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...more than make do with the men who won for him in 1957 and 1958: husky Third Baseman Ed Mathews is still hitting home runs (33), lean Rightfielder Hank Aaron is still leading the league with his bat (.367), and on the pitching staff 38-year-old Lefty Warren Spahn (15-11) and 32-year-old Righty Lew Burdette (16-12) have lost none of their guile...
...over the Pirates put the Milwaukee Braves off to a running start at Pittsburgh in the opener of their '59 pennant drive. The victory was Warren Spahn's 44th Major League shutout...
...usual the Braves have Warren Spahn, Lew Burdette, Bob Rush, Bob Buhl, and a host of other younger hurlers. It is the best staff in the league, but is Spahn the stopper begins to show the long awaited signs of age, it could slow down considerably. Del Crandall and Stan Lopata make up a strong catching corps. But Schoendienst was the heart of this team; there is no one to take his place...
There were only four repeaters from last year's squad. They were first baseman Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals, outfielder Hank Aaron, left-handed pitcher Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves, and outfielder Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees...
Back in Milwaukee, the gallant Warren Spahn, who had beaten the Yankees twice, tried to do it again after only two days' rest. For a while it looked as if he could bring it off. In the second inning Milwaukee led 2-1, and loaded the bases. But Howard was there again, this time to catch Johnny Logan's short fly, make a perfect peg home to throw out lumbering Andy Pafko by 15 ft. In the tenth inning the ubiquitous Howard singled and scored what proved to be the winning run as the Yankees licked Spahn...