MEMO from the publisher

Once again a group of noneditorial staff members, as happily opinionated as any baseball fans you can find, has gone on record concerning the outcome of the pennant races. Last year they correctly picked the Yankees and the Braves. This year they still feel that way.

From my seat in the bleachers it looks this way:

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

New York
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Boston
Baltimore
Kansas City
Washington

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Milwaukee
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Chicago

How does it look to you? (Before you commit yourself for good, I'd like to suggest some highly relevant reading which makes up most of the pages that follow in this issue.)

AMERICAN LEAGUE
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
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