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Originally Posted by horseofcourse

OH, I went to the Coliseum much more than Gund...(in fact I've never been there), it was a lot closer to home being a Canton boy too.....that's what was there when I grew up. Gund was built after I had moved away. I remember going to see the Buffalo Braves and Bob McAdoo and Ernie D back in the mid 70s at the Coliseum my first game I saw there. Went to to a couple concerts there as well and of course Blossom right there too. It was a neat place. Got a lot of flak for being in the wilderness and winter driving in that area was a ton of fun too!! For folks from the south the Coliseum was better to go to not having to go all the way to the city. But it was a nice place. I agree.

Well glad you got to see it then.I came up from south of there and it cut the driving time in half.The only new place you would like is the new baseball stadium.I still like the old stadium best, but the baseball stadium---- they did that very well.

[horseofcourse]

Originally Posted by pointmanscousin

Well glad you got to see it then.I came up from south of there and it cut the driving time in half.The only new place you would like is the new baseball stadium.I still like the old stadium best, but the baseball stadium---- they did that very well.

I've been to Jacobs Field several times (it's now Progressive I guess!), it is very great. My visits home are always summer time, so my sporting options are quite limited to baseball only which is why I've never been to the other new places. When my Dad was still alive he had a season package with many others so I would go to a game a year in the 90s on my visits, when they were rolling big time (regular season anyway). They were fun in the 'roid era! I went to one game in Thome's last year (back in the "they'll have to rip the Cleveland jersey off my back" days and he hit two dingers, in the end it only took a 7 year rather than a 6 year contract for him to gracefully take that Cleveland laundary off!!)

You got to be there at the best possible time so that's a break.


Yes, the Thome Jersey Tear Off is legendary here.

I'm waiting for C-Perez to try the same angle.

[horseofcourse]

Wow, there's Jhonny, not one but two home runs today. Sweep city. Somewhere slot dirts is smiling!

Unbelievable, the curse continues.


We get good players who then go bad....then we ship out bad players who then go good.C-Perez has sniffed out that rhythm.

But the Yankee Swine payroll again goes for not.

This is refreshing to know.


Ever been to Sevrence Hall? The art museum?The Cheap Whiskey Dancer Bar? Franklin ....CAH-SOL? Now those places are the ticket.

[TheSpyder]

I've been to the white CAH SOL on cedar road back in the day. Burgers like none other.

!!


There's still a few a round....not very many ,but some.

Was in that general neighborhood just a few weeks ago.Took Warrensville Center out to South Park, but got messed up ( you know what a maze all those roads are out there) and wound up on North Park.An AbbeyGail adventure.Anyhoo....turned onto Cedar out to Carnegie.The architecture of those buildings around Cedar,Mayfield and even Coventry is to die for.


The Clinic is a sprawling mass now....been a long time since I'd seen it.

[horseofcourse]

Originally Posted by pointmanscousin

Unbelievable, the curse continues.


We get good players who then go bad....then we ship out bad players who then go good.C-Perez has sniffed out that rhythm.

But the Yankee Swine payroll again goes for not.

This is refreshing to know.


Ever been to Sevrence Hall? The art museum?The Cheap Whiskey Dancer Bar? Franklin ....CAH-SOL? Now those places are the ticket.

To be fair, Jhonny's always been pretty good. Cannon arm who makes the routine plays non stop. Only 7 errors this year. Not much range, still swings at bad pitches, but you know what he'll do. Extreme consistency. Actually had a bad year for him on offense this year. Zero emotion whatsoever which I think helps him in post season. In 2007 was actually the Tribe's best hitter in post season getting many big hits, and he's continued his good post season hitting with Detroit. We just focus on only the bad things. He really hasn't lifted his game at all in Detroit, he just is what he's always been. Everyone's better when you put them with Cabrera, Fielder and Verlander!!

Originally Posted by horseofcourse

To be fair, Jhonny's always been pretty good. Cannon arm who makes the routine plays non stop. Only 7 errors this year. Not much range, still swings at bad pitches, but you know what he'll do. Extreme consistency. Actually had a bad year for him on offense this year. Zero emotion whatsoever which I think helps him in post season. In 2007 was actually the Tribe's best hitter in post season getting many big hits, and he's continued his good post season hitting with Detroit. We just focus on only the bad things. He really hasn't lifted his game at all in Detroit, he just is what he's always been. Everyone's better when you put them with Cabrera, Fielder and Verlander!!

I see what you mean.It does obliterate the axiom that a team has to be strong up the middle, defensively.


I agree about his arm and he did turn the double play well....but boy his range certainly was 60 feet apart and not 90.

But he does seem like a nice guy so it's good to hear it for him.