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NATIONAL LEAGUE Team: St. Louis (by ½ game). Pitcher: Sanford, Philadelphia (11-2). Batter: Aaron, Milwaukee (.347). RBI: Aaron (75). Home Runs: Aaron...
AMERICAN LEAGUE Team: New York (by 3 games). Pitcher: Bunning, Detroit (11-2). Batter: Mantle. New York (.365). RBI: Skowron, New York (64). Home Runs: Williams, Boston...
...Baseball," Birdie told his men, "is exactly what Branch Rickey said it was: 'A race between a man and a ball.' Baseball is a game of inches. A guy catches the ball on the tip of his glove, a batter tops a ball and beats a throw to first. Or a fellow gets up in the ninth and comes through with a liner between third and short-he's a hero. Two inches the other way and he's a bum because he hit into a double play. The only thing...
...Brooklyn Dodgers picked the same afternoon to put on a similar performance with the Milwaukee Braves. Already touched for two home runs, Dodger Pitcher Don Drysdale faced Batter Johnny Logan and threw as if discretion demanded a duster. But Shortstop Johnny failed to duck. Drysdale's high hard one hit him in the back. Once more, one word led to another and Shortstop Logan steamed toward the pitcher's mound. Dodger First Baseman Gil Hodges started for Logan, Milwaukee Coach Johnny Riddle started for Hodges, and the fight was on. By American League standards the affair...
...talent all the time. "The big thing about Birdie," says Third Baseman Hoak, "is that he won't let his ballplayers build up pressure. Besides changing my stance at the plate, he cut down my swing and has me moving around more in the batter's box. With Birdie you don't feel locked up. You're free to play your own game...