Gehrig Conference
 
 
It's been a good 12 months for Paul Faits - his 1965 Redbirds were World
Champions, he played point guard on the 1966 Agawam High School
Valley Wheel Champs, and now he leads the 1966 Gehrig Conference
All-Stars to a presumed victory in the All-Star game.
 
With the plethora of power hitters in the Gehrig lineup and the fantastic
pitching of the Plymouth Pilgrims staff, it is hard to imagine the Gehrig
squad losing.
 
I was happy for the most part with the starters elected, but I like to look
first at this year's performance, and would not have put Joe Morgan on the
starting squad based on his numbers this year.  In the outfield, Willie
Mays would have had to sit this year, as the numbers put up by Leon
Wagner deserved to be recognized.
 
The only at-large selection I would not have made is Carl Yastrezemski.
His inclusion forced Felipe Alou off the team, who I thought was more
deserving.
 
Among the pitchers, Gibson and Koufax forced short relievers Humphries
and McCool off the squad.  I guess you could make a compelling
argument that starting pitchers are more deserving than short relievers.
 
As to the game itself, Morgan and Mays will probably be the first ones out
of the game. The pitching will be handled by the Plymouth Pilgrims staff,
who are having an unbelievable year, with a team E.R.A. about 1.5 runs
better than expected.  The game should be played face to face around the
end of this month, or first week of February.
 
               Paul Faits