Glory Days in Tribe Town: The Cleveland Indians and Jacobs Field 1994-1997

by Terry Pluto, Tom Hamilton

Overview

Relive the most thrilling seasons of Cleveland Indians baseball in recent memory!

Remember the excitement of those first years at Jacobs Field? When it seemed the Indians could find a way to win almost any game? When screaming fans rocked the jam-packed stands every night? When a brash young team snapped a forty-year slump and electrified the city?

Those weren’t baseball seasons, they were year-long celebrations.

Step back into the glory days with sportswriter Terry Pluto and broadcaster Tom Hamilton as they share behind-the-scenes stories about a team with all-stars at nearly every position … a sparkling new ballpark … wild comeback victories … a record sellout streak … two trips to the World Series … and a city crazed with Indians fever.

Revisit baseball’s most fearsome lineup: Albert Belle’s mighty swing and ferocious glare … Jim Thome’s moon-shot home runs … Omar Vizquel’s poetry-in-motion play at shortstop … Kenny Lofton’s exhilarating baserunning and over-the-wall catches …

These two Cleveland baseball veterans were there for it all. Now, they combine firsthand experience and in-depth player interviews to tell a rich, detailed story that Tribe fans will love.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781938441356
Publisher:	Gray & Company, Publishers
Publication date:	11/10/2014
Pages:	333
Sales rank:	1,025,806
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Terry Pluto is a sports columnist for The Plain Dealer and the author of more than 30 books. He has twice been honored by the Associated Press Sports Editors as the nation’s top sports columnist for medium-sized newspapers and has received more than 50 state and local writing awards. He was called “Perhaps the best American writer of sports books” by the Chicago Tribune in 1997.

Tom Hamilton, the "Voice of the Indians," has called Cleveland Indians baseball games on the radio since 1990. He called all 69 postseason games the Indians have played over that span, including the 1995 and 1997 World Series. His tenure is the second-longest in club history.

Table of Contents

About this Book When Cleveland Really Was a Tribe Town Where It Came From In the Booth With Herb Hank Peters, the Moses of Tribe Baseball Sandy Alomar: The Tribe’s Underappreciated Star The Stadium: Finally, Out With the Old Carlos Baerga: The Heartbeat of the Tribe John Hart’s Greatest Sales Job Radio A New Beginning A True New Day For the Tribe A New Ballpark, A New Game Mike Hargrove Finally Makes it to the New Ballpark Albert Belle: You Didn’t Want to Miss a Single At-Bat Kenny Lofton Manny Ramirez Made Hitting Look Easy Going to Jacobs Field Heart of the Order Omar Vizquel Eddie Murray: A Great Teammate Dennis Martinez and the Greatest Game Orel Hershiser: Climbing Twin Peaks Charlie Manuel Jim Thome and the Statue Don’t Forget About Charlie Nagy The 1995 Season The End of Innocence Lofton Flies Away from the Tribe, then Comes Home Belle Blows Out of Town 1996: The Loss of Innocence Hart and Hargrove, the Tribe’s Odd Couple Jaret Wright: One Special Season Herb Score’s Quick Goodbye Dick Jacobs Knew When to Buy . . . and Sell Players Rebuilding Tom Hamilton, An Old-Fashioned Radio Man 1997: The Best and the Worst Season The 1997 Season Looking Back Acknowledgements