- My seat for last night’s game
Wouldn’t it be great if people were talking about actual baseball after the 14-inning game between the Indians and Tigers? Is the story about the matchup between a promising young pitcher and the Triple-Crown winner that boring? Is a well-played game between the top two teams in the division not enough?
According to the apparently offended Detroit media, I guess so, because the “Detroit’s bankrupt” chant inside Progressive Field last night seems to be that hot topic:
Here are some headlines from Michigan:
Detroit News: “Stay classy, Cleveland: Tribe fans heckle with ‘Detroit’s bankrupt'”
“No records could be found whether Tigers fans ripped Cleveland back in 1978 when the Ohio city defaulted on $15.5 million dollars in short-term loans.”
Detroit Free Press: “Indians fans chant ‘Detroit’s bankrupt’ at Tigers game”
“What are your thoughts on the matter? Classless? Clever? We’ll remember this, Ohio!”
This article appears in Aug 7-13, 2013.
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Doug Brown is a staff writer at Scene with a passion for public records laws and investigative reporting. A native of Ann Arbor, Mich., he has an M.A. in journalism from the Kent State University School of Journalism and Mass Communication and a B.A. in political science from Hiram College. Prior to joining Scene, Doug was a contributing writer for Deadspin.com, reporting behind-the-scenes stories about college sports through public records and developing sources. Doug's work as an enterprise reporter for the Daily Kent Stater was recognized by the Cleveland Press Club (2013 Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards), Society of Professional Journalists (regional and national Mark of Excellence Awards), and the Associated Collegiate Press. He spent the summer of 2012 working for the Metro desk of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and spent previous summers working for Outside Bozeman Magazine and Crain's Detroit Business. His website is dougbrown8.com.
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Detroit’s still bankrupt, Tiger-rooting asshole!
Enjoy Ryan Raburn.
My two cents?
GO BUCKEYES!!!!
Burn on big river burn on… Maybe you guys can sign Rick Vaughn and Willie Mays Hayes. They might help you guys win a game against Detroit. Save the rest your summer…turn off the TV Cleveland you team isn’t going to even make the playoffs.
At least they didn’t start to play “Hang on Sloopy” where the majority of, non-college degree who didn’t even attend OSU Clevelanders, attending the game didn’t start doing the dumb O-H-I-O. That’s for Columbus and should stay there. I hope the new changes to the Browns game experience is to not play this also.
Hang on Sloopy is the official rock song of the state of ohio. Last I checked, Cleveland was part of Ohio, so we’re good to play that the same as Columbus is. Only an idiot (which jbomber 1970 obviously is) would think that they play that song because of the Ohio State Buckeyes.
In other news, bravo for the Tigers that they can drop all that money on their sports team, which is just good enough to get to the World Series but not quite good enough to actually win said World Series. The funniest part is, at the end of the year, the Tigers and Indians have finished in the same place for the last few years: not world series champs.
Regardless, all of this is a moot point. Detroit has been the poster child for years of a crumbling city that doesn’t know how to take care of itself. It’s like your annoying friend that crashes on your couch for “just a day or two” and is still there a month and a half later. But hey, Detroit is an awesome, proud city, until it comes time to pay the bills, then we have to run to Uncle Sam for a big ‘ol bailout, courtesy of the rest of us taxpayers. The funny part, though, is when Detroit filed for bankruptcy, instead of the taxpayers taking your bag of crap off your hands, we just shoved it back in your lap and said deal with it.
But through it all, Detroit, just keep in mind that you absolutely have your priorities in order. You’re screwing over your union members, your biggest companies are only around because we bailed your asses out, your city is filled with unoccupied, rotting housing and the crime rate is through the roof. But your sports teams are Grade-A, so you guys are a big midwest success story! Give yourself a big, fat, taxpayer-subsidized pat on the back!
Our new tourism motto should be “Cleveland: Better than Detroit in every way that really matters.”
Joke of the day:
Detroit Fan: Why doesn’t Cleveland have any championships since 1964?
Cleveland Fan: Because we were busy making sure our city wouldn’t declare bankruptcy in 2013?
Detroit Fan: ………
I got news for ya Cleveland. It’s not just Detroit.. Have you seen the national debt? Nearly 17 trillion and counting from the idiots in Washington. But apart from all that sad news I’m glad I got a great baseball team that I can watch! Go Tigers!! LOL
By the way Adam.. the tigers budget is different than the city’s. Brilliant statement other than that retarded comment. Don’t be mad just own up to the fact the Indians are not going to make the playoffs.
I’m mad Cruz my team isn’t beating your team. So I’ll come up with reasons why my city is better than your city. Oh yeah my dad can beat up your dad and he drives a cooler car…. Typical Cleveland retard. Go to school and get an education Dumb ass.
