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Your perception and your baseball teamMay 14th, 2008
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My girlfriend Kate is from Ashtabula, Ohio. Ashtabula is close to, well, nothing, but it’s geographical location is in the extreme northeast corner of the Buckeye state and is closer to the Pennsylvania state line than any major city in Ohio. I spent last weekend on the lake celebrating her college graduation with her family and friends; on my drive home Monday morning I considered how this fact tied into my own outlook on life and the manner in which I experience the game of baseball, and the my beloved Redlegs.
Lemme explain…
It is my estimation the majority of Ashtabulans tend to gravitate towards Cleveland sports teams in terms of the professional teams they cheer for. (Pittsburgh is just down the road a bit, so I’d imagine there’s probably some Steelers/Pirates sprinkled in as well.) My reason for believing this is two-fold: 1) Kate’s father is a big Indians fan and 2) there are numerous Tribe billboards spotting Interstate-90, which runs east and west through Ashtabula.