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"Electric October" by Kevin Cook
John Kosner Home World U.S. Politics Economy Business Tech Markets Opinion Life & Arts Real Estate WSJ. Magazine Search BOOKS | BOOKSHELF SHARE FACEBOOKThe Salt of the Diamond TWITTERA look back at the 1947 World Series—in which Joe DiMaggio and Jackie Robinson played—focusing on six of its unsung heroes. Edward Kosner reviews ‘Electric October’ by Kevin Cook. EMAIL PERMALINK PHOTO: BETTMANN ARCHIVE By Edward Kosner Sept. 28, 2017 6:33 pm ET SAVE PRINT TEXT 7 Of all sports, baseball lives the most in its past. Those meticulous statistics help, of course. And the fact that, over the years, the game has attracted more gifted writers than any other, from Ring Lardner to John Updike, Robert Coover and Philip Roth. Random baseball moments—not just epic coups like Bobby Thomson’s 1951 “miracle” home run—persist in memory long after they should have evanesced. Kevin Cook’s heartfelt and entertaining “Electric October” is ostensibly about the 1947 World Series between Joe DiMaggio’s Yankees and the Dodgers of Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese and Dixie Walker. The book is really about the lost drama and culture of mid- 20th-century baseball still embedded in the minds of old-timers. A onetime editor at Sports Illustrated, Mr. Cook doesn’t focus on the stars DiMaggio and Robinson. Instead he tells the stories of two baseball lifers—the Yankee manager Bucky Harris and the Dodger skipper Burt Shotton—and four bit players: Yankee journeyman pitcher Bill Bevens and Dodgers pinch hitter Cookie Lavagetto, who broke up Bevens’s no- RECOMMENDED VIDEOS hitter in game four; Al Gionfriddo, a diminutive scrub who kept Brooklyn in the series with NYC Sets Up Traveler- a sensational catch in game six; and George (Snuffy) Stirnweiss, a Yankee infielder who was 1. -
North Jersey's Only Weekly Pictorial Magazine
WEEK'S COMPLETE TELEVISION PROGRAMS THE SUNDAY NORTH JERSEY'S ONLY WEEKLY PICTORIAL MAGAZINE News Highlights of Clifton East Paters4n Fair Lawn Garfield Haledon Hawthorne Lodi Litfie Falls •1ounfain View North Haledon Paterson Passaic Pompton Lakes .•specf Park Singat To•owa Wayne West Paterson MAY 8, 1960 VOL. XXXII, No. 19 435 STRAIGHT STREET PATERSON, N. •. MUlberry 4-7880 Gift Department Living Rooms Bedrooms- Bedding ])inin g I•K)OIGS Furni• Ac(•sories Carpeting Appliances THE IDEAL PLACE TO DINE AND WINE K'ITCHEN .,; AWAt•D AWARDED--Freeholder-DirectorFrank X. Grave• IT'L./_AN' ß'.RICAk (left) congratulates County Detective Chris De Pree on the dE.•00D •. , occa.sion of presentation of a certificate of accomplishment from the Federal Narcotics Bureau in Washington. D.C. Left to right- Graves, De Pree, County .Captain of Detectives BROILED LOBSTER • -- DAILY Adam Re,set, and Prosecutor John C. Thevos. The award VROG•' Z,•G• - •VT SH•bb CRA• * B•U•PI•H - RAINBOw œollowed a course in advanced narcotics detection and law en- OYSTI•HS - CLAM - COD FISH - SWORD FISH - DAILY DINNERS •68 BElmONTAVE {Cot. Burh•ns).HALEDON - lorcement. - - LAmberf._S.IlS ,• ,, I. PARRILLO ]'heMan from Equitable asks- Willyou leaYe your family a home --or a mortgage? THEODDS that you will diebefore you pay oE your mortgageare 16 timesgreater than the chanceyour housewill catchfire. Yet, mostprudent families wouldn'tthink of beingwithout fire insurance. Why be withoutmortgage insurance? Equitable'sremarkable mortgage repayment insur- anceplan protects your family against forced sale... lossof savings...cr lossof home.Costs are low fo:. this basicprotection. For full informationcall.. -
2017 Information & Record Book
