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...baseball player who ever lived. As a pitcher with the Boston Red Sox, he won 46 games in two seasons, pitched 29 consecutive scoreless World Series innings-a record that still stands. As an outfielder, he joined a Yankee club that had no ballpark and had never won a pennant; his presence (backed up by the formidable figure of Lou Gehrig) turned the New Yorkers into the most fearsome team in baseball. To a sport that had been damaged by the "Black Sox" scandal of 1919, Babe Ruth's booming bat brought new virility and respectability. Even when...
...midsummer, it was a foregone conclusion that only a major catastrophe could keep the power-laden New York Yankees from their sixth American League pennant in seven years. By last week the Yankees had it made. Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle were both close to breaking Babe Ruth's home-run record; by week's end their combined total broke the two-man record of 107 homers set by Ruth (60) and Gehrig (47) back in 1927. The pitching staff was solid: Whitey Ford was safely on the winning side of his first 20-game season, and Veteran...
...grind, it was neither classy fielding, nor reliable pitching, nor booming home runs that assured the Yanks the pennant. Their secret was depth. Manipulating his players with military precision, Rookie Manager Ralph ("The Major") Houk demonstrated an uncanny ability to find the right man for the job. And whatever the job, the right man usually was a catcher-one of a remarkable Yankee trio whose versatility, both at bat and in the field, is unmatched in baseball history. In a season when both major leagues can boast fewer than half a dozen topflight catchers, the three best belong...
...best-read column on the front page of the Detroit Free Press last week bore the byline "Winn Pennant." It spelled out in loving detail the Tigers' chances for winning the American League pennant. On the radio, local disk jockeys spun a cornball ditty called Go You Tigers. All over the city, banners and auto stickers proclaimed the team and its top hitter...
Infected with pennant fever, downtown Detroit hotels were cautiously holding open space for the first week in October; already more than 5,000 World Series ticket requests have poured into the Tigers' front office from faithful fans who have not seen a Tiger pennant in 16 years, have watched their team rattle around in the American League's second division for the past decade. But the best sign that the second-place Tigers themselves are sure that they can beat the hated New York Yankees is their own skillful, self-confident race for the flag...