Another Non-Tribe Post

Bad things happen when I get left alone. Ok, not really bad things, just crazy things. Hubby & the boys have been in Vegas since Monday, and are getting back around midnight tonight. So, me being who I am, and absolutely hating being alone, unless I'm in one of my "moods," decides to go out Monday night.

Because I've been w/hubby for almost 9 years, and married for almost 6, I never really did the go out and hit the club scene thing. In all honesty, I never really had the desire to. So what happened on Monday, was really kinda of shocking to me.

Not only did I get kinda smashed, but I swear I paid for like one drink all night. One drink. And I was toasted. I mean I was doing shot of Beam for goodness sakes. I never drink Beam. I'm JD & Maker's kinda girl. Went to my normal bar, you know, my second home. And saw some regulars, who totally know I'm hitched, and know and like my hubby, and they bought my drinks all night.

How much of this is from them knowing I do a little freakout thing when hubby's gone, and they're just trying to ease my pain so speak, or whether it's cuz I have an inclination to, uh, flash people with no warning (hey, they need to breathe, ok?) and not hesitate to drop the F-Bomb if I think it's appropiate, or if it's cuz, if I don't call myself hot out of vanity, I'll call myself good looking, I just don't know.

I had to laugh when I got home though. I was thinking, man, I could have saved myself so much money over the years, if only I went out drinking alone.

Hitchiker Guy

Only because I found it totally fucked up, I'm veering off the Tribe for a sec.

Saturday, hubby and I were driving out to my mom & dad's to pick something up. Driving down RT 18, hit I-71, and see this skinny-scraggly-hillbilly-old-man-of-the-mountain-redneck-looking dude hitchin' by the on-rap. Keep in mind I have nothing against rednecks, hillbillies, or anyone else for that mater, mostly cuz I'm sure I AM a redneck-hillbilly, but anyway, back to the story. So we saw this dude on Saturday doing his hitchin' thing.

Then yesterday, Monday, I'm driving my man and a couple of his buddies up to Hopkins to do their Vegas deal, right? And from where I live, to where I had to go to get people, it was just way easier to hit 18, and take 71 up than anything else, especially w/5 people in a Sable. So we hit 18, and we're going along, when what to my wandering eyes does appear, but the very same hitchiker guy, like less than half a mile east from where he was Saturday!

What I totally don't understand is why he was east of where we saw him initially, trying to hitch w/a car going west. WTF? And how could he travel such a short distance in three days? If ya really want to go somewhere, and can't get lift, um, walking helps. Really. Oh, and stay outta that joint w/the go-go dancers. Nothing good can come from sleeping there. Nothing.

"...Like packin' for Cleveland."

Yeah, baby. That's right. It's now officially baseball season. HBO's showing Major League. That means the movie that taught me how to cuss, and what Indians baseball, and being a fan is REALLY about, is on. Right this second. So the opener is like 4 days away, so what? My season has started, baby. Since I was about 12, circa 1992, I've watched this movie every single March, when I start to, uh, itch for some baseball. This is my fix. Honestly, cannot get enough of this movie. Really. So who, besides my husband (who's in Vegas right now) cares, that I'm saying every line right along w/the actors? Thank 1994, or whatever year the bastards went on strike for that one. I must have watched that damn tape 15 million times that summer. The messed up thing is, that this movie has sooooo many great one liners, that I really don't know which the best one is. So, yeah. Here's to one more year in the sun, baby.

STO, Again.

Really. WTF! Not that I could actually see the game anyhow, because of the totally smart people at DirecTV, but showing the first training game on the network, at a delay? What? Because they didn't want to what, cause people to not listen to 'TAM? Lemme tell ya something, at least IMHO, way more people are gonna be tuning in to 'TAM this season regardless. I mean, has anyone actually thought this through? None of the satalite providers have come to agreement w/STO. None. Zip. Zero. Zilch. Granted, I haven't been in every single drinking establishment in NE Ohio, but in every one I've had the pleasure of drinking in, ALL had satalite. That's not even taking regular people like me, that have satalite into concideration. Yes. This is totally pissing me off. And most likely, even if DirecTV reaches an agreement before STO goes under, I'm still gonna listen to 'TAM, instead. Why? Cuz they never have pissed me off, and I've been listening to 'em since I was born, and oh, yeah, they've never pissed me off, by screwing me out of not hearing the games.

