An open letter.

by fwembt on May 31, 2009 1:13 AM CDT Comment 14 comments

Friends,

Over the next few days you are going to feel pretty depressed. Once again, one of our teams has been eliminated from the playoffs. AM radio will tell you that we were cursed, the television will tell you that the calls, and the bounces, were always destined to not go our way. Your friends will talk about how they knew this was going to happen, and your family will dejectedly moan about how the Indians, Cavs and Browns are heading down the same road they always do.

I just have one simple request for you. Ignore them. We aren't cursed, no one conspired agaisnt us and it wasn't fate. We lost, it happens. Enjoy this season for what it was. We had 66 wins, the MVP, and national media coverage. Our team was the lead on ESPN, our team destroyed anyone who came into our city, our team played as hard as they could, every moment of the year.

This team brought together fans as disparate as my 92 year old grandmother and Jay-Z, this team brought some life back into a town that deserves it, this team was something to be proud of.

So, fellow Clevlanders, remember that the sun also rises, there will be a tomorrow. And you know what? Wait 'til next year. Next year, we'll get them. Forget the negativity, we've come back from far worse in the past. Screw this, (next year) we're winning.

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Very nice.

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by Aditya T (smashville) on May 31, 2009 1:56 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I agree with everything in this post.

by Buckeye Brad on May 31, 2009 7:21 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Amen

Ride on ye fearsome Horsemen of the Basketball Apocalypse. We got this.

by Turkmenbashi on May 31, 2009 10:34 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I agree with what was said, but it still leaves us with the same ol cleveland saying……WAIT TIL NEXT YEAR! And the truth of the matter is, We may only have 1 more year.

by BornInThePound on May 31, 2009 10:45 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

We may only have 1 more year.

Nah

Ride on ye fearsome Horsemen of the Basketball Apocalypse. We got this.

by Turkmenbashi on May 31, 2009 1:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

my 92 year old grandmother and Jay-Z,

Now if we can get these two to reenact the bar celebration scene when the Indians won the pennant in the movie Major League we’ll accomplish something…

by hans on May 31, 2009 11:05 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I agree

great post, hope that keeps hopes up in Cleveland.

Only one caveat.

our team destroyed anyone who came into our city

Umm… the Lakers?

by tandur on May 31, 2009 12:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Meh. One game.

I become an expert simply by doing something.

by fwembt on May 31, 2009 11:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I am a long suffering Warriors fan in SF but was with with you guys all the way........

………I have follwed Lebron since high school (schooled at UC Cincy where I discovered there is actually a “Cleveland accent”) and want to say there were a lot of fans out there rooting for you…at least you do have a “wait till next year” possibility…….out here its more like “wait 5 years from now” lol…….

by Only In Fairfax on May 31, 2009 12:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

There is no Cleveland accent.

It’s everybody else who talks funny.

You know Selig? Ombudsman.

by rolub on May 31, 2009 1:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Stick with your team Fairfax,

get off the bandwagon. If I were a Cavs fan I wouldn’t want “a lot of fans rooting” for them. I would want long-suffering Cavs fans, and that’s it. I hate it when other people jump on the wagon and try to grab some glory from a team that isn’t theirs.

I needed a team so I wouldn’t turn into one of the eighty million pink hat-wearing Bud Light-drinking mulleted idiots at Fenway.

by Vacafan on Jun 1, 2009 11:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

get bent Vacafan..

the “die hard” fans that don’t like it when new people cheer for their team are just dumb. like it’s some secret society and exclusive membership you can cheer for Cleveland but only if you’ve been a fan since before Brad Daugherty’s back specialist was just a back doctor or since before DaJuan Wagner cursed the team

by Boney on Jun 5, 2009 9:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs