Ernie Camacho's Elbow

From Wiki Gonzalez

Ernie Camacho's Elbow is a disgruntled television sports producer from Columbus, Ohio. He's been an Indians fan for as long as he can remember. rLr thinks he looks like Joshua Malina of "Sports Night" and West Wing" fame. Ankleball Moss is his boss, and both work with Karim Garcia's former brother-in-law.

ECE's main duties on baseballthinkfactory.org include hanging out in Indians Game Chatter threads, bashing John Hart, posting inane comments that add nothing to the substantive discussions taking place, and greeting Bernal Diaz whenever possible.

The derivation of his handle is as follows:

When the Indians were trying to snap out of the shittiness in the mid ‘80s, everything seemed to hinge upon whether Camacho’s elbow would hold up for an entire season.

In ‘84, Camacho was one of the best relievers in baseball: 100 innings, 2.43 ERA, 83 hits. They went 75-87 and there was a bit of hope.

In ‘85, Camacho blew out his elbow two games into the season. They went 60-102.

In ‘86, Camacho was back. He saved 20 games and the team had a winning record for the first time in ten years. (1981 doesn’t count.)

In ‘87, everything was in place. Everyone expected the Indians to contend. The cover of Sports Illustrated and everything. Camacho blew out his elbow again and they went 61-101. It took them another 7 years to have a winning record.

In a bizarre way, Camacho’s elbow was like a good luck charm. When it was intact, the Indians weren’t half bad. When it exploded, which it did fairly regularly, the team sucked.

The Primate known as Ernie Camacho's Elbow maintains a weblog (http://blog.thejamootz.com) that is interesting on rare occasions when everything falls into place.