Word: sox
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Even the Red Sox fans may agree that their team Isn't likely to hold onto the lead. But if your exam schedule is easy, you might take a trip out to Fenway Park noon. It's fun while it lasts...
Take Chuck Schilling, for example. When he first came to the big leagues, in 1960, he was halled as the successor to Bobby Doerr, the answer to all the Red Sox second-base problems. But although Chuck could make all the plays around second, he looked as bad as all the other Red Sox with a bat in his hand. After hitting .259 his rookie year, he fell to 230 in 1962, and it seemed he would never realize his potential...
...joyous tale does not end with the hitters. Three Sox moundsmen, none famous, one a rookie, are among the ten best pitchers in the league if you follow the Earned Run Average listings in the Globe every Sunday...
These are the Red Sox, the successful nonentities who are challenging the mighty Yanks for the league lead. Some even say that they have not yet reached their peak, that when Stuart (.233) and Mejias (125) begin hitting at their usual clip, the Sox will really pull away from the rest from of the league...
...already slumping; and that Stuart has rarely hit for a high average. They say that the Yankees are but a half game off the pace even with Roger Maris (.238), Bobby Richardson (.227), and Tony Kubek (175) slumping. They say the Orioles' pitchers are looking good, that the White Sox are getting good hitting, and that the Athletics look solid...