It was a beautiful day today at Brighthouse Field in Clearwater where we saw the Tampa Bay Rays beat the 2009 NL Champion Philadelphia Phillies in 10 innings in front of a sell-out crowd. We had pretty good seats, right down the third base line. We were in full sun the entire game, so it …
My hometown of Cleveland, OH is finally a winner … a recent Forbes article named it the number one most miserable city, edging out last year’s reining champion, Stockton, CA. Hoping to continue Cleveland’s championship year in 2010, the Cavaliers traded local favorite Zydrunas Ilgauskas (who’s spent his entire 12-year career with the Cavs) to …
It’s early October, that wonderful time of year when temperatures (supposedly) get cooler and we have that wonderful confluence of the baseball, football, basketball, and hockey seasons. Well, it’s usually wonderful, except: even with the franchise’s second best season, the Rays missed out on the post-season the Indians’ season (and the Eric Wedge era) is …
So last week was a hard week to be an Indians fan. First, on Monday, they traded Ryan Garko to the Giants. Then it was Ben Francisco and Cy Young winner Cliff Lee being sent to Philadelphia. Cleveland is the first team to trade incumbent Cy Youngs in consecutive seasons, according to STATS LLC. How’s …
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It was Beach Week at Progessive Field, which turned out to be a little ironic since the temperature at game time Saturday night was in the low 60s and the wind blowing in from Lake Erie was downright chilly. Thank goodness the rain held off! Despite that, and the Indians’ 3-1 loss to the Mariners, …
I’m waiting in the Tampa airport for my flight to Cleveland this weekend for my little brother’s wedding shower and bachelor party. We’re going to see the Indians and Mariners baseball game tomorrow night. I can’t remember the last time I went to a game at Jacob’s, er, Progressive Field. I don’t think I’ve been …
Holy cow … the Cleveland Cavaliers have acquired Shaquille O’Neal from the Phoenix Suns for Ben Wallace and Sasha Pavlovic! Could that be the final part of the equation that will resolve into an NBA championship for the Cavs next year? I hope so!
š” Arrrrgh!
With the Cleveland Cavaliers kicking off the next round of the NBA playoffs against the Atlanta Hawks tonight, I got an e-mail from my sister with a link to this article on MSNBC. Bob Madden sighs. He wants to believe. Oh, does he want to believe ā to believe deep inside his body where feelings …
We wanted to get to the park early today so we got up and went over to Native New Yorker hoping for a good breakfast. Unfortunately, unlike the actual city that never sleeps, the restaurantĀ didn’t open until lunchtime. So we headed north to Surprise (yes, that’s a city) to check out the Texas Rangers/Kansas …