Pulling in the same direction

 Those of you who read this blog probably know two things about me:

(1) I am a lifelong Cleveland fan

(2) I love prospects.

But there is one thing that people are likely to find out about me going forward.

If you don't attend the games I don't think you should voice your opinion.  And I am not talking about the person who attends 5 games a season and watches games on TV and feel that gives them a right to criticize the team.  

So, people, including media, who want to nitpick ANYTHING about this season.  Sit down, take a deep breath and, without playing armchair manager, cheer for your team.

If I have to read one more time how Francona should have removed Quantrill before the 6th inning I will barf.  

This is the same manager who pitched his starting pitchers EXACTLY the right amount in the playoffs up to that point.  It is the same manager who pitched Hentges 3 innings when I was screaming for him not to go back out for that 3rd inning with Plesac and McCarty available.

In fact, NO ONE criticized Francona about those moves because they worked.  Fair weather fans and trolls will nitpick when the team loses but are silent when the team wins.

So, as we go into tomorrow and for the rest of this series and, hopefully, beyond this series into the next one and then the next one, could every Cleveland fan just pull in the same direction? Root for you team, don't criticize your team.  Because, frankly, there are very few, if any of us, who should criticize ANYTHING about this season.  It has, so far, way exceeded expectations.   

So, even if we can't pull together let's pull in the same direction for the rest of this season and simply root on OUR Guardians.  There will be plenty of time for ridiculous comments about how the team and management should have done this or should have not done that.  And those comments, as I have said, should actually only be brought forward by people who have been at many games during the year and watched most of the rest on TV or listened to them on the radio.  I think there are so few people who fall into this category that their complaints should be drowned out by the noise of the rest of us applauding their team for a season well-done.  Until the point where the season ends, let's all root our hardest to help make sure it doesn't end.