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Easy to Hit? With or without gravy, Warren Spahn has been a 20-game winner in twelve of his 17 seasons in the majors. How does he do it? "For years, I've sat on the bench, waiting to bat, watching Spahn pitch," says the New York Mets' Gil Hodges. " 'He hasn't got a thing on the ball,' I tell myself. 'I can hit him easy.' Then I get up there and-well, you know the rest...
...first came to the big leagues, in 1960, he was halled as the successor to Bobby Doerr, the answer to all the Red Sox second-base problems. But although Chuck could make all the plays around second, he looked as bad as all the other Red Sox with a bat in his hand. After hitting .259 his rookie year, he fell to 230 in 1962, and it seemed he would never realize his potential...
...triples, it gave him a lifetime total of 1,357 extra-base hits_breaking Babe Ruth's alltime record. After 21 seasons in the majors, Musial holds or shares 55 records in all, including National League marks for most games played (2,923), most times at bat (10,699), most base hits (3,459), most total bases (6,021). He is a three-time Most Valuable Player, has played in 23 All-Star games, and his lifetime batting average (.333) is the best in the big leagues. Only the Hall of Fame awaits...
...recent addition to the Sox, but obviously an old kin in spirit, Dick Stuart still hasn't quite learned the knack of running. But then with his big, authoritative bat, he doesn't have to hustle on the base paths; he either homers or strikes out. Singles seem beneath his dignity...
...however, it was one of those games that you read about in novels, but very rarely see. B.U. held a 4-1 advantage at the end of eight innings. There had been few clean hits up to this point. The only extra base hit was a triple off the bat of B.U.'s Steve Gordon in the eighth inning which set up the Terriers' only earned run of the game. Harvard managed only six singles...