Take a step back in time....

Let's revisit an old blog post.....circa July 28, 2008. My comments will be bolded after the old stuff.

"First off, let me start by saying the Cleveland Indians drive me absolutely nuts. One year later, they still do.

One of these days, I'm just going to stop torturing myself. I mean, why am I still watching these games? The Tribe are done for the year. One year later, I still continue to watch them, and still realize that, yet again, they are done for the year.

Yet I still find myself sitting in front of the TV, watching Ryan Garko suck every night. It must be a disease or something. I don't know how else to explain it. Wow. I wish I could watch Ryan Garko suck every night. Instead, he got traded and replaced with Andy Marte, who is even worse.

• Who's next? CC, then Casey Blake. I'm sure Shapiro isn't done yet. Haha, if I only knew.
  
• Ben Francisco is terrible. Every game, you are guaranteed that at least one of his at bats will result in a pop-up in the infield. Yea, well, he still does that. I don't care that he's gone.
  
• Ryan Garko is a joke. Seriously? Every single game....0-4, 2 Strikeouts. Time to go, meatball. I miss Ryan Garko.
  
• Paul Byrd needs to get the hell out of Cleveland. I don't know who would want him, but he needs to go. Anywhere. How in the HELL did Paul Byrd get signed by the Red Sox last year? What were they thinking?
  
• Fausto Carmona is starting to look like the pitcher who went 1-10 two seasons ago. Which one is the real Fausto? Uhh...the crappy one is the real one.
  
• David Dellucci shouldn't get another at bat the rest of the season. If you want to find out what you have in these young guys, why keep playing Dellucci? Well, that's how Wedge rolls. What else explains why, ONE YEAR LATER, Matt LaPorta is STILL in AAA-ball? At least Dellucci is gone.
  
• Andy Marte doesn't look that bad. He's bad, but not terribly bad. Haha. Was I drunk?
  
• Kelly Shoppach has proven, with V-Mart out for so long, that he deserves to play more than once a week. It wouldn't be a bad idea to put Victor at first more and more when he comes back, and keep Shop in the lineup more often. Besides, Garko sucks. So get him out of the lineup by putting Victor at first. Worst idea EVER. Shoppach is the biggest pile of junk I've ever seen behind the plate. Again, what was I thinking?
  
• Jhonny Peralta is thriving in the cleanup spot. He's been hitting the ball real well ever since he was moved there. I say keep him there--for good. Put Victor 3rd, and let Hafner hit 5th--if he ever comes back. Jhonny is still my favorite Indian. Why? No clue. But I like him. And he's raking again.
  
• We still need a second baseman. Jamey Carroll is bad. Asdrubal Cabrera is bad. Josh Barfield is bad. Asdrubal is the future...he was just playing bad at this post last year.
  
• When is Matt LaPorta going to be sent up? Since the season is already over, you might as well bring him up in September to get some at bats. Even if he hits .090, it doesn't matter. The season is already over. Never. That's when.
  
• K-Rod anyone? Hey Shapiro...PAY HIM WHATEVER HE WANTS. We haven't had a closer in over 10 years. Kobayashi isn't the answer. Neither of the Rafael's are the answer. Joe Borowski sure as hell wasn't the answer. Francisco Rodriguez is the answer. Hahahaha. Shapiro spend money? Not ever. No way. FYI, Kerry Wood wasn't the answer, either.
  
• Who in the hell is going to be in the rotation next year? The only sure things are Cliff Lee and Fausto Carmona. Byrd will (hopefully) be gone, and Sowers and Laffey are pitching terrible. What does that leave? Let's answer that question...Fausto Carmona, Aaron Laffey, Carl Pavano, Jeremy Sowers, David Huff. Oh yea. A starting rotation that could be competetive--in High School ball.
  
• I've been saying this for two years now--Trevor Crowe needs to be in Cleveland. Playing in Akron isn't doing the kid any good. He rakes in Akron. He's the leadoff hitter the Indians need. Then, Sizemore can move down in the batting order, and produce more runs for this team. Crowe is a base burner. Yea...too bad Trevor Crowe is garbage in Cleveland.
  

Well, that's about it for the evening. Preseason football officially kicks off a week from Thursday. I can't wait. Maybe, just maybe, the Browns can finally do something special. "

Hahahahahahahaahahahaha. Seriously. I must have been tanked. The Browns do something good? Not ever.

Ahhh, how much I love being a Cleveland fan.

Witness Protection!

