Editor’s note: To go with our name change, Let’s Go Read is now Dog-Eared Corner. Same great book content, new great name.
Nineteen forty-eight. I think more Cleveland fans know the significance of that number than 455 or any of the other numbers lining the upper deck. In fact, many baseball fans could probably tell you about what the year 1948 means to Cleveland history thanks to a million infographics that remind us how long our misery has gone on.
But 1948 was not miserable, far from it. It was one of the most exciting pennant chases in history, with one of the best cast of characters, culminating in the ultimate prize: a World Series championship for the city of Cleveland.