Nothing better than a good bench reaction during a basketball game whether it’s after a huge dunk, a Kyrie Irving crossover, or in this case a terrible Kevin Love missed dunk. If you’re going to do GQ spreads like this, you better be able take a joke… and by take a joke I mean have all of your teammates laugh directly at your face after one of the most unathletic plays of your career. Brendan Haywood had to turn away so Kevin wouldn’t see him laughing, that’s when you know it’s bad.
Don’t worry Kevin, I remixed it for you and added some music
On missed dunk by Kevin Love, called it a pogo stick. Was thinking up, but legs didn't cooperate. He's fine. "I set us back with that one."
So I’ll keep this one short and sweet. I just had it pointed out to me last night that the phone number for the Indians executive offices is 216-420-HITS and I’m absolutely fucking flabbergasted. It’s a number you hear ALL the time if you listen to games on the radio, or watch the games on TV, or follow them on any sort of social media. Basically, if at any point in your entire life you’ve paid one ounce of attention the Tribe, you’ve seen or heard this number read aloud a couple million times. I’m 24 years old, I’ve been a fan my whole life and I had to have it pointed out to me. Last night. By Mike. I’m actually embarrassed.
It’s not like this is a new thing either. Thanks to the Wayback Machine, we can be sure this has been the Indians phone number since at least 2007 (the oldest archive available of Indians.com). Chris Perez MAILED POT TO HIS OWN DOG in 2013 and I still never saw this phone number brought up. Absolutely stunning.
Seriously, why though? Hits are just things that happen in baseball. One of many, many things. Not specific to the Indians. In fact, most of the time, not at all specific to the Indians. Why not 216-420-BATS? 216-420-DIRT? 216-420-FANS? Just so many options and they went with literally the only four letter word in the English language that pertains to both baseball and smoking weed. I, for one, can’t believe it’s lasted this long. Maybe if those god damn Dolans would spend some money on PR talent they’d realize why they get a dozen calls a week from slow talkers in Colorado.
SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio — A 50-year-old Cleveland man has racked up 109 arrests in Cuyahoga County as of Monday when he was accused of stealing teeth whitening products from a South Euclid CVS.
Nathaniel Ferguson’s lengthy criminal career began in 1984 at the age of 31 and consists mainly of robbery, theft and drug charges. He’s been accused in crimes in East Cleveland, Euclid, Beachwood, Richmond Heights and Chagrin Falls.
South Euclid police Monday found he had seven active warrants, including three in their department. He was also wanted by police in Cleveland Heights, University Heights and Highland Heights — and by the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office.
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109 times, huh? I’m not even mad, that’s amazing. His first arrest came in 1984 when he was 31, so in 19 years he’s been arrested 109 times. That’s almost 6 arrests per year! An arrest every two months… and that’s not even counting the time he spent in jail. Just an unreal spree of crime. People have their vices. Some are addicted to booze, some are addicted to gambling, maybe Nathaniel is just addicted to getting arrested? Maybe he’s just an adrenaline junkie? What better way to get a shot of adrenaline than to hear sirens and see red & blue flashing lights chasing you. That’ll get ya jacked up.
At what point do you take a step back and not blame the guy but blame the system that allows someone to go to jail OVER A HUNDRED TIMES and still lets them out on the street to commit crime after crime after crime? Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me 109 times, shame on….?
Do you think the officers down at the station just treat this as you would if one of your annoying relatives was stopping by your house unannounced? “Ugh, hi Nathaniel. Nice to see you again. Yeah my kids are doing fine. Your room is ready”
Followed by a “See you soon” as he’s getting released.
UPDATE: The math in the first paragraph is completely wrong. Don’t blame us, blame Cleveland.com since they’re actually real journalists.
Bottlegate 