IN THE NEWS:
The Tigers and Cubs meet in the WS for the 4th time.
Hank Borowy pitches a 6-hitter and Hal Newhouser is
roughed up for 8 runs in 3 innings, as the Cubs win
9-0.
IN THE NEWS:
Returning war vets Virgil Trucks and Hank Greenberg
produce a 4-1 Detroit win. Trucks, who pitched
in only 5 innings of one game at the end of the season,
pitches a complete game, giving up 7 hits. Greenberg's
3-run HR in the 5th wins the game.
IN THE NEWS:
Claude Passeau of the Chicago Cubs pitches a one-hitter,
beating the Detroit Tigers 3-0 in the 3rd game
of the WS. Rudy York's 2nd-inning single spoils Passeau's
no-hit bid. Bill Nicholson drives in the first
run.
IN THE NEWS:
Tavern owner "Billy Goat" Sianis buys a box seat
for his goat for the 4th game of the WS and is escorted
out of Wrigley Field. In retaliation Sianis casts
a "goat curse" over the Cubs. The Tigers tie the series
on Dizzy Trout's 5-hit 4-1 win. Detroit scores
all its runs in the 4th, with Hank Greenberg, Roy
Cullenbine, Paul Richards, and a force-out scoring
the runners.
IN THE NEWS:
Stan Hack's double takes a tricky bounce over LF
Hank Greenberg's shoulder with 2 outs in the 12th
inning to give the Chicago Cubs an 8-7 win in
the 6th game of the WS. Borowy pitches 4 scoreless
innings in relief.
IN THE NEWS:
The Tigers tally 5 runs in the first inning
and rout the Chicago Cubs 9-3 behind Hal Newhouser,
who strikes out 10, enabling Detroit to win baseball's
most sloppy WS 4 games to 3. The winners get $6,433
a share, 2nd to the 1937 Yankees share. Each Cub gets
$3,930. Total receipts of $1.6 million is a WS record.
IN THE NEWS:
Attendance in the ML was 10.28 million, breaking
the 1940 record. The Tigers led with 1.28 million.
The Dodgers, Giants, and Cubs also drew a million.
IN THE NEWS:
Happy Chandler, who had continued to serve in the
U.S. Senate after becoming commissioner, resigns his
political office. He will presently move the
commissioner's quarters to Cincinnati.
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