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...Batters resented being replaced by pinch hitters-sometimes before their first turn at bat. Whenever a Yankee player made a mistake, Stengel would discuss it for hours with New York sportswriters-"my writers"-in that incredible prose known as "Stengelese." "You open a paper in the morning," Third Baseman Clete Boyer once complained, "and you read how lousy...
They said they were minding their own business, just a bunch of guys named Roger Maris, 30, Clete Boyer, 28, Joe DiMaggio and Hal Reniff having a quiet snort in a dark bar after a hard day at the Yankees' Fort Lauderdale training camp. But Male Model Jerome Modzelewski, at the next table, says somebody tossed a wild pitch at his girl. Maris says Jerome kept damning the four Yankees. Anyhow, Modzelewski wound up with a badly cut lip, eleven stitches and the distinct impression that Maris was going for 61. He charged Roger and Clete with assault...
...practically nothing but fastballs ("If they hit it, they hit it. If they don't, they don't") at the frenziedly swinging Yanks who tried everything-even throwing bats his way. Striking out nine, Gibson kept things barely interesting by feeding gopher balls to Mantle, Linz and Clete Boyer. Then with an eye for irony, he persuaded Bobby Richardson, the Yankees' leading hitter, to pop up for the last out. By a score of 7-5, the St. Louis Cardinals had their first world championship in 18 years. Pitcher Gibson had a new series record...
...inning, Rightfielder Mickey Mantle proved that his throwing arm was good as ever-by firing the ball clear into the grandstand on a play at the plate. Leftfielder Tommy Tresh misplayed an easy liner into a triple, Catcher Elston Howard was charged with two passed balls, and Third Baseman Clete Boyer watched a grounder trickle right between his legs-prompting a friendly note from Brother Ken: "No. 6, watch out for those hops. (Signed) No. 14." Cardinal Outfielder Mike Shannon put the finishing touch on a 9-5 St. Louis victory with a 500-ft. homer that clipped the leftfield...
...Yanks almost pulled off a last-minute rally in the ninth. After striking out Tom Tresh, Gibson gave up a long homer to Clete Boyer. Pinch hitter John Blanchard fanned, but Linx homered to make it 7-5. But while two relief pitchers warmed up furiously, Gibson got Bobby Richardson to pop up and end the series...