Evening star., 1960-02-02
WIN, LOSE OR
DNAV By FRANCIS STANN
I Made q Mistake

pennan for his Yankees and like not began to talk of
his bank in California and crack jokes One day in Florida
he said 1--WE didn't start training early usual because
the front office won't need all that work, they
must be right"
Contrastngly, Casey hasn't playing his banker
role for the of listeners much this winter
And he told Joe Rechler the other day in New York.
I'm not going to I'm going to win the pennant like
did last year. made mistake. But that's the way felt
The players felt that way, too all hepped
up because we had won the World Series"
Except for the acquisition of Roger MariS from Kansas
City there has been major change the Yankee roster
from &c. and you may remember that StengepS troops
finished Is games back of the White Unless MaS hits
about 100 points higher than his KC average 273 he isn't
going to make up that 15game difference by himself AS
matter of fact some baseball men don't think the
Yankees the better the deal they had to give
Norm siebern Don Larsen Mav Thronebery and Hank
Bauer for Joe DeMaestr Kent Hadey and MarS sebern
alone, is held the equal of Mars
STENCIL PUTS HIS FINGER on one weakness of the
Yankees last season. I'VE didn't have enough runs baed
in he comedies players who should have driven 100
drove in only u.s. Those who should have driven in U.s.
drove in 80 or 35"
The old guy mentioned Names even if he could
remember them, but it may be significant that IS RBI
were all Mickey Mantle toaled and Yogi had only
&c. The leading hters average as boys the
gray flannels might it, Bobby Richardson with 3O
Nobody is fooled much by Richardson's stick value He
strictly glove Look past that 301 and you'll that
Bobby drove in only 33 runs all year.
Even the lowly Senators could show three who
topped Mantle Berra in RBI even to running away
from them Bob Allison, frst-year man. topped Mantle
by 10 and Yogi by 16. Jim Lemon accounted for 100 and
Harmon Klebrew regular for the first time drove in
lo5 If Roy sievers had been fit and unhurt he might have
made it fourSome
Why then did Washington finish in the cellar? Simple
The Senators didn't have the balance couldn't make the
double play, and generally leaked all over on defense
THERE WAS FAINT suggestion of envy in stengels
words as he talked of the White Sox and Indians who
chs and uoo
were ousler at the trade mart over the winter
Both clubs improved themselves" Casey volunteers
I'm more worried about Cleveland They've got good
1ntield now, with Johnny Temple from Cincinnati And
they've got some good young pitchers too"
But stenge also credits his good friend Al Lopez with
having oetter cuo Chcago got help by getting (Mnnie)
MnoSo He drove in lot of 92) and he cot hit IA
or l8 times led note ID That shows he'd do ANYTHING tn
get on base That the trouble with nv feers Tbev
didn't get conked enough Manys the time with the baSe
1u and the score tied wish they taken one on the
elbow or something Nobody got killed from doing that
Casey neglected to mention one other notentio1lv
important acquisition by Chicago namely Gene Freese
the third baseman who hit % home runs for the Pbes
***
THE WHITE SOX hit fewer home runs last season lee
fewer than WaShingon than any club in the two
leagues In fact the Sox the only team to slam less
than 100 But in acquiring Freese Mnoso and Dick Brown
the American League champions theoretically picked I'm
net of 81 homers the difference between the 40 slammed bv
Freese Mnoso and Brown and the modest dozen hit by
donn CalnSon' Norm Cash. John Romano and Bubba
Phillips, who were given up in the trades
There was time when other American League clubs
enVled the Yankees their perennial crop
players Now they don't feel the Yankees are any better off
than the next club That goes the Red Sox and the
other rich organizat ationS.
If money could buy young talent, Tom Yawkey prob
ably wouldn't be so loaded with ex-Nationa Leaguers
Leaving out the manager and coaches-Bily urges
Sal Magie and Billy Herman-Boston will open camp with
such eX-NL personnel as Bobby Thomson Dave Hllman,
Jim Marshall Erv Palca Billy Mufet If there wasn't
shortage OF younger players these could considered
Continental League bait.