2017 INFORMATION & RECORD BOOK OWNERSHIP OF THE CLEVELAND INDIANS Paul J. Dolan John Sherman Owner/Chairman/Chief Executive Of¿ cer Vice Chairman The Dolan family's ownership of the Cleveland Indians enters its 18th season in 2017, while John Sherman was announced as Vice Chairman and minority ownership partner of the Paul Dolan begins his ¿ fth campaign as the primary control person of the franchise after Cleveland Indians on August 19, 2016. being formally approved by Major League Baseball on Jan. 10, 2013. Paul continues to A long-time entrepreneur and philanthropist, Sherman has been responsible for establishing serve as Chairman and Chief Executive Of¿ cer of the Indians, roles that he accepted prior two successful businesses in Kansas City, Missouri and has provided extensive charitable to the 2011 season. He began as Vice President, General Counsel of the Indians upon support throughout surrounding communities. joining the organization in 2000 and later served as the club's President from 2004-10. His ¿ rst startup, LPG Services Group, grew rapidly and merged with Dynegy (NYSE:DYN) Paul was born and raised in nearby Chardon, Ohio where he attended high school at in 1996. Sherman later founded Inergy L.P., which went public in 2001. He led Inergy Gilmour Academy in Gates Mills. He graduated with a B.A. degree from St. Lawrence through a period of tremendous growth, merging it with Crestwood Holdings in 2013, University in 1980 and received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Notre Dame’s and continues to serve on the board of [now] Crestwood Equity Partners (NYSE:CEQP). -
1955 Retrospective
THE PLAIN DEALER . SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1999 5-D OURCENTURY 1955 ATA GLANCE Court rejects Sheppard Rapid reflects city’s growth appeal, new evidence Defense attorney William Corrigan had high hopes when he appealed Sam Sheppard’s mur- der conviction to the Court of Appeals. He ar- gued that 29 rulings by Judge Edward Blythin were in error. More important, he submitted a 59-page report by noted forensic scientist Paul Leland Kirk as newly discovered evidence. Kirk had examined the murder scene when the house was returned to the Sheppard family after the trial. He challenged a number of findings by the police and the coroner’s office. He said the pattern of the blood splatters indi- cated the killer was left-handed; Sheppard was right-handed. He said the killer had been se- verely bitten by Marilyn; Sheppard had no ex- ternal wounds. And he said some of the blood in the house was neither Marilyn’s nor Sam’s, indicating the presence of a third person. The court unanimously rejected the appeal, saying the report did not qualify as newly dis- covered evidence because it could have been gathered before the trial. Corrigan had said before the trial that Dr. Anthony Kazlauckas, a former deputy county coroner, would examine the house, but changed his mind because, he said in the appeal, police would have knowl- edge of the result. Even Paul Holmes, whose PLAIN DEALER FILE PHOTOS book “The Sheppard Case” concluded Shep- The public awaits: Opening Day of the new rapid transit system, at the Terminal concourse. -
Sunday's Lineup 2018 WORLD SERIES QUEST BEGINS TODAY
The Official News of the 2018 Cleveland Indians Fantasy Camp Sunday, January 21, 2018 2018 WORLD SERIES QUEST BEGINS TODAY Sunday’s The hard work and relentless dedica- “It is about how we bring families, Lineup tion needed to be a winning team and neighbors, friends, business associates, gain a postseason berth begins long be- and even strangers together. fore the crowds are in the stands for “But we all know it is the play on the Opening Day. It begins on the practice field that is the spark of it all.” fields, in the classroom, and in the The Indians won an American League 7:00 - 8:25 Breakfast at the complex weight room. -best 102 games in 2017 and are poised Today marks that beginning, when the to be one of the top teams in 2018 due to 7:30 - 8:00 Bat selection 2018 Cleveland Indians Fantasy Camp its deeply talented core of players, award players make the first footprints at the -winning front office executives, com- Tribe’s Player Development Complex mitted ownership, and one of the best - if 8:30 - 8:55 Stretching on agility field here in Goodyear, AZ. not the best - managers in all of baseball Nestled in the scenic views of the Es- in Terry Francona. 9:00 -10:00 Instructional Clinics on fields trella Mountains just west of Phoenix, Named AL Manager of the year in the complex features six full practice both 2013 and 2016, the Tribe skipper fields, two half practice fields, an agility finished second for the award in 2017. -
