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1951 World Series
Team (Wins)
Manager(s) Season
New York Yankees (4)
Casey Stengel 98–56, .636, GA: 5
New York Giants (2)
Leo Durocher 98–59, .624, GA: 1
Dates
October 4–10
Umpires
Bill Summers (AL), Lee Ballanfant (NL), Joe Paparella (AL), Al Barlick (NL), Johnny Stevens (AL: outfield only), Artie Gore (NL: outfield only)
Hall of Famers
Umpire: Al Barlick
Yankees: Casey Stengel (mgr.), Bill Dickey (coach), Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Johnny Mize, Phil Rizzuto
Giants: Leo Durocher (mgr.), Monte Irvin, Willie Mays
Broadcast
Television
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TV announcers
Jim Britt and Russ Hodges
Radio
Mutual
Radio announcers
Mel Allen and Al Helfer
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The 1951 World Series matched the two-time defending champion New York Yankees against the New York Giants, who had won the National League pennant in a thrilling three-game playoff with the Brooklyn Dodgers on the legendary home run by Bobby Thomson (the Shot Heard 'Round the World).
In the Series, the Yankees showed some power of their own, including Gil McDougald's grand slam home run in Game 5, at the Polo Grounds. The Yankees won the Series in six games, for their third straight title and 14th overall. This would be the last World Series for Joe DiMaggio, who retired afterward, and the first for rookies Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle.
This was the last Subway Series the Giants played in. Both teams would meet again eleven years later after the Giants relocated to San Francisco. They have not played a World Series together since. This was the first World Series announced by Bob Sheppard, who was in his first year as Yankee Stadium's public address announcer. It was also the first World Series to be televised nationwide, as coaxial cable had recently linked both coasts.
Contents
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1 Background
2 Summary
3 Matchups
3.1 Game 1
3.2 Game 2
3.3 Game 3
3.4 Game 4
3.5 Game 5
3.6 Game 6
4 Composite box
5 Notes
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
Background[edit]
This World Series also matched up two of baseball's most colorful managers, Casey Stengel of the Yankees and Leo Durocher of the Giants.
This was the 13th appearance by the Giants in Series play, their ninth loss, and their first appearance since the 1937 World Series.
"The Commerce Comet arrives on the final voyage of the Yankee Clipper." The 1951 World Series was the first for Mickey Mantle and the final for Joe DiMaggio.
Mantle's bad luck with injuries in the Major Leagues began here. In the fifth inning of Game 2 at Yankee Stadium, Mays flied to deep right center. DiMaggio and Mantle converged on the ball, DiMaggio called Mantle off, and Mantle stutter-stepped, catching a cleat in a drain cover, and fell to the ground in a heap with a wrenched knee as DiMaggio made the catch. Mantle was done for this Series, but would come back to play many more.
New York City became the first city to host an NBA Finals and a World Series in the same calendar year.
Summary[edit]
AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL New York Giants (2)
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1 October 4 New York Giants – 5, New York Yankees – 1 Yankee Stadium 2:58 65,673[1]
2 October 5 New York Giants – 1, New York Yankees – 3 Yankee Stadium 2:05 66,018[2]
3 October 6 New York Yankees – 2, New York Giants – 6 Polo Grounds 2:42 52,035[3]
4 October 8 New York Yankees – 6, New York Giants – 2 Polo Grounds 2:57 49,010[4]
5 October 9 New York Yankees – 13, New York Giants – 1 Polo Grounds 2:31 47,530[5]
6 October 10 New York Giants – 3, New York Yankees – 4 Yankee Stadium 2:59 61,711[6]
Matchups[edit]
Game 1[edit]
Thursday, October 4, 1951 1:00 pm (ET) at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
New York (NL) 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 10 1
New York (AL) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1
WP: Dave Koslo (1–0) LP: Allie Reynolds (0–1)
Home runs:
NYG: Alvin Dark (1)
NYY: None
Monte Irvin's daring baserunning got the Giants off to a fast start in this New York – New York series. He singled in the first inning, sped to third on Whitey Lockman's RBI single, then stole home off Yankee starter Allie Reynolds. The Yankees cut the Giants' lead to 2–1 in the second when Gil McDougald doubled with one out off of Dave Koslo and scored on Jerry Coleman's single. The scored remained that way until the sixth when Alvin Dark's three-run home run gave the Giants a commanding 5–1 lead. Koslo pitched a complete game to give the Giants a 1–0 series lead.
