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Cleveland 1997 World Series team featured Jim Thome, Matt Williams
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Cleveland Indians in the World Series - The Baseball Journal
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The '97 World Series still haunts Cleveland - Fish Stripes
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25-year Marliniversary: Fish top Indians in first World Series game, 7-4 - Fish Stripes
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Star struck: Indians' Alomar still awed by 1997 All-Star shot
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Marlins Anniversary: Fish rally to beat Indians in 11, win World Series - Fish Stripes
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A look back at the 1997 ALCS – Orlando Sentinel
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1997 World Series - Wikipedia
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Matt Williams 3B Cleveland Indians Baseball Cards
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The 1997 Orioles went wire-to-wire in the AL East and came up short of a World Series - Camden Chat
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1,544 1997 World Series Stock Photos, High-Res Pictures, and Images - Getty Images