Negro Leaguers in Service If They Can Fight and Die on Okinawa and Guadalcanal in the South Pacific, They Can Play Baseball in America
Issue 37 July 2015 Negro Leaguers in Service If they can fight and die on Okinawa and Guadalcanal in the South Pacific, they can play baseball in America. Baseball Commissioner AB "Happy" Chandler This edition of the Baseball in Wartime Newsletter is dedicated to all the African- American baseball players who served with the armed forces during World War II. More than 200 players from baseball’s Negro Leagues entered military service between 1941 and 1945. Some served on the home front, while others were in combat in Europe, North Africa and the Pacific. These were the days of a segregated military and life was never easy for these men, but, for some, playing baseball made the summer days a little more bearable. Willard Brown and Leon Day (the only two black players on the team) helped the OISE All-Stars win the European Theater World Series in 1945, Joe Greene helped the 92nd Infantry Division clinch the Mediterranean Theater championship the same year, Jim Zapp was on championship teams in Hawaii in 1943 and 1944, and Larry Doby, Chuck Harmon, Herb Bracken and Johnny Wright were Midwest Servicemen League all- stars in 1944. Records indicate that no professional players from the Negro Leagues lost their lives in service during WWII, but at least two semi-pro African-American ballplayers made the ultimate sacrifice. Grady Mabry died from wounds in Europe in December 1944, and Aubrey Stewart was executed by German SS troops the same month. With Brown and Day playing for the predominantly white OISE All-Stars, Calvin Medley pitching for the Fleet Marine Force team in Hawaii, and Don Smith pitching alongside former major leaguers for the Greys in England, integrated baseball made its appearance during the war years and quite possibly paved the way for the signing of Jackie Robinson. -
Searching for Harrison Pierce
Stories are an effective means of transmitting wisdom from one generation to the next. However, what if those stories are more myth than fact? Should the lessons contained in the tales be dismissed as unreliable, the storyteller a fraud and his wisdom false? That is the dilemma facing Bud Pulaski when he finds a shoebox containing memorabilia that suggest the anecdotes told him by his deceased father were only half-truths. Searching for Harrison Pierce Order the complete book from Booklocker.com http://www.booklocker.com/p/books/6088.html?s=pdf or from your favorite neighborhood or online bookstore. Your free excerpt appears below. Enjoy! SEARCHING FOR HARRISON PIERCE Copyright © 2012 Michael Freeman ISBN 978-1-61434-961-7 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author. Published in the United States by BookLocker.com, Inc., Port Charlotte, Florida. The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author. Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper. BookLocker.com, Inc. 2012 First Edition PART ONE: ACEY-DEUCY I. DEUCE PULASKI’S SHOE BOX In the afternoon following Dad’s funeral, Mom and I moved about the house without speaking. Everything that needed to be said had been said, and there was no reason to poke at a wound that hadn’t yet begun to heal. -
HELLO GOODYEAR! Sunday’S Players at the 2013 Cleveland Indians 1,500 More
