They adored him so much in Cleveland that they literally named the team after him, the Cleveland Naps, and kept that name until he was too old to keep hitting. Lajoie was just so friendly and fun ...

The arrival of Lajoie proved a shot in the arm. Nap played his first game at League ... he moved about the second sack with ease and grace that old-timers claim never has been duplicated.

This always resulted in the same old thing happening, that of Lajoie bunting down the third ... was St. Louis pitching coach Harry Howell or a Naps bat boy or someone else, the goal was to get ...

Nap Lajoie's plaque is shown at the National Baseball ... Lajoie turned 54 years old Sept. 5, 1928. Golf had been prevalent in Lajoie’s free time. He appeared in Cleveland Athletic Club outings ...

Lajoie would play well into his 40s. In 1917, following the example of ex-President Teddy Roosevelt, the 44-year-old legend volunteered to fight in World War I. Like Teddy, Nap was graciously ...

Napoleon Lajoie, collector of 3,242 hits and 1937 Hall of Fame inductee, was, as you might imagine, very good at baseball (or "base ball" in the grammar of Mr. Lajoie's day). After all ...

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