12 Days of a Cleveland Christmas: Day 11
Written By: Rick | Category: 12 days of Christmas | Comments: 102
Congratulations to Bridgecrosser who had his entry randomly selected from Friday’s contest. He’ll be enjoying (hopefully) the Cavs game against the Raptors on January 19th.
The contest is winding down. Only two more prize packages left.
Today the winner will receive a pair of tickets to see the Tribe take on Cliff Lee’s new team, the Seattle Mariners on Saturday August 14th. (Who knows, maybe you’ll get to see Cliff baffle OUR hitters!) It’s a giveaway day, so there will be some sort of bobble head or other such prize to take home. In addition, you’ll be getting a copy of The Making of an MVP by Terry Pluto and Brian Windhorst. Worth playing for? Of course it is.
Once again, here’s the skinny…
That’s right WFNY loyal readers- the December giveaway is back! Each weekday from now until Tuesday the 22nd we will be giving away a great Cleveland sports prize pack. All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on the daily prize post answering the question of the day. It’s that simple. Look for the posts at noon.
- You may only enter once each day. You are free to comment on each other’s answers, however.
- The winner will be chosen at random from the qualifying entries. Winners will be notified the following day by email (make sure the email address you registered to comment with is a real one!) You must be at least 18 years old to win, and only one winner per household during this giveaway please.
-Entries must be made before Midnight EST to qualify.
Last year I made everyone give their answer in exactly 64 words, (last Cleveland title) but this year I’m going to be a bit more lenient. As long as you actually answer the question, it doesn’t matter how many words you use.
Today’s prize- Two tickets to see the Tribe vs the Mariners + The Making of an MVP.
Today’s question- If you could be the MVP for a Cleveland sports team which one would it be and why?
Good luck!
Author: Rick
Rick is a co-founder and editor of WFNY. His love of Cleveland sports is surpassed only by his faith and love of his family. Follow him on Twitter- @rickwfny.Rick has written 887 articles for Waiting for Next Year.
Not the Browns…don’t want to steal Cribbs’ thunder. Cavs for sure. Favorite professional team in Cleveland for me.
Browns, no doubt. Most beloved franchise in the city. A Browns MVP is never forgotten.
Well it definately wouldn’t be the Tribe ’cause that would just guarantee me getting traded outta town next year…
I guess I would have to be the Cavs. Always been more of a bballer than a football player. And who doesn’t need more short, white guys winning MVP’s in that league…
It would have to be the Indians. While my obsession with Cleveland sports runs deep, the Indians are my favorite. Especially, since now they have the longest drought since MVP’s of all the Cleveland teams.
brownies….we need one badly
Browns- this city would never forget it
Browns. No question.
Browns, just because if you take home an NFL MVP award, it basically means your the best player on the best team, meaning we’d at least made the playoffs! Playoffs? Playoffs?
Indians- baseball is my sport and being under-appreciated compared to a Browns MVP would fit in with what I’m used to.
The Browns. The fans would be all over me. Ha, just kidding, we just badly need it.
the browns…they need more help than the cavs and indians do
Would that it were the Browns, so that I could give a speech honoring Jim Brown and Marion Motley, among other superstars of Browns’ lore whose misfortune was simply to have dominated before the christening of the “Superbowl.”
Torn between the Cavs (basketball was my sport back in the day) or the heart and soul of Cleveland sports- the Browns. Cleveland is a football town, after all.
Browns without a doubt, I can’t even imagine the love I’d get showered with
Browns. This is my most beloved team in Cleveland and if I could play annd help them turn even into a respectable team, I’d jump right on that.
Indians.
I will always like the Browns, but I like the Indians and Cavs more. I still have not gotten over (and never will) Modell moving the original Browns. New Browns have just never felt the same.
Since the Cavs already have an MVP, my choice would be the Tribe.
Indians… Lebron is the Cavs’ MVP, Browns have J-Cribbs. Sizemore can’t even be his girlfriend, errr ex-girlfriend’s MVP (very photogenic) I would have the best shot with the Tribe amongst all of our newly touted prospects.
Browns. No explanation needed IMHO.
Cavs, I’ve always liked the Cavs best. In basketball you can have a more direct impact on the game than football (where you HAVE to rely on everyone around you also doing a great job).
I would want to do it the way LeBron is, making the players around me better. Except I wouldn’t whine as much after every foul.
Cavs. An MVP, without much question, can dunk. Thus, If I were MVP for the Cavs, then I could dunk, which I can’t do. I can do pretty much everything in the other sports that I have any interest in doing.
