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Pride and prestige fuel Yankees but injuries cloud 1947 outlook
The column argues Dixie pride and the Yankee name drive dominance, noting Stengel’s morale effort and Joe DiMaggio’s injury absence. It surveys the Red Sox and Indians’ pennant droughts, Ezzard Charles’s boxing arc, and Joe McCarthy’s evolving managerial philosophy in a shifting 1947 season.
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Ick Hyland
Dixie
Georgia
Malk Stevens
Yale
Albie Booth
Yankees
Red Sox
Boston
Joe McCarthy
St. Petersburg
Casey Stengel
Bill Dickey
Frank Crosetti
Jim Turner
Joe DiMaggio
Yogi Berra
Frank Shea
Joe Page
Phillips
Kryhoski
Coleman
Woodling
Bauer
Cleveland
DiMaggio
Henrich
Berra Lindell
Porterfield
Brown
Stirnweiss
Keller
Stengel
Indians
Yankee