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John Thompson is looking forward to the start of this World Series Tuesday night.
First, the Cleveland Indians were one of the Hall of Fame coach’s favorite baseball teams growing up. “I was a big fan of Larry Doby,” Coach Thompson said. “My father used to take me to Griffith Stadium to see the Indians — Doby, Luke Easter, Early Wynn.”
Second, he knows somebody in the Indians organization — the architect who helped bring about the revival of baseball in Cleveland and the Indians’ first American League pennant since 1997 — team president Chris Antonetti.