Summer of '49: The Yankees and the Red Sox in Postwar America
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salaries of, 16, 193-194, 294, 299, 300
Stengel as manager of, see Stengel, Casey
tough leadership tradition of, 134-136, 138, 140
train of, 99-101
type of player in, 196-198
wives of, 33, 55, 130-131, 264, 284, 301
Niarhos, Gus, 136, 148, 149, 256-257
night baseball, 18
1945 season, 10
1946 season, 11
1947 season, 19-20
1948 pennant race, 1-9, 144
1948 season, 1-9, 38, 44, 175, 251, 273, 274
1949 pennant race, 87, 124-125, 128, 205, 212-213, 216, 217, 220, 229, 238, 244, 249-274, 315
1949 season, 229, 286
August games of, 212-216, 217, 228-229
early three-games series of, 88-89, 91, 98
first games of, 58, 70-71, 87
July games of, 164-167, 202, 204-205
June games of, 145-152, 156-157
1950 season, 46
Nolan, Martin, 9
No, No, Nanette, 16
O’Connell, Dick, 143
O’Doul, Lefty, 210, 211
Old Man and the Sea, The (Hemingway), 41
old-timers’ games, 300, 303-305, 311, 314-315
one-handing the ball, 120
Orlando, Johnny, 172
Ortiz, Roberto, 252
outlaw players, 66
Pacific Coast League, 172, 209, 289
Page, Joe, 27, 35, 54, 76, 121-126, 151, 216, 229, 240, 245, 250, 256-257, 258, 259, 283, 292, 305, 311
Paget’s disease, 314
Paige, Satchell, 188, 242
Papparella, Joe, 166
Parker, Dan, 107, 261
Parnell, Mel, 6-9, 29, 87, 88, 138, 145, 152-158, 177-178, 184, 186-187, 189-190, 203-204, 212, 213, 216, 229, 242, 243, 252, 255-256, 257, 258, 269-270, 279, 314
Parnell, Patrick, 7-8, 153
Patterson, Red, 42, 194, 225, 226-227
Patton, George, 310
Pearl Harbor, 10
Pellagrini, Eddie, 123, 143
Pesky, Johnny, 14, 17, 26, 87, 110, 111, 116, 138, 143, 164, 165, 166, 184-186, 206-207, 230, 239, 245, 250, 256, 258, 267, 268, 272, 273, 287, 303-304, 309, 313
Philadelphia Athletics, 20, 58, 79, 87, 98, 124-126, 136, 137, 164, 234, 236, 242
Philadelphia Phillies, 195, 277, 287
Pittsburgh Pirates, 297
pivot, 120
Pollet, Howie, 154-155
Porterfield, Bob, 89, 126, 231, 292
Power, Vic, 197
Presidio—Monterey Army team, 208
press, 261, 312-313
and baseball, 101-109, 115, 116, 157-163
Boston Red Sox and, 104, 167, 202, 203, 204, 205, 254, 312, 313
Joe DiMaggio and, 39, 44-45, 47-48, 50-52, 168, 211, 213, 240, 299, 300
McCarthy and, 25, 27
New York Yankees and, 101-105, 108, 109, 118-119, 157-163, 168, 194, 232, 236-237, 239, 265-266, 294-295, 297, 312
Stengel and, 32, 82-83, 150
at Toots Shor’s, 128-132, 303
Williams and, 22, 48, 104, 167-168, 174-180, 218-219, 273
Yawkey and, 140, 141-142
see also specific sportswriters and broadcasters
Prince Horn Dairy team, 66
Prohibition, 127
Purcell, Edward Mills, 42
