It has been rough.
We can’t get a break and every time national attention is on us it is because
some new kind of terrible is happening. But yes, in on Sunday, we win. And not
just win, but seriously win.
The Cleveland
Indians (yep, hate the name) won their tenth game in a row on Sunday getting
them the AL Wild Card spot. They beat the Twins 5 to 1. They will play the Rays
or the Rangers on Wednesday in the Wild Card game. It is all pretty crazy given
Terry Francona is leading a “group
of ruffians and no-names.” Come on Cleveland.
Full disclosure, I
don’t care much for baseball. I pull for the Indians because CLEVELAND, but I
don’t watch close or follow stats. But
it is hard not to be swept up in it (see what I did there with the sweep
reference ? *brushes shoulders off*).
But what about
football? The sport I actually love? We’re winning. I know! I’m shocked too. We
beat the Bengals like red-headed stepchildren (17 to 6). We’re tied with the
Ravens and the Bengals for first place in AFC North. We traded Trent Richardson
to the Colts for the first round draft pick. So everyone thought we’re not
going to do much and once again hedge our bets for next season, but no. Backup
quarterback Brian Hoyer has led us to victory in both games since the trade.
The article linked concludes with this “All in all, a pretty nice little Sunday
for Cleveland. Browns win, Indians claim a playoff spot, and LeBron James didn’t
win any game that we know about. Go on Cleveland.”
*Self high-five*
