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Some years ago, I sat in Cleveland Municipal Stadium on a cold July day -- every day was a cold day at old Cleveland Municipal -- and I watched the great pitcher Steve Carlton get smacked around like Carlo from The Godfather ... The two that interest me most are Maddux and Mussina, not only because that sounds like a rock-pop duo, but because they represent the two sides of sports retirement that were so eloquently outlined for me at Cleveland Municipal Stadium so long ago. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
KEEPING SCORE: How the Cleveland legend changed my life Nov 14, 2008
He was in my ear at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, when my feet stuck to the ground and a metal beam blocked third base and I discovered that childhood thrill of watching a game and listening to baseball on a transistor radio at exactly the same time. He was there in the times when I felt lonely after moving away to North Carolina, those warm evenings when I would sneak into my parents car and pick up Indians baseball games to feel a bit of home. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Football great Jim Brown on 'The Express' and why Kobe needs to ... Oct 11, 2008
Sitting in the enzone, the bleachers at Cleveland Municipal Stadium was and is memorable: just remember to take a helmet for your self. Thanks for a great article, Cleveland born, Stephen. (Los Angeles Times)
Yanks hoping to close Stadium with 'W' Sep 20, 2008
Cleveland Municipal Stadium. October 3, 1993. (MLB.com -- NY Yankees Yankees)
Patriot Tippett put in the work for his Fame Aug 1, 2008
Cleveland Municipal Stadium was demolished in 1996, but 11 years earlier, a human wrecking ball blew up part of the facility. The Patriots had just dropped a 24-20 decision to the Browns, falling to 2-3 on the season. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
Black has piece of hit-by-pitch history Jun 9, 2008
As a left-handed starter for the Indians, Black hit three Angels in the fourth inning on July 8, 1988, at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. He first hit Jack Howell and then hit Devon White and Johnny Ray, the last of which prompted an on-the-field skirmish. (MLB.com -- San Diego Padres)
Top 10 bad weather games in NFL history May 27, 2008
This 1980 AFC Divisional Playoff Game at cold Cleveland Municipal Stadium had a memorable, yet painful, finish for Browns fans. . (ESPN -- Football News)
Video previews: Game-by-game weekend tour Dec 15, 2007
Series leader: Browns, 7-5, but the two teams haven't met in a meaingful game this late in the season since the Browns won 34-30 in a memorable 1989 AFC wild-card playoff game at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. Streaks: The Bills have won the previous three matchups, including. (ESPN -- Football News)
Celizic: For everything sports gives, I say thank you Nov 22, 2007
Few memories stand out as vividly from my childhood as walking into the humongous hulk of Cleveland Municipal Stadium, walking through the fetid concrete caverns and up the ramps to the nosebleed seats, then stepping out into sunshine with the most perfect ballfield I had ever seen sparkling there before me. To this day, ballparks still hold that moment of delight for me, and none does it better than Fenway Park. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Sirk: Cow Patties from Columbus Oct 14, 2007
His memories are of a different time, when Cleveland Municipal Stadium was a drunken combat zone braved by only the most foolhardy of visiting fans. But should anyone on the bus or in the stadium feel the urge to make a statement by pounding the bejeebers out of a friendly guy in a Joey Porter Dolphins jersey, I ask that you pause for a moment and think, What Would Kellen Do. (BerniesInsiders.com)
Notebook: Classes, Cleveland And More Sep 22, 2007
His playing career lasted 13 seasons, but he was a member of the from 1993-95 and took part in the last game played at Cleveland Municipal Stadium before the teams owner, Art Modell, moved the franchise to Baltimore. When the move occurred, Dionte was 9 years old. (Bucknuts.com)
Vinny: Just the Way that it Is Sep 6, 2007
History was made in that old lady on the lakeshore, and for great-grandfathers to grandfathers to fathers and their children, walking into the massive Cleveland Municipal Stadium was a treat. For as much as the fans adorned the home field, the players defended the gridiron as if it was their last battle. (BerniesInsiders.com)
Tribe mailbag: Borowski anchored as closer? Sep 4, 2007
The Indians, for the record, beat the Brewers, 6-2, that day, in the midst of the second-to-last series at old Cleveland Municipal Stadium, and I chronicled every last out with textbook, penciled-in precision. I look at the scorecards I now fill out on a nightly basis in the Jacobs Field press box, and they're a jumbled mess. (MLB.com -- Cleveland Indians)
Nagy, Thornton revel in Hall splendor Aug 12, 2007
The situation was no different in the 1970s and '80s, when Thornton was playing in cavernous Cleveland Municipal Stadium. "That was the only time we really had people in the stands," Thornton told reporters a day before his induction. (MLB.com -- Cleveland Indians)
Recalling banner days for the all-time Bay Area All-Stars Jul 9, 2007
1935, at Cleveland Municipal Stadium: Gomez makes his third consecutive start and gets the win over six innings of work (after this game, National League interests forced a three-inning limit on starting pitchers) ... 1981, at Cleveland Municipal Stadium: Dave Stieb has to bat for himself when manager Jim Frey (Kansas City) runs out of players. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
More of this story Jun 29, 2007
I will never forget the final game at Cleveland Municipal Stadium ... Since this was the early TV era, Cleveland Municipal Stadium echoed with record attendances ... It was about Bob Feller and Otto Graham playing in Cleveland Municipal Stadium. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Notes: Marte's injury has ripple effect Apr 24, 2007
Here's the question: You probably know that the Indians' home before Cleveland Municipal Stadium was League Park. But do you know the name League Park actually operated under from 1920-27. (MLB.com -- Cleveland Indians)
Indians find lost plaque Mar 30, 2007
" Not long after Chapman died, the plaque was dedicated and hung at League Park and later at Cleveland Municipal Stadium before being taken down for unknown reasons. "It was in a store room under an escalator in a little nook and cranny," Folk said. "We didn't know what we were going to do with it, but there was no way it was just going to stay there when we moved to Jacobs Field. We had it crated up and put on a moving truck and it came over along with our file cabinets and all the other stuff... (ESPN -- Baseball)
