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Just because they are currently leading the league, let's take the Dodgers first. Los Angeles may not win the pennant, but, with a healthy Sandy Koufax, they could take a World Series from New York in five games...
...Dodgers have not slumped perceptibly. Although it's true that they've been feasting on second-division teams of late, Drysdale's history of strong finishes, Podres' recent fine showing, and the inevitable return of the best pitcher in baseball make Los Angeles the logical choice for the pennant...
...first half of the season, the American League pennant race seemed as unpredictable as a frog-jumping contest. In the first three months, four teams swapped the lead−Cleveland, Minnesota, New York, even the improbable Los Angeles Angels (TIME, July 13). At one point last month, only 3½ games separated the first seven teams. But by last week, the league had settled down to a scramble for second place. On top of the pack once again were the perennial champion New York Yankees. They were just a little overdue...
...Pitchers Whitey Ford and Luis Arroyo had won 40 games in 1961. Roger Maris had clouted 61 homers; Mickey Mantle had hit 54; Catcher Elston Howard had batted .348. The slick-fielding Yankee infield was the best in baseball. The Yankees seemed a sure shot to win their twelfth pennant in 14 years...
...Fourth of July, Independence Day, the hallowed day on which baseball's league leaders traditionally become favorites to win the pennant,* and Angelenos could scarcely contain their pride. In Washington, D.C., the American League's Los Angeles Angels swept a doubleheader from the Senators and edged a half game past the New York Yankees into first place. In Chavez Ravine, the National League's Los Angeles Dodgers swept a doubleheader from the Philadelphia Phillies, clung tenaciously to a half-game lead over the second-place San Francisco Giants. Not since 1956, when the Yankees...