Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Blog Kiosk: 12/18/2018 - Dodgers Links - Some Odds and Ends


Check out this grizzled veteran. Featured above is 34-year old infielder Marty McManus in Brooklyn Dodger Blue, per a March 19, 1934 ACME press photo on eBay (auction link).

The longtime American Leaguer had signed a contract to play for the Dodgers in January and did very well during that Spring to show his worth -- batting .340 in exhibition games. Nevertheless, McManus would be sold to the Boston Braves in April; thereby ending a Dodger career that never really got started. Depending on which sources you read, McManus was either disgruntled and let go by rookie manager Casey Stengel (possibly fearing competition for his job), or sent to Boston to help a sinking ballclub. Either way, this old horse would play just one more season of pro ball, and then would quickly transition to be a minor league manager -- until his retirement in 1948.

Below are more links to check out:
“I am honored and humbled to have the opportunity to join such an established and talented group of radio and television broadcasters, as well as the gifted production personnel with the Dodgers,” said Neverett. “My family and I are thrilled to be able to be part of the Dodger family and be back in the National League. I am very much looking forward to getting started, renewing old acquaintances and making new ones.”
When I learned why he’s leaving, I bristled. As it turns out, WEEI plans to transition its coverage from a golden play-by-play standard to in-game talk; a decision that renders Neverett superfluous. He’s a play-by-play announcer, not a young Eddie Andelman.
These Einsteins of broadcasting believe that it’s time to tear down seventy years of tradition, fostered in Boston by Curt Gowdy in 1951 and perpetuated by folks like Jim Britt, Bob Murphy, Ned Martin, Jon Miller, Jim Woods and Castiglione. Neverett wanted nothing of the change and WEEI  apparently wanted nothing of him. Neverett didn’t fit its silly new plan.
Two months after they fired Rod Allen and Mario Impemba following a September altercation, the Tigers and Fox Sports Detroit are still looking for a replacement pairing for the broadcast booth.
Davis, 31 and a Potterville native, would make a natural fit for several reasons, but he said unequivocally Sunday that he’s not interested in the job. 
“A few years ago, definitely would have been interested,” Davis said. “But we’re really happy in L.A. So that’s a no.”
  • BTW, the Dodgers Pop-Up Museum is ongoing at Dodger Stadium. Check out this tweet showing off some pics, via a fan:


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