October 1964 (54 page)

Roger Craig (right) came over from the Mets in an off-season trade and gave the Cardinals a number of critical wins, including a great performance in the fourth game of the Series. Here he is with pitching coach Howie Pollet.
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The two left-handers who were to start the opening game of the Series, Whitey Ford of New York and Ray Sadecki of St. Louis, pose before Game One. Neither finished the game.
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Yogi Berra posing with Johnny Keane before the start of the Series. These were the last games for either manager in the uniform he was wearing, despite the fact that each had won a pennant. (The Sporting News)

The brothers Boyer of Alba, Missouri, pose before the first game: Ken of the Cardinals and his younger brother

Clete of the Yankees. Both were exceptional fielders, although some observers thought Clete had the edge on the field while Ken was the better hitter. (The Sporting News)

Lou Brock scores the first run of the World Series. He had singled and then gone from first to third on Dick Groat’s single to right while Mantle did not even try to make a throw. Then he scored when Ken Boyer died out. The play reflected the Cardinals’ more aggressive baserunning and convinced them that they could run on Mantle.
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Mike Shannon helps drive White Ford from the mound in the first game with this enormous home run to left field in Busch Stadium. The score is 4—2 New York, and Ken Boyer is at second as Shannon swings. McCarver would follow with a double, and Ford, the winningest pitcher in World Series history, would leave the mound for the last time in a Series.
(National Baseball Library, Cooperstown, N. Y.)

Bill White of the Cardinals (left) poses with Joe Pepitone of the Yankees before the second game. White was one of the steadiest influences on the Cardinals and went on to become the president of the National League; Pepitone, one of the shakiest of the Yankees, squandered most of his talent as the Yankees began to slide.
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This is pure power against power. Bob Gibson threw as hard as he could, and his follow-through seemed to carry him to first base. The batter is Roger Maris, who leveraged his body as completely as Gibson did. Here Gibson strikes him out in the first inning of the second game, which was won by the Yankees.
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Jim Bouton was a power pitcher, but a relatively small one—he once compared himself to a Volkswagen at the Indy 500. He had to use his entire body on every pitch, but he played well in all three of his World Series starts before his arm finally gave out. Here he pitches in the first of his two wins in the 1964 World Series.
(AP/Wide World Photos)

When Mantle hit a ball, it made a sound distinctly louder and sharper than that made by other hitters. Here is a rare picture of Mantle as he absolutely crunches the knuckleball thrown by Barney Schultz in the third game. A moment earlier Mantle had told Ellie Howard, the on-deck hitter, that he was going to drive Schultz’s knuckler for a home run.
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Mickey Mantle trots home after his massive home run off Schultz in the ninth, and a delighted Frank Crosetti follows. Notice that Schultz is almost to the Cardinal dugout by the time Mantle reaches home.
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