Summer of '49: The Yankees and the Red Sox in Postwar America (45 page)

Masterson, Walt,
147
,
216

Mauch, Gus,
126-127
,
214

Mays, Willie,
187-188
,
198-201
,
285

Mead, William,
217

Meany, Tom,
50
,
162

Mele, Sam,
116
,
144
,
147

Memphis Chicks,
97

Merman, Ethel,
56

Metkovich, George “Cat,”
10

Mexican League,
289

Meyer, Billy,
233

Milwaukee Braves,
315

Minnesota Twins,
233

Minoso, Minnie,
200

Mr. Coffee,
300

Mize, Johnny,
239
,
256
,
298

Monroe, Marilyn,
124
,
303

Montague, Ed,
153

Morgan, J. P.,
56

Morley, John,
261-263
,
313

Moses, Wally,
26-27
,
236-237

Most Valuable Player Award

in 1947,
179

in 1949,
245

Murderers’ Row,
117

Murphy, Johnny,
121-122
,
202-203

Musial, Stan,
10
,
154

My Turn at Bat
(Williams),
168

Namath, Joe,
303

National League, II,
106
,
285
,
305

Newark Bears,
59

Newcombe, Don,
275
,
282

New Deal,
63

New England,
175-176
,
228
,
266

Newhouser, Hal,
5
,
183
,
189
,
204
,
205
,
216

New Orleans, La.,
64-65

New Orleans Pelicans,
153

New York Daily News
,
37
,
104
,
108
,
109
,
222
,
232

New Yorker
,
129
,
306

New York Giants,
31
,
149
,
161
,
239
,
246

New York Herald
,
105

New York Herald Tribune
,
50
,
82
,
108
,
281

New York Mets,
310
,
312

New York Mirror
,
108
,
109

New York Post
,
50
,
51
,
194

New York Sun
,
35
,
106

New York Times
,
3
,
15
,
32
,
38
,
39
,
41-42
,
55
,
107
,
129
,
163
,
199
,
299
,
306

New York Yankees,
161

agents and,
225-227

aging of,
9
,
37
,
236

annual profit of,
143-144

Berra as manager of,
310

blacks and,
197-199
,
278-280
,
284-285

fans of,
10-11
,
68-70
,
109-111
,
158
,
220
,
225
,
232
,
263
,
266

fielding of,
116-121
,
138

five championships of,
284
,
312

heat and,
214-216
,
236

hitting of,
116-118
,
121
,
191-192
,
258-259

injuries of,
236-239
,
293-294
,
296-298

McCarthy as manager of,
21-24
,
32
,
36-37
,
42-43
,
44
,
49
,
52
,
101-103
,
117
,
123
,
233
,
235

management of,
191-197
,
224-227
,
295
,
297-298

1948 pennant race of,
1-5
,
9
,
83-84
,
175

1948 games of,
213-216

1949 early three-game series of,
88-89
,
91
,
98

1949 July games of,
164-167
,
202
,
204-205

1949 June games of,
148-152
,
156-157

1949 Opening Day of,
58
,
70-71

1949 pennant race of,
205
,
213
,
216
,
220
,
229
,
238-240
,
243
,
244
,
249-251
,
253-274
,
315

1949 season aftermath of,
291-303

in 1949 World Series,
275
,
278-283

in 1950 World Series,
195

at old-timers’ game,
300
,
303-305
,
311

as one-man team,
57-60

pitching of,
19
,
58
,
71-80
,
84-86
,
117
,
121-126
,
173
,
184
,
185-186
,
214-216
,
230-236
,
242
,
254-256
,
263-266
,
267-268
,
278-279
,
283-284
,
291-292

players of,
37-86
,
116-133
,
193-194
,
244-249
,
259-260
,
263-266
,
283-285

postbaseball careers of,
310-313

prejudice in,
196-199
,
284-285

press and,
101-105
,
108
,
109
,
118-119
,
157-163
,
168
,
194
,
232
,
236-237
,
239
,
265-266
,
294-295
,
297
,
312

