Total Classics 1946

The 1946 World Series was the first one played with rosters not depleted by the War since 1941. It featured the St. Louis Cardinals, taking part in their fourth World Series in five years, against the Boston Red Sox, who were making their first World Series appearance since Babe Ruth was a young left-handed pitcher in 1918. The Series would turn out to be a classic, seven-game, see-saw affair, with one play in particular, Enos Slaughter's "Mad Dash."

In the eighth inning of Game 7, with the score 3–3, the Cardinals' Enos Slaughter opened the inning with a single but two batters failed to advance him. With two outs, Harry Walker walloped a hit over Johnny Pesky's head into left-center field. As Leon Culberson chased it down, Slaughter started his dash. Pesky caught Culberson's throw, turned and perhaps surprised to see Slaughter headed for the plate, hesitated just a split second before throwing home.

Roy Partee had to take a few steps up the third base line to catch Pesky's toss, but Slaughter was safe without a play at the plate and Walker was credited with an RBI double. The Cardinals won the game and the Series in seven games, giving them their sixth championship. The Red Sox, meanwhile, saw their title drought extended and they had to wait until 1967 for another World Series appearance,

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The Total Classics 1946 mod brings you the sights and sounds of the 1946 baseball season. Besides rosters, portraits, uniforms and audios, the mod provides themed menu and loading screens, stadium select screens with actual stadium photos, 1940's jukebox music, 1940's batter walkup music, an accurate 1946 schedule and correct 1940's era stadiums for every team. Please see the ReadMe file for more details and read the Installation Instructions on how to install the mod.

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*** BONUS ***

For those who want to recreate breaking the color barrier in baseball, a number of African-American greats who broke into the major leagues during the period 1947-51 have been included in TC1946. These players can be found in the AAA team rosters of the teams they broke in with. The players, the team they broke in with (and the AAA team where they can be found in TC1946) are as follows:

Sam Jethroe - Boston Braves (Richmond Braves)

Roy Campanella - Brooklyn Dodgers (Las Vegas 51's)

Don Newcombe - Brooklyn Dodgers (Las Vegas 51's)

Jackie Robinson - Brooklyn Dodgers (Las Vegas 51's)

Minnie Minoso - Chicago White Sox (Charlotte Knights)

Larry Doby - Cleveland Indians (Buffalo Bisons)

Luke Easter - Cleveland Indians (Buffalo Bisons)

Satchel Paige - Cleveland Indians (Buffalo Bisons)

Monte Irvin - New York Giants (Fresno Grizzlies)

Willie Mays - New York Giants (Fresno Grizzlies)

Hank Thompson - St. Louis Browns (Ottawa Lynx)

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*** VERSION HISTORY ***

<u>v3.0</u>

Added DennisJames' new 1946 uniforms and updated logos

<u>v2.0</u>

Added OTBJoel's Legends from the Booth audio mod

<u>v1.0</u>

Initial release