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...Francisco pitching staff were slightly more consistent, you'd have to give it to the Giants. Sa Francisco has a great outfield, a fine infield, and the best bench in the National League. They have the edge over the Dodgers in the field, but despite greater power they are only about equal in run production, and appreciably behind in pitching...
...first year on the job, was two-or three-men deep at most positions. Between them, Pitchers Whitey Ford and Luis Arroyo had won 40 games in 1961. Roger Maris had clouted 61 homers; Mickey Mantle had hit 54; Catcher Elston Howard had batted .348. The slick-fielding Yankee infield was the best in baseball. The Yankees seemed a sure shot to win their twelfth pennant in 14 years...
...Minnesota Twins, though, will undoubtedly make the first division, and when they do, owner Cal Griffith will get the honors. It was Griffith who made the Twins infield, recommending that All-Star Richie Rollins and rookie Bernie Allen get the third and second base spots and trading for Vice Power, the league's fine stall-round first baseman. If Griffith seems to have slipped in trading Don Lee to Los Angeles for Jim Donahue (now in the minor leagues) well, the younger Donahue may still make it bigger than Lee in the future...
Critics claimed that the Twins rookie infield would wilt in the summer and with them the whole team. So far this appears unjustified. The team did slip in July, but has now won nine of its last eleven games. Bernie Allen has raised his batting, average to a respectable .267, and after a brief slump Rollins is still hitting...
...father, a building contractor and amateur ballplayer, passed on to him the tools of his two trades-a carpenter's saw and a fast ball. By the time he was ten, Del knew his way around a scaffolding or an infield with equal aplomb. "I can't remember not being captain of the team," he says. "When we chose sides for a pick-up game, I was always one of the guys who did the choosing...