Word: mccovey
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Across from Kuenn stands the question and the answer to the Giants' chances. If first baseman Willie McCovey hits like he hit as a rookie, as he hit last fall in Japan, and as he hit in Phoenix all spring (.422), then rookie Manager Alvin Dark can run for mayor of San Francisco in November. If not, the incumbent has no worries...
Giant pitching is good, and could be extremely good. Sam Jones, Mike McCormick, Jack Stanford, and Billy O'Dell should win 60 games between them. While weaknesses in the second line pitching and the middle of the infield will hurt, a line-up with Kuenn, Mays, McCovey, and Cepeda (in that order) can win day in and day out. With a handful of outstanding rookies and a tough nucleus of reliable stars, San Fransisco has the best combination of youth and experience in the league. Any one of four teams could beat them, but the Giants seem least likely...
BATTER: Clemente, Pittsburgh; Burgess, Pittsburgh (.377) HR: Aaron, Milwaukee; Banks, Chicago; McCovey, San Francisco...
...stood up, no one else did, and the fans let out a deep-throated "BOO-OO-OO."* The players seemed to feel the same way. Nixon, a sports-page reader who knows the major leagues, made himself at home in locker room and dugout, kidded Giant First Baseman Willie McCovey about the weight he had to sweat off, posed for photographers with Negro Slugger Willie Mays...
...constant winds. Said the Giants' Willie Mays, after clouting two monumental drives during practice and seeing them land, wind-slowed, just short of the 397-ft. leftfield fence: "This park is too big. Somebody's gonna get some salary cuts around here." Said Giant First Baseman Willie McCovey, after his initial experience with wind-blown debris from the stands: "The peanut shells kept getting in my eyes...