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This is Retro Sports Radio. Visit RetroSeasons.com for more sports history.

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The Oakland A's face the Cincinnati Reds at Riverfront Stadium for Game 1 of the 1972 World Series on October 14th.

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This is the NBC broadcast of Game 1 featuring announcers Jim Simpson and Monty Moore.

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Patrick Kapanerich at 2.40 on the season. Love the American League as Monty said with 52 stolen bases will step in.

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For those of you overseas who may not know this story, Kapanerich was guilty of throwing a bat in the playoffs with Detroit pitcher Laren Legro.

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Before that he was suspended for the rest of the playoffs. Re-entended for the World Series but will miss the first seven games of next year.

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With Kapanerich next to go Nolan ready for the first pitch right at the knee.

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Now Nolan is a fine control pitcher. Gary has to be a fine control pitcher.

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Fischings had iron problems in 68 and 69. He doesn't have the fast ball that he usually has.

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He comes back with a curve ball at a play foul outside the third baseline.

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He does have to make the good pitcher. He does have good control.

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If he does not make the good pitcher, does not have the good control, then Gary Nolan is in trouble.

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The Reds don't have the reputation of finishing men again but with the bullpen Pedro Burbon, Tom Hall, one of the strikeout artists he is,

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and of course Clay Carroll who sets the record for most saves in the Major League,

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they give the best bullpen just as soon as needed. They never hesitate.

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Nolan, a young 24 year old, born in California, now lives in Cincinnati with a count of two strikes to Kapanerich down low and score one.

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No score. Kapanerich leading it off in the World Curious first game of 1972.

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Cloudy skies, savager, humanist, 16, Nolan back with a fast ball and it's hit out to left field between 19-10-7 and Kapanerich is off.

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Well they talk about the speed and the hustle of the Cincinnati Ball Club which stole 140 bases this year as contrasted to the Detroit Tigers who stole only 17.

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When you talk about speed and hustle, Kapanerich has done his thing. He is on space.

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Now Gary Nolan and Johnny Bentz must be very careful.

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Gold, he's a batter, hits 305.

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Latin American making hits with 181, hits 250 during the play-up.

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Right-hander hitter as is Kapanerich, lays left field up.

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Looking down to Irv Norris, third base coach for his side.

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Kapanerich is on his first base. We'll check him.

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Bentz knows it. Nolan must keep him close. That's just a great arm but Nolan has to keep him close.

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Kapanerich with a good lead draws the throw. Not far enough away to have to slide back in.

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Capacity crowd here with the lights on and they are counting them on these seats this morning.

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They could have the largest crowd ever at Riverfront Stadium.

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Nolan is ready, throws a fast ball, lays to center field. Bobby Coleman couple of steps over his way, lower deep center field and takes it for the first shot.

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Kapanerich is reached the first.

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Rudy hitting the first pitch, the straightaway center field and that will bring up Matty Allou.

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Allou brought over from the Cardinals by the A's who at the end of the season hit 281 for Oakland but he was hitting better than 300 for St. Louis and he's got a better than 300 lifetime average.

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And in the playoff Matty Allou simply tore up the Tigers. 381, four doubles, still the base and that all hitters with eight hits.

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Pitch is wide for the base. Kapanerich has now had his fourth hit in a row. He was 3-3 in his last game before the back throwing incident.

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He has come back after the suspension and has gotten his fourth hit.

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Allou swings, falls the ball at the plate. As a matter of fact it has also tanned umpire fifth Palakoutis behind the plate.

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Left hand should be left thumb.

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Palakoutis bending over behind home plate.

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One ball, one strike, two to one out. Kapanerich on the first base. No choice.

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And the game is going to be a big strong right hander.

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The last time these two met was in the same ballpark last June a year ago and Oakland did to no hitter.

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There goes Kapanerich. The ball is hit to right center field.

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And backing up is Morgan and Hazzard and Kapanerich are going to be double on.

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Kapanerich wins. The top of the street is the ball was hit.

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And as you can see he doesn't realize that the infielder hit played that far back.

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A regular infielder without all his artificial self would have been in culture and that might have dropped him for a Texas League hit.

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Instead Morgan was back there in front of time and doubled off Kapanerich.

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No runs, one hit, no errors and none left. In the middle of the park turning there is no score.

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Christ, wet, broken, lost.

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Now before that little cut off whisker can snap all the way back,

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The second blade comes along and can cut the whisker again, even shorter.

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The Track 2 razor, Gillette made it one blade better.

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This is Marty Moore with NBC's Jim Simpson at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati

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where the Reds are coming back for the first time.

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And Jim, Marty Banks got a look at what the A's got to do a lot with the Lyrica Blade and Campanella Thrin.

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Maybe they have a sign between themselves that the winner of that camp is going to try to steal.

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And I don't believe the hit and run was on. They do a lot of things on their own.

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All right, Marty. It will be Ken Holtzman, 19-11 on the year to face the first hitting Pete Rose,

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who led the majors in hits this year with 198.

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3-07 is average this year, but that's usual for Pete.

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The first pitch from Holtzman is outside ball one.

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Holtzman does not have an overpowering fastball. He has got an excellent fastball.

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With the Cubs, when he pitched his no-hitter here, there's a fastball that was a good-looking fastball,

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and it's the swinging strike, one ball, one strike.

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When Kenny was with the Cubs and pitched that no-hitter in June of 1971, he went primarily with the fastball.

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But he has an excellent curve, good control, and if you're looking curve, he can sweep that fastball right back in.

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Danger on this one, short hop by Bandor 3rd base, the throw to Epstein, 1st,

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and there's one out on the Cincinnati 1st of this quarter's game.

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Epstein is 1st, Green is 2nd, Campanella is at short, Bandor 3rd, Joe Rudiata left, George Hendrick replacing the injured Reggie Gashin

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who is out for the season and the series in centerfield. Manny Lewin-Wright, the antenna flying the play-dome.

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Holtzman now will pitch to Joe Morgan. Morgan led the majors and walks with 115, the majors and runs with 122,

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hits 292, 16 home runs, 73 RBIs, left-handed batter swings, and fouls are back to the feet.

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The key, Manny, as we look ahead, for those who lose for the Open A's, should be their left-handed pitches.

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It's Holtzman and Blue, can take care of Rose, who's a better hitter from the right side.

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Morgan is a left-hander and told on a left-hander, Oakland's got a whale of a chance.

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Change our best, the pitch is down low, it's one ball, one strike.

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It's Joe Morgan, none are other one out and no score in the last of the first.

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Holtzman ready, another off-speed pitch strike.

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Jim, we didn't mention it before the game, but the A's are without their top left-handed reliever, Dale Noe,

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who broke a thumb in the last couple of weeks of the season, and I'm sure they'll sorely miss him.

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He can not only get left-handers out, he can hold runners on.

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One and two to Morgan, left-handed batter, hooks on this, change up, and holds it way south, way out in front.

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Manny, I notice the camp in the Areson Green, as you must do in this artificially-tripped park,

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they're playing very deep, as we said, almost short-right in left field.

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Is there any concern, real concern about this field as they came east from Oakland?

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Hey, we're all very anxious about it. We play on only one artificial turf in the American League, and it's not all the way.

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One shoot-pitch, round ball, that's team behind first base, single to Holtzman.

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I've got it, steps on first, and they're two down in the Cincinnati first inning.

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Arby Coleman, 283, another left-hander hitter, 8-0-1, 82 RBIs.

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Can you imagine pulling your killing tenon not once, but then when you come back, doing it again,

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and then coming back, and you come back here to steal 42 bases.

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Now, Tullin, like Morgan, having a little foot problem, he jammed his foot.

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Morgan had to have some shots in his foot during the playoffs series.

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Either one getting the kind of speed, and they have it back by now, during the playoffs if they have throughout the season.

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Johnny Bench was the leading basekeeper in the playoffs.

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Open ready and throw a fastball foul back to the screen by Bobby Tullin.

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Overcast day, and now I don't think I see an SEC anywhere.

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We said they were selling standing room only.

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This has been sold out for some time.

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They are sold out in Oakland for the three games Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

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Tullin tries to punt his way on, trying to get Sando back at third base, but college is lost.

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Two strikes to Bobby.

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Cincinnati, 2-3 in previous World Series play.

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We said they haven't won since 1940.

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Very fast aggressive ball club, excellent bullpen, going against a team that's Archie Anderson,

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who loves his National League chances most like a National League team than any other Indian American league, the Oakland A's.

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Ground ball, and this foul goes behind first base, a near first base coach, George Sugar, by Mike F.C.

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Alex Grammis, the coach of third base for the Reds, George Sugar over at first base.

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Oaksman's record against the Reds, and remember he was a long-time pitcher for the Cubs, 8-3.

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He has been able to control the Reds.

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Two strikes to Tullin.

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Oaksman ready to throw.

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That's end of throws.

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Outside corner to play, and fouled away that way by Bobby Tullis.

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Oaksman yesterday in talking about this, said, I'm 8-3 against him.

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He said, you know that I've only fixed one complete game against Cincinnati in my career, and that was the no-hitter.

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And now you know Gary Nolan, who was on the losing end of that one-to-nothing ball game,

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The one run he gave up was unearned.

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That must have been some pitching duel to see.

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Two strikes hit from Oaksman, and this is Robert F. Schultz up.

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Kavanaugh's way back.

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He needs a long run to beat Tullin, and does, just beating by a seventh first base.

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Now Ryan Kisararis has gone to the first inning here at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati in the World Series

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to score Oakland nothing and Cincinnati nothing.

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With me in the studio is Peter Bryan, one of the world's fastest-talking announcers.

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He will attempt to tell you all the many features of Delta's total service in less than one minute.

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Ready, Pete?

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In Cincinnati for Game 1 of the World Series, this is Monty Moore with Jim Simpson.

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We were just talking here between innings about the depth of the play of Kempi Kavanaugh,

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who has one of the strongest arms of any shortstop in baseball.

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It is really an explosive arm, and he was all he could do to get that ball to first base,

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throwing from as deep as he was in left field.

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Jim and I were just wondering, do nationally shortstops play that deep?

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They play deep, but they charge the ball more, Monty.

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Kempi was waiting for the ball, and especially against the speed of a Bobby Tullin,

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who also drove from the left side of the plate.

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You can't wait.

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It gets out there quickly, but if you're that deep,

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it's just as though you're playing in deep, or rather in shallow,

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and you're not charging the ball in the regular field.

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Here's Mike Epstein, and he takes a slow curve for a strike.

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Epstein looks and hit a 20-inch home run during the regular season.

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A home run that tied a game with Detroit in the playoffs on Wednesday,

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and in the cleanup spot with Jackson Vigin.

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Back ball deep to right field.

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A carry out there.

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Geronimo goes back, looks up, and makes the catch to get to the wall.

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Gary Nolan's fastball was out and over the plate,

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and Epstein lined it deep to right field.

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3.30 down each line here, 3.75 in the power alley, 4.04 straight away.

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And those who know say for some reason or another, here in Cincinnati,

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in right center field, the ball seems to carry more.

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This is cold to right field.

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Here's Sal Bando, team captain, third baseman, right-handed hitter.

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He hits at your right center.

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Geronimo this time, Tiffany drifts back five or six steps,

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and they're quickly two outs in the open second.

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All the way up, George Hendricks.

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As Epstein is batting four, because of the absence of Reggie Jackson,

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so George Hendricks is in the lineup.

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Playing center field, and batting six.

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1.82 during the regular season.

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Not used that often.

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Right-handed batter.

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Tall, young man, great speed.

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Takes a curve that bounces in the dirt and away from the bench

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and pass, plate on par, first color.

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Go on.

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Nolan against Coltsman, no score, second inning.

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Riverfront Stadium.

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Nolan, the right-hander ready, and throws the fastballers down low.

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We said Gary's a type that has to spot her stitches.

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If he doesn't make the good pitches, he can be hurt.

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Tomorrow's stitches.

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In a moment.

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Nolan ready to throw.

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Fastball is at the knees.

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Now in the last of the legs, they lean over that inside shoulder of the catcher,

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and this is a lowball lead.

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In the American leg, the umpire leans right over the top of the helmet of the catcher,

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and he gives you the high strike.

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Back again, swinging strike.

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And it's two balls, two strikes.

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Hendricks made the one-handed,

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I had it all the way, final put-out of the American McFly option, Detroit, on Thursday.

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Two or two pitch throws in the curve.

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It's down near the dirt outside of the plate.

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And it's three and two.

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They've all two strikes.

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First time we've been to a full count in this World Series.

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And young George Hendricks, who admittedly is nervous about playing,

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is facing young Gary Nolan who comes back with a fastball in that situation.

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It's too low, and ball four.

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That's the first third-game walk of the ball game.

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The second time the A's have had a man on.

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And here is Gene Tennant.

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when Dave Duncan called it.

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Tennant's went 0-15 in the playoff.

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Finally in the final game after being 0-15,

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committing the error that allowed the run that helped keep him in the tensioning on Wednesday.

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Fastball is outside, ball one.

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And Aaron Apasso, 0-15 Tennant, stepped up,

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strokes the base hit that won the pennant for the Oakland A's.

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One ball, no strikes.

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Hendricks' feet off first, and there's a breaking pitch,

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and he's out in front of it and fouls it off to the left.

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Nearly in back of home place.

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One ball, one strike.

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Again, it's in a situation here where Dick Williams has wheeled his second baseman in.

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with Dick Green on deck.

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If Tennant gets on here, Green may not match his first time at bat in a series game.

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One ball, one strike.

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Ready and throw, the curve is saved and cried.

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It's 2-1.

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But Marqués prefers to.

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He knows the A's are well.

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And those of you who follow the A's, Dick Williams has probably used as many as four second basemen,

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starting the man as soon as he comes to bat and considering for it.

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Devolved one strike, fastball, deep left field,

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Rolls goes back, looks up, and in he comes.

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A home run for Gene Pennis, and it is 2-0, Oakland.

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Well, I'll tell you this, Marty Moore.

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Gene Pennis was the goat on Wednesday and early Thursday, but he has been a hero since.

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Yes, and I'll tell you, Jim, he was hitting the ball very sharply right before the playoff series.

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It was incredible that he didn't get any base hit, but you know, you saw the series.

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He hit about seven line drives that were caught in that playoff series.

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There's Dick Green, batting for himself, line for ball, and then he hit third base.

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And that's it, and the Oakland second, but they come up with two runs,

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and Nolan was not getting those good pitches and got hurt.

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Two runs on one base hit, the home run by Pennis.

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No errors and none left.

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Oakland leads, Cincinnati 2-0.

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They should make it to the Kempelmen order, more than anything to a lady,

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more than send a writing spell for, more than just a lie.

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it's what we need to arrive.

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Kempel will a regular Mayfall and Garamatic.

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There's something about stopping in at McDonald's for a snack in the afternoon or evening.

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Stopping in for a note at McDonald's fries and a nice and cold Coca-Cola.

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So after school, after shopping at the game, try it at McDonald's fries and a nice and cold Coca-Cola.

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It's a nice place in your day.

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So get a little offer, get a little way, you'll make it on the road.

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The Oakland A's are leading 2-0 after two runs.

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Jerry Nolan lost George Hingek on a three-foot jump, walking hand, and doing perfectly.

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He lives in Ohio, only about 110 miles from here in Lucasville,

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only one end of the left field home run area to give Oakland a 2-0 lead in the top half of the second inning.

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And Jim, who was really funny watching Cheney around the lobby trying to satisfy all of his relatives and friends with tickets here today.

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Well, they're happy if he had enough tickets.

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Here's Johnny Bench to face Jenny Holtzman.

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Outside in Lohan, Holtzman.

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Bench, of course, hits that home run, last of the ninth final game of the Cincinnati Pirate, nationally clear off,

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tied it up, and the Reds went on to win it.

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Bench led the national league in home runs and RBIs with 4925 down low from Holtzman, 2-0.

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While we were talking, Monty, about the fact that if Holtzman could handle Rose Morgan and Tullin, keep off the bases,

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he can picture wrong Johnny Bench just a little bit.

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But the big thing is, Bench is going to get his home run, keep those other fellows off base.

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All far he has done it.

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Swinging foul for third base, for Alex Rammus, the third base coach, we'll pick it up.

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To the nothing, we are in the last of the second.

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Out in the bulk then, Wayne Granger, a right-hander, is already up and throwing, and our Wayne Simpson, I'm sorry, how could you forget that man?

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Granger in the American league, but he was here for a long time.

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I'm talking about Simpson. He involved one strike.

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Foul ball is outside, and now it is three and one to the dangerous Johnny Bench in this 2-0 game.

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Bench got a low combo on the outside from Dave Justy on Wednesday in the final game and just stroked into the right field seat.

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And that's fastball. He started for third base, and Pellicutis is on back.

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Three and two, and Marnie and I were talking about this before the game, Pellicutis of the National League is one of the slowest draws in Major League Baseball.

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Sometimes he'll sit there with four, what seems to be an eternity, before he calls the pitch.

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Bench was on his way, and Critz said, that's the strike. It's three and two, comes back in the foul pitch.

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Out of the screen, still three and two to Johnny Bench.

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What a career this youngster's had out of the great state of Oklahoma.

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He was a valuable player a couple of years ago when the big red machine was really cracking, shut off last year.

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Heard the boos of the crowd here in Cincinnati, but that's all it came this year.

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Forty home runs, that's the one that he got that helped him win the tennis.

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125 RBI. Three-two count, back to the fastball, line drive, all stand on third base.

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Thanks. On his way around first base, picked up by Rudy out there, Johnny Bench hold at first base.

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They're first base, one on long. That brings up Tony Verad, getting a 283.

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21 home runs, 90 RBI's, that bothered him last week with a bad hand.

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He had only 200 in the playoff. Big strong right-handed.

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Now it becomes very clear why you like to keep Rose Morgan and tell them off those bases.

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Johnny Bench is going to get his base hit. Bench, who dropped first base,

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is hoping for the fastball on the outside corner, the Perez, strike one.

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Bench not noted for speed, nevertheless stole two bases to leave the Rebs in the playoffs.

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Eskine holding on at first base.

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Kenning Johnness hits a man of the strike on the outside corner, two strikes.

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John has the excellent curve ball. Excellent curve. He'll stay in.

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And when he starts guessing on him, he'll shoot that fastball right past him.

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Alston staring over Bench. Rose's fastball is too low and inside one ball, two strikes.

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Well, I would imagine, Monty, that they have Joe Maxwell and Matty Alua, the Cardinals, on your ball.

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They played here, did they? They helped a lot, so they gave them some fists.

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They held their own little conference here yesterday with several of the eighth players telling them

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video sequences of this park and this scene.

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Down ball, bando over, fastball, and stops at second base. Back-to-back base hit.

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Now, here's one of the different fastballs hits, about where there would be a skin of the end field

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in any other park or district. And when it hits on that artificial stretch, it flies.

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You can't wait for demolition up here. It's going to tip on through.

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Two to nothing is the red bar. They now have two men on base.

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And Dennis Mekke coming up. And Mekke takes a long look down to Alex Glamis to see what it is they must use.

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Now, bando now walks over to Sasha Quinn-Holtzman.

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Might be talking about how they're going to play this. Should there be a bunch?

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Jim, the A's have three or four theories on a trick defense for a bunch situation.

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Not a trick, but just sort of a fundamental thing.

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Many times, bando will charge if they're looking for a bunch.

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And he always goes over and talks to the pitcher before he gives the time for the other end field.

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Ready to hit Mekke. And out of the strike zone. Ball one.

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Fence down at second base. Reds on at first. Reds failing by two.

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They are the favorites in this series. One and all. The A's are likely to have otherwise.

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That's all I can about to be. Holtzman looks in.

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And Holtzman looks at Chris Kalecudis they have met before.

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And was eight years with the Cubs in the National League.

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Last time out, Holtzman pitched four innings.

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Now, four hits and the Cubs are going to run toward the playoffs.

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That ball is outside and he is flipping three and oh and a fifth away from walking the base of the road.

