
Can You Read, Judge Landis?
Editor's note: This article originally appeared in Black Ball:…

The Rise and Fall of Greenlee Field
Editor's note: This article originally appeared in Black Ball:…

The Quest for Dick McBride
This article was originally published in SABR's Nineteenth Century…

Bob Feller, Ace Negotiator
On a warm July day in 1935, Cy Slapnicka, Cleveland Indians superscout,…

Jesse Burkett: Cleveland’s Forgotten Legend
The .400 club is a select company to which no new member has…

Keeping the Federals at Bay: Cleveland in the American Association, 1914-1915
Over the first half of the twentieth century, the American Association…

‘The Kid from Cleveland’: A Celebration of the Postwar Cleveland Indians
As baseball movies go, The Kid from Cleveland is strictly second…

It Was ‘Smoky’ in Cleveland: Indians win 19-inning game in 1918
The Ruth era was still a year or two away in 1918. Two home runs…

Roger Maris and the Cleveland Indians
Before the back-to-back MVP awards in 1960 and 1961 and the glaring…

Cleveland Tate Stars
The city of Cleveland had a number of entrants in the Negro Leagues…

The Crybabies of 1940
In the early spring of 1940, under a warm Florida sun, Cleveland…

James C. Dunn and the Cleveland Indians
James C. Dunn's 1916 purchase of the Cleveland Indians brought…

Cleveland Classic: Loss of Mel Harder is Great One for Tribe
OCTOBER 21, 2002 — Mel Harder's ashes will be scattered across…

Alva Bradley, Baseball’s Last Purist
In 1927, at the height of the booming 1920s, Cleveland was a…

Cleveland Classic: Mr. Robert, Master Herbie
MAY 2, 1955 — Bob Feller walked into the clubhouse. He had…

Whatever Happened to Tito Francona?
TITO FRANCONA
Outfielder, First Baseman, 1959-64
Best…

Whatever Happened to Gary Bell?
GARY BELL
Pitcher, 1958-67
Best season: 1959, 44 games,…

Cleveland Classic: Kralick Versus Bell
When veteran Plain Dealer baseball writer Russ Schneider made…

Whatever Happened to Mudcat Grant?
JAMES "MUDCAT" GRANT
Pitcher, 1958-64
Best season: 1961,…

Whatever Happened to Gomer Hodge?
HAROLD "GOMER" HODGE
Second Base, Third Base, First Base,…

‘I Didn’t Think Baseball Players Were Real People’: An Interview with Richie Scheinblum
This interview was conducted as part of the oral-history project…

A Moment of Silence: Remembering Herb Score
As we came out of the ferryboat landing and walked to the Port…

A.S. Young: Writing ‘Wise Words’ about ‘Gripping and Moving Effects’
In the broad sweep of the history of baseball in Cleveland, a…

The Iron-Armed Pitcher, Stanley Coveleski’s Nineteen-Inning Complete-Game Victory
Every season, baseball records are broken. Some, such as Cy Young's…
