FROM THE MAILBAG:
nestor:
by the way, made the trip to cleveland last weekend. found the town and 99% of the people to be great. unfortunately there was one dude about 7 rows behind my 2 sons and i that seemed to have a problem with us wearing the purple.
there were some pretty hairy moments, particularly after they scored 10 unanswered to take the lead. i thought i might be watching most of the 2nd half from the lock-up.
needless to say, it suddenly got real quiet in the 4th quarter.
we had a blast.
signed,
brad
Hey Brad:
Well doneโฆsend along a pic from the roadie and Iโll post it from now onโฆ
My videos are on wnstvโฆcheck โem outโฆ
I go every year and I almost have a routine at this point.
I love the RTAโฆ
I love the flightโฆ
I love PaninisโฆI always order the turkey and the cole slaw and fries are the bomb!
I love paying $20 to a scalper for a ticketโฆ
I have great memories of Clevelandโฆfrom the 1995 World Series, the 1996 playoffs, Oilers trips back in the 1980โs, Indians games at the old ballpark, nights with Ohioโs finest in the Flats, buddies at Baldwin-Wallace college who I met on a spring break tripโฆ
Iโve seen Springsteen, The Who, Phil Collins, Def Leppard, The Alarm, The Smithereensโฆtons of bands and trips to Cleveland on Southwest Airlines for $19.
Iโve had many, many, man fun nights in Cleveland. Probably as many in Cleveland as any other place besides Baltimore on earthโฆ
I get to catch up with Phil Savageโฆ
I love the tripโฆwouldnโt miss it!
BUTโฆI REALLY love the trip when we kick their asses and I get to watch their fans mercilessly boo the home teamโฆ
I honestly donโt recall ever going to Cleveland and NOT hearing their fans boo the team.
Itโs as much of a tradition as them playing โHang on Sloopyโโฆ
They made Tim Couch cryโฆ
Honestly, I didnโt hear them boo them until Terrell Suggs picked off the ball, and for the 50,000 who were left many just grabbed their stuff and rolled.
They didnโt even have the ENERGY to boo them.
It really is a lot of fun going to the games every week and the reason I shoot the videos is to show you what itโs like to be a schmuck from Baltimore in the seats every week.
Itโs one of my favorite parts of life: going to Ravens games on the road.
I donโt do โroadtripsโ to Cleveland anymore because people really donโt want to go.
If you wear purple, it generally sucks. Itโs just not any fun getting crap thrown at you and having your wife get called a whore for three hours. So, we wear black and just have โquietโ fun.
The fans sitting next to us didnโt know we were Ravens fans until the third quarter. We kinda snuck up on โem. It was a LOT of fun! Extremely memorable! With Obama buzzing around, Springsteen playing music that you could literally hear from our seats, it was pretty cool. And the comeback got me outta my seat high-fiving my wife and screaming like a banshee with a spearโฆ
(Hey I was with Billick tonight at MaGerksโฆhad to slip that one in thereโฆIt was a great time and an awesome crowd! Vids are coming soon!)
I canโt wait for Houstonโฆ