Читать книгу Bad Boys, Bad Times. The Cleveland Indians and Baseball in the Prewar Years, 1937–1941 онлайн

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Classification: LCC GV875.C7 .L67 2019 | DDC 796.357/640977132--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018056334

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ILLUSTRATIONS

Alva Bradley with league presidents

Bob Feller

Bob Feller

Ladies Day, 1937

Ken Keltner

Lyn Lary

Johnny Allen sweatshirt

Crowd at Municipal Stadium, 1938

Frankie Pytlak and Hank Helf

Spring training, 1939

Judy Garland

Cy Slapnicka and Rollie Hemsley

Rollie Hemsley

The Fellers

Lou Boudreau and Ray Mack

Oscar Vitt

Fans at League Park

Cleveland Indians team photo, 1940

Managers examine new batting helmet

Bob Feller and teammates after opening day no-hitter, 1940

Chapter 1

A TROUBLESOME OFF-SEASON

For Indians boss Alva Bradley, the 1937 regular season could not have arrived soon enough. The fall and winter months had been filled with controversy and debate, mostly detrimental to his ball club. Bradley, who had bought the team in late 1927, had seen more ups and downs in recent days than in his entire previous tenure. Now that opening day had just about arrived, he hoped for at least a few months of smooth sailing.