Bobby Avila

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Died of complications from diabetes at age 80, former Indians second baseman and Mexican national hero Bobby Avila, one of the first prominent Latin players in the major leagues and the first to win a batting title....

For the author, spring training meant watching her mother dispense aspirin to the Cleveland Indians

This club still has the best pitching in baseball. The middle-aged veterans have been bolstered with brilliant young Herb Score and the relief twins, Narleski and Mossi. And unlike the powerful but erratic Indians of...