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It was the Fourth of July, Independence Day, the hallowed day on which baseball's league leaders traditionally become favorites to win the pennant,* and Angelenos could scarcely contain their pride. In Washington, D.C., the American League's Los Angeles Angels swept a doubleheader from the Senators and...
HEAVEN CAN WAIT! screamed the eight-column headline on the sports page of the Los Angeles Times. ANGELS IN 15T ON 4TH. Then a postscript: AND DODGERS, TOO.
Who's That? That the talent-laden Dodgers sat atop the National League astonished no one. But the Angels were the shock of the year. They did not even exist until last season, when Cowboy-Singer Gene Autry (himself a Dodger fan) forked over $2,150,000 for a...
this time piling in under the bag with a neat hook slide. The rest was easy. A Dodger batsman lifted a pop fly to short centerfield, and Wills came scooting home -again beating the throw-with the run that not only won the game, but for the first time this...
Though he was a good fielder and had a fair batting eye, he was no long-ball hitter. It took him the better part of three seasons and 1,675 times at bat to hit his first major league home run. But in 1960, his first full year in the...