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The "Play Ball" 1944 Baseball Guide
was published by the Victory publishing
Company, after the start of the season.
This booklet incorporates many of the
changes that took place in the major
Leagues after America entered into the
war. The inside front cover features
the 1943 American League pennant
winners and World Champion New York
Yankees followed by the National League
pennant winning St. Louis Cardinals on
page 2. The guide covers 1943 batting,
fielding statistics, won loss records
and ballpark diagrams at the end. The
inside back cover has a Treasury
Department message promoting War Bonds.
The "Ideal Gift For Service Men" The .50¢ baseball guide features 16
pin-ups with baseball related captions
that loosely accompany each team as
follows; 'Box Seat...' -Boston Braves,
'Dem Bums!' -Brooklyn Dodgers, 'Take Me
Out To The Ball Game' - Chicago Cubs,
'Double Header' - Cincinnati Reds, 'Hit
Dog!...' - New York Giants, 'Squeeze
Play' - Philadelphia Phillies, 'Nice
Game' - Pittsburgh Pirates,'"Foul' in
The Stands' - St. Louis Cardinals,
'Bunt' Boston Red Sox, 'Slide,
Kelly, Slide!' - Chicago White Sox.
'Bleacher Blonde' - Cleveland Indians,
'Standing Room Only' - Detroit Tigers,
'Sitting On Top Of The World' - New
York Yankees, 'Fielders Choice'
Philadelphia Athletics, '7th Inning
S-t-r-e-t-c-h' St. Louis Browns, 'The
Raw Of The Crowd' Washington Senators.
The centerfold (pages 22 & 23) are tribute pages listing the "Armed
Service Honor Roll." A home front
salute to the Major League players
serving in defense of our country.
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