Tribe Celebrates World Championship with Fans Before Heading Home
October 12, 1948 This morning the Cleveland Indians arrived home from Boston, victors of the 1948 World Series and received a heroes parade upon their arrival. A dozen slow moving vehicles carrying...
View ArticleAfter the Cleveland Indians 1948 Season
The 1948 World Championship was the crowning moment in Bill Veeck’s career as an owner – and one of the loneliest in his life. Veeck would own another pennant winner, but no other world champion. On...
View ArticleWith Deadline Approaching, Will Indians Be Active?
May 20, 1948 Despite the great record to start the season by the Cleveland Indians, team president Bill Veeck is not comfortable with the makeup and effort of his ball club. The Indians have been a...
View ArticleLemon Dominates, Tucker Injured; Indians 4, White Sox 0
May 29, 1948 In what very well may prove to be a bittersweet victory, the Cleveland Indians blanked the Chicago White Sox on Saturday, 4-0. The sweet part of the victory came in the form of starting...
View ArticleFeller’s Wild Sixth Hands White Sox a Win; White Sox 4, Indians 2
May 30, 1948 The Indians fell further out of first place in game one of Sunday’s doubleheader, as they dropped a game to the White Sox 4-2. Indians starting pitcher Bob Feller (5-4, 3.09) was pitching...
View ArticleIndians’ Amazing Comeback Sinks Sox in Wild Game; Indians 13, White Sox 8
May 30, 1948 It was recently announced that the United States is going to send a rhesus monkey named Albert into space on a V2 rocket sometime this June. If you heard of this while attending Sunday’s...
View ArticleMother Nature Washes Away Game, But Not Rumors
June 3, 1948 Mother Nature won the day’s matchup between the Cleveland Indians and Washington Senators from Griffith Stadium in the nation’s capital on Thursday night. Just prior to the 8:30 p.m. first...
View ArticleLemon Leaves Athletics Looking; Indians 10, Athletics 0
June 20, 1948 Cleveland hurler Bob Lemon baffled Philadelphia hitters over nine scoreless innings and aided his own cause with a pair of extra base hits, as the Indians swept the Sunday twin bill from...
View ArticleBerardino Hoping for Supporting Role in Winner’s Circle – Twice
June 23, 1948 Dinner and a movie is always a good date, but Tuesday evening it doubled as team bonding for the Cleveland Indians. After the Indians welcomed new southpaw pitcher Sam Zoldak to the Tribe...
View ArticleIndians Lose Late For Second Time, Drop to Third in Standings; Red Sox 2,...
July 24, 1948 It was a day of firsts for the Cleveland Indians, but none of their achievements will be on president Bill Veeck’s mantle anytime soon. When the Indians and their bullpen allowed the...
View ArticleLet Eddie Robinson Play
July 26, 1948 Cleveland Indians manager Lou Boudreau adjusted his batting lineup earlier in the month, hoping to elicit more consistent production from the heart of the order. The top of the order...
View ArticleRaschi and DiMaggio Snap Tribe Winning Streak; Yankees 5, Indians 0
August 7, 1948 The Indians found a way to keep Joe DiMaggio off of the base paths yesterday, but couldn’t do it two days in a row. DiMaggio doubled twice, driving in three of the Yankees’ five runs,...
View ArticleAfter the Cleveland Indians’ 1948 Season (Part 1)
The 1948 World Championship was the crowning moment in Bill Veeck’s career as an owner – and one of the loneliest in his life. Veeck would own another pennant winner, but no other world champion. On...
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