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Although the team a pretty strong lineup led by skilled Lajoie and Shoeless Joe Jackson, abysmal pitching kept the Indians below third place for about ten years, making fans with Cleveland Indians tickets non too pleased. A reporter even went ahead to refer to the team as “The Napkins” because “they fold up easily” while others simply referred to them as the “Molly McGuires” as a play on the team’s manager’s name Deacon McGuire. In 1914 and 1915 the team landed in the bottom finishing in the cellar both years. This led to a decrease in the sales of Cleveland Indians tickets, because no one wanted to pay to have to watch a team that was very painful to watch.
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About The Cleveland Indians
In 1919 Tris Speaker took over the team’s player-manager and led the team to a championship in 1920. This sudden improvements sparked interest in the Cleveland Indians tickets again. By 16th August, the team were busy playing the Yankees at the Polo Grounds in New York. Although, the team lost one of their team mate (Ray Chapman) who sustained a fatal injury from a pitched ball, but this didn’t deter the Indians determination to win. Rookie Joe Sewell replaced Chapman in the lineup and went on to hit .329. At this time, Cleveland Indians ticket holders where regaining their trust in the team.
With a few games left in the season, the Indians and Chicago White Sox were neck-and-neck for the first place at 94 – 54 and 95 – 56 respectively. The White Sox ended up losing 2 of 3 in their final series, while the Indians won 4 and lost 2 in their final two series. The Indians finished 2 games ahead of the White Sox and finished 3 games ahead of the Yankees to win their first pennant, which was led by Speaker’s .388 hitting, Bagby’s thirty victories and top notch performances from Stan Coveleski and Steve O’Neil. Cleveland Indians ticket holding fans were very pleased to watch their team take their rightful position at the top of MLB.
The Indians also defeated the Brooklyn Robins 5 – 2 in the World Series in order to win their first title, winning four games consecutively after the Brooklyn Robins took a 2 -1 series lead. Cleveland Indians ticket holding fans were in for a treat because this Series included a number (3) of “firsts” for the team, all of them in Game 5 at Cleveland. Fielder Elmer Smith in the first inning hit the first Series grand slam. Jim Bagby in the fourth inninh, hit the first Series home run by a pitcher. Bill Wambsganns who was the second baseman, in the top of the fifth inning executed the first unassisted triple play in World Series history – this is in fact the only Series triple play so far. The Cleveland Indians tickets began to sell like hot cakes after they won the World Series championships.
Sadly, the Cleveland Indians would not reach the heights of 1920 season again for another 28 years, key players such as Speaker and Coveleski were no longer spring chickens and the Yankees had a new weapon called “Babe Ruth”. But this team managed to two second place finishes, but sadly spent about ten years in the cellar.
The Indians won two World Series championships in 1920 and 1948, they also won five American League Pennants and seven Central division titles.
Cleveland Indians fans with season tickets to Progressive Field watched in horror this season as the team quickly made it clear that the young team was not ready to compete in even the AL Central. The playoffs seemed well beyond reach. The front office waived the white flag when they traded starting pitcher Cliff Lee to the Philadelphia Phillies and power hitting catcher Victor Martinez to the Boston Red Sox for prospects. The future is not bleak though. The team still has young talent and could easily turn things around in 2010.