Quinn, Frank, 257, 272
racism, 200-201, 275-278
radio, 2, 15, 115, 158, 159-162, 222-225, 270, 275, 280
Raschi, Vic, 62, 71, 72-73, 78-80, 85-86, 88, 110, 116, 118, 125, 152, 156, 157, 164, 166, 212, 213-214, 215-216, 230, 236, 246, 255, 258, 260, 264-266, 267-268, 269, 272, 275, 282, 283-284, 293-295, 304, 311
RCA Victor, 15
Reagan, Ronald, 300
Reese, Pee Wee, 139, 245, 280
relief pitchers, 27, 121, 123-125, 145-146, 151, 189, 215, 256, 287, 291-292
Rennie, Rud, 82
Republic Steel, 64
Reynolds, Allie, 58-59, 71, 72-74, 78, 80, 84, 85, 86, 88, 91, 110, 125, 126, 136, 151, 184, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 232, 236, 239, 240, 254-256, 257, 264, 265, 267, 275, 278-279, 280, 282, 283, 291-292, 294, 295-296, 304, 311
Rice, Grantland, 58
Richard, J. R., 90
Rickey, Branch, 82, 153-154, 193, 196, 277
Rigoletto, 220
Rizzuto, Cora, 249
Rizzuto, Fiore, 13-14
Rizzuto, Phil, 13-14, 36-37, 47, 59, 71, 116, 121, 139, 150, 151, 152, 156, 165, 244-249, 250, 251, 257, 258, 259, 268, 269, 279, 284, 303, 310
Robinson, Ed, 252
Robinson, Jackie, 14, 58-59, 83, 198, 276-277, 278, 282-283, 285
Roe, Preacher, 282
Rolfe, Red, 22, 61, 101
Rookie of the Year, 275, 292-293, 314
Roosevelt, Franklin, 108
Rose, Pete, 301-302
Rosen, Al, 72, 78
Rosenthal, Harold, 108, 281-282
Ruffing, Red, 36, 173
Runyon, Damon, 50-51, 127
Ruppert, Colonel, 49, 50, 59, 196
Ruth, Babe, 10, 16, 25, 42, 59, 68, 108, 118, 161, 218, 285
Ryba, Mike, 80-81
Sain, Johnny, 73, 214-215
St. Louis Browns, 12, 20, 27, 28, 42, 62, 68, 89, 97-98, 144, 167, 172, 195, 196, 217, 230, 231, 233, 235, 237, 276-277, 286
St. Louis Cardinals, 96, 106, 153-154, 288, 290-291, 294, 295
salaries, 63-64
of Berra, 82
of Joe DiMaggio, 48-50, 193-194, 299, 300
of Lopat, 77
of Musial, 154
of Raschi, 294
of Williams, 178
in World Series, 18, 134, 272, 293
of Yankees, 16, 193-194, 294, 299, 300
San Diego Padres, 113-114, 169, 170-171, 310
Sanford, Fred, 62, 88-89, 91, 126, 230, 231-232, 238, 253-254
San Francisco Daily News, 211
San Francisco Seals, 209, 210
Scarborough, Ray, 251-252, 253, 274
Schacht, Al, 148
Schrivner, Billy, 287
Schulte, Johnny, 234
Scott, Frank, 225-227
scouting, 195, 196-197, 198-200, 279, 284
segregation, 197
seminars, train, 100
Sewell, Luke, 144
Schantz, Bobby, 189
Shea, Frank “Spec,” 21, 23, 47, 63, 72, 89, 125, 152, 230-231, 245-246, 247, 280, 292
Shea Stadium, 313
Sheehy, Pete, 46, 231
Shellenback, Frank, 170
Shor, Toots, 41, 55, 127-133, 194, 300, 302-303
shortstops, 138-139, 245
Shulman, Nathan, 94-95
Silvera, Charlie, 1-2, 33, 100-101, 214, 253, 260, 266, 284
Silverman, Sam, 176
Simmons Bed Company, 208-209
Simmons semipro team, 209
Simon, Paul, 302
Sinatra, Frank, 109, 130
Sisto, Ernie, 299
Skiff, Bill, 33-34
Slaughter, Country, 116
Slocum, Bill, 103-104
Smith, Red, 47, 50, 67, 106, 129, 130, 132, 220
smoking, 16, 22, 25, 34, 118, 181, 288
Solotaire, George, 55-56, 132
Southern Association, 97
South Pacific, 41
Spence, Stan, 182
sponsors, 222-223
Sport, 69
Sporting News, 68
Sports Hall of Fame (Madison County, Tenn.), 94
Sportsman’s Park, 27
“sportsmen,” 140
Stage Delicatessen, 56
Stengel, Casey, 31-32, 39, 43, 46, 59, 63, 82-83, 84, 85, 86, 117-118, 126, 150, 152, 191, 192, 214, 216, 232, 234, 235, 236, 237-238, 239, 241, 246, 250, 256, 258, 259, 265, 279, 283, 290, 291-292, 296, 298, 311, 312
Stephens, Junior, 27-28, 94, 98, 110, 111, 138, 144, 150, 151, 164, 165-166, 167-168, 175, 178, 207, 216-217, 218, 239, 241, 254, 256, 267, 268, 272, 273, 315
Stephens, Vern, 20, 21
Stevens, Har
ry, 261-263, 313
Stewart, Ed, 252
Stirnweiss, George, 34, 117, 156
Stobbs, Chuck, 24, 91, 212, 229, 252, 288
Stringer, Lou, 173, 250
Suder, Pete, 249
Sullivan, Haywood, 141
Summers, Bill, 80
tavern owners, 221, 223
Taylor, Zach, 62
Tebbetts, Birdie, 3, 6, 20, 29, 92, 112-113, 175-176, 180, 214, 218-219, 228-229, 240, 241, 250, 252, 256-257, 260, 269, 272, 305, 307
television, 12, 15, 109, 110, 132-133, 158-159, 163, 220-225, 227, 266-267, 275, 303, 310-311, 312-313
tennis, 12, 308
Terry, Bill, 246
Thomas, Frank, 159-160
tie rule, 21, 22, 25, 283
Toots Shor’s, 51, 52, 55, 127-133, 194, 302-303
Topping, Dan, 222, 233, 292, 312
trains, travel on, 99-101
Trimble, Clare, 103
Trimble, Joe, 37, 103, 104, 108, 109, 232, 261
Trout, Dizzy, 183
Trucks, Virgil, 183, 186
Truman, Harry, 70, 108
Turner, Jim, 230, 232, 244, 264-265, 283
“21,” 51, 52
Umphlett, Tom, 313
umpires, 7, 26, 88, 220, 234, 274
Updike, John, 306
Valo, Elmer, 126
Vander Meer, Johnny, 16
Veeck, Bill, 193
Vico, George, 145
Vitt, Ossie, 170
Vosmik, Joe, 171, 172
WABD, 221
Warren, Earl, 130
Washington Senators, 12, 20, 59, 70, 98, 136, 147, 231, 251-253
Wasps, 198
Wayne, John, 307
WCBS, 221
Webb, Del, 40, 292
Wedge, Will, 35, 106
Weiss, George, 31, 76-77, 83-84, 104-105, 124, 140, 192-197, 222, 224-226, 231, 232, 260, 292, 293-295, 296-298, 305, 311
Weiss, Hazel, 196
Western Union, 15
White, Frankie, 116
Wilhelm. Hoyt, 76
Williams, Davey, 285
Williams, Edward Bennett, 41
Williams, John Henry, 309
Williams, Ted, 167-190, 244-245, 306-310
bats of, 181-183
blacks and, 187-188, 201
Doerr and, 114, 170, 171, 172, 173, 184-185
Egan and, 175
family of, 168-169, 180
fans and, 22, 109, 115, 138, 176, 179-180, 306-307
