58 Years Ago Today: TED Says Goodbye with a Homer: Show Us Your TEDDY BALLGAMES

[doug.goodman]

Towards the end of his rookie year, Ted hits 2 homers vs the Yankees in a game that ended according to Retrosheet :

Per NY Times
eighth inning started with singles by Keller and Joe D. off new
pitcher Joe Heving. Dickey walked to fill the bases. Selkirk
forced Keller at plate and C Peacock threw to 1B for DP but Foxx
dropped the throw and Joe scored. Gordon then doubled Dickey
in. Boston manager Cronin saw only 10 minutes to 6:30 PM Sunday
curfew. So with Selkirk on 3B and Gordon on 2B Cronin ordered
Dahlgren intentionally walked. Dahlgren swung at ball one and
Selkirk ran home to be tagged out by Peacock for out 2 as Gordon
took 3B. HP ump Hubbard warned Dahlgren not to swing at
intentional balls. Dahlgren took the next wide pitch and Gordon
ran home to be tagged out by Peacock for third out. Cronin ran
to Hubbard and argued vigorously as fans showered field with
straw hats and pop bottles. With only few minutes till curfew
there was no time to clear field and finish the inning, Hubbard
forfeited the game to Yankees. Cronin protested the game. Cronin
argued the Yankees had played unfairly by running into outs at
plate and tried to interfere with a perfectly legal intentional
walk by having the batter swing at wide pitches. The Yankees
left Boston to make their Monday double header in Philadelphia
while Boston hosted Senators for 2. The AL President Harridge
upheld the protest per NY Times of 9/9/39, rolled the game back
to end of seventh, declared game a tie that would be replayed in
Boston as part of a DH 9/26, and fined Dahlgren, Gordon, and
Selkirk each $100 for 'reprehensible conduct.' Yankees filed an
appeal with Harridge. Rain washed out the two-day Yankee trip to
Boston 9/26-27 so the game never was replayed

[daves_resale_shop]

My teds

[MikeGarcia]

[MikeGarcia]

..He admired Bobby Doerr's batting style so much he started copying his stance and follow-through...

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[DeanH3]

[jbl79]

Splendid Splinter...

[brianp-beme]

Displayed are both types of Teddy Ballgames, and thankfully at least one of these is not mine.

Brian

[doug.goodman]

The first of Ted's 3 HR games, this one in 1946