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Im a pro wrestling fan.This confession has often been a crossroads moment in many relationships over the years.I get it. Its not exactly ideal to cater plans around Raw and Smackdown every week and monthly pay-per-views, especially if you have no interest in the WWE.As much as I try to compare it to being an avid viewer of other scripted television shows, such as Game of Thrones, I understand how that comparison doesnt equate in the time-commitment department. GOT, for example, has been on the air for six seasons, with each season producing 10 episodes running about one hour each and airing on Sundays between April and June. It has a season finale every year, a nine-month break in between seasons and will eventually stop producing new shows. (Im sorry, its true.)The WWE has no offseason, no breaks and doesnt figure to stop anytime soon. It produces five hours of live televised programming every week between Raw and Smackdown, a live monthly, three-hour pay-per-view show, as well as NXT events and WWE Network specials.Its entirely too much, and I cant get enough.I guess its like football in that way. No one ever steps away from the TV after watching college football games all day Saturday and NFL games on Sunday and says, That was great but Sunday Night Football, Monday Night Football and Thursday Night Football, too? Sorry, but thats overkill.Theres something cathartic for me about watching pro wrestling. Its perhaps the only real passion I had as a child that has stuck with me today. I no longer watch Thundercats, He-Man and G.I. Joe while playing with toys from said cartoons in front of the television, but I still love watching pro wrestling. I used to watch Soul Train on KTTV in Los Angeles while I waited for WWF Superstars of Wrestling to start on Saturdays and Murder She Wrote re-runs on the USA Network while I waited for WWF Prime Time Wrestling to come on every Monday. I pleaded with my dad to take me to the Los Angeles Sports Arena for house shows and to Toys R Us to buy ridiculous Wrestling Buddies and to the Wherehouse to rent the latest WWF Coliseum home video.My dad drove me from Los Angeles to Las Vegas when I was a kid so I could see WrestleMania IX at Caesars Palace after I begged him for weeks. I think a part of him felt bad that I had just endured the chickenpox and a larger part of him probably just got tired of me explaining the significance of Hulk Hogans return and the substantial challenge Yokozuna posed then-WWF champion Bret The Hitman Hart. When Hogan came out and beat Yokozuna for the title moments after he had just won the title from Hart, I raced to the ring and yelled as loud as I could. Its a moment that WWF cameras captured and has made what is generally considered the worst WrestleMania ever my personal favorite.Getting my drivers license was a big deal, not so much because I was able to drive to school and to work, but because I was finally able to drive myself to wrestling shows. The first trip I made outside of Los Angeles County was to San Diego to watch Bash at the Beach 1998 at the Cox Arena on the San Diego State University campus. The main event was Hollywood Hogan teaming up with Dennis Rodman to face Diamond Dallas Page and Karl Malone, but my highlight came earlier in the night when Juventud Guerrera faced Billy?Kidman. While Guerrera walked to the ring, the cameraman zoomed in on me as Tony Schiavone said, Tijuana is just bordering San Diego and there are Mexican fans here in droves to cheer their luchadores.The next year I drove to Anaheim to watch the Royal Rumble in which The Rock would face Mankind in an I Quit match for the WWF title. At one point, Mankind and The Rock tumbled over the barricade and into the crowd, within walking distance of my seat. So, of course, I tried to wedge myself into the action and hugged Mankind. Yes, I wrapped my arms around Mick Foley and gave him a bear hug. Dont ask me why. It seemed like a good idea at the time.I returned to Anaheim last week to watch Monday Night Raw. I didnt hug any wrestlers this time, although Foley was there, now as the general manager of Raw. All of the characters and storylines have changed over the 30 years since Ive been a fan, but there I was, sitting in a similar seat with a similar feeling I had going to a live event as a kid. Maybe thats what attracts me to it.Theres this scene in the film Quiz Show in which Ralph Fiennes, playing Charles Van Doren, is sitting at the kitchen table with his father, and as the stress of his life wears on him, he