Comments on: Tribe love at the Hoover Dam http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=126 A CLEVELAND INDIANS BLOG FROM THE ESPN SWEET SPOT NETWORK Fri, 24 May 2013 19:57:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Stephanie Liscio http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=126#comment-30 Stephanie Liscio Fri, 06 May 2011 20:45:26 +0000 http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=126#comment-30 When I heard about the Marson leadoff triple, I was immediately glad that I missed that taking place live. That’s the kind of thing that makes me want to punch a wall – you mean to tell me you couldn’t even get a sac fly? And I agree, typically when there’s a missed opportunity like that, the other team seems to pounce on it.

And I feel the same way about the Same Historically Inept Tribe. When Perez struggled in the bottom of the 12th, I just had visions of those that came before him…Wickman, Borowski, Wood. Although unlike those guys, he got that 3rd out and held on to a very slim lead.

I figure it’s good to enjoy myself now, just in case things fall apart later in the season. You know, people kept saying “well, it’s only April, they’ll fall apart.” April came and went and they still seem to be holding on. They seem to have a lot of faith in themselves, and these are guys that won championships at lower levels. Granted, AAA and AA aren’t exactly the Major Leagues, but I think that winning attitude comes in handy.

]]> By: Mike H http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=126#comment-29 Mike H Fri, 06 May 2011 12:48:10 +0000 http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=126#comment-29 Awesome post, so with you! When we left Capt. Lou Marson on 3rd after a leadoff “triple,” I figured this game was lost – you just can’t blow chances like that. On top of that, I started to worry on a grander level. My friend and I found the need to acronymize R3L2O to summarize our frustration with the Indians’ inability tog et runners home from 3rd with less than 2 outs. To hear it happen brought back all those old memories, and started me worrying that this was that Same Historically Inept Tribe I’d gotten sadly used to.

To be able to pull a game out like this, with a combination of a little timely hitting, some great bullpen work, and a little luck that seems to follow the teams that do great things…maybe this isn’t the Same Historically Inept Tribe. For a while I tried to merely discretely sip the Kool Aid, but then I realized: I didn’t expect to be able to say Cleveland and Playoffs in the same sentence realistically for a long time, so I’m not wasting my opportunities now. We go .500 the rest of the year, we hit 87 wins, and the rest of the Central are digging themselves some deep holes. Yes, it’s May. Yes we’re less than 20% of the way through the season. Yes, if you don’t give your heart away it won’t get broken. But gosh darn it, heartbreak and irrational exuberance is what sports, especially in Cleveland, is about! The sun is finally shining, l;iterally and metaphorically, so let’s enjoy it while it’s here!

—Mike

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