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...four months since, he has not performed the impossible, but he has performed the improbable. He has taken the Yankees from twelve games out of first place to 27½ games out of first place. Last week the Yanks lost four straight to the pennant-bound Baltimore Orioles, thereby 1) dropping into the American League cellar and 2) mathematically eliminating themselves from the 1966 pennant race. Not since 1925, when Babe Ruth hit only 25 home runs and got fined $5,000 by Manager Miller Huggins for breaking training, had the proud Yankees, winners of 20 world championships, been eliminated...
...Spanish"). Outfielder Oliva hit 32 home runs and batted .323-thus becoming the first rookie ever to win the American League's batting championship. Last year, playing with a bad knee and a painfully bruised hand, he drove in 98 runs, led the Twins to the American League pennant and won his second straight batting title with an average of .321. Last week the Twins were going nowhere. Trailing the Baltimore Orioles by 15 games, they were having trouble just staying in the first division. Oliva once again was leading the league. Bouncing out of a brief slump...
...week's end only 4½ games separated the top four pennant contenders, the league lead had changed hands twice, and it seemed only natural when it finally fell into the possession of the Pittsburgh Pirates-the zaniest team in baseball...
...country's dozen biggest cities that does not have either a big-league baseball team or a professional football team. Still, most doubtful about the value of the ruling may be Atlanta-which by now might be just as happy to give the Braves back. Picked as pennant contenders at season's start, the Braves last week lost their eighth game in nine starts, dropped into ninth place, behind the New York Mets...
...they croon in June and croak in August, the best that the Orioles usually can hope for is to be remembered in September. They have not won a big-league pennant since 1896; they are the team that Mighty Casey struck out for; and they peddled Babe Ruth away for $2,900. Still, all those past transgressions will be forgiven this year, unless the Orioles find some curious new way to commit suicide. Last week, slightly past the halfway point of the 1966 season, they were leading the American League by a full seven games...