Word: boyers
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Baseball gets its full share of brother acts,* but rarely has it seen the likes of the two strapping young men from the tiny (pop. 218) Ozarks mining town of Alba, Mo. At third base for the champion New York Yankees stands Cletis Leroy Boyer, 25. At the same hot corner for the National League's revitalized St. Louis Cardinals is Kenton Lloyd Boyer, 30. By his performance so far this season, each could lay claim to a singular honor: classiest third baseman in baseball...
...fastest men on the Cardinal team. He is also the team captain, a power hitter and the most dependable ballplayer on the club. "Kenny's our big man," says Manager Johnny Keane. "And he'd be the big man on any club in baseball." Boyer's own quiet appraisal is considerably more modest: "As long as I help the club win, I don't care about statistics." The figures speak for themselves. A seven-year veteran, he has failed to hit .300 only twice. His record this year: a .333 batting average, 22 runs driven...
...ever seen." His one fault is at the plate-a lightweight lifetime batting average of .226. enough to make a Yankee wince. But this spring the Yankees took him firmly in hand, changed his stance and taught him to harness his wild, one-for-the-moon swing. Last week Boyer was batting .368-tops on the team; he had hit five homers (including his first grand slam), driven in twelve runs. Manager Ralph Houk moved him up six notches in the line-up (to second), and even Yogi Berra was impressed. "When you see anybody hit two homers into...
...told, there are seven Boyer brothers, and three others have so far tried their hand at professional baseball. Two more are on the way up. "Everybody tells me," says Mrs. Mabel Boyer, "that each of my boys turns out a little better than the next older one." On the chance that Mama is right, scouts from 14 major-league clubs have visited Alba this season, to watch Ronnie Boyer, 17, play a dazzling third base for the Alba High School Wildcats. Ronnie's batting average: a lusty .500. The scouts had only to shift their gaze...
...Pirates can hardly hope to keep pace with the Cards, who should lead until the end of August when Stan Musial wilts in the heat. With speed at short and second (Julio Gotay and Julio Javier), and power at first and third (Bill White and Ken Boyer), the Card infield is well anchored. The outfield of Musial, Curt Flood and the recently acquired Minnie Minoso should hit a collective .300. Good front line pitching from Ernie Broglio, Lindy MacDaniel and Larry Jackson is indispensable, however...