Flowers was a dangerous man to trade. When the Cardinals sent him to Brooklyn, his
homer off Wee Willie Sherdel won his new team's first game against his former mates.
Traded back to St. Louis, he homered off Brooklyn's Dazzy Vance the first time the
clubs met. Sent back to Brooklyn, he hit a first-game homer off the Cardinals' Dizzy
Dean. His ML career ended when a Paul Dean pitch broke his arm. TSN named him Minor League Manager of the Year in 1937.
(JK)
FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY
»September 4, 1928: With yesterday's Labor Day DH rained out, the Braves will play a record nine consecutive doubleheaders between now and the 15th: Brooklyn today and the 5th; Philadelphia on the 7th and 8th; New York on the 10th, 11th, 13th, and 14th; and the Cubs on the 15th. Starting with the Phils on the 8th, they will lose five of them in a row—a record, including all four to the Giants. They start the streak by dropping both games today to Brooklyn: the Robins win the opener, 3–2, behind Jake Flowers 10th-inning homer for Dazzy Vance's 19th win; Brooklyn takes the nitecap, 9–2, as Babe Herman and Del Bissonette wallop 4th-inning homers.
»September 9, 1928:
At Ebbets Field, the Robins come from behind to edge the Giants, 3–2, behind Dazzy Vance. Harvey Hendrick dinks a 2-run homer in the 8th, off Larry Benton, to tie, and Jake Flowers singles with two out in the 9th to drive home the winner. The ecstatic fans respond by covering the field with straw hats.
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