TIME
The team was losing too many games; too many fans were staying away from the ballpark; even the sportswriters were unhappy. In the tradition of big-league baseball there was nothing for the Cleveland Indians to do but fire their field manager, Kerby Farrell. But General Manager Hank Greenberg, the Hall of Fame slugger, had already done that. It was his biggest mistake. He had left no one to fire but himself. Last week the Indians did just that.
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