Word: americans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...always somewhat distressing, as the opening of the baseball season rolls around, to see writers all over the country scurry to their typewriters and proudly name the New York Yankees as their carefully considered choice to win the American League pennant. Such action on the part of loyal New York sports-writers is, of course, understandable, but to have this prediction spread to every corner of the United States is quite another matter...
...News, is the fact that the consensus of the country's best sporting minds can put the Red Sox--the Boston Red Sox--no better than fourth place. Surely this must be some sort of joke, and in bad taste at that. For years the best team in the American League--held back by a lamentable string of misfortunes, the Red Sox appear ready at last to move...
Below this, the American League starts to get pretty rocky. 1959 could be the big year for Cleveland to make its dying fall into the second division. There is a strong possibility that the Indians' pitching staff, long the envy of the majors, will fold completely. Herb Score has never been the same since Gil McDougald bounced a line drive off his eyeball, and paunchy Mike Garcia is about through. Other mound hopefuls Gary Bell, Mudcat Grant and Cal McLish will not inspire much fear in the opposition...
Washington (Roy Seivers) and Kansas City (Bob Cerv) are also in the American League and their battle for last place should prove entertaining, with the Senators having the weight of tradition on their side...
...Cubs surprised everyone last year by becoming one of the strongest-hitting teams in the league. Five players: Ernie Banks, Walt Moryn, Bob Thomas, Lee Walls, and Dale Long accounted for 138 homers and all are back this year. But aside from Banks, who is everybody's All-American at shortstop, the rest are either very slow fielders or are feeling the ravages of age. Alvin Dark plays third base and hit .295 last year but he is just about through. As for youth the Cubs have it in their pitching staff, but last year, it proved something less than...