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For the most part the hitters were ahead of the pitchers. Hank Greenberg, the Pirates' new home-run specialist, hit one the second day, and pretty soon everybody was doing it. The iffy New York Giants clouted six in one game against the Dodgers. The Reds' Eddie Miller...
The surprises, as usual, popped out of Branch Rickey's Brooklyn surprise box. First, a last-minute switch nudged aging Arky Vaughan off third base, and gave the job to scrawny John ("Spider") Jorgensen; the rookie from Montreal batted in six runs in one game. Then Rickey announced that...
By being classified as emergency, the long-distance call from Cincinnati got through last week. It interrupted a strategy meeting of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Branch Rickey picked up the phone, grunted "Hello," and listened. From a lifetime's practice he managed to keep what was in his mind from...
There was anguish in Brooklyn; the betting odds on the Dodgers' pennant chances lengthened. The Harvard Crimson wanted Leo hired as assistant coach of Harvard's baseball team. A Brooklyn Congregational Church group petitioned Chandler to reinstate Durocher. Though there were some who thought The Lip had long...
What would happen to Leo Durocher? Whether he got his job back with the Dodgers next year depended on his own behavior for the rest of the year, and how well the Dodgers did without him. Said Rickey: "We'll see." One possibility: if the Dodgers don't...