A Summer to Remember: Bill Veeck, Lou Boudreau, Bob Feller, and the 1948 Cleveland Indians

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While the Cleveland Indians are known more lately for being cellar dwellers than world champions, that wasn't the case in 1948. Ranked by the Sports News as the 9th-best team in baseball history, the '48 Indians were a colorful group of guys, lead by the always colorful Bill Veeck; the future Hall of Famer who was running his first team. But the Indians weren't just well-run in the from office.

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"The 1948 Cleveland Indians improbable march to a World Series title, with its feel-good story and splashy cast of characters, is so irresistible that even author Freedmans sometimes-distracting narrative cant get in the way. Success started with maverick owner Bill Veeck, who acquired the team in 1946 and whose flair for showmanship and fearless acquisition of controversial playershe almost immediately signed future Hall-of-Famer Larry Doby, the first African American to play in the ALbegan filling Clevelands 78,811-seat stadium. Add the teams dynamic player-manager Lou Boudreau, who won the MVP that year; the great Bob Feller; lefty knuckleballing rookie-phenom Gene Beardon; the aged but effective Satchel Paige; and outstanding role players that Veeck delivered to manager Boudreau. That seasons ready-made dramatic arc and Freedmans enthusiasm should win over true baseball fans."
Alan Moores, Booklist

Represents ideal reading material for anyone depressed about the current condition of Cleveland sports.
The News-Herald
Represents ideal reading material for anyone depressed about the current condition of Cleveland sports. The News-Herald

Author Bio

Lew Freedman is the author of nearly sixty books on sports, including Clouds over the Goalpost, The Original Six, and A Summer to Remember, and is the winner of more than 250 journalism awards. A veteran sportswriter, Freedman was formerly a staff writer for the Chicago Tribune and Philadelphia Inquirer, as well as other papers, and lives in Columbus, Indiana.