World Series picks up immediately where The Kid from Tomkinsville leaves off. Roy Tucker and dem Bums have somehow made it to the World Series where they have to face the Cleveland Indians.
Detail infraction: Tucker was #56 in The Kid, and now he’s #34. Things like that drive me crazy.
Cats: none!
An interesting side story in this volume is Tucker’s run-in with a sportswriter. Of course Tunis himself was a sportswriter, but he is very even-handed with the incident, perhaps even harder on writer Jim Casey than he needs to be. I wonder if he wasn’t apologizing to someone.
Cats: still no cats, though the Detroit Tigers might get referenced once. Maybe not, since they’re American League.
With two of their best hitters out, with an injured catcher behind the plate, the Dodgers wen after that two run lead.