Word: macphail
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sparks the show, but Joe himself says: "It's the man at the helm ... the pilot." The man at the helm is shrewd Manager Bucky Harris. Not the least of his talents is keeping peace between the players and rambunctious Larry MacPhail, the club president. The blowoff that cleared the air came May 22, when MacPhail fined six stubborn players (including DiMaggio) for refusing to cooperate with the Yankee promotion office. From that day, with the team mad, the Yankees rolled up 34 victories in the next 46 games. Harris' pre-game pep talk was always the same...
...question-"For what?"-was one that a lot of other people were asking. Supposedly Happy Chandler had ruled on a spring-training squabble between Rickey and the Yankees' garrulous Boss Larry MacPhail, who had gone to Chandler with it. But since Durocher had been only a sideliner (if a noisy one) in that fight, Chandler had to convict him of more. So he dragged up the "accumulated unpleasant incidents" Durocher had been involved in (TIME, April 14). All of these had happened before the spring season began. Said the New York Times's Columnist Arthur Daley...
...Dodgers next year depended on his own behavior for the rest of the year, and how well the Dodgers did without him. Said Rickey: "We'll see." One possibility: if the Dodgers don't take Leo back he might end up next spring as manager of MacPhail's New York Yankees. Despite their squabbles, Leo and Larry were two of a kind, and understand each other...
Once in the dining hall, Vag's momentary Plympton Street apprehensions were allayed. Above the chatter about Chem A, exam schedules, and the end of the Wellesley spring vacation, could be heard the magic words Durocher, MacPhail and Williams. Even Cambridge was a part of America. Hastily digesting his chipped beef on toast, Vag raced into the House courtyard, scooped up an imaginary ground ball, and made a perfect throw to first base. He made a mental note to cut his Tuesday lab, and maybe his 10 o'clock class as well. After all, it was opening...
...teams will be televised. The Dodgers granted television rights to CBS last month. Last week the Yankees signed with DuMont Television, the Giants with NBC. Televisers were paying "a nice figure" for their privileges, and rates would jump if sponsors were found. Would park attendance slump? Yankee Skipper Larry MacPhail thought not. "We'll gain two fans for every one we lose," said he. He might not be far wrong. There are only 7,000 television receivers in the New York area...