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32 MILES FROM OHIO BORDER, Pa. — Next time you're in DuBois, Pa., check out Julio's Tavern on S. Jared St. They offer both Mr. Pibb on fountain and Labatt Blue on tap. Plus the food was good, inexpensive and inexpensive. They were setting up for a backyard barbecue later this afternoon. But by the time they are cooking, we'll be in the Cleveland suburbs.

We're meeting up with a friend of mine from my Ohio University day. Picking him up at his house and then heading to downtown Cleveland. I haven't been to Cleveland since around 1983. I was 5. I came home to Cincinnati with a new Atari. The bar is set high, Cleveland.

Here's the patriotic, nondescript building across from Julio's in DuBois.

The Reds just sent me an email thanking me for buying tickets to tomorrow's game against the Blue Jays. It included directions to the game, info about Great American Ball Park and pitching match-ups. Bronson Arroyo is pitching for the Reds. The last three times I've seen the Reds play — at Shea Stadium, Wrigley Field and Citi Field — I've seen Bronson pitch. Hoping for Goodroyo. He can be fun to watch. How could you not like seeing those flowing blonde locks and leg kick? I wonder if his mother was a Rockette.

Hello, former home state.