Comments on: Just 180 Days Until Opening Day

By: Swift

Swift — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 20:21:02 +0000

“I agree with you, it is really disheartening. That’s what is so crazy…no matter how negative I feel (and I feel pretty damn negative) I know I’ll still watch. It’s like an addict almost. You know this is going to bring you misery, yet you just can’t stop yourself from watching!”

I guess that means I’m on my way to breaking the addiction. I only ended up actually going to one game this season (I typically go to about one a month). Yes, I always love baseball and love to go to the park, even if they lose, but the last two seasons have drained me.

In some stupid sense I felt a little guilty for not going, but frankly, it seemed like I was wasting my money.

I was sad that the season ended, but I frankly feel no reason to look forward to next season, and I’m sorry for that. But I don’t feel there is anything I can do about it.

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By: Steve Alex

Steve Alex — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 03:50:10 +0000

I guess I like punishment because I’ll probably watch too. Just don’t tell the Dolans. I don’t want them to think I’m a sucker.

By: Stephanie Liscio

Stephanie Liscio — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 03:12:25 +0000

Kevin – that was a great game! I’m not sure if Tuesday would have been as exciting to me if I was watching from home. In fact, I’m fairly certain it would not be! Usually I get more amped by the huge crowd, but Tuesday’s crowd was so very small by the 12th inning it just seemed cool for some reason. Maybe it’s because we kept saying “this sucked, but at least we’ll be home early,” and it ended up being a good game in the end.

Thanks Jeremy! It’s nice for us to be able to vent here and chat with commenters.

By: Jeremy C

Jeremy C — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 02:22:18 +0000

It was a tough year but this blog did really help! Knowing we had sort of a forum to vent and read another fellow season ticket holders point of view on things. Thanks for a great year Stephanie!

By: Kevin Price

Kevin Price — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:48:31 +0000

http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_04_27_anamlb_clemlb_1&mode=recap_home&c_id=cle#gid=2012_04_27_anamlb_clemlb_1&mode=video

Asdrubal Cabrera Walk Off Single 4/27/12

By: Kevin Price

Kevin Price — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:44:06 +0000

I can’t say that while watching Jason Donald hit that walk off or single(on replay btw) that I felt anything about the Indians winning a game. No feeling at all because I knew the bigger picture. On the other hand some of the early season victories such as the Asdrubal Cabrera walk off single against the Angels in a Jason Weaver game or when Chris Perez won the series against the White Sox and Rios seemed visibly upset. These moments I enjoyed because the players, the team, and the fans(mostly me though) were into it. I still love the Indians but the disappointment casts a shadow over it and honestly I won’t watch if it doesn’t matter.

By: Stephanie Liscio

Stephanie Liscio — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 20:14:44 +0000

Steve – I agree with you, it is really disheartening. That’s what is so crazy…no matter how negative I feel (and I feel pretty damn negative) I know I’ll still watch. It’s like an addict almost. You know this is going to bring you misery, yet you just can’t stop yourself from watching!

Thanks Bob! I wanted to make one last game at PNC, but ended up being too tired on Sunday to go. There really are a lot of similarities between the two teams. I even did a post a couple of weeks ago on how the front offices are similar, and how they all seem to adhere to the same philosophy that they picked up in the Indians organization.

By: Bob Sproule

Bob Sproule — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:28:19 +0000

Great article, Stephanie. I could almost echo it word for word as I sat at PNC park on Tuesday night for the Pirates 161st game of the season (a win!). When I see the comment of Steve Alex above, it is like I am reading a comment about the Pirates as well. Change “Dolans” to “Nuttings” and there we are!

By: Steve Alex

Steve Alex — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 18:17:46 +0000

I understand completely. I too found myself progressing from apathy to bitterness to anger as the season went on. I commend your loyalty to the team and baseball in general, but my negative side can’t help but think that’s what the Dolans must be counting on to sell their product. I’m already hearing the usual talk of confidence in the players we have and they’ll get better. With most payrolls over $100M and some pushing $200M, what are the little guys to do? The team has multitudes of holes to fill with a barren farm system and a $65M budget that forecloses any free agent shopping spree. We need at least one starting pitcher and two hitters to even field a major league caliber team, let alone compete. Chicago had 5 players hit 25+ HR with Dunn over 40 while no one on our team even reached 20 HR or a .290 average. Four opening-day starters had ERAs over 5.40. You can’t compete like that. The bullpen saved over 20 one-run games to keep them from the 105 losses they probably deserved. Where do you go from there? TGI-Over.