Pirates Show Top Talent Despite Last Place Finish
The article notes Sport Magazine's poll naming Pirates as among the league's top talents alongside the world champion Cardinals. It lists Pirates Mazeroski Alley and Clemente as standouts, while Cardinals Cepeda Brock McCarver Gibson also rate highly. It also covers Slippery Rock State College's baseball season, NCAA hopes, coaching changes, and other local college and high school sports notes.
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Cardinals extend winning streak to nine behind Gibson
Cardinals batter Houston 4 4 as Bob Gibson fires a three hitter for his best start of the season and improves to 5-5. Orlando Cepeda and Tim McCarver homer in the sixth as St Louis stretches its NL lead to 3 1/2 games while Juan Marichal reaches 10 victories and 150th complete game in a Giants win over Philadelphia.
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Pirates name top pick in 18yearold draft standout
The Pittsburgh Pirates select 18 year old Dick Louis Sharon of California as the No 1 choice in the baseball draft. They also pick nine Pirates farm players including Brad Gratz James Sams Mike Marine Marcus Garland Peter Halfman David Van Volkenburg Mike Cooper Frank Barlow and Ray Borowicz.
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Mets Draft Tim Foli First In Free Agent Pick
New York Mets select Tim Foli a 17 year old high school shortstop from Canoga Park California as their top free agent pick in a two day draft. Foli praised for power potential joins a list of players chosen by 20 clubs with hitters favored over pitchers in the opening phase.
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Standings and results roll through Major League baseball
American League standings show Detroit Cleveland and Baltimore leading with tight races. Thursdays results include Detroit over Boston and Minnesota over New York while Washington nipped Oakland. National League standings list St Louis Philadelphia and Atlanta top. New York beat Chicago and San Francisco defeated Philadelphia in night action.
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Tanner chosen in third round by new Kansas City Royals
Mark Tanner of Neshannock High, son of ex MLBer Chuck Tanner, reportedly selected in the third round of the Major League free agent draft by the Kansas City Royals. Chuck Tanner traveled from El Paso to watch his son graduate as Angels scout notes sketchy details. The elder Tanner suggested Mark may have been favored by the new teams as their early pick.
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Indians Rally to Sweep White Sox 2 1 in 11th
Cleveland Indians win 2 1 in 11th as Vic Davalillo singles off Don McMahon with two outs to drive in Duke Sims. Alvin Dark used 16 players, salvaging a narrow victory that moved Cleveland to second in the American League.
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Wills sits out game in Kennedy tribute
Maury Wills of the Pittsburgh Pirates sat out Thursday night’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers to honor the memory of assassinated Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Wills stayed in the dressing room, recalling his nonplay stance when Martin Luther King Jr. was killed and saying the gesture would be hypocritical otherwise.
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