Game 2[edit]
Friday, October 5, 1951 1:00 pm (ET) at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
New York (NL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 1
New York (AL) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 3 6 0
WP: Eddie Lopat (1–0) LP: Larry Jansen (0–1)
Home runs:
NYG: None
NYY: Joe Collins (1)
The first three batters Larry Jansen faced were Mickey Mantle, Phil Rizzuto and Gil McDougald, all of whom singled for a quick 1-0 Yankee lead. It could have been worse, but next batter Joe DiMaggio bounced into a 6-4-3 double play and Yogi Berra struck out. Next inning, Joe Collins's home run extended the Yankees' lead to 2–0. Monte Irvin scored in the seventh, tagging and coming home on pinch-hitter Bill Rigney's bases-loaded sacrifice fly, as the Giants got within 2-1. But winning pitcher Eddie Lopat, who pitched a complete game, helped himself to an insurance run with an RBI single in the eighth after Bobby Brown hit a leadoff single and moved to second on a groundout off of George Spencer. The Yankees' 3–1 win tied the series shifting to the Polo Grounds.
Game 3[edit]
Saturday, October 6, 1951 1:00 pm (ET) at Polo Grounds in Manhattan, New York
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
New York (AL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 5 2
New York (NL) 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 X 6 7 2
WP: Jim Hearn (1–0) LP: Vic Raschi (0–1) Sv: Sheldon Jones (1)
Home runs:
NYY: Gene Woodling (1)
NYG: Whitey Lockman (1)
The Giants struck first in Game 1 when Bobby Thomson hit a leadoff double and scored on Willie Mays's single in the second, then a five-run fifth inning was the undoing of Yankee starter Vic Raschi. Eddie Stanky walked with one out, moved to third on an error, and scored on Al Dark's single. After a Hank Thompson single, another error on Monte Irvin's fielder's choice allowed another run to score and put two on, then a Whitey Lockman three-run home run gave Giants starter Jim Hearn a comfortable 6–0 lead. The Yankees scored a run in the eighth on a bases-loaded walk to Joe Collins, then in the ninth on Gene Woodling's home run off of Sheldon Jones, who retired the next two batters to end the game and give the Giants a 2–1 series lead.
Game 4[edit]
Monday, October 8, 1951 1:00 pm (ET) at Polo Grounds in Manhattan, New York
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
New York (AL) 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 6 12 0
New York (NL) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 2
WP: Allie Reynolds (1–1) LP: Sal Maglie (0–1)
Home runs:
NYY: Joe DiMaggio (1)
NYG: None
The Giants struck first in Game 4 when Al Dark doubled with one out in the first off of Allie Reynolds and scored on Monte Irvin's single, but the Yankees tied the game in the second on Joe Collins's RBI single with two on off of Sal Maglie. After a single and walk, Reynolds's RBI single in the fourth put the Yankees up 2–1. Joe DiMaggio's first home run of the Series followed a Yogi Berra single in the fifth extended their lead to 4–1. In the seventh, reliever Sheldon Jones allowed a single and walk, then an error on a pickoff attempt allowed one run to score before Gil McDougald's RBI single made it 6–1 Yankees. Reynolds allowed a one-out RBI single to Bobby Thomson in the ninth before getting Willie Mays to hit into the game-ending double play as the Yankees tied the series with a 6–1 win.
Game 5[edit]
Tuesday, October 9, 1951 1:00 pm (ET) at Polo Grounds in Manhattan, New York
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
New York (AL) 0 0 5 2 0 2 4 0 0 13 12 1
New York (NL) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 3
WP: Eddie Lopat (2–0) LP: Larry Jansen (0–2)
Home runs:
NYY: Gil McDougald (1), Phil Rizzuto (1)
NYG: None
The Giants struck first in Game 5 when Al Dark singled with one out in the first and scored on Monte Irvin's single aided by left fielder Gene Woodling's error, but starter Eddie Lopat kept them scoreless for the rest of the game while the Yankees hammered Larry Jansen, Monty Kennedy and George Spencer. After two one-out walks in the third, Joe DiMaggio's RBI single tied the game, then after an intentional walk loaded the bases, Gil McDougald's grand slam off of Jansen put the Yankees up 5–1. Next inning, Phil Rizzuto's home run off of Kennedy after a walk extended their lead to 7–1. In the sixth, Rizzuto singled off of Spencer before Yogi Berra's single and Johnny Mize's double scored a run each, making it 9–1 Yankees. In the seventh, a bases-loaded walk to Rizzuto forced in a run, then Al Corwin threw a wild pitch that let another run score before DiMaggio's two-run double capped the game's scoring at 13–1 Yankees, who were a win away from the World Series championship as the series returned to Yankee Stadium.
