1916 article surfaces from Indians' last inside-the-park, walk-off HR
Tyler Naquin may not have truly understood how rare his inside-the-park, walk-off home run was Friday against the Toronto Blue Jays, but this might help put it into perspective.
Thanks to Cleveland Indians curator Jeremy Feador, a newspaper clipping from the club's last walk-off, inside-the-parker surfaced immediately following the team's win, dating back to a 1916 game against the former St. Louis Browns (now the Baltimore Orioles):
Via @jfeador, Indians curator, here's some of the Plain Dealer's account of Roth's inside-the-parker a century ago: pic.twitter.com/AWfbtiY3Uh
— Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) August 20, 2016
In a fascinating coincidence, the homers happened almost exactly a century apart - Braggo Roth accomplished his live four-bagger on Aug. 13, while Naquin managed the feat on Aug. 19.
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