CLEVELAND (WJW) — John Adams, the Cleveland baseball superfan whose drum beat has been heard from the stands for nearly a half-century, has died at 71, the Cleveland Guardians announced on Monday.

“When I was a little kid at the ballpark, sitting in the bleachers, John would stop and talk to me and take pictures every time,” said Jerome Petukauskas, who came to the wake with his friend Frank ...

The man who provided the soundtrack for so many Cleveland baseball rallies and moments has passed away. John Adams, the longtime drummer whose rhythm became synonymous with Cleveland baseball, has ...

The first year Adams started drumming for Cleveland’s baseball team was Aug. 24, 1973. He continued until the pandemic of 2020, followed by two years of health problems in 2021 and 2022 that kept him ...