This is one installment in a team effort by The Cleveland Fan, highlighting the top local sports figures by jersey number. Please weigh in with your thoughts on the Boards. And as David Letterman would say, “For entertainment purposes only; please, no wagering.”
After you hear something, and hear it often, you might start to believe it because you have no reason not to. I can skip the drumroll and all of the suspense to let you know the most obvious pick this series is going to offer, and yes it is sad that Bernie Kosar doesn’t take home the #19 honors, but Robert Feller would likely be in the Top 2 or 3 on a list of Cleveland’s best athletes, period. The thing about Feller is that he has this reputation for a less than desirable bedside manner.
Ordinarily, we’d dismiss something like that; we did that with Albert Belle. I mean, honestly, go out there and hit a ton or win a ton on the bump, and you can swear at busses filled with nuns on the Innerbelt. That’s how it works with us, we leave morality and decency at the door, if it’s the price for doing business with folks who might help erase the current significance of 1964 (or 1948) in our parts of the world. With Feller, it’s more of a history lesson than anything else, but he was an ambassador of Cleveland Indians baseball, even if the naysayers claimed that his abrasive side made it easy to forget his accomplishments and accolades.
This is one installment in a team effort by The Cleveland Fan, highlighting the top local sports figures by jersey number. Please weigh in with your thoughts on 
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