This has little to do with Cleveland sports, but I hope you'll take a look anyway.

I was on Facebook today and saw a post from a friend linking to a CNN story about her grandfather, Alex Clowson. The central Ohioan played minor league baseball from 1935 to 1941, and he never stopped loving the sport. Several years later he owned a tavern and had one notable regular -- George Steinbrenner.

I'm not going to try to retell the rest of the touching story. You should read it for yourself.


-- Cheryl Sadler
CSadler@News-Herald.com