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Lou Boudreau is selected as the American League Most Valuable Player, becoming the only manager to win a World Series and be named the Leagues MVP in the same season

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“Sometimes the best trades are the ones you never make” – BILL VEECK, the Indian owner’s observation about a possible deal that wasn’t made. Lou Boudreau is selected as the American League Most Valuable Player, becoming the only manager to win a World Series and be named the circuit’s MVP in the same season. The popular Indian shortstop, who had almost been dealt to the Browns earlier in the year but for the protest of the Tribe fans, prompts owner Bill Veeck to rethink the transaction.

National League president Ford Frick steps in and pays $350 for funeral services, including the cost of a coffin, for the unclaimed body of Hack Wilson. The former slugger, who had died probably of alcohol abuse a few days earlier in a Baltimore hospital, is identified only as a white male.

National League president Ford Frick steps in and pays $350 for funeral services, including the cost of a coffin, for the unclaimed body of Hack Wilson. The former slugger, who had died probably of alcohol abuse a few days earlier in a Baltimore hospital, is identified only as a white male.

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1948 – National League president Ford Frick steps in and pays $350 for funeral services, including the cost of a coffin, for the unclaimed body of Hack Wilson. The former slugger, who had died probably of alcohol abuse a few days earlier in a Baltimore hospital, is identified only as a white male.

Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees undergoes surgery for bone spurs on his right heel at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore

Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees undergoes surgery for bone spurs on his right heel at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore

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1948 – Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees undergoes surgery for bone spurs on his right heel. DiMaggio will miss 65 games in 1949 because of continuing problems with his heel.

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Chicago White Sox acquire pitcher Billy Pierce from the Detroit Tigers for catcher Aaron Robinson.

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    On November 10, 1948, the Chicago White Sox acquire pitcher Billy Pierce from the Detroit Tigers for All Star catcher Aaron Robinson. Tigers even sweeten the deal with $10,000. The move that will give them a pitching ace for the next decade Pierce, who sported an ERA of 6.34 in 1948, will win…