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...Steal. The Giants struck hard in the first inning. With two Giants out, Yankee Pitcher Allie Reynolds carelessly walked the next batter. Up stepped 30-year-old Monte Irvin, a lanky Negro with the easy, relaxed grace of a dancer. He bounced on his feet, then hit sharply into right field. The Giants' First Baseman Whitey Lockman doubled. A run scored and Irvin was on third...
Team: Brooklyn (by 5½ games) Pitcher: Roe, Brooklyn (19-2) Batter: Musial, St. Louis (.367) Runs Batted In: Irvin, New York (103) Home Runs: Kiner, Pittsburgh...
Pitcher: Feller, Cleveland (22-7) Batter: Fain, Philadelphia (.332) Runs Batted In: Williams, Boston (116) Zernial, Philadelphia (116) Home Runs: Zernial, Phila...
...major-league uniform: brandishing a toy bat, a midget (3 ft. 7 in.) named Ed Gaedel stepped up to the plate. Before the Tigers could protest, Manager Taylor produced a bona fide contract, and the baffled umpire said, "Play ball." Tiger Pitcher Bob Cain, obviously afraid of hitting the batter with a fast pitch, admitted defeat by giving Gaedel an intentional walk* (Final score: Tigers 6; Browns 2.) League President Will Harridge was not so delighted. He promptly told Veeck that midgets did not serve "the best interests of baseball," ordered Gaedel's "unconditional release...
...idol, Bob Feller, by pitching a no-hitter. Southpaw Alice, whose opinion of her teammates' ability is not high ("Our shortstop can't catch the ball, and our catcher's terrible, too . . . The boys should practice more"), did it the hard way. She struck out every batter...