Guardians All-Star adds gold ring to his collection of Gold Gloves with pre-Valentine’s wedding
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Steven Kwan has flashed a Gold Glove in left field since arriving with the Guardians in 2022, but the 2024 All-Star recently added a gold ring to the mix after wedding longtime partner Samantha Moy on Feb. 5 in Chicago.
Kwan, 27, and Moy were married during a small civil ceremony attended by family at City Hall. Kwan posted pictures on his Instagram account two days later with the message: “To a lifetime, you and I
The intimate affair came at the end of a whirlwind 10 months for Moy, who had attended nine weddings since May.
“She had just been through so many, so we just had a really small thing,” Kwan said. “It was awesome with family, it was really special, very intentional.”
The two announced their engagement in November, with Kwan sharing on social media: “It was always you Sammy! So excited to continue this journey with you wherever life takes us. Love you eternally and whatever is beyond!
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Cleveland Guardians, American professional baseball team based in Cleveland that plays in the American League (AL). Since it began playing as a major league team in Cleveland in 1901, it has won six AL pennants and two World Series titles, the first in 1920 and the second in 1948. It changed its name from the Indians to the Guardians in 2022.
Origins and first World Series title
The team began as a minor league club based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and moved to Cleveland in 1900. The team was elevated to major league status in 1901 and was called the Cleveland Bluebirds, or Blues. They became the Cleveland Bronchos in 1902 before taking on the name “Naps” the following year in honor of their new star player, Nap Lajoie.
In 1915 owner Charles Somers requested that local newspapers pick a new name for the franchise, and “Indians” was chosen. In 1916 the team traded for Tris Speaker, who led the Indians to their first World Series championship in 1920.
Second World Series title and the curse of Rocky Colavito
The Indians did not reach the postseason again for 28 years, but their return was memorable. The 1948 Indians were led by shortstop-manager Lou Boudreau, the AL’s Most Valuable Player that year, one of five future Hall of Fame members on the team. The others were outfielder Larry Doby, the first African American to play in the AL, and three pitchers: Bob Feller, Bob Lemon, and 42-year-old rookie and former Negro league star Satchel Paige. (In 1975 the Indians made Frank Robinson the major league’s first African American manager.) The Indians finished the 1948 regular season tied with the Boston Red Sox, whom they defeated in the first one-game playoff in major league history. Cleveland then bested the Boston Braves in six games to capture their second World Series title.
The Indians won 111 games in 1954 but were swept by the New York Giants in a World Series that produced one of baseball’s most enduring images—Willie Mays’s over-the-shoulder catch of Indian Vic Wertz’s towering drive to deep center field in the first game. Thereafter the Indians entered a long period of mediocrity, finishing with a losing record in 27 of the 34 seasons between 1960 and 1993. A popular legend attributes this period to the “curse of Rocky Colavito,” visited on the Indians in 1960 when the team traded Colavito, the AL’s leading home-run hitter, in 1959 to the Detroit Tigers for Harvey Kuenn, who had led the league in batting averages.
From a 1990s resurgence to Terry Francona
Under manager Mike Hargrove, the Indians reemerged and won five straight AL Central Division titles (1995–99), advancing to the World Series twice during their run (the Indians lost in both World Series appearances, in 1995 and 1997). The success of those teams—which featured Manny Ramírez, Omar Vizquel, and Jim Thome, among others—in addition to the popularity of Cleveland’s new ballpark, Jacobs Field, led to the Indians setting a record for consecutive sold-out home games, 455 between 1995 and 2001 (since broken by the Boston Red Sox).
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