Please don't bother the midges

A Cleveland Indians fan explains, without midges your water quality suffers. Plus, you wouldn't get the birds. The birds need bugs to survive:

• "Posted by Riverlover68 on 06/01/09 at 11:08PM

By the way, for all the 'ecological illiterate' sports fans...the birds come for the bugs...

• the bugs are great for lake Erie perch (mayflies)

• Meaning, a healthier water quality.

• So please spare the negative comments that may be spawned from
• the bug situation.

Its been happening long before baseball was here."

• From comment on Cleveland.com to Paul Hoynes' article, "Walk, don't run, to defeat: Indians pitchers lose control as New York strolls to 5-2 win," 6/1/09

P.S. It's possible the commenter wasn't an Indians fan, and just someone familiar with Indians lore.

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