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Ex-player still feels ties to Tribe.
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Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH)
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October 10, 2007
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2007 Akron Beacon Journal. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: Bill Lilley
Oct. 10--BARBERTON -- It was April 1954 and both Hal Naragon and the New York Yankees were riding high.
Just not together, mind you.
Naragon was a 25-year-old rookie catcher from Barberton, fresh off a two-year stint in the United States Marine Corps, who had realized a lifelong dream by making the Indians as a backup to longtime star Jim Hegan.
The Yankees, meanwhile, were coming off their fifth consecutive World Series championship under Casey Stengel.
The Indians, a very good team in their own right with several future hall of famers, seemed destined to forever chase the Yankees of Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, Yogi Berra and Billy ...
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