They were a customer of mine at a previous gig – really nice folks.

I was at a condo at the beach one year and their cable feed had the non-commercial video – it was actually kind of nice.

/team grounds crew

scotty pods to you

He can have a nickname when his BA gets above .260, and he shows an ability to both catch and throw the ball. Until then, he’s lucky I learned that his name has two ‘D’s in it.

scotty pods to you

The reds game could not run its commercials, so the announcers had to entertain me in between innings and for all the pitching changes. I thought it was funny the really don’t know what to do when they can’t describe the game.

St. Louis fans are the worst in baseball. They love the smell of their own farts, are methheads and cheered for a damn squirrel. Fuck them. Every injury the past few weeks, the better.

I wish you’d stop being so ambiguous and just tell us how you’re really feeling.

If he kills someone soon, he’ll be a guy to root for.

Pretty sure they’ve just played a bunch of low attendance teams early on.

Yeah if you have to play at Cleveland and at KC 20 times a year, your road numbers will be shit.

There are seven Red Sox outfielders on the DL. SEVEN.

This is amazing. The starters were supposed to be Crawford/Ellsbury/Kalish, but since Kalish was injured and they traded Reddick, they brought in Ross/Sweeney/Repko, with McDonald as the 6th OF.

All 7 are on the DL, with Nava (no spring training invite), and two scrap heap trade acquisitions (Byrd, Podsednik) starting tonight, and an elite defensive CF who can’t hit as the 3rd or 4th, depending on who is pitching. Ridiculous.

I got a used one on ebay the thing is awesome. They’re built with lifetime warranties so they last forever.

Obligatory.

Ahhh… so it’s a massive, extremely organized, city-wide boycott. I guess, in the future, I’ll give the residents of the fine city of Cleveland much more credit than I have in the past.

/Kirby vacuums rule!
//not really

1. People are really pissed at the Dolans. Initially, I thought this was a minority of crybabies but I’ve heard it a lot. Trade 2 cy young winners for no studs, trade Victor Martinez, etc. Dolan also slashed the glory years (1994-2000) payroll down when he over-leveraged himself to buy the team and couldnt sustain it.
2. People haven’t seen a lot of traditional baseball. What I mean, is the 1994-2001 teams were loaded with talent and 90-100 wins was easy. Previously, they had no talent. People have been slow to warm up to this team. There is no star power. Pronk and Sizemore are role players or hurt, or both.
3. I think the days of 42,000 fans nightly are over. 30,000 fans is realistic. In 2007 they averaged 30,000 approximately from mid-May-Oct. The local economy is doing okay, but it’s become more privatized into large companies. I think there are less small businesses buying season tickets, etc. I went on FRI and was suprised to see more empty seats in the premium areas than there have been in the past. But this area isn’t flush with money.
4. Perez has nothing to gain by this. There are ways to try to get more fans out, but antagonizing them is absurd. Also, he knows shit about economics are baseball. Beltran isn’t here b/c the Cards offered more $$$. When a player turns down more from the Tribe to play for a non world series contender, that’d be different. Josh Willingham had a similar offer but one less year, so he’s a Twin (??) and not on Cleveland. Money.
5. The fans could do a little better but this is an odd case. This is a great sports area. But people really hate Dolan at this point. I really don’t see much changing. There are whispers the team is for sale but that’d be years to occur. In the end, winning cures all. I was there for about 20 games in 2007 and all the playoff games. Nobody mentioned the crowds then.

i never understood this criticism. there’s nothing to do? WHAT DO YOU PEOPLE EVEN DO?!?!?

Hey buddy.

i never understood this criticism. there’s nothing to do? WHAT DO YOU PEOPLE EVEN DO?!?!?

apparently you have to be a fucking new york hipster to answer this question. everything there is so fucking awesome that simpletons like us would never understand.

i never understood this criticism. there’s nothing to do? WHAT DO YOU PEOPLE EVEN DO?!?!?

I expect my professional athletes to attend Broadway plays and museums every day before their games.

Simple. There are just too many things to do in Cleveland.

Well, there is a casino now…