Word: mccovey
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fifth - and with the score tied 2-2 in the ninth, Willie Mays slashed a grounder straight between the legs of Houston First Baseman Walt Bond. Never slowing down, Mays rounded first, streaked for second, and slid in safely amid a cloud of dust. Moments later, Willie McCovey slapped a single to right, and Mays scampered home with the run that gave the Giants their 13th straight victory, boosted their National League lead to 31 games. In the club house afterwards, Manager Franks smiled benignly. "Who knows?" he said. "Some day I may start thinking of myself as a genius...
...Reds can't do it, an obvious choice is the San Francisco Giants, who finished three games back last year despite collapses by Jack Sanford, and Willie McCovey. The Giants have Willie Mays, who led the league in home runs with 47; Orlando Cepeda, who hit .200 again; Juan Marichal, the league's best righthander; and three second-year men who had excellent rookie seasons--Jim Ray Hart, Jesus Alou, and second buseman Hal Lanier...
...halfway efforts. This year, with a team that might well have run away from the league, his frustrations have boiled over. He has clashed openly with several players-particularly Puerto Rican First Baseman Orlando Cepeda, who runs the bases as if he were treading molasses, and Negro Leftfielder Willie McCovey, who is hitting barely over .200 when Dark figures he should be batting...
...press reports, said Stoneham, were "exaggerated and distorted"; he denied all thought that a "managerial change is contemplated." Nevertheless, Dark has a Giant-sized problem-how to keep some of his best players from thinking that he regards them as inferiors. "It is hard to put out," said Willie McCovey, "if you think he feels that way about...
Still, the Nationals have Stan Musial and Duke Snider, and both have shown a relish for All Star kudos. Orlando Cepeda and Willie McCovey can also deliver, although not always in tough places...