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...Secret. The ease with which Stan does his slugging makes him the envy of every batter in the league. No "guess hitter" who tries to anticipate a pitcher's plans and prepare his swing in advance, Stan boasts a set of split-second reflexes that allow him to wait until a ball is halfway to the plate before he commits himself. Though reflexes and muscles are both 37 years old, they are still good enough to enable Stan to belt baseballs at the remarkable early-season clip of .509-good enough to lead both leagues. He has already broken...
...mitt-a fat target. The pitcher frowned moodily and began his windup-a reluctant marksman. All evening, Cincinnati's big righthander, Brooks Lawrence, had been firing successfully past the St. Louis Cardinals. Now he seemed ready to throw and duck. And he had reason. Coiled in the batter's box was Stan ("The Man") Musial, the indestructible old pro whose potent bat has been tormenting National League pitchers ever since his rookie season with St. Louis 18 summers...
...Whenever there are runners on the bases and a righthanded batter steps up," wrote Red Smith in his syndicated sports column, "a sense of impending doom settles upon the multitude. Fear grips the pitcher. Panic stalks the stands. Maybe the batter will pop the ball harmlessly into the stratosmog, but the threat of a shattering home run is always imminent...
Pancake Baker. An automatic pancake baker designed to keep up with children's breakfast appetites has been developed by New York City's Polarad Electronics Corp.* A hopper at the top holds the batter, releases enough for one pancake at a time to an electrically heated griddle. When one side is done, the griddle turns over, plopping the pancake into a second griddle, which bakes the other side. Finished pancakes thus drop onto a platter continuously. Designed by Polarad's President D. Lawrence Jaffe, the pancake baker was inspired by Jaffe's family: four children...
...Bergantino led off the game for the Crimson with a booming triple to deep right-center, only to be stranded there as the next three batters failed to bring him in. In both the third and seventh innings, the varsity put men on third with two outs, but neither Captain Bob Cleary nor pinch-batter Jim Shue was able to deliver the clutch...