The Official News of the 2013 Cleveland Indians Fantasy Camp Sunday, January 20, 2013 HELLO GOODYEAR! Sunday’s Players at the 2013 Cleveland Indians 1,500 more. It is the Cactus League Lineup Fantasy Camp are set for game action spring training home of the Tribe and the and a baseball-packed week of fun. Cincinnati Reds, and their Arizona Sum- Happy to shake the cold and snow of mer League teams during the season. winter, these boys of summer are ready To every Indians fan, spring training 7:00 - 8:25 Breakfast at the complex to bask in the sun and blue sky glory of is a time of renewal. A time when the Goodyear, Arizona, at the Indians player spirit of the heart overtakes the mind and development complex and spring train- body to make us young and wide-eyed, 7:30 - 8:00 Bat selection ing home, Goodyear Ballpark. with visions of bringing the World Series Nestled in the shadows of the Estrella trophy back to the best location in the 8:30 - 8:55 Stretching on the field Mountains with its scenic views, desert nation. vistas, lakes, and golf courses, Goodyear Now it's your turn to swing the bat, 9:00 -10:15 Clinics on Fields is one of the fastest growing cities in the flash the leather, strike 'em out with your Valley, with a population over 65,000. wicked curveball, and create your own 10:15 -11:30 Batting practice on all fields Just twenty minutes west of downtown piece of Cleveland Indians history. -
Sean Town Bowling
Page Twelve THE NEW ENGLAND BULLETIN SAT. MAY 14, 1949 SEANm. mm Tmmmm OWN BOWLING AM Back in 1941, a group of young men and women started to bowl for recreation at the Ruggles Street Bowling Alleys on Saturday nights. PArticularly interested in the game were Catherine Potter, Alice Hoffman and Madeline Ward. When the Independent Colored Bowling League for Men was formed by Edward (Zing) Rice, and the was so exciting, Catherine Potter decided to such a women. iiiiìniiiiiifini'iiiiiiiniiiiiì competition organize league for After By P. G. LEE tii iiiiiiiiiiiirii) iiiiMfriiiii much 'scouting for interested bowlers, nine women were found who were willing to form a league. Be- cause there were not enough teams, only high scores were counted for this short season of a few months. LETT US BE FAIR The nine original members of 1945 Allen, three F Winifred, Vnn are m a ti o croi n-- n TinsArinll fjaniYi Tiriti vniii1 team ist losfnET Boston's first colored women's were: strings 326. by a big margin. A fan sits behind you and yells nasty remarks at league Catherine Potter, nil .slit! - 4l vnwut TTr-f-c molraa Trita wamavlrc ottsviiir ornili "wriF Boston Alice Hoffman, Madeline Welch, single jruu iili viuxiug game xic xicx.o vaaw icukhlimj uuuuu jvu Speaks Ward, stringJ.946Tladys130. your ancestors. Rita and Constancia Oliveira, Ruth By B. S. GROSS Johnson, Theresa Lewis, Minna 1946 Harriet You try to concentrate on the game. You wonder if it's possible 333. Johnson, three to have so many lousy pitchers on one team. -
All-Star Game Tomorrow with the White Sox, and the Opener', 11-1
YANKEE LEAD BACK TO 'NORMAL# gfaf Averages and Kaline • \ Pierce• and Friend to Start• Catch Up With Sox PORTS By till Associated Press , Giants.had belted seven home SI** The law of averages, the Tigers i runs—one shy of the major A-14 THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C. league record—to MONDAY. JULY 9. 1950 and A1 Kaline have caught up win the All-Star Game Tomorrow with the White Sox, and the opener', 11-1. American League pennant racei | Kaline,» the young All-Star Mantle Expects ij Is back to “normal " today—the j joutfielder who' was hitting .371 Yankees lead it by 6'i games. at this stage a year ago, moved To Play; AL May Chicago had closed to within I up to a .282 mark with his - I'a games of New York just a !surge1 against the White Sox. Use 3 Southpaws WIN, LOSE OR week-and-a-half ago, winning 12 His 12th homer came in a i |jj|f of 14 on a home stand. But two-run second inning as the By BURTON HAWKINS since then the White Sox have Tigers scored 14 runs off Wilson Casey Stengel. American By (11-5 > DRAW FRANCIS STANN | lost eight of 14. in three innings of the League manager, may employ After only five victories in 22 opener. Paul Foytack won it. three lefthanded pitchers against !' games and with an 0-6 record In the nightcap, Pierce (13-3) the National League in the All- * I against Chicago, the Tigers stayed around until a two-run Star game at Griffith Stadium : banged 17 hits to beat the White sixth inning when singles by tomorrow, starting at 1 o’clock. -