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So, Senes runs out to Sasha Quinn-Holtzman.

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Reds still have tension down to the bullpen.

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And now we see people getting up to go down to the bullpen.

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And I would imagine without even looking at Raleigh's fingers, it's going to be one of the first men out of it.

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He's the man and ordinarily Raleigh is a late inning reliever.

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But in the big playoffs games and here in the World Series, they put him throwing, be ready early, big guy, you may get your call.

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Three and all. Holtzman will be aiming and taking all away.

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And it's a slider on a three and oh fifth.

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First strike one. The ball's one strike.

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Mando backs up a little bit at Thursday.

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Don't mean to over emphasize this playing field, but it makes a lot of difference.

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Back to the fastball and it's now down for the A's bullpen and glove down there by fingers to picture who's warming up.

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So many things happen on this artificial turf and especially if you are not used to it, as the A's are not, you'll likely get hurt until you learn.

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Three and two. Beautiful ballpark and this thing is just loaded.

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Two to nothing. Here's the pitch is down low.

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Oh boy, the base is loaded.

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We have 30 seconds for station identification.

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You don't have to give up.

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So good.

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Ohio Rivers.

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Right here.

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bullpen stays in.

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Two runs, two hits, no errors for the A's, no runs, two hits, no errors for the Reds who are threatening and bears second.

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Back to the fastball, out to short left field, goes back, says he's got it and holds the runners and that is a big outs for Kenny Holtzman because now the double play can get the A's out of trouble.

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Now he's down to the number eight batter and Baird can set the odds.

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A 2-0-9 hitter, 2-0-9, 29 out of the eye.

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In there is an indication of how these infielders play even on a double play situation. That ball was clearly on in left field and the second base umpire called the infield flywheel almost the force.

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It got past the infield. How many times have you seen an infielder go fast to wave off an outfield? Many times the outfielders charging in and meeting headway.

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Campanella explains to Zeke he was almost as good as Joe Reed at the beginning. All bases are loaded, time is in calls for the moment as Campanella and Green were discussing what it is they're going to do and how they're going to play around second base and whether they're going to go with the throws.

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Base is loaded, one out, Contepsio on in, Holtzman ready, fastball, catches the outside call, this is site one, the Contepsio. Nolan the pitcher is on deck.

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With a number 8 and 9 batters up, you can see what a big out the Geronimo pop up to Campanella's was. Holtzman ready again. Rose takes something off it and blinds the crowd.

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Thank you Maude, American Big Umpire says they've had the spec out of the way of that and that again went into the bulls end of the age and then out into left field bouncing off the wall down there.

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Contepsio jumping all over a change up and was way out in front of it, two strikes throw to it. Now you wonder whether Holtzman goes with a good curve.

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Does he come in with a fastball? Does he take something off his fastball? Contepsio is ready, he comes in with the fastball and it's lined foul to the opposite side all across first base and well up in the peak.

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Still two strikes. Nolan jacket on, on deck and there's two nothing ballgames.

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Well we understand we're being heard in Asia in the wee hours of the morning in Europe late at night and of course across the United States on a Saturday afternoon.

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Fastball he jammed in that foul by short arch. Still two strikes to Contepsio and there the doing a fine job of battling a fine pitcher.

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Nice in game winner Kenny Holtzman. Holtzman usually doesn't walk too many, less than two per ballgame but he lost the bases loaded when he put in Mancie on it, bouncing bench to third and Perez down to second.

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Now he's in around that strike zone all the time with Contepsio and ready to throw again.

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He's back with a sinking pitch that's one ball and a four one. One ball, two strikes.

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Holtzman is out here at the Riverfront Stadium primarily for national leaders and Cincinnati Red Rooters. He felt the invention Perez and Mancie reached if they were in business and could tie up this two nothing ballgame but at the moment Holtzman is battling the number eight batters and he's got one out.

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Looking double play if he can or strike out changes on that and it gets misses outside. In and out of the glove as he and Contepsio picks it up.

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Two strikes. Marky Anderson said well if we should lose this series I'm going to give more credit to the American League than I have been given.

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You know since 1965 the World Series was alternated between leagues and 65 was an agile edge, 66 the American and so on and if the pattern continues Monty your ballclub is in business.

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It should be the American League here. Two-two ground ball. High hop and half an air. Gets the green. Rays back to first base. It's two to one.

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Contepsio drives in the first. Over to third base goes Perez. High hop and half an air. It's a charge in.

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Well agreed but by the time Dix gets the throw off to first base and the Mike Epstein and Contepsio on pass was there in his two to one. Now Gary Nolan is up.

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Now Fandor calls time and walks through Dr. Holtzman again.

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Nolan as a hitter throughout the year 117 rolled in a couple of runs. Pass ball catches the outside counter to Gary Nolan. Strike one.

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Long run by Gene Kenneth to the top of the inning. Two run on Earth with the A's on top and now the Reds have battled back to get one on Tuesday.

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Fandor walks and then force outs. Holtzman throws a good fast ball and he's way out in front of Nolan is.

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Holtzman goes to the right line. Two strikes. Perez at third. Contepsio on first base. Now two outs.

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Holtzman is in the check at first base. Set position. Bob has hit a couple of times. There goes the run at first and this foul catches the plate.

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And so Contepsio on latch come back.

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Turning Contepsio on down testing Gene Kenneth of course. What kind of play are they going to have? Are they going to throw food or second base?

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Are they going to miss Mr. Perez there at third base? Make sure he doesn't score.

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Two strikes out once more. Holtzman throws foul back and Contepsio almost joined again.

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Gene, as you look out on the field you can see where a double steal defense would be harder to set up because the short stuff in second base and their both lanes are deep.

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They've got a runner break. They've got a longer ways to go even to cut off the throw from the catcher than they would on normal serve.

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They've almost got a runner start to get to the bag. He is the man at first base does. So far deep out in right field and left field.

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Two strikes. Here is where Holtzman wants the strike out.

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Jim with a two strike pitch had just missed his out try. It is one ball two strikes.

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Alitoudis gave it a long look and the position behind home plate.

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Perez is just taking a step or two off of third base and Contepsio on the last two pitches has been going.

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He's gone again and swinging a net strike three.

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One one scores on two base hits. They're low errors and men left it for some derbies. On to the first two innings of the 1970s first game of the World Series.

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Holtzman made Cincinnati 3 to 1.

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They can snap on new blades while you're gassing up.

405
00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:14,000
Tell them you heard about Anco from Johnny Dex.

406
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:17,000
This year almost all the new cars are the same.

407
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:23,000
Most of the 1973 models are designed to run on low octane gasoline like Golf Tain.

408
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:25,000
The owner's manual says so.

409
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:30,000
Check the recommendation in your owner's manual and try a tank full of Golf Tain.

410
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It has a performance additive package you'd expect from Golf.

411
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412
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:38,000
So why pay more than you have to?

413
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Try Golf Tain, a low-cost gasoline for new cars.

414
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:48,000
Mottie Moore with Jim Simpson at the World Series Game number one in Cincinnati.

415
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:52,000
Jim, you know I think it's interesting to compare the feelings of these two teams as they go into this World Series.

416
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:59,000
Cincinnati players, when they went into the World Series in the 1970s, because it was the first time for them, they were just happy to be there.

417
00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:02,000
And they really didn't feel too badly about losing.

418
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:06,000
They all were saying yesterday, now that we've gone through the batch, we want to win.

419
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,000
The A's on the other hand were very happy to be here.

420
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:13,000
And I think you're going through somewhat the same thing Cincinnati did in 1970.

421
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:16,000
Many hopes from those A's lead it off against Gary Nolan.

422
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:18,000
The first pitch is a fastball.

423
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:29,000
All any pitcher likes to start out hanging in and throwing to the opposing pitcher because that, in most cases, is near an automatic out.

424
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:31,000
So that takes off in case they're baselunners.

425
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:34,000
A lot of different plays with one out.

426
00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:43,000
Here's Campaneras who let off with a single and then was caught down near second base on our easy little off-side as Jim Morgan to second baseman in short right field for a double play.

427
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:48,000
Campaneras makes the curve on the inside corner, strike one.

428
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:53,000
And that curve started out for a third base and then came down the line and then just under his hands.

429
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,000
Good curve from Gary Nolan.

430
00:34:55,000 --> 00:35:00,000
Comes back with another curve, but this one was down low outside and it's one ball, one strike.

431
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,000
A's lead the Reds 2-1.

432
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:05,000
We're on the top of the third at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati.

433
00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:08,000
Campaneras waits for Nolan's pitch.

434
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:10,000
It's a fastball, the first one he's seen in this time of year.

435
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:12,000
High up under the chin, a two-ball, one strike.

436
00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:19,000
Campaneras, as Mommy said, won the base-stealing championship on the last day of the season.

437
00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:20,000
Dick Williams put him in.

438
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:26,000
They found out that Davey Nelson of Texas had stolen three tonight before the Campaneras went in and swiped them and won it right back.

439
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:27,000
Base hit for Campaneras.

440
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:28,000
They can't keep him off the base.

441
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:33,000
Davey's spot, long drive, right side, meant he had third base and out in the short left field.

442
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:36,000
Surprising, Jim, to see him throwing so many curveballs to Campaneras.

443
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:40,000
Even though he didn't make it late, he has a breaking ball hitter and Nolan threw him free last then.

444
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:44,000
And Campaneras has hit two curveballs for base hits in this game.

445
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:49,000
Campaneras on at first base and that is his fifth consecutive hit.

446
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:51,000
I think he said last time that was his fifth.

447
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:53,000
He went three for three in his last game.

448
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:57,000
Now he's two for two in this game, last game of the playoffs, first game of the World Series.

449
00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:59,000
He is now five for his last five times in that.

450
00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:03,000
Joe Rudy stepping in now, the right-hander, 300 hitter of the age.

451
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:07,000
It's the first pitch he saw in the first inning and left him a lazy fly to center field.

452
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:08,000
Rudy steps in.

453
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:11,000
Nolan, the right-hander, working to him, throws him a high-pass ball and it's ball one.

454
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:17,000
One out, Campaneras will keep an eye on him over at first base where Tony Perez is holding him there.

455
00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:21,000
Gary A. there, the coach there, Irv Norn, coaching a third base.

456
00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:23,000
Rudy has stepped out.

457
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:24,000
Nolan looking in.

458
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:27,000
Gary very seldom finishes the ball game.

459
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:32,000
But that's both, and other heads are something else with Tom Hall, Clay Carroll, and Adler Wormont.

460
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:36,000
Ready with a fastball and he's got him swinging and fouling it at the plate.

461
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:38,000
One ball, one strike to Joe Rudy.

462
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:43,000
Perez at first, Morgan at second, Concepcion at short, Manke at third, Rose is out on left,

463
00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:47,000
probably told him to center field as he saw Geronimo at right field, bench to Sessier.

464
00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:52,000
Now ready to flash the signal to Gary Nolan, the pitcher.

465
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:59,000
One ball, one strike, two to one to score, Oakland, and the top of the third.

466
00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:02,000
Nolan with a long-looking advance down the stretch.

467
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:07,000
Campaneras is on his way and he throws him a breaking pitch and down goes Campaneras out.

468
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:11,000
Let's jump him down to second base.

469
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:16,000
And I want to tell you, that takes some kind of arm when you throw a change of curve

470
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:22,000
and have a man that can get the arm that comes on Campaneras to second base.

471
00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:28,000
Morgan puts a tag on it.

472
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:35,000
Two outs, Rudy's still at bat, it's two balls, one strike.

473
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:40,000
Big play right there in this two-to-one ball game, taking Campaneras off the bases.

474
00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:43,000
Gary Nolan ready, throws the fastball, ground ball to Manke at third base,

475
00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:48,000
hits it on the second out, throw over to first base and Gillette's around the finish.

476
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:51,000
Nolan's one hit, no airs and nobody left John Vick.

477
00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:53,000
They go to the last of the third.

478
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:59,000
Cincinnati, trails Oakland two to one.

479
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485
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487
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488
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489
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495
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496
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497
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:57,000
The Elfin Hays Dixieland Band, the swingers are here in Cincinnati.

498
00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:02,000
Next down in Kelly Green and Gold and we can believe it, they're getting ahead from the Bones on the Cincinnati side of the field as they play.

499
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:05,000
They've got great.

500
00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:09,000
The Reds lead it off in the last of the third inning for the Reds to play up into one.

501
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:11,000
Rose bounce to Bando, first time up.

502
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:14,000
Swift hitter batting right-hander to cross against Penn O'Kmere.

503
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:18,000
We made a point of saying that we believe that the A's are the standard series and upset the odds.

504
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:22,000
O'Kmere and Biter Blue, the other left-hander, are going to have to do the job.

505
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:23,000
First pitch is down Rose.

506
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:32,000
You should not say the right-handers don't have to be effective too, but if the left-handers can control Rose, who is better from the left side, Morgan and shoulder left-handed swingers have got a great chance.

507
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:35,000
Out of place, Kenneth chases it down the high-dome play.

508
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:37,000
Now it gives up on it and let the roll back toward the swing.

509
00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:40,000
A ball one strikes, a roll.

510
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:44,000
He's led everybody in most base hits in the playoffs.

511
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:48,000
Nine, four fifty average against that entire Christian's Fair.

512
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:52,000
Three oh seven on the year and we told you he led the majors in hits with a hundred and ninety-eight.

513
00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:55,000
At the count of one and one.

514
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:57,000
Morgan raised, grew up and now plays in Cincinnati.

515
00:39:57,000 --> 00:40:00,000
High bounce to Bando, third base has to wait for it to come down.

516
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,000
Morgan on the first base and just does have him.

517
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:05,000
It's on that artificial turf that I mean it took a hop.

518
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:07,000
Bando couldn't do anything about it.

519
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:09,000
He simply had to wait for it to come down.

520
00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:11,000
When it dared he grew out speed rows.

521
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:16,000
Here's Jill Morgan, back in the first inning, grounded to Epstein at first base.

522
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:22,000
Morgan is the man that I'm sure the Oakland scouting reports say, as everybody does, this is the man that's got to keep off the bases.

523
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:27,000
Fifty-eight stolen bases, second only to Lou Brock of St. Louis with a lead of sixty-three.

524
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:31,000
One hundred and twenty-two runs, one hundred and fifteen walks and there's a strike to him.

525
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:32,000
Brought by Hoechlin.

526
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:36,000
Strike one to Jill Morgan.

527
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:40,000
Morgan's batting average in the playoffs against the Pirates is two sixty-three.

528
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:41,000
Doesn't sound like much, right?

529
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,000
But he's scored five times.

530
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:44,000
He gets on and scores.

531
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:49,000
The strike one pitches foul off to the left, down the line and in the defense.

532
00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:54,000
Two strikes to Morgan.

533
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:57,000
And that has been activity in both both ends.

534
00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:59,000
Wayne Simpson, going for Cincinnati.

535
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:06,000
Raleigh Singers for the A's and both both ends are quiet now.

536
00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:08,000
Two strikes to Morgan and it's foul out of play again.

537
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:16,000
Cincinnati has a better one and loss record against left-handers than against righties.

538
00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:21,000
They operate on left-handers and two of the important men in Dick Williams pitching plans are left-handers.

539
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:26,000
They're pitching today and Bida Blue who will probably pitch the fourth game back in Oakland.

540
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:28,000
Two strikes to Bittrum Holtzman.

541
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:30,000
Throw the fastball down low, lined out to left field.

542
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:33,000
And in comes Joe Rudy and takes it.

543
00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:36,000
Two out of the Cincinnati third.

544
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:39,000
Rudy made a great diving catch of a foul ball.

545
00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:43,000
Off into the strike game in the playoffs series.

546
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:45,000
Doesn't just appear complete baseball player.

547
00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:47,000
He can field and he can hit.

548
00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:51,000
Arnie Tolan grounded to Campanaris and remember that play back in the first inning.

549
00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:53,000
Campanaris was so deep he did not charge the ball.

550
00:41:53,000 --> 00:42:00,000
And with his greater arm and his campy hat he just did get Tolan to feast to his first base.

551
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:05,000
Tolan, that's not a batter, holds the bat very high.

552
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:06,000
First pitch to it.

553
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:07,000
Hits it off the fifth, fouls it off.

554
00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:13,000
And there may have a play on it over to the open dugout and then hits on the roof and bounds into the field.

555
00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:15,000
Now they're trying to make this some kind of series, Monty.

556
00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:17,000
There's probably one writer called your Oakland team.

557
00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:18,000
The Oakland Hays.

558
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:21,000
For those of you who may not know what we mean.

559
00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:25,000
They're the muck that's showing today out in Oakland.

560
00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:27,000
The owner, thanks for the $100.

561
00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:28,000
They're the player that's your muck back.

562
00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:31,000
And 99% of them grew them and still have them.

563
00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:34,000
The 50 members of all players used to be back in the gay 90s.

564
00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:36,000
Round ball fouled on the first base line.

565
00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:38,000
Glove by F.K. there.

566
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:41,000
And so they're trying to make this the mob young Oakland team.

567
00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:44,000
They're against the quote the straight Cincinnati team.

568
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:47,000
This does not have the flamboyant uniforms that the A's have.

569
00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:50,000
They're red and white and look much like they did 20 years ago.

570
00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:52,000
And they're no mustaches or long hair.

571
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:54,000
They're the Cincinnati team.

572
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:56,000
So they're having a lot of fun with that.

573
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:57,000
A two strike pitch.

574
00:42:57,000 --> 00:42:59,000
It's going to total line drive.

575
00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:01,000
Can't believe it's time to play for the Goa's Outlet Club.

576
00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:02,000
Base hit.

577
00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:03,000
The Bobby Goa.

578
00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:13,000
Their match brings up Johnny Bentz.

579
00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:14,000
There's a hit.

580
00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:15,000
Give it up by Altman.

581
00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:18,000
Bentz has one of them back in the second inning.

582
00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:20,000
Two out of the Cincinnati third.

583
00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:21,000
A two.

584
00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:22,000
Red one.

585
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:25,000
First game of the World Series.

586
00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:28,000
Bentz worked the count to three and two last time and then lined up fastball.

587
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:29,000
And half an error.

588
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:31,000
It says almost drawn it all in left field.

589
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:32,000
That's an exaggeration.

590
00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:35,000
He is very deep at shortstop.

591
00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:40,000
It's told him to decide to dash down to second base.

592
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:43,000
He's jumping to field and he's still 42 bases.

593
00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:45,000
Green and Campanella's have a long way to go to get there.

594
00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:47,000
He's leaning one way by fastball.

595
00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:54,000
And they tell me, at least the Schelling report, that when Fulham leans toward second base, he's not going.

596
00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:56,000
If he leans back toward first base, it's a habit.

597
00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:58,000
He may be going.

598
00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:00,000
Last time he was leaning toward second.

599
00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:02,000
Let's see what he's doing here on the ball.

600
00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:04,000
One count and they got him picked off.

601
00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:07,000
Now to second base this way and he is out of second base.

602
00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:08,000
The throw went from Holtzman.

603
00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:11,000
Left team down the green and they picked off Bobby Jordan.

604
00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:12,000
He said we had to run it out.

605
00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:15,000
And so now he is off the bases and the inning is over.

606
00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:18,000
No runs, one hit, no errors, and nobody left on base.

607
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:21,000
At the end of three, Oakland 2, Cincinnati 1.

608
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625
00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:26,000
This is Marty Moore with Jim Simpson at World Series Game Number 1.

626
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:28,000
Oakland is leading 2-1.

627
00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:30,000
We've talked a lot about the speed of these two teams.

628
00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:34,000
We've had two attempts at fields already, and they have both been shot down.

629
00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:38,000
And when you talk about speed on a ball club, I think, Jim, you're talking about more than the show on bases.

630
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:42,000
You're talking about what showed up here in the first round that Cincinnati scored.

631
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:44,000
A man faster than a beat on a double play ball.

632
00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:47,000
That is team speed better than show on bases.

633
00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:55,000
All right, Marty, here is Matty Alou who popped up into a double play, believe it or not, back in the first inning.

