Omar Vizquel and how we've arrived to this point

Omar Vizquel. The modern legend of Cleveland and an idol to all.

No one has ever gotten the response Omar got Tuesday in his long anticipated return to the city he won eight gold gloves in.

Not even Kenny Lofton when he returned to the Tribe last year for a playoff run.

Omar was the one constant from the 95 world series run to the dismantling and eventually the rebuilding.

I won't focus on Omar and his career here. It was awesome, and it deserves to stand alone. I've read his autobiography and I suggest, even though its years old, you go check it out and read it. You can learn so much more about the Indians' greatest shortstop ever.

What I want to talk about is how Omar left.

I believe it was the right time.

Omar knew it, the fans knew it, and the organization knew it.

Omar's time was up, and it was the perfect chance to part ways and move on to the future.

You can say what you want about Jhonny Peralta. But Omar wasn't going to be in the Tribe uniform for ever.

I hear a lot of people bash the organization for the move. It's simply one you cannot continue to look back on and say "Oh yeah real brilliant move there Shapiro!"

Does this team go to the ALCS with Omar Vizquel and not Jhonny Peralta?

I don't think so. Peralta was a big part of that team, he had clutch hits and some real good playoff games for them last year.

It was simply the time for Omar to move on in his career.

The fan base is still really bitter about the fact that they moved on, but most need to realize this. Mark Shapiro is trying to win and sustain the winning.

A lot of people didn't like when they traded him to Seattle for Carlos Guillen. Truth is, that would have been a steal of a move.

Omar wasn't in the long term plans. As much as people love the man, they have to put it to rest that he is gone.

It's awesome to have him back for one last visit(probably) and he deserves EVERYTHING that he got these past few days. I'm glad he got to come back to Cleveland for the series.

But let's get over him. He is gone, he isn't coming back and letting him walk when they did was the right move.