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In Vero Beach, Fla., veteran George Sisler, 54, the greatest first-baseman who ever wore spikes, got ready to manufacture a new first-baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He had a talented and versatile athlete to work on: hard-hitting, fleet-footed Pistol Pete Reiser. After two weeks of private...
Jackie Robinson, who arrived at the Dodgers' training camp at Ciudad Trujillo three days late and 15 lbs. overweight, will probably be switched to his old job at second base, now that Ed ("Walking Man") Stanky has been traded to the Braves.
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All those long months in the doghouse, Leo ("The Lip") Durocher had behaved becomingly. He had even managed to reassure Baseball Commissioner Happy Chandler (TIME, April 21) and the Catholic Youth Organization, two of the severest critics of his private life. Last week, Durocher got back his old job as...
The National League had one clear superiority to the rival All-America: none of its teams was in so poor shape as the badly-run Brooklyn Dodgers, or the Chicago Rockets, who have won only one game all season. The Nationals' two biggest stars, like the league itself, have...