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1957-08-28 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1957/08/28 — 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:

  • “Do-Re-Mi” cartoon by Mullin on the front page showing “senorita De Los Angeles” on the balcony courting the Giants and his Brooklyn Bum
  • Headline is “Busted NL Pennant Bubbles X-Rayed” with article “Experts Give Reasons for Four Foldups: Batters Blamed for Card, Dodger and Phil Slides; Reds Deficient on Mound”
  • Also on the cover: “Dodgers, Giants Found Pattern in Coast Grid Feud: NFL Rivalry Between Rams and 49ers Produces Big Gates in LA and ‘Frisco”
  • “Lippy’s Word to Braves — ‘Anything Can Happen’ — Leo and Pafko Recall ’51 Giant Surge”
  • “Giants Put Wheels in Motion for Coast — Accept San Francisco Offer to Build 45,000-Seat Stadium” with large Mullin Cartoon “…But Not Forgotten” and article “League to Put Milwaukee in ‘East Division’ — New York Club’s Directors Vote 8-1 for Transfer; Next Move Up to Brooks”
  • “Mayor’s Letter Sealing Deal Spells Out ‘Frisco Proposal — 35-Year Lease at $125,00 Annual Rent”
  • “Galbreath Denies Bucs to NY Shift”
  • “Saga of the New York Giants, Matty to Mays”
  • “Move to Coast Wins Favorable Comment from Officials of Other Clubs”
  • “Giles Doubts NY Will Get NL Team in Near Future”
  • “‘Frisco Takes Shift of Giants in Stride — ‘We’ll Miss Seals’ — Mild Enthusiasm Expressed by Fans; Stoneham and Aids Inspect Site of Park”
  • “Brooks to Stay in NY Area? O’Malley Mum — Reports of Move to Yankee Park or Site in Flushing Meadows Meet Silence”
  • “Braves Gate Whirling to New NL Mark — Only Weather Could Balk Shattering of ’54 Record — 2,131,388 High Draw May Be Topped by 150,000; Recent Series with Cards Established Three-Day Peak”
  • “First Gem of ’57 – (Bob) Keegan Uses New Wind-Up to Wind Up With No-Hitter: Only Two Men Reached Base as He Set Down Nats, 6 to 0”
  • “80 Intentionals to Babe in ’23 Believed to Be High — Check of Newspaper Stories Spotlights Deliberate Passes” wtih photo of Babe Ruth
  • Jack Sanford
  • Ray Jablonski
  • Ted Williams’ “Fatigue, Team Bat Slump Harass Higgins on Western Trip — Splinter Fears Illness or Injury in .400 Quest; Bosox Skipper Stumped by Failures Against Nats”
  • Johnny Groth
  • “Two-Year Dodger Mystery–Why Do Jersey Fans Boo? Newk and Duke Favorite Targets for Razzberries; Barber Raises Hopes with Old-Style Mound Effort”
  • “Oriole Officers and Directors Travel With Team, Pay Own Way”
  • “Schedule Favors Casey’s Hope of Resting Regulars — Yanks to Play Only Eight Road Games in Last 31; Club in Better Condition Physically Than Last Year”
  • “Injury Halts Musial’s Hot Bat Streak — Socks .531 Over Eight-Game Road Stretch”
  • Hank Aaron “Blasts Cards for Duster Pitches — But Hutch, Jackson, Jones Deny Rap”
  • “Toast of ’56, Birdie’s Now Feeling Heat — Tebbetts Philosophic Over Reds’ Dive, ‘Patience Not Criticism,’ Pilots Policy”
  • Warren Spahn
  • Plus Regular Columns, Standings, Boxscores, Stats, Minor League Reports, and more.

    • 44 pages total.