A team of drastic ups and downs, the Cleveland Indians have played some of the very best and very worst baseball. The 1954 Indians utterly dominated the American League, racking up a record amount of wins. The Indians of the late 1990s, with perrenial sellouts of Jacobs Field, sported some of the most dangerous lineups in baseball history, and played in the 1997 World Series. However, in other parts of the team's history, it has been a laughing stock, so much so that in the 1980s their ineptitude inspired the film Major League, one of the great baseball movies of all-time.
Former Wolf Pack Baseball player Chris Gimenez has been added to the Cleveland Indians 40 man roster.
Publ.Date : Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:10:53 GMTOne of the few pleasant surprises for the Indians in their disappointing season was that they learned they have more catching depth than they expected. An injury to starter Victor Martinez resulted in backup catcher Kelly Shoppach getting far more playing time than expected.
Publ.Date : Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:59:33 GMTCleveland’s head basketball coach Roderick Broussard has a team that is coming off a 16-15 record last year. They lost in the second round in the playoffs to Bellville, but this year, they are ready to advance further with a talented young basketball team.
Publ.Date : Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:20:19 GMTLee captures AL Cy Young
Publ.Date : Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:41:23 GMTCLEVELAND -- It may be only November, but that doesn't mean baseball fans can't gear up for the 2009 season. Tickets for the Cleveland Indians opening day, opening series and six-packs go on sale Friday.
Publ.Date : Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:19:30 GMT
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The team was known as the Naps between 1903 and 1914, due to star player Napoleon Lajoie, who was the best deadball era hitter not named Ty Cobb.
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