Cleveland remembers Bob Feller today. He was an Iowa whiz kid who joined the Cleveland Indians in 1936 to become such a strikeout king in his rookie year that by the start of the 1937 season, his picture was on the cover of Time magazine. Mr. Feller died yesterday at the age of 92.
The Bob Feller statue at Progressive Field stands along 9th Street between Carnegie and Prospect. Today a steady progression of TV crews have filed live reports at the statue, recalling Mr. Feller's spectacular career. A bereft Indians fan hung a yellow ribbon on the baseball in Rapid Robert's storied right hand.
The New York Times obituary notes that as a young man, Mr. Feller listened to Cubs games on WHO in Des Moines. The play-by-play announcer was Ronald Reagan, who later found a larger audience.
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