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...condition of manager Dick Williams' pitching staff is not improved by the cast on Jim Lonborg's leg. But then, the Sox didn't win the pennant on pitching strength last year. If Williams can coax another MVP performance out of Carl Yastrzemski, he could pull off another miracle...
...pennant in seven years been as safe a bet to lead the National League as the Pittsburgh Pirates are in 1967. And seldom has it been so socially acceptable to root for such an overwhelming favorite. The Buccaneers play the majors' most exciting brand of ball, typified by MVP Roberto Clemente. The flashy Puerto Rican makes every catch in right field look tough, consistently throws behind baserunners, even to first, changes bats if a pitcher gets two strikes on him, and wins a couple of games a year by slapping a ninth-inning home run to the opposite field...
...York has acquired some valuable talent over the winter, and could place as high as third. Jacques Plante, MVP two years ago, takes over for goalie Gump Worsley. Donnie Marshall and Phil Goyette at center ice, along with Val Fonteyne, one of the league's top penalty killers, will fill handsomely two former Ranger gaps. Right wing Andy Bathgate, among the league's top scorers for the last eight years, will miss left wing Dean Prentice, who is now a Bruin. However, he should team up well with Goyette as his center. If Camille Henry can continue to score goals...
Robert L. Pillsbury '61, a tackle, has been selected by his teammates as the most valuable player on the 1960 varsity football team. Pillsbury, of Winthrop House and Wollaston, received the Frederick Greely Crocker Award, emblematic of the MVP honor, at the annual Harvard Club of Boston banquet for the team last night...
Baseball's MVP trophy was won last season by George N. Harrington '59, an outstanding second baseman and one of the team's leading hitters. Harrington, also voted the most valuable player in basketball last season, was not present to accept the award...