New Sully Baseball Video - "A Message for Cleveland Fans"

In the latest Sully Baseball video, I borderline beg Cleveland fans to avoid watching the NBA playoffs and pay attention to the young Indians team that just happens to be in first playoffs...

As always, the video is shot, co written and directed by my wonderful wife, Lisa Zambetti.

Enjoy the video.

Hey Pirates management... do the right thing

It's a school day... and the Pirates are playing a sloppy day game in the rain.
They are getting walloped.

And there are a few people (including some kids) sitting in the rain watching this.

And here's something to think about kids in Pittsburgh.

Any kid who was born the same year that Sid Bream slid across home plate, ending the Pirates pennant hopes in 1992 will turn 18 years old in 2010.

So unless you are a senior in high school, you can not be a kid in Pittsburgh and have a memory of the Pirates putting a .500 team on the field.

If you made it through all 9 innings of that GOD AWFUL display of baseball this afternoon, the Pirates management should make out a special pass for you.

The pass will have a specific bar code and require an ID when you use it again.

That pass will allow anyone who made it all the way through free access to any game at PNC Park in 2010.

Seriously... you made it through this one, the ticket takers will let you in.

Doesn't matter who it is or if it is sold out (which it won't be.)

Seriously, why shouldn't the Pirates do that? It's not like there was more than a few hundred people left over at the end. It's not like they got a decent product to watch.

And we're not talking about the Red Sox having a sell out streak and there's no seats available.

You should be able to sit in any empty seat... yes, even one RIGHT UP FRONT. If an usher gives you a hard time, just show the pass.

I'm not saying free beer or popcorn. The Pirates can make a few bucks that way.

But I'm serious... you deserve a pass for the season after today.
Who knows? The Pirates might develop a young fan or two along the way.

Why else would a young fan follow the Pirates?

Clean Slate In The Bronx

I suppose this is a big night in the historic rivalry of the Red Sox and the Yankees.

It doesn't feel like it. It feels like a welcome respite after another lousy series in Tampa.

But here we are... the Red Sox... the team with the most titles in the 21st Century... is entering the House that George Got Financed.

The old park echoed with the ghosts of Championships past.

The new park echoes because of the empty seats.

The old park sent a shiver down the spine because of the events from 1923 to the Boone homer coming to vivid memory.

The new park sends a shiver down the spine because of that damn wind!

The old park was hallowed ground where Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Berra, Mantle, Ford, Howard, Maris, Munson, Jackson, Jeter, Rivera and yes even Roger Clemens had their glory.

The new park has Mark Teixeria and CC Sabathia apologizing for their paycheck.

There is literally a clean slate for the Red Sox in this ballpark.

It feels odd that I am going to see a Red Sox/Yankee game that doesn't conjure up memories. Not the agony of everything pre 2004 nor the euphoria of 2004.

Nothing... just a big new ballpark.

Good seats are still available.

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