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Forty champions of the TribeForeword by Bob DiBiasioNative Clevelander Russ Schneider has reveled in the successes and lamented the failures of the Cleveland Indians from his earliest childhood. After graduating from high school in 1946 and serving two tours of duty with the U.S. Marines, Schneider acquired a degree in English from Baldwin Wallace University. Following a brief (but uneventful) season as a minor league player, Schneider became a sportswriter and columnist at the Cleveland Plain Dealer. He covered the Indians daily from 1964 through 1977 and became nationally known as the chronicler of the Indians fortunes and history. That experience provided Schneider with the opportunity to meet and befriend the icons of the Tribe among them, Bob Feller, Lou Boudreau, Larry Doby, Early Wynn, Bob Lemon, and others.