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Manson began to gather followers in Haight-Ashbury in 1966, and in 1968 he moved his retinue by bus to Los Angeles to further his music-writing ambitions. Last winter, Manson moved his clan to the Spahn Ranch in western Los Angeles County, and it was from there that they made their alleged commando forays against their affluent victims. Manson busied himself converting stolen cars into dune buggies, and after the ranch was raided in August, he led his followers to their own hell in the inhospitable depths of Death Valley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: THE DEMON OF DEATH VALLEY | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

...Minnesota Twins, he scattered nine hits, struck out twelve, and coasted to an 8-3 victory?his 28th of the year against only five losses. With perhaps five starts still ahead of him, McLain has already surpassed the best single-season performances of Carl Hubbell, Bob Feller, Warren Spahn, Whitey Ford and Sandy Koufax. No one has approached his performances in 16 years, and just two more victories will make him the first 30-game winner since Dizzy Dean turned the trick in 1934. These figures may make Denny baseball's man of the year. In Detroit, they have made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball: Tiger Untamed | 9/13/1968 | See Source »

Denny & Dizzy. Pitchers' performances have been as spectacular as the hitters' have been horrific. It was only seven years ago that Warren Spahn topped all National League hurlers with an earned-run average of 3.01; this year there are 69 pitchers with lower ERAs than that. Three pitchers-Detroit's Denny McLain (record: 17-2), San Francisco's Juan Marichal (15-4) and Cleveland's Luis Tiant (14-5)-all have a shot at winning 30 games, a feat last accomplished by Dizzy Dean in 1934. Tiant, the All-Star game loser, has an incredible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball: Perfection Is the Problem | 7/19/1968 | See Source »

...games, more than any other Dodger hurler past or present, and you've pitched 47 shutouts, which puts you tops among all the active pitchers in baseball, and you've struck out 2,381 batters, which is only 202 short of Warren Spahn's National League record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball: Chat with a Great Pitcher | 6/14/1968 | See Source »

...Marichal managed to stay healthy in 1963. On June 15, at Candlestick Park, he pitched a no-hitter, permitting only two Houston Astros to reach first base, and winning 1-0. Two weeks later he toiled 16 innings to win another 1-0 decision, over the old master, Warren Spahn. At season's end his record was 25 victories, only eight defeats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball: The Dandy Dominican | 6/10/1966 | See Source »

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