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I listened to most of the Tribe Game last night and I gotta admit, listening to the ninth inning reminded me of the Cavs double overtime win in more ways than one. It was as if Lebron was batting for us in the ninth and helped us come through with yet another come back win against a Detroit team.

Seeing Jacobs Field filled to maximum capacity again was a welcome sight. There is nothing better than not being able to hear Mike Heagan and Tom Hamilton because the crowd is making so much noise, it drowns out their voices. What a night at Jacob's Field. Imagine what downtime Cleveland will be like tomorrow night if the Cavs win and the Indians win.

I wonder what the heck is going through Detroit's mind right now!

No matter what these folks say, I don't feel safe at all eating fish or any seafood that happens to come out of Lake Erie. No need to increase my intake of mercury. How about you? Do you feel safe eating the fish you catch now a days? Especially in Lake Erie?

I hope that the virus doesn't do as much damage as it is capable of. Considering the overfishing that is taking place in the world, this is not the time for the fish to begin dying in rapid numbers like the honey bees.

Wow the timing of this story is pretty coincidental. I'd like to see aluminum bats banned in Ohio. In fact, I wouldn't mind seeing them being banned everywhere. Let me share a story with you that happened on Mother's Day.

Some bad news concerning a co worker of mine. Nick, who was playing softball Mother's Day morning was pitching for his team when the opposing batter hit the ball as a line drive hitting Nick on the left side of his skull. It knocked him unconscious for about 20 seconds. Life flight had to fly in and land on the field to take him to Cleveland Metro Hospital where he was later transferred to the ICU at the Cleveland Clinic.

As it turns out, he has a skull fracture, a neck fracture, swollen brain, and blood on the brain. The part of the brain that controls speech and your ability to speak is swollen and at this time he is unable to talk. He has shown signs of moving around and being somewhat responsive but it's not looking to good for him right now. I hope he gets better soon. We are now another man short on night crew and this week is going to be hell.

All of this from a line drive shot to the head from a softball. Makes you wonder if we are going to see pitchers wearing football helmets when they play the game.

Oh my. After reading about the spiders that were found in that boys ear, I am now really afraid to go to sleep. Sometimes I would think about situations such as this. What would happen if I went to sleep and one of those things crawled inside my nose, my ear, or for god sakes my mouth. No need to remind me of the statistic that tells us on average how many spiders we eat in our sleep per year.

This story is just freaky and I hope this never happens to me! How many of you will have trouble sleeping tonight after knowing about this story?
 

It appears as though today presents the best chance of having severe weather since the season began. SPC is forecasting a slight risk of Severe Thunderstorms for the area and they have us down for a 30% chance of seeing significant winds and hail while we have a 5% chance of seeing Tornadoes. Hopefully if the storms initiate early and form ahead of the squall line, I will be able to head out and take some photos but I have a feeling that were just going to be dealing with a squall line which never really results in much.

Keep your eye to the sky today.

Man, I just got in from pumping a full tank of gas into my 2000 Ford Mustang and it cost me $37.50 Is anyone else feeling the pinch from these high gas prices? 

 It still upsets me to hear about the oil companies reporting record profits and here I am going broke trying to fill my tank up.