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Salvo, who was polite, neat, and conservatively dressed, was facetiously called "Gyp" - short for gypsy. Though he was only 10-9 for the seventh-place 1940 Braves, he shared the league lead with five shutouts. (JK)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » May 27, 1941: At the Polo Grounds the score 1–1 between the Giants and Braves when umpire Jocko Conlan calls time in the 7th. The crowd and the two teams then listens for 45 minutes while President Roosevelt's radio message about the war in Europe is heard on the loudspeakers. When play resumes, the Braves lift Jim Tobin for Manny Salvo, while the Giants take out starter Hal Schumacher, replacing him with Carl Hubbell. Hubbell's single wins it for New York, 2–1. » August 8, 1942: A bean ball salvo between Manny Salvo of the Braves and Whit Wyatt of the Dodgers ends in a 2–0 Boston victory. Only two batters are hit, but many pitches are close and the hurlers almost come to blows twice. Salvo gets fined $50 and Wyatt $75. Wyatt also tosses a bat. For Wyatt (8-1), it is his first loss after 10 straight wins over the Braves.