----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim" <jim@...>
To: <clesports@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 10:05 PM
Subject: Re: [CSML] Jason Michaels resigning


>> But Channel 11 from Toledo has turned into the biggest homers for the
>> Tigers
>> I've seen in a long, long time. Maybe since the Denny McLain days.
>
> Nah, I'd bet on the stretch run of 1987.

I keep forgetting about that run. I just knew more Tigers frontrunners the
first time.


>
> Appropos of nothing, what is Amy Marsalis doing these days? I loved
> watching
> her do the news/sports at noon back then. She was gorgeous ^W
> captivating.
> Um, moving right along.... :)

Ummm, she's been in Nashville for 10 years, apparently not in TV right now
(since last March).
>
>> When
>> the Tigers Fandemonium (yes, I even learned the name of the thing) was in
>> Toledo last month, they interviewed Granderson and every other former Mud
>> Hen in the joint. And believe it or not, a lot of people around here
>> (Fremont) are now going to Mud Hens games, even though the sellout string
>> in
>> Cleveland ended years ago. And they have done a very good job of having
>> a
>> good mix of former Mud Hens and free agents, more so than the Indians
>> have
>> done lately.
>
> Yeah, but:
>
> 1) Toledo, baseball-wise, has been a satellite of Detroit since I was a
> little
> kid (ca. 1962).
>
> 2) Fremont is basically the last beachhead of Cleveland fandom in
> northwest OH;
> Tiger nation takes over north and west; White Sox nation used to claim a
> boundary on extreme western Ohio, but I'm not sure that's true anymore.
>
> 3) I believe that there are a lot of Mud Hen fans in Fremont. There
> always
> were. Ask Max Klinger. :)
>
>> Having the AAA franchise close to the big leage team means a lot. I
>> think
>> I'd root for the Indians minor leaguers if I could see them in person
>> more
>> than once a year when they play games in Toledo. If they could wrangle
>> moving the AAA franchise from Buffalo to Columbus (because the Tigers
>> just
>> extended their contract with Toledo until about 2010), it would probably
>> draw more interest in the farm system. Going to Buffalo, unless you live
>> east of Cleveland, is still at least a 3 or 4 hour drive.
>
> I have always been interested in Cleveland's AAA team, whether it was in
> Charleston, Colorado Springs, Buffalo, Maine, or Jababaland. I just was
> more interested in who was playing in Jababaland. :)
>
I guess there will always be this push-pull here for the Indians'
affections, however, during the 90s you could barely find any Tigers
merchandise in any store there. You see more Tigers than Indians now, and
it will probably remain that way until the Indians start winning. Just like
in Columbus they split with the Reds, but I usually see more Indians stuff
there than Reds when I go shopping.

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