Damn Yankees by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview

Damn Yankees

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This was the first and only time to date that the Cleveland Indians were swept in a World Series. The only highlight for the Indians was that they kept the Yankees from winning their sixth straight series. The last time the Yankees had not won the series or pennant beforehand was 1948, when, again, the Indians kept them out. It was also the only World Series from 1949 to 1958 which did not feature the Yankees.

Hindsight suggests that the Yankees “problem” relative to the

1954 Cleveland Indians did not lie with their hitters, though sub-par performances were put in by Phil Rizzuto and Gene