Word: staffs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...World Series, Bob Friend, the ace of the Pittsburgh pitching staff, stated flatly that his team could have beaten the Yankees. He will get his chance this October when the Pirates will face New York (and lose in six games...
Their pitching staff, headed by Friend (the best right-hander in the league), is not as impressive as Milwaukee's, but it is younger and has a good deal of depth. Harvey Haddix is the new left-hander, Vern Law and Ron Kline won 27 games between them last year, George Witt pitched half the season and had nine wins along with a 1.61 ERA, and Elroy Face, is the best reliefer in the league...
...pure excitement, no one will match the Giants. They are a fast, powerful team with a renovated pitching staff and the best young players around. Their only major deficiency, and it may turn out to be a disastrous one, is the left side of their infield which has yet to prove itself to be of pennant winning caliber...
...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...
Cincinnati's fate lies with Don Newcombe who should have forgotten about the '56 world series by now. If Newk can come back and head an otherwise average pitching staff of Brooks Lawrence, Joe Nuxhall, Bob Purkey, and rookie Jim O'Toole, the Reds could be very hard to beat. Their infield of Frank Robinson on first (where his fielding is still a question), Johnny Temple (.306) at second, Roy McMillan at short, and the slugger Frank Thomas at third is almost equal to Pittsburgh's. GusBell, Jerry Lynch, and Vada Pinson (the best looking rookie in the league) rank...