The Dixie Series, 1946

Dallas swept the Atlanta Crackers in the Dixie Series. That's all I remember for sure. I feel pretty certain Bob Moyer, after wielding a pretty quiet bat against Fort Worth, hit a bases loaded home run to sew up one of the games. I seem to recall that one of the games was pretty high scoring, maybe 10-6. I feel sure I listened to all four games, but am more sure that I attended none. But that's it, all I remember. (Hopefully, someone will happen onto this blog with stronger memories.)

For certain, though, the Rebels won and were the Champions of Dixie.

While Dallas was chopping up the Fort Worth Cats, the Southern Association championship was being determined in a series between Atlanta and the Memphis Chicks. I was pulling hard for the Chicks. Why? Well, Pete Gray played for them. Pete Gray was the one-armed outfielder who played some major league ball the previous season with the Saint Louis Browns. Now all the real big leaguers were back from the war, but Gray was still able to play in AA. Not only did I want to see how a one-armed man played the outfield and swung the bat, but I thought Dad would too. It could have been a strong selling point in getting him to take me to a game.

Didn't happen though. Atlanta won.

And then Dallas won. Fantastic!