CLEVELAND — "You Said It" is a reader participation column based on the premise that if you don't laugh about Cleveland sports you'll cry.
And that if you do laugh about Cleveland sports, you might still end up crying. But at least friends and family will like being around you more.
YOU SAID IT
Bud: Is the biggest concern after watching Jose Ramirez hit two homers in his first game back that all the Indians will now try to break their hamate bones? — Tim, C-Town.
The bigger concern is a drone attack by Trevor Bauer if they do make the playoffs.
Bud: Watching Franmil Reyes run the bases, he really puts the "slug" in "slugger," doesn't he? — Michael Seese, Chagrin Falls.
You will feel better about him on the base paths once you see him in the outfield this weekend.
Bud: Freddie Kitchens stated the team mantra is “to get better every day!” Wasn’t that Coach Hue’s mantra also? — O. Bill Stone.
I’ll have to look at the tape.
Bud: Any truth to the rumor that the old ‘Maytag Repairman’ ad campaign is being resurrected featuring the Browns’ offensive coordinator Todd Monken? — Jim Corrigan, Fairview Park.
The only thing keeping Monken from being "the loneliest guy in town” is that we know there are at least eight or nine You Said It contributors in Cleveland.
Bud: After Sunday night, can we agree that at least after three games that Mayfield is no Brett Favre? — Dave in Mentor.
It’s a long way from saying that he’s no Brett Favre to Rex Ryan saying Mayfield is “overrated as hell.” Then again, If anybody should know overrated, it’s the Ryan brothers.
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Bud: Does Olivier Vernon kinda sorta maybe remind you of one “Mad Dog in a Meat Market” wearing the same number? — Bernie Abramczyk, Apex, NC.
I’m not sure I am familiar with this Vernon gentlemen.
Bud: In the fourth quarter, on the fourth-and-nine draw play, was the ‘element of surprise’ reserved for just Browns’ fans? — Jim Corrigan, Fairview Park.
Only the ones who don’t remember “Metcalf up the middle” and somehow missed Hue's flea flicker from the end zone.
Bud: I got nothin! — Jim Walsh, Olmsted Falls.
The first honest YSI contributor.
Bud: Right at the end of Sunday’s game I heard a high, squeaky voice say, "We almost always almost win"...Unless they can find better linemen, Mayfield isn't going to make to the bye week. (See: Couch, Tim) — East Side Eddie.
The way he's scrambling to his right and throwing up fadeaway jumpers reminds me more of McCoy, Colt.
Bud: Have the Browns considered how quick and easy it would be to get in if the offensive line worked the gates at First Energy Stadium? — Michael Sarro.
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