My life and times as a Cleveland baseball fan
“In Northeast Ohio, nothing is given. You work for everything you have.”
As a five year-old in 2003, there were three people I remember being talked about: Jim Tressel, Scooby-Doo, and LeBron James...and also God. Him, too. In America, sports are a vital source of entertainment, of fandom, of economy, but growing up in the Canton/Massillon area, sports, more specifically football, were the glue of community.