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...Baltimore is to win their first pennant since joining the league, their pitching staff will have to click 100 per cent, and there are just too many doubts surrounding Bunker, Barber, and Roberts. But the Orioles should get enough pitching and enough hitting to finish second...
Every spring, for well over a decade, American League baseball fans have been able to confront the future only by nourishing the outlandish hope that the New York Yankees can be beaten. And year after year, such wishful thinking has proved to be insane; New York has won the pennant in 13 of the last 15 seasons...
...this year, for the first time in , the Yankees' chances of winning the pennant seem genuinely slim. New York still has a good team, of course, but the Yanks needed a stirring stretch drive to beat out Chicago and Baltimore last year. These two clubs are at least as good as they were last season. But so many question marks surround the Yankees, and the American League is so much improved, that New York will need good fortune even to finish third...
...league seems to shape up as a four-team race among New York, Chicago, Baltimore, and Cleveland. Because of their brilliant and experienced pitching staff, the White Sox seem the most logical candidate for the American League pennant...
...Chicago's hitting were as good as its pitching, the White Sox would be a shoo-in for the pennant. But you can't have everything, and manager Al Lopez has always put a premium on pitching, speed, and sound defense. Tho only three reliable batters on the Sox are outfielder Floyd Robinson (.301), first baseman Bill Skowron (.282, 17 homers), and infielder Pete Ward (.282, 23 homers). The White Sox won't leave too many opposing pitchers shell-shocked, but with Pizzaro, Peters, Horlen, Howard, and Wilhelm, they don't need...