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Satch finally arrived in the majors in 1948 when Bill Veeck signed him for the Cleveland Indians. Although past 40, he helped the Indians to their first American League pennant in 28 years. In 1951 he followed Veeck to the old St. Louis Browns, with whom he spent almost three years as a relief pitcher. He later played for the Miami Marlins in the International League. In 1965 he made his last big-league appearance, with the Kansas City Athletics...
...impressive. The soreness in Gibson's arm has disappeared ("I didn't do anything special about it," he says, "it just went away"), and his performance is one good reason why St. Louis, with a 12½-game lead, has made a mockery of the National League pennant race. Other hurlers around the majors have won more games, of course: Detroit's Denny McLain already has 19 victories to his credit, San Francisco's Juan Marichal 18, and Cleveland's Luis Tiant 16. Gibson's record is 14-5, but the last time...
...Francisco, paid admissions are already down 277,182 from 1967-a season that was also disastrous at the box office. Total big-league attendance is off almost 6% this year. And it would be far worse except for Detroit, where the Tigers, driving toward their first American League pennant in 23 years, have attracted 173,419 more fans than they had at this time last year...
...decline in hitting (as of last week only eight major-leaguers were batting .300) undoubtedly have had an impact: "Pitching may be 75% of the game," says a San Francisco sportswriter, "but hitting is 75% of the gate." So has the fact that neither league boasts anything resembling a pennant race: the Tigers enjoy a 7½game lead in the American League, and the St. Louis Cardinals top the National League by nine games...
Flying high comes easy for the World Champion Cards, who took the league title last season by 10½ games. The Tigers have not won a pennant in 22 years, and their domination of the American League this season comes as an almost inexplicable surprise. Their team batting average is .227. Their most valuable player (and just about the only one who is healthy) is the team physician, Russell M. Wright. Regular Rightfielder Al Kaline, eleven times an All-Star, has been out of action since May 25 with a broken arm. Third Baseman Don Wert is recovering from...