Indians legend Feller transferred to hospice care

[madinmaryland]

CLEVELAND (AP) -- Indians Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller has been moved from a hospital to hospice care.

The 92-year-old Feller, who was recently admitted to the Cleveland Clinic with pneumonia, has been transferred to a hospice in the Cleveland area, Bob DiBiasio, the team's vice president of public relations confirmed to The Associated Press on Wednesday night.

Feller's health has been in decline in recent months. He was diagnosed with leukemia in August, and after fainting while undergoing chemotherapy, Feller had a pacemaker implanted.

Feller won 266 games in 18 seasons -- all with the Indians. An eight-time All-Star, Feller interrupted his baseball career to enlist in the Navy during World War II. Feller served three years in the military before returning to the major leagues.

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[Elwood P Dowd]

1. My first memories of Major League Baseball was from the early to mid 1950s

and listening to The Game Of The Day on a big Zenith tube-type radio.......Bob Feller, Stan The Man, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Ted Williams, Jackie Robinson, Whitey Ford, Duke Snyder, and so many more. My father use to tell me back then that Feller, whose career was nearing an end, had the most wicked fast ball in the game for many years. I remember asking him why they called Sal Maglie Sal "The Barber" Maglie. I thought that was the coolest name in baseball at the time. Some of the greatest radio PBP announcers were doing the games back then. Mel Allen, Red Barber, Jack Prince, Bob Elson, and a ton of others.

We lived in the south and had no MLB near, so it was radio and later television until the Braves moved to Atlanta in 1966.

[Condem]

2. Born and raised in Van Meter, Iowa.

Nuff' said.

[HuckleB]

3. I saw him pitch in an old-timer's game back in the '70s.

I was a kid, and I'd been reading every baseball biography the library had.

I was in awe.

[Auggie]

4. Easily could have had 300 wins, 3000 K's if not for WW II.