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...first World Series ever. The weakest hitter has the power to pole one out of the park. The big batters are almost always hitting away; their strength is seldom wasted in sacrifices. Given a well-tagged ball, anyone on the team will gamble and go for extra bases. If Smokey Alston worries about any single defect, it is Dodger nonchalance. His team won the pennant too soon, coasted into autumn carelessly dulling the fine edge that made them champions. Then, there is always that oldtime habit of losing to the Yanks in the series...
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...that the whole league has been chasing them hopelessly ever since. With a ten-game and an eleven-game winning streak, they racked up the big lead that they have been hanging on to steadily. They have been equal to all their troubles. Out of long experience. Manager Walter ("Smokey") Alston knew just how to discipline Big Don Newcombe when he kicked up a fuss about pitching batting practice (TIME, May 23); Big Newk has been pitching (18 won, i lost) and hitting (.376 at week's end) with astonishing skill ever since. With Pee Wee Reese, Junior Gilliam...
...start. A silly squabble with Manager Alston about pitching batting practice got him a quick but firm invitation to clear out of the clubhouse (TIME, May 23). Newk brooded for a day, apologized and came back with blood in his eye. Out of his Nashua experience, Dodger Manager "Smokey" Alston had obviously fashioned the right formula for handling his hot righthander. Newk has been fogging the ball past enemy batters ever since...
...when to bring in another. Alston's brought in the right pitchers at the right time." Just as important" is Alston's other talent, the patience and ability to get the most out of all his men. All season, by winning for such a nice guy as Smokey, the Dodgers had been refuting Giant Manager Leo Durocher, a man devoted to the argument that the big leagues are no place for nice guys. Said Peewee: "Alston is easy to get along with. I don't know whether he knows how to hold his fork, but believe...