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...Pitcher: Spahn, Milwaukee...
...There was nothing overpowering about Milwaukee's aging (36) Southpaw Warren Spahn's pitching when he beat the Chicago Cubs, 8-0, to win his 18th game of the season; he struck out only five men. But he had the same corner-cutting control that has kept him up among the National League's best pitchers for 13 seasons, and the 41st shutout of his career gave him a league record for lefties...
Veteran Braves like Hank Aaron (now leading the league with 37 home runs and 102 runs batted in) and Pitcher Warren Spahn have found their old winning form. And Manager Haney has found himself in possession of the one essential ingredient of managerial genius: a pennant-winning club. At week's end the fast-finishing schedule left the Braves a comfortable 7½ games ahead of their only competitors, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Brooklyn Dodgers...
Milwaukee has too much pitching depth for the rest of the league, with Warren Spahn, Lew Burdette, Ray Crone, and Bob Buhl as starters. Ernie Johnson, Gene Conley, Taylor Phillips, et. al. give the Braves strong second-line pitching as well. With Joe Adcock, Henry Aaron and Eddie Matthews to carry the offensive burden, in addition to about the best defense in the league, the Braves bear a "Can't Miss" label...
Brooklyn, Milwaukee, and New York, meanwhile, should finish second, third, and fourth in that order. The Dodgers will suffer from uncertain pitching and again infielders, the Braves from a lack of catchers to support Crandall and pitchers to supplement Spahn and Conley, and the Giants from Mays' human inability to do everything again. Willio, may be a great ballplayer, but he can't take ten years off the age of Sal Maglie...