Comments on: On the road: Stephen Strasburg comes to Cleveland

By: Art Vandeley

Art Vandeley — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:24:48 +0000

Like your subtle reference to “beautiful” downtown Cleveland. Also glad to hear that the world’s last Expos fan lives in Ohio and supports his Nationals.

By: Joe L

Joe L — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:32:52 +0000

Best heckling story – Cleveland Municipal Stadium, April 8, 1993 (how do I remember – because Baerga hit a home run from each side of the plate in the same inning). Steve Howe (who got shellacked) is warming up in the bullpen on the third base side, right in front of the stands. As there were about 500 people in attendance, we walked down and sat right near him. As the park was empty, it was dead quiet. I would like to think we caused his meltdown on the mound because, throughout his entire warmup, we simply spoke to him directly and the entire park could hear us – “You still look like a coke dealer to me” “Steve – if you carry a mirror and razorblade to the mound, the umpire will find it” “Steve – do you know where we can score after the game?” etc. etc. It was brutal and awesome.
To his great credit, he was a pro about it, even smiling at a few of the more clever digs. We all decided he was OK after taking all of that.
He was also ginormous and looked likely to rip his uniform sleeves at any moment.

By: InnocentBystander

InnocentBystander — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:07:21 +0000

Your Josh Willingham story reminds me of an April 1998 Mariners game at Yankee Stadium. With 2 outs in the top of the 7th and the Yanks up 7-4, pinch hitter Rob Ducey was announced. With all of the hatred generally reserved good players or Red Sox, a fan behind us yelled “F!@# ROB DUCEY!!!” He does have (relatively) good splits against the Yanks, but still…it’s only Rob Ducey.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:02:23 +0000

Craig, unfortunately, you missed the best part of the game for me. Only a few sections from where you were sitting, we saw a gentleman wearing a Mark DeRosa jersey. This was not just any DeRosa jersey though. It was a half Cubs-half Indians Mark DeRosa jersey. Yes, more than being a Cubs or Indians fan, he is a Mark DeRosa fan. Did he find this premade or did he have to make it himself? How much did he pay for all of this Mark DeRosa love? Did he like him when he was with Texas? Is he adding another section with his Giants jersey? Is he devastated over his probably season ending surgery? Unfortunately, I will never know the answer to these questions, but I will always have the picture of him to look back at fondly.

By: josh

josh — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:05:03 +0000

Speaking of Strasburg-effect…
On the Fox telecast Saturday Tim McCarver decided that if Strasburg(in his maybe 6 starts prior to) has a record of 5-1 or 6-0 he should be on the All Star team.
McCarver will never let someone out “idiot” him.

By: expos94champs

expos94champs — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:23:44 +0000

If they were really former Expos fans they should have been sporting their Matt Stairs or Rusty Staub “rouge, blanc et bleue” jersys. If they felt like they had to wear a Nats jersey i hope they had Livan Hernandez’s name on the back.

By: YankeesfanLen

YankeesfanLen — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:22:08 +0000

Yeah, yeah, yeah, you get to hang out with all your rich and famous buddies and we get a picture in the HBT weekend wrapup of kids in front of a 50s tract house in Levittown running through the sprinklers.
We did have ribeyes on the grill after the Yanks victory so I guess I’ll call it even.