PLAYERS:
Chris Perez,
Shin-Soo Choo,
Jesus Montero,
Carlos Beltran,
Tony Sipp,
Joe Smith,
Vinnie Pestano,
Ramon Santiago,
Andy Dirks,
Manny Acta
TEAMS: Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, Miami Marlins, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals, Detroit Tigers, Arizona Diamondbacks, Cleveland Browns, Ohio State Buckeyes
TEAMS: Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, Miami Marlins, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals, Detroit Tigers, Arizona Diamondbacks, Cleveland Browns, Ohio State Buckeyes
2012 was one crazy year in the wild wacky world of Cleveland Sports. Some would tell you 2012 was as bad as it has ever been here. As the year comes to a close, like we have done the last four years, WFNY will take a look at what we view to be the 10 biggest sports stories affecting our local sports scene. Each day through the rest of the year, we will be counting down from ten to one. We started earlier today with the Buckeyes Final Four trip . Number nine is something that happened just a short two weeks ago. The Shin-Soo Choo trade came in at number nine. The Ohio State perfect 12-0 season was number eight. Up next was an incident that started on the field, and exploded off of it.
#9 Chris Perez sets off a firestorm with his comments on the fans and Indians ownership
It started innocently enough and came out of nowhere.
After saving a 2-0 win against the Miami Marlins on May 20th, a few days after having a shaky outing in front of the home crowd, Perez got in front of reporters a...
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