Word: melee
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Dates: during 1962-1962
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...second division into the power vacuum have soared the Minnieota Twins and the Los Angeles Angels. Brilliant front-office work has matched fine handling of the teams by managers Sam Mele and Bill Rigney, and although the Angels are showing sings of folding (a nine-game losing streak in July and drop into third place), both teams could easily score a first-division finish...
...hits (108), ranks fourth in batting (.315), fourth in R.B.I.s (59). and his hot bat is the main reason why the Twins, seventh-place finishers last season, are basking in the American League's first division. "Even when the team is doing everything wrong," says Minnesota Manager Sam Mele, "Rich does everything right. He hits with one on, he hits with two on, and he hits with none on. With seven more like him, we might never lose a game...