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...opinion Hank Greenberg is your Man of the Year. His courageous spirit shines above all others...
...ROGER S. GREENBERG Detroit...
...experts, as usual, disagreed. American League partisans picked the tired Tigers, but admitted that it would probably take six games for Hank Greenberg's big bat and Detroit's better balanced pitching staff to do the job. National Leaguers, viewing the 1945 World Series in the same fuzzy light, stoutly insisted that it was a six-game set-up for the younger, faster Chicago Cubs. It seemed more likely that since both clubs had barely squeaked into the series, they would have to play out the full string of seven before either one could win four...
Steve's pride & joy, Pitcher Hal Newhouser, was blasted out in the third inning. The old bones in his outfield, average age 34, creaked and groaned. Greenberg & Co. looked silly against Hank Borowy's careful pitching. Score: Chicago 9, Detroit...
...Hank Greenberg rubbed a lucky piece of bone on his bat, strode thoughtfully to the plate, and slammed a grand-slam homer into the left field bleachers. That did it: Hank's 13th home run (in 78 games since his Army discharge) finally clinched the American League pennant for the Detroit Tigers, on the last day of the season. The 6-to-3 win over the St. Louis Browns was No. 25 for Lefty Hal Newhouser, who had relieved fast-bailer Virgil ("Fire") Trucks, fresh out of Navy blues...