Once more, we are reminded of the magic of the Indians' legendary summer of 1995 by this 2007 edition. Great home record, amazing comeback wins on pinch-hit homers, sluggers hunting down insolent kids on Halloween in their F-350s...wait, maybe not so much the last one. But the excitement and quality of play from this year's squad harkens back to the mid-90s, even if the attendance doesn't. 17,000 people showed face last night? That's pathetic. Maybe if Travis Hafner changed his first name to LeBron things would be different... We've lived in Cleveland, and we can pretty well assure you, dear reader, that there's not a ton else to do on a Tuesday night in June away from going to a Tribe game.Oh, and Eric Wedge's complete refusal to use the sacrifice bunt (or manufacture runs) drives us almost as insane and Mike Hargrove's torrid love affair with the diarrhea twins: Eric Plunk and Assenmacher, Paul in that '95 campaign. The parallels are frightening.
But, uh, congrats to Kelly Shoppach. Too bad you're riding pine behind the AL's best catcher, but keep it up.
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