Sports
Lou Boudreau, the Hall of Fame shortstop who managed the Cleveland Indians to the 1948 World Series championship has died at 84.
Aug. 11, 2001
Sometimes it is left to the youngest child to carry on the family traditions.
March 9, 1986
A lot of people thought it was a gimmick when owner Bill Veeck of the Cleveland Indians signed 42-year-old Satchel Paige during the 1948 season, but player-manager Lou Boudreau found out differently, and it didn’t take long.
June 10, 1989
Controversial calls and plays during baseball’s playoffs: * Game 1, 1948 World Series: Cleveland Indian pitcher Bob Feller and shortstop Lou Boudreau worked a pickoff play at second.
Oct. 10, 1996
Hall of Fame shortstop and manager Lou Boudreau, now an announcer with the Chicago Cubs, was reminiscing with umpire Bruce Froemming about a 1972 game in San Diego where Milt Pappas of the Cubs was working on a perfect game.
May 26, 1985
For a story on the 60th anniversary of the end of Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak, the New York Post’s Kevin Kernan interviewed participants in the game in which the Cleveland Indians stopped DiMaggio on July 17, 1941.
July 20, 2001
Shortstops who have won the American League MVP award: *--* Year Player, Team AB R H HR RBI AVG 2002 Miguel Tejada, Oakland 662 108 204 34 131 308 1991 Cal Ripken, Baltimore 650 99 210 34 114 323 1983 Cal Ripken, Baltimore 663 121 211 27 102 318 1982 Robin Yount, Milwaukee 635 129 210 29 114 331 1965 Zoilo Versalles, Minnesota 666 126 182 19 77 273 1950 Phil Rizzuto, N.Y.
Nov. 13, 2002
Position players and pitchers elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers’ Assn. of America. List includes 2005 inductees Ryne Sandberg and Wade Boggs:
Aug. 2, 2005
After sleeping in a cockroach-infested cell, after having a 25-pound fire extinguisher crashed down on his skull by a fellow convict, after putting his family through hell and thinking of killing himself, Denny McLain declared, “I’ve learned my lesson.
Dec. 15, 1996
It was the summer of 1946, and after being burned by three Ted Williams home runs in the first game of a doubleheader, Cleveland Indians Manager Lou Boudreau devised a plan.
July 19, 2015