Word: houk
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...last time the New York Yankees played the Cincinnati Reds, they won 1-0. That was in April, in an exhibition game. and Yankee Manager Ralph Houk still remembers the occasion. "I had a little chat with Fred Hutchinson at home plate. We were both going badly at the time, and we wondered how either of us would ever win anything." This week Managers Houk and Hutchinson meet again at home plate, to conclude the managerial success story of the year. The Yankees are the American League champions, the Reds are the National League champions. and each team has only...
...Yankee Stadium), news of the Yankees' victory was accepted serenely. Mayor Robert F. Wagner planned a ticker-tape parade, but the idea was promptly vetoed by the businesslike Yankee front office. "Too many things have to be done," explained a Yankee spokesman. Hard-shelled Ralph ("The Major") Houk, 42, who won a pennant in his first year as a big league manager, had a disarmingly simple explanation for his success. "Really, this business of managing is a simple thing," said Houk. "All you need is a flock of .300 hitters, several 20-game winners on your pitching staff, some...
Subtler Discipline. Walking in Casey Stengel's footsteps. Houk was under severe pressure to produce a winner for the Yankees. "There's only one way to get ahead in this organization," Houk admitted, "and that's to win. It doesn't much matter what else you do, or how people feel about you, or what your personality is. Winning is all that counts." To tighten the shaky Yankee defense, Houk discarded Casey Stengel's platooning tactics, installed Tony Kubek permanently at shortstop, slick-fielding Cletis Boyer at third. To get more power into his lineup...
...interesting aspect of this Series is the juggling of outfield positions. Manager Ralph Houk of the Yankees plans to field Berra in left, Mantle in center, and Maris in right, unless Mantle can't play, in which case Houk will put Berra in left, Maris in center, and Blanchard in right, unless a lefty pitches for the Reds, in which case Houk will have Heetor Lopex in right (or left...
...grind, it was neither classy fielding, nor reliable pitching, nor booming home runs that assured the Yanks the pennant. Their secret was depth. Manipulating his players with military precision, Rookie Manager Ralph ("The Major") Houk demonstrated an uncanny ability to find the right man for the job. And whatever the job, the right man usually was a catcher-one of a remarkable Yankee trio whose versatility, both at bat and in the field, is unmatched in baseball history. In a season when both major leagues can boast fewer than half a dozen topflight catchers, the three best belong...