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1958-06-11 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1958/06/11 — 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:

  • “It’s All in Fun, Amigos” cartoon by Amadee on the front cover
  • Headline is “Mexico City Demands New Major Spot” with story “Peralta Duo Sets Up Plan to Own Club — Brothers Who Operate Reds, Tigers in AA Loop Send Offer to Frick, Trautman”
  • Also on the cover “July 1, ’59, Target Date for New Dodger Park”
  • “Pitches With Speed, Speed, Speed: Durable Duren Happy as Yank Reliever” with photo of Ryne Duren and Casey Stengel and at the bottom of the page the caption “Speed Kings Who Set Sizzling Pace” with pics of Walter Johnson, Lefty Grove, Bob Feller, Allie Reynolds and Herb Score
  • “Sievers Back on Beam as Capital Clouter — Liked to ‘7 Wonders’ by Surgeon Who Mended Him” with large Roy Sievers cartoon by Amadee
  • “Opponents of Chavez Ravine Project Rally and Seek to Carry Contest Into Overtime”
  • “Dodgers Turn Daze to Dazzle by Dash of Headline Drama — Williams’ Two-Hit Shutout in Major Starting Debut Caps Big Week of Fines, Blasts, and Bat Revivals”
  • “Indians Lectured by Bragan on Indifference — Complacency Also Subject at Meeting”
  • “Red Sox Make Left, Instead of Right Turn on Meeting Yankees — Sisler Injury, Nixon’s Failure Key to Bosox Gloom”
  • “Young (Brooks) Robinson Glove-Whiz, Also Shows Bat Magic — ‘Vacuum Cleaner’ in Field, He Hits at a .300-Plus Pace; Birds Boost Brooks for All-Star Third Base Post”
  • “Fisher Retraces Half Century of Pitching” is a feature on old-timer Ray Fisher
  • Mickey Mantle “Resumes Homer Swing, But His Miseries Worry Casey — Mickey Starts Connecting After Nearly Two Weeks Without Four-Base Blow”
  • “Musial, Mays Tie in Player of Month Poll”
  • “Chisox Detoured on Upward Drive by Gopher Chucks — Pitchers Tagged for 43 Homers in First 41 Games, Compared to 29 For Chicago Batters at Same Point”
  • “Phils Lag, But Veterans Robin, Richie Set Best Pace Since ’55 — Roberts Wins Four of Five Starts During Home Stay, Regains Pitching Rhythm”
  • Pages 26-37 is a Father’s Day Shopping Guide
  • “Braced-Up Buccos Aim at Fist Million Gate in Eight Years — Pirates 100,000 Ahead of ’58 Pace at Turnstiles; Club Heads West With Four Players in .300 Circle”
  • Bobby Adams
  • Dan Topping “Says Yankees Would Offer Two-Year Park Tenancy to NL Club”
  • Plus Regular Columns, box scores, statistics, minor league reports, and more.

    • 64 pages total.