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...Francisco needs solid seasons from Shaw and ace Juan Marichal to support younger hurlers like Bob Bolin and Ron Herbel. Otherwise the team is fairly deep in all positions. With a healthy Orlando Cepeda, Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, and Jim Ray Hart, the Giants have a scary clutch of brute power...
...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...
...than fifth, one rung down the ladder from last year. They had only one lefthanded pitcher on their roster - Bob Hendley - whom they swiftly traded off to Chicago. Star Slugger Orlando Cepeda (31 homers, 97 RBIs in 1964) was laid up, maybe permanently, with an injured knee. Leftfielder Willie McCovey was suffering from bone spurs and fallen arches. Even Willie Mays seemed over the hill; in 1964 he had slipped under .300 for the first time in eight years...
...fine, we'll do fine," Manager Franks kept insisting. In exchange for Pitcher Hendley, he picked up Outfielder Gabrielson, a lifetime .231 hitter; last week Gabrielson was batting .305. Franks moved Willie McCovey to first base, where he could rest his aching feet-and McCovey responded by clouting 37 homers, driving in 86 runs. He promoted peripatetic (five clubs in eight years) Spitballer Bob Shaw from the bullpen to a starting pitcher's job. By last week Shaw's record was 16 victories, only eight defeats...
...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...