AUGUST 17, 1947

“For Hollywood’s stars, one career is not enough”

Bob Hope and Bing Crosby sauntered, bantered and wise-cracked around the world in their “Road to . . .” movie series, and they shared an interest in diamonds as well—the baseball kind. Hope invested in his hometown Cleveland Indians in 1946, and Crosby matched him with an interest in the Pittsburgh Pirates. Later, Hope would joke, “I like the Mets. But I like baseball too.”