Comments on: You make me feel like a kid again

By: DebShattuck

DebShattuck — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 13:28:08 +0000

Buddy Bell! I forgot all about him! He was another favorite shipped off to the hated Yankees like so many of our other talented players.

By: Susan Petrone

Susan Petrone — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:35:02 +0000

@Shat5: I’ve never forgiven Pete Rose for that either. In interviews, he’s seemed arrogantly unrepentant about the incident. Bah.

By: Susan Petrone

Susan Petrone — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:31:23 +0000

@Nick: The Thunder Bar! Yes, those were really good. I remember looking in every drugstore my pre-adolescent self could get to before I found a Thunder Bar. I remember it being caramel-y and yummy. Let’s call Malley’s and have them make a Cabrera Bar.

By: Nick Tozzi

Nick Tozzi — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:36:09 +0000

I enjoyed the article and it brought back some nice memories for me, as well. Do you recall that Andre had his own candy bar? He sure did, just like Reggie Jackson. I think Andre’s was only sold in Cleveland but that was still a neat thing for a guy who played on bad and mediocre teams here.

One sweet memory I have is my dad taking my siblings and me to the airport to meet the team back in the 70′s. While my sisters Lisa and Denise waited for their respective heartthrobs Buddy Bell and Dave Duncan, my brother and I, in baseball uniforms, acquired the autograph of Jim “Mudcat” Grant. He was a broadcaster then but I can still see him in my mind’s eye. Kneeling down to sign his name, he complimented us on our Tribe uniforms as a bead of sweat ran down his cheek.

Thanks for bringing back some great memories of my youth! The Indians were such a big part of it and I hope that today’s “whippersnappers” will some day reflect on some Tribe memories of their own.

By: DebShattuck

DebShattuck — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 02:11:52 +0000

Thanks for the memories, Susan. I grew up watching the Indians beginning in the late 60s. (I saw my first live game when I was in 5th grade and I fell in love with the Tribe after that.) My favorite player was Ray Fosse. I was horrified when Pete Rose bowled him over in the All-Star Game and never forgave Pete for that.

You reminded me that one of my annual rituals in later years of losing seasons was to watch the movie Major League and celebrate like we had really made it to the World Series. Here’s hoping we have a real live Major League experience this year.

By: Mike H

Mike H — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:13:13 +0000

@CAB – you’re right, they were too harsh, and the end of May happened to be a harsh time for the Indians, thus bad timing. Having said that, you’re missing out if that takes you away from the blog. And you’re also wrong if you think that if Masterson keeps nibbling and missing, and the timely hitting that carried us through the first 6 weeks of the season remains MIA, the Indians aren’t in trouble.

By: Susan Petrone

Susan Petrone — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:18:22 +0000

@Jas: Thanks very much for your kind words.

@C.A.B.: I do think we were too harsh. We were originally going to give them an A. As passionate fans (like you obviously are), I can say that I personally let my frustration at watching the guys who are supposed to be our aces essentially throw BP and watching our offense crumble repeatedly. I stand by our comments that Masterson and Carmona do need to start locating their pitches better. Our hitters do need to put together better at-bats. If the offense falls apart whenever we face strong aces like Price, Lester, or Papelbon, the rest of the season is going to be rough.

By: C.A.B.

C.A.B. — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 05:02:34 +0000

Nevermind your post. You gave us a friggin’ B+ after the month of May on ESPN’s website??? Have you been watching this team at all???

Let’s see…the Yankees’ bloggers gave their underachieving, overspending team an A-, but our team has bloggers that can’t rate a team picked to finish last in the division with at LEAST an A due to having the best record in the AL? Because we’ve gotten whipped a few times, and had a few 2 or 3 game losing streaks in between ALL THOSE WINS???

Typical Cleveland/Ohio sports fans…never satisfied. Consider this my first and last time visiting your blog.

By: Jas Scarff

Jas Scarff — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 04:31:02 +0000

Susan,
Thanks for this sweet, eloquent and clear-eyed assessment of what this year means–whatever the outcome. As a Cleveland sports fan from Columbus, I’ve always felt like I was standing outside with my nose pressed to the windowpane; I went to few games and leaned instead on the radio and the newspaper. But you echo my feelings so often that I feel like a real Cleveland insider. You’re really a fine writer.

By: Susan Petrone

Susan Petrone — Tue, 31 May 2011 13:30:34 +0000

@JudahMaccabbee: Thank you for your wonderful comment.