“If those brats pull that hand-in-warm-water trick again, I swear to God …”
Last night, C.C. Sabathia finally exorcised the beer leaguer from his Forrest Whitaker-like frame. He struck out 11 and gave up no runs in six innings, whittling his season ERA to a measly 10.12.
It was good timing. On Saturday, Sabathia hosts his long-planned “Slugger Sleepover” at Parma’s Freeway Lanes. Local organizations—including the Berea Children’s Home, Boys and Girls Club, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing—have picked 300 underpriviledged kids between the ages of 10 to 17 to participate in the pajamas-and-sleeping-bags event. …
This article appears in Apr 23-29, 2008.