So the Cleveland Cavaliers traded for Shaquille O'Neal. WOW. I can't believe a Cleveland team actually traded FOR a superstar, instead of trading away a superstar. It's a nice breath of fresh air for a Cleveland team. It'll be interesting to see what the Cavs can do with Shaq. We couldn't get through Orlando because no one could stop Dwight Howard. The Lakers won the championship because they have big guys...this was a move that had to be made. Plus, we gave up Ben Wallace (garbage) and Sasha Pavlovic (trash) to get a future Hall-of-famer. Can't really beat a deal like that, can ya? Hopefully Shaq is willing to play second fiddle to LeBron, and hopefully Shaq will do everything he can to bring a championship to Cleveland.

It's funny...right when I was just about to give up on even the Cavaliers (you know, the only Cleveland team that actually has any chance of winning a championship in the near future), they reel me back in. Hopefully this shows LeBron that the Cavs front office is willing to do whatever it takes to build the best team possible, and LeBron will want to stick around for a long time. Only time will tell.

I'm already ready for basketball season. Let's get it crackin'.

I'm so sick of this shit.

Seriously, I don't know how much more of this bullshit I can take. Why is it that no matter how good a Cleveland team might be, they can NEVER win ONE DAMN CHAMPIONSHIP?! It's so frustrating. I can't even put into words how pissed off I am right now. I hope the Magic get absolutely killed in the finals, because they are an absolute joke on an NBA team. Shoot some more threes, you frickin' jackasses.

I. HATE. CLEVELAND. SPORTS.

It's 1:30 AM. Sounds like a good time for a blog.

First off, I have no interest in even speaking about the fact that Eric Mangini is a complete and total jackass. I also have no interest in speaking about the fact that the 2009 NFL Draft, at least from a Browns fans perspective, was the most pathetic thing I've witnessed in my 23 years of living on this earth. I also have no interest in diving into the topic that is the Cleveland Indians bullpen and the fact that they are the biggest joke this side of Al Davis' draft methods.

OK, I lied. After those three things, there's really nothing else to talk about. I could talk about how incredible the Cavaliers are, but they haven't even played in over a week--you know, because they swept the Piss-tons out of the Playoffs while making them look like a basketball team who plays at the same level as a 9-year old rec team at the YMCA. And since we still don't know who the Cavs are playing in the second round, there's no point in talking about the Cavs. Yet.

Sooooooo....let's talk about the geniousness of The ManKok. Yea, I said it. You know your team is a joke when your GM and Coach have been dubbed "The ManKok regime." I honestly would rather have Phil Savage swearing at our fans and telling them to "Go root for Buffalo" and Romeo Crennel standing on the sidelines oogiling the hot dog vendors than having ManKok. And I figured the odds of me ever saying that were about the same odds as the Indians bullpen pitching a scoreless inning. HA! Yea right!

Speaking of which....the Indians bullpen is pathetic. Rafael Betancourt? Joe Smith? Rafael Perez? Jensen Lewis? Vinnie Chulk? Zach Jackson? Put them ALL on waivers. Call up ANYONE from AAA or AA-ball to take their spots, because those guys absolutely blow. That's it for Tribe talk. I figured they'd be at 0-24 right now, so I guess 9-15 is good?

Last thing...the Draft. You know, why in God's name would we actually want to draft a "diva" like Michael Crabtree? I mean, after all, we could trade down, draft a center, and take another wide receiver in the 2nd round. Oh, and by the way, I've already pre-ordered my Brian Robiskie Browns jersey. Pretty eye-popping, ain't it?

Robiskie could end up being a solid NFL receiver. Michael Crabtree could end up being a MAN of an NFL receiver who puts up Fitzgerald/TO type numbers. And speaking of being a man, I leave you with this golden nugget of YouTube-ness.

The Greatest Cleveland Brown EVER.

Today is a day for a tribute. A tribute to the greatest player to ever put on a Cleveland Browns uniform. A tribute to the man who might, no, who does have the greatest name ever put on a football uniform. On December 6, 1984, this legend was born. I'm talking about none other than SYNDRIC STEPTOE.

Now, as you can see in the above picture, all Syndric Steptoe (#12 for all you morons out there who don't actually know about this absolute stud) does is catch touchdowns. I mean, come on. You seriously think I'm joking? Syndric was a SuperPrep All-America selection in High School. Yea. You don't make ANY All-America team unless your an absolute rawhide. His 40-time? A blazin' 4.41. And he ran that with a broken leg. No joke. He's Syndric friggin' Steptoe for God's sake.


Now, I could sit here for hours--no--days talking about the mythical Syndric Steptoe. But I refuse to do that. That wouldn't even do him justice. This will.



Yea. THAT. JUST. HAPPENED. Consider yourself lucky. You just got to re-live what is hands down the greatest touchdown catch in Cleveland Browns history of any Browns wide receiver while wearing brown pants.

Syndric Steptoe. Remember the name. Because when January of 2010 comes around, and Steptoe finishes the season with 79 catches for 1,895 yards and 19 TD's, you know damn well you'll be rockin' your Syndric Goddamn Stepteezy jersey.