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Happy Anniversary: Bob Feller’s Opening Day No-Hitter

Lewie Pollis — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:10:50 +0000

Bob Feller’s name is synonymous with Cleveland Indians baseball. “Rapid Robert” was one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history and it’s not a stretch to say he was the greatest Indians player of all time. And the most memorable moment of his career was 72 years ago Monday. (more…)

Indians Will Honor Feller on Opening Day and All Season

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 23:28:12 +0000

The recent death of Bob Feller was one that hit the Indians organization, and its fans hard. Those who are old enough to remember Feller, and those who are not were all impacted by his greatness.

He finished his career, all with the Tribe, with 266 wins which is a club record. He also threw the only opening day no-hitter in the MLB. His legend spanned beyond baseball. This is apparent from his service in World War II, which made him a true American hero.

The 92 year old Feller remained a fan of the team until his passing. Due to his lifelong love of the team, the Indians are giving back. It starts on opening day. The team will show a tribute video highlighting the career of the late Bob Feller.

The first pitch will be thrown by Anne Feller, the widow of Bob Feller. This will be a silent pitch, and it should be a very emotional moment for everyone in attendance. The players on the Indians will all have #19 jerseys on for the introductions and their normal jerseys will feature a patch with #19 on it.

For those who are interested, there will be a public memorial service for Feller on March 31st. It will be at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Cleveland Heights at 11am. Due to limited space, it will also be shown on STO.

Link Fix 12/21/10

Ed Carroll — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:49:04 +0000

Bob Feller once told me how much he loved Indians links. Wait, no, I never met him. And I’m not sure he would have known what a link is. But he would have been honored after reading some of the pieces written about him since he passed. Here are a few of them, as well as some other links. As always, this is what the Internet is saying about your Cleveland Indians:

We’ll lead off with a little Castrovince, as he checks in over at Castroturf, and shares his memories of returning to Feller’s roots with Feller. I miss reading Anthony’s work on a regular basis, and I was really glad he decided to chime in on Feller’s death.

Paul Cousineau from The DiaTribe has a piece up at The Cleveland Fan about Feller and his passing, and what he meant to each generation of fans. Great read.

More Paul, this time from the DiaTribe, on Austin Kearn’s return. He too, feels it’s a good signing. Unfortunately I didn’t realize he wasn’t going to be an effective platoon partner for Travis Hafner, as Paul explains.

About those Fausto Carmona trade rumors? Just rumors, according to Tony at Indians Prospect Insider. Don’t forget that the last three years of his deal are club options. There is no risk to keeping Fausto, because the Indians aren’t on the hook, per se.

Jordan Bastian chimes in on the Kearns signing, as well as Feller’s passing, in his latest Indians notebook on his blog at Major League Bastian. Jordan’s no AC, but so far I’ve liked his work.

Speaking of Jordan’s work, check out the latest Indians Inbox. His response to Alan N, from Rittman, Ohio, is spot on.

Finally, I’ll let Jon at Waiting For Next Year handle the commentary on the minor league signing of Travis Buck.