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1957-10-16 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1957/10/16 — 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:

  • “Good For One, Pain for the Other” cartoon by Mullin on the front cover
  • Headline is: “Scribes Come Up With New Rookie Rule” with article “Action Adds to Confusion of Definition — May 15 to Sept. 1 Service, 75 At-Bats or 45 Innings Pitched Will Be Yardstick”
  • Also on the cover “Busch Backed in Fight to Scrap Bonus Rule”
  • “Next Year for Dodgers Means California — Burn Their Bridges in Brooklyn for Move to Los Angeles” with articles “Steps Taken for Drafting of Territory — Team Will Play ’58 Games in Either Wrigley Field, Coliseum or Both Parks” and “LA Council Invites Bums to Play Ball — Bill Opening Door to Brooks Approved by 10 to 4 Vote After Heated Arguments”
  • “Coast Leaguers See Realignment as Only Lifeline — PCL Club Officials Resent O’Malley’s Suggestion of Berth in Majors for Seattle”
  • “Traded by New Yorkers in ’51, Lew Comes Back to Haunt Them — Forget Burdette? Bombers Can’t Do It” with articles “Lew Denies Special Aim of Revenge — He’s Just Kind of Guy Who Wants to Beat Anybody, Regardless of Uniforms” and “Lew Fourth to Notch Three Wins in Seven-Game Series”
  • “Frick Slaps Braves’ Wrists for Barring Doors to Press — Desi Arnaz Admitted for Celebration”
  • “Yank Youngster Makes Home-Towners Groan and Grin — Milwaukeean Kubek Starred in Bomber Show”
  • “Giants Delay Rehiring of Rigney as San Francisco Opening Show — Bill Counts on McCormick and Cepeda as First Improvements”
  • “Youthful Braves Figured as Even Stronger for ’58”
  • “Bad News for Yankee Haters; More Prize Prospects on Way — Throneberry, Coates, Siebern and Johnson Expected to Offer Strong Challenges fpr Varsity Jobs Next Year”
  • “Mein Lewie” cartoon by Mullin with article “Burdette’s Three Wins Tab Him Series Great –Lew Joins Adams, Coveleski, Becheen on Hero List”
  • “Swell-Head Stories Get Ynkas Mad as Hops in Milwaukee — Daniel, Traveling With AL Champs to Brewtown, Relates Developments That Touched Off Criticism” and “Bombers Chilly Air for Welcome Groups Burns Up Burghers — Casey Booed During Braves’ Victories at Milwaukee; Departing Yanks Reminded ‘Who’s Bush League Now?'”
  • “Gus Triandos Put on Shelf as Bird Bait — Catcher-First-Sacker Irked by Late-Season Razzing; Kell Also Likely to Go”
  • “Tigers Not Keen to Swap Harvey, But Will Listen — ‘If Right Offer Comes, We’ll Consider It’ — McHale”
  • “Named as Top Sign-Stealers of Game’s Modern Era” page has articles with photos of Art Fletcher, Del Baker, and Chuck Dressen
  • Game by Game World Series Coverage runs from pages 21-29 Boxscores, summaries, photos
  • “Is Klu Through? Reds Buy Bilko to Stengthen — Lefty Slugger May Rack Up Bat if Back Hurts in Camp; Paul Denies Purchase Means Another Deal With Dodgers”
  • “Cal Hopes for Nat Shift–But to New Capital Stadium — Confabs With Minneapolis Just Courtest, He Says–Discounts Talk of Move” with small photo of Calvin Griffith
  • Plus Regular Columns, Minor League Reports, and more including 6-page football section “The Quarterback”.

    • 38 pages plus 6-page Quarterback section for 44 pages total.