1957-02-27 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1957/02/27 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Oversized, appx. 11-3/4″ X 16-1/2″ classic The Sporting News issue printed on newsprint. The image at the left is a cropped out portion of the cover (too large to fit the whole thing on my scanner!) and there are other images below from inside this issue. Classic Sporting News from when it was “The Baseball Paper of the World”!

There is just too much packed into each issue of The Sporting News to list it all, but I have paged through this entire issue and here are some of the highlights:

“Spring Song” by Willard Mullin cartoon on the front cover

“Managers Yelp Foul at 28-Player Rule” is a new cut-down in roster size by April 16

“Training Camp Etiquette: Okay to Chase Autographs, But Watch for Line Drives”

“Can’t Miss Tags Placed on Many Rookie” article has photos at the top of Eddie Kasko, Tony Kubek, Don Demeter, Haywood Sullivan, and Charlie Beamon

“Ditmar Seen as Key Player in Yanks-A’s Deal” article also has a history of the two teams many dealings and photos of all of the players involved in this latest swap including Art Ditmar, Bobby Shantz and Irv Noren

“Yank-A’s Deal to Hurt A.L. at Gate–Comisky” — “Greenberg Attacks Farm System in Same League”

“Dark Repeats as Majors Golf Champion”

Haywood Sullivan

Jim Busby

“Bull-Pen Lineup Among Flock of Haney Problems”

“Reds Quietly Confident — Only Birdie Chirps of Flag”

Dick Schofield

St. Louis Cardinals Roster and Review

Jack Meyer

“Bucs Join New Look Trend in Uniforms” with before and after photos of the new Pirates uniforms

“Wrigley Opens Coast Door to Majors’ Entry” — “Dodgers’ Buy Viewed as Big Wedge in L.A.” — Photo of Wrigley Field in Los Angeles with caption “Will Bums Wing Their Way Here .. to become Angels?” — “L.A. Territory Rights Rich Prize for Bums” (shown below)

Don Rudolph

“Proposed Box Score Revisions Will Short-Change Fans — Lane” and “Why Not Add Walks, Whiffs to Summary?” are about proposed changes to the standard box scores with opinions from readers as well

Harry Carey back from Bavaria

Ed Walsh “Isn’t Broke, Gets $2,700 Yearly”

Rawlings ad featuring Stan Musial

36 pages total.

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