Fantasy Baseball 2009 ‐ Cleveland Indians
Summary
The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio.
They are in the Central Division of Major League
Baseball’s American League.
Since 1994, they have played at Progressive...
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Fantasy Baseball 2009 ‐ Cleveland Indians
Summary
The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio.
They are in the Central Division of Major League
Baseball’s American League.
Since 1994, they have played at Progressive Field (formerly Jacobs Field).
The team s spring training
facility is in Goodyear, Arizona.
Since their establishment in 1901, the Indians have won two World Series championships, in 1920
and 1948.
History
Origins
Baseball has a long and illustrious history in Cleveland, with the first team, Forest City, emerging in 1865.
For 35 years, a number of
other teams came and went, including the Cleveland Blues and the Spiders, but none of them could continue for any length of time,
with the Spiders coming to an end in 1899.
In 1900, Charles Somers and Jack Kilfoy, who owned the team, hovered around the middle of the table for most of their early years
and picked up the nickname the ‘Naps’ because of their star player, Napo
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