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Can't Anybody Win? It was still a little early last week for a pennant party in the National League. First, somebody had to win the pennant-and the contenders all seemed to be doing their best to lose. The San Francisco Giants committed 23 errors in 13 games...
Sandy Koufax was trying to explain how it felt to lose a ball game. "Have you ever tripped and fallen at a party or spilled coffee on your lap?" asked the Los Angeles Dodgers' ace. "Isn't there something worse than the pain it self? Isn't...
Koufax did not pitch another game that year. In spring training in 1965, the arm ballooned just as predicted, and Dr. Kerlan advised that Koufax be used sparingly. But even more than most pitchers, Sandy needs the rhythm of regular rotation every four days. He decided to try-by eliminating...
The Dodgers can only be grateful. Sandy's 21 and 8 record is the reason Los Angeles is still within hollering distance of Pittsburgh and San Francisco for the National League lead. With eight starts remaining, Sandy may still wind up with 25 victories, but the elbow will eventually...
Died. Charley Dressen, 67, manager of the Detroit Tigers since 1963, a sawed-off (5 ft. 6 in.) onetime third baseman for the Cincinnati Reds, who ate a lot of chile con carne and acted that way, squaring off nose to belt with 6-ft. umpires and peppering his men...