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Hopelessly Blurred. The League's pitchers have not forgotten Conigliaro. In 1965, his second season with the Red Sox, the 6-ft. 3-in. slugger from Swampscott, Mass., hit 32 home runs to lead the American League. The following year, he cracked 28 home runs. When he was cut down in Fenway Park, he was batting .287, had belted 20 home runs and had played a major role in the campaign that eventually landed Boston its first pennant in 21 years...
Mantle could also bunt a team to death, because he was that rarest of all ballplayers, a switch-hitting slugger who could outsprint every big man in the league and most of the little men. That combination, plus his aw-shucks, farm-boy manner, made Mighty Mick an instant folk hero. In his first 14 seasons, he led the Yankees to a remarkable twelve pennant victories, won the Most Valuable Player award three times and the triple crown once, in 1956, when he batted .353, slammed 52 home runs and drove in 130 runs. His lifetime mark of 536 homers...
...title bout, Henry faced a slugger from Philadelphia who had already acquired a name and a reputation as the "Quaker City Blacksmith." During the pre-bout weigh-in, the pride of Philly warned Henry, "Don't nobody mess with the Quaker City Blacksmith," but later Henry decided to mess and a hard right to the stomach...
...much interested in the outcome of a contest as in the style of individual players. Even during his recent political campaign, he carried a mitt along and used his Secret Service men as a captive team. Now, fresh from two weeks on the French Riviera, the old slugger comes home to a logical assignment: covering the World Series for LIFE...
...says pitchers are heartless? Not Yankee Slugger Mickey Mantle. It was the top of the eighth one day last week, and Detroit Tiger Ace Denny McLain was coasting to his 31st victory on a five-run lead. Up stepped Mantle for perhaps his last time at bat in Tiger Stadium. Mickey took a called strike, fouled off two more pitches, and then signaled with his bat for Denny to put the ball belt-high, where he likes it. Denny served it up, and Mick lined the ball into the upper deck for his 535th home run. As he rounded...