crying | Bottlegate

Man. Gotta feel for this poor guy. He’s held strong through all of the subtweets and unfollows and cheating rumors and trade rumors and trips down to Miami and blowout losses to bad teams and chemistry issues… but this was his final straw. Losing to Houston without your team’s best player was just too much. Sometimes you’ve just gotta have a good cry surrounded by 20,000+ people because of a late March regular season basketball game. And sometimes you’ve gotta let the tears flow on national TV. We all do it. This doesn’t make him any less of a man, he’s just preparing himself for the next inevitable Cleveland heartbreak.

But wait…

Imagine those waterworks if the Cavs were in 2nd.

First off, this whole trend of “sticking a camera into a young child’s face and telling them bad news that will undoubtedly make them sad and then capturing their tears to share it to complete strangers on the Internet” is the best trend ever. I honestly can’t get enough of it and I don’t know what that says about me as a person. Bonus points for the Sarah McLachlan to accompany the sobbing.

Second, c’mon kid, tighten up. This is just the beginning. You’re a Cleveland sports fan. You’ll be subjected to unmitigated sadness and despair for the rest of your life, it’s good that you’re learning at such a young age. I’d want to tell you that “things get better” but I’m not so sure about that.

I think most of had the same reaction when we read Andy’s letter: