A Summer to Remember: Bill Veeck, Lou Boudreau, Bob Feller,

A Summer to Remember: Bill Veeck, Lou Boudreau, Bob Feller, and the 1948 Cleveland Indians

While the Cleveland Indians are known lately more for being cellar dwellers than world champions, that wasnâ€™t the case in 1948. Ranked by the Sporting News as the ninth-best team in baseball history, the â€™48 Indians were a colorful group of guys, led by the always colorful Bill Veeck, the future Hall of Famer who was running his first team. But the Indians werenâ€™t just well run in the front office; their team on the field was comprised of seven future Hall of Famers.

Player-manager Lou Boudreau would not only lead his team to the playoffs, but would also become the first shortstop to ever win the American Leagueâ€™s Most Valuable Player award. He also relied on pitchers Bob Feller, Bob Lemon, and Negro leagues legend Satchel Paige (then forty-one years old), as well as second baseman Joe Gordon and right fielder Larry Doby, who followed Jackie Robinson by only a few weeks in breaking the color barrier in baseball.

The Indians finished the â€™48 season at 97Â–58 and were tied with Joe McCarthyâ€™s Boston Red Sox, which led to the first-ever one game playoff in American League history. The Indians were victorious and would then defeat the Boston Braves in six games to win the World Series.

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The Monsters of Municipal Stadium is a fantastic look at one of the greatest teams ever to play the game, and at how everyone involved in this extraordinary seasonÂ—from the players to managementÂ—made 1948 a memorable year for baseball and the city of Cleveland.
Country USA
Brand Sports Publishing
Manufacturer Sports Publishing
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2014-04-01
UnitCount 1
UPCs 884764188453
EANs 9781613216477

Country	USA
Brand	Sports Publishing
Manufacturer	Sports Publishing
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2014-04-01
UnitCount	1
UPCs	884764188453
EANs	9781613216477

A Summer to Remember: Bill Veeck, Lou Boudreau, Bob Feller, and the 1948 Cleveland Indians

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