634
00:45:55,000 --> 00:46:01,000
Morgan backed up, took it, and got Campon Erika who was on his way, left hander batter, and he went to the breaking point, strike one.

635
00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:07,000
Like statistics, I think nearly every baseball game, and especially the World Series, always filled with statistics.

636
00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:08,000
Hear this.

637
00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:13,000
The team that has won the first game of any World Series has gone on to win the World Series 40 times.

638
00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:20,000
The team that has lost the first game of the World Series has only won 28 times in the 68 previous World Series.

639
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:22,000
Fastball, and that's how it's played.

640
00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:30,000
Ross Grimpley goes tomorrow, and that is a fissure, a left-hander against a fine right-handed fissure, won more than 20 games,

641
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:33,000
and a fish hunter, and the alternate.

642
00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:36,000
That's tomorrow's matchup.

643
00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:38,000
Two strikes down to Alou.

644
00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:43,000
The President of the Baseball Writers Association of America is Max Nichols of the Minneapolis Star. He is the chief scorer here.

645
00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:49,000
Earl Lawson of the Cincinnati Post, representing Cincinnati and Ron Bergman of the Oakland Tribune,

646
00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:52,000
has a three-scorer for this 1972 World Series.

647
00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:54,000
Two strikes to count to Alou.

648
00:46:54,000 --> 00:46:57,000
Back with a fastball, and he fouls it to the screen.

649
00:46:57,000 --> 00:47:00,000
One still to go, and two to Alou.

650
00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:09,000
In the second inning, opens George Hendrick, walked on the three-two pitch, and Gene Kennis had a fastball for the first World Series home run of this year,

651
00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:14,000
to make a two-to-nothing, and then the bottom of the second, Cincinnati came back, has a fastball,

652
00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:19,000
not only tied the air, but fouls it down, and it's very low, but it's fair, and Perez, the first three.

653
00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:21,000
One down.

654
00:47:21,000 --> 00:47:27,000
Cincinnati got its run for the second on singles by Bastian Perez and Manky's walk, and then,

655
00:47:27,000 --> 00:47:33,000
and Sepsion grounded into a force play, and Bench scored the only Cincinnati run from third base.

656
00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:42,000
Mike Epstein, last time up, lined the ball deep to the right field fence, where Geronimo went back to the bench and took it, about 370 feet away.

657
00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:46,000
Epstein has power with a 26-home run during the regular season.

658
00:47:46,000 --> 00:47:49,000
Left-handed batter facing the right-handed, Gary Nola.

659
00:47:49,000 --> 00:47:53,000
Don ready to throw, and the pitch is in under the hand, inside ball one.

660
00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:59,000
Jim Hisslich, that really takes on importance now that Jackson is out. It might mean they can flick around him in certain spots now.

661
00:47:59,000 --> 00:48:03,000
Fastball is foul-backed. One ball, one strike.

662
00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:09,000
Now, when you consider that final game of the playoff series, Epstein was hit on the hand by a pitch,

663
00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:13,000
trying to get out of the way of a high inside pitch, and for a while we thought he was out.

664
00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:19,000
And then, just moments later, Reggie Jackson sliding home, full-hands during muscles in his legs.

665
00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:23,000
Every ground ball to the left side, there is Niki, and so Epstein out.

666
00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:27,000
And of course, Jackson was out, and Epstein was able to stay out in play.

667
00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:34,000
Kind of a tick-swing ground ball to the left side by Epstein, and Niki just a slow popper on the second half and easily threw it out.

668
00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:39,000
Kyle Bando, last time up, went with the pitch, the first pitch, and flied to right field.

669
00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:50,000
Now for the second time in the 2-1 ball game, a B.A.'s lead here in the top of the fourth, and there's a big lollipop curve that misses its ball on.

670
00:48:50,000 --> 00:48:54,000
Nolan has good control, pretty good fastball, not like it used to be before it arm-pumped.

671
00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:56,000
He comes back with a fastball and popped up to the right side.

672
00:48:56,000 --> 00:49:01,000
Joe Morgan is there. Now Morgan is way out in right center field, but that's where the second base in play.

673
00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:09,000
As it, and around gets Ferreres, and last in the middle of the fourth inning, it's still Oakland 2 and Cincinnati 1.

674
00:49:09,000 --> 00:49:14,000
My dear, I remember when traveling to Florida, there was an excellent deluxe owner, treated like royalty.

675
00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:22,000
Believe me, at the airport a skycap, land of the curve, and checked in our luggage, as we strolled off to pick up our man in a red jacket the rest of us to the gate.

676
00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:27,000
And we never spent a minute waiting in line. Our jet was a wild ride, 747.

677
00:49:27,000 --> 00:49:34,000
Oh, my dear, the seats were the love of luxury and the food. Oh, my god, we split by the board.

678
00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:38,000
We had the most charming stewardess, too. I mean, truly professional.

679
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:43,000
Oh, darling, the flight was all too short. And you know, our luggage actually beat us at the closing area.

680
00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:48,000
My access to Florida was such a joy. Was that a long time ago, Grandma?

681
00:49:48,000 --> 00:49:51,000
Just last month, my blue wing grandpa took me to my unknown Delta airline.

682
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683
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684
00:50:04,000 --> 00:50:07,000
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685
00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:15,000
That's the Matty Ridge. Big guy, Donnie Bancho, will lead off the fourth inning against Kenny Hoffman.

686
00:50:15,000 --> 00:50:27,000
Hoffman and Nolan are a lot alike. They're both considered control pitchers, and yeah, they say, Jim, that once a control pitcher who defends so much on it gets out of the early innings and doesn't get hurt too badly, though, that a lot of line drives in.

687
00:50:27,000 --> 00:50:31,000
You'll nearly find the man, and the rhythm will become tough later on.

688
00:50:31,000 --> 00:50:37,000
Donnie Bancho has the bat taken right out of his hands in the third inning when all of us picked off first base, right?

689
00:50:37,000 --> 00:50:44,000
He was on his way, and Hoffman threw over there to Epstein and gunned it down to green to put the tag on it, and Donnie just had to go put the gear on.

690
00:50:44,000 --> 00:50:48,000
He's once again now the lead off the fourth. He's one for one and has scored the only Cincinnati run.

691
00:50:48,000 --> 00:50:53,000
First pitch is outside ball one. Back of the fastball is up high, and it's 2-0 to Ben.

692
00:50:55,000 --> 00:51:01,000
Archie Anderson, like you, this could be right. Calls Donnie Bancho the greatest baseball player in America today.

693
00:51:01,000 --> 00:51:03,000
2-0.

694
00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:09,000
Consider that he is not yet in his mid-courty. What a ball player is going to be.

695
00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:15,000
This is outside, and it is 3-0. Hoffman has had some control problems.

696
00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:21,000
He went to 3-2 on Bench in the second before giving up the line drive, and Bancho carried him to 3-1, and then walked.

697
00:51:21,000 --> 00:51:27,000
He hasn't walked that many, and this is a fastball. Bench again striding toward first base.

698
00:51:27,000 --> 00:51:31,000
Now, like you, this is stay here. Three balls, one strike.

699
00:51:31,000 --> 00:51:35,000
Now you know that Bench is going to be looking for his pitch.

700
00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:39,000
And then, as you know, Hoffman knows it, is ready to throw it.

701
00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:42,000
Another strike, and again, Bench was on his way.

702
00:51:42,000 --> 00:51:45,000
There's that slow call I was telling you about, Monty.

703
00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:48,000
It's like a videotape replay, slow motion.

704
00:51:48,000 --> 00:51:51,000
Now, like you, it's very slow, very deliberate.

705
00:51:51,000 --> 00:51:53,000
They set his mind, and then left the snow.

706
00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:57,000
3-2 to Ben. He had a 3-2 pitch last time, and strangled him.

707
00:51:57,000 --> 00:52:00,000
Cops it with a foul behind.

708
00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:02,000
Oh, great.

709
00:52:02,000 --> 00:52:04,000
3-2.

710
00:52:04,000 --> 00:52:07,000
And now, after the fourth of the first World Series game of 1972,

711
00:52:07,000 --> 00:52:15,000
both teams coming in are mostly drained from their playoff with the Detroit Tigers and the Pittsburgh Pirates.

712
00:52:15,000 --> 00:52:19,000
The adrenaline is flowing again now as we begin the series, back with a 3-2 pitch, and that's ball four.

713
00:52:19,000 --> 00:52:21,000
Tenness sort of a strike three.

714
00:52:21,000 --> 00:52:30,000
Bench draws the walk, and that is the second walk, given up by Hoffman.

715
00:52:30,000 --> 00:52:38,000
And here comes Tony Perez, who lined the single left field last time, up after Bench's single.

716
00:52:38,000 --> 00:52:41,000
A's two, Rebs one.

717
00:52:41,000 --> 00:52:44,000
Perez got his far third base, and top right there is Pitcher-Gilino.

718
00:52:44,000 --> 00:52:49,000
They struck out to end the Cincinnati second.

719
00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:51,000
Hoffman ready, draws.

720
00:52:51,000 --> 00:52:55,000
Line drive under the glove of Dick Green to second base, and that's on his way around second base.

721
00:52:55,000 --> 00:53:00,000
Takes it up, the throw in by Maddie Lewis, two second base, runners at the corner, first and third,

722
00:53:00,000 --> 00:53:10,000
with run out, and Manke again coming up.

723
00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:15,000
Tying run at third base, Raleigh fingers it up, and on his way out to the bullpen again for the Oakland A's.

724
00:53:15,000 --> 00:53:17,000
Second time he's warmed up.

725
00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:20,000
Manke walked on the 3-1 pitch last time.

726
00:53:20,000 --> 00:53:24,000
That was a line drive, and as deep as Green was, racing to his right behind the bag,

727
00:53:24,000 --> 00:53:31,000
it's still got under his glove, on out to right center field where Alou picked it up and fired it in for the cutoff man's ring.

728
00:53:31,000 --> 00:53:35,000
Bench heading for third all the way.

729
00:53:35,000 --> 00:53:37,000
Manke.

730
00:53:37,000 --> 00:53:40,000
That was the first ball for Campanaro, the second base.

731
00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:54,000
Back to first base, nine and five, Bench score, five all game.

732
00:53:54,000 --> 00:53:57,000
Well, the Reds will take it any way they can get them.

733
00:53:57,000 --> 00:54:04,000
That's good and preferred set up for the second time, an infield fourth play, scoring, Cincinnati Roads.

734
00:54:04,000 --> 00:54:06,000
And now it's two to two.

735
00:54:06,000 --> 00:54:09,000
Manke's on his first base.

736
00:54:09,000 --> 00:54:14,000
One out, Joe Animo, who passed up to Campanaro, Cincinnati.

737
00:54:14,000 --> 00:54:19,000
That was back in the Cincinnati second.

738
00:54:19,000 --> 00:54:24,000
That's the ball, there's foul off to the left, and I believe it will make the thief come back to Albando as he pursues it.

739
00:54:24,000 --> 00:54:27,000
It's at least a dozen rows deep.

740
00:54:27,000 --> 00:54:29,000
Well, Monty Moore, the second half of this ball game.

741
00:54:29,000 --> 00:54:31,000
Apparently you're going to have quite some ball game.

742
00:54:31,000 --> 00:54:34,000
Maybe we'll be right back like we were in the playoffs.

743
00:54:34,000 --> 00:54:36,000
Never know to the final out.

744
00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:39,000
Sometimes not then, not until a tenth of a inning.

745
00:54:39,000 --> 00:54:44,000
One strike to Geronimo.

746
00:54:44,000 --> 00:54:47,000
Oh, so now taking the long looks.

747
00:54:47,000 --> 00:54:54,000
Pitching, there goes the runner, ground ball, Green had left, comes back to get it, goes on to first base, has Geronimo, but Manke's out at second base.

748
00:54:54,000 --> 00:55:00,000
Green was almost caught out of position as Manke was running on the pitch.

749
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:03,000
Here's a scouting report, Jim just came into effect.

750
00:55:03,000 --> 00:55:08,000
The second baseman of the A's was still going to cover second base.

751
00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:11,000
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757
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758
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759
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760
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761
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762
00:55:43,000 --> 00:55:45,000
With Mani Moore, this is Jim Simpson back in Cincinnati.

763
00:55:45,000 --> 00:55:52,000
Dick Williams, the manager, has just visited the mound and they have decided to put some tempi on on first base, which is open as Manke is running on the pitch.

764
00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:54,000
And now we'll bring up the pitcher, Gary Nolan.

765
00:55:54,000 --> 00:56:00,000
Of course the Reds fans are not going to like that, but that is just so down as smart and obvious baseball.

766
00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:02,000
First base open.

767
00:56:02,000 --> 00:56:03,000
Manke had a second base.

768
00:56:03,000 --> 00:56:06,000
Concepcion really did a fine job of battling Olsen back in the second.

769
00:56:06,000 --> 00:56:14,000
He had a two-strike counter and fouled off a lot of pitchers, then took a couple and then bounced to Campanella as a shortstop, scoring a run.

770
00:56:14,000 --> 00:56:25,000
There's ball four and Concepcion's draw, Conteca's go walk, and here comes Gary Nolan, the pitcher who is now in a 2-2 ball game and in a position to un-car this game.

771
00:56:25,000 --> 00:56:28,000
Here is Mani Moore.

772
00:56:28,000 --> 00:56:32,000
Olsen walking around the back of the mound, now strides up out of the mound.

773
00:56:32,000 --> 00:56:35,000
He struck out Nolan's swinging last time.

774
00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:38,000
Nolan has reached out a spare hitter.

775
00:56:38,000 --> 00:56:41,000
That's Susie Throws, right-hander.

776
00:56:41,000 --> 00:56:42,000
Manke leads off a second.

777
00:56:42,000 --> 00:56:44,000
Concepcion on his first fastball, fouled off.

778
00:56:44,000 --> 00:56:46,000
Upstairs to our right.

779
00:56:46,000 --> 00:56:50,000
Strike one.

780
00:56:50,000 --> 00:57:00,000
Nolan was taking a pretty good rip, but didn't get to bat around against the Olsen fastball and fouled off to the right.

781
00:57:00,000 --> 00:57:02,000
A's two, Reds two, back with another fastball.

782
00:57:02,000 --> 00:57:04,000
It is 2-0, one ball, one strike.

783
00:57:04,000 --> 00:57:07,000
Kenneth blocks the ball, pops out of his glove, stays in front of it.

784
00:57:07,000 --> 00:57:10,000
One ball, one strike.

785
00:57:10,000 --> 00:57:11,000
A little number from the fans.

786
00:57:11,000 --> 00:57:16,000
Red ball was inside and near the feet for Gary Nolan.

787
00:57:16,000 --> 00:57:20,000
One more.

788
00:57:20,000 --> 00:57:21,000
Olsen ready.

789
00:57:21,000 --> 00:57:26,000
Five-ball right field down the line, curving towards the foul territory and makes it in the feet.

790
00:57:26,000 --> 00:57:29,000
About the first or second row, foul.

791
00:57:29,000 --> 00:57:32,000
Concepcion cuts back across the diamond.

792
00:57:32,000 --> 00:57:35,000
Manke drops from third back to second base.

793
00:57:35,000 --> 00:57:37,000
Again it was the Olsen fastball.

794
00:57:37,000 --> 00:57:42,000
Again, Nolan did not get around on it, but this time it was nearly disastrous for the A's.

795
00:57:42,000 --> 00:57:47,000
One ball, two strikes to Nolan.

796
00:57:47,000 --> 00:57:50,000
He steps back in and takes the practice swing.

797
00:57:50,000 --> 00:57:54,000
Olsen steps on the mound, peers in to Dean Tennes to catch it.

798
00:57:54,000 --> 00:57:59,000
It was a two-run homer for the A's who run fastball against foul off the right.

799
00:57:59,000 --> 00:58:03,000
And Olsen is simply up there challenging Gary Nolan.

800
00:58:03,000 --> 00:58:07,000
One ball, two strikes.

801
00:58:07,000 --> 00:58:18,000
Lolly Fingers is still throwing right-hander down on the bullpen for the open A's.

802
00:58:18,000 --> 00:58:21,000
Manke strides two, three, four, five away from second base.

803
00:58:21,000 --> 00:58:22,000
Olsen ready.

804
00:58:22,000 --> 00:58:25,000
Changes on this one until now on the change-up.

805
00:58:25,000 --> 00:58:30,000
Nolan is way out in front of it and fouls it the other way down the third base line.

806
00:58:30,000 --> 00:58:36,000
Pretty generally speaking, and this is a generality only, there's a breaking pitch that matters who's on.

807
00:58:36,000 --> 00:58:40,000
He's going to pull this foul if it's a fastball that he's pulled on or can't get the batter on.

808
00:58:40,000 --> 00:58:42,000
It'll go the other way.

809
00:58:42,000 --> 00:58:45,000
Away from it.

810
00:58:45,000 --> 00:58:48,000
One ball, two strikes.

811
00:58:48,000 --> 00:58:51,000
Just humping off this, the curve change-up gets him.

812
00:58:51,000 --> 00:58:55,000
It's one run on one base hit, no errors, and Manke left the second to press the on-on at first.

813
00:58:55,000 --> 00:59:00,000
At the end of the four, we've got a five-all game, Oakland two and Cincinnati two.

814
00:59:00,000 --> 00:59:02,000
Hi, Johnny Ventsch for Ann Collin Field Wipers.

815
00:59:02,000 --> 00:59:05,000
I wonder how many listeners remember the good old days before night games.

816
00:59:05,000 --> 00:59:08,000
As darkness fell, you could hardly see who was on first.

817
00:59:08,000 --> 00:59:11,000
Something like driving in a rainstorm with old streaky windshield wipers,

818
00:59:11,000 --> 00:59:16,000
which is the lead-off urging you to retire those old streakers and switch the new Ann Coll wiper blade.

819
00:59:16,000 --> 00:59:18,000
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820
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821
00:59:24,000 --> 00:59:27,000
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822
00:59:27,000 --> 00:59:43,000
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823
00:59:43,000 --> 00:59:52,000
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824
00:59:52,000 --> 01:00:00,000
With a smooth, smooth turtle wax, anything else is marked at law.

825
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:05,000
Bonnie Moore with Jim Simpson in Cincinnati where we have a tied-up World Series game at two and two.

826
01:00:05,000 --> 01:00:07,000
The Reds got it by tracking and running.

827
01:00:07,000 --> 01:00:10,000
The A's got it on one big swing of the bat by Gene Kinnis.

828
01:00:10,000 --> 01:00:13,000
Both these pitchers are known as control-type pitchers.

829
01:00:13,000 --> 01:00:15,000
Nolan walked less than two for nine innings.

830
01:00:15,000 --> 01:00:18,000
Coachman walked less than two for nine innings for the year.

831
01:00:18,000 --> 01:00:22,000
The walks in this tension-tight ball game have hurt both of them.

832
01:00:22,000 --> 01:00:26,000
Nolan walked George Hendricks ahead of Gene Kinnis' home run.

833
01:00:26,000 --> 01:00:31,000
The start for four innings, Ken Hoekman walked Johnny Bench, and it led to a big run.

834
01:00:31,000 --> 01:00:35,000
So even though you don't walk many, those who walk sometimes come back to haunt you.

835
01:00:35,000 --> 01:00:37,000
Once again, here's Jim.

836
01:00:37,000 --> 01:00:40,000
Thanks, Bonnie. George Hendricks, as he said, did walk back in the second inning.

837
01:00:40,000 --> 01:00:47,000
And Kinnis followed with a line drive home run off the Nolan fastball.

838
01:00:47,000 --> 01:00:54,000
Nolan now brought Hendrick out with a big curve, and George swings and misses, strike one.

839
01:00:54,000 --> 01:00:57,000
Hendrick in there again, for those of you who may be listening.

840
01:00:57,000 --> 01:00:59,000
Not heard. Ready. Jackson injured in the playoff.

