Baseball gets its full share of brother acts,* but rarely has it seen the likes of the two strapping young men from the tiny (pop. 218) Ozarks mining town of Alba, Mo. At third base for the champion New York Yankees stands Cletis Leroy Boyer, 25. At the same hot corner for the National League's revitalized St. Louis Cardinals is Kenton Lloyd Boyer, 30. By his performance so far this season, each could lay claim to a singular honor: classiest third baseman in baseball.
Cannon to First. Both are uncommonly nimble and uncommonly sturdy—equally adept at knocking down vicious line drives with...
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