Good, bad, or what?

God. I can't believe I forgot about this.

I was listening to Triv last week sometime when they were down in Winterhaven, and something happened. It was either a very GOOD omen, or a very BAD omen. You decide.

They were doing their normal broadcast thing from O'Brady's, and quite obviously, most of the people were hammered beyond anything, which is cool. And I'm pretty sure they were trying to get, is it Alison? Whoever, they, being the guys in the bar, were trying to get her stand up on a chair, cuz they'd rather have seen her, than Triv. And I think it was someone in the background, again, goes (you knew this was coming, these ARE drunken Tribe Fans) "TAKE OFFF YOUR SHIRT!" And Triv starts in on this whole wanting to charge like a hundered bucks a guy to see her with her shirt off, and she was all nononono, and whatever.

And then, this is where the good omen/bad omen stuff comes in, Triv says something along the lines of , "Well, goddamn, I'd do it." And someone in the background, I think a radio dude, "You can't say "goddamn" on the air, sir."

Remember? And good fan will remember that from Major League... So, good omen, bad omen, or what is expected of a Tribe Fan during a live feed?

My First Game of Spring Training

It was awesome to see the spring training game on ESPN yesterday afternoon. Ok, awesome isn't exactly the correct word. I despise ESPN announcers. I wanna watch some baseball damnit, not watch the inside of the sportscaster's booth. Honestly they showed those two guys more than they showed the field. And really, who gives a crap about the Mets? I'm sure all of Cleveland was tuned into this game, because as we all know, most of us may not be able to watch The Tribe this season. And instead of catering to about a billion Clevelanders, and getting higher ratings, they talk, endlessly about the Mets. Why did about 6 1/2 innings go by with hardly any actual announcing, but had a bunch of hoopla about the Mets, their GM, their prospects, and whatever the entire team had for supper last night? Oh, and don't forget about Julio Franco. Wait. What? Julio Franco? The Julio Franco? The former Indian, Julio Franco? He's with the Mets? Holy shit. I thought he was about 115, and dead. Well, Mesa pitched for us until he was in his 40's. So why shouldn't Franco still be playing at 45? Oh yeah. That's right. Mesa was good, at least until The World Series.

Jimmy, Baby

You used to be my hero





Then you made me cry



Now I hate your guts.

What Are You Going to Watch When Baseball Starts?

Seriously, I wanna know whose genius idea it was to come up with SportsTime Ohio. So far DirecTv hasn't added it. Not only does that mean I won't be able to see the Tribe at my house, but neither will I be able to see them at any bar around here. Why couldn't the powers that be just be happy with showing games on FSNOhio? Hell, why couldn't they have left the games on WUAB, like they were a million years ago? Oh yeah, that's right, The Tribe got good for a few seasons, and some asshole wanted to make even MORE money on them. As if they weren't raking in the profits from the $6 beers, and $5 dogs, and don't forget the yuppie sushi bar, and whatever else they've added to the Jake.

Since this is gonna be an all Cleveland network, will the Browns & Cavs join up as well? Of course if they do, certainly all kinks will be worked out by the time both teams start their next season. Can't piss off those Browns and Cavs fans, oh no. But people that've been die-hard Tribe fans since the days of Brook Jacoby, Pat Tabler, and tickets were $6.50, well, screw them, right?

What if The Tribe, Baseball Gods forbid, has a losing season this year? How will that affect this bullshit network thing? Will it go under after a season, or will it, like a Cleveland fan's heart, continue beating with the assitance of life support, that maybe one of our teams someday, in this lifetime have not only a winning season, but also win a championchip? All I can say is, Dude, WTF?