841
01:00:59,000 --> 01:01:02,000
So Hendrick is there. Bouncing ball up the middle. Morgan charges second base.

842
01:01:02,000 --> 01:01:04,000
Goes sidearm, and he's out.

843
01:01:04,000 --> 01:01:11,000
All bounce up to Flair. Morgan had to make a throw, and Dick Williams is racing out across the diamond

844
01:01:11,000 --> 01:01:13,000
and says, no sir, he wasn't.

845
01:01:13,000 --> 01:01:18,000
But Jim Honigkich, of the American League by the way, said he is out.

846
01:01:18,000 --> 01:01:25,000
And so is Dick Williams out to argue for Jim Honigkich, now in his sixth World Series.

847
01:01:25,000 --> 01:01:28,000
Jerry Hay there is there.

848
01:01:28,000 --> 01:01:31,000
Morgan had to make quite a play coming in.

849
01:01:31,000 --> 01:01:36,000
Williams kicks up his bag and now goes back.

850
01:01:36,000 --> 01:01:41,000
Well at least I can tell you, Bonnie, if you get to the bottom, the last time a manager was thrown out of a World Series,

851
01:01:41,000 --> 01:01:46,000
that was Earl Weaver in 1969 against the Mets, because nobody could remember that for that.

852
01:01:46,000 --> 01:01:48,000
That was the last time.

853
01:01:48,000 --> 01:01:55,000
Now I am looking at the television replay, and as I see the ball come over, it is, well, I can't tell.

854
01:01:55,000 --> 01:01:58,000
It's that close. It's that close.

855
01:01:58,000 --> 01:02:02,000
Now we'll look again as they're doing a double replay from a different angle.

856
01:02:02,000 --> 01:02:07,000
Ball is down, he in the bag, and he's away.

857
01:02:07,000 --> 01:02:12,000
Which proves, Jim, that even if the umpires had video tape replays, they couldn't always tell.

858
01:02:12,000 --> 01:02:13,000
I couldn't. Not on that one.

859
01:02:13,000 --> 01:02:17,000
Here's Kenes here to do an own run and takes the pitch for a strike.

860
01:02:17,000 --> 01:02:20,000
They are on the top of the fifth at Riverbone Stadium in Cincinnati.

861
01:02:20,000 --> 01:02:24,000
It is 2-2 in game one of the World Series.

862
01:02:24,000 --> 01:02:30,000
Nolan's looking to curve, and he launches down the line very deep inside the flagpole,

863
01:02:30,000 --> 01:02:32,000
and here it is, a home run.

864
01:02:32,000 --> 01:02:38,000
Gene Kenneth, who went all for 15 and then won the playoff game against Detroit,

865
01:02:38,000 --> 01:02:41,000
hit a home run in the second inning of the fastball,

866
01:02:41,000 --> 01:02:48,000
hit a hanging Gary Nolan curve, and has won his second home run in two times a shot in his first World Series.

867
01:02:48,000 --> 01:02:53,000
Jim Simpson, that's the first time in Gene Kenneth's major league career he's ever hit two home runs in one ballgame,

868
01:02:53,000 --> 01:02:56,000
and that was a much different type than he hit on the other one.

869
01:02:56,000 --> 01:02:59,000
The other line drive, this one was a hanger.

870
01:02:59,000 --> 01:03:01,000
It is 3-2.

871
01:03:01,000 --> 01:03:04,000
Well, Kenneth doesn't care let his fastball not recur.

872
01:03:04,000 --> 01:03:07,000
He's lying both of them out of here.

873
01:03:07,000 --> 01:03:09,000
Here's Dick Green.

874
01:03:09,000 --> 01:03:13,000
Hits the first pitch, pops it up, Morgan goes back, Geronimo and Nolan come in,

875
01:03:13,000 --> 01:03:21,000
and Morgan now points to Nolan who takes it for the second out.

876
01:03:21,000 --> 01:03:26,000
And that'll bring up Ken Hoechsman.

877
01:03:26,000 --> 01:03:31,000
Here at 178 this year, six out of the eyes, hair hitting 50.

878
01:03:31,000 --> 01:03:34,000
158 life on average.

879
01:03:34,000 --> 01:03:41,000
Right now he looks back at his catcher Gene Kenneth and just smiles.

880
01:03:41,000 --> 01:03:45,000
Nolan is ready to throw the hole, he's moving low and away, it's low one.

881
01:03:45,000 --> 01:03:49,000
Rather than you consider him out, Avis, we've got to repeat it.

882
01:03:49,000 --> 01:03:52,000
Let's wait for this pitch.

883
01:03:52,000 --> 01:03:57,000
Deep left field, throws backing on the ball, and has it.

884
01:03:57,000 --> 01:04:00,000
And I'll talk about my thoughts about Gene Kenneth again in a moment.

885
01:04:00,000 --> 01:04:03,000
On one on on the Kenneth home run, that was the only hit.

886
01:04:03,000 --> 01:04:04,000
No errors, none left.

887
01:04:04,000 --> 01:04:09,000
They go now to the last of the fifth inning and open the Cincinnati 3-2.

888
01:04:09,000 --> 01:04:12,000
When you heard about that Gillette track two with a two-bladed rager,

889
01:04:12,000 --> 01:04:17,000
then you probably said, why should I sell out money for another rager?

890
01:04:17,000 --> 01:04:18,000
That's a good question.

891
01:04:18,000 --> 01:04:20,000
Here's a good reason.

892
01:04:20,000 --> 01:04:25,000
Because that track two will give you a combination of closeness and safety

893
01:04:25,000 --> 01:04:28,000
that you just cannot get with a one-blade rager,

894
01:04:28,000 --> 01:04:31,000
no matter how many you have in your medicine chest.

895
01:04:31,000 --> 01:04:33,000
That's why.

896
01:04:33,000 --> 01:04:38,000
The track two rager, Gillette made it one blade better.

897
01:04:38,000 --> 01:04:42,000
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Now I'm going to finish now my comments about Gene Shettles for those of you who may not know the drop.

907
01:05:17,000 --> 01:05:20,000
His error forced him to play second base in the second inning.

908
01:05:20,000 --> 01:05:25,000
Hawk Detroit won that exciting fourth game of the American League playoffs on Wednesday.

909
01:05:25,000 --> 01:05:29,000
And then his fast ball in the final game of the American League playoffs,

910
01:05:29,000 --> 01:05:33,000
Hawk Detroit's score is only one of that ballgames.

911
01:05:33,000 --> 01:05:35,000
He was older, 15 at that.

912
01:05:35,000 --> 01:05:39,000
He came back and soaked in a winning single, his first hit in the playoff game.

913
01:05:39,000 --> 01:05:42,000
Now he comes on down here to Cincinnati.

914
01:05:42,000 --> 01:05:44,000
It's a 2-1 homer in the second.

915
01:05:44,000 --> 01:05:46,000
Another home run to break it five in the fifth.

916
01:05:46,000 --> 01:05:48,000
It's 3-2.

917
01:05:48,000 --> 01:05:52,000
And Kenneth is the first man to hit two runs, home run to the Spirit Games

918
01:05:52,000 --> 01:05:55,000
at three for Petrocelli of Boston, did it back in 1967.

919
01:05:55,000 --> 01:05:59,000
And strangely enough, the manager in 1967 at Boston was Petrocelli, did it.

920
01:05:59,000 --> 01:06:01,000
The tennis manager, Dick Williams.

921
01:06:01,000 --> 01:06:03,000
So the last of the fifth we go.

922
01:06:03,000 --> 01:06:05,000
Let's call in the horse of the Oakland A's.

923
01:06:05,000 --> 01:06:07,000
I don't be happy a little bit now anymore.

924
01:06:07,000 --> 01:06:09,000
I'm happy here, but especially with the A's on top of course.

925
01:06:09,000 --> 01:06:13,000
It's 3-2, and here is Mr. Huckle of Cincinnati, Pete Rose.

926
01:06:13,000 --> 01:06:15,000
Dwight Oaksman is in this one to ground out to Sal Bando.

927
01:06:15,000 --> 01:06:19,000
The first pitch is right down the middle of Carl Streit.

928
01:06:19,000 --> 01:06:21,000
Oaksman and Nolan are both around the plate a lot.

929
01:06:21,000 --> 01:06:24,000
And with pitchers like that, you ordinarily see a lot of base hits in a game.

930
01:06:24,000 --> 01:06:28,000
So far we've seen eight hits in the first four and a half innings of this one.

931
01:06:28,000 --> 01:06:30,000
Here's a high fly ball in the deep center field.

932
01:06:30,000 --> 01:06:32,000
He's riding George Hendricks nose back.

933
01:06:32,000 --> 01:06:35,000
He's riding the 4-0 foreside, and he makes the catch.

934
01:06:35,000 --> 01:06:40,000
And watching George Hendricks, you just wonder if he ever really gets fired up.

935
01:06:40,000 --> 01:06:45,000
He is so relaxed on the field, wherever you see him, in the press, in the hotel lobby.

936
01:06:45,000 --> 01:06:48,000
The players call him easy, and you can see why.

937
01:06:48,000 --> 01:06:53,000
You watch him go after the last ball of the last out of the 1972 American League season in Detroit,

938
01:06:53,000 --> 01:06:59,000
a long drive by Tony Taylor, and George just casually went back and kicked it off and ran into the dugout.

939
01:06:59,000 --> 01:07:02,000
Incidentally, he gave that last game ball to Dick Williams.

940
01:07:02,000 --> 01:07:06,000
One out on the fifth, and here's little Joe Morgan.

941
01:07:06,000 --> 01:07:08,000
Third ball in the dirt, it's a ball one.

942
01:07:08,000 --> 01:07:11,000
They tell us Morgan's twitch with his arm.

943
01:07:11,000 --> 01:07:13,000
His left arm sticking right straight up.

944
01:07:13,000 --> 01:07:18,000
And he twitches it down a couple of three times when he goes to the plate as a reminder to himself

945
01:07:18,000 --> 01:07:22,000
to keep the aisle up where he was taught by Harry Walker to keep it.

946
01:07:22,000 --> 01:07:25,000
Swinging strikes on a good breaking ball.

947
01:07:25,000 --> 01:07:30,000
Something else out of the process, Monty, Joe says, I normally twitch it once or twice.

948
01:07:30,000 --> 01:07:34,000
If I do it more than that, you know I'm nervous.

949
01:07:34,000 --> 01:07:35,000
One ball and one strike.

950
01:07:35,000 --> 01:07:36,000
Hopes and whines, here's the fix.

951
01:07:36,000 --> 01:07:39,000
Breaking ball hit on the ground, foul off of first base.

952
01:07:39,000 --> 01:07:45,000
And I can see how these coaches respect the speed of a ball coming off the artificial turf, the first base coach.

953
01:07:45,000 --> 01:07:53,000
Schurter is the, oh, what, 15 feet behind the regular coaching box down the first base line with Morgan up there.

954
01:07:53,000 --> 01:07:55,000
One ball and two strikes.

955
01:07:55,000 --> 01:07:59,000
Nick Green, the 82nd baseman, is playing a softball-type short right field.

956
01:07:59,000 --> 01:08:03,000
Swing and a net strike three and tennis drops the ball, pick it up.

957
01:08:03,000 --> 01:08:04,000
Rose the first for the out.

958
01:08:04,000 --> 01:08:06,000
There are two down here in the fifth inning.

959
01:08:06,000 --> 01:08:10,000
Well, Cain Holtzman's job starting this game, he told us, works to keep Rose, Morgan, and Tolan off the bases.

960
01:08:10,000 --> 01:08:13,000
He has kept Rose off three times, Morgan off three times.

961
01:08:13,000 --> 01:08:15,000
Tolan has been on one out of two.

962
01:08:15,000 --> 01:08:18,000
And I think Jim is very indicative why he said that.

963
01:08:18,000 --> 01:08:26,000
This year, Rose was on base 278 times, Morgan 282 times, and Tolan 220 times ahead of Johnny Bench.

964
01:08:26,000 --> 01:08:31,000
And he's led the league in RBI's, and with that kind of artillery on in front of him, you can understand why.

965
01:08:31,000 --> 01:08:35,000
Here's a pitch for Tolan, a tie-savante, and that's a red stripe.

966
01:08:35,000 --> 01:08:41,000
Now, Marty Iyer, the opportunity to work throughout the year with Sandy Kofax, and Sandy says, well, because Johnny Bench will hang here, and they're going to get their hits.

967
01:08:41,000 --> 01:08:45,000
What you do is keep the men in front of them off the bases if you can.

968
01:08:45,000 --> 01:08:48,000
Holtzman has done an excellent job of that here today so far.

969
01:08:48,000 --> 01:08:49,000
Here's the pitch.

970
01:08:49,000 --> 01:08:51,000
High-five ball, deep left field.

971
01:08:51,000 --> 01:08:52,000
Joe Ridd is going back.

972
01:08:52,000 --> 01:08:53,000
Gill going back.

973
01:08:53,000 --> 01:08:55,000
He's got room, and he picks it off.

974
01:08:55,000 --> 01:08:57,000
Jim, father warning, Trax.

975
01:08:57,000 --> 01:08:59,000
We've gone through five innings, okay?

976
01:08:59,000 --> 01:09:03,000
One of the World Series, and the score is Oakland 3, Cincinnati 2.

977
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978
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979
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980
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981
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982
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983
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984
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And they tell me the new Chrysler is the quietest Chrysler ever.

985
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986
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987
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988
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989
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990
01:09:56,000 --> 01:09:58,000
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991
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992
01:10:01,000 --> 01:10:02,000
Hello again.

993
01:10:02,000 --> 01:10:07,000
Wherever you are, listening to our broadcast from 2 to Maddie, where the score is 3 to 2, Oakland.

994
01:10:07,000 --> 01:10:14,000
In the second inning, George Henry Drew walked, and then Dean Tennes lined a fastball for a home run, and the Reds were quickly down 2 to nothing.

995
01:10:14,000 --> 01:10:19,000
But in their half, Johnny Bentz led off with a single, Perez single, Menke walked, the bases were loaded,

996
01:10:19,000 --> 01:10:23,000
Concepcion grounded out, with one out, and Bentz scored from third base.

997
01:10:23,000 --> 01:10:25,000
That was the only run for the Reds.

998
01:10:25,000 --> 01:10:28,000
Then the Reds tied it up in the fourth when Holklin walked to lead off batter Johnny Bentz.

999
01:10:28,000 --> 01:10:35,000
Perez singled him on to third base, and again on an infield out, Bentz scored his second run, and that's why they're the 2-0.

1000
01:10:35,000 --> 01:10:40,000
That's just a stage for at least the middle innings for Rarks, because this game is far from over.

1001
01:10:40,000 --> 01:10:45,000
And here in Oakland, a hunger curve ball, and Dean Tennes hit a high fly ball deep to left field,

1002
01:10:45,000 --> 01:10:50,000
and he inside the far float on the left field line for his second home run, he hit it many times with that.

1003
01:10:50,000 --> 01:10:54,000
The first time in five years that any World Series player has hit two home runs in one game.

1004
01:10:54,000 --> 01:10:59,000
And now, as we go to the sixth inning for Oakland, it is 3 to 2.

1005
01:10:59,000 --> 01:11:02,000
The A's lead the Reds.

1006
01:11:02,000 --> 01:11:05,000
And in the sixth, it's the top of the batting order.

1007
01:11:05,000 --> 01:11:11,000
And they have not been able to keep Kampi Kampanaris off base, coming back from his suspension in the game,

1008
01:11:11,000 --> 01:11:13,000
in which he was 3 for 3.

1009
01:11:13,000 --> 01:11:16,000
Kampanaris has twice lined single to left field.

1010
01:11:16,000 --> 01:11:19,000
Oakland 6 has got a run lead in his money.

1011
01:11:19,000 --> 01:11:23,000
Okay, Jim, Kampanaris has called the roadrunner by Oakland fans when he comes to the plate out there.

1012
01:11:23,000 --> 01:11:27,000
They have a big million dollar message scoreboard that says, Beep, Beep on it.

1013
01:11:27,000 --> 01:11:32,000
And this little guy has been an ecstatic fan for a long time in the American League.

1014
01:11:32,000 --> 01:11:37,000
Nolan's first picture under the back ball and it's in there for a call, track after me.

1015
01:11:37,000 --> 01:11:41,000
Dennis Minke plays very shallow at third base for Kampanaris, inside the bag,

1016
01:11:41,000 --> 01:11:46,000
much as you would see third baseman in the American League playing on the regular grass infield.

1017
01:11:46,000 --> 01:11:48,000
Nolan throws way outside the ball.

1018
01:11:48,000 --> 01:11:52,000
And I just wonder how many men can hunt wellness in the National League on this artificial turf

1019
01:11:52,000 --> 01:11:54,000
that box for base hits very often.

1020
01:11:54,000 --> 01:11:56,000
They do it quite frequently, strangely enough.

1021
01:11:56,000 --> 01:11:59,000
Bobby Tolan, Joe Morgan, Pete Rose on the case.

1022
01:11:59,000 --> 01:12:04,000
They really have to kill that ball a bit. The pitch is outside the ball and it's 2-1 to Kampanaris.

1023
01:12:04,000 --> 01:12:07,000
Kampanaris is one of the smaller players in the American League.

1024
01:12:07,000 --> 01:12:14,000
At only 5 feet 9 inches tall, he probably receives a smaller percentage of walks than just about any player around.

1025
01:12:14,000 --> 01:12:15,000
2-1 pitch.

1026
01:12:15,000 --> 01:12:18,000
And an at least he's there by Dennis Minke at third base.

1027
01:12:18,000 --> 01:12:21,000
Shallow. Wow, what a play by Minke.

1028
01:12:21,000 --> 01:12:30,000
Hensley Kampanaris takes on a low pitch and rips it at the third base for Minke and only because he is 6 feet 2 inches tall would he be able to get that one.

1029
01:12:30,000 --> 01:12:34,000
He utilized every inch of arm, Jim.

1030
01:12:34,000 --> 01:12:37,000
Kampanaris is out number one here in the sixth inning.

1031
01:12:37,000 --> 01:12:40,000
A smash, line drive to first.

1032
01:12:40,000 --> 01:12:44,000
That might loosen Minke up a little bit the next time Kampanaris comes up.

1033
01:12:44,000 --> 01:12:50,000
Here now is Joe Rudy, who also fronts for base hits quite often and Minke is playing him shallow.

1034
01:12:50,000 --> 01:12:55,000
The pitch from Nolan is low and out's that ball one.

1035
01:12:55,000 --> 01:12:58,000
Nolan has actually been hit pretty hard here this afternoon.

1036
01:12:58,000 --> 01:13:03,000
Several line drives have been caught. Mike Epstein hits one to the wall and writes, Kampanaris just ripped one.

1037
01:13:03,000 --> 01:13:08,000
Dick Green hits one to Minke who has really been playing the hot corner today.

1038
01:13:08,000 --> 01:13:13,000
1-0 pitch of a curve and a dirt out in front of the plate. It's 2 balls and no strikes.

1039
01:13:13,000 --> 01:13:16,000
Johnny Bent shows what great hands he has on that little trick up.

1040
01:13:16,000 --> 01:13:20,000
It was a spinning curve ball with top spin on it out in front of the plate about 3 feet.

1041
01:13:20,000 --> 01:13:24,000
And he just very calmly reached out and backhand to the ball one hand.

1042
01:13:24,000 --> 01:13:28,000
They say his hands are so big he can put seven baseballs in the palm of them.

1043
01:13:28,000 --> 01:13:35,000
Here's a pitch. Outside of all it's 3-0.

1044
01:13:35,000 --> 01:13:38,000
Doing a lot of respect for Joe Rudy's strength to hit the ball on the right field.

1045
01:13:38,000 --> 01:13:44,000
The Reds are playing him deep and over to the right, giving him about 90 feet of the left field foul line.

1046
01:13:44,000 --> 01:13:48,000
Rudy hit 19 home runs for the A's this year.

