Disposable Heroes: Returning World War II Veteran Al Niemiec Takes on Organized Baseball
This article was selected as a winner of the 2010 McFarland-SABR Baseball Research Award. Al Niemiec looked forward to returning to baseball after his discharge from the U.S. Navy in January 1946. In the three seasons, 1940–42, before his call to duty, he played for a Seattle Rainiers team that won three consecutive Pacific […]