Word: sluggers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...third game brought the teams to New York, where Yankee fans calmly accepted the Series as an annual rite of autumn, as expectable as Thanksgiving. Beginning where they had left off, the Yankees in the first inning had already scored two runs and loaded the bases when the unlikeliest slugger of them all stepped into the box, looking fully as dangerous as any promising Little Leaguer. Second Baseman Bobby Richardson got every bit of his 5-ft. 9-in., 166-lb. frame behind his swing and hit a grand-slam home run into the leftfield seats. For Richardson, the home...
BATTING. With no truly solid slugger, the Pirates score runs by punching singles through or over the infield, going for the extra base and pulling the hit and run, especially when Shortstop Groat (.325) is at bat. As always, the Yankees rely on the long ball. Although his average is a so-so .275, Centerfielder Mickey Mantle still has belted 40 home runs. Rightfielder Roger Maris has hit another 39. In Pittsburgh's vast Forbes Field (right-center-field wall: 425 ft.), most of the Yankees will have trouble reaching the seats. Not Mantle. Says Chicago White Sox Manager...
...year-old Red Sox slugger, who had previously expected to finish the season on the road with the Boston team, decided after the game to call it quits with his fitting round-tripper. "I'm convinced I've quit at the right time," Williams told the Associated Press in the dressing room...
...even the busiest catcher is a slim, gregarious Kentuckian named John A. Hillerich Jr. "Bud" Hillerich, 49, is the president of Louisville's venerable (76 years) Hillerich & Bradsby Co. In its rickety red brick factory, H. & B. turns out 60% of all U.S. bats, including the famed Louisville Slugger, used by almost all big leaguers. This year the company will produce more than 4,000,000 bats, ranging from a $1.25 model for Little Leaguers to $4.60 copies of big league bats. Most of the bats are machine-made, but some 120,000 are handturned to meet the demanding...
...players seemed to feel the same way. Nixon, a sports-page reader who knows the major leagues, made himself at home in locker room and dugout, kidded Giant First Baseman Willie McCovey about the weight he had to sweat off, posed for photographers with Negro Slugger Willie Mays...