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1957-03-06 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1957/03/06 — 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:

  • “The Long Haul” cartoon by Willard Mullin on front cover and shown at left
  • “Greenberg Hails Dodgers Action as Foresighted — Tribe Boss Sees L.A. Deal as First Step in Majors’ Expansion to West Coast”
  • “Experts Vote Shortstops Smartest — Best on Each Team Named in Secret Poll”
  • “How Good Was Scooter? No. 1 Shortstop — May Expect Election to Hall of Fame” has a photo of Phil Rizzuto surrounded by other great shortstops Pee Wee Reese, Joe Cronin, Marty Marion, Lou Boudreau (shown below)
  • Johnny Pesky cartoon by Vic Johnson (shown below) with article “Pesky Short-Hopping Back to Majors as Pilot – Starts Climb as Skipper in Tiger System”
  • Bill Sarni and career ending heart attack
  • “Comisky Urging Mutual Aid Pact by Yankee Rivals: Should Help Each Other, Says White Sox Veep; Asserts Bomber Dominance Hurts League at Gate”
  • “Gold Dust Team will Get Combined Pay of 498 Gees” is about salaries and pictures Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Stan Musial and others (shown below)
  • Ray Boone shifts to first base
  • “Yawkey Deal for Bosox 24 Years Ago Recalled”
  • “Casey Tabs Ditmar as Great Prospect; Lucky to Get Him” — “Kaycee Puzzled By Big Buildup Given Ditmar After Yank Deal: Why Did Other Clubs Offer So Little if Hurler is So Valuable, A’s Wondering”

    • Red Sox Reveal Operation on Mel Parnell’s Arm

  • “Improved Pension Plan to Be Outlined at Big Time Camps”
  • “Brooks Plan Trip to Los Angeles Next Spring” — “Coasters Still Buzzing Over Dodgers’ Deal — Shift of Franchise Unlikely Before ’60, But O’Malley Shows He’s Not Bluffing”
  • “Three Cities Seek Giants, says Horace” Stoneham
  • Dick Donovan
  • Gary Geiger
  • George Sisler “Illness Throws Pall Over Pirates: Thomas, Virdon, Clemente All benefited from tips”
  • Brooklyn Dodgers Roster and Review
  • Sal Maglie
  • Rawlings ad featuring Herb Score
  • Moe Drabowsky
  • Lou Skizas Doesn’t Fear Jinx

    • 40 pages total.