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Telephone switchboards at Cleveland newspapers and radio stations lit up like Christmas trees last week. The town's baseball fans had just heard that the Indians were sacking popular Manager Lou Boudreau, and the fans were grabbing telephones to register their wrath. Three years ago, in the regime of Owner Bill Veeck, the club had talked about trading Manager Lou, but backed down when the customers raised the roof. This time there was not much advance warning: Boudreau himself was "shocked...
General Manager Hank Greenberg, a good country slugger in his day but not yet a good public-relations man, tried to pour soothing oil on the fans' hurt, but nearly drowned himself in it. After acknowledging that Boudreau was "probably the most popular player in Cleveland history," Greenberg bubbled on that, in sacking him, the new management was just trying to "do what was right for the fans." Boudreau fans considered that Greenberg had done them dirt...
...Boudreau has been replaced as manager of the Cleveland Indians by Al Lopez, former big league catcher, it was revealed yesterday...
Piled up behind the Tigers were the Yankees, with Joe DiMaggio back in the line-up (see above), and Lou Boudreau's rebuilt Cleveland Indians, spurred on by such rookie sluggers as Third Baseman Al Rosen (33 homers) and First Baseman Luke Easter (21 homers), as well as Centerfielder Larry Doby (nine homers in ten games). After them, in fourth place, were the Boston...
Suits for Ballplayers. In 1947, Bill Veeck shook Cleveland fans with a threat to sell Lou Boudreau, his star shortstop and playing manager-but no one was certain Veeck had not played it that way deliberately. Boudreau stayed by public acclamation next season, and every time he crossed the plate he scowled up at Veeck's box. Cleveland thought it knew exactly what Boudreau was muttering-"That'll show him." Boudreau in his biggest year in baseball showed the boss so well that the Indians won their first American League pennant in 28 years. When they also beat...