/tags/cleveland-indians Cleveland Indians en-US Copyright Tue, 04 Jun 2024 20:36:22 GMT /sports/2024-06-04/powder-kegs-50-years-ago-10-cent-beers-helped-turn-a-cleveland-baseball-game-into-a-bloody-riot Beer flowed and a little blood and bruises followed. There was some baseball played in between. Tue, 04 Jun 2024 20:36:22 GMT /sports/2024-06-04/powder-kegs-50-years-ago-10-cent-beers-helped-turn-a-cleveland-baseball-game-into-a-bloody-riot The Associated Press /2021-09-27/clevelands-baseball-team-has-played-its-last-game-at-home-under-its-current-name The team will become the Cleveland Guardians in 2022 after a long push to abandon a name Indigenous activists fought for years to change. Mon, 27 Sep 2021 17:41:45 GMT /2021-09-27/clevelands-baseball-team-has-played-its-last-game-at-home-under-its-current-name L. Carol Ritchie /news/2021-08-25/forty-years-and-counting-clevelands-last-perfect-game-and-len-barkers-life-after-baseball Terry Pluto looks back on Lenny Barker's perfect game 40 years ago, the last time a Cleveland pitcher recorded a no-hitter. Wed, 25 Aug 2021 19:31:03 GMT /news/2021-08-25/forty-years-and-counting-clevelands-last-perfect-game-and-len-barkers-life-after-baseball Amanda Rabinowitz, Mason Lawlor /news/2021-08-11/ailing-manager-terry-franconas-uncertain-future-in-cleveland Francona's latest setback in a series of health problems has Cleveland's baseball team uncertain whether the skipper will be able to return next season. Wed, 11 Aug 2021 11:07:53 GMT /news/2021-08-11/ailing-manager-terry-franconas-uncertain-future-in-cleveland Amanda Rabinowitz, Mason Lawlor /news/2021-08-05/cleveland-baseball-team-reaches-new-lease-agreement-for-progressive-field Updated: 12:30 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021 Cleveland’s Major League Baseball club has reached a deal with Cleveland and Cuyahoga County to extend the team’s lease for another 15 years, with the possibility of a 10-year renewal after that. The agreement will cost the city and county $17 million annually, according to a news release from the team and local governments. The state will chip in $2 million a year, and the team will pay $10 million annually. All told, the deal will cost about $435 million over the 15-year life of the lease. Thu, 05 Aug 2021 20:42:36 GMT /news/2021-08-05/cleveland-baseball-team-reaches-new-lease-agreement-for-progressive-field Nick Castele /news/2021-07-28/from-the-name-to-the-logos-how-clevelands-baseball-team-settled-on-the-guardians Now that Cleveland's baseball team has selected its new name, sports commentator Terry Pluto has details behind the process. Wed, 28 Jul 2021 12:26:48 GMT /news/2021-07-28/from-the-name-to-the-logos-how-clevelands-baseball-team-settled-on-the-guardians Amanda Rabinowitz, Mason Lawlor /news/2021-07-26/cleveland-baseball-fans-get-ready-for-the-guardians-to-take-the-field Like the name or not, here come the Cleveland Guardians. Cleveland fans were still taking stock of the new name before the game Friday, just hours after the ball club announced it would shed the name Indians for a new identity as the Guardians. Mon, 26 Jul 2021 10:30:40 GMT /news/2021-07-26/cleveland-baseball-fans-get-ready-for-the-guardians-to-take-the-field Nick Castele /news/2021-07-23/cleveland-indians-change-name-to-guardians The Cleveland baseball team has a new name. The club will be changing its name to the Guardians. Fri, 23 Jul 2021 15:03:49 GMT /news/2021-07-23/cleveland-indians-change-name-to-guardians Glenn Forbes /news/2021-06-30/he-wanted-to-be-the-bridge-across-racial-lines-remembering-cleveland-pitcher-jim-mudcat-grant Mudcat Grant pitched for Cleveland when the league was still deeply segregated and went on to make history. Wed, 30 Jun 2021 11:24:50 GMT /news/2021-06-30/he-wanted-to-be-the-bridge-across-racial-lines-remembering-cleveland-pitcher-jim-mudcat-grant Amanda Rabinowitz /news/2021-06-16/the-long-secretive-process-of-choosing-clevelands-new-baseball-team-name Terry Pluto offers some insight into Cleveland's name search by looking at the process the Cavs and the Akron Rubberducks went through most recently. Wed, 16 Jun 2021 16:30:06 GMT /news/2021-06-16/the-long-secretive-process-of-choosing-clevelands-new-baseball-team-name Amanda Rabinowitz