Mutka: Seelie makes his 16th fantasy camp a special one
24.05.12
Kids who attach themselves to a baseball team usually cling to them passionately even if they move away from their grass roots as adults.
I know from personal experience. It took most of my life to shake the irrational need to root for those lovable losers on the north side of Chicago.
When you think of baseball passion hot spots like New York, Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia pop up. Cleveland? Not so much.
So, Ken Seelie sticks out like a sore thumb, being a transplanted Northwest Indiana fan of the Indians. Though he moved to Valparaiso from the suburbs of Cleveland in 1980 his heart still drumbeats for the Tribe.
Rooting for the Indians is nearly as painful as it is to suffer with the Cubs. After all, they haven’t won a World Series since 1948. That’s three years after the Wrigleys took a seven-game licking from the Tigers in their last appearance in the Fall Classic.
Source: Post-Tribune