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1956 Brooklyn Dodgers no-hitter...

Item # 730354 ·

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Sept. 26, 1956

  • Sal "The Barber" Maglie no-hitter game
  • Brooklyn Dodgers - MLB baseball
  • "Dem Bums" "The Boys of Summer"

The top of the front page, above the masthead, has a banner headline: "BUMS 2ND DESPITE SAL'S NO-HITTER" with subhead and photo of Maglie. (see images) More in the sport's section with box scores. 
Complete with all 38 pages, a small very lightly inked library stamp slightly affects headline, small binding holes along the spine/1st column, generally nice.

Background: On September 25, 1956, 39-year-old Brooklyn Dodgers veteran Sal "The Barber" Maglie threw a historic 5–0 no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies at Ebbets Field, achieving an exceptionally rare feat made even more extraordinary by its high-stakes context. Maglie became one of the oldest pitchers in Major League Baseball history to throw a no-hitter—a feat accomplished by fewer than two dozen pitchers aged 39 or older in over 150 years of professional baseball. His masterclass was remarkable for its efficiency, as he walked only two batters and struck out three, relying on precise control and his signature biting curveball rather than pure velocity. What elevates this performance to legendary status was its immense pressure: the victory occurred in the frantic final week of the 1956 National League pennant race, single-handedly keeping the Dodgers ahead of the Milwaukee Braves and Cincinnati Reds to secure the pennant and cap off the legendary "Boys of Summer" era in Brooklyn.

Category: The 20th Century
Price
$48
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.