Cleveland Indians

Located in Cleveland, Ohio, the Cleveland Indians belong nowadays to the American League Central Division. This was not always the case. From its start in 1969 when the Cleveland Forest Citys played baseball in Cleveland to the American League start in 1901, the Cleveland baseball teams belonged to the National association and for some time even to the National League. Cleveland Indians baseball has always had a good number of followers; Cleveland fans are crazy about their sports teams (basketball and football). In 1929 the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians where the first two teams to use uniform numbers to be able to distinguish the player on the field. In 1948 the Cleveland Indians won a World Series championship after much controversy about the players hired. The owner of the Cleveland Indians in dire need of some decent players turned to the Negro Leagues and hired some of the first black players in baseball.
Chief Wahoo is the name of the Cleveland Indians logo that got its name from Louis Sockalexis. He was an excellent player and helped the Indians to never before seen heights. Through his Native American background he got the nickname of Chief Sockalexis, which is the reason why the Indians chose their current name and logo in honor of Lois Sockalexis. Cleveland Indians logos changed over time, the face of Chief Wahoo changed in color and shape.

Just like basketball and football, baseball drafts its future players from a pool of young people, usually coming straight from university. Casey Whitten for example was a 1993 first round draft for the Cleveland Indians. Since baseball drafts usually go to Minor leagues first to further develop their talent they are usually not as well known as stars in basketball and football.

The Cleveland Indians schedule includes a 162 regular season games, just like all the other baseball teams even though historically they started out with lower number like 140 games a season.

Since the Internet is one of the most important media to reach lots of fans the Cleveland Indians homepage is always up to date. The Cleveland Indians 2007 schedule, Cleveland Indians tickets, Cleveland Indians screensavers and Cleveland Indians downloads can be found on the page.

The Cleveland Indians roster has always included a good number of excellent players even though they are not the highest paying team in the league.

Cleveland Indians merchandise gets sold fast and all kind of products are available.
Currently the Cleveland Indians spring training facility is in Winter Haven, Florida. This will change in 2009, when spring training will move to Goodyear, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix