Brady's Bunch of Lorain County Nostalgia

I haven't been following the Cleveland Indians Guardians too closely this season, except to note that they're under .500 so far. I ...

If you've ever read the baseball classic Ball Four by pitcher Jim Bouton, then you might remember how some of his teammates were annoye...

Fifty years ago, you could reserve your Cleveland Indians tickets at any Central Security Bank office. That's according to this ad featu...

So the new name of the Cleveland Indians is going to be the Cleveland Guardians.  With all due respect to the Native Americans that were off...

Here’s a nice reminder of a different time, a time when Lorain had an active City Club that sponsored an annual trip to take a group local k...

Tomorrow is the Home Opener for the Cleveland Indians, so it's a good time for this post. During the 1940s and 50s in Lorain, it s...

Speaking of mascots (as I often am), you might be surprised to learn that I’m not particularly upset about the Cleveland Indians’ decision...

Well, today is the Indians’ Home Opener – so I thought I’d better prepare something appropriate. At the top you see my genuine Twins Ent...

Illustration scanned from a Brilliant Electric Signs ad from a 1968 scorecard The Cleveland Indians clinched the American League Centr...

Although it's the Cavs that are on everybody's minds today, here's an ad with a Cleveland Indians theme. It's for the lo...

Cover of the 1949 Sketch Book (Courtesy of Gene Biros) A pal from work recently loaned me a copy of the Cleveland Indians 1949 Sketch B...

Here's kind of a neat Lorain Journal newspaper ad for local hamburger chain  Casey's Drive In,  one of the topics ( here ) from t...

A few blogs ago I mentioned how after Cleveland Indians games in the 1960s, my brothers & I would follow ballplayers up to Public S...

Here's an ad for the Illuminating Company from the 1968 Cleveland Indians scorecard, featuring one of my all-time favorite advertising ...

Here's another ad from the 1968 Cleveland Indians scorecard: an ad for the gone-but-not-forgotten Kon Tiki , a Polynesian restaura...

Here's another ad from the 1968 Cleveland Indians scorecard for the Brilliant Electric Sign Company. (Click on it for a closer look....

Here's another ad from the 1968 Cleveland Indians scorecard that is a bit of Cleveland history: Carling's Black Label beer. ...

One of the fun things about saving old programs, newspapers, etc. is looking at the old ads in them. As I am employed in the advertising ...

Okay, so the Cleveland Indians aren't so hot this year. Here's something to take your mind off their lackluster performance: a C...