Word: clevelandism
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...Since 1965, all but two American League strikeout kings were Cleveland Indians or California Angels. Take five points if you can name one of these hurlers; collect ten if your know both...
...Barker of the Cleveland Indians threw a perfect game against the Toronto Blue Jays, the first since 1968. For five points each, who pitched the '68 game, and what team did he beat...
BONUS QUESTION: Joe Early was Bill Veeck's night watchman in Cleveland. Veeck threw a "Good Old Joe Early Night" for his employee after he complained that only ballplayers who didn't need gifts were lavished with them on special days and nights...
...Cleveland 7, California...
...regrette rien. Across the channel, the Duke of Wellington once displayed something of that spirit when an old mistress (a Frenchwoman) threatened to publish all kinds of lurid details about his grace. "Publish and be damned!" the Iron Duke responded, or words to that effect. Grover Cleveland ("Ma, Ma, where's my pa?/ Gone to the White House-ha ha ha!") also managed a show of imperturbability about an illegitimate child who turned...