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...course the Yankees are good. Six men hit more than 20 home runs for the Bombers this season--Maris (61), Mickey Mantle (54), Bill Skowron (28), Yogi Berra (22), Elston Howard (21), and John Blanchard (21). But you must remember that all these inflated marks were made in a 162* game* season.* Howard also had the highest batting average on either World Series team--.348 (which is equivalent to approx. .327 for a 154 game season...
...interesting aspect of this Series is the juggling of outfield positions. Manager Ralph Houk of the Yankees plans to field Berra in left, Mantle in center, and Maris in right, unless Mantle can't play, in which case Houk will put Berra in left, Maris in center, and Blanchard in right, unless a lefty pitches for the Reds, in which case Houk will have Heetor Lopex in right (or left...
...Mike Higgins struggled to get more power into the Red Sox lineup. With one week still to go, an unprecedented 2,596 homers had already been hit. The Yankees set a team record. San Francisco's Willie Mays hit four in one game. New York's John Blanchard managed four in four trips to the plate. Baltimore's Jim Gentile hit two grand-slam homers in two innings. "The old days of the squeeze play, the stolen base, the hit and run are gone," said Oriole Manager Paul Richards. "They'll never come back. Everybody knows...
...them on home runs. In the opening doubleheader, Roger Maris hit four homers, took over the league leadership (with 40) from Teammate Mickey Mantle (who hit two in three days) and spurted 22 games ahead of Babe Ruth's record 1927 pace. Second-string Yankee Catcher Johnny Blanchard tied a major-league record by hitting four consecutive homers, and even Third Baseman Cletis Boyer (batting average: .231) hit three in two games. Moaned beleaguered Chicago Manager Al Lopez: "I think the fans want to see some bunting and some hit-and-run, not just home runs." But the fans...
...that saga goes back to 1793, when a debonair Frenchman named Jean Pierre Blanchard ascended from the yard of Philadelphia's Walnut Street prison in a balloon, accompanied by a small, whimpering dog. While President George Washington and hundreds of Philadelphians craned their necks in amazement, Blanchard panicked a squadron of pigeons and drifted nonchalantly out of sight. After 46 minutes in the air, he plopped down in a woodland 15 miles away and placated the scared natives with wine...