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Last year's rookie star Tom Davis holds down third, and behind him loom the reliable Jim Gilliam and the highly prized Charlie Smith. The same situation exists in the outfield where Wally Moon, Willie Davis, and Duke Snider will keep Ron Fairly, Don Demeter, and outstanding rookie Carl Warwick benched much of the time...
...sparkplug, shortstop Johnny Logan has been relegated to second string behind Roy McMillan. Frank Bolling and Billy Martin will solve the perennial second base problem between them, but the resultant absence of Bill Bruton (traded for Bolling), and the disability of Wes Covington have decimated an outfield that once was the best in the game...
...Giants boast this distinction: Dogged by disappointment and frustrated potential, they are even afraid of their own hopes now. But with Willie Mays and Orlando Cepeda in center and right, the Giant outfield would rival the best even if nobody were in left. As it is, Felipe Alou figures to hit close to .300, and his defensive play should be invaluable beneath the tricky winds of Candlestick Park. Hitting in front of Mays will be third baseman Harvey Kuenn, acquired from Cleveland this winter. It would defy algebraic dictates if Mays, Kuenn, and Cepeda finish one-two-three among...
...plus side, the strength of the team is in the outfield, the front line pitching, and the double play combination. On the other, question marks are apparent in the relief pitching, catching, first and third base, and the bench corps...
...outfield is perhaps Shepard's strongest point. Seniors Dick Shima and Charlie Ravenel play center and left respectively, where each was named to the Eastern Intercollegiate League second team last season. Shima is a left handed hitter, and tied for the team lead with a .288 average last year. He's fast in the field, and has a good throwing...