, and wouldn’t that be a good place for Manny to go to stick it to the Red Sox?

Stay tuned.

Indians, Brewers Agree on Trade: LaPorta, Bryson, Johnson to Indians, Green to be Named

The C.C. Sabathia trade that has been announced includes Matt LaPorta, Rob Bryson, Zach Johnson, and one player to be named, going to the Indians in exchange for Sabathia.

JSB has learned who the player to be named is. Brewers’ 2007 Minor Leauge Player of the Year, Thirdbasemen Taylor Green, will be sent to the Indians on August 16. This news came after speaking with an agency insider.

Green, 21, was selected in the 25th round of the 2005 draft, out of Cypress College (Ca.), and named to the South Atlantic League All-Star team last season. He batted .327 and hit 14 home runs and 86 RBI in 111 games for Single-A West Virginia.

Sabathia is expected to start for the Brewers against the Rockies Tuesday. Green is expected to make the majors in 2010 or 2011.

Green’s agent, Joshua Kusnick, said last night on his blog that Green had not yet been informed about his future.

Taylor has not been informed he has been traded nor has he been informed that he is any part of a pending transaction. What does all that mean? Nothing, because if the Brewers drop the PTBNL bomb anyone can go including Taylor. I know everyone in the game is an adult and I know it’s a business but you would think maybe someone in the entire organization could let Taylor know what his status is instead of letting him just float in the wind.

This could be because, as one Brewer’s blogger who speaks closely with insiders said, “The farm director, Reid Nichols, hasn’t always been as forthright with info as players/agents would like,” or simply because the Indians have no officially decided on Green as the player to be named.

Another possibility includes Michael Brantley, but my agency source says the Indians want Green.

Mitchell Blatt