100 Things Indians Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

100 Things Indians Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

100 Things Indians Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

100 Things Indians Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

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Overview

Most Indians Fans know who Bob Feller is and have attended a game at Progressive Field. Names like Lou Boudreau, Bob Lemon, and Larry Doby are just as familiar as Corey Kluber, Michael Brantley, and Jason Kipnis. But even the most die-hard fans don’t know everything about their beloved Indians. 
 
In 100 Things Indians Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die, Zack Meisel has assembled the facts, traditions, and achievements sure to educate and entertain true fans. From the incredible legacy of Tris Speaker and memories from Cleveland Stadium to how the movie Major League has taken root in fans' hearts, this is the ultimate fanatics guidebook to all things Cleveland Indians. Learn about the team's history in Cleveland as the Naps; the 455-game sellout streak; and modern stars such as Jim Thome, Kenny Lofton, Roberto Alomar, and Omar Vizquel. Meisel has collected every essential piece of Indians knowledge and trivia, including stories about the 1920 and 1948 World Series, the Drummer, and the hiring of Terry Francona, as well as must-do activities, and ranks them all from 1 to 100, providing an entertaining and easy-to-follow checklist as you progress on your way to fan superstardom.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781629370323
Publisher: Triumph Books
Publication date: 04/01/2015
Series: 100 Things...Fans Should Know Series
Pages: 256
Sales rank: 1,052,430
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 2.40(d)

About the Author

Zack Meisel covers the Indians for cleveland.com and previously covered the team for MLB. He is a 2011 graduate of Ohio State University. He lives in Cleveland. Tom Hamilton has been the voice of the Cleveland Indians for 25 years.

Table of Contents

Foreword Tom Hamilton ix

Introduction xi

1 The Rebirth of the Franchise 1

2 A Long Time Coming 5

3 A Year to Remember 8

4 Filling the Seats 10

5 The Pinnacle of Heartbreak 15

6 Rapid Robert 18

7 Little Lake Nellie 21

8 Ring the Belle 24

9 Planning Ahead 29

10 Ten Cent Beer Night 33

11 Hometown Hero 36

12 Check out Heritage Park 39

13 Little O 42

14 Swing and a Drive 46

15 Breaking Barriers 48

16 A Bug's Life 49

17 Perfection 53

18 The Clock Strikes 2:00 AM 55

19 The Catch (and the Sweep) 57

20 World Series Walk-Off 60

21 Comeback for the Ages 61

22 Bang John Adams' Drum 65

23 Slim Jim 69

24 The One That Wasn't 75

25 The Curse of Rocky Colavito 79

26 The 180-Foot Dash 81

27 A Most Unfortunate Pitch 84

28 A Series to Remember 86

29 Hold Up 89

30 In the Nick of Father Time 93

31 The Dark Ages 97

32 Meet Slider, Indians Mascot 99

33 Major League 101

34 Comedy of Errors 103

35 Taking Back Tito 105

36 Handsome Lou 109

37 The SI Jinx Strikes 111

38 K-Love 113

39 Visit League Park 116

40 Center of the Baseball Universe 118

41 Stick a Cork in It 120

42 The End of an Era 122

43 The First Taste of Victory 126

44 Wild Wednesday 127

45 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 131

46 Snow-pening Day 133

47 Visit the Player Statues 136

48 The Quest for 200 139

49 Veeck's Trek 141

50 Decisions, Decisions 143

51 Once in a Lifetime 145

52 Pick Your Favorite Condiment in the Hot Dog Derby 148

53 Grover 150

54 Bye Bye, Cy 152

55 Web Gem 155

56 Quite Frankly 157

57 Rally Alley 158

58 Hard-Headed 160

59 Honoring a Legend 162

60 Justice for All 164

61 Super Joe 166

62 A Banner Season 168

63 Selby vs. Rivera 170

64 Great Sock-cess 172

65 The Score 175

66 Vote for Pedro 176

67 Negotiation Tactics 180

68 Kenny's Catch 182

69 Carnegie and Ontario 183

70 Visit Indians Spring Training 187

71 Living in the Shadow 188

72 Streak Snappers 189

73 Friends Turned Enemies 191

74 Colossal Collision 193

75 Start of the Franchise 195

76 Manny Being Manny 196

77 Nap Time 198

78 Off the Scoreboard 199

79 Red to Toe 201

80 Sunk by the Sun 203

81 "Wow" 206

82 Attend Both Parts of the Battle of Ohio 207

83 Sibling Rivalry 209

84 Catch-22 211

85 Mr. 3,000 214

86 Thunderstruck 215

87 No Help Needed 216

88 Fifty-Fifty 218

89 Experience Opening Day 220

90 Dynamic Double-Play Duo 222

91 Spitting Image 223

92 Bizarre Bartering 225

93 Mental Blauch 227

94 Turning the Paige 230

95 Killer Twin Killings 232

96 The Art of Pitching 234

97 Juan Gone 237

98 Blast Off: Watch Postgame Fireworks 238

99 Atta Boy, Addie 239

100 Pronk's Cycle 241

Sources 243

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