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.
The Cleveland Indians have hired their former star catcher, Sandy Alomar, Jr., as their first base coach and catching instructor. Alomar, who was with the Indians from 1990-2000, helped them make the postseason five times from 1995-2000.
Publ.Date : Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:26:56 GMTSandy Alomar Jr. is back with the Cleveland Indians. The popular former All-Star catcher has been hired by new Indians manager Manny Acta as a first-base coach. Alomar spent the past two years as a catching instructor for the New York Mets. He will mentor Cleveland's catchers.
Publ.Date : Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:17:10 GMTNew manager Manny Acta said he expects to complete his coaching staff with the hiring of a hitting coach sometime just before the start of the winter meetings. All of the other coaches on Acta's coaching staff are now in place.
Publ.Date : Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:05:11 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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