Newsday (N.Y.): Indians’ Terry Francona is managing a powerhouse

March 11, 2017 by Art Spander in articles, baseball

By Art Spander
Special to Newsday

MESA, Ariz. — It’s 45 miles from the Cleveland Indians’ spring training complex in Goodyear, Arizona, to Hohokam Stadium, where the Oakland A’s play, the longest distance between sites in the Cactus League.

“And we had to do it twice in one week,” Indians manager Terry Francona said.

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RealClearSports: No Weeping for Feller, a Man of His Time

December 17, 2010 by Art Spander in articles, baseball

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

An era is almost closed. Stan Musial remains, thankfully, a link to our past. But Joe DiMaggio is gone. Ted Williams is gone. Now Bob Feller is gone. Most of the greats I knew as a kid, if only through sports pages and radio, have taken their leave.

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