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...American League predictions this year are fairly unique since the Red Sox do not figure as likely pennant contenders for the first time since...
After Irvin's ripped tendons and broken bone had been firmly fixed in the cast, the doctors shook their heads. Irvin, they said, was probably through for the season-maybe for all time. It was not only a bad break for Irvin, but also for the Giants' pennant hopes. Speaking with the firm conviction of a man who has often rubbed elbows with hard luck, Irvin said: "This won't stop me, and it won't stop the Giants . . . I'll be back in July or August. I'll be playing by then...
Typical of the Rabbit Renaissance is Paul Staley, the former Dartmouth captain who coached the Leverett football team to the pennant...
Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, and Bill Dickey were unanimously voted to the all-time New York Yankee team yesterday by 48 New York writers who were covering baseball back in 1930. The 1927 club that won the American League pennant by 19 games and annihilated Pittsburgh in four straight World Series games, was named the best Yankee team by a lopsided margin with 45 votes...
...Williams, an indiscreet talker when he gets his dander up, said the right thing this time: "If Uncle Sam wants me, I'm ready. I'm no different than the next fellow." Just to show that it was impartial-and not out to sabotage the Red Sox pennant chances-the Marine Corps also called up the New York Yankees' $17,000-a-year Second Baseman Jerry Coleman, a captain and wartime dive-bomber pilot (57 missions...