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CLEVELAND, Ohio — To many local fans, the Indians shipped something else to Philadelphia on Wednesday along with pitching ace Cliff Lee and outfielder Ben Francisco.

Hope.

“I think it’s terrible,” Ed Vavra of Painesville Township said as he nursed a 22-ounce draft inside Local Heroes Grill and Bar, just across East Ninth Street from Progressive Field. “I would say more, but I’m trying to keep it clean.”

On the TVs above the bar, the Tribe was finishing up a 9-3 loss to the Los Angeles Angels, dropping to 18 games below .500.

“It’s the worst trade they ever made,” Vavra added. “They really got nothing in this deal.”

“Nothing” is four minor-leaguers — pitchers Carlos Carrasco and Jason Knapp, catcher Lou Marson and infielder Jason Donald — but not the Phillies’ top pitching prospect, Kyle Drabek.

Many fans believe their home team should have received more, much more, for the popular Lee, winner of last season’s American League Cy Young Award as the league’s best pitcher, and everyday left fielder Francisco.

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