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Local Bar has a sign up:

Denver sacrificed a virgin in order to win the Super Bowl.

loufla wrote:Local Bar has a sign up:

Denver sacrificed a virgin in order to win the Super Bowl.

It was Denver for God's sake, where did they find a virgin?

Uncle Dennis wrote:

loufla wrote:Local Bar has a sign up:

Denver sacrificed a virgin in order to win the Super Bowl.

It was Denver for God's sake, where did they find a virgin?

I'll preface this with reminding I have solid West Virginia roots.....

I remember the old Ohio question joke question:

Why was Jesus Christ not born in West Virginia?

They couldn't come up with three wise men and a virgin.

Rimshot

There is a 60'ish Vietnamese guy somewhere in The Bay Area tonight who is now the new owner of a 36 inch tall and 20 inch wide red particle board cut and painted red, white and blue Cleveland Indians Chief Wahoo for wall hanging.

It was formerly hanging in my sports room, and before that my brother or sister in law of the day bought it and hung it in their sports rooms in Ohio and later South Carolina. When my brother died, I decided that Chief Wahoo was one of the things I should keep and bring to California.

Now looking at a possible 3,000 mile move, I decided early on in the process it was time for Chief Wahoo to find a new home. The damn thing weighed enough it took two heavy duty nails in studs to safely hang.

Being empty nesters for nearly a year, we have been having "pre-moving" garage sales since last summer. A bunch of yard sales. A bunch. We had a bunch of stuff. I have a Promissory Note and receipt for the 12 hogs my Great Grandfather bought in 1911, to give some idea of the spectrum of stuff I/We have accumulated. We have a steel hatchet my wife's Grandmother hand made herself in Finland during one of those times The Fins were having a tiff with Germans or Russians. A bunch of stuff.

I've had Chief Wahoo at all our prior garage sales. Not a single bite. I've had it on Craigslist, knowing there are at least several hundred Cleveland sports fans in my part of The Bay Area. No bites. Not one.

My fail safe planned solution for Chief Wahoo before the move was to leave it at one of The Browns Bars out here. Not to ask if they wanted it.....just to leave it.

We had an advertised garage sale today, and had prepared contingency plans for the forecasted Saturday morning rain. The rain began to fall hard as some early birds arrived an hour before the sale asking about particular items I had listed. I brought them into the house in small groups to let them see what they came for and dumped (....sold) about $500 worth of stuff I didn't want anymore and did not want to move 3,000 miles. All without setting up outside.

Two Vietnamese guys, including the aforementioned, wanted to see a Made in America Conn trumpet I was selling. They liked it, and one bought it at my asking price.

Then the other guy saw Chief Wahoo and asked excitedly, "how much??"

It wasn't marked with a price so I resorted to, "well, I want to sell it....make me an offer and I'm sure we can work a deal out."

"Will you take twenty dollars?," was his reply.

"It's yours."

I tried to ascertain his motivation for buying as he left with his trumpet purchaser companion.

"Do you know what that is?, I inquired.

"Yes, it's an Indian," was his reply.

Bottom line, he was right.

There's a nice PBS documentary floating around on PBS stations capturing the 100 years of Fenway Park, as we reach 2012.

Hey HB, my local PBS is airing Hoosiers without commercial interruption this evening.

I guess those PBS folks are just angling for another way to loosen up my wallet for further contributions to advance their agenda.

My wife and I watched a 1965 show of Lawrence Welk earlier this evening on PBS.

We both enjoyed. And we are not quite to our Geritol years.

At the start of spring training, the Tribe over/under season wins in Las Vegas was 84.5.

Today that number has dropped to 79.

I'll still take the under.

seagull wrote:At the start of spring training, the Tribe over/under season wins in Las Vegas was 84.5.

Today that number has dropped to 79.

I'll still take the under.

That's a huge drop in such a short gaming time span.

Hopefully, Shapiro & Company will be serving up some crow late in the 2012 season.

Tribe Fan in SC/Cali wrote:There's a nice PBS documentary floating around on PBS stations capturing the 100 years of Fenway Park, as we reach 2012.

Did you see it, CALI?
Looks like it was on last week, but I missed it. Don't see any future showings scheduled here in Cleveland.

The Beatles 2? James McCartney Hints At New Band With Sean Lennon, Dhani Harrison, Zak Starkey

The Huffington Post | By Kia Makarechi

Posted: 04/ 3/2012 11:42 am Updated: 04/ 3/2012 12:26 pm

Nothing may be sacred after all: Sir Paul McCartney's son James is interested in starting a second-generation Beatles band with John Lennon's son Sean, George Harrison's son Dhani and Ringo Starr's son Zak.