Indians. They dont’ have a Josh Cribbs or Lebron James. It would be amazing.
Browns. This is a football town. I could probably get a statue.
I’d say the Cavs, no question. For one, I could play indoors during the winter (what? like you guys don’t think about these things. Nobody likes being cold). For another, I’d just be wearing out my knees and not my head (concussions are scary). And most importantly, maybe I could get a spot on LeBron’s billboard? Like, sending him the pass as he rises up to dunk it?
Oh, also basketball players get guaranteed contracts, which is a must.
(also, I can see the irony here; my avatar is Otto Graham and I’d pick the Cavs over the Browns)
I’ll say Indians, to help them break the 2nd longest MLB World Series drought. But yeah like JNeids said, i’d probably be traded the next season.
lets see within the last 10 years
cavs=lebron mvp
tribe=2 cy young
browns= nothing
ill take the browns, id finally be able to rule cleveland with an iron fist
The Browns…we are in desperate need of a MVP to help get us out of the rut we are currently in. The Cavs already have Lebron. We now need more positive attention directed towards one of the other Cleveland teams.
Browns. Best fans in sports.
also could be argued for the tribe
id make the most money (baseball trumps all in terms of $) and i’d have to do the least (swing a bat 400+ times? sit in the OF for a while? sign me up!)
The Cleveland browns. They have the best fans around!!!
Indians – it’s been too long since the last one!
I’d be a 6-10 power forward for the Cavs with a penchant for power dunks and rebounding, and who could also shoot the mid-range jumper. I’d average about 26 ppg and 12 rpg, with about 2 bpg. Wishful thinking, of course, that’s the point. But in reality, I’m 5-11 and am nowhere close to being able to dunk.
I’d have to go with the Browns. Basketball was my main sport growing up, but I’ll always love my Browns first. Plus if I was MVP, I may have a little persuasion to Keep Mangini here in 2010. (Yeah, I said it. I want him here another year. So does Jim Brown. Yeah. That Jim Brown.)
Definitely MVP of the Lake Erie Monsters or Lake County Captains. I’m a man of humble beginnings.
Tribe…because maybe then my wife will take down her shrine to Grady….
tribe – I might actually have a chance to really do this
Cavs, because if I’m better than Lebron I’m rolling in the dough.
brownies all the way… BESIDES MY UNBELIEVABLE ATHLETIC ABILITIES, i think that an mvp in football goes much further in cleveland than that of any other sport. (and i’m selfish that way)
It would have to be the Indians for me…. I am a die hard fan of all Cleveland sports but the Tribe is still number one
Cavs. If I was the MVP it’d mean I was more awesome than Lebron.
Browns. I would be remembered by the best fans in the world.
It would have to be the Browns. If a Brownie were to win the MVP that means we would have what some teams call a “franchise” quarterback.
Indians…because baseball is a sport that I can actually play.
Definately the browns. They just matter more.
Browns. Leading the Browns back to NFL greatness and being the reason why, that would be great!
Browns only reason being it’s the city’s favorite team and if youre the MVP you’re the automatic hero.
Browns because the fans live and die over the Browns in this townn.
Has to be the Browns. They own this town no matter how good or bad they are. Football is king in Cleveland and the MVP wears the crown!!
The Indians are my favorite team but I’d have to pick the Browns if the MVP trophy also brought a super bowl victory.
Browns, just to bring the team back to glory. But i wouldn’t wanna do it in a Manning or Favre mold. More like a Ray Lewis type. A dominating Middle Linebacker that would strike fear into every opposing team. My MVP moment?? A pick six on Big Ben where i truck him in front of the goal line to clinch the AFC North.
Toss-up between Cavs and Browns. Gotta go with the Browns, even if I was a complete dou**e people would still love me
The Browns! MVP QB! Only because I don’t think it’s ever happened before…
Browns for sure. Season and Super Bowl MVP!
Gotta go with the Brownies. Anyway I can join an elite club with the likes of Brian Sipe, I would have to leap at the chance.
Browns, it would mean the team would have had to have some kind of success.
Tribe! Baseball is my true sports love.
I’d be MVP for the Browns, because I think that would probably be the award an out of shape lawyer could probably most easily attain.
The Browns, no question about it.
the Browns…for obvious reasons…and because they are the most important sports team to me…but getting back to those obvious reasons…we need a playmaker BAD!!!
Browns, I love the tribe and cavs but the Browns have the city’s heart
Cavs, cause I’m a 6’4″ guy with a smooth jump shot. Not quite a stretch forward, but if I can start hitting them off the dribble, we’re championship material!
