"Season's over, everyone—Dan Donatelli hopes we win."
Last Sunday when I walked off the high-school court after shooting baskets, I crossed the path of the same two people I would often see shooting up there on Sundays—a man and his daughter who plays for Mayfield's varsity team.
Ohio's basketball playoffs are happening right now, so I asked them how the team was doing, and we all met each other. (I was Dan, and they were Bob and Shannon—good people.) While the freshman sharpshooter Shannon shot baskets, the affable Bob informed me that their next playoff game was against Mentor, which is one of the largest schools in east Cleveland and always a dangerous team. However, Bob said Mayfield matched up pretty well with them this year.
Long story short, Mayfield is no longer in the playoffs.
Jordan leaves me and wins, Bob and Shannon meet me and lose.
The only reason I don't completely blame the loss on my inexplicably bad mojo is because there's more than just my bad mojo at work here. Wretched losses happen all the time in this town.
Mayfield is the Cleveland of Cleveland.
Which sucks as much as it sounds.
Haha! Mayfield is the Cleveland of Cleveland! Gotta ask then, what does that make Brush?
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