Word: homers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ball in front of the plate until the sixth inning. Mickey Mantle had two Ks beside his name in the scorebook before he managed an infield pop-up-and drop-kicked his batting helmet halfway to the dugout. At last, Tommy Tresh got to Koufax for a two-run homer. But Bobby Richardson, who struck out only 22 times all season, whiffed three times. "That," muttered a Yankee, "is an act of God." Finally, with two out in the ninth, Koufax fogged the final fastball past Harry Bright. That made the total 15 strikeouts, and a new Series record...
...Good a Way As Any. The Dodgers had other heroes. Catcher John Roseboro hit a three-run homer off Whitey Ford, and First Baseman Bill Skowron, a Yankee discard, bedeviled his old teammates with two run-producing hits. But none could match Koufax. In the dressing room, he rubbed a little salt in Yankee wounds. "I would have been satisfied with 14 strikeouts," he said, "but I had to end the game some way, and that seemed as good...
...Yankees look like a farm club. Marvel ous Maury Wills blithely stole second on a pick-off play. Tommy Davis clouted two triples and ran his Series batting average to .625; "Moose" Skowron, still drinking thirstily at the well of revenge, put the game away with a wrong-way homer into the rightfield stands. Final score: Dodgers 4, Yankees...
...last game, but that fell on Rosh Hashana, and Sandy refuses to pitch on Jewish holidays. Alston also started hulking (6 ft. 7 in., 250 Ibs.) Frank Howard despite the fact that Howard was 0-for-19 in St. Louis this season. So naturally Howard crashed a two-run homer, and Koufax needed only 87 pitches, 66 of them strikes, to spin a nifty four-hitter for a 4-0 shutout, his eleventh of the year...
...enduring miracle is Stan Musial, who at 42 is at last about to retire. His .257 batting average this year is well below his .333 lifetime mark. But last week in eleven trips to the plate, he belted a homer, a double and five singles, added a sacrifice fly and drove in five runs. Better still, the homer came after he sat up all night awaiting the birth of his first grandchild...