What the People Want to Know

I figured when the playoffs started that I would get a surge of hits on this blog, primarily because it focuses on the Indians and casual fans would want to know a little about what the buzz was about the team.

What I did not count on was the fact that what people really want to know about the Cleveland Indians is what Asdrubal Cabrera is wearing around his neck.

Of the hundreds of extra hits I have had on this blog, over 90% are coming by way of Google to a short blurb I rattled off citing the Plain Dealer called "The Truth About Asdrubal Cabrera's Necklace"

People do not want to know about Asdrubal Cabrera's clutch hitting and slick fielding. They want to know about the beads (not pearls, beads) he wears around his neck that his wife made him for good luck.

So this is what I say. The time has come, people for Indians fans to rise up and say, all together, "Fear The Necklace."

That's right. Fear The Necklace. It represents luck united with skill. Shout it from the rooftops. Take your banners to Jacobs Field. Paint it over your doorposts. Fear The Necklace. It's the rally cry that Cleveland needs. Mistake By the Lake? No, we have The Necklace. The Drive? That's history - today, we have The Necklace. Red Right 88? No, Fear the Necklace.

Do you really think that Youk and Pedroia dropped that foul pop on their own accord. Sorry, crimestoppers - it was The Necklace. That liner off Wakefield's glove - The Necklace.

The Indians mid-season turning point? Say it with me - "The Necklace."

The people have spoken. Fear The Necklace.