Willlie Mays watches his single in the first inning of the All-Star game. Mays scored the the only run in the National League’s 1-0 victory, July 9, 1968. An appropriate score in the “Year of the Pitcher”.
Willlie Mays watches his single in the first inning of the All-Star game. Mays scored the the only run in the National League’s 1-0 victory, July 9, 1968. An appropriate score in the “Year of the Pitcher”.
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Juan Marichal pitching to Frank Howard in the 1968 All Star Game. It shows the challenge of picking up the baseball with that incredibly high leg kick. And after that season the mound was lowered.
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Yankees hit .214 as a team that year and still finished 4 games over .500.
And the ‘66 and ‘67 games were both 2-1 scores with the ‘67 game going 15 innings.
Some of the ‘68 All -Stars and their stats that season were defensive minded guys like Don Wert:.200/.258/.299
Gene Alley:.245/.307/.321
Leo Cardenas:.235/.292/.319
And Don Kessinger:.240/.283/.287