Covering the Corner / mdallas272 days ago
75 Years and Counting: The Story of the 1995 Cleveland Indians
The strike of the 1994 season carried into the early days of the ‘95 season wiping out the first 18 games of the schedule and cutting the season down to 144 games. The strike made contract negotiations impossible, but as soon as a deal was signed the Indians front office moved quickly to sign veteran pitcher Orel Hershiser to provide them with a legitimate top end starter to push them over the edge in the American League. Hershiser would later say that the top factor that led him to sign with Cleveland was the fact that “I didn’t have to pitch particularly well to get the win the way they hit the ball”