FELLER, ROBERT WILLIAM ANDREW “BOB” (3 November 1918-15 December 2010) was a Hall of Fame pitcher, and possibly the greatest player ever to put on a CLEVELAND INDIANS uniform. Feller was born in Van ...

The era started with the signing of Bob Feller, who was discovered in 1936 by Cy Slapnicka during a time when high school athletes had to first be signed by minor league teams before making their ...

He chose the Indians, not because they offered him the most money, but simply because he liked Cy Slapnicka, the Cleveland scout. Slapnicka, the man who found Bob Feller, is willing to admit that ...

When Iowa teen phenom Bob Feller was signed by Cleveland Indians scout Cy Slapnicka in 1935, Slapnicka simply took out a pen, wrote out a contract and had Feller and his father sign it, because ...

"Herb Score, who was signed by the same scout Cy Slapnicka as I was, would've been just as good if not better than Sandy Koufax if it wouldn't have been for his injury to his eye," Hall of Famer ...

Eli is spotted by Cy Slapnicka, a legendary scout for Cleveland, who ambles across the Ohio countryside desperately seeking talent. It doesn’t take much to convince the team’s new owner, Bill ...

I arrived in Chicago late that afternoon to meet Cy Slapnicka, the Indians' general manager who had come there to talk about my contract for 1942, and told him about my decision.

Cy Slapnicka, the former pitcher who signed Feller and Lemon, is driving south from Cleveland to watch a factory league game in Newark when he is sidetracked by a ballgame in a cornfield. The ...

Elmer Kohorst was a standout high school baseball player when he was spotted by a major league baseball scout. The scout, Cy Slapnicka, who had signed Baseball Hall of Famer Bob Feller, had a ...