fielding of, 183, 259, 268
fishing of, 30, 114, 179, 307-308, 309
habits of, 22, 169-170, 181, 183-184
hitting of, 17, 22, 25, 30, 42, 54, 138, 151, 164, 167-168, 170-174, 178, 181-184, 185-186, 188-189, 206-207, 212-213, 216, 230, 250, 254-255, 256, 267, 268, 270, 306-307, 308-310
hot weather and, 205, 212-213
Joe DiMaggio vs., 45, 109, 168, 172, 179-180, 188
leadership of, 29-30, 138, 167
McCarthy and, 22, 25, 28
McDermott and, 291
memoir of, 168
as MVP, 179, 245
in 1946 season, 10
in 1948 pennant race, 2, 3, 4, 9
1949 pennant race remembered by, 273, 315
pitchers and, 18-19, 20-21, 76, 78, 94, 164, 171, 183-184, 187, 188-189, 216, 251, 252, 267
postbaseball life of, 306-310
press and, 22, 48, 104, 167-168, 174-180, 218-219, 273
retirement and, 306-310
salary of, 178
statistics of, 22, 42, 54, 167-168, 172
Stephens and, 178
talents of, 180-181
teammates and, 137, 138, 181, 184-188, 218-219, 307, 309-310
temperament of, 171-172, 173-174, 307-308
veteran players and, 170, 171-172
vices of, 181
Yawkey and, 143
Wilson, Hack, 22
WNBC, 221
women, men’s clubs and, 130-131
Woodall, Larry, 91, 200
Woodling, Gene, 43, 58, 71, 98, 135, 151, 191-192, 256, 278, 284, 296, 298, 311, 312
World Series, 263, 273
in 1923, 31-32
in 1946, 106, 273
in 1947, 15, 44, 83, 124, 220-221
in 1948, 15
in 1949, 222-223, 275, 278-283, 293
in 1950, 195, 297
in 1963, 312
in 1967, 288
in 1975, 141
salaries in, 18, 134, 272, 293
Yankees in, 278-284, 296, 305, 312
World War II, 10, 17, 32, 46, 63, 154, 221
WPIX, 222, 224
Wright, Ed, 287
Wright, Tom, 269
W2XWV, 221
Wynn, Early, 72, 145
Yale University, 116, 305
Yankee Stadium, 11, 25, 70, 83, 156, 158, 161, 164-165, 173, 202, 222, 225, 236, 240, 248, 255, 261-263, 266, 278
Yawkey, Tom, 17, 20, 91, 136, 139-144, 187, 204, 254, 289, 305, 313-314
Yogiisms, 82-83, 128, 310
York, Rudy, 99-100, 123
Young, Dick, 109, 312
Zarilla, Al “Zeke,” 116, 144, 164, 165, 240, 252, 256, 271, 272, 315
Zuber, Bill, 156
“April 14—Yankee Outfield Hopefuls: Charlie Keller, Gene Woodling, Johnny Lindell, and [Hank] Bauer, left to right, are fighting for places in the 1949 outfield of the New York Yankees,” notes the Associated Press caption. (AP/WIDE WORLD PHOTOS)
Left to right: Charlie Keller, Joe DiMaggio, and Tom Henrich, as pictured in 1949. (AP/WIDE WORLD PHOTOS)
Allie Reynolds (NATIONAL BASEBALL LIBRARY, COOFERSTOWN, N.Y.)
Vic Raschi (NATIONAL BASEBALL LIBRARY, COOFERSTOWN, N.Y.)
Tommy Byrne (GEORGE BRACE PHOTOS)
Yogi Berra (NATIONAL BASEBALL LIBRARY, COOFERSTOWN, N.Y.)
Phil Rizzuto (NATIONAL BASEBALL LIBRARY, COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.)
