I Wonder

When Maurice Clarett was arrested this morning in Columbus was he

A) Just carrying those guns and wearing a bulletproof vest to protect himself since OSU wouldn't provide him with a body guard

B) On his way to a gang meeting with Lawrence Phillips, Marcus Vick, and Chris Henry

or

C) On his way to a Cincinnati Bengals tryout.....

And what the hell is he still doing in Columbus anyways? How many times does he have to get arrested there before he realizes it's trouble for him to be there?

Suicide Watch: Fausto Carmona

Poor Fausto Carmona.

Really, at this point how can you not feel bad for a guy?

Figuring that we've got almost a month before the Buckeyes or anyone else kicks off the season, the fact that the Browns are still early in training camp, and LeBron is somewhere toiling in Asia right now, you've got to think that Fausto Carmona has pretty bad timing.

Let's face it, the kid has had a pretty bad week. During the one time of the year where nothing else is really going on in this town sportswise.

And when I say a pretty bad week, I don't mean like "lost your dog, got in a fight with the girlfriend, and got a flat tire" Proportionally, his week on the mound has been somewhat the equivalent of "Got carjacked, your wife left with the theif, and you walked home to find your house on fire"

Here's the cumulative of his four appearances, starting with a loss July 30th against Seattle:

4 appearances, 2 2/3 innings pitched, 11 earned runs, 4 walks, 4 strikeouts, and 2 home runs allowed.

Oh, did I mention he's taken the loss in all four of those games, and blew 3 saves along the way? No? Well I just did.

In that stretch, his ERA has gone up almost 2 full runs. His pitches have been flatter than a 6th grade girl. And, I'd have to imagine that his self confidence is for shit right about now. The problem though? We don't have anyone else. In the effort to save a million bucks or so, team owner Larry The Cheap(est) Dolan ordered closer Bob Wickman traded to Atlanta.

By the way, Wickman, since the trade, has made six appearnces, picking up 5 saves. He hasn't allowed an earned run. By the way, we got a catcher who's toiling away in single A, and who just moved to catcher from third base because he couldn't hit enough to play third in the Atlanta orginization. I'm just saying.

So what will Eric Wedge do? The same thing he always does when things start going wrong. He'll f'ing stand there and chew on his bottom lip and look generally like a dope. Maybe he can grow the moustache again and blame this whole abomination of a season on his evil twin, like they do on the soap operas.

At least in the off-season, the owner will give GM Mark Shapiro some room to make a move, spend some money, and upgrade the bullpen, just like he did last year. Oh, wait, no he didn't, and no, he won't.

Leading Off.....

So.

Here it is.

I kept saying that I was going to start a sports blog, so here it is. As far as the focus of this whole thing, well, I, and the rest of the contributors that we'll have will be Clevelanders for now, so I suppose that it'll be mostly about sports around here.

Then again, when things are relevant, or newsworthy, or just plain funny, they'll get their due around here. We'll see where it goes from there......