Baseball: Year of the Tape Measure

According to baseball's version of the Chinese calendar, 1962 was the Year of the Stealer, 1963 was the Year of the Pitcher, 1964 was the Year the Phillies Folded, and 1965 was the Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant. So far, 1966 is clearly the Year of the Tape Measure.

Ballplayers must be stronger, or the ball must be livelier, or the air must be thinner, because the way this season is going, a horse—or at least his hide—will get to the moon before a man. In one game last week, Braves Outfielder...