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...Luke Appling, 55: election to baseball's Hall of Fame. Famed, in approximately equal measure, for his 1) batting (.310 lifetime average), 2) versatility (he played first, second, shortstop and third), and 3) hypochondria (his teammates called him "Old Aches and Pains"), Appling loyally toiled for the Chicago White Sox for 20 years without ever playing on a pennant-winning team. "This makes up for it," he said...
Veteran Curt Simmons, 34, suddenly found himself pitching three shutouts in three starts. Ernie Broglio, bothered by a recurring tendon inflammation, was strong enough to rack up his 16th victory. Shortstop Dick Groat, 32, fortified with Novocain for a painful ribcage injury, is baseball's best batter...
Born. To Tony Kubek, 26, Milwaukee-born shortstop for the New York Yankees, and Margaret Timmel Kubek, 29, former psychiatric social worker: their second child, second son; in Ridgewood...
Feigner makes his living by pitching with only three other players on his side-catcher, first baseman and shortstop. His four-man squad, billed as the King and His Court, plays the country's top professional and semi-pro teams and wins eleven games out of every twelve. It can do that because Feigner is very probably what he claims to be: the best softball pitcher in the world...
...past. Only two players catcher Earl Battey (.270) and left fielder Leon Wagner (.333) repeat from last year's team, although the incomparable Mickey Mantle (.310) won the vote despite his injury. Neophyte Pepitone (.273) is the only Yankee in the starting team, and Zoilo Versalles (.283), Minnesota's shortstop, is practically an unkown. Some old reliables, such as Nellie Fox (.277) at second, Al Kaline (.320) in right, and Frank Malzone (.333) at third, will encourage American League fans but an Albie Pearson (.311) starting in center is hardly reassuring...