Sweat Hogs

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100_3177.JPGAnother item I got but never used. I don't think I've ever taken it out of the package. Maybe once. Likely got this when the Cleveland Indians clinched a play off spot for the very first time in ages back in 1995. I was working at the "Monster On The Lake" wearing my producer hat. When we clinched,  the main producer cried. Needless to say, we were allowed a celebratory beverage while we were working! An intern and I went to a bodega for a 24 pack of Buttwiper Light and came back and celebrated. By the time it came around to me running the three hour pancake of the low fidelity Rush replay, the glow had worn off and I produced the highlight tapes of the game for the morning show.

100_3178.JPGActually, this is something good. It's a head wrap to keep you cool. Better still, it was made in Amercia by Clevelanders who needed the gig. Didn't matter if they were minimum wage flunkies, it was a made in the USA product. These are still available and I see they are still made in the USA but where is another question. Heck, I don't even know if they were made in Cleveland. Maybe they were made in PARMA! *Cue Polka Music* *Let's go to Channel 43 and see Superhost's phone booth and the Prize Movie prize wheel.*

100_3179.JPGAHA! There is a union seal on these. Makes me proud to have this gracing my button box on this junk blog. So much junk in this blog was made to come out of a bubble gum machine. This was a quality item made right in our country.  Of course, it says "Go Tribe". Not a Indians or MLB licensed item of course. Gotta keep costs down. We can do that better by the generic illustrations on our package. Funny, it doesn't say that there would be no joy in Cleveland for the next 20 years. Can basketball change that? Zzzzzzzzzzz.

-Ric