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Just because they are currently leading the league, let's take the Dodgers first. Los Angeles may not win the pennant, but, with a healthy Sandy Koufax, they could take a World Series from New York in five games...
...fine years from our established stars, but we've also seen injuries and slumps cripple a virtual All-Star team: Whitey Ford, Mickey Mantle, Frank Lary, Al Kaline, Sandy Koufax, Gene Freese, Minnie Minoso, and Gill Hodges...
...Dodgers have been gaining ground steadily, and trail now by a mere game and a half. They have relied on speed (Maury Wills leads the league with 22 stolen bases) and the timely hitting of Tommy Davis. Their staff, which boasts Don Drysdale, Sandy Koufax, Johnny Podres, Stan Williams, Larry Sherry and a trio of good rookies, looks fine, but Ed Roebuck has not been of much help in the bull-pen. It is hard to conceive of the Dodgers keeping pace with the Giants, a beautifully balanced squad with two real super-stars...
...batting crown some year; but until L.A. develops a star of Anron's or Mays' stature (no, Wally Moon doesn't rate), their attack is too diffuse to mean much. The L.A. staff, too, is full of huriers who have been potential greats for a suspiciously long period: Drysdale, Koufax, Williams, Podres, Sherry . . . all deliberate speed and much unintentional wildness...
...lefthander of all time. With Maris and Mickey Mantle behind him in the Yankee lineup, Ford led the American League in victories (25). Other top pitchers: Washington's steady Dick Donovan, whose 2.40 earned-run average was the best in the American League; Los Angeles' fireballing Sandy Koufax, who broke Christy Mathewson's 58-year-old record by striking out 269 batters...