There's a lot the CHB doesn't know about Cleveland

By adamg - 5/12/08 - 8:49 am

The Outraged Liberal, a Cleveland native, couldn't get past the fifth paragraph in Shaughnessy's column today because it's so riddled with factual errors about his birthplace.

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keep fighting the good fight

By jdj (not verified) - 5/12/08 - 11:35 am

As long as the Globe continues subjecting us to CHB's musings, they're fair game.

This was one of his laziest columns in a while. It looks like he started his standard "We have clam chowder, they have [insert popular local food]" column that he does for almost every playoff series, but didn't know enough about Cleveland to finish.

Ok...

By mibsphil (not verified) - 5/12/08 - 9:52 am

...I give up. What does CHB stand for?

Thank you, Carl Everett

By Kaz - 5/12/08 - 10:08 am

Curly Haired Boyfriend, as in "Gordon Edes and his curly haired boyfriend".

Thanks

By mibsphil (not verified) - 5/12/08 - 10:48 am

Thanks! Now maybe I can get some sleep...

Remember Oil Can Boyd (OCB?)

By SwirlyGrrl - 5/12/08 - 11:12 am

When the weather was a bit windy and bizarre one day in Cleveland, he referred to the ballpark as being built on the ocean.

Just Another Example . . .

By ClevelandExPat (not verified) - 5/12/08 - 1:14 pm

Of the uninformed elitism that riddles the East Coast. Picking on the Midwest appears to be a regional pastime up here, and doing it with complete ignorance to any real facts is even more popular. If everyone up here is so educated, well-traveled, and enlightened, then why don't they get on a plane to Cleveland or St. Louis and learn a little about that part of the country? They call the Midwest ignorant, but they're the ignorant ones.

Shaughnessy Is A Tool

By Michael - 5/12/08 - 1:19 pm

And does not represent us. Personally, I love the Midwest. Some of my best friends are from the Midwest. I've even been to a Midwestern county fair (Dodge County, Nebraska - how much more Midwest can you get?).

i like my friends from the midwest

By Anonymous - 5/12/08 - 3:46 pm

Lansing MI, St Louis MO, Milwaukee WI, Chicago IL, Evanston IL, Farm Country, MN etc etc. but I'm not likely to pickup a book on the subject just becuase Shaughnessy is a dick.

Enough about Shaughnessy plz.

Not a big CHB fan, but this is a bit unfair

By Ron Newman - 5/12/08 - 1:22 pm

I think he deserves praise, not blame, for continuing to call Jacobs Field by its proper name.