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1916 article surfaces from Indians' last inside-the-park, walk-off HR

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Tyler Naquin may not have truly understood how rare his inside-the-park, walk-off home run was Friday against the Toronto Blue Jays, but this might help put it into perspective.

Thanks to Cleveland Indians curator Jeremy Feador, a newspaper clipping from the club's last walk-off, inside-the-parker surfaced immediately following the team's win, dating back to a 1916 game against the former St. Louis Browns (now the Baltimore Orioles):

In a fascinating coincidence, the homers happened almost exactly a century apart - Braggo Roth accomplished his live four-bagger on Aug. 13, while Naquin managed the feat on Aug. 19.

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