The Cleveland Indians are in first place in their division and have one of the best records in baseball and have a very talented and exciting group of players. Yet even tho it's been a 'friendly weather' spring, we're in dead last in attendance in the Majors. So you're telling me that the Kansas City Royals have more fans at their games? Or dare I say the Pittsburgh Pirates!
This seems absolutely absurd to me. I think the term 'die hard' is getting thrown around too easily. As soon as the Browns lose their home opener it's a dead stadium until you see 3/4 of the stadium waving their wimpy yellow flags when the "squealers"(Steelers) come to town. And even having Kyrie Irving who was sensational as a rookie this past year for the Cavs there was still a dead arena for most of the year.
So if we are 'die hard' fans shouldn't we be showing love regardless of how good we are?. Now I love everything thing about Cleveland sports. And have called myself "die hard" plenty of times and will probably continue to do so. But it's just been eating away at me how little support our teams truly get. It's hard enough that we get absolutely no love from the national media. Heck, Derek Jeter could get gum stuck on his shoe and you would hear about it before hearing anything about how the Tribe recently took 2 out of 3 from arguably the best team in baseball - the Rangers.
You'd think we could at least show some more love in C-Town. Like I've said before, why be negative? There's no point Cleveland Fans, just cheer away. Our day will come sooner or later.
Joe Chaffin--Analyst C.B.R.Joe's passion in life has always been sports. He loves writing about the Browns and is also a huge Indians and Cavs fan. He is currently attending The Ohio Center for Broadcasting in hopes to have his own sports talk show someday. You can listen to his internet radio show on Tuesdays from 2-4 at http://stations.beonair.com:81/Rock
