tornadomixer85

[tornadomixer85]

Why? Bc everyone loves BB8 LOL

[tornadomixer85]

Dark #malificent

[tornadomixer85]

Winter's Coming. #starkquote #GameofThrones

[tornadomixer85]

A very pleasant surprise as I finished up work yesterday evening. I especially love Kluber's response to the classic, "What are you going to do now?" question... to which he replied: "I'm going to go home and give my kids a bath." Just a humble, great guy.

[tornadomixer85]

#Lucky Cat! I've named him Fletcher after my old kitty. If you remember, about a dozen of these were featured in episode 2 of season 1 of #sherlock

[tornadomixer85]

Victory!

[tornadomixer85]

We Won, Stop Hating on the Tribe (aka your hometown team)

Last night, the young Cleveland Indians defeated the 1st Place Baltimore Orioles 2-1 in 11 innings. It was the 9th walk off victory for the Tribe, it's 7th coming on a home run. Despite injuries and somewhat predictable under performances, the Indians are 61-60, with an impressive 36 home wins. All of that said, ESPN and PlainDealer headlines read "Indians Scape by Orioles" and "Cory Kluber's season ranks with Indians' Cy Young winner Cliff Lee's for excellence amid mediocrity." Scraping by...Mediocre...Hardly encouraging. Personally, it pisses me off. I'm not a sports writer, but I'm sure someone thinks trashing their hometown team is a way to make money...quite the cynical business plan. As a fan of the game and The Indians, though, this type of disparaging reporting is wrong. This is a typical trend going back years, though. I'm not sure why ESPN keeps a negative spin on the Tribe and as for the Cleveland PlainDealer, they seem just listless, recycling similar titles and criticisms...I think they might just be lazy. How's that for "mediocre?" Either way, I think the Indians should be celebrated and enjoyed. After all, I live in CT and am without any professional team. I'd certainly root for the a Tribe if they played here. Quite frankly, these kids deserve it.

[tornadomixer85]

ALS ice bucket balance challenge! ...Just thought this would be cool to share. This is me. As always, Go Tribe! Go Red Sox!

[tornadomixer85]

More (now official) Wahoo Complaints...Please STOP AND DO YOUR JOB!

Ohio State Senator Eric Kearney proves not only that he has far too much time on his hands, but that he's clueless as to how to boost Cleveland's depressed economy. --Taken from ESPN.com-- "Eric Kearney, a Democrat from Cincinnati, introduced a resolution Wednesday that would encourage the baseball team to adopt a new name and mascot, citing racial insensitivity. He also sent a letter to Indians owner Larry Dolan urging a change." Seriously, this is worse than people lamenting the Cub's teddy bear mascot LOL. It's kinda pathetic and really, no one cares.

[tornadomixer85]

The Thomenator!!!! Love the statue...glad he retired as a member of the Indians (Another Hall of Famer!)

[tornadomixer85]

First post-All Star Game Series goes to the Tribe. Hoping for a sweep this afternoon of the Tigers. Purr kitty, purr LOL

[tornadomixer85]

A highlight of the season!

[tornadomixer85]

Wahoo Up For Debate (Again)...Sigh

To this, I say...BORED. Ok, so critics of the decades-old Cleveland Indians symbol have found new ammunition now that the Washington Redskins are being rather publicly flogged and forced to change their wildly racist name. Heck, even President Obama felt the need to lend his opinion here. And you know what? The President is not wrong: the term "redskin" is racist and needs changing,,,maybe to something like the Warriors or even (gasp) the Braves. Their symbol meanwhile hasn't been talked about, mainly because it looks exactly like a brave or warrior. So, now that a blatantly offensive racial slur will be leaving the NFL, critics in MLB are taking aim at Chief Wahoo, a symbol that is now only sparingly used by the Indians and MLB, with the large block "C" being opted for most of the time. While it has been said many times, allow me to reiterate: the Wahoo symbol was created by a cartoonist and meant to be cute and comical. Simply put: there was never any racist intent. The Redskins, meanwhile, have employed their name with perpetual historical nastiness. There is no way to characterize the term "redskin" in any way other than being offensive and disparaging. Not only are the arguments comparing Chief Wahoo in relation to the NFL franchise name debate flawed by simplistic logic, it is also a mute point, as the Indians have already defacto changed their symbol (or at very worst, are using two)...and at the end of the day two things are true whether opponents of Wahoo want them to be or not: 1) even if changed, Tribe fans will continue wearing the symbol and it will become a collectible to be worn maybe even more often (a truth Redskin advocates should also acknowledge and be prepared for) and 2) the Indians have no control, as in zero, zip, nada, as to which symbol MLB uses in its broadcasts. So Chief Wahoo critics, give it a rest. I'm happy you found a hobby, but really. Please pick a new one, because I'M BORED!

[tornadomixer85]

Rays, with their Medicine Man, are Embarrassing!

Um…so this is cool and the Cleveland Indians having Chief Wahoo as a symbol isn’t? I think it’s a tad bit hypocritical for the Rays not to get criticized here.

Even if I didn’t have a little Native American blood in me, this is offensive and genuinely ridiculous. I’m surprised Major League Baseball allowed this, but then again, they did ban Pete Rose from ever entering a stadium again for betting on his team to WIN, so not bating an eyelash when a losing team hires a shaman to throw toads in their stadium in order to correct its karma might seem downright reasonable.

The Rays are not cursed, they are just bad. That doesn’t give the team license to spit on a cultural belief system, which this is.

[tornadomixer85]

SWEEP!

3 games sweep of the Rockies! Great starting pitching and timely hitting…still wish the defense would come around.

Just a thought, but it might be worth a shot to give Chisenhall another full time chance at 3rd.

[tornadomixer85]

Glad THAT Contract Didn't Happen

Ok, I will keep this short and bitter, much like his starts this year. Justin Masterson has proven nearly completely ineffective and painful to watch this season. I'm not going to dwell on records, but his velocity has dropped by nearly 4mph (big dip) as has his control. His era is over 5.0, barely ever turns in anything close to a quality start (6 innings pitched, 3 or less earned runs) and he is giving up home runs. Now, is this an Ace worthy of #1 Starter money? Hardly. Honestly, Trevor Bauer seems to have a higher upside right now. Is Masterson hurt? Maybe he too needs TJ surgery? That's at least an honorable excuse for these trashy performances. But hey, this is a great example of the gamble pitchers in their free agent year take. For Masterson (and sadly the Tribe), it doesn't look like he is up to the pressure. Maybe we'll get to keep him at a discount now. I just wish it wasn't at the price of winning. (I am aware that Justin Verlander went through similar struggles last year but let us not forget he had already won an MVP and Cy Young Award and bounced back pretty fast...Masterson is no Verlander.)

[tornadomixer85]

Really? PPD bc of the Cold? Pathetic

Major League Baseball games should not be postponed simply because it's cold outside. CLE vs DET should be happening. I'm just saying, this is a rather abysmal excuse not to play when players complain about getting paid millions of bucks.