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...infield Orlando Cepeda's eye trouble may prove more troublesome than his current hold-out. Chuch Hiller, Jose Pagan, and Jim Davenport are competently slick, but nothing more. As for the staff, Billy Pierce is 36 and Jack Sanford 34. Each had a peak year in '62 and it would be hubris to assume repeat performances (even though Sanford comes from Wellesley and is highly praised in the Globe...
...gonna go see a doctor," confided San Francisco's weary Willie Mays, who drove in 121 runs during the regular season, only one during the World Series. Yankee Slugger Roger Maris managed just five hits in 23 trips to the plate; the Giants' Baby Bull Orlando Cepeda was 0 for 12 at one point, wound up with a minuscule .158 average. The whole Yankee team batted .199, the Giants hit .226, and both clubs together collected only 95 base hits-a record low for a seven-game series. Strikeouts: 72, a record high...
...gleeful Giant dressing room, First Baseman Orlando Cepeda wrapped Willie Mays in his massive arms, hoisted him on a table and poured champagne in his ear. Then the bone-weary Giants flew off to San Francisco to play the cool, efficient Yankees in the World Series-and baseball was back to Dullsville. Yankee Whitey Ford and Giant Jack Sanford turned in masterful pitching performances, and after 18 cool, efficient innings, the series was even at one game apiece...
FIRST BASE--Orlando Cepeda.. That's all you need to say to realize that San Francisco is better equipped. His only trouble is he has problems when the pressure is on, but 33 homers and a .300 batting mark make him the pick over Moose Skowron, who had a tough, .270 year...
...Year or Two Away. Assigned to the Class D Salem, Va., Rebels, Cepeda committed 16 errors in 26 games, once struck out eight times in a row. But he finally got the range, and the Giants called him up. Manager Bill Rigney asked First Baseman Whitey Lockman to look him over...