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runs, Yogi Berra delivered in the clutch...
Series record and surpassed by two the previous record held by Ted Kluszewski and Yogi Berra. "I'm just doing the same old things in the same old way," said Richardson in wonderment. "But, whango, something seems to happen to the ball.'' All this was prelude to the seventh and deciding game. In the first inning, with one man on base, up to bat stepped a garrulous vagabond named Rocky Nelson, 35. In his 16-season baseball career, Nelson had played for six big-league teams and been consigned to the minors five times before finally catching...
...left wrist has mended. In the outfield, the Yankees' weak link is Leftfielder Hector Lopez, who not only has a poor arm but stirs prayer in the breast of Manager Casey Stengel every time he wanders after a fly ball. Behind the plate, both the Yankees' Yogi Berra and Elston Howard have arms strong enough to discourage any base-stealing ambitions of the generally fleeter Pirates...
There are also the Bronx Bombers, but every World Series fan knows of Mantle, Berra, Maris, Skowron, Ford and company. It's a tough bunch to beat...
...heckler with the sympathy of a wife. When it comes to bats, he has discovered, ballplayers are as sensitive as violinists. He follows the major league teams with the vigilance of a scout, roams across the U.S. chatting about bats in dugouts and dressing rooms. When Yankee Catcher Yogi Berra complained that he was not getting enough power out of his bats, Hillerich checked up, found that Berra had an unconscious habit of turning the trademark toward the ball, thus hitting against the grain and losing the bat's resiliency. The solution: special bats made with the trademark running...