1940 World Series
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The 1940 World Series was the championship series in Major League Baseball for the 1940 season. The 37th edition of the World Series, it matched the Cincinnati Reds against the Detroit Tigers, with th
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Ernie Lombardi
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Ernesto Natali Lombardi was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Brooklyn Robins, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Braves, and New York Giants durin
1940 World Series
…5 in 1937. The victory culminated a somewhat turbulent season for the Reds, who played large stretches of the season without injured All-Star catcher Ernie Lombardi. And on August 3, Lombardi's backup, Willard Hershberger, committed suicide in Boston a day after a defensive lapse cost the Reds a game against the…
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