▁tied , ▁Baker ▁chose ▁obsc ure ▁ro ok ie ▁pitch er ▁F loyd ▁G ieb ell ▁to ▁pitch ▁for ▁the ▁p enn ant ▁against ▁future ▁Hall ▁of ▁F amer ▁Bob ▁F eller . ▁ ▁The ▁Tig ers ▁won ▁the ▁game ▁and ▁the ▁p enn ant , ▁ 2 – 0 ; ▁but ▁in ▁the ▁World ▁Series , ▁they ▁lost ▁in ▁seven ▁games ▁to ▁the ▁C inc inn ati ▁Red s , ▁despite ▁Bob o ▁News om ' s ▁hero ic ▁pitch ing ▁performances . ▁ ▁With ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁on ▁the ▁horizon , ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 1 ▁season ▁was ▁marked ▁by ▁the ▁call ▁to ▁active ▁military ▁service ▁of ▁numerous ▁baseball ▁stars , ▁including ▁Green berg . ▁ ▁With ▁their ▁star ▁power ▁h itter ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁line up , ▁and ▁News om ▁in effect ive , ▁Detroit ▁fell ▁below ▁. 5 0 0 ▁that ▁season , ▁and ▁again ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 2 . ▁ ▁Baker ▁was ▁replaced ▁after ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 2 ▁season ▁by ▁Steve ▁O ' Ne ill . ▁ ▁Later ▁career ▁Baker ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁co aching ▁ranks ▁with ▁Cleveland ▁( 1 9 4 3 – 4 4 ) ▁and ▁the ▁Boston ▁Red ▁So x ▁( 1 9 4 5 – 4 8 ; ▁ 1 9 5 3 – 6 0 ). ▁From ▁ 1 9 4 9 – 5 1 , ▁he ▁served ▁as ▁ski pper ▁of ▁the ▁Sac r amento ▁Sol ons ▁and ▁the ▁San ▁Diego ▁Pad res ▁of ▁the ▁Pacific ▁Coast