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Who'll Fill Baseball's Gaps in the Modern Era
Grantland Rice surveys postwar baseball to identify peak players who could fill the holes left by legendary stars like Cobb Wagner Ruth and DiMaggio. He predicts successors including Dark, Torgeson, Kiner, Zernial, Raschi and Porterfield while noting aging greats Williams Musial Feller and Newhouser nearing the end of their eras. The piece weighs future gap-fillers, highlighting Berra, Doby, Branca and Campanella among rising names and emphasizes the challenge of replacing era-defining icons with new talents.
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Hans Wagner
Christy ,Mathewson
Nap Lajoie
Ty Cobb
Babe Ruth
Ruth
Gehrig
Matty
Cy Young
Walter Johnson
Johnson
Bob Feller
DiMaggios
Ted Williams
Bill , Dickey
Hal Newhouser
Lou Boudreau
Stan Musial
Cobb
Wagner
Gen. Abner Doubleday
Bill Dickey
Mickey Cochrane
Williams and Musial
Joe DiMaggio
Bob Felter
Ewell Blackwell
Charley Keller
Whitey Kurowski
Marty Marion
Ted
Williams
Musial
Newhouser
Blackwell
Charlie Keller
No-Man’s Land
Feller
DiMaggio
Marion
Boudreau
al Dark
Earl
Torgeson
Braves
Ralph Kiner
Pirates
Zernial
White’ Sox
Jerry “Coleman
al’ Raschi
Bob
Porterfield
Yankees
Larry Yogi Berra
Larry Doby
Cleveland
Ralph Branca
Sid Gordon
Giants
Eddie Kazak
Cardinals
Ritchie, Ashburn
Phillies
Carl
George Kell
Tigers
Enos Slaughter
Pee Wee Reese
Ferris Fain
Eddie Waitkus
Philadelphia
Johnny Antonelli
Curtis Simmons
Robin Roberts
Yogi Berra
Berra
Dickey
Isc
Raschi
Gus Zernial
White Sox