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...admirer of blustery Leo Durocher). The answer may be that the 1947 Yankees will be run by a triumvirate: MacPhail handing down orders from his ivory tower; Harris passing them on in the dugout. The man on the coaching lines (at third base) will be Coach Chuck Dressen, recently hired away from the Dodgers, and one of the best detail men in baseball...
...last fortnight, Manager William Harold Terry tore up his fat contract which still had a year to run, signed a new one for five years upping his salary to a reported $40,000 a year, highest current in the major leagues. One day last week Manager Charles Dressen of the Cincinnati Reds quietly walked into the office of Owner Powel Crosley Jr., quietly walked out again without any contract at all. It was no coincidence that the Giants had just slipped into first place in the National League and the Reds had just slumped into last place. With both major...
...Boston credited Manager McKechnie's shrewd choice of two "old rookies," Pitchers Jim Turner and Lou Fette, who proceeded to win 18 and 17 games respectively this season, simply providing a fresh demonstration of the axiom that 30 is the best age for a pitcher. Competing with Charley Dressen's Reds for the tail end position were Jim Wilson's Philadelphia Phillies, with Burleigh Grimes's Brooklyn Dodgers just escaping the ignominy of the cellar...
...game was not yet out of danger. In their last half, Washington filled the bases with one out and Pinch-hitter Cliff Bolton went to bat. Out from the Giants' bench raced Charley Dressen. a substitute third baseman who had not had his hands on the ball throughout the series. He waylaid Manager Terry. "Play back. Bill," he begged. "I know this guy Bolton from the minors. He hits hard but he's the slowest man in the league. Play him for a double play!" Astonished, Terry obeyed, ordered his infielders back. True to Dressen's word...