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1958-03-26 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1958/03/26 — 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:

  • “When Every Ham’s a Hamlet” cartoon by Basset on front cover
  • Headline is “Birdie Sees Inter-League Deals as Tonic” with article “Fans Would Eye Stars in Other Loop: ‘If Cincy Had Three First Sackers, Tigers None–It Would Arouse Interest'”
  • Also on the cover “Players Reverse Stand, Now Fight Cellar Measure: 11 Spokesmen at Meeting Unanimous in Opposition to Bill in Present Form”
  • “Scoring Rules Call for Listing Putouts, Assists by Players — Vet Scribe Lanigan Criticizes New Style”
  • “Fielding Fans Put Up Mitts in Favor of Old Box Score — Outspoken Minority Rallies to Support of Style That Includes Defense Figures”
  • “Braves Should Win–Maybe Coast: World’s Champs Will be Stronger at Keystone, in Left Field”
  • “Debate Gets Hotter as Dodgers Reveal Super-Stadium Plan — Grandoise Project Designed to Win Voter’s Approval; Opposing Councilman Asks for Congressional Hearing”
  • “Picked as New Player Most Likely to Succeed: (Norm) Siebern Nails Yankee’s Left Field Post” with cartoon of Norm Siebern by Bob Bowie
  • Charlie Rabe
  • “Harridge Sees Tight Race in 27th Year as AL Head — Loop Better Balanced Than Year Ago, He Says, After Visit to Clubs in Florida”
  • Los Angeles Dodgers Roster and Review
  • “Yankees Keep One Eye on Flag, Other on Their Sidelines: Many Participating in Outside Commercial Ventures; Don Larsen Making Early Bid as Opening Day Pitcher”
  • Joe Cunningham
  • Harry Craft “Side-Steps Predictions–Sets Target at 70 Wins”
  • “66-Homer Stuart Tries First Base in Hope for Job”
  • “Where Are Old Nicknames–Rabbit, Ducky, Goose? Days of Colorful Monikers Disappearing”
  • “Slimmer Kuenn Takes Hurdle to Center in Stride: Harvey Most Happy-Fella Over Shift–So Are Tigers”
  • Plus Regular Columns, exhibition game box scores, and more.

    • 40 pages total.