PeaceBang
The manic mind of the minister -- Auntie Mame Meets Cotton Mather. Blogging about Unitarian Universalism, UU Christian spiritual practice, occasional cultural and political ravings, and the inner life of ministry. PeaceBang is the alter ego of a small town pastor serving an historic New England Unitarian Universalist congregation.
PeaceBang Salutes The Tribe
October 16, 2007 on 11:10 pm | In Cultural Commentary |I should not be awake right now watching this game, but … as much as I HATE and LOATHE the big chowderhead commentators on the Fox Channel, I am watching the game.
The Cleveland Indians were just obliterating my Sox in the fifth inning and I have to hand it to the Cleveland Tribe, you guys are the fiercest, most psycho fans of all time! I thought you were, like, nice farm-type people and everything! You are SO not! You are there 44,000 strong yelling your heads off and waving those white towels around and quite frankly I am afraid of you. You make Red Sox nation look like demure wussies sitting around drinking tea with our pinkies up.
When my boys (Manny, Papi and Youk) hit three homers in a row in the sixth, you THREW THE BALLS BACK! That is commendably psycho, I salute your loyalty. I am starting to totally love you.
How can I go to sleep with this intensity raging on the Fox Channel? Even the cat is running around like a maniac, her eyes the size of saucers. Cleveland, I tell ya! They got the power! They even have these little girl fans who look like extras from the cast of “The Crucible” standing behind the Sox dug-out chanting or something. I swear I’m not making this up. Go watch. There’s a bunch of pre-adolescent girls who look positively possessed behind the Sox cages whispering curses. Watch their lips. I don’t think they’re doing Hail Marys.
All I have to say is that I’m going to sleep now and EVEN THOUGH WE MIGHT LOSE tonight (Manny Del Carmen, I’d like to pull all your hair out even though I know that’s not Christian of me), we have Beckett pitching on Thursday. Don’t get cocky. And I hate your incredibly racist mascot, Chief Wahoo. You have a fabulous team; why not lose that hideous logo?
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May I simply add: Argh! I’m very grateful that we all get to sleep tonight.
Comment by Philocrites — October 17, 2007 #
After the Indians gave my Angels a crazy beating, I am so torn. I never thought I would ever be rooting for the Sox. I might have just move over to the National League and cheer for the Rockies.
I remember when we had GA in Cleaveland and we had the protest in the rain against Chief Wahoo.
Those fans were ruthless.
Comment by Alex Winnett — October 17, 2007 #
Just as a note: the Cleveland Indians are named for one of their players, Lou Sockalexis, who was a much-beloved Penobscot member of the team. The name is in homage to him and not meant to be racist. Also, the logo was redrawn several years ago to be less of a caricature. Chief Wahoo is still pretty bad, as is the hatchet motion, but they’re working on it.
I don’t care about baseball. I’ve been to maybe two Indians games in my life. The Canton Indians, from my hometown, moved to Akron and became the Aeros, which is an improvement, and their mascot is a, um, well, he looks kind of like Sonic the Hedgehog, so who knows what he is? But Cleveland gets a bad rap for their team name.
Comment by Ellis — October 17, 2007 #
Hmm. Wikipedia and some other sources say that the team’s name isn’t so great. That may be true; I don’t know. But I do know that Cleveland fans believe what I said above.
And yes, they are dedicated and a bit insane. I came from Ohio to Wrigleville and found that Cubs fans are more well-balanced, though more willing to sit in the field watching the Cubs lose. Sox fans are meaner and more profane, but they have that World Series trophy to brag about.
Comment by Ellis — October 17, 2007 #
yeah, and I went to Cleveland in July to watch the Sox play in Jacobs Field, and the stadium was not even half filled, and the crowd was pretty subdued, except for that guy playing that big drum up in the corner. Sox fans still rule!
However, I concur about the crazy throwin’ the home run ball back in the field. Totally pyscho.
Comment by karla — October 17, 2007 #
in the last five years or so it’s become pretty commonplace for the home fans to throw back the visiting team’s home runs. i believe the trend started at wrigley, but now is ubiquitous throughout the league.
btw, how much are the fox execs dreading the likely prospect of a colorado-cleveland series? which is kind of a shame if people treat it as an afterthought, because you’ll have an historically hot single-season team up against an historically frustrated one.
but, as a yanks fan no way can I dance on the sox graves yet–there are still enough guys left over from the miracle of ‘04.
Comment by revksb — October 17, 2007 #
I was just in the mountains over fall break for a few days (recovering from two straight months of 60-70 hour work weeks, UGH ARGH) and there in the middle of Hot Springs, NC near the Tennessee border was a man in a Sox t-shirt. Red Sox Nation lives! (He looked like a tourist, but I suspect he was a tourist from here in NC, there with his family –there were a spouse and kid with him.)
Just so you know we’re out here :-).
Comment by Jane R — October 21, 2007 #