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The Detroit Tigers were the next to last te in all the majors to “integrate”, ten seasons after Jackie Robinson started playing for the Dodgers. Perhaps the institution’s barrier was so strong, Rolfe knew it was unmentionable. Perhaps as a rookie (not already established) manager, he got lazy and didn’t want to get into a fight with his employers. Perhaps he shared their views on race, though my instinct is not Rolfe was more concerned about winning than holding on to any particular opinion, so it seems unlikely to me.
Whatever the reason, the elephant on the table goes unmentioned.
After a July doubleheader sweep of the Philadelphia A’s, Detroit took a 4.5 ge lead in the league, but a 2-6 run following left them a half ge up.
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AL W L GB WP RS RA
DET 56 33 - .629 505 437
NYY 56 34 0.5 .622 545 434
CLE 56 36 1.5 .609 514 406
BOS 53 39 4.5 .576 656 512
WSH 41 46 14.0 .471 398 451
CHW 37 55 20.5 .402 391 455
PHA 32 60 25.5 .348 421 555
SLB 31 59 25.5 .344 407 587
This is not the critical management moment…when its clear the te can win, the project can succeed, the product can been a viable contributor, and at the se time, there are three other serious contenders and the te has just gone 2-6 against two of them (New York & Boston). This is not the moment to act.
Close to nothing.
On August 3rd, the te bought Hank Borowy from the Pirates, a fellow who’d been a successful starter during the War when talent was somewhat thinned out, but had had four years of mediocrity or less since. He ended up being almost adequate to the task, but it was clearly a shot in the dark; there was little solid reasoning to support the idea that he could been an answer or a significant part of one.
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