Opening Day (sort of)

Ivor Karabatkovic · Post by **Ivor Karabatkovic** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 11:37 pm

For ticket holders from the past two days.

http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/news/p ... p&c_id=cle

Brian Pedaci · Post by **Brian Pedaci** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 1:48 am

Wanna take bets on any games being played on Sunday?

Stan Austin · Post by **Stan Austin** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 6:29 am

It all hinges on how they're gonna get that tarp off. And, say the ground crew is able to pull it back, where they gonna put the snow? Does the box seat section get sacrificed? Do the fans have to migrate into the upper levels?
And Ivor, for heavens sake, carry a flag on a long pole so you can be located peddling the refreshments!

David Lay · Post by **David Lay** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 6:35 am

I'll have an Oh-My-God size Pepsi and some nachos!

Ivor Karabatkovic · Post by **Ivor Karabatkovic** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 7:56 am

although news reports are saying games aren't cancelled, in fact they are.

called the office today and was told by one of my managers that todays games have been cancelled and moved to tomorrow.

DougHuntingdon · Post by **DougHuntingdon** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 9:04 am

So will there be a quadruple header tomorrow???

Ivor thanks for the inside info!

Doug

Esther Hazlett · Post by **Esther Hazlett** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 9:36 am

Looks like a double-header for tomorrow, game 1 starting around 4. We have tickets to the evening game (in Pronkville!). What they will do about the other 2 missed games remains to be seen.

What a bizarre start to a baseball season.

David Anderson · Post by **David Anderson** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 3:01 pm

Wow, what a thread.

It's obviously the name and logo that have kept us from winning the World Series only twice since the team was renamed in 1915.

Fact or Fiction - Naming the team "Indians" in 1915 had nothing to do with Sockalexis and everything to do with Nap Lajoie being traded to Philadelphia and the team owner, Mr. Somers, asking the local newspapers to come up with a new name to replace "Naps." The newspapers promoted "Indians" as a take-off of the Boston "Braves" who had rags to riches success the year before.

If the team was renamed, and I believe it should have been done yesterday, to what should it be renamed? Forest Citys, Spiders, Blues, Broncos, Infants, Molly McGuires, and Bearcats have been used in the past as have numerous Negro league names.

Personally, I like "Spiders." Imagine the cool shirts and hats not to mention homemade signs depicting Yankee hitters having their blood sucked out by a Cleveland Spider. COOL. Welcome to the "Web," baby. Time to bleed involuntarily.

On many a warm summer evening in the old stadium, you would see all the bullpen players and coaches huddled up on one end of the bench. Actual spiders had taken over the other end.

Maybe Dolan just needs some ideas. Folks are screaming but nobody is thinking about a new/rerun name. So, to what should our beloved team be renamed?

Brian Pedaci · Post by **Brian Pedaci** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 4:03 pm

I'm completely behind you on that one, David. Spiders all the way!

Jeff Endress · Post by **Jeff Endress** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:16 am

Now that the opening weekend is a "never was", and the Indians are in their temporary Milwaukee home, what will happen with those 4 home games against the Mariners? After all, they don't have a return trip to Cleveland on the schedule this year. Does this mean we end up playing our home games in Seattle when we're there at the end of September (when 4 games could be a huge factor). Will it even matter?

Jeff