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Cleveland Indians: The name

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Cleveland Indians: The name

Mar 19, 2014
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A little Cleveland Indians history -- and in here you might find our next player in the Top 100.

When I was a kid growing up in Cleveland, I believed -- completely, wholeheartedly, without reservation or pause -- that the Cleveland Indians were named to honor a Native American ballplayer named Louis Sockalexis, who played for Cleveland in the late 19th C…

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