Mr. Adams’s drumming was heard at more than 3,700 home games, first at Cleveland Municipal Stadium and then, starting in 1994, at Jacobs Field (now Progressive Field). Stationed deep in the bleachers, he steadily urged the team on by rhythmically banging his drum with two mallets.
“Football has its bands and its cheerleaders, and all of them help get into the spirit of the game,” Mr. Adams told The Akron Beacon Journal in 1983, explaining his long-running stadium gig. “Baseball has nothing, so I thought of the war drum thing for the Indians.”
His status as a superfan was acknowledged when the team gave away bobblehead figures of him with a drum and movable arms at a home game in 2006. Six years later, Great Lakes Brewing introduced Rally Drum Red Ale in his honor.
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1. NaOH Posted: February 01, 2023 at 07:52 PM (#6115447)I buy a cheap ticket and settle in at the old stadium - and surprisingly, I have all the room in the world to sit in the sun in one portion of the bleachers, for some reason. fans were relatively crowded in elsewhere in the outfield seats.
then the Indians come to bat, Kenny Lofton leads off and hits one into the gap - and ..... THE DRUM.
wow, that was LOUD. and then it all added up.
(I will not look up details on bb-ref because that is my memory and I am sticking to it for the rest of my days. no 'tracer' for me)
His health didn't permit him to attend after 2019, so no.
He or someone like him was portrayed, but I don't know if it was actually him.
None of the obituaries nor his Wikipedia page mention it, so probably not. Definite oversight by the movie writers. A shame.
But I think "Major League" was actually filmed in Milwaukee .
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