"What do you want me to do cry?" snarled San Francisco Manager Herman Franks. Days before, Franks's Giants seemed to have the National League pennant all wrapped up. They had won 14 games in a row, 17 out of their last 18, and they beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-0 in the opener of a three-game series. Then trouble.
To give his top pitcher, Juan Marichal (season's record: 22-11), an extra day of rest, Franks started Bob Shaw in the second game against the Reds. The Reds won, 7-4. Next day Marichal...
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