Word: grimm
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...most popular player on the Chicago Cubs since the day he first appeared at training camp as a grinning, chattering rookie in 1922. One of the greatest catchers of all time, with a lifetime batting average of .300, 200-lb. Gabby Hartnett, still grinning, last week succeeded Charlie Grimm as manager of the team to which he has devoted his whole major-league career...
Long rumored to replace Grimm, Hartnett's appointment, when it finally came, caused a stir among baseball fans. The Cubs were in third place in the National League pennant race, had just won seven games in a row before losing to the resurgent Dodgers, and their $185,000 investment in Dizzy Dean's pitching arm had paid its first dividend (after a two-month moratorium) in the form of a four-hit victory over the Boston Bees...
...Cubs played under three different managers in one season. In 1930, Joe McCarthy (now manager of the New York Yankees) was replaced by Rogers Hornsby in the midst of a pennant tug of war. In 1932 Manager Hornsby (a $250,000 investment) was suddenly supplanted by First Baseman Charlie Grimm. Because Manager Grimm went on to win the pennant in 1932, Owner Wrigley last week had an excellent precedent to follow. Catcher Hartnett was the necessary spark plug...
...During that time McKechnie developed six of the 15 other managers now functioning in the major leagues: Charley Grimm, Pie Traynor, Joe Cronin, Frank Frisch, Jim Wilson, Burleigh Grimes...
Following these is a pure folktale, the nearest thing to a Southern Grimm's tale...