OhioTate drives all night to Chicago after Guardians win

The night started with engagement photos, a meeting with the priest and a stool at Roosters for the game. Then Cleveland got going in the 7th.

Ohio’s Tate

@OhioTate

PATRICK BAILEY!!! AND IT’S A 2-2 GAME IN THE 7TH AS RASMUSSEN EXITS THE GAME!!! LET’S STEAL GAME 1 RIGHT UNDER THEIR NOSES!!!

Bailey hit Rasmussen's first pitch of the 7th 436 feet to right-center, and Cleveland kept going. Nathaniel Lowe put the Guards ahead for good with a 2-run single up the middle in the 8th, scoring Chase DeLauter and José Ramírez, and the Guardians piled on to take Game 1 7-3. Ramírez had 3 hits, and Tate was already lobbying for a statue before the team even gets back to Cleveland on Thursday. Then came the real announcement of the night.

Ohio’s Tate

@OhioTate

GUARDS WIN! Am I in Ohio? Yes. Have I been invited to be on Wake Up Barstool at 7 am tomorrow live from Chicago? Also yes. Is our family of 3 (dog, no baby) driving through the night to throw on a Cleveland jersey and go on national television? You’re god damn right we are!!!

To be clear, the family of 3 is Tate, the fiancée Tate calls the Heisman, and the dog. Earlier in the evening a photo captioned "3 Heismans in one photo" had the internet convinced a baby was on the way. Tate spent the next hour putting that fire out. The 3 Heismans were Archie's 2 plus the fiancée.

Ohio’s Tate

@OhioTate

NOT A BABY ANNOUNCEMENT! Please tell @BarstoolBigCat this is NOT a baby announcement! Everyone is texting me congratulations. The Heisman’s cousin texted her not as a joke! Archie has 2 Heismans!!! #NoBaby

Ohio’s Tate@OhioTate

3 Heismans in one photo! #GoBucks t.co/KCmgI7f5Yy

With that sorted out, the car pointed west. The Wake Up Barstool crew is in Chicago, and getting a Guardians fan in a Cleveland jersey onto FS1 the morning after a road win in the ALCS was apparently worth a night with no sleep. The replies were full of "drive safe" and "be careful." Tate wasn't worried.

Ohio’s Tate

@OhioTate

“Drive safe” “Be careful” Look boys this ain’t my first rodeo. People forget my first time in Chicago was via an overnight drive to shoot free throws. It was also my last day as a teacher since I quit my job that night!

Ohio’s Tate@OhioTate

GUARDS WIN! Am I in Ohio? Yes. Have I been invited to be on Wake Up Barstool at 7 am tomorrow live from Chicago? Also yes. Is our family of 3 (dog, no baby) driving through the night to throw on a Cleveland jersey and go on national television? You’re god damn right we are!!! t.co/m5IVn91PvS

That backstory checks out as Barstool lore. Tate's first trip to Chicago was also an overnight drive, to shoot free throws, and it was the night Tate quit teaching. This time the stakes were lower and the snacks were better. By 12:41 a.m. the Heisman and her dog, Rory LeBron, were asleep, and Tate was running #NoSleepTilChicago alone.

Ohio’s Tate

@OhioTate

1:43 am update My wolfpack has grown by 1 (I think he smelled the peanut butter covered pretzels I opened in the front seat)

The 1:43 a.m. update says the dog switched sides once the peanut butter pretzels came out in the front seat. Next up is a 7 a.m. call time in Chicago after a night of no sleep, with Cleveland up 1-0 in the series. Game 2 is still at the Trop before the series moves to Cleveland. Whether Tate is still awake for it is a separate question.