suddenly thinks of a happier time. I just had the strongest memory, coming home from school, and going to the fridge -- nice, cold bottle of milk and a big piece of chocolate cake, just the simplicity of it, he said. I cant think of anything that will make me that happy again.Thats the way I feel every time Im watching Raw or Smackdown or sitting at a live event. Its like my cold bottle of milk and big piece of chocolate cake. For a moment, Im once again that kid running to the ring after watching Hulk Hogan beat Yokozuna. Its an escape from reality I hope I never grow up and lose.John Lackey Cubs Jersey . R.J. Umberger scored twice to lead the Blue Jackets to a franchise-record for consecutive wins with a 5-3 victory Tuesday night over the Los Angeles Kings. 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"This record is incredible," Bayern coach Pep Guardiola said.CLEVELAND -- The New York Yankees rolled into the All-Star break on a high note.Jacoby Ellsbury hit a three-run homer and the Yankees overcame a shaky outing by Masahiro Tanaka to beat the Cleveland Indians 11-7 on Sunday, moving to .500 (44-44) going into the break.Its a positive thing for us. We beat a good team three out of four, manager Joe Girardi said. Hopefully we can carry the momentum into the second half.New York scored four runs in the second and six in the fifth, but Sundays win was anything but easy.Tanaka took an 11-1 lead into the fifth, but was charged with seven runs (three earned) and fell one out short of qualifying for his seventh win. The right-hander was pulled after Tyler Naquins two-run homer capped a six-run rally.Tanaka couldnt pinpoint why he didnt hold the lead that cost him what appeared to be a certain win.If I knew the reason Id fix that and go out and do it, he said through a translator. Bottom line, I have to go out there and shut them down.Nathan Eovaldi (7-6), demoted to the bullpen last week, allowed one hit over the final 4 1/3 innings for his first career win in relief. Dellin Betances warmed up in the ninth while Andrew Miller and Aroldis Chapman were unavailable after Saturdays 7-6 win in 11 innings.It feels a little different to come into a game with a four-run lead, Eovaldi said. I was glad to get in there and help Tanaka out.The fifth inning featured 12 runs and 11 hits, lasting 46 minutes.Carlos Carrasco (5-3) allowed five runs -- one earned -- in 3 2/3 innings. Cleveland, which is 3-6 since a franchise-record, 14-game winning streak, committed three errors, leading to eight unearned runs.It didnt help, Indians manager Terry Francona said. Shoot, it seemed like the ball was going every different direction today.Ellsbury, who angrily objected to a strike call by plate umpire Ramon DeJesus on the previous pitch, homered to right-center in the seecond to start New Yorks big offensive day.dddddddddddd.Errors by first baseman Carlos Santana and third baseman Jose Ramirez made four of the runs Carrasco gave up unearned. Right fielder Lonnie Chisenhall failed to come up with a catchable fly ball in New Yorks big inning and All-Star shortstop Francisco Lindor committed a throwing error in the fifth.Starlin Castro started the second with a double. With one out, Santana failed to catch Lindors throw on a grounder hit by Rob Refsnyder. The ball rolled to the stands, scoring Castro.Chisenhall got a glove on Austin Romines fly ball to the warning track, but couldnt hold on. Romine was given a double, putting runners at second and third.Ellsbury headed to first on a 3-1 pitch, which DeJesus called a strike. Ellsbury argued the call to the point where Girardi came out of the dugout before his center fielder calmed down.It ended up working out, said Ellsbury, who homered on the next pitch. I guess Im happy he made that call.TOUGH STRETCH AHEADThe Yankees finished their road trip 5-5, but Girardi knows theres work to do. New York plays Boston, Baltimore and San Francisco on a 10-game homestand.Its tough to go into the break under .500, but we still have to make up ground, starting Friday, after the break, he said.TRAINERS ROOMYankees: 1B Mark Teixeira (sore right knee) returned to the lineup after not playing Saturday. He will receive an injection in the knee and rest during the All-Star break.Indians: OF Michael Brantley, who has missed of the season with a sore right shoulder, will begin a minor league rehab assignment Monday.UP NEXTYankees: RHP Michael Pineda will start against Boston in the first game following the break Friday.Indians: Carrasco will start the first game after the break in Minnesota on Friday. ' ' '