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1957-12-25 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1957/12/25 — 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:

  • “Have Rep, Will Travel” cartoon by Darvas on the front cover
  • Headline is “Majors girding for Battle Over N.Y.” with article “4-Man Group Meets Jan. 3 on Hot Issue — Yank Monopoly in Gotham, Possible A.L. Invasion of Coast Territory at Stake”
  • “Majors Splintering Ban Johnson Plank of Two-Club Cities — A.L. Founder Built His Loop on Policy of Continuous Ball in Biggest Centers”
  • “Dodgers Start End Run Into Rose Bowl — Pasadena Rolls Out Welcome Mat at Famed Grid Arena”
  • “Shed No Tears for Basement Boswells — ‘Everybody Loves Us, We’re Like Pets to Players’–Addie”
  • “Giants to Follow Spring Custom of Trek With Tribe — Southwest Tour Will Climax 20-Game Indian Series; 40-Band Parade Will Greet Club’s Arrival at ‘Frisco”
  • “Bosox Bat Figures Shed New Light on White as Walloper — Sam, .214 HItter for Year, Swatted .294 at Fenway, Team’s Statistics Reveal”
  • “Superior Scouting Makes Yanks Great,’ Says Cronin — Snubs Query Whether Hose Would Be Better Without Ted”
  • “(Ken) Boyer Surprised–Gets Hike in Pay Instead of Swap — Ken, Given Boost in Morale, Now Determined to Back Bing’s Confidence in Him”
  • “Hypnotism Helps Big Newk to Shed His Fear of Flying”
  • “(John) Blanchard Boomed by Casey as ‘Great Catching Prospect’ — But Stengel Adds: ‘I Ain’t Retiring Berra–Not Yet’; Cites Johnny’s Fine Showing for Denver Farm Club”
  • “Aaron Trapped Sacrifice Fly, Series Film Reveals”
  • Ralph Houk replaces Bill Dickey on Yankee coaching staff
  • Tons of stats: Batting and Pitching stats from both leagues at night; fielding stats, Official American League Pitching Records for ’57, AL Slugging Pct.
  • Plus Regular Columns, reports from Puerto Rico, Columbia, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, and Cuba, and more including 10-page “The All-Sports News” section.

    • 30 pages plus 10-page All-Sports section for 40 pages total.