Game 6[edit]
Wednesday, October 10, 1951 1:00 pm (ET) at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
New York (NL) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 11 1
New York (AL) 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 X 4 7 0
WP: Vic Raschi (1–1) LP: Dave Koslo (1–1) Sv: Bob Kuzava (1)
The Yankees struck first in Game 6 on Gil McDougald's bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the first off of Dave Koslo. The Giants tied the game in the fifth off of Vic Raschi when Willie Mays hit a leadoff single, moved two bases on a wild pitch and sacrifice fly, and scored on Eddie Stanky's sacrifice fly. Playing right field in place of Mickey Mantle, Hank Bauer benefited from a tricky Yankee Stadium wind—as well as the umpire's generous call of a ball on Dave Koslo's two-strike pitch—to belt a bases-loaded triple in the sixth inning that would be the difference. Bauer also ensured that the lead held up. Trailing 4–1 in the ninth, the Giants loaded the bases with no outs on three singles off of Johnny Sain. Enter reliever Bob Kuzava, acquired in June from the Washington Senators. After two sacrifice flies and the score now 4–3, pinch hitter Sal Yvars hit a sinking liner to right. The stadium crowd gasped as Bauer momentarily lost the ball in the crowd's white shirts and the shadows. But he relocated it and charged forward. Bauer, who played in nine World Series and always came through when it mattered most, slid on his knees to catch the ball inches off the ground to end the game and the 1951 World Series. Game 6 was the last baseball game ever played by Joe DiMaggio.
Composite box[edit]
1951 World Series (4–2): New York Yankees (A.L.) over New York Giants (N.L.)
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
New York Yankees 2 3 5 3 2 5 6 2 1 29 49 4
New York Giants 4 1 0 0 6 3 1 0 3 18 46 10
Total attendance: 341,977 Average attendance: 56,996
Winning player's share: $6,446 Losing player's share: $4,951[7]
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ "1951 World Series Game 1 – New York Giants vs. New York Yankees". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
Jump up ^ "1951 World Series Game 2 – New York Giants vs. New York Yankees". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
Jump up ^ "1951 World Series Game 3 – New York Yankees vs. New York Giants". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
Jump up ^ "1951 World Series Game 4 – New York Yankees vs. New York Giants". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
Jump up ^ "1951 World Series Game 5 – New York Yankees vs. New York Giants". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
Jump up ^ "1951 World Series Game 6 – New York Giants vs. New York Yankees". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
Jump up ^ "World Series Gate Receipts and Player Shares". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved June 14, 2009.
See also[edit]
1951 Japan Series
References[edit]
Cohen, Richard M.; Neft, David S. (1990). The World Series: Complete Play-By-Play of Every Game, 1903–1989. New York: St. Martin's Press. pp. 234–239. ISBN 0-312-03960-3.
Reichler, Joseph (1982). The Baseball Encyclopedia (5th ed.). Macmillan Publishing. p. 2159. ISBN 0-02-579010-2.
External links[edit]
1951 World Series at WorldSeries.com (MLB.com)
1951 World Series at Baseball Almanac
1951 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com
The 1951 Post-Season Games (box scores and play-by-play) at Retrosheet
History of the World Series - 1951 at The SportingNews. Archived from the original on 2008.
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Fried pie
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Fried pie
Fried apple pies
Type
Pie or turnover
Course
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Place of origin
United States
Main ingredients
Fruit, dough
Cookbook: Fried pie Media: Fried pie
Fried pies are dessert pastries that are similar to a pie or turnover, except that they are smaller and fried. The fruit filling is wrapped in the dough, similar to the dough of a pie crust.
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History[edit]
Historically in the American South, fried pies were known as "Crab Lanterns", a term that dates back to at least 1770, and may originate from crab apple pies that had slits for ventilation, thus resembling a lantern.[1] New Hampshire fried pies were popular with U.S. president Franklin Pierce.[citation needed]
A McDonald's fried pineapple pie, July 2013 in Chengdu, China.
Fast food versions have gained popularity more recently. McDonald's apple pies were introduced on the menu in 1968, but in 1992 they were phased out in favor of a baked pie (claimed to be healthier) in the United States.[2][3] There are some McDonald's restaurants throughout the US and world which still offer the fried pies, including all McDonald's restaurants in the United Kingdom, Japan, and Russia. Flavors include cherry and apple (US mainland), taro (Hawaii), and green bean or red bean (China). The Burger King chain also offers fried pies on its menu, in apple and "wild berry" flavors. Whataburger and Popeyes also offer fried pies.[citation needed]
Hubig's, New Orleans' famous local fried pie maker and the last one of its kind, burned on July 27, 2012, but expects to rebuild. It was the last one from a southeastern chain originated in Ft. Worth, Texas, that did not survive the Great Depression. The owners originally stated that they planned to rebuild the factory as soon as possible. As of July 2014, however, it is still closed, and one co-owner stated the rebuilding efforts were moving at a 'snail's pace'.[4]
See also[edit]
Fritter
Doughnut
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Mariani, John F. (2013). The encyclopedia of American food and drink (Revised and updated edition. ed.). Bloomsbury USA. ISBN 1620401606.
