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...odds are strongly against the Pirates realizing their full potential. Which is not to say that anyone played over his head in 1960, but that with the exception of Bob Skinner, Roberto Clemente, and Dick Groat, the Pirates are good only at their best. An injury in May, a slump in July, and Pittsburgh will find itself far off the pace...
...Bald, bitterly competitive Dick Groat, 30, shortstop and captain of the Pittsburgh Pirates, was voted the National League's most valuable player for leading the league in hitting (.325) and providing the spark that fired his team to its first pennant since 1927 and a World Series victory over the Yankees...
...Shortstop Dick Groat, the National...
FIELDING. Both teams have good infields, although Pittsburgh's is a shade better because of the fine double-play combination of Second Baseman Bill Mazeroski and Shortstop Dick Groat, who claims that his broken left wrist has mended. In the outfield, the Yankees' weak link is Leftfielder Hector Lopez, who not only has a poor arm but stirs prayer in the breast of Manager Casey Stengel every time he wanders after a fly ball. Behind the plate, both the Yankees' Yogi Berra and Elston Howard have arms strong enough to discourage any base-stealing ambitions...
BATTING. With no truly solid slugger, the Pirates score runs by punching singles through or over the infield, going for the extra base and pulling the hit and run, especially when Shortstop Groat (.325) is at bat. As always, the Yankees rely on the long ball. Although his average is a so-so .275, Centerfielder Mickey Mantle still has belted 40 home runs. Rightfielder Roger Maris has hit another 39. In Pittsburgh's vast Forbes Field (right-center-field wall: 425 ft.), most of the Yankees will have trouble reaching the seats. Not Mantle. Says Chicago White Sox Manager...