Joe Page (UPI/ BETTMANN NEWSPHOTOS)
Ed Lopat (AP/WIDE WORLD PHOTOS)
Bobby Brown (AP/WIDE WORLD PHOTOS)
Yankee second baseman Jerry Coleman showing his athletic ability early in the season, against Chicago. (AP/WIDE WORLD PHOTOS)
New York Yankees Johnny Lindell (left), Joe DiMaggio (center), and Jack Phillips arrive at Pennsylvania Station, New York City. (AP/WIDE WORLD PHOTOS)
Joe DiMaggio (right) as he signs his 1949 contract in the Yankees’ office in New York. At left is Dan Topping, one of the owners and president of the Yankees. George Weiss, the club’s general manager, stands between them. (AP/WIDE WORLD PHOTOS)
Family photo: Joe and Dominic DiMaggio pictured eating at home with their mother. “The boys can’t wait to go to work on that platter of steaming ravioli,” the caption notes. (UPI/BETTMANN NEWSPHOTOS)
Another family photo: The baseball celebrity of their sons made the senior DiMaggios newsworthy as well. Here they drink a toast after taking out first citizenship papers in February 1942. (AP/ WIDE WORLD PHOTOS)
The DiMaggios cut their golden wedding anniversary cake. Left to right: Dominic, Mrs. DiMaggio, Joe, Joe Sr., and Tom. (AP/WIDE WORLD PHOTOS)
Three days in June: Joe DiMaggio crosses the plate after hitting one of his four home runs against the Red Sox. This was the first of two in the 9-7 Yankee win. Greeting him are Charlie Silvera (29), Phil Rizzuto (10), and Tommy Henrich. Boston catcher Birdie Tebbetts watches. (AP/WIDE WORLD PHOTOS)
Left to right: Johnny Pesky, Junior Stephens, Bobby Doerr, and Bill Goodman. (UPI/BETTMANN NEWSPHOTOS)
Left to right: Chuck Stobbs, Maurice McDermott, and Mel Parnell. (AP/WIDE WORLD PHOTOS)
Dominic DiMaggio (UPI/ BETTMANN NEWSPHOTOS)
Ellis Kinder (NATIONAL BASEBALL LIBRARY, COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.)
Birdie Tebbetts (NATIONAL BASEBALL LIBRARY, COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.)
Maurice McDermott (AP/WIDE WORLD PHOTOS)
Ted Williams (NATIONAL BASEBALL LIBRARY, COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.)
Casey Stengel, new manager of the New York Yankees, leaves Pennsylvania Station for St. Petersburg, Florida, an
d his first spring training with the Yankees. (AP/WIDE WORLD PHOTOS)
Tom Yawkey (GEORGE BRACE PHOTOS)
Jimmy Cannon (AP/WIDE WORLD PHOTOS)
Mel Allen (UPI/BETTMANN NEWSPHOTOS)
October 1, 1949: In the fifth inning of the 153rd game of the season, Doerr’s smash was fielded by Yankee second baseman Coleman (left), who relayed the ball to shortstop Rizzuto (right), catching Boston’s Vern Stephens on second base. Rizzuto’s throw to first (note ball at Coleman’s heel) will wipe our Doerr, making it a double play. (UPI/BETTMANN NEWSPHOTOS)
October 1, 1949: Johnny Lindell is shown being congratulated by a bat boy as he crosses home plate after hitting his eighth-inning home run, which gave the Yankees a 5-4 win. Boston’s Birdie Tebbetts is looking on dejectedly. (UPI/BETTMANN NEWSPHOTOS)
October 1, 1949: While Yankee fans throw up their arms in jubilation after Lindell’s home run, Ted Williams reflects Boston’s pain. (UPI/BETTMANN NEWSPHOTOS)
October 2,1949: The Yankees’ Tommy Henrich is shown being congratulated by his teammates as he scores his eighth-inning home run. It gave the Yankees a 2-0 lead. (UPI/BETTMANN NEWSPHOTOS)
October 2, 1949: Stengel (seated center) and his triumphant Yankees celebrate in their locker room after defeating Boston 5-3 to win the pennant. (AP/WIDE WORLD PHOTOS)
Joe McCarthy, manager of the Red Sox, walks alone through the corridor under the stands in Yankee Stadium after visiting the victorious Yankees in their locker room. (AP/WIDE WORLD PHOTOS)
The Dodgers’ Jackie Robinson scores Brooklyn’s first run in the second game of the World Series. Gil Hodges has just singled for the Dodgers. Vic Raschi, the Yankee pitcher, later credited Robinson for breaking his concentration—and thus allowing Snider to get a hit. (UPI/BETTMANN NEWSPHOTOS)
The end of a great pitchers’ duel: Tommy Henrich crosses home plate after his ninth-inning home run off Don Newcombe in the first game of the World Series. (AP/WIDE WORLD PHOTOS)
A Biography of David Halberstam
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