Is Cleveland aware of the national debt? Today might be Detroit, but tomorrow might be your State. And where will “YOUR TEAM” be then? Ooops forgot you don’t own the team. LOL
I’m amazed of how disconnected these “human doings” are. What ever happened to the HUMAN BEINGS? This is like going back to the dark ages.
c’mon, @AdamHall, the Tigers are the only thing that the city of Detroit has going for them, gotta give them at least SOMETHING, lol. and of course everyone knows the tigers are run separately from the government, that’s why the Tigers aren’t bankrupt too. duh.
(points at the city of Detroit and laughs)
RoboCop. That is all.
We have the Redwings, Tigers and Pistons. All of which have won many championships. Cleveland hasn’t won a professional sports championship in 50 years. I’m on your side though. I hope you guys get Rick Vaughn and Willie Mayes Hayes to help those Indians out. What the heck we’ll even give you Robocop. Maybe then you will make the playoffs.
I’m mad Cuz my team isn’t beating your team. So I’ll come up with reasons why my city is better than your city. Oh yeah my dad can beat up your dad and he drives a cooler car…. how old are you people? I’m surprised you have permission from your parents to post on here. BTW RoboCop Rules! He can beat up Rick Vaughn.
Adam Hall has a lot of likes on his statement he must go in and like it everyday. That’s the only way retarded statements like that would get approval. I vote Adam Hall for Mayor of Cleveland. He can lead all the other bone heads and dwell in Cleveland “the land of fiscally sound”. Oh wait the whole nation is broke.. Whoops I forgot. Thanks for swinging Liberal for last election Ohio and electing that idiot in office. I had hope for you but even YOU love debt.
Detroit sports will always be better than Cleveland. More History, Better teams, Better fans… Know it, Love it and Embrace it. You guys are close enough you can root for Detroit too. At least then you’ll have a chance at having a playoff team.
O-GOOD-BYE-O It must be frustrating for the Indians and for their fans they have to sit through another month of pointless games. Maybe that’s why they lash out? They will end up in 3 place maybe fourth. Hey Cleveland you can save even more money by turning off the TV Cause your team is GOING NO WHERE! HAHAHAHAHHAHA
Bottom line is that the Cleveland Indians suck. Your team has only won 3 out of 17 games this season against Detroit. You will never go anywhere in the playoffs. You cant beat anyone and certainly not Detroit. Your only chance is a wildcard which is a waste of time because The tigers will be waiting to pounce on you.. HEY cleveland your team SUCKS ASS at least you can be graceful about it. Cleveland will never be a sports city. Deal with it.
The Detroit Tiggers will win the division but this will be pointless when they don’t win the world series. The city will still be bankrupt and the armpit of the mid-west hoping for a 2nd bailout by the govt.
Detroit tigers Kicked your butt again!!! Tomorrow will be a sweep. And by they way they have a better chance of winning the world series than your lousy team. jbomb you can complain all you want about Michigan. But the NATION IS BROKE. The Dollar is failing. That means that your state is in the red too! Get a clue. OHIO TERDBALL.
Dude you can complain about Detroit all you want. It just shows your bitter about the fact that your favorite team can’t beat Detroit. Its the same reason why ignorant fans in Cleveland were chanting at the ball field. Would they have been chanting that if they were winning the division and the game? The answer is no. They know they can’t beat Detroit so they want to find a way to downgrade them. You know and I know it. Politics or fiscal issues have nothing to do with some guys r on a ball field. You guys seem to want to connect them because its the only way you can “beat” Detroit. Debt is the way of the world now. Entitlement and spending and the liberal way of thinking has created all of this. Its everywhere–not just Michigan. The entire nation and the world is in trouble. But it has nothing to do with the Tigers or the “people of Michigan”, Ohio or anywhere else. Its the way of the president, congress, and most our leaders and the way most people vote these days. That’s what happens get a few ignorant beer guzzling idiots at a game to lash out where they can find a weakness to make them feel better about their failing baseball team. If you ask me that’s pretty pathetic too. It doesn’t to a rocket scientist to get into the mind and motives of that type of idiot. They don’t realize they made themselves look more pathetic by calling out Detroit’s debt while they getting their butts kicked in a baseball game. The funny thing is Most of those people probably vote for entitlement king Obama .
4-0. Detroit is so poor, Nigeria scammers are sending the city money,
That is so clever armpit. Its so awesome you guys won that game and 4-0 to boot! Time to celebrate! Oh wait that was yesterday. You lost again today. Oh well maybe u guys will get to see another win before the end of the regular season. Its been a great season for you guys. You actually won 4 out of like 20 games against the tigers! Way to go Cleveland!
Lol Cleveland is the butt hole of America. The Indians sure know how to stink it up just like their city.
Cleveland will always have a losing team so Cleveland will always make fun of other cities to make themselves feel better. Hey armpit the nation and your state is broke too. Turn on fox news dumbass.
