The Condiments Thicken

I have not been to an Indians game yet this year, but loyal reader Mike was kind enough to send us a link to this article about a shocking new-for-2009 development at Progressive Field. Long story short, you can now buy "Ketchup Cheats" T-shirts at the Indians team shop. This comes as a surprise, to say the least, and at first I wasn't quite sure how to react to it.In case you're new around here, my history with Ketchup is both long and ugly. As far as I know, I was the first person to accuse Ketchup of cheating (in the then-Jacobs Field Hot Dog Race) when I wrote this post in June 2005. Exposing injustice within the Hot Dog Race, railing against the insidious and seemingly all-powerful Evil Pittsburgh Ketchup Lobby (or EPKL), and supporting Mustard—one of the great heroes of Cleveland history—quickly became running themes on our blog. Later, some astute and noble Indians fans started the now-famous website KetchupCheats.com (for which I voiced my undying support) ...