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April 9, 2014I was in bed a good portion of Tuesday with stomache issues, which is never fun. I did get to watch something that I’ve been wanting to watch for a while but never pulled the trigger on it. It isn’t sports related, but it is Cleveland related. I watched the documentary Dear Mr. Watterson, which is about Chagrin Falls native Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin and Hobbes, my favorite comic.
If you are a fan of boy and his tiger, I recommend watching it. The documentary is an hour and a half long and very well done. Many interesting topics covered including his staunch refusal to allow any licensing for Calvin. None. Those stickers of Calvin peeing on various logos on the back of cars? Big surprise, they are not licensed.
Remind you of the Tribe game last night?
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Braxton Miller has a habit of missing a few quarters, or games for that matter. He takes a lot of hits because of his carries. This past season Kenny Guiton was the back-up and a really good one. Guiton is gone. The man who is one step away from taking meaningful snaps for the Buckeyes? Cardale Jones. You know, the guy who once questioned why football players had to actually go to class.
If stories are to be believed, Jones has grown up. He credits Guiton for a lot of it, and Meyer.
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The RubberDucks home opener is on Thursday night. It’s supposed to be nice from what I’ve seen in the forecast. They have made a ton of changes around Canal Park. I’d recommend stopping by and checking it out. You can see the SS of the future there. Lindor is batting .333, with an OPS of .840. If he keeps hitting, hard to imagine him being in Akron longer than a month and a half or so. Plus, you will get to see the new mascot Webster unveiled.
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You will probably be seeing this all over the web today, but it is worth it. Big time block by Mason Plumlee at the rim on LeBron attempting a game winning dunk. Best part? LBJ was sporting the King James jersey. Awesome.
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Where did Chris Bosh come up with that clever nickname?
My dream is to market and sell (unlicensed, of course) stickers of Calving peeing on Calvin peeing.
Um….does the NBA do this nickname thing often? First i have seen it
Longtime and prolific WFNY forum contributor, MGBode wrote his first ever blog post. It is a comprehensive and terrific analysis for the Ravens’ pick in my reader mock. If you like Bode’s work here, you will want to check it out.
http://jimkanicki.com/2014/04/08/ravens-take-gilbert-krm/
Lebron thought he got fouled on that play? Let me put on my shock face đ
Just because…
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Lemmie give you a hand with that…
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thanks mike/kanick.
pretty sure there is a rule that if you allow a Plumlee to knock away a dunk attempt that no foul is allowed to be called. I mean, it was a Plumlee!
the non-licensing explains why there isn’t Calvin snowmen merchandise. I had always wondered about that (my favorite part of the strip):
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If I were Plumlee, I would retire. Now.
A hero to millions.
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My favorite part too – I have always wanted to reconstruct some of his snowmen masterpieces, some really are genius/hilarious.
C&H has long been a favorite of mine. I get a daily email with a couple comics and that is, of course, one of them, but lately I have been finding some of the content less enjoyable. I have heard Watterson is a surly man (I have yet to get around to the documentary, just heard this multiple times throughout the years) and his cynicism really shines through at times. I still enjoy the snowmen and other light-hearted bits such as Spaceman Spiff, but other times I find myself skimming through the already short daily strip. I wonder if it was like that when I was younger and have to doubt it was or it might not have become my favorite at such a young age.
Gosh, too bad Braxton didn’t miss a few snaps towards the end of that orange bowl…
so disappointing that he didn’t go with T-Rex
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I despise me any and all Plumlees, but this was fun. If only he’d gotten it cleanly and smothered it.
Yeah, they announced the plan in the offseason for this matchup. just like adding “Los” to spanish-up the Heat/Spurs and now they have added more teams to it. It’s a marketing ploy to sell more jerseys and they will continue to roll out more in the future (my guess).
The Spanishing-up thing is one of the most ridiculous things the NBA does every year. Not because of the idea, but the execution: just adding El/Los to the normal English word comes off as lazy to me. I feel like this guy came up with it:
http://youtu.be/mkSRUf02gu8
By the way, the most ridiculous thing the NBA does every year is play an 82-game regular season that ends with more than half the league in the playoffs, where we are expected to believe that the refs are neutral and unbiased.
I definitely agree. But, to their credit, it seems to work. They seem to have landed on the correct side of the stupid/clever line though I never would have guessed it on that one.
Well done, bode. That was something.
Regardless of what you do now to make money, I believe you may have missed your calling.
I can’t help but think we are going to miss Kenny G an awful lot in Columbus. But at least we’ll get to watch him start in CLEVELAND!! #KennyGforCLE
I hadn’t seen it until last night, but wow does it seem awful. Brilliant on their part, I guess, but at some point, the idea of uniforms becomes meaningless.
Yup, I want to make those… Every. Time. It. Snows.
I thought he looked more like a raptor, which would explain why he didn’t go prehistoric with his nickname.
Only if we can start calling him “The Songbird”…
http://youtu.be/QN2RnjFHmNY
Seriously. You HAVE to watch this. Even with the sound down. It’s just THAT good/awful.
“Like” is a dubious word….
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yeah, but I didn’t want to be insensitive to Toronto fans
I’ve always liked Bostrich.
And since birds are the descendents of dinosaurs, there’s a nice symmetry since Bosh used to be a Raptor.
I…I just…
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Words. Failing.