August 4, 1996: The Catch⚾️
Simply one of the greatest catches in MLB history
Kenny Lofton scales wall to rob BJ Surhoff of HR…
…With all due respect to the late/great Willie Mays - the BEST catch ever in a Cleveland game
Indians beat Orioles 14-2
3️⃣0️⃣ yrs ago OTD
#Kenny7️⃣
July 14, 2002: Selby is God⚾️
Epic Indians win as journeyman Bill Selby hits walkoff Grand Slam off Hall of Famer closer Mariano Rivera
Tribe comeback win 10-7 vs. Damn Yankees
#JacobsFieldMagic
Michigan Football is the single most corrupt college football program in the history of the sport!!
It’s leader Jim Harbaugh is the biggest coward in college coaching history
A new TV show is in development called The Land, "set inside the world of the NFL that has a generational family component to it."
William H. Macy has been cast as the owner of the Cleveland Browns and Chris Meloni as the head coach.
The show will air on Hulu 🍿🍿
#DawgPound
"My name's Raymond. I'm 73. I work the parking lot at St. Joseph's Hospital. Minimum wage, orange vest, a whistle I barely use. Most people don't even look at me. I'm just the old man waving cars into spaces.
But I see everything.
Like the black sedan that circled the lot every morning at 6 a.m. for three weeks. Young man driving, grandmother in the passenger seat. Chemotherapy, I figured. He'd drop her at the entrance, then spend 20 minutes hunting for parking, missing her appointments.
One morning, I stopped him. "What time tomorrow?"
"6:15," he said, confused.
"Space A-7 will be empty. I'll save it."
He blinked. "You... you can do that?"
"I can now," I said.
Next morning, I stood in A-7, holding my ground as cars circled angrily. When his sedan pulled up, I moved. He rolled down his window, speechless. "Why?"
"Because she needs you in there with her," I said. "Not out here stressing."
He cried. Right there in the parking lot.
Word spread quietly. A father with a sick baby asked if I could help. A woman visiting her dying husband. I started arriving at 5 a.m., notebook in hand, tracking who needed what. Saved spots became sacred. People stopped honking. They waited. Because they knew someone else was fighting something bigger than traffic.
But here's what changed everything, A businessman in a Mercedes screamed at me one morning. "I'm not sick! I need that spot for a meeting!"
"Then walk," I said calmly. "That space is for someone whose hands are shaking too hard to grip a steering wheel."
He sped off, furious. But a woman behind him got out of her car and hugged me. "My son has leukemia," she sobbed. "Thank you for seeing us."
The hospital tried to stop me. "Liability issues," they said. But then families started writing letters. Dozens. "Raymond made the worst days bearable." "He gave us one less thing to break over."
Last month, they made it official. "Reserved Parking for Families in Crisis." Ten spots, marked with blue signs. And they asked me to manage it.
But the best part? A man I'd helped two years ago, his mother survived, came back. He's a carpenter. Built a small wooden box, mounted it by the reserved spaces. Inside? Prayer cards, tissues, breath mints, and a note,
"Take what you need. You're not alone. -Raymond & Friends"
People leave things now. Granola bars. Phone chargers. Yesterday, someone left a hand-knitted blanket.
I'm 73. I direct traffic in a hospital parking lot. But I've learned this: Healing doesn't just happen in operating rooms. Sometimes it starts in a parking space. When someone says, "I see your crisis. Let me carry this one small piece."
So pay attention. At the grocery checkout, the coffee line, wherever you are. Someone's drowning in the little things while fighting the big ones.
Hold a door. Save a spot. Carry the weight no one else sees.
It's not glamorous. But it's everything."
Let this story reach more hearts....
Credit: Mary Nelson
October 24, 1993: Pandemonium Palace🏈
#DawgPound fans know this one well…
Eric Metcalf w/ epic, iconic, all-time Cleveland moment as Brownies beat #HereWeGo
There is only ONE way to watch his 2nd TD:
🎤with Nev Chandler on the call 💪
#PRTD#PRTD#Nev
October 15, 1995: Shot Heard Round The Jake⚾️
3️⃣0️⃣ yrs ago OTD…
Of all the great moments ever at Jacobs Field, this is my #2
(Rajai #1)
Jim Thome HR in ALCS Game 5, changes trajectory of CLE ⚾️ history, sets stage for WS trip
EPIC, all-time moment & bat flip
#GentlemanJim
My favorite player growing up as a kid in Ohio was Leroy Kelly... and now look at this box that we just got!
This new Browns alternate helmet is AWESOME and I absolutely LOVE the 'Hardened Toughness' motto in Cleveland.
Thank you Coach Stefanski, JW Johnson and the @Browns!!