1047
01:13:48,000 --> 01:13:54,000
3-0 pitch. He takes a look at it and it's wrecked through the middle of the call, strike 3-1.

1048
01:13:54,000 --> 01:13:58,000
Joe Rudy is considered to be the most steady player the A's have.

1049
01:13:58,000 --> 01:14:05,000
He led the upfield in a shift throwing out nine runners this season, five of them at home plate.

1050
01:14:05,000 --> 01:14:11,000
3-1 pitch. Swing of the hot drive to right field. It is pretty deep but it won't go out.

1051
01:14:11,000 --> 01:14:19,000
Geronimo. Back about eight steps, camping under it and makes the captain or two away.

1052
01:14:19,000 --> 01:14:25,000
That was two out and a six inning. An open leading 3-2 over Cincinnati in game one of the 1972 World Series.

1053
01:14:25,000 --> 01:14:31,000
Here is a man that the A's in a short time gained respect as a fast magician.

1054
01:14:31,000 --> 01:14:37,000
He has done more things with the bat in hitting the ball to the opposite field and running the ball different ways.

1055
01:14:37,000 --> 01:14:41,000
He's running for base hits to the shortstop. He's running the ball in the air over the third baseman.

1056
01:14:41,000 --> 01:14:46,000
Takes the curve down and in, ball one.

1057
01:14:46,000 --> 01:14:50,000
Maddie Allou. One of three Allou brothers playing in the Major League.

1058
01:14:50,000 --> 01:14:54,000
The second to have played for the A's since they've been in Oakland. The first being Philly Say.

1059
01:14:54,000 --> 01:14:58,000
That ball fouled off. Maddie is not known as a home run hitter.

1060
01:14:58,000 --> 01:15:03,000
But in about the third game he played for Oakland after coming over from St. Louis late in the season.

1061
01:15:03,000 --> 01:15:12,000
He ripped a home run out of the Oakland Coliseum. And in a playoff in Detroit he showed that he has power by hitting the wall 380 feet away and left center field.

1062
01:15:12,000 --> 01:15:15,000
The knock ends are big runs.

1063
01:15:15,000 --> 01:15:22,000
Nolan's one-one pitch. That ball is a little low, two and one.

1064
01:15:22,000 --> 01:15:29,000
James Hennessey has hit two of what modern day ballplayers call long-paders here today. Home run.

1065
01:15:29,000 --> 01:15:34,000
Two-one pitch is outside. Nolan seemed to let up on that one a little bit and he is begging fellow here.

1066
01:15:34,000 --> 01:15:41,000
He almost ran to the plate begging for a track on that one.

1067
01:15:41,000 --> 01:15:47,000
Gary Nolan is home as Orville, California, throws and the ball is fouled off by Maddie.

1068
01:15:47,000 --> 01:15:57,000
Into the upward back of this beautiful stadium right downtown in Cincinnati.

1069
01:15:57,000 --> 01:16:06,000
The players will take a mighty good catch from this World Series because both stadiums feed over 50,000 and both stadiums will be thrilled for the first four games.

1070
01:16:06,000 --> 01:16:11,000
There's the ball and the spirit of Nolan. Mitch's family comes all the way to the backstop and Maddie Allou runs to first.

1071
01:16:11,000 --> 01:16:15,000
Mitch taking the ball but Maddie won't challenge that great arm.

1072
01:16:15,000 --> 01:16:19,000
Mitch has the ball in his hand at the backstop 60 feet behind home plate.

1073
01:16:19,000 --> 01:16:22,000
But Maddie Allou holds on at first.

1074
01:16:22,000 --> 01:16:27,000
And now here's Mike Epstein with the second walk that has been given up by Gary Nolan.

1075
01:16:27,000 --> 01:16:36,000
The last one he issued that George Hendrick and Gene Tennis hit a home run right behind me.

1076
01:16:36,000 --> 01:16:42,000
Mike Epstein, a big left-handed batter who was born in the shadows of Yankee Stadium in the Bronx or New York.

1077
01:16:42,000 --> 01:16:48,000
Played football at the University of California, signed a big bonus contract with the Baltimore Oriole Organization.

1078
01:16:48,000 --> 01:16:52,000
Never really got to play there because they had a guy bigger than he was named Boo Crowell.

1079
01:16:52,000 --> 01:16:57,000
He went to Washington and the A's picked him up in quite a trade last year and he has been quite a find.

1080
01:16:57,000 --> 01:17:01,000
Playing against both left and right-handers this year, he's done an outstanding job.

1081
01:17:01,000 --> 01:17:07,000
Swings on a breaking ball, Mitch is strike one.

1082
01:17:07,000 --> 01:17:15,000
Mike not only has a mustache as do many of the A's players, but he has grown hairs to the extent that it connects with his sideburns.

1083
01:17:15,000 --> 01:17:20,000
Now it's out of his race.

1084
01:17:20,000 --> 01:17:24,000
Now they're leading away from first race.

1085
01:17:24,000 --> 01:17:31,000
Nolan Pitchett Epstein swings through a fastball-missing track two.

1086
01:17:31,000 --> 01:17:37,000
Both these clubs went through a fantastic series. I guess you could call it baseball finest hour, 1972.

1087
01:17:37,000 --> 01:17:48,000
For the first time since the playoff trial of determining an American League and National League champion was put in, the playoff went to four or five games.

1088
01:17:48,000 --> 01:17:58,000
Epstein bounced one foul on first base, no balls to strike.

1089
01:17:58,000 --> 01:18:16,000
The Reds had to go five games to defeat Pittsburgh and the A's had to go five games to which went extra innings to defeat the Detroit Tigers.

1090
01:18:16,000 --> 01:18:28,000
Nolan Pitchett stands from Johnny Bench and here's the pitch. Outside of all, he's taking something off that's the outside part of the play.

1091
01:18:28,000 --> 01:18:32,000
In this big stadium, the players' names really grew up in life's big.

1092
01:18:32,000 --> 01:18:38,000
It's like about four feet high letters descended from the center field upper deck.

1093
01:18:38,000 --> 01:18:41,000
Pitchett Pitchett has hung on and hit hard to the right side out in the short right field.

1094
01:18:41,000 --> 01:18:44,000
The second baseman is up with it, throwing the first for the out.

1095
01:18:44,000 --> 01:18:55,000
So here in the sixth inning, the A's don't get any runs or hits. They leave a man on and in the middle of the sixth, the score is Oakland 3-7-22.

1096
01:18:55,000 --> 01:19:00,000
Along with Lonnie Moore, Jim Simpson, and Cincinnati, we go to the last of the sixth inning and here comes that man again.

1097
01:19:00,000 --> 01:19:05,000
Johnny Bench led off the second with a single, later scored on the midfield out.

1098
01:19:05,000 --> 01:19:10,000
It works, uh, any holster for a walk in the fourth, later scored on the midfield out.

1099
01:19:10,000 --> 01:19:17,000
And Bench's armor's so great that he lost the ball when Lou walks way behind him, 50-60 feet behind him.

1100
01:19:17,000 --> 01:19:22,000
Lou looking over his shoulder decided even though John didn't know where the ball was, he wasn't going to try it for second base.

1101
01:19:22,000 --> 01:19:24,000
Bench stepped in and here's the money.

1102
01:19:24,000 --> 01:19:29,000
Johnny Bench has taken on a different image here in Cincinnati with his two stolen bases in the playoffs.

1103
01:19:29,000 --> 01:19:31,000
Here's the pitch and it's outside of all.

1104
01:19:31,000 --> 01:19:34,000
And here in this game, he has been a leadoff man in two different innings.

1105
01:19:34,000 --> 01:19:38,000
Then he's turned a single into a run in the second, a walk into a run in the fourth.

1106
01:19:38,000 --> 01:19:41,000
The A's would much rather see him as a leadoff man though with nobody on.

1107
01:19:41,000 --> 01:19:43,000
Here's a drive and deep to right field.

1108
01:19:43,000 --> 01:19:46,000
Way back, that ball was at the wall, it dropped the fence.

1109
01:19:46,000 --> 01:19:51,000
Maddie Lee plays it, throws the ball in the second, Bench is on his way with a stand-up double.

1110
01:19:51,000 --> 01:20:09,000
Kenny Holston made a high outside pitch to Johnny Bench and he really went with it to the right field wall on the fly.

1111
01:20:09,000 --> 01:20:13,000
And they tell me that Bench doesn't hit the ball that I feel very much.

1112
01:20:13,000 --> 01:20:16,000
He hits a home run in the playoffs to right and now he gets a leadoff double.

1113
01:20:16,000 --> 01:20:19,000
And the A's both in to come back to.

1114
01:20:19,000 --> 01:20:21,000
And look who one of them is.

1115
01:20:21,000 --> 01:20:24,000
Vita Blute.

1116
01:20:24,000 --> 01:20:30,000
Just day before yesterday, Vita's been four innings in relief today around the American Championship against Detroit.

1117
01:20:30,000 --> 01:20:33,000
Like next turn to the big right-hander named Raleigh Singers.

1118
01:20:33,000 --> 01:20:34,000
And Dick Williams is going to the mile.

1119
01:20:34,000 --> 01:20:37,000
He might make a change right here.

1120
01:20:37,000 --> 01:20:39,000
Adam Ascincanti both in.

1121
01:20:39,000 --> 01:20:41,000
They're warming up Pedro O'Parrone.

1122
01:20:41,000 --> 01:20:44,000
We pause 30 seconds for station identification.

1123
01:20:44,000 --> 01:20:45,000
KGW for station.

1124
01:20:45,000 --> 01:20:47,000
It's like a box seat at the World Series.

1125
01:20:47,000 --> 01:20:49,000
Maybe even better.

1126
01:20:49,000 --> 01:20:51,000
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1127
01:20:51,000 --> 01:20:54,000
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1128
01:20:54,000 --> 01:20:59,000
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1129
01:20:59,000 --> 01:21:02,000
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1130
01:21:02,000 --> 01:21:07,000
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1131
01:21:07,000 --> 01:21:09,000
Now it's Smith Home furnishings.

1132
01:21:09,000 --> 01:21:17,000
Pinnings and divisions. Smith open weeknights until Monday and Saturday, so 6.

1133
01:21:17,000 --> 01:21:20,000
Well, everybody knows the importance of this first game of the World Series.

1134
01:21:20,000 --> 01:21:22,000
It can give me the impetus to go on.

1135
01:21:22,000 --> 01:21:26,000
And almost 2-1, the team that has won that first game has gone on to win the World Series.

1136
01:21:26,000 --> 01:21:28,000
And so we have made some changes.

1137
01:21:28,000 --> 01:21:33,000
Kenny Holtzman who has worked five innings plus the leadoff double to Johnny Bench.

1138
01:21:33,000 --> 01:21:35,000
He went the other way to right field.

1139
01:21:35,000 --> 01:21:36,000
Is now gone.

1140
01:21:36,000 --> 01:21:40,000
Holtzman responsible for 2-1, close to the man, 5-1.

1141
01:21:40,000 --> 01:21:42,000
Goodly responsible for Bench to the score.

1142
01:21:42,000 --> 01:21:44,000
Struck out 3 and walked 3.

1143
01:21:44,000 --> 01:21:46,000
And Raleigh Fingers has come on.

1144
01:21:46,000 --> 01:21:48,000
Fingers dropped a regular season.

1145
01:21:48,000 --> 01:21:53,000
The normal average is 2.51.

1146
01:21:53,000 --> 01:21:57,000
And just a fine picture. 21 saves with lesser staff.

1147
01:21:57,000 --> 01:22:01,000
In the playoff game, Fingers appeared in three out of the five games there

1148
01:22:01,000 --> 01:22:04,000
and came out of it with a normal average of 1.69.

1149
01:22:04,000 --> 01:22:08,000
A big tall right-hander and he kept a little extra-trolley to his mustache.

1150
01:22:08,000 --> 01:22:11,000
He did one of those flooring mustaches nearly all of the A's have.

1151
01:22:11,000 --> 01:22:16,000
And he'll be facing as he comes up Tony Perez when Kenny Holtzman could not get out.

1152
01:22:16,000 --> 01:22:20,000
And that's the reason why, one of the reasons why, Dick would implode this bullpen in a hurry.

1153
01:22:20,000 --> 01:22:22,000
Bench, the time runs out at second.

1154
01:22:22,000 --> 01:22:24,000
Nobody out of the sixth. Perez comes to bat, money.

1155
01:22:24,000 --> 01:22:27,000
Raleigh Fingers made two incredible saves for the A's in the playoff series.

1156
01:22:27,000 --> 01:22:31,000
In game number one and the last half, the top half of the ninth inning,

1157
01:22:31,000 --> 01:22:35,000
Detroit got runners at first and third and nobody out and Fingers stopped them without a run.

1158
01:22:35,000 --> 01:22:38,000
And then in Detroit, in the ninth inning of another game,

1159
01:22:38,000 --> 01:22:41,000
they got runners at first and third and one out and did not score.

1160
01:22:41,000 --> 01:22:45,000
This is the world series, his first ever appearance and the sixth to Tony Perez.

1161
01:22:45,000 --> 01:22:47,000
A curve is in there, a tall strike.

1162
01:22:47,000 --> 01:22:49,000
Raleigh's big pitch actually is a slider.

1163
01:22:49,000 --> 01:22:51,000
He throws it off the sidearm motion, the right-handers are alive.

1164
01:22:51,000 --> 01:22:53,000
But he can also come right over the top.

1165
01:22:53,000 --> 01:22:57,000
A big loose-jointed guy, the ideal make-up for a relief pitcher.

1166
01:22:57,000 --> 01:22:59,000
He doesn't get very rattled.

1167
01:22:59,000 --> 01:23:06,000
O-1 pitch, curve swung on and this back to Perez, missed that one a mile.

1168
01:23:06,000 --> 01:23:12,000
Dale Cheney is up in the Cincinnati bullpen area, loosening up his arm as he might come in for Concepcion,

1169
01:23:12,000 --> 01:23:14,000
with the right-handed pitcher on the mound.

1170
01:23:14,000 --> 01:23:18,000
But Williams has a left-hander throwing in the bullpen.

1171
01:23:18,000 --> 01:23:22,000
O-2 pitch, fastball foul off Perez, a good right-side hitter.

1172
01:23:22,000 --> 01:23:23,000
Took a shot there, I feel, on that one.

1173
01:23:23,000 --> 01:23:26,000
His job here is to try to move Johnny Betch over.

1174
01:23:26,000 --> 01:23:31,000
Oakland is leading 3-2 in the last half of inning number 6.

1175
01:23:37,000 --> 01:23:40,000
The A's play Perez straight away.

1176
01:23:40,000 --> 01:23:43,000
Engers kicks it right through in the air, throws a curve and strikes out Perez.

1177
01:23:43,000 --> 01:23:46,000
That ball really broke.

1178
01:23:46,000 --> 01:23:50,000
Engers strikes out the first man he faces and here now is Dennis Menke.

1179
01:23:50,000 --> 01:23:52,000
Menke walked in the second inning.

1180
01:23:52,000 --> 01:23:56,000
He hit a ground ball in the fourth with two on in double play position.

1181
01:23:56,000 --> 01:24:05,000
However, the A's could not turn the double play because of the high hopper and he knocked in a run for Cincinnati to tie the ball again.

1182
01:24:09,000 --> 01:24:14,000
Johnny Betch in second as he almost tore the right field wall down here with the double off Holtzman.

1183
01:24:14,000 --> 01:24:23,000
Engers pitch, outside of all.

1184
01:24:23,000 --> 01:24:28,000
Neither club really scores big in the playoff.

1185
01:24:28,000 --> 01:24:37,000
But both are very explosive fastball clubs.

1186
01:24:37,000 --> 01:24:42,000
Really turned into a very pleasant day here, sunshine breaking through once in a while.

1187
01:24:42,000 --> 01:24:47,000
Well pitch, Menke takes it and it gets away from Dennis but not very far.

1188
01:24:47,000 --> 01:24:49,000
The runner holds on at second.

1189
01:24:49,000 --> 01:24:51,000
Geno reached across his body, down and away.

1190
01:24:51,000 --> 01:25:00,000
The backhand is falling, it pops out of the net.

1191
01:25:00,000 --> 01:25:05,000
A down of two balls and no strike.

1192
01:25:05,000 --> 01:25:10,000
Bob Locker has joined by the blue in the Oakland drill pass.

1193
01:25:10,000 --> 01:25:12,000
They drove a ball in the shield throwing for Cincinnati.

1194
01:25:12,000 --> 01:25:20,000
In case they got down to Gary Nolan's clock in the batting order, Rocky Anderson would probably make a change.

1195
01:25:20,000 --> 01:25:30,000
Engers pitch, a strike later high, two and one now.

1196
01:25:30,000 --> 01:25:36,000
And a time call by the umpires on the right side of the field.

1197
01:25:36,000 --> 01:25:44,000
There's a ball out of the bullpen in Cincinnati that rolls down onto the playing surface behind home plate.

1198
01:25:44,000 --> 01:25:48,000
Johnny Bench dropped the dirt part of the pass out at second.

1199
01:25:48,000 --> 01:25:52,000
Ground ball fouled into the Oakland dugout.

1200
01:25:52,000 --> 01:25:54,000
Dennis Menke now has a two ball two strike catch.

1201
01:25:54,000 --> 01:25:58,000
Bonnie in the dugout, Joe Hage is put on a batting helmet.

1202
01:25:58,000 --> 01:26:06,000
He may be seen as a replacement for Concepcion if that goes that far here in the six minute pitch.

1203
01:26:06,000 --> 01:26:10,000
Engers at the belt, here's the pitch.

1204
01:26:10,000 --> 01:26:16,000
Swinging strike three, Rob Menke up there and Raleigh Fingers in the A's, Carl LeCoup among the kids.

1205
01:26:16,000 --> 01:26:19,000
It's come out of the bullpen to strike out the two minute pitch.

1206
01:26:19,000 --> 01:26:27,000
Now with Geronimo due to bat, Dick Williams is going to the mound and we'll see if he's going to make a change here.

1207
01:26:27,000 --> 01:26:31,000
Lolly Odenhill he pitches against both left and right handers.

1208
01:26:31,000 --> 01:26:36,000
It has not made a whole lot of difference to him, but Dick might be going to talk with him here about how he pitches to this man.

1209
01:26:36,000 --> 01:26:38,000
And then again he might make a change.

1210
01:26:38,000 --> 01:26:46,000
These managers have had thorough scouting reports him from scouts who followed each of these clubs through the last three or four weeks.

1211
01:26:46,000 --> 01:26:52,000
Well, would you say that? I'm thinking Concepcion. That's the man that I would feel a Joe Hage would bat for.

1212
01:26:52,000 --> 01:26:56,000
Geronimo a pretty good hitter, hit a home run in the playoffs, but you never do know if Williams does go to make a change.

1213
01:26:56,000 --> 01:27:01,000
Maybe he's going to bat for Geronimo. We'll see.

1214
01:27:01,000 --> 01:27:07,000
Williams is still out there talking and apparently Laleigh Fingers is going to stay and he's made no move at all to go off the dime.

1215
01:27:07,000 --> 01:27:10,000
And he is standing down the rubber. Now Penitentiary's back for a home break.

1216
01:27:10,000 --> 01:27:15,000
Mando strives over the bird. Dick Williams does a couple of extra things to say and then he walks off.

1217
01:27:15,000 --> 01:27:18,000
And Geronimo will go for two steps in, two out.

1218
01:27:18,000 --> 01:27:23,000
And Kerrbohd is going up a slider of Laleigh Fingers. He has struck out both for Reds and Mike Young. Good looking Kerrbohd.

1219
01:27:23,000 --> 01:27:32,000
Down in the open dugout there's an interesting thing. Reggie Jackson, the injured center fielder with a cap on his leg, is in civilian clothes.

1220
01:27:32,000 --> 01:27:42,000
And just tonight he gave him permission to be in the dugout. I was just wondering a minute ago if the last A's player to be in the dugout in civilian clothes or last A's man might have been Connie Mack.

