May 23, 2013

While We’re Waiting… Indians/Red Sox ALCS, Big Ten Title Talk, and BDL’s Cavs Preview

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Indians Celebrate ALCS 

Just a reminder that two years ago today, the Indians were beating the Boston Red Sox to take a 3-1 series lead in the ALCS.  [Will Burge/Twitter]

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A Little Close to Home?

As a Tribe fan, at no point was I comfortable with the lead that the Rays had last night.  After all, we’re no strangers to numbers aside from “0″ gracing inning seven, eight and nine…

Unreal.

I am a fan.

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I am a Cleveland sports fan. I was raised that way. I’m not the only one. I know that around Ohio, and scattered around the country, people were hurting as I was yesterday. I feel like Victor does in this photo. I could hardly watch at the end either. I never saw the last half inning of the game. If I hadn’t seen something about it when searching for photos, I’d have never known that Casey Blake was the last out. It was too painful to watch.

The last 12 months have been pretty brutal for those of us that follow the teams that this blog is primarily about. The Browns were abysmal last season. But the Buckeyes put on an unbelievable show. They won game after game after game, including the most monumental rivalry game of my lifetime. And then, they completely fell to pieces. The Cavs and Buckeye basketball teams had great regular seasons. Mike Conley came to life and along with superstar Oden propelled the team into the Championship game. And got beaten soundly. [Read more...]