Beer guzzling ignorant idiots in Cleveland. The city is the big brown anus of the USA. Hey Cleveland its not an entire loss. Your not completely a brown eye. At least you have a baseball team that almost played well this year. at least you have a second place team for now anyway. Go indians! Your team is full of players that are hanging on to 17th place ribbons from elementary school. But that is not a bad thing! 17th place is better than 18th for sure.
Not one of your brighter moments Cleveland… it made you look stupid and these people on here make you look stupid. Is there anything good about Cleveland? Wait they did will a sports championship like 50 or 60 years ago. Those were the days.
It just shows how ignorant people can be. They have no idea what they are talking about. All they know is they are mad about their team losing. Real graceful Cleveland.
Cleveland stinks because it is the brown hole of the USA.. that’s actually where the Cleveland browns got their name. You should rename the city Anusland!
Its true I’m from Ohio and Cleveland is a dump. I am ashamed of those Cleveland fans. I’d rather root for the Reds than the Anusville Indians or side with their fans. Hey Cleveland not only do you suck but your nasty and ignorant about it.
Not only is Detroit bankrupt, but its fans are notoriously obnoxious and (quite obviously) laughably thin skinned. It’s so very, very funny watching Detroiters trying to cast aspersions on a clearly superior city. Y’all come back and let us know when you figure out what to do with awesome train station… Hey! I know!! You could raid a few of your 9,000 abandoned properties and dress it up just like the Heidelberg “project.” See you on Hell Night!! Or, is there nothing left to improve with a molotov cocktail in that brownfield dump you call a city?
Hey, OhioFan — you should move to Michigan… like tomorrow morning. Check out Flint, Benton Harbor, and River Rouge. You’ll love ’em. Shopping carts full of scrap metal for all!!
Your right Cleveland’s the very best city in the world.. everyone wished they could live there but there’s a big waiting list. Gimme a break. Bottom line is your baseball team sucks and you have to take it out in someone. Its the whole point of this. None of the asses in Detroit would be posting if the asses from Cleveland didn’t start chanting this to begin with. Sour Grapes Cleveland. Grow up.
Hey Cleveland collector..you know what… Michigan IS a beautiful state. Ohio has its dumps and slums just the same. Maybe you should just take a deep breath, relax and watch a different baseball team. You’ll be happier.
You Detroit Tigger fans are showing how shallow and pathetic your lives are by thinking that men who make million of dollars playing a sport are the only way to represent your city. Detroit will win the division but, we’ll see with the world series. I could care less if they win it or not and how the Cleveland teams finish. Just stay in the closet with your Stafford and Cabrera fatheads with the hole cut out in them in and continue to go to town on them. I know the truth hurts when you hear what a dump Detroit is but move on to the bigger picture and fixing your city’s problems. Also, way to recycle comebacks, you continue to show your lack of creativity.
I understand you don’t like the city of Detroit. No one asked you to live there or even visit there. Its OK really. You say you don’t care but you sound very angry at Detroit and people from Michigan.
People from Michigan root for Michigan teams, and you people from Ohio root for your teams that’s great. But there are certain lines people don’t cross unless they are either very angry or frustrated. Don’t think for a minute that all those people were chanting because they were concerned with Detroit’s Fiscal well-being. They were upset and had no way to beat Detroit in the moment so they found someway to feel superior. Its doesn’t take a degree in psychology to figure that out. Kids do that all the time.
I’m from Michigan but not Detroit. Would I want to live there? Heck no! Would I want to live in Cleveland? No way! Any big city (some more than others) are run down, graffiti infested, homeless infected crap holes. All big cities are like this at least partially. The USA continues to borrow from places like China because we are over 17 trillion in debt as a nation. That means the fiscal security of Cleveland, LA, New York, Dallas etc are in jeopardy. When the dollar is worth nothing we will all be bankrupt. But Enough of that…
I say this sincerely and not to trash you. Here is the point that your not getting. Only weak ignorant and childish people would trash on a city because they are losing a ballgame. I understand your fans are frustrated but it actually makes them look worse. Whether you want to believe it or not . Its a weakness… I don’t say this to trash on Cleveland fans. I say this because it makes you look bad to everyone other a few ignorant drunks in Ohio. Its like the kid in class that makes fun of another kid because his brother has down syndrome. LOL. Is Detroit bankrupt? Yup. Does it make you look better when Cleveland fans chant it when they are getting there butt kicked by Detroit in the game, the series, and the season? Nope it makes CLEVELAND look bad
A little dignity and self control goes a long way.
Awwww so close Tigger fans, at least your number 1 for Forbes America’s most miserable cities.
I’ll pray for you armpit. You need help and so do the Indians! They suck almost as bad as the Cleveland browns. Here’s to another 60 years of NO championships lol!