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Podcast: Classic Baseball Daily Highlights
Episode: Bob Feller - A touch of class January 18
Description: Start Listening today to 2500+ games and interviews FREE to start! www.classicbaseballbroadcasts.comJoin the email list: Join HereOn January 18, 1950, star right-hander Bob Feller tells the Cleveland Indians that he should receive a cut in pay after a subpar 15-14 season in 1949. The Indians agree to the suggestion, cutting the future Hall of Famer’s pay by $20,000. Feller will receive a salary of $45,000 in 1950. A farmboy from Van Meter, Iowa, in 1936 Feller was only 17 when he struck out eight members of the St. Louis Cardinals in three innings of an exhibition game. Af...