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Record-shattering baseball crowds surge to new highs
A postwar sports boom floods baseball attendance as Yankee Stadium nears two million and teams like the Tigers Cubs and Dodgers project record totals. The piece weighs the Glamour Age of sport versus today and previews season questions from pitching staff strength to pennant races. It contrasts past stars with current greats and outlines a list of 13 season questions for teams including the Yankees Tigers Dodgers Cardinals Giants Red Sox and Red Sox pitchers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankee Stadium
Larry MacPhail
Yankees
Tigers
Cubs
Dodgers
Louis Conn
Babe Ruth
Jack Dempsey
Bobby Jones
Bill Tilden
Tommy Hitchcock
Devereux Milburn
Walter Hagen
Rogers Hornsby
Earl Sande
Red Grange
DiMaggio
Williams
Nelson
Hogan
Arcaro
Blanchard
Davis
New York
England
Yankee
Red Sox
Indians
Senators
Tiger
Steve O’neill
Leo Durocher
Cardinals
Giants
Mel Ott
Bob Feller
al Newhouser
A. L
Ted Williams
Joe DiMaggio
Dick Wakefield
Hank Greenberg
Pesky
Doerr
Rizzuto
Gordon
Phillies
Athletics