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They traded loveable Felix Mantilla for a lame-armed utility infielder. They traded home-run hitting Dick Stuart for a lame-armed pitcher. They virtually gave away a .290 hitter, Eddie Bressoud. They virtually gave away their best pitcher, Earl Wilson...
...base stealer in exchange for a couple of young infielders? The best pitcher in all of baseball in 1964, for two mediocre power hitters? The man who broke Babe Ruth's home-run record, for a third baseman who couldn't make the grade with the New York Mets? The way the mighty were falling last week in baseball's trades, Mickey Mantle could wind up in Chicago any day now, in exchange for the Cubs' clubhouse...
...loudest cheers came from Stan Musial, vice president of the opposing St. Louis Cardinals. Not even Plate Umpire Chris Pelekoudas could stand aloof as the player rounded third and touched home; Pelekoudas reached out and warmly shook his hand. Willie Mays had just hit the 535th homer of his wonderful career to go ahead of Jimmy Foxx as the greatest righthanded home-run hitter in baseball history...
Stinging Tributes. Those feats are minor sensations compared to the springtime heroics of a pair of rookies named Rick Reichardt and George Scott. "I don't have a natural home-run swing. My arms are too short," says Outfielder Reichardt, a 23-year-old Wisconsin lad who signed a $200,000 contract with the Los Angeles Angels in 1964-thereby making him the most beautiful bonus baby of all time. Rick's first act as a pro was to step into the batting cage at Chavez Ravine and belt a ball straight over the 410-ft. sign...
...Mele's new faces, he still builds his attack around an oldtimer, Harmon Killebrew, 29, a ham-armed slugger who has hit 288 home runs and is closing in on Babe Ruth's home-run rate: Ruth ticked off a homer for every 11.8 times at bat; Killebrew is rapping one for every 12.9. Moreover, Killebrew gets his homers when they are most needed. In the last inning of the recent series against the Yankees, the Twins were trailing 5-4; with two men out, one man on, and the count at 3-2, Killebrew pounded Pete Mikkelsen...