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Over the weekend, it was revealed that Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller has been undergoing treatment for leukemia. At 91, Feller is the third oldest living member of the Hall of Fame (behind Bobby Doerr and Lee McPhail, who are both 92)...

CLEVELAND (AP)—The Cleveland Indians hired Manny Acta to be their manager, giving him the job about three months after he was fired by the Washington Nationals. Acta signed a three-year contract with a club option for 2013, Indians spokesman Bart Swain said Sunday. Additional terms were not disclosed. “I am very excited to become part of the Cleveland Indians family,” Acta said. “I look forward to working with this talented group of young men who seem to possess a lot of energy and passion for their work.” The Indians chose Acta after a second interview over former New York Mets...

If nothing else, little-known Manny Acta, the first of four finalists for the Indians' managing job, has a strong grip on reality. "Every team wants Tony La Russa or Joe Torre to walk through the door and manage their team," said Acta. "The reality is these jobs don't go to guys like that. They go to guys like me." Thus, the job of managing the rebuilding Indians will go to Acta — or to one of three guys like him. Two guys who won't be walking through the door — in addition to La Russa and Torre — are former...

NEW YORK -- By the end of Saturday's massacre at the new Yankee Stadium, it was difficult to tell who was more fatigued: the arms in the Yankees bullpen or the people behind the manual scoreboards in the outfield. The Indians blasted the Yankees and starting pitcher Chien-Ming Wang in a 22-4 rout that was beamed on national television, and featured the worst inning in Yankees' franchise history. Wang teamed up with reliever Anthony Claggett (making is big league debut) to surrender a franchise record 14 runs on 13 hits in the second inning, which lasted 37 excruciating minutes. The...

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Good Sunday evening to you, fellow Freeper baseball fanatics. Great week just past, and an unreal last week to the season upon us..I wanted to get the thread up now, since I may not have a chance to do so tomorrow..The races are wilder, and tighter, than ever..

Today, the Ohio Supreme Court upheld the right of officers to arrest protestors who burned Cleveland Indian's Chief Wahoo in effigy. The Court indicated the arrest was justified not because Chief was burnt, but that it created a public safety concern.

<p>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Cleveland Indians pitchers Brian Anderson and Carl Sadler turned into crime fighters over the weekend, chasing down a youth who attempted to steal a purse from a woman in a restaurant across from their team's hotel.</p>

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) - Knuckleballer Hoyt Wilhelm, the first reliever elected to the Hall of Fame and the last pitcher to throw a no-hitter against the New York Yankees, has died. Wilhelm died Friday, but the cause of death was not released. Baseball records listed him at 79 years old, though the funeral home handling the arrangements said he was 80. Wilhelm played from 1952 and 1972 and when he retired, he held the major league record for games pitched at 1,070. Jesse Orosco and Dennis Eckersley have since passed that mark. While known for his fluttering pitch — it...

Emergency medical workers took Indians center fielder Milton Bradley to Lakewood Hospital this week, hauling him out of a restaurant after he refused to leave. "Can I get an officer in here to remove a drunk who's just pitching cookies all over the place?" a Dianna's Deli waitress said in a call to police early Monday. "Gawd, he's loaded, honey," she said as Bradley and a female companion got up to go. Five police officers responded to the call at about 2:15 a.m. They decided to call a city ambulance for Bradley, who turned 24 Monday. Medical workers found Bradley...