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Baseball Game of the Week (Sat. 1:45 p.m., CBS). Brooklyn Dodgers v. New York Giants. Plays called by "Dizzy" Dean and Buddy Blattner.
Legal Headache. When the Dodgers took the field, Pitcher Don Newcombe, just a little bigger than life (6 ft. 4 in., 225 Ibs.), shambled to the mound. The week before, Don had decided that he was just too good to pitch batting practice. Smokey, who had handled Newcombe before, in...
But the Dodgers proved that they could still get into a pickle occasionally. Smokey's heavy-hitting outfielder, Carl Furillo, had just explained how his golfing technique helped his baseball: "I've done two things: I've changed my grip, and now I hold my neck rigid...
Rejuvenated Del. It was the Braves, not the law, that caused the biggest trouble in Milwaukee. After twelve innings of tied-up (1-1) ball, Braves Captain Del Crandall, hitless for almost two weeks, brushed the bench splinters out of the seat of his pants, stepped to the plate and...
Back in the locker room, the Dodgers had an easy explanation for their success: Walter Alston. At first, Captain Peewee Reese saw it all in terms of baseball tactics: "A manager's biggest problem is selecting pitchers, knowing them, knowing when to bring in another. Alston's brought...