You had to be there. No, really … you HAD to be there. This was our night — Joe Fan’s night. And Gus’ and Brandon’s and Derek’s and Theresa’s and Jasmine’s. It was our party — not the Quicken Loans people, or Mister Dan Gilbert’s or the P.A. pimp who interrupts and orchestrates and admonishes [...]
Unearned runs get Elyria to final
ASHLAND — They scraped together two unearned runs before they had a hit — and hit safely just twice all day. They popped out 15 times, struck out three times and committed three errors. But Elyria’s top-ranked Pioneers made the whole mess work for their 30th victory Friday, a 2-1 state semifinal thriller over unheralded [...]
Grinding one out
STATE SOFTBALL: Elyria 2, Mason 1 Pioneers’ Bashak mystifies Comets ASHLAND — Ken Fenik no doubt is happy his pitcher proved him to be not so prophetic. “We need more runs,” the Elyria softball coach said during an hour-long — give or take a few minutes — rain-lightning delay Friday at the Division I state [...]
Detroit hating C-town
INDIANS 12, Tigers 11 CLEVELAND — As if Detroit’s sports fans weren’t already angry enough at Clevelanders. Their beloved Pistons are on the verge of being bounced from the NBA playoffs by the Cavaliers and their Michigan Wolverines have lost five of the last six games to archrival Ohio State. Now this. A near certain [...]
Players pulling for Cavs tonight – Tribe Notes
CLEVELAND — Normally, televisions in the home clubhouse are tuned to ESPN following a game at Jacobs Field. Thursday night, TNT and the Cleveland Cavaliers were on. Indians players and manager Eric Wedge have recognized the city’s hoops team, which is on the verge of making its first-ever appearance in the NBA finals, needing one [...]
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