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Thought of going into that in more detail. Fitting irony, apparently, the "A" team still wasn't very good.

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I know, right. The river burned 50 years ago. We should keep focusing on that because it's still the 1970s.... https://media4.giphy.com/me...

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The feeling is mutual....

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Does "intent" really matter though?

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Well.

The name “Mud Hens” was taken.

If you’re Cleveland, what are you going to do?

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Yep!So funny!

(But that cheeky temperament lives on in the band.)

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Wow, those statues are stunning! Gaurdians is a great name once you see them.

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My kids were stuck being Trojans. At least once a season some other team would have some guy dressed up like a condom. Endless fun!

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I ws rooting for Guardians--you can see the sculptures on the Lorain-Carnegie bridge from the top of Progressive Field. Did she get the shirt at GV Art in Lakewood--they've been making them awhile? Mr. P wnted the Cleveland Grays, after the independent militia that sarted in the 1830s and fought in the CIvil and other wars. Or after the winter sky.

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Those images are used on all kinds of CLE stuff.

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I think in Coventry, there is (or was last time I was there) a store that sold CLE memorabilia).

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Swapping two letters for four new ones. Is this the cheapest solution?

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The rest of the PAC-12 calls them "The Trees."

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I like it! And since my team, the Baltimore Orioles, suck at the game of baseball, I will shift my allegiances to the Guardians, at least until the end of this season.

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Tom spent some time in the Cleveland area when he was a young actor, working at some theater or other around here; I've heard around the grapevine he will still occasionally stop by the Italian restaurant up the street from my house. The pizza is pretty good.

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Sorry to turn it back on you, but why would it not?

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