1221
01:27:42,000 --> 01:27:45,000
First pitch to Geronimo is a fastball put on in this strike one.

1222
01:27:45,000 --> 01:27:51,000
They play back in the early days of the A's if Connie Mack managed in street clothes.

1223
01:27:51,000 --> 01:27:56,000
Once the early days I was around.

1224
01:27:56,000 --> 01:28:04,000
Laleigh Fingers ready to pitch Kerrbohd and it's cut right in there called Pike. It's 0-2 now.

1225
01:28:04,000 --> 01:28:07,000
Johnny Bench led off the inning with a line drive double to right.

1226
01:28:07,000 --> 01:28:15,000
Laleigh Fingers on in relief. That struck out for Reds and Minky and he's 0-2 on Geronimo.

1227
01:28:15,000 --> 01:28:27,000
That's ended battered ready at the plate. Fingers set. Fouled up. Geronimo just trying to get a piece of that ball was swinging late.

1228
01:28:27,000 --> 01:28:36,000
Another injured player is in the dugout with a cap on but he is in uniform. That's Vero Nose. Of course not eligible to play nor able to play but he has a broken thumb.

1229
01:28:36,000 --> 01:28:40,000
The A's ace looked and is relieved.

1230
01:28:40,000 --> 01:28:47,000
This strike count of Geronimo. Fingers over the top of the fastball. It's lined to left and Joe Rudy comes in and picks it off without head high.

1231
01:28:47,000 --> 01:28:56,000
Out of the open Laleigh Fingers did quite a job to keep a lead for Oakland. The score as they go to the seventh. The A's three. The Reds two.

1232
01:28:56,000 --> 01:29:00,000
Hi. Johnny Bench not catching but picking for Amco Windfield wipers.

1233
01:29:00,000 --> 01:29:03,000
Do you know who holds the major league record for most strikeouts?

1234
01:29:03,000 --> 01:29:12,000
Brace yourself. It is Micky Mammel with 1,710. Of course Micky also hit 536 home runs which makes up for those strikeouts.

1235
01:29:12,000 --> 01:29:17,000
That's where batters differ from Windfield wipers. Wipers should bat 1,000 every time.

1236
01:29:17,000 --> 01:29:22,000
In bad weather, snow or rain, your life or your family's life may depend on them.

1237
01:29:22,000 --> 01:29:27,000
If your wipers are streaking or blurring they're striking out and you had better bring on some new heavy hitters.

1238
01:29:27,000 --> 01:29:32,000
Like a new set of Amco Windfield wiper blades and you'll see the difference the first time they come up for action.

1239
01:29:32,000 --> 01:29:37,000
Amco blades are made of pure rubber and are engineered especially for your car's Windfield.

1240
01:29:37,000 --> 01:29:43,000
You can get Amco blades or refills at most service stations everywhere. Just look for the bright yellow Amco service cabinet.

1241
01:29:43,000 --> 01:29:48,000
It holds a complete line up of Amco wipers for every car. The M ports too.

1242
01:29:48,000 --> 01:29:53,000
But be sure you're getting Amco Windfield wipers. The big league blade by Anderson.

1243
01:29:53,000 --> 01:30:03,000
Now we have a pitching scene. Jerry Nolan is gone after working a total of six innings,

1244
01:30:03,000 --> 01:30:08,000
giving up three runs and all of them were directly attributable to the two home runs by Steve Jenner.

1245
01:30:08,000 --> 01:30:13,000
He allowed four day hits to fill in the course for the homers. He struck out nobody and he walked two.

1246
01:30:13,000 --> 01:30:20,000
And Taylor Fourbon, one of his line-of-release hitters, has come on. This has given the pattern of Mark Anderson to thread.

1247
01:30:20,000 --> 01:30:25,000
During the regular season as a reliever Fourbon won eight, lost three, earned an average of three, lost one, seven.

1248
01:30:25,000 --> 01:30:31,000
But he does have a sinking fastball, Monty. And if he's on, you'll see a lot of ground balls.

1249
01:30:31,000 --> 01:30:33,000
That's when he's lost.

1250
01:30:33,000 --> 01:30:36,000
Al Bando leads it off and the first pitch is a sinker and it hits the dirt.

1251
01:30:36,000 --> 01:30:43,000
Ball one. The A's have seen very little of Fourbon. They saw some of him when he was with the California Angels in the American League.

1252
01:30:43,000 --> 01:30:45,000
He never picks much for this, Les.

1253
01:30:45,000 --> 01:30:53,000
He throws and it's missing inside. He's what a lot of players, I believe, would call kind of a short-armor out there.

1254
01:30:53,000 --> 01:31:00,000
Throwing the ball, he doesn't pick a big wind-up. He doesn't take the arm back very far. He's just right on top of you and, ah, here it is.

1255
01:31:00,000 --> 01:31:04,000
Here's the two and 0 pitch.

1256
01:31:04,000 --> 01:31:07,000
Bando hits a shot rounder in the deep second baseman.

1257
01:31:07,000 --> 01:31:09,000
Up with it is Morgan. He throws the first for the A.

1258
01:31:09,000 --> 01:31:13,000
This ball is really a tipping gain on this artificial turf. I can't get over it.

1259
01:31:13,000 --> 01:31:21,000
There's been about four balls hit already. It would be easy if they hit on regular turf because of the position of the infielders.

1260
01:31:21,000 --> 01:31:24,000
That had been easy out.

1261
01:31:24,000 --> 01:31:30,000
One out on the seventh and now here's George Hendricks.

1262
01:31:30,000 --> 01:31:35,000
Curve ball and it's in there. It's all strike. Hendricks tried to go and did not.

1263
01:31:35,000 --> 01:31:42,000
Gene Tennant. On deck he has swung a big back for the A's today, hitting two home runs.

1264
01:31:42,000 --> 01:31:48,000
That ball is hung on and fouled off. It's no ball to strike.

1265
01:31:48,000 --> 01:31:58,000
For game three tomorrow, it will be Jim Cappy-Penter, a 21-game winner for the Oakland A's and Ross Gimple, who won 14 for Cincinnati.

1266
01:31:58,000 --> 01:32:04,000
Curve in the third. Awaits his, that's just one and two to Hendricks.

1267
01:32:04,000 --> 01:32:08,000
Hendricks has good power and he can hit the ball out either way.

1268
01:32:08,000 --> 01:32:13,000
Two home runs for the A's to win games on consecutive days against Chicago and Texas this year.

1269
01:32:13,000 --> 01:32:23,000
There's a flag ball fouled into the feet over the hand of Red Saginaw on the first-rate side.

1270
01:32:23,000 --> 01:32:30,000
After the game tomorrow, these teams will wing to the west coast at the Oakland Coliseum.

1271
01:32:30,000 --> 01:32:36,000
Hendricks fouls another ball over the screen coming back this way.

1272
01:32:36,000 --> 01:32:42,000
The Bay Area has never had a world championship professional team of any kind.

1273
01:32:42,000 --> 01:32:47,000
And Charlie Sunderstolz are to bring a world championship to the Bay Area for the first time.

1274
01:32:47,000 --> 01:32:57,000
Hendricks passes one, D5 third, but it goes foul.

1275
01:32:57,000 --> 01:33:05,000
Cincinnati has five hits, Oakland has four.

1276
01:33:05,000 --> 01:33:14,000
The ball is scheduled about second in the last half of the seventh for Cincinnati, so they may go some more to the bullpen.

1277
01:33:14,000 --> 01:33:29,000
One and two pitches, a curve home too high, ball through.

1278
01:33:29,000 --> 01:33:43,000
Inside and high to Hendrick, he's bailed out, but the ball hits the bat and goes foul.

1279
01:33:43,000 --> 01:34:04,000
Bourbon sets, foul up there, Hendricks is giving him a back.

1280
01:34:04,000 --> 01:34:14,000
With a cap through two, Bourbon looks to the plate again. And again Hendricks tries to get out of the way of an inside halfback ball and it hits that while still on his shoulder.

1281
01:34:14,000 --> 01:34:37,000
Downhings on it, two and three. A nice pitch, a curve way outside of all three and two. Hendricks is really licking them over here today.

1282
01:34:37,000 --> 01:34:46,000
Here's the playoff first and it's hit right up the middle, knocked down by the pitcher, makes his time, throws the first for the second out of the seventh inning.

1283
01:34:46,000 --> 01:34:52,000
And now here comes Dean Hettas who has hit two home runs in the game, accounting for all open runs.

1284
01:34:52,000 --> 01:34:55,000
The A's have three runs on four hits, they have made no errors.

1285
01:34:55,000 --> 01:35:02,000
Cincinnati has two runs on five hits, they played errorless baseball. These runs are both outstanding defensively.

1286
01:35:02,000 --> 01:35:08,000
The A's have a lot of miscues and mischief. The pitchers in are playing a kick, win, bounce and ball at each short.

1287
01:35:08,000 --> 01:35:14,000
Filling in for the ball as Cincinnati throws it up. And Bourbon has broken down one, two, three and a seven.

1288
01:35:14,000 --> 01:35:18,000
The score, Oakland 3-7-82.

1289
01:35:18,000 --> 01:35:34,000
Flair, 49, lets you like the way you feel. Flair, right, hungry. Flair, happy. 49, very, very small. Flair, 10 feet tall.

1290
01:35:34,000 --> 01:35:48,000
Flair, Flair is different. No ball points, no pin points. Flair has a smooth top nylon dip that stays sharp. Flair, Flair, 48, Flair.

1291
01:35:48,000 --> 01:35:55,000
Hey, are you one of those guys who turns into a roughneck every morning? A shaving leave your neck rough and irritated?

1292
01:35:55,000 --> 01:36:07,000
Because, let me tell you about a special kind of your left homie, the face-saver, specially made for you roughnecks. Face-saver has 25% more lubricant than any other homie chaser.

1293
01:36:07,000 --> 01:36:12,000
A better projection against shaving irritation, even on the most sensitive part of your face, your neck.

1294
01:36:12,000 --> 01:36:22,000
So if shaving irritates your neck, get homie face-saver, or the roughneck.

1295
01:36:22,000 --> 01:36:28,000
We got out of the last of the seventh inning, and set the on, we'll read it off, against Raleigh Fingers.

1296
01:36:28,000 --> 01:36:38,000
There's action in the bullpen, which means that Pedro Boerbaugh, who is known for that sinker ball, and got Mando, Henrik, and Kenneth Ohlsey hit the ball on the ground, may have had it.

1297
01:36:38,000 --> 01:36:44,000
And it's just homies that's one inning. And guess who is in the bullpen?

1298
01:36:44,000 --> 01:36:53,000
A fellow by the name of Clare Carroll. Over the years, as far as saves are concerned, did nothing more than set a major record with 37 straights.

1299
01:36:53,000 --> 01:37:02,000
Action, here's Mando. Raleigh Fingers first pitch today is concept beyond as a fastball that are high for a strike.

1300
01:37:02,000 --> 01:37:09,000
Now the big guy, Wyand, here's the pitch. Missed with a curve inside, it's one ball and one strike.

1301
01:37:09,000 --> 01:37:17,000
The largest crowd ever to see a baseball game at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, 52,918 here today.

1302
01:37:17,000 --> 01:37:22,000
Here's a one-on-one pitch. That on hook is right in there called strike.

1303
01:37:22,000 --> 01:37:28,000
Joe Hage is out on deck swinging a fastball for Cincinnati, and sets the on the batter.

1304
01:37:28,000 --> 01:37:33,000
He knocked in the first Cincinnati run with a grounder on the infield in the second inning.

1305
01:37:33,000 --> 01:37:45,000
Fingers big leg kick. Fastball missed it inside, it's two and two.

1306
01:37:45,000 --> 01:37:54,000
Cincinnati Reds, national league champion. The pitch inside fingers misses ball three, and this is a guy who doesn't want to lose.

1307
01:37:54,000 --> 01:37:59,000
Ordinarily quirky, Anderson will have a left-handed batting Darrell Keeney in there.

1308
01:37:59,000 --> 01:38:06,000
Concepcion going out and batting. The start is 17. Fingers got two flick strikes, he's now down to three-two.

1309
01:38:06,000 --> 01:38:17,000
Here is the three-two pitch. Lyon drive left field, Hage hit, and Anderson's attack pays off.

1310
01:38:17,000 --> 01:38:23,000
Concepcion lands a shot into left field, a hit to start the inning and putting the tying runner on base.

1311
01:38:23,000 --> 01:38:35,000
This is Joe Hage coming on the pinchhead. He had a 2.43 batting average this year with seven homers and 31 runs batted in.

1312
01:38:35,000 --> 01:38:46,000
Now they're going to go with Ulander now. So Ulander comes out with a bat. He is a 169 hitter, but an excellent batter.

1313
01:38:46,000 --> 01:38:51,000
He played with the Minnesota Twins in the American League and also with the Cleveland Indians.

1314
01:38:51,000 --> 01:38:57,000
He is not a long ball thread, he has not hit a homer. He's played in only 73 games for Cincinnati this year.

1315
01:38:57,000 --> 01:39:12,000
So they may go to the back right here with Ulander. He is hitting for Bourbon.

1316
01:39:12,000 --> 01:39:18,000
Hage goes that up and throwing again. Bob Locker a right-hander, Tida Blue a left-hander.

1317
01:39:18,000 --> 01:39:24,000
He's a zero in the Cincinnati fan. He will be coming on. Concepcion leads off first base.

1318
01:39:24,000 --> 01:39:33,000
Al Salvando, the A's third baseman, is asking for sunglasses. That denotes a change in weather here.

1319
01:39:33,000 --> 01:39:42,000
Still kind of a cloudy day, but Sal doesn't want to take any chances.

1320
01:39:42,000 --> 01:39:48,000
Concepcion on first base. Fingers on the track. Here's a big Ulander. Bumped the ball to the first base side.

1321
01:39:48,000 --> 01:39:53,000
Picked up at the Capuan Foul Ground. They've got to try it over.

1322
01:39:53,000 --> 01:39:58,000
It's Oakland 3 and Cincinnati 2.

1323
01:39:58,000 --> 01:40:05,000
Marky Anderson, who had Cheney up in the last inning with a batting helmet on and a batter in his hand to pinch it for Concepcion.

1324
01:40:05,000 --> 01:40:17,000
They got down that far, decided to go ahead with a shortstop against the side-arming right-hander, Raleigh Fingers, and on a 3-2 count, he ripped it in the left.

1325
01:40:17,000 --> 01:40:23,000
That's the move I'm sure the newspaper man will be swarming down on Anderson to talk about after this ballgame.

1326
01:40:23,000 --> 01:40:29,000
Could turn out to be a big one. Ulander at the plate. Cox the bat. There goes the runner. The pitch is a pitch out.

1327
01:40:29,000 --> 01:40:39,000
He's out at second. The goal by Gene Tinnis was about as high as second.

1328
01:40:39,000 --> 01:40:45,000
We held up because the umpire held up.

1329
01:40:45,000 --> 01:40:53,000
Mel Steiner, National League umpire at second base, called at plate. Capuaniers caught the ball pretty high.

1330
01:40:53,000 --> 01:41:00,000
Concepcion slid flat, and they're running the replay over here for us to take a look at.

1331
01:41:00,000 --> 01:41:03,000
And he looks at it, he got it, Jim.

1332
01:41:03,000 --> 01:41:09,000
Now the next batter, Ulander, is up, and he takes inside of all of 2-1.

1333
01:41:09,000 --> 01:41:19,000
The A's outguessing the Cincinnati Ricks at a pick-up on and Nails. Concepcion trying to steal.

1334
01:41:19,000 --> 01:41:30,000
Now the 2-1 pitch. Strike call a burning fastball through here.

1335
01:41:30,000 --> 01:41:49,000
Ed Ulander with a two-ball, two-strike catch. Danger's fetch curve is just missing outside at three and two, and Raleigh's sticking very carefully here.

1336
01:41:49,000 --> 01:41:54,000
Here's a pretty good fetch. Hold on, and that's strike three, and he threw that one right by him.

1337
01:41:54,000 --> 01:42:00,000
So there are two down now here in the seventh inning, and the batter is Pete Rose.

1338
01:42:00,000 --> 01:42:12,000
Danger's has struck out three of the five that he's hit.

1339
01:42:12,000 --> 01:42:21,000
Danger's walk and strikeout ratio this year in the American League was incredible. He walked only 32 and struck out 113.

1340
01:42:21,000 --> 01:42:31,000
Now here's Pete Rose batting left-handed. He's a swicker. Going right-handed, he gets Kenny Holtzman, and he went 0-4-3.

1341
01:42:31,000 --> 01:42:39,000
Danger's fetch is outside of all, and as Jim said earlier on the broadcast, Rose is a better hitter batting left-handed.

1342
01:42:39,000 --> 01:42:46,000
Seems to bat out of a much deeper crotch from the left side of the plate than the other way. Very busy with that bat.

1343
01:42:46,000 --> 01:42:57,000
Good to him. A fast ball is low at two and oh. Rose, the only player in the National League ever to make an all-star team as a second baseman and as an outfielder.

1344
01:42:57,000 --> 01:43:09,000
He made it both ways. Now the two-oh pitch. Inside ball three.

1345
01:43:09,000 --> 01:43:22,000
Danger's has been at all three counts on all three batters here in the seventh inning. Holtzman leading Cincinnati 3-2 in the first game of the 72 World Series.

1346
01:43:22,000 --> 01:43:30,000
Ball four, Rose walks on four straight.

1347
01:43:30,000 --> 01:43:41,000
Dick Williams is going to the mound. As a left-hander, Joe Morgan is here to bat here. And left-hander Kenny Holtzman stopped this guy three times in the game.

1348
01:43:41,000 --> 01:43:46,000
On a ground-out, a wide-or-left, and a strikeout.

1349
01:43:46,000 --> 01:43:50,000
Well, Jim, what kind of ace-stealing threat is Pete Rose? Does he run as much as the other guys?

1350
01:43:50,000 --> 01:44:01,000
Oh, yeah. Of course, Rose is not known as Joe Morgan is with his 58 and Bobby Jordan is with his 42. But Rose is known for his hustle more than anything else.

1351
01:44:01,000 --> 01:44:06,000
But he isn't known to steal a base of two. He's stolen 10 this year. 10 out of 13, Warren Rayfield.

1352
01:44:06,000 --> 01:44:16,000
I'm wondering as Ida Blue comes in now, Monty. Blue expected to go in the fourth game. And of course, Rick Williams can always change that around.

1353
01:44:16,000 --> 01:44:26,000
He wants his first game going for him. And his fourth game starting pitcher, Ida Blue, who had that great finishing pointings up in Detroit on Thursday afternoon.

1354
01:44:26,000 --> 01:44:34,000
To help his pitcher, Blue Monodam, step down the track and win the American League Championship, Blue lifted his starting pitcher and has come back in relief.

1355
01:44:34,000 --> 01:44:44,000
The rally fingers go. Coming on with bench in the thick, running on second base on a double-up, Kenny Holtzman, struck out two of the three men he got, got out of the inning,

1356
01:44:44,000 --> 01:44:54,000
and Tess Gillum went up with a single here. He was out of the inning. Ulander struck out, but when suddenly Cedros flicked around to the left side, fingers couldn't find the plate and Walsh feed on fourth-rate pitchers.

1357
01:44:54,000 --> 01:45:04,000
That brings on Ida Blue with a face three. Very dangerous Joe Morgan who was all for three. At all three times, Joe was batting. He was batting against another left-hander, Kenny Holtzman.

1358
01:45:04,000 --> 01:45:18,000
So, Jim I was talking with Dick Williams before the game today, and he had not really made up his mind whether or not Blue would fix the third game or the fourth game. And I think this really dictates that he will fix that fourth game.

1359
01:45:18,000 --> 01:45:25,000
And with the day off for travel between here and the West Coast, I think Braddock Steven, with a hard work here today, can be able to come back.

1360
01:45:25,000 --> 01:45:36,000
The big factor that has been a surprising one for the A's followers in this last couple of weeks of the season is the fact that Ida Blue has been able to come out of that bullpen after being a starter all his career.

