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...life. With Outfielder Hank Bauer on the sidelines now, with a pulled muscle, and Mickey Mantle hobbled, the Yankees never had a chance. Their righthanded fireballer Bob Turley lasted only 1⅓ innings. Morgan, Kucks and Sturdivant did little better. Mantle managed to hit a home run, but Campanella matched him and Robinson once more ran wild on the base paths. Final score: Dodgers 8, Yankees...
Even brighter, there is always Roy Campanella, too good a catcher to let any pitching staff look bad. Dodger pitchers never know how sharp they are until Campy starts calling their shots. Any one of them will have to be hog-wild to throw a ball past him back of the plate. At bat he has a sharp eye, seldom goes after bad pitches. When he gets on base he is perfectly capable of churning his chubby legs fast enough to steal...
This year the Dodgers did everything right. Their big battery, Newcombe and Campanella, accounted for 20 games and 39 home runs between them. Somehow the right man was always on the bench when needed. Pitchers Roger Craig and Don Bessent came up from the minors to take over when the rest of the staff faltered. Even Bullpen Catcher Rube Walker was able to take over for Campanella when Roy was out with a bad knee...
...Campanella, whose impish, pudgy pan grins at you from the cover of a current magazine noted for its jinxing powers, today hammered the hex into the left-field bleachers with two down and two on in the ninth to give the Brooks an 11-10 tingler...
...Campanella, oh, he'sa my boy, Oh, what a fella, dat mighty...