Damn Yankees by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview

Damn Yankees

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was rocked for two home runs, the first a one out shot by Luis Olmo, who hit one homer for Brooklyn in the regular season, and the second a two out smash by Roy Campanella. But no one was on base either time, and Page and the Yankees hung on for a 4-3 victory.

In Game 4, the Yankees drove Newcombe from the mound with a three run, fourth. Cliff Mapes supplied the key hit with a two run double. The Yankees then got three more in the fifth when Bobby Brown drilled a bases loaded triple off Joe Hatten. Brooklyn answered back with four runs in the sixth off Eddie

Lopat. Reynolds came to the rescue by retiring Brooklyn's final ten batters and New York, a 6-4 winner, was one victory from their twelfth World Series title. During Game 4, Stengel left the dugout to shout to catcher Yogi Berra to throw the ball to second base, which Berra did to catch Pee Wee Reese trying to

take an extra base. For this breach of baseball's rules, Stengel was reprimanded after the game by Commissioner Happy Chandler.

Determined to finish the job, the Bronx Bombers ended all the small ball and came out swinging in Game 5. The Yankee sluggers scored in five of the first six innings and promptly built a 10-2 lead. Gil Hodges' three run homer in the Dodgers' four run,

seventh cut into the deficit, but Page's relief work in place of Vic Raschi shut down Brooklyn's batters. In the end, the Yankees