Though his pitching genius was developed with his father at their Iowa farm, once he hit Cleveland at age 17, "Rapid Robert" took over the town. My father -- a fervent Ohio sports fan -- was standing ...

Last June, Feller was a starting pitcher in the inaugural Baseball Hall of Fame Classic in Cooperstown, N.Y. He played a significant role in the formation of the classic, which he and others hope will ...

Indians great Bob Feller, who died in December at the age of 92, was young and fire-balling in the photograph of him that stood at the entrance of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Cleveland Heights. The ...

I took Bob Feller deep. Of course, he was 75 at the time. It was 1994, and Feller -- on one of his annual tours to promote the game -- was pitching to a few members of the local media before a Class A ...

A nickname can tell us plenty about a person. Bob Feller had three: The Heater from Van Meter, Bullet Bob and Rapid Robert. Feller was known as a superstar pitcher for the Cleveland Indians with an ...

Bob Feller, an Iowa farm boy who became one of baseball’s most enduring stars as an overpowering pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, died Wednesday. He was 92. Feller, who was elected to the baseball ...

As Bob Feller drove to sign his contract with the Cleveland Indians for the 1942 season, he distracted himself by listening to his car radio. Already an accomplished Major League Baseball pitcher, ...

In the midst of the season of giving, Bob Feller died on Dec. 15. The former Cleveland Indians star was 92. His death was not unexpected. What perhaps was unexpected was how little attention Feller’s ...

On Saturday afternoon a guy wearing a Red Sox cap walked down Main Street in Cooperstown, N.Y., with three children in tow. He did a double take. "You know who that is?" he said to his kids, as if ...

Feller got off to a fine start in 1947, but hurt his knee in June and was never really the same. From that point through the end of his career, nine mostly humdrum years later, he struck out just ...

"Yeah," he said. "It happens." Feller spoke from a room with a view in his Gates Mills home, days before he left for Indians' spring training in Goodyear, Ariz. The franchise's greatest player was ...