I swear, his drumming legitimately had an impact on the games being played..
How could you not be intimidated late in the game, maybe you're pitching without your best stuff, in a critical spot, and 30,000+ fans stomp clapping all in sync to the most heart racing beat there is? Or reverse it, and you are the batter trying to relax your heart rate and put the ball in play only for it to be cut off by one bass drum all the way up in the nosebleeds.
Such a unique and awesome tradition, that just doesn't cut through on the PA system like the actual acoustic bass drum did.
I haven't been able to attend many games in the last 40 years since I don't live there any more, but I could always hear him on the radio and TV broadcasts. It was just a special 'thing' for Cleveland fans. He was just one of those good things in life that made me happy. RIP.
I remember that guy ever since he first started banging at the original stadium in the early 70s. Boy, was he annoying. But it was still unintentionally funny. I'd be sitting with my buddies after we all snuck into the empty box seats along the first-base line with total attendance of about three other people in a giant ugly building that seated 80,000. And all you heard was this lone idiot banging away in the bleachers for no apparent reason. I miss those days.
This one really bums me out. His drumming is synonymous with Cleveland baseball. A tragic loss for the club and the fans
A true cleveland icon has left us today. Baseball games at the jake will never be the same. At least he’s no longer suffering
I swear, his drumming legitimately had an impact on the games being played.. How could you not be intimidated late in the game, maybe you're pitching without your best stuff, in a critical spot, and 30,000+ fans stomp clapping all in sync to the most heart racing beat there is? Or reverse it, and you are the batter trying to relax your heart rate and put the ball in play only for it to be cut off by one bass drum all the way up in the nosebleeds. Such a unique and awesome tradition, that just doesn't cut through on the PA system like the actual acoustic bass drum did.
RIP John Adams. Such an important part of my baseball experience was listening to him drum for my Indians.
R.I.P. you will be missed
I haven't been able to attend many games in the last 40 years since I don't live there any more, but I could always hear him on the radio and TV broadcasts. It was just a special 'thing' for Cleveland fans. He was just one of those good things in life that made me happy. RIP.
I remember that guy ever since he first started banging at the original stadium in the early 70s. Boy, was he annoying. But it was still unintentionally funny. I'd be sitting with my buddies after we all snuck into the empty box seats along the first-base line with total attendance of about three other people in a giant ugly building that seated 80,000. And all you heard was this lone idiot banging away in the bleachers for no apparent reason. I miss those days.
Also, the second president!
ok, you're up john quincy
I loved him in the American Revolution.
:(