Summer of '49: The Yankees and the Red Sox in Postwar America (49 page)

Left to right: Chuck Stobbs, Maurice McDermott, and Mel Parnell.
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Dominic DiMaggio
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Ellis Kinder
(NATIONAL BASEBALL LIBRARY, COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.)

Birdie Tebbetts
(NATIONAL BASEBALL LIBRARY, COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.)

Maurice McDermott
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Ted Williams
(NATIONAL BASEBALL LIBRARY, COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.)

Casey Stengel, new manager of the New York Yankees, leaves Pennsylvania Station for St. Petersburg, Florida, and his first spring training with the Yankees.
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Tom Yawkey
(GEORGE BRACE PHOTOS)

Jimmy Cannon
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Mel Allen
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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.
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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.
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October 1, 1949: While Yankee fans throw up their arms in jubilation after Lindell’s home run, Ted Williams reflects Boston’s pain.
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