Browns no doubt.
I’ll go with the Browns on this one.
The Browns. This is a football city. Always has been and always will be
Born in 1980 when Sipe won the MVP. Have to go with the Browns!
The Cleveland Browns. I’m assuming if I’m MVP we also have a shot at the Super Bowl, the most important thing.
Browns! Cleveland will always be a football city first!
Browns….although if I had my choice of playing a pro sport it would be in the NBA, Cleveland is a football town.
Cleveland Browns MVP. I love cleveland sports but nothing compares to the browns.
Lake County Captains
I wouldn’t want to be traded away by the Tribe, I wouldn’t want to make Lebron jealous, and Eric Mangini would make me practice me too hard
BROWNS ! Hands down! I love all our teams, but to be a Browns MVP would be the most memorable accomplishment and you’d be part of Cleveland history… probably even get a statue on Public Square!
Browns, no doubt.
mlb-because i love the indians the best(but,there’s nothing like a browns game on sunday 1:00)
Indians. No good reason. I’ve just always been a baseball guy.
The Browns. There is nothing like winning the Super Bowl. Even if the Cavs or Indians manage to win a championship, this city will not be satisfied until the Browns win. So, I’d say not just MVP, but Super Bowl MVP of the Browns.
The Browns for sure, Football and Ohio go hand in hand. Also an MVP in Cleveland pretty much means I would be worshipped the rest of my life in Cleveland. Just look at how we reveer Kosar and Brown.
Cavs – I always wanted to possess super skills on the hard-court.
The Browns because they are the most loved franchise in the city.
I would definitely go with the Browns because like people said before me, its the most loved franchise in the city despite it being the absolute worst
id love to be the browns mvp running back, id demand that all the run plays go left, though.
I would absolutely want to be the MVP for the Browns … look at how much love Josh Cribbs gets even though he’s not considered the savior like LeBron
#MerryCribbsmastoall #paytheman
I would be the MVP of the Cavs. If you are better than Lebron on the same team, that would have to equal a title, right?
I’d be SuperBowl MVP for the Brownies! Why not? Ohio needs to be known for football once again. Then I’d switch to the NBA and become the Finals MVP beside LeBron as the Cavs go for their 4-peat. Then, when I decide to settle down, I’d be the closer for the Tribe and pitch the final inning in Game 7 — redemption all the way…
Browns, and its not even close. If you think its close, you haven’t lived here very long.
Has to be the Browns.
The Lake Erie Monsters, then I would be on my way to the show in Colorado with all the former Monster coaches & players.
THe Browns for sure. They are the most beloved team in this city, and I think they deserve success the most. An MVP player usually says your team is pretty good too, maybe I’d be that MVP that brings home the Lombardi Trophy too.
Indians, they need an MVP worse than anyone.
The Browns, easily. Who wouldn’t want to bring glory back to the Brownies?
Huge baseball fan. Give me an MVP in baseball
The Browns, they need an MVP the most
I’d be the MVP of my own Pro Walleye Fishing team. I’d be pulling trophy walleye with my Confusion and Metallic Superman spoons. SCOREBOARD!
As annoyed as I am with the Indians, I’d still have to pick them. Baseball and the Tribe are without a doubt my first love.
I have to go with the Cavs. Between Lebron and I, that’d be 2 MVPs on the same team in back to back years. Not even the Lakers could stop us!
Indians- I’ve been a tribe fan ever since I was in little league. So definitely would want to be MVP for my favorite team.
That’s easy. The Browns. If you want to rule the city of Cleveland, be the Browns best player.
If Braylon played better, lead the team to a Super Bowl, he would have had carte blanche to beat up all of LeBron’s friend. King or no, Browns still rule the kingdom…
Browns, just because of the joy it would bring to my dad and all his buddies….not that being an MVP in any of the other leagues wouldn’t make them (or me) pretty proud.
The Tribe- my favorite sport, and the Indians were my first true love, at the age of 5.
Since Lebron won’t be taken ‘serious’ unless he has a ring – I’d win it for the Cavs. With a ring, he is probably on his way to becoming one of the greatest basketball players ever. From Ohio, played in Ohio. What a great story.
CAVS! Come on that’s easy, then I’d be better than LBJ on the same team as him! And win a ring.
I’d pick the cavs. Mainly just to be on that team. It looks like they actually have fun and get along. What other Cleveland team can say that?
Browns. Definitely the city’s most beloved team.
Brownies