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...almost an hour late, the tarpaulins had been hauled away. In the first inning, with only one out, Rex filled the bases with Giants-on a walk, his own error, and another walk. Between fast balls, he could still taste that hot dog. Manager Burt Shotton eyed the Dodger bullpen. Then, on a change-of-pace pitch, Willard Marshall grounded to Second Baseman Jackie Robinson for a double play...
...Brooklyn Dodgers walked victorious off the field one night, because everybody on both sides had forgotten an old baseball rule. In the ninth inning, with two out and the tying Pittsburgh Pirate runs on base, Brooklyn's Manager Burt Shotton put in a relief pitcher, then yanked him with the count only three-and-one. At the time, nobody objected. But in the clubhouse after the game, an ex-sportwriter advised Pittsburgh's Manager Billy Meyer to protest: the Dodgers had violated Rule 17 (a relief pitcher must handle at least one batter). Confessed Manager Meyer: "I pulled...
...just as fierce. Back in July, the first-place Boston Braves had a comfortable six-game margin. The embarrassed Brooklyn Dodgers, last year's champions, grumbled in last place. Fourteen days later the Dodgers, already on the way back, switched from loud Manager Leo Durocher to patient Burt Shotton, and kept going. Last week, in an Ebbets Field doubleheader that had some of the tenseness and all the excitement of a World Series, the rags-to-riches Bums beat the Braves in the opener, 8-7, and seized first place amid pandemonium in the bleachers. A couple of hours...
Pious Branch Rickey on a couple of hired hands, past & present: "Burt Shotton is a good manager and gentleman . . . Leo Durocher is a good manager...
...Brooklyn, added spark to the infield before breaking an ankle fortnight ago, which will keep him out of the lineup for 60 days. Outfielder Tommy Holmes put zing into the batting order. Southworth didn't seem to be worried about Durocher's new Giants, or Shotton's new Dodgers-only about his old alma mater, the St. Louis Cardinals, "who stand out above us all. Wow, that's a beautiful ball team...