Cleveland fan John Adams has been drumming in futility for 40 years
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MLB.com / 8-23-13
Indians superfan has been a staple at games in Cleveland since Aug. 24, 1973
Anyone who has watched a baseball game in Cleveland over the past four decades recognizes the man with the mustache in the button-down shirt and jeans sitting atop the left-field bleachers, beneath the massive scoreboard. People from all over the globe know his story:
Some guy lugged a bass drum into the ballpark because, in the bleachers -- a sea of redwood benches -- he needed a device to supplement the rattling created by the stadium's seat-clangers. When a local reporter wrote that the guy would become a regular attendee, he felt compelled to oblige.
So he returned for the next game. And the one after that. And the one after that. For 40 years.
That is the story Adams narrates to visitors who brave the uphill trail to the peak of the bleachers at Progressive Field. He has met fans from every continent except Antarctica, "because no penguin has come up the steps to say hello," he said. Adams has interacted with natives of Hong Kong, Austria, France, South Korea, Denmark and Japan.
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Adams, 61, says he wants to keep drumming for another four decades.
In 40 years, Adams has missed 38 games.
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