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Indians Finally Succumb to Name Game

In an era of sports where most stadiums are corporately owned, and of course corporately named, Jacobs Field has stood as a bastion against such poor nomenclature, instead opting to remind us of some rich guy with the last name Jacobs. Well now it seems the Indians organization has finally given in. Yesterday the Indians came to an agreement with Progressive Insurance that will re-name the stadium; you guessed it, Progressive Field. The Plain Dealer, who has gained this information from a “source close to the team” before the official announcement today, is already running a poll asking what the stadium’s new nickname will be. The Jake worked great for Jacobs Field, but Prog seems like it might just make people recall rock dinosaurs like Rush and Yes, who are even bigger losers than the Indians. Zing! Anyway, fret not about losing one of the last true stadium names because at least we got to keep our racist team name.

Cleveland Man Helped Shake Down Nazis in Secret Military Facility

How’s that for a straightforward headline. The Plain Dealer’s Metro blog, which I seem to be referencing more and more these days, has a story about a Mayfield Heights man who worked at a secret Washington DC military facility during WW II. The facility was only known as PO BOX 1142 (how many teens just called their friends with their new band name?) and was used for interrogating Nazi POWs. George Weidinger discusses the operation (something he didn’t even talk to his wife about) in the PD’s piece. Check it out.

Remember the Smoking Ban?

Oh, Channel 3, you are like a poor confused little child. Reporting that the smoking ban is having no problems because only 2 Cuyahoga County businesses have been fined thus far. You could have just asked around, you would have found places where smoking still goes on unabated in order to offer both sides of the story, but hey I guess that would have been reporting. And listen, you didn’t really need to make that ominous title, “Smoking Ban: Unexpected Results” stick by trying to make dry cleaners look like victims thanks to less clothing and linens smelling like smoke. People cured that problem when Febreeze hit the market, and besides the dry cleaner you talked to even said, “it is not really hurting business, but it is felt.” I’m sorry, little guy, but there’s nothing unexpected here.

Some Juicy Tidbits

Here are couple more things to check out in case you’ve hit a slow period in the office, or you’re just a lazy asshole that spends all day browsing the internet. A two-year study on wind over Lake Erie shows that just six wind turbines could power 6,000 homes. That blows. Wow, hope I can come up with a better quip for this next story. State Rep Diane Fessler has proposed a bill that will make texting and driving a secondary offense. One OSU student gets to put her two cents in, and well they kind of come off more like one dirty penny.LOL! TTYL!