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...seventh-place Cleveland Indians ambushed Boston's Pennant Express at Fenway Park yesterday, 6-3. A three-run Indian uprising in the sixth--with homers by Chuck Hinton and Chico Salmon--gave a 6-0 lead to Luis Tiant, who fanned eight in coasting to the victory. Red Sox starter Gary Bell suffered the defeat...
...team in league history has ever wound up in a World Series with a winning percentage that low. There is always a first time. At least that is what Las Vegas odds makers figure. Last week they made the Twins even money favorites to win the American League pennant...
...know we've got a chance for the pennant, but we're not making any fuss over it," says Manager Albert ("Red") Schoendienst, 44, longtime star second baseman and Stan Musial's roommate for 13 years while both were playing for the Cardinals. But then, Schoendienst never does make a fuss. And his permissive approach to managing is the perfect prescription for the Cards-especially for such key men as Cepeda and Maris, both of whom came to the team tagged as sulkers and malingerers. No longer. Explains Maris: "I like it here. The pressure...
...place team, were in first. Add to that the fact that the three toughest clubs in the league at the moment were 1) the Washington Senators, 2) the California Angels, and 3) the Boston Red Sox, all of which were patsies last year, and the plot for the 1967 pennant race was purely theater of the absurd...
...Boston has not won a pennant since 1946, when Ted Williams hit .342, six other players batted over .300, and Pitchers Tex Hughson, Dave Ferriss and Mickey Harris combined to win 62 games. Last year the Red Sox ranked last in the American League in pitching and fielding, and second sloppiest in stranding base runners and grounding into double plays. The only thing that saved them from the cellar was the New York Yankees-by the slim margin of half a game...