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...amazed when I came to Cambridge and found that people actually still go to afternoon ball games. Here it was April and the barber was talking as though it was the pennant stretch. Yaz had two hits yesterday. which meant he was better than last year, but he had no hits today, which meant he was better than last year, but he had no hits today, which meant he was worse than last year. Boston, I thought, was unique, if not peculiar...
...Philadelphia Phillies won the pennant in a down-to-the-wire race with Los Angeles. There were three dominant pitchers for the Phils that year. Robin Roberts made three starts in the last five days of the season and won his 20th of the season on the final day against the Dodgers, who were a game out. Name one of the other two hurlers. One was a starter, the other was a relief pitcher who appeared in 74 games for the Whiz Kids and was named the league...
...come out looking like a Chase Manhatten certified check for a grand, and come back the next game like a plug nickel," Kasko commented. Red Sox fans just have to hope that the fair wind that blew yesterday turns into a constant breeze that could wave a pennant flag over Fenway Park in October...
...drew his Giant with huge feet and a pea-sized head, explaining that his intent was "to emphasize that they were slow-footed rather than slow-headed." Those latter-day miracle makers, the New York Mets, also appealed to Mullin, who portrayed their rush to the 1969 National League pennant on TIME'S cover (Sept...
...Rose's enthusiasm for the All-Star thing. Despite Bowie Kuhn's drum beating for "one of the nation's most glamorous sporting events," some top players would rather take the day off than risk an injury in a game that has no bearing on the pennant race. Recently faced with the prospect of suiting up for his 13th glamorous event, the Pirates' Roberto Clemente said: "To hell with the All-Star Game. I can use the rest." Roberto, who pleaded a "pain in the neck," finally agreed to play-but only after National League President...