Jump up ^ [1][dead link]
Jump up ^ [2][dead link]
Jump up ^ Price, Todd A. "Rebuilding of Hubig's Pies continues at a 'snail's pace'". www.nola.com. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
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Motley Web Surfer laments the switch of McDonald's fried apple pies with the baked version. Also includes partial list of locations that offer the fried ones.
Fried pie recipe from the cooking studio at the John C. Campbell Folk School
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Perfect is the enemy of good
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Perfect is the enemy of good is an aphorism, an English variant of the older better is the enemy of good, which was popularized by Voltaire in French form. Alternative forms include "the perfect is the enemy of the good", which more closely translate French and earlier Italian sayings, or "[the] perfect is the enemy of [the] good enough". Similar sentiments occur in other phrases, including from English, and are all attested since around 1600.
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4 References
5 Further reading
History[edit]
The phrase is found in Italian as Il meglio è nemico del bene (The better is enemy of the good), attested since the 1603 Proverbi italiani (Italian Proverbs), by Orlando Pescetti.[1]
The phrase was popularized by Voltaire. He first used the saying in Italian in the article "Art Dramatique" in the 1770 edition of the Dictionnaire philosophique.[2] It subsequently appeared in French in his moral poem, "La Bégueule", in Contes (Tales), 1772, which starts, ascribing it to an unnamed "Italian sage" or "wise Italian":[3]
Dans ses écrits, un sage Italien
Dit que le mieux est l'ennemi du bien.

(In his writings, a wise Italian
says that the better is the enemy of good.)
This sentiment in English literature can be traced back to Shakespeare,[4] In his tragedy, King Lear, the Duke of Albany warns of "striving to better, oft we mar what's well" and in Sonnet 103:
Were it not sinful then, striving to mend,
To mar the subject that before was well?
Related concepts[edit]
A widely accepted interpretation of "The perfect is the enemy of the good" is that one might never complete a task if one has decided not to stop until it is perfect: completing the project well is made impossible by striving to complete it perfectly. Closely related is the Nirvana fallacy, in which people never even begin an important task because they feel reaching perfection is too hard.
The original meaning may have been that attempts to improve something may actually make it worse, similar to the sentiment expressed in the maxim "leave well enough alone". Neither the Shakespeare nor the Voltaire construction suggests perfection, only improvement, lending support to this interpretation.
Earlier, Aristotle, Confucius and other classical philosophers propounded the related principle of the golden mean, which counsels against extremism in general.[5]
The Pareto principle or 80–20 rule is a 20th-century analogue. For example, it commonly takes 20% of the full-time to complete 80% of a task, while to complete the last 20% of a task takes 80% of the effort.[6] Achieving absolute perfection may be impossible and so, as increasing effort results in diminishing returns, further activity becomes increasingly inefficient.
Robert Watson-Watt, who developed early warning radar in Britain to counter the rapid growth of the Luftwaffe, propounded a "cult of the imperfect", which he described as, "Give them the third best to go on with; the second best comes too late, the best never comes."[7]
See also[edit]
Wikiquote has quotations related to: Perfection
Gold plating (software engineering)
Nirvana fallacy
Satisficing
Utopia
Worse is better
References[edit]
Jump up ^ p. 30, p. 45
Jump up ^ Susan Ratcliffe (2011), Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, Oxford University Press, p. 389, ISBN 978-0199567072
Jump up ^ Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel; Allen W. Wood; Hugh Barr Nisbet (1991), Elements of the Philosophy of Right, Cambridge University Press, p. 447, ISBN 978-0521348881
Jump up ^ Robert Allen (2008), Allen's Dictionary of English Phrases, Penguin UK, pp. 242–243, ISBN 978-0140515114
Jump up ^ Tal Ben-Shahar (2009), The Pursuit of Perfect, McGraw Hill Professional, p. 113, ISBN 978-0-07-160882-4
Jump up ^ E. Gandevia; S. Breakspear (2009), Equip, Talent Generation, p. 30, ISBN 978-0980679304
Jump up ^ L Brown (1999), Technical and Military Imperatives: A Radar History of World War 2, p. 64, ISBN 9781420050660
Further reading[edit]
Eric Johns (October 1988), "Perfect is the Enemy of Good Enough", U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings: 37
Robert Watson-Watt (1957), "The Cult of the Imperfect", Three Steps to Victory, Odhams, pp. 74–77
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