The Indians Dale Mitchell squares away to bunt against Braves ace Johnny Sain in the first game of the 1948 World Series. Sain would pitch a four-hit 1-0 shutout against Cleveland who started their own ace Bob Feller, who took the loss despite giving up only two hits and giving up the only run in the game in the eighth inning, a Tommy Holmes RBI single scoring pinch-runner Phil Masi.
Despite taking the first game of the series, Boston would lose in six games as the Cleveland Indians would win only their second World Title, the other coming in 1920, a number that still stands today.
We would like to give Tom Shieber, Senior Curator at National Baseball Hall of Fame, big props for nailing down this photo as we only knew it was taken during the 1948 World Series. But due to his always diligent and excellent sleuth work he was able to ID not only Johnny Sain but the umpire. He also guessed this photo was taken during the third inning of the game. And we suspect he is right. You can follow his work on his blog: http://