1361
01:45:36,000 --> 01:45:41,000
And he did it two days in a row in the playoffs. And it's four innings the second day.

1362
01:45:41,000 --> 01:45:56,000
And Ida's doing it, but he's also making no bones about it. He wants to be a starter. He says, no question about it. I want to be a starter. I want to start. But he did nail things down for Blue Minotum. And now he hopes to nail things down and keep things going for Kenny Holtzman.

1363
01:45:56,000 --> 01:46:11,000
3-2 the score. We have two outs in the Cincinnati 7th. In other words, the Reds are running out of time. We've got a man on base, but this is the way they love to operate, getting and running a very aggressive ball club. And Morgan helps make some jokes.

1364
01:46:11,000 --> 01:46:30,000
Ida did not get a start in the playoffs because of his last eight starts in the regular season. He won only one ball game. That was a two-hitter against Texas. And mainly he was put on the bullpen because they all know our ace left-handed reliever broke his thumb while falling down at the plate after hitting a ball to left field.

1365
01:46:30,000 --> 01:46:38,000
Pete Rose jumps off first base now with a good lead. Ida down to the bell. Here's the first pitch, Jan. It's a fact called pleasing in the Air Force like one.

1366
01:46:38,000 --> 01:46:51,000
I'm sure you'll agree that Ida is the hardest throw on your staff. And they've got one liking over in the Cincinnati dugout, and that's Don Gillis who's scheduled this later on. These are the hardest throwing, and he's got one of them on the mound right now, Ida Blue.

1367
01:46:51,000 --> 01:47:08,000
He gets that. Here's the pitch, and it gets away from the catch. It goes all the way to the backstop. Rose goes to second base. Whoa, which is as if it went right through the legs for Team Cat. It should be a big play.

1368
01:47:08,000 --> 01:47:23,000
It's a wild pitch on Ida Blue moving the tying runner in the scoring position. So now his work has really compounded in degree of difficulty. Here's a one-on-one pitch to Morgan.

1369
01:47:23,000 --> 01:47:39,000
Bouncing ball foul, and he just tried to hit that ball on the ground out past the mound as deep as Cappanaris is playing at shortstop. He would really have to do some charging if Morgan were to pass that ball at a high hopper past the mound, because Morgan can fly.

1370
01:47:39,000 --> 01:47:53,000
The ironic twist is Morgan lives in Oakland in the offseason and is in business out there, and was really hoping to play Oakland in the World Series. One ball, two strikes. Pete Rose at second, Oakland leading 3-2.

1371
01:47:53,000 --> 01:48:13,000
Two down, seventh inning. Ida hits outside of all it's doing to her. Blue doesn't throw a sidearm, but once in a while he has dropped down near three-quarters against left-handed batter.

1372
01:48:13,000 --> 01:48:25,000
Now Ida gets set. Jax Rose at second. Here's the pitch. Foul ball. Looks like a breaking ball.

1373
01:48:25,000 --> 01:48:38,000
Dave Hamilton, a young left-hander, has joined veteran Bob Locker, a right-hander, in the Oakland bullfeng. Blake Hill has already completed his work in the Cincinnati stand. He will be coming on for the eighth inning against Oakland.

1374
01:48:38,000 --> 01:48:46,000
The score of that eighth inning will depend upon what side of Luke can do right here with Joe Morgan. Around country on the pitch is a curve. He missed with a ball three.

1375
01:48:46,000 --> 01:48:55,000
The lieutenant is still holding for mid at the plate.

1376
01:48:55,000 --> 01:49:03,000
The Oakland bench is on Chris Telekutis on that goal. Morgan had really been fooled on the pitch. He was not looking for a breaking ball on a 2-2 catch.

1377
01:49:03,000 --> 01:49:14,000
But now it is full. A three-ball, two strikes. Pete Rose a few strikes off second base. Ida Blue gets set, kicks the leg, fires, fouled off, and Morgan is hanging tough in there.

1378
01:49:14,000 --> 01:49:23,000
He's not taking a big swing. He just wants a base hit here.

1379
01:49:23,000 --> 01:49:34,000
Both managers shooting the works in game number one here as if it were game number seven. But this is the World Series. That's the way they play them.

1380
01:49:34,000 --> 01:49:40,000
Ida turns and flops the runner back into second base.

1381
01:49:40,000 --> 01:49:45,000
He gives the roll over time indicating to Gene Tennesse's catcher he would like to sign Gall over again.

1382
01:49:45,000 --> 01:49:55,000
Alley-on left he's set. Here's the pitch. Washing ball four.

1383
01:49:55,000 --> 01:50:05,000
Well the rest now have two runners on and two out in here is Bobby Cohen.

1384
01:50:05,000 --> 01:50:10,000
Blue ordinarily has excellent control. He walks very few.

1385
01:50:10,000 --> 01:50:20,000
Over the season he walked only 48, struck out 111. He's for the runner on now. Here's the pitch to Cohen. Fouled off, second one.

1386
01:50:20,000 --> 01:50:25,000
One thing I noticed here, these left-handed batters from Cincinnati hang in there tough against the left-handers.

1387
01:50:25,000 --> 01:50:33,000
Donnie Sparky Anderson often says if you look down Rose, Morgan, and Tolliver and the box score and you see a combination of five hits among them, we're going to win the ball here.

1388
01:50:33,000 --> 01:50:39,000
There's only been one hit among them thus far, but of course Rose and Morgan have both walked here in the semis, and that's the trouble.

1389
01:50:39,000 --> 01:50:46,000
Trying to run around at second base. Lead runner at first to pitch the fill in. A bouncing ball right side of the infield. It is a foul ball.

1390
01:50:46,000 --> 01:50:50,000
Very close to the bag at first base.

1391
01:50:50,000 --> 01:50:54,000
Now batter has jumped on top of Cohen at no balls, two strikes.

1392
01:50:54,000 --> 01:50:59,000
Mike Epstein who feels that ball and fouls down behind the bag at first, walks all the way to the mound.

1393
01:50:59,000 --> 01:51:03,000
They end it to find a blue who had broken off the pitching mound towards first base.

1394
01:51:03,000 --> 01:51:08,000
A normal move for all pitchers on a ball hit to the right side.

1395
01:51:08,000 --> 01:51:16,000
One run lead for the swinging A's of Oakland over the big red machine of Cincinnati.

1396
01:51:16,000 --> 01:51:21,000
Boots strikes the count. Cohen carries that bat very high over his left shoulder. Now drops it down. Here's a pitch.

1397
01:51:21,000 --> 01:51:28,000
The fly ball foul out of play off the third base line.

1398
01:51:28,000 --> 01:51:43,000
The Ritz have had six hits. The A's have had four. The difference in the game, the bat of Gene Tennis, which has produced two home runs into the left field six.

1399
01:51:43,000 --> 01:51:58,000
Two throws at second base. Joe Morgan at first. Right of blue at the belt. Holding. Firing. Just missed that fly ball out.

1400
01:51:58,000 --> 01:52:07,000
Here in the center. That happens in the national egg money. They lean over that inside shoulder and that outside pitch is in the veins of many batters existence.

1401
01:52:07,000 --> 01:52:13,000
Ball two strikes the cat. That's control the curve that fell off.

1402
01:52:13,000 --> 01:52:21,000
That's all really interesting. Not having been in the national league and watching batters swing and how they change their swing.

1403
01:52:21,000 --> 01:52:26,000
Just trying to hit the ball down under this artificial curve to get the high bounce.

1404
01:52:26,000 --> 01:52:53,000
That's a long name, but it's a beauty.

1405
01:52:53,000 --> 01:52:58,000
Chrysler Plymouth made me a drawing to show what's new about it. Besides looks.

1406
01:52:58,000 --> 01:53:02,000
I showed it to you on TV. Did you see it?

1407
01:53:02,000 --> 01:53:07,000
The drawing shows he brings new quiet exhaust system.

1408
01:53:07,000 --> 01:53:14,000
There's a completely re-engineered suspension system up front. Rides as quietly as can be.

1409
01:53:14,000 --> 01:53:26,000
And the new sound barriers in the roof, in the doors, around the wheels, all over the car. Under the hood, even behind the back seat.

1410
01:53:26,000 --> 01:53:36,000
It's the quietest satellite ever built. Built to be seen, not heard. You'll like it.

1411
01:53:36,000 --> 01:53:44,000
Will it settle like extra care and engineering? It makes a difference.

1412
01:53:44,000 --> 01:53:53,000
KGW 47, you think of great football authorities. Who do you think of? Howard Cosell, Richard M. Nixon.

1413
01:53:53,000 --> 01:53:56,000
Well, most people put their money on Jimmy the Greek.

1414
01:53:56,000 --> 01:54:01,000
The king of the Las Vegas hogmakers will be back in the Oregonian again this fall.

1415
01:54:01,000 --> 01:54:07,000
Twice a week, Jimmy will predict the outcome and the point spread for all the major college and professional football games.

1416
01:54:07,000 --> 01:54:19,000
Call the Oregonian at 226-2121 and have Jimmy the Greek delivered to your door.

1417
01:54:19,000 --> 01:54:24,000
The Cincinnati Reds have a new pitcher and the Oakland A's are going to have a fence-hitter.

1418
01:54:24,000 --> 01:54:28,000
The new pitcher for Cincinnati is the Major League's top three baser.

1419
01:54:28,000 --> 01:54:37,000
In history, as far as number of saves recorded in one year, an incredible 37-game save for Cincinnati's play-peril, a right-hander who's so hard.

1420
01:54:37,000 --> 01:54:40,000
The fence-hitter for Oakland is Gonzalo Marquez.

1421
01:54:40,000 --> 01:54:47,000
The end of the season, hitting 381 for the A's as a fence-hitter basically, and he had two big hits in the playoffs.

1422
01:54:47,000 --> 01:54:55,000
Here's the first pitch. Swing and a fly ball to the left field. Out behind shortstop, out in front of the left field, over the shortstop, and Pesciol makes the grab.

1423
01:54:55,000 --> 01:54:59,000
Out on one pitch. And now by the blue, we'll bat.

1424
01:55:11,000 --> 01:55:15,000
By there, without any question without, is a much better pitcher than any other hitter.

1425
01:55:15,000 --> 01:55:20,000
By there, he hasn't done much with the bat this year. He's had two hits and 45 at bat.

1426
01:55:20,000 --> 01:55:25,000
A big swing and a boxer foul off first.

1427
01:55:28,000 --> 01:55:34,000
A tough competitor. Last year's Cy Young Award winner in the American League. The most valuable player in the league.

1428
01:55:34,000 --> 01:55:38,000
Pitch outside a ball from Kale. It's one ball and one strike.

1429
01:55:41,000 --> 01:55:48,000
By there, he had contract difficulties this year, did not play for the Oakland Days, and pitched a game until May 24th.

1430
01:55:48,000 --> 01:55:55,000
Really was not in shape to pitch until the middle of June. Pitch it outside of all of the two and one.

1431
01:55:59,000 --> 01:56:08,000
Ball three, Blake Kell, has drawn the three and one on fire blue. One of only nine major league pitchers to ever strike out more than 300 fighters in one season.

1432
01:56:08,000 --> 01:56:16,000
Three one pitch. That's two calls. By there, split around, facing the back.

1433
01:56:25,000 --> 01:56:34,000
There's an exception at the outer strike zone, ball four. Blake Kell has issued a walk to line of blue. That's only the third Oakland batter to be walking again.

1434
01:56:34,000 --> 01:56:47,000
The serving play, Carol Monique, is what's called the cliché of being a good stopper. A good league pitcher. Fast walk, batter, likes to keep the ball low.

1435
01:56:47,000 --> 01:56:52,000
May Carol's problem there was, he only got one pitch down low and the rest were riding high and out of the strike zone.

1436
01:56:52,000 --> 01:56:57,000
That's put him in trouble with Campanella. A very dangerous Campanella, coming to bat.

1437
01:56:57,000 --> 01:57:04,000
The line of blue is on its first phase and he runs well enough, he's a pitch guy, but he runs well enough that the A's have used him as a pace runner before.

1438
01:57:04,000 --> 01:57:12,000
Oakland, in carrying the theme of team's lead along low fire, has used two of their pitchers as pace runners.

1439
01:57:12,000 --> 01:57:17,000
John Odom is one of the fastest runners in the major league. Now, five is off first. Here's the pitch to Kathy Campanella.

1440
01:57:17,000 --> 01:57:25,000
He's off the ball, out towards the man. Carol is up with it on her one play and that's the first Morgan covering the gun in there and Kathy really getting that ball beautifully.

1441
01:57:25,000 --> 01:57:32,000
Now there's two down and it's up to Joe Rudy if the A's are to pick up another run here. Oakland is leading Cincinnati 3-2.

1442
01:57:32,000 --> 01:57:40,000
So far, in his first World Series game ever, Joe Rudy has been held and put on a hit. He's flied to center, he's rounded to third and flied to right.

1443
01:57:40,000 --> 01:57:48,000
Carol was the most effective Cincinnati pitcher in the 1970 World Series. In four games, he's hit nine innings and did not give up a run.

1444
01:57:48,000 --> 01:57:56,000
Only five hits and he struck out 11 batters while walking only two. So his World Series record right now is unpromised.

1445
01:57:56,000 --> 01:58:04,000
It will remain that way if he can get Joe Rudy. Final blue is at second base.

1446
01:58:04,000 --> 01:58:10,000
Here's a picture of Rudy. A spot in the outside corner. Rudy doesn't pick up this very often.

1447
01:58:10,000 --> 01:58:23,000
Right now, the Cincinnati second baseman is playing a good 50 feet deep in right field. The shortstop is playing a good 35 or 40 feet behind what normally would be the running path between second and third.

1448
01:58:23,000 --> 01:58:35,000
Carol's set here's a picture of Rudy low and outside of all. Matty Allure of the A's were telling us yesterday, he didn't like baseball on this turf, not because of the balls that shoot on the ground quickly between the infielders,

1449
01:58:35,000 --> 01:58:43,000
but because you lose so many line drive hits by the second baseman shortstop playing this deep. And I really see what he's talking about.

1450
01:58:43,000 --> 01:58:52,000
Carol pitching to Rudy. Third ball hit deep to left field, but he didn't get a hold of it. As Pete Rose goes over to get under it, he makes the captain after all for Oakland.

1451
01:58:52,000 --> 01:58:58,000
In the next inning, the score remains three to two, the A's.

1452
01:58:58,000 --> 01:59:06,000
This is Milo Hamilton. I call the play-by-play for the Atlanta Braves and I do the radio commercial for Delta, the official airline of the Braves.

1453
01:59:06,000 --> 01:59:17,000
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1454
01:59:17,000 --> 01:59:31,000
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1455
01:59:31,000 --> 01:59:42,000
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1456
01:59:42,000 --> 01:59:51,000
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1457
01:59:51,000 --> 01:59:59,000
You're always ready to go with an American Express Money Card. And Delta is ready when you are.

1458
01:59:59,000 --> 02:00:12,000
Early on, the Oakland Pitchers run out to the mound to start their 50-minute time. This fighter, Lew, has dashed to the mound, and when he gets there and he has gotten there, he sees what his job is. Johnny Bent, leading off with a fourth time.

1459
02:00:12,000 --> 02:00:30,000
Bent has singled, walked, and doubled as a leadoff man, and has scored the only two runs in their free-to-sue ballgame with Holperm 3. The only two runs for the Reds are scored. They're in the last of the eighth, and this could be the last big chance for the Reds. The heart of the batting order, Bent, Perez, and Manke. Lew is ready and shows money more.

1460
02:00:30,000 --> 02:00:45,000
Very few towns in the course of any Oklahomans' life would be not be thinking about an Oklahoma Techers football game on a day like today. Here's Johnny Bent, hitting the first pitch high and beats the Reds, and Matty Lew is backing up to get under 80 years at Losarum, and he makes the catch.

1461
02:00:45,000 --> 02:00:56,000
So there's one away. I always tell you to say about Oklahoma and Johnny Bent before the game today. He said, I'll think about Oklahoma Techers football after the first game of the World Series.

1462
02:00:56,000 --> 02:01:07,000
One away, say to you folks. We two oldies were talking before the game. Here's Perez with one away in the eighth.

1463
02:01:07,000 --> 02:01:31,000
Pidablu cranks it up and fires a 5-0-1. Incidentally, Bent hit a home run off Pidablu in an All-Star game. The one played in Detroit. Here's the one out there. Perez has one off just below our boots. Go-Gad G.O.L. is just over to our right, and he made a...was that a bluff or was he really going to catch it?

1464
02:01:31,000 --> 02:01:48,000
One ball and one strike to Perez. He won an All-Star game for the National League with a home run off and a snitcher catches Hunter in an eye. Swinging strike. One ball, two strikes to Perez.

1465
02:01:48,000 --> 02:02:05,000
It's the eighth inning third game of the World Series. Oakland leading 3-2 over the highly favored Cincinnati Reds. Now the one and two hits. Five, all-two. Flinders, Tommy Hall, a left-hander out on the bullpen for Cincinnati.

1466
02:02:05,000 --> 02:02:29,000
And Darrell Cheney is throwing along with Foster. They're loosening up. Flinders 2-2-6. The blue blazer was fouled off.

1467
02:02:29,000 --> 02:02:41,000
Gene Tennis giving the sign and here's the pitch. Curved him in this eye with a ball three. Flinders unusually wild here this afternoon. Very rarely does he get behind batters or just 3-2-6.

1468
02:02:41,000 --> 02:02:52,000
It might be very well because he's picked so much in the last week. Four innings day before yesterday. 3-2-6 on the way. Now a ball upstairs.

1469
02:02:52,000 --> 02:03:05,000
Jim Hovrin tied your seeding when you picked four innings with a one-round lead. Every pitch you make there's got to be a big one. And that's what batter had to do to hold at championship game.

1470
02:03:05,000 --> 02:03:21,000
O'Cann Fisch is on the way to the plate. They drive the center field. Back to Joe Hendrick. He has room, reaches up and makes the catch. And there are two away in the eighth. There's the family right on the button.

1471
02:03:21,000 --> 02:03:41,000
Tennis Mentees. Mentees watch, knocks in a run on a ground out and stretch out. Mittenatti leads in hits six to four but the A's lead in again three to four.

1472
02:03:41,000 --> 02:03:58,000
It's been a long time to get his sign. Now he has it. Those are slow curves. He drops it in there. Strike back.

1473
02:03:58,000 --> 02:04:09,000
Another breaking ball. Strike two. Only this one was thrown much harder. The slider will throw the slow curve once in a while. That time he threw what looks like a hard slider.

1474
02:04:09,000 --> 02:04:25,000
The head of the batter at one and two he throws and there's no doubt what that one was. Fide threw it as hard as he can throw it. But he missed inside two and two and Mentee pulled the ripcord and bailed out of there.

1475
02:04:25,000 --> 02:04:34,000
Fide holds the baseball in a blue-colored glove. Kicks and fires fouled off.

1476
02:04:34,000 --> 02:04:43,000
Mentee hits nine home runs for Cincinnati this year. He had a good year though he batted only 233 knocked in 50 runs.

1477
02:04:43,000 --> 02:04:48,000
Part of the big trade with the Houston Astros that also brought Morgan and Geronimo here.

1478
02:04:48,000 --> 02:04:58,000
Out of the two-two pitch. Swinging strike three. Fide left him up there with some real smoke. After eight innings of play the score is the open A-three to the Cincinnati Reds two.

1479
02:04:58,000 --> 02:05:07,000
This is Johnny Bench for Anco Windshield wipers with a private word to all the service station men who display the bright yellow Anco Windshield wiper service cabinet.

1480
02:05:07,000 --> 02:05:14,000
Your customers will appreciate when you give them the right pitch on streaking wiper blades. Especially those with hidden wipers.

1481
02:05:14,000 --> 02:05:22,000
Just ask them if their wipers are streaking and if they say yes tell them you can replace them with fresh new Anco wiper blades while you're filling your gas tank.

