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1958-04-23 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1958/04/23 — 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:

  • “You Find ‘Em in Every Park” cartoon by Basset on the cover
  • Headline is “McHale Urges Talks With College Tutors” with story “3-Point Plan Proposed by Bengel Boss — Lengthening of Diamond Season, Maybe 100 Games, Proposed for Schoolboys”
  • Also on the cover is “Cronin Calls DiMaggio Greatest” by Dan Daniel
  • “Ike Squares His Mark as Nat Starter — Nation’s No. 1 Fan Enjoys Game’s National Weekly at Capital Opener”
  • “Braves Reshuffle Outfield–Handy Hanebrink in Left”
  • Tony Kubek “Denies He’s Army Bound Now–May Finish Season — Tony Expected to Pass-up Six Month Service Deal; Yankees Make Late Effort to Obtain Roy Sievers”
  • Dick Littlefield “Majors’ Big Ground Gainer — Dick, Braves’ Southpaw, With Tenth Club in Eight Years”
  • Al Pilarcik
  • “Bollings Join Brother-Combine Billings — Detroit Duo Latest to Play on Same Team in Majors” with photo of Frank and Milt Bollings as well as other brother combos including the Deans and Waners
  • “First Major Contest on Coast Proves Super Spectacle — San Francisco Beams as Giants Glitter in Bow”
  • Duke Snider’s “425-Foot Homer Marks Dodgers’ Romp in Second Game — Snider Performs Rare Feat by Clearing Right Fence”
  • Ted Williams’ “Shrimp Puts Crimp in Bosox Bid for Swift Getaway — Food Poisoning Shelves Splinter for Two Openers”
  • “Pennants, Parades–Everything is Whoopee in Dodger Welcoming — Kids Wear Special Jackets and Caps in Week-Long Party”
  • “Opening Day in Flatbush — April 15! No Hits, No Runs, No Game”
  • “Bragan Eyes Colavito for Infield Role — Tribe Manager Wants Bats of Both Rocky and Maris in Lineup at Same Time”
  • Jim Davenport
  • Plus Regular Columns, box scores, minor league reports, and more.

    • 40 pages total.