Excerpt from Yog: The Wit and Wisdom of Baseball's Master Zen Philosopher by Maury Honig (Doubleday Books New York, 1985)

Another example of Yog's inscrutible wisdom came in October, 1964. The Yankees had tied the White Sox for the pennant and made their way to Chicago for the one-game playoff.

Berra sought out Whitey Ford, who had gone out partying on Rush Street the night before with Mickey Mantle. He found Ford holding his head between his knees, moaning piteously....

Sox, Yanks to meet for AL Pennant

Chicago Sun-Times
October 5, 1964

Chicago (AP) The White Sox 10 game season-ending winning streak has carried them to a season-ending tie with the New York Yankees, both teams ending their 1964 campaign deadlocked at 99-63. A coin toss has determined Comiskey Park to be the site of the playoff. The odds favor the Yanks, as manager Yogi Berra's boys have gone 12-6 this season vs. Al Lopez's crew. The game will take place at 1:30...

I have decided to have some fun with my APBA jones and have APBA "Elseworlds." The concept is similar to DC Comics' Elseworlds, only with several batmen instead of just one.

This previous scenario was a matchup between the Sox and Cubs and how it may have played out had Interleague Play begun in 1969; with APBA supplying the plays and results. Any similarities between the characters in the story and real people is a damn shame.

Next APBA Elseworld-The 1964 White...

Cubs, Sox down to wire in finale

Chicago-June, 1969

By Joe Dick
Trib Reporter

The Cubs and White Sox met in the South Side ballyard for one more go-round before being forced by their respective schedules to cease hostilities and carry on with the rest of their seasons. The two teams sent off their fans with the kind of thriller that most of them had hoped for when they plunked down their hard-earned two bucks and change for the best seats in the house....

Cubs, Sox battle continues

Chicago, June 1969

by Joe Dick
Trib Reporter

Chicago's North-South Civil War continued today as the first place Cubs hooked up with the fifth place Sox in the second game of this three game set, played in front of yet another near-capacity crowd packing the South Side ballyard to the rafters. Today's duel featured a battle of lefthanders with Ken Holtzman of the Cubs bumping up against Tommy John of the White Sox.
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