Word: pittsburghs
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Never before in recent history has a team which hasn't won the pennant in seven years been as safe a bet to lead the National League as the Pittsburgh Pirates are in 1967. And seldom has it been so socially acceptable to root for such an overwhelming favorite. The Buccaneers play the majors' most exciting brand of ball, typified by MVP Roberto Clemente. The flashy Puerto Rican makes every catch in right field look tough, consistently throws behind baserunners, even to first, changes bats if a pitcher gets two strikes on him, and wins a couple of games...
...catcher Jim Pagliaroni once played for the Red Sox. The Corsairs don't have a stopper or a dependable reliever, but their staff is competent and lovable: Woody Fryman is a tobacco farmer, Bob Veale is suing Sport Magazine for a million dollars, "Deacon" Law could be mayor of Pittsburgh or Meridian, Idaho, with no contest, Dennis Ribant is a Met who might make good, Elroy Face ... To understand why baseball will always be the national pastime, tune in the Pirates some night when they're down 3-0 going into the seventh and listen to announcer Bob Prince...
...anybody's going to beat Pittsburgh, it's St. Louis. The Cards own the Pirates in face-to-face meetings and need only a good season from Ray Washburn or Al Jackson to back up Bob Gibson in a pennant run. The Dodgers are mortal without Koufax and will start three or four players you've never heard of. Cincinnati, to be a challenger, needs a good season from too many people who had their last good season two or three years...
...Reno Boys and the James Brothers. About the only tarnished spot on the Pinks' badge of honor was their later service when they hired out as company spies or strikebreakers in incidents like the 1892 steelworkers' strike against Andrew Carnegie's Homestead plant outside Pittsburgh. Still sensitive about those years, Pinkerton's Inc. today turns down labor-relations cases as quickly as it does divorces...
...management goes, the combination will involve no noticeable changes. Atwood will remain at his El Segundo, Calif., headquarters as president and chief executive officer of North American Rockwell. The Rockwells, Sr. and Jr., will be based in Pittsburgh as chairman and vice chairman. And, what with North American's $1.2 million Sabreliners and Rockwell's $575,000 Jet Commanders, distance should be no problem...