Blog bash, Day 2

Today, we highlight some suggested posts from Zach Baker, like myself and Joel a decorated veteran of The BG News who remains in the professional biz. His blog was really the impetus for me to start my blog. Unlike my blog, which pretty much focuses solely on sports, Zach fearlessly switches between sports, music and politics. Zach's many loves include the music of Van Morrison and being perpetually suspicious of Indians owner Larry Dolan.

Zach's selections:

St. Belichick, February 7
Erik's comment: Pure hyperbole, but what can you expect from a bitter Cleveland fan? We sat here and watched an inexperienced Bill Belichick help run the Browns into the ground in the early '90s, either intentionally or unintentionally adding fuel to Art Modell's movement to relocate the team. Five years later, with the Baltimore Ravens hoisitng a Super Bowl trophy and Cleveland left with a miserable expansion facsimile of their team, Belichick resurfaces in New England and becomes the greatest coach of his generation. Modell and Belichick get the hardware, Cleveland gets screwed. Sucks to be us, I guess.

Summer is over, October 3
Erik's comment: Another post born out of bitterness. Every year, summer ends for me when the Indians season ends. But this past year, it was especially bitter. The Indians might not have gotten past the White Sox, since Chicago was having a season on loan from God in 2005, but that could have been them playing the White Sox in the ALCS instead of the Angels. They had the pitching to get there, and enough offense to get by. The last week of the regular season killed all of that.

Redemption in Buckeye, May 14
Erik's comment: I ususally use my blog as a diversion from work writing, but when Buckeye's school board took sports away due to lack of funding, I had to blog about it. The lives of most high school kids exist in the small world of their school. Who they are within those walls is how they view themselves. To take sports away is to take a huge piece of a 16-year-old's athlete's identity. Three days after the tears, however, there was redemption. The school board voted to accept an alternate funding proposal from district boosters, using donations, fundriasers and pay-to-play fees. Buckeye is still trying to pass a levy that would restore district funding for athletics.