[Brad K]

October 2 1967

We face the Yankees again in the World Series after having lost to them in our two most recent World Series appearances. This time the Yankees don't appear as formidable as in the past. We won 99 games and they won 96. However The Python calls our expected wins 99 while it calls theirs on 89.

The Yankees are first in the AL in runs scored but eighth in runs allowed. Staff ERA is sixth and poor fielding (-23.0 ZR) allows more runs to score. We are first in the NL in both runs scored and runs allowed.

The Yankees rotation for the Series is all left handed. Right hander Sonny Siebert was the fifth starter during the season (fourth before the Yankees traded for staff ace Chris Short) and is in the pen for the Series.

The Yankee hitters have good power but several have BAs below what would be expected based on their contact ratings. However I did some quick calculations and MLB scoring per game per team is 3.83 which is the lowest since 1918. Maybe the Year of the Pitcher arrived early.

We led MLB in attendance this year beating the second place Yankees by about 125k. Our attendance was 2.3m. However $5.6m in total revenue puts us fourth in MLB with the number one Dodgers leading us by $400k. The Yankees are second and the Giants third. The move west by the NL NY teams was a good decision for them.

We got an incredible performance from rookie RP Woodie Fryman. Set as Stopper 7th or later close with secondary high leverage he got into 76 games (NL high), with 143 IP, 2.08 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, and 18 saves. Incredible? Not done yet. He lost 7 games but won 15, exceeded on the team only by Bob Veale who won 18.