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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...
...done nothing illegal, he claimed, and the Santa Claus incident wasn't worth all that com motion. But he had a point to make on the subject, and he made it again: "Some people are more interested in teaching their children there is a Santa Claus and an Easter bunny than teaching about the Virgin Birth and the Resurrection. To teach your children it is a fact that there is a Santa Claus...
...Cleveland Indians have the biggest harvest in huge First Baseman Lucius ("Luke") Easter and stocky Third Baseman Albert ("Flip") Rosen. Between them they have hit 42 home runs, driven in 119, made pennant contenders of a club that finished fourth last year...
...Easter, Cleveland acquired a big gate attraction, a talented ballplayer whose speed and agility around first base belie his awkward-looking size (6 ft. 4½ in., 235 Ibs.). The 29-year-old Negro was a sensation last year with the San Diego Padres on the West Coast. In less than half a season there, he hit 25 home runs (some while playing with a broken kneecap), but when Cleveland called him up last August after a knee operation, Easter was not ready for the big time...
This season the mastodonic Easter, who makes a bat look like a baton, has made American League pitchers dread his appearance at the plate. When asked what is the most difficult thing for him to do in baseball, Easter says simply: "Strike...