Detroit Tigers RARE 1945 World Series Stein Hank Greenberg

Description: Don’t miss this one! Detroit Tigers Rare 1945 World Series Stein. This stein is a very difficult to find collectors item. This Series featured the Detroit Tigers vs Chicago Cubs. This collection of steins has been accumulated over the past several years. I hate to let them go but it's time. Here is an opportunity to own 1 of many offered for sale. Vintage from a time gone by and for all those take me out to the Ball Park memories! Good luck and thank you for your interest. The 1945 World Series matched the American League Champion Detroit Tigers against the National League Champion Chicago Cubs. The Tigers won the Series in seven games, giving them their second championship and first since 1935. Hank Greenberg image not on stein, reflective of time period. Please see our other auctions for the 1935 Tigers Stein. The World Series again used the 3–4 wartime setup for home field sites, instead of the normal 2–3–2. Although the major hostilities of World War II had ended, some of the rules were still in effect. Many of the majors' better players were still in military service. Warren Brown, author of a history of the Cubs in 1946, commented on this by titling one chapter "World's Worst Series". He also cited a famous quote of his, referencing himself anonymously and in the third person. When asked who he liked in the Series, he answered, "I don't think either one of them can win it." In a similar vein, Frank Graham jokingly called this Series "the fat men versus the tall men at the office picnic." One player decidedly not fitting that description was the Tigers' slugger Hank Greenberg, who had been discharged from military service early. He hit the only two Tigers homers in the Series, and scored seven runs overall and also drove in seven. The Curse of the Billy Goat originated in this Series before the start of Game 4.[1] Having last won the Series in 1908, the Cubs owned the dubious record of both the longest league pennant drought and the longest World Series drought in history, not winning (or appearing in) another World Series until 2016. * player image not on stein shown for period reference.

Price: 190 USD

Location: Rancho Santa Margarita, California

End Time: 2025-01-13T01:49:27.000Z

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