The Hunt for Red (and Blue) October

As I sit in a library in Louisville between tables of sorority girls that sound like they’re talking about sorority things because seriously who does homework here, the Cleveland Indians are enjoying the end of their last off day of the regular season. The Tribe is sitting pretty and control their own destiny heading into […]

Last night at Progressive Field…

The first order of business on this lovely Saturday afternoon is that last night’s Tribe game was a night of firsts for this blog. Most importantly, the final score was 6-3. If you read yesterday, you’ll know that this marks the first time that this blog has ever gotten a score prediction right on the […]

BS1999 to Appear at Tribe Game Tonight

The time has finally come. Believing Since 1999 (one person, don’t think that this operation is too legit yet) will be in attendance tonight as the Tribe resumes action at Progressive Field against Brandon Maurer (2-5, 5.97) and the Seattle Mariners. You’re probably thinking that a highly influential blog such as this would certainly have […]

You know things are going well when…

The Cleveland Indians won a game last night by the score of 1-0 over the Oakland Athletics. A masterful effort from Zach McAllister was obviously the highlight of the evening, and Yan Gomes was the difference in more ways than one. He had the only RBI of the game, but also gunned Yoenis Cespedes at […]

Believing is Back, Talkin’ some Tribe

Welcome back to Believing Since 1999. Here’s the personal update that nobody really cares about explaining why there hasn’t been a post to the blog since Phil Dawson’s departure. I recently started an internship with the Louisville Bats, the Cincinnati Reds’ Triple-A affiliate, working in Media Relations. That whole “building a resume for your professional […]

Live From Goodyear: Runs Actually Cross Plate in Tribe Win

The first Tribe runs since Believing Since 1999’s Monday arrival in Arizona crossed the plate Wednesday afternoon. The game story from the 5-2 win over the White Sox is here, and the box score is here. This post is going to be relatively short because there were no annoying or entertaining spectators. The game was […]