pre- vs. post-World War II attendance of,
10-11
,
224

Red Sox rivalry with,
16-17

rookies vs. veterans of,
32-37
,
117-118
,
134-135

salaries of,
16
,
193-194
,
294
,
299
,
300

Stengel as manager of,
see
Stengel, Casey

tough leadership tradition of,
134-136
,
138
,
140

train of,
99-101

type of player in,
196-198

wives of,
33
,
55
,
130-131
,
264
,
284
,
301

Niarhos, Gus,
136
,
148
,
149
,
256-257

night baseball,
18

1945 season,
10

1946 season,
11

1947 season,
19-20

1948 pennant race,
1-9
,
144

1948 season,
1-9
,
38
,
44
,
175
,
251
,
273
,
274

1949 pennant race,
87
,
124-125
,
128
,
205
,
212-213
,
216
,
217
,
220
,
229
,
238
,
244
,
249-274
,
315

1949 season,
229
,
286

August games of,
212-216
,
217
,
228-229

early three-games series of,
88-89
,
91
,
98

first games of,
58
,
70-71
,
87

July games of,
164-167
,
202
,
204-205

June games of,
145-152
,
156-157

1950 season,
46

Nolan, Martin,
9

No, No, Nanette,
16

O’Connell, Dick,
143

O’Doul, Lefty,
210
,
211

Old Man and the Sea, The
(Hemingway),
41

old-timers’ games,
300
,
303-305
,
311
,
314-315

one-handing the ball,
120

Orlando, Johnny,
172

Ortiz, Roberto,
252

outlaw players,
66

Pacific Coast League,
172
,
209
,
289

Page, Joe,
27
,
35
,
54
,
76
,
121-126
,
151
,
216
,
229
,
240
,
245
,
250
,
256-257
,
258
,
259
,
283
,
292
,
305
,
311

Paget’s disease,
314

Paige, Satchell,
188
,
242

Papparella, Joe,
166

Parker, Dan,
107
,
261

Parnell, Mel,
6-9
,
29
,
87
,
88
,
138
,
145
,
152-158
,
177-178
,
184
,
186-187
,
189-190
,
203-204
,
212
,
213
,
216
,
229
,
242
,
243
,
252
,
255-256
,
257
,
258
,
269-270
,
279
,
314

Parnell, Patrick,
7-8
,
153

Patterson, Red,
42
,
194
,
225
,
226-227

Patton, George,
310

Pearl Harbor,
10

Pellagrini, Eddie,
123
,
143

Pesky, Johnny,
14
,
17
,
26
,
87
,
110
,
111
,
116
,
138
,
143
,
164
,
165
,
166
,
184-186
,
206-207
,
230
,
239
,
245
,
250
,
256
,
258
,
267
,
268
,
272
,
273
,
287
,
303-304
,
309
,
313

Philadelphia Athletics,
20
,
58
,
79
,
87
,
98
,
124-126
,
136
,
137
,
164
,
234
,
236
,
242

Philadelphia Phillies,
195
,
277
,
287

Pittsburgh Pirates,
297

pivot,
120

Pollet, Howie,
154-155

Porterfield, Bob,
89
,
126
,
231
,
292

Power, Vic,
197

Presidio—Monterey Army team,
208

press,
261
,
312-313

and baseball,
101-109
,
115
,
116
,
157-163

Boston Red Sox and,
104
,
167
,
202
,
203
,
204
,
205
,
254
,
312
,
313

Joe DiMaggio and,
39
,
44-45
,
47-48
,
50-52
,
168
,
211
,
213
,
240
,
299
,
300

McCarthy and,
25
,
27

New York Yankees and,
101-105
,
108
,
109
,
118-119
,
157-163
,
168
,
194
,
232
,
236-237
,
239
,
265-266
,
294-295
,
297
,
312

Stengel and,
32
,
82-83
,
150

at Toots Shor’s,
128-132
,
303

Williams and,
22
,
48
,
104
,
167-168
,
174-180
,
218-219
,
273

Yawkey and,
140
,
141-142

see also specific sportswriters and broadcasters

Prince Horn Dairy team,
66