The band would apparently be called "The Beatles -- The Next Generation," AFP reports.

There's only one problem: they're out one drummer. Ringo's son Zak Starkey was not a fan of the idea. "I don't think it's something Zak wants to do," McCartney admitted, according to The Telegraph.

All of the aforementioned Beatle progeny have taken after their fathers. McCartney has played guitar on two of his father's albums, and is playing a show at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, where the Beatles cut their teeth.

Starkey has drummed for the likes of The Who and Oasis, Harrison is the frontman of thenewno2 and Lennon is a successful singer-songwriter in New York.

As for the chances of the band actually coming to fruition? McCartney says it's up to "the will of God" and "nature's support."

I just saw this today, haven't seen it posted here.

Ray Narleski, 2-time all-star and part of Indians' great bullpen in historic 1954 season, dies at age 83
Published: Monday, April 02, 2012, 3:55 PM Updated: Monday, April 02, 2012, 3:57 PM
By Mike Peticca, The Plain Dealer Plain Dealer file photo
Indians relief pitcher Ray Narleski (left), manager Al Lopez (center) and first baseman Vic Wertz (right) in a 1954 photo, maybe after one of the Indians' 111 wins that season -- an American League record at the time.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Ray Narleski, a two-time all-star with the Indians and a key to their brilliant bullpen during the historic 1954 season, died on March 29 at age 83.

Narleski died of natural causes, his wife of 63 years, Ruth, said through the funeral home near the Narleski home in Gloucester Township, New Jersey.

Narleski was a right-handed rookie relief pitcher for the Indians when they set the American League record for wins, finishing 111-43, before being swept in the World Series by the New York Giants. The wins record has been broken since the schedule was expanded to 162 games.

Sharing the bulk of the bullpen duties with two left-handers, Don Mossi and future Hall of Famer Hal Newhouser, Narleski was 3-2 with 13 saves and a 1.95 ERA in 40 relief appearances spanning 78 1/3 innings, holding hitters to a .171 batting average. He pitched in two World Series games, not getting a decision while allowing one run in four innings.

With his blazing fastball and a good assortment of off-speed pitches, Narleski finished sixth in the American League MVP voting in 1955. He led AL pitchers with 60 appearances and with 19 saves, during an era when there were fewer save opportunities as starters pitched more complete games. Narleski was 9-1 with a 3.71 ERA in 111 2/3 innings.

Narleski made the AL all-star team in 1956 and 1958, pitching 3 1/3 scoreless relief innings during the AL’s 4-3 win over the National League in 1958.

In his five seasons with the Indians, Narleski was 39-21 with 53 saves and a 3.22 ERA in 224 games, including 42 starts.

Narleski was named among the Top 100 Greatest Indians during the team’s 100th anniversary celebration in 2001.

The Indians traded Narleski, Mossi and infielder Ossie Alvarez to the Tigers for pitcher Al Cicotte and infielder Billy Martin — who went on to managing fame — on Nov. 20, 1958.

Narleski was 4-12 with five saves for Detroit in 1959. He was hampered by a sore pitching shoulder, but retired after the season, at age 30, also due to a ruptured disc in his back.

Narleski’s father, Bill Narleski, was a Red Sox infielder in 1929-30. In his book, “The Cleveland Indians Encyclopedia,” former Plain Dealer Indians beat writer Russell Schneider wrote that Narleski credited his father’s practice time with him for his success.

“Never give in to a hitter,” was a piece of advice from his father that Narleski never forgot, he said.

One of Ray Narleski’s three sons, Steve Narleski, pitched in the Indians’ minor league system from 1976-83, reaching Class AAA but never the major leagues.

As for the chances of the band actually coming to fruition? McCartney says it's up to "the will of God" and "nature's support."

Maybe Pete Best has a son who is a drummer.

VT'er wrote:

As for the chances of the band actually coming to fruition? McCartney says it's up to "the will of God" and "nature's support."

Maybe Pete Best has a son who is a drummer.

I was thinking the same thing!
Then if "Beatles 2.0" became rich and famous, we would read articles about the poor Starkey Jr. who missed out...

I remember Ray Narleski, and appriecitated what he did.. RIP Ray.

Narleski and Mossi were quite a combo in the pen. Part of the reason I became and Indians fan. Long time ago,