Jim Ingraham: Even if they wanted to spend, Indians would be a
hard sell to free agents  There are two main reasons why the
Indians these days have been reduced to free agent bottom
feeders.  One of the reasons is familiar: the Indians choose not
to compete financially for the better free agents.  The other
reason is more troubling: good players don't want to play for
the Indians.  ESPN's Buster Olney recently addressed the latter
reason. He pointed out that the Orioles were going through the
same cycle over a decade ago -- a bad team for whom free agents
had no interest in playing.  "It's like we're offering
Confederate money," said Oriole executive Syd Thrift at the
time, according to Olney.  Olney says that according to agents
today, there are three teams offering "Confederate money," i.e.,
teams for whom free agents have no interest in playing: The
Indians, Marlins and Pirates.  In the Indians' case, of course,
it's a moot point, because the Indians choose not to make
competitive offers to the better free