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1957-03-13 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1957/03/13 — 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:

  • “Dixie Delusions” cartoon by Lou Darvas on the front cover
  • Bob Feller wants baseball to attract more youths
  • Casey Stengel’s “Commandments Grow — Midnight Curfew Now No. 7 — Bulletin Board Lists Rules at Yankee Camp”
  • Gil Hodges cartoon by Lou Darvas (shown below) with article “Gil’s Capable Hands Make Any Job Easy”
  • “Yankee Swaps Bonanzas to Other Clubs Too — Many One-Time Bombers Still Making Big Noises Around Major Wheel” with small photos of Sherm Lollar, Clint Courtney, Jackie Jensen, Lew Burdette, and Gus Triandos
  • “Ol Perfessor Maps Rugged Slate for Yogi — Casey Says There’ll Be No Letup for Berra; ‘I’m Out to Win Another Pennant'”
  • “Fledgling Pilots Making Feathers Fly” with photo and article for each of the new managers Jack Tighe, Kerby Farrell, and Bob Scheffing
  • Camilo Pascual Loses 18 and gets $1,000 Raise
  • “Alston Measures Drysdale as Brooklyn Starter — Six foot Six Youngster Working on Screwball as Another Pitch to Go With His Good Fast One” with small photo of Don Drysdale (shown below)
  • Don Newcombe
  • Frank Thomas
  • Dale Long
  • Juan Pizarro
  • Kansas City A’s Roster and Review
  • Ted Kluszewski
  • Bubba Phillips
  • Ed Bouchee
  • “Ted Swinging for M V Prize? He Grunts as Scribes Guess — Working Hard to Get Into Shape, Predicts He’ll Hit At Least .325” with photo of Ted Williams (shown below)
  • “Coast Okays Brooklyn as Angel Owner — Vote Unanimous Approval; Plans Started on Pacific Title Series with Japan” — “Envoys from L.A. Dangle Lure of 60,000 Seat Park for Bums”
  • “$50,000 Sought in Frisco for Stadium Study”
  • Rawlings Ad featuring Ken Boyer

    • Deacon Jones .409 Led Minors for ’56

  • “Fear Strikes Out Best Hollywood Job on Game” with photos of actor Anthony Perkins and Jimmy Piersall

    • 40 pages total.