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Originally Posted by theseeker
Opppps, there is no mystery. Just looked up the Indian's uniform history and that is indeed a road uniform. It does look grey. The Indians must have departed from tradition long before other teams and dropped the common practice of using the city name on the fronts of their road uniforms in the late '50's.
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Whoa, you're right. I just realized the Indians had always worn Cleveland road uni's until the '58 season. Other teams that went with the same design for home and road before that year were the A's and Senators. That ties in with the general theme of franchise portability, I think. If the name of the city is abruptly of no importance, the team is ready to be moved, as far as ownership is concerned. It's easy to forget how close the Cleveland team was to being relocated, from the late '50's well into the early '80's. Trying to think what teams currently do not have their city name on road uni's...candidates for removal?
02-06-2012, 12:03 AM
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