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...tension of the tightest pennant race in years turned the game into a heartstopping, memorable parody of big-league ball. The World Series itself could scarcely generate more excitement. In a few minutes in the second inning, the Yankees looked like a pennant-winning ball club; Manager Casey Stengel was the hunch-playing "perfesser" of old. The score was tied (1-1), there was one out, and the bases were full of Yanks. Pitcher Rip Coleman, who was holding his own on the mound, was due at the plate. But Casey yanked him in favor of Pinch-Hitter Bob Cerv...
This was the big inning Casey was shooting for. It hardly seemed to matter that it could have been bigger. Gil McDougald could be forgiven for failing to tag third and score on Mantle's long fly to right. Casey could even overlook Billy Martin's first-inning bobble that had given the Sox their run. (No sooner had Billy received the Babe Ruth Award for his outstanding performance in the 1953 Series, when he let a routine grounder scoot through his legs.) The Indians might win in Boston, but the Yanks would still be right on their...
Incredible Errors. The Sox saw things differently. This was a game they had to win, if they wanted to stay in the race. Slowly they pecked away at the lead. They scored one run in the third, another in the fifth, two in the seventh. Casey began to worry about those lost chances. He juggled his line-up like a man possessed. Now Martin was out with a torn fingernail; Berra was gone with an upset stomach, and Charley Silvera was back of the plate. Starting the ninth, the Yanks were only two thin runs in front...
...from first place to third, snatched the No. 1 spot a bare half-game ahead of the Yankees. A three-run Mantle homer helped the Yankees humble the Senators, 8-3, stay in second place. With some 20 games left to play, the stretch, even for veterans like Casey Stengel, was fast becoming a manager's nightmare...
...Sean O'Casey...