1961 Minnesota Twins Media Guide
MINNESOTA TWINS BASEBALL CLUB METROPOLITAN STADIUM HOME OF MINNESOTA TWINS /EprP.1n/inf/ /I , AMERICAN LEAGUE _j1,, i'; , Upp er /'ZIweoi Year of the Great Confluence For the big-league starved fans of the Upper Midwest, the Big Day came on October 26, 1 9 d6a0t,e of the transfer of the American League Senators from Washington to the Minneapolis and St. Paul territory, and the merger of three proud baseball traditions. For their new fans to gloat about, the renamed Minnesota Twins brought with them three pennants won in Washington, in 1924, '25 and '33, and a world championship in 1924. Now, their new boosters could claim a share of such Senator greats as Clark C. (Old Fox) Griffith, Wolter (Big Train) Johnson, Joe Cronin, Lean (Goose) Goslin, Clyde (Deerfoot) Milan, Ed Delahanty, James (Mickey) Vernon, Roy Sievers, and others. Reciprocally, the Twins could now absorb the glories of 18 American Asso- ciation pennants - nine won by St. Paul and nine by Minneapolis - in 59 seasons. They could be reminded of the tremendous pennant burst by St. Paul in 1920, with the Saints winning 115, losing only 49, posting a .701 percentage, and running away from Joe McCarthy's second-place Louisville Colonels by 28 1/2 games. Mike Kelley, the American Association's grand old man, managed that one and four other Saints flag winners before buying the Minneapolis club and putting together three more championship combinations. The pattern for winning boll in St. Paul was set early, in the first year of minor league ball, in fact. -
Forgotten Washington Senators of the 1950S ©Diamondsinthedusk.Com
Forgotten Washington Senators of the 1950s ©DiamondsintheDusk.com “Washington: First in war, first in peace, and still last in the American League.” Baseball Hall of Fame sports writer Charley Dryden (right) coins the above utterance during the 1904 season, when the Washington Senators finished 38-113 and a distant 55 1/2 games behind the American League pennant-winning Boston Americans. For its first 11 years of existence, the luckless franchise in the nation’s capital does its best to live up (or down) to Dryden’s cynicism by finishing last, or second to last, in all but two of those 11 years. Even Washington’s entry into the ill-fated United States Baseball League in 1912, finishes in fifth place with a 6-7 record before the league ceases opera- tion in June. Forty years later, Washington’s “Boys of Summer” once again do themselves proud. From 1950 to 1959, the Senators finish as high as fifth only three times and seventh or eighth (in an eight-team league) six times, while going through three managers. Where in my previous “Forgotten” article, Pittsburgh’s 1960 World Championship team clearly had its genesis from some of the bad Corsair teams of the 1950s, Minnesota’s American League championship team in 1965, does not derive itself from the previous Forgotten Senators of the 1950s decade. Only five players (albeit five good players) - Bob Allison, Jim Kaat, Harmon Killebrew, Camilo Pas- Bob Usher, 1957 cual and Zoilo Versalles - played for the original Senators’ franchise. In regards to the Forgotten Sena- Jesse Levan, 1954-55 Carlos Paula, 1954-56 tors’ first team, I selected one player for each of the eight field positions José Valdivielso, Roy Dietzel, 1954 and a eight-man pitching staff.