1482
02:05:22,000 --> 02:05:29,000
Anco blades will help see them home safe. One of the most important parts of every new car is made of paper.

1483
02:05:29,000 --> 02:05:39,000
The owner's manual. This year the owner's manuals for almost all the new cars are recommending a low octane gasoline like Gulf Tain.

1484
02:05:39,000 --> 02:05:48,000
What they don't tell you is that Gulf Tain costs even less than Gulf Regular. And it has the performance additive package you'd expect from Gulf.

1485
02:05:48,000 --> 02:05:55,000
Check your owner's manual and try a tank full of Gulf Tain. A low cost gasoline for new cars.

1486
02:05:55,000 --> 02:06:24,000
Okay Jim, Mary Lou leads it off the first pitch of the curve ball.

1487
02:06:24,000 --> 02:06:31,000
After the second baseman who was not playing deep this time, Morgan throws the Perez and there's one out on one pitch in the top half of a nice inning.

1488
02:06:31,000 --> 02:06:37,000
Mary Lou who's been known to drag the bus as the man drew Morgan the second baseman in very shallow that time.

1489
02:06:37,000 --> 02:06:42,000
Now Morgan will move all the way back out into right field as the second baseman and here comes Mack Epstein.

1490
02:06:42,000 --> 02:06:49,000
Mike Ripp won with the wall in the second inning as the leadoff man. Geronimo fielded right off the face.

1491
02:06:49,000 --> 02:06:59,000
Leading home run hitter for Holtzman this year, Mike Epstein, who is out at 26 and he hit one off Mickey Lowlich in the playoffs.

1492
02:06:59,000 --> 02:07:03,000
Her ball from Pearl is a little lower than the ball one.

1493
02:07:03,000 --> 02:07:09,000
Epstein's damage was very good for a foul hitter this year, 270.

1494
02:07:09,000 --> 02:07:13,000
This is nothing outside. Two balls and no strikes.

1495
02:07:13,000 --> 02:07:22,000
Mike Epstein the batter's job on the Arizona deck. It's 3-2 Oakland with one inning to go.

1496
02:07:22,000 --> 02:07:25,000
Ball three to Mike.

1497
02:07:25,000 --> 02:07:33,000
I think for a foul hitter Epstein probably takes more close pitches than any I have ever seen.

1498
02:07:33,000 --> 02:07:45,000
A very, very patient at that point. There's ball four. Though the A's have a man on, the second batter the Carol has won.

1499
02:07:45,000 --> 02:07:52,000
And here is Sal Bandel who hit only 236 this year, but he had 16 home runs.

1500
02:07:52,000 --> 02:07:59,000
And now making an appearance in his first World Series ever as are most of the A's players, but this guy is going to be a surprise especially.

1501
02:07:59,000 --> 02:08:07,000
The Panamian Express Alan Leary, a 30-year-old Steve Barnard who is a pinch hitting and pinch running specialist.

1502
02:08:07,000 --> 02:08:11,000
The A's brought him up from the minor leagues late in the season.

1503
02:08:11,000 --> 02:08:17,000
He made nine stolen base attempts and he was successful on eight of them.

1504
02:08:17,000 --> 02:08:21,000
He stole one every two bases one year in the minor leagues in the A's farm system.

1505
02:08:21,000 --> 02:08:24,000
Leading out first, he's on his way to second on the first pitch.

1506
02:08:24,000 --> 02:08:32,000
He throws it down there. They're going to get him. Oh, and it's stuck out.

1507
02:08:32,000 --> 02:08:36,000
The Express is derailed by the Canons.

1508
02:08:36,000 --> 02:08:44,000
Danny Betts fires the second base for the second time in a ball game right on target.

1509
02:08:44,000 --> 02:08:50,000
So now they're over two down.

1510
02:08:50,000 --> 02:08:58,000
Now Bendo has taken ball one. Mitch doing swing and a foul. Strike one at one and one.

1511
02:08:58,000 --> 02:09:06,000
It's going to make believers out of camp an' out to steal 52 bases and Alan Lewis with the base-teaming record he has, they are the two men he's thrown out.

1512
02:09:06,000 --> 02:09:10,000
One and one. There's a slice foul by Bendo down the right field line.

1513
02:09:10,000 --> 02:09:17,000
Boy, those didn't wait very long to catch him. He went on the very first pitch.

1514
02:09:17,000 --> 02:09:20,000
Well, there's been four attempts at steal the second base.

1515
02:09:20,000 --> 02:09:25,000
Everybody writing about the great, strong base artists on these two clubs and nobody's made it yet in the game.

1516
02:09:25,000 --> 02:09:27,000
One and two pitch curveball hanging out there.

1517
02:09:27,000 --> 02:09:31,000
Molly Bing, the other broadcaster you are, I know you'll talk out of it,

1518
02:09:31,000 --> 02:09:38,000
ask him how he felt about getting his footing on that artificial turf, which is something you do in no other ballpark in the world.

1519
02:09:38,000 --> 02:09:41,000
Good to the Bando. A pitch with a curve out foul.

1520
02:09:41,000 --> 02:09:43,000
Catch him. It was interesting to me to watch.

1521
02:09:43,000 --> 02:09:47,000
Bendo nearly takes a much bigger lead off first base than Campon Erick does.

1522
02:09:47,000 --> 02:09:52,000
This time he did not go beyond the dirt part to get out there on that rug.

1523
02:09:52,000 --> 02:09:57,000
It will be interesting to find out to him if he cut his lead down because he was afraid of the footing off of that.

1524
02:09:57,000 --> 02:10:12,000
Two-two pitch. Bendo takes outside a very close pass ball at three and two.

1525
02:10:12,000 --> 02:10:14,000
Curveball to Bando. He takes the bad one.

1526
02:10:14,000 --> 02:10:16,000
Strike three swinging.

1527
02:10:16,000 --> 02:10:20,000
Carroll goes to mid-bender off to the outside side of the plate.

1528
02:10:20,000 --> 02:10:24,000
We go to the layup half of the ninth inning and it's good out for Cincinnati.

1529
02:10:24,000 --> 02:10:27,000
Oakland three, Cincinnati two.

1530
02:10:27,000 --> 02:10:42,000
The leaders of the Jets are off for the evening training more than 10 right and slower or than just one.

1531
02:10:42,000 --> 02:10:46,000
The Jets get a little off the ground.

1532
02:10:46,000 --> 02:10:49,000
They go down to a lady.

1533
02:10:49,000 --> 02:10:55,000
And what she does is what they do for a life.

1534
02:10:55,000 --> 02:11:18,000
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1535
02:11:18,000 --> 02:11:26,000
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1536
02:11:26,000 --> 02:11:32,000
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1537
02:11:32,000 --> 02:11:36,000
Rockin' Cincinnati, game one, 1972 World Series.

1538
02:11:36,000 --> 02:11:38,000
Jim Simpson with Monty Moore.

1539
02:11:38,000 --> 02:11:42,000
It's the seven, eight, and nine batters do up.

1540
02:11:42,000 --> 02:11:45,000
Geronimo will not come up, the left-handed swinger.

1541
02:11:45,000 --> 02:11:49,000
It will be the right-handed swinger Hal McRae.

1542
02:11:49,000 --> 02:11:51,000
Go against Leiter Blue.

1543
02:11:51,000 --> 02:11:53,000
Straight into the score.

1544
02:11:53,000 --> 02:11:58,000
Leiter Blue trying to nail down this number one victory for the underdogs, Oakland over Cincinnati.

1545
02:11:58,000 --> 02:12:03,000
In the best of seven series, McRae steps in a right-handed swinger against the left-hander Leiter Blue.

1546
02:12:03,000 --> 02:12:05,000
Last of the ninth and here's Monty.

1547
02:12:05,000 --> 02:12:08,000
Okay, Jim, McRae's a 278 hitter on the way.

1548
02:12:08,000 --> 02:12:10,000
Here's Leiter Blue's first pitch.

1549
02:12:10,000 --> 02:12:12,000
And it is in there for a call strike.

1550
02:12:12,000 --> 02:12:15,000
The A's made a defensive change at first base.

1551
02:12:15,000 --> 02:12:19,000
That scene went off to the fence runner and Mike Hegan, one of his classiest fielding first baseman in the game,

1552
02:12:19,000 --> 02:12:21,000
is over at that corner.

1553
02:12:21,000 --> 02:12:24,000
Right of six, swing and a foul back-ended McRae.

1554
02:12:24,000 --> 02:12:27,000
Take a rip at that one.

1555
02:12:27,000 --> 02:12:30,000
Hal McRae got into 61 games for Cincinnati.

1556
02:12:30,000 --> 02:12:33,000
He hits five home runs.

1557
02:12:33,000 --> 02:12:35,000
And he tried to hit that last one out.

1558
02:12:35,000 --> 02:12:37,000
Right eye hit out of the 0-2.

1559
02:12:37,000 --> 02:12:45,000
Throws the curve, hit on the ground, left field, right pitch.

1560
02:12:45,000 --> 02:12:53,000
The Reds have the time on their own as Leiter Blue on a curveball and a no-ball two-strike shot.

1561
02:12:53,000 --> 02:12:58,000
Now they can put beyond what's being a game in there.

1562
02:12:58,000 --> 02:13:07,000
Hal McRae, Cincinnati's wolf and crew to work.

1563
02:13:07,000 --> 02:13:16,000
William Javier is out on deck.

1564
02:13:16,000 --> 02:13:18,000
Can flip the own.

1565
02:13:18,000 --> 02:13:19,000
No batters.

1566
02:13:19,000 --> 02:13:23,000
McRae the runner at first.

1567
02:13:23,000 --> 02:13:25,000
And Tommy Hull starts burning a man again.

1568
02:13:25,000 --> 02:13:28,000
Now they're going to run for McRae.

1569
02:13:28,000 --> 02:13:31,000
George Foster, who scored the winning round of the National League season,

1570
02:13:31,000 --> 02:13:36,000
will go into fifth runs for McRae, a fifth-hitter.

1571
02:13:36,000 --> 02:13:43,000
Well, I'm sure by the Blue will be second-guessing himself for throwing that hanging curveball at a 0-2 cap.

1572
02:13:43,000 --> 02:13:48,000
Guys who throw a ball that hard certainly did not want to hang a curve on that cap.

1573
02:13:48,000 --> 02:13:50,000
McRae made him pay for it.

1574
02:13:50,000 --> 02:13:53,000
That's George Foster.

1575
02:13:53,000 --> 02:14:01,000
Out first, the pitch is taken and it's outside, ball one.

1576
02:14:01,000 --> 02:14:05,000
Foster is still in two bases this year.

1577
02:14:05,000 --> 02:14:07,000
Leiter Blue gets set.

1578
02:14:07,000 --> 02:14:08,000
Here's the pitch.

1579
02:14:08,000 --> 02:14:10,000
The ball is run out towards the mound.

1580
02:14:10,000 --> 02:14:13,000
It'll be picked up by Sal Vano, the third base when he throws the pitch to the ice.

1581
02:14:13,000 --> 02:14:17,000
He's in the game at second for Oakland for the fourth out there.

1582
02:14:17,000 --> 02:14:21,000
Down to second goes George Foster with the tying run.

1583
02:14:21,000 --> 02:14:24,000
And here's William Javier coming on to pitch it.

1584
02:14:24,000 --> 02:14:27,000
1967 and 1968 were the Cardinals' bodies.

1585
02:14:27,000 --> 02:14:33,000
Javier against the Red Sox, DeMinn against the Tigers, had sensational World Series.

1586
02:14:33,000 --> 02:14:40,000
He hit.360 in 1967 and was also the feeling hero and came back here at.333 in 1968.

1587
02:14:40,000 --> 02:14:46,000
He has been around before and has combined 15 World Series games,

1588
02:14:46,000 --> 02:14:51,000
extending back earlier into the 64 Series, a.346 average.

1589
02:14:51,000 --> 02:14:53,000
And he's the man that Leiter Blue is facing right now.

1590
02:14:53,000 --> 02:14:55,000
Dick Williams is out again.

1591
02:14:55,000 --> 02:14:59,000
The situation is he always leads three to two last to the night.

1592
02:14:59,000 --> 02:15:01,000
Al McRae has run off with a single.

1593
02:15:01,000 --> 02:15:03,000
Foster ran for it.

1594
02:15:03,000 --> 02:15:07,000
And conceptually, he'll have to carefully sacrifice him down to second base.

1595
02:15:07,000 --> 02:15:09,000
High run at second base.

1596
02:15:09,000 --> 02:15:14,000
Javier, not a long ball hitter, but a nice little man in handling the bat.

1597
02:15:14,000 --> 02:15:18,000
He's after a place with all that World Series experience.

1598
02:15:18,000 --> 02:15:25,000
The great, the well-known Leiter Blue, who was in his first Series game.

1599
02:15:25,000 --> 02:15:28,000
He's enthusiastic, but the crowd starts to dwell.

1600
02:15:28,000 --> 02:15:29,000
Here's Leiter's first pitch.

1601
02:15:29,000 --> 02:15:30,000
Javier takes a look at it.

1602
02:15:30,000 --> 02:15:33,000
It's not too much space.

1603
02:15:33,000 --> 02:15:37,000
George Foster can take a big lead down off second base.

1604
02:15:37,000 --> 02:15:40,000
He's three runs, four hits and no errors.

1605
02:15:40,000 --> 02:15:43,000
Since then, he's two runs, seven hits and no errors.

1606
02:15:43,000 --> 02:15:45,000
One out last half of the night inning.

1607
02:15:45,000 --> 02:15:47,000
Open leading.

1608
02:15:47,000 --> 02:15:49,000
Left hit, curve ball, bounce foul.

1609
02:15:49,000 --> 02:15:53,000
Leiter got that curve down where he likes to throw the curve to the right-handed batter.

1610
02:15:53,000 --> 02:16:01,000
And quickly he is in front of Javier at O and True.

1611
02:16:01,000 --> 02:16:07,000
With the infielders at short and second playing so deep,

1612
02:16:07,000 --> 02:16:12,000
The runner at second can get a gigantic lead away from the bag.

1613
02:16:12,000 --> 02:16:21,000
The 0-2 pitch to Javier is on the way, and there's a fly ball foul going out of play.

1614
02:16:21,000 --> 02:16:27,000
A well-played, very exciting first game of the 1972 World Series.

1615
02:16:27,000 --> 02:16:33,000
And, Lonnie, I'm sure that those are keeping so letters are aware that double play is not a rarity,

1616
02:16:33,000 --> 02:16:38,000
not an improbability, or probability rather, but Foster down at second base.

1617
02:16:38,000 --> 02:16:41,000
We're not looking double play since there's no force on any base.

1618
02:16:41,000 --> 02:16:47,000
And that means that we can assume that the fellow that everybody in Cincinnati knows is Mr. Clark.

1619
02:16:47,000 --> 02:16:48,000
They call him Charlie Huckle.

1620
02:16:48,000 --> 02:16:52,000
Pete Rose will have a chance to at least tie this game up.

1621
02:16:52,000 --> 02:16:55,000
And don't think the A's haven't thought of that too, but right now,

1622
02:16:55,000 --> 02:16:57,000
right of the blue has one center-concentration.

1623
02:16:57,000 --> 02:17:00,000
That's on the plate where Julian Javier is standing with a 0-2 cast.

1624
02:17:00,000 --> 02:17:02,000
A long comes the arm. Here's a pitch.

1625
02:17:02,000 --> 02:17:03,000
Ground ball.

1626
02:17:03,000 --> 02:17:04,000
Shores at second base and pitch.

1627
02:17:04,000 --> 02:17:06,000
Livia Pueblo to join the third.

1628
02:17:06,000 --> 02:17:08,000
He's got him by just this stride.

1629
02:17:08,000 --> 02:17:10,000
And over the third goes George Foster.

1630
02:17:10,000 --> 02:17:12,000
Where he's scored on a wild pitch.

1631
02:17:12,000 --> 02:17:15,000
For the Reds to win the National League Championship.

1632
02:17:15,000 --> 02:17:19,000
Now the crowd really starts to yell at hitman Pete Rose.

1633
02:17:19,000 --> 02:17:23,000
Dick Williams is going to the umpire behind the plate.

1634
02:17:27,000 --> 02:17:30,000
You know, I don't know what the rule is in a World Series.

1635
02:17:30,000 --> 02:17:35,000
If the umpire, if the manager goes to the mound twice and won any in the American League,

1636
02:17:35,000 --> 02:17:38,000
The pitcher is automatically out of the game.

1637
02:17:38,000 --> 02:17:41,000
I don't know what the rule is in a World Series.

1638
02:17:41,000 --> 02:17:44,000
And that might be what Dick Williams is talking to Chris Palachudas about.

1639
02:17:44,000 --> 02:17:48,000
Because as he's cautious of foul line now, he goes to the mound.

1640
02:17:51,000 --> 02:17:56,000
They have a right-hander Bob Locker and a left-hander Dave Hamilton in the bullpen.

1641
02:17:56,000 --> 02:18:02,000
It won't make any difference to Rose because he's going to just switch around if another man comes in.

1642
02:18:02,000 --> 02:18:05,000
Well again, when you're talking about it won't make any difference to Rose,

1643
02:18:05,000 --> 02:18:10,000
Pete is a 300 plus hitter from the left side as he is from the left side, Monty.

1644
02:18:10,000 --> 02:18:12,000
His power comes from the left side.

1645
02:18:12,000 --> 02:18:15,000
We've been saying he's a better hitter from the left side.

1646
02:18:15,000 --> 02:18:17,000
But I don't hear his force of that from the right side.

1647
02:18:17,000 --> 02:18:21,000
But we've got to keep in mind he's also a 300 hitter there.

1648
02:18:21,000 --> 02:18:25,000
And with Foster first over third base as a tying run,

1649
02:18:25,000 --> 02:18:30,000
Pete doesn't need much to get contact at a base hit anyway, even in the empty.

1650
02:18:30,000 --> 02:18:34,000
Well, Dick Williams has brought his third base and fouls in the land shallow to protect against the Bucks.

1651
02:18:34,000 --> 02:18:37,000
By the bluefish, he bumps at it and fouls it off.

1652
02:18:37,000 --> 02:18:42,000
And that's exactly what Dick Williams was talking to Sal Bando about.

1653
02:18:42,000 --> 02:18:50,000
Rose, if I recall, won a National League Batting Championship with a first base hit on the last day of the season one time.

1654
02:18:50,000 --> 02:18:54,000
And even with two down, he was running for a base hit there.

1655
02:18:54,000 --> 02:18:58,000
And Bando is just giving a sign to his factor, an underarm signal,

1656
02:18:58,000 --> 02:19:00,000
which would indicate that if a ball's headed to him,

1657
02:19:00,000 --> 02:19:04,000
he's going to come to the plate instead of going to first base for the final out, maybe.

1658
02:19:04,000 --> 02:19:06,000
One strike to count on Rose.

1659
02:19:06,000 --> 02:19:08,000
By the blue wire, here's a pitch.

1660
02:19:08,000 --> 02:19:10,000
I bounce and follow me until I get up the hoary.

1661
02:19:10,000 --> 02:19:12,000
Kubiak has got it. Rose the first.

1662
02:19:12,000 --> 02:19:18,000
He got him and the Oakland A's have won the first game of the 1972 World Series.

1663
02:19:18,000 --> 02:19:20,000
The final score of an exciting ball game.

1664
02:19:20,000 --> 02:19:24,000
Oakland 3 and Cincinnati 2.

1665
02:19:24,000 --> 02:19:26,000
Chrysler Plymouth.

1666
02:19:26,000 --> 02:19:29,000
You know, they're famous for their engineering.

1667
02:19:29,000 --> 02:19:34,000
Constantly striving to build cars to run better and last longer than ever before.

1668
02:19:34,000 --> 02:19:38,000
Like their big, crushed, 73 Chrysler New Yorker.

1669
02:19:38,000 --> 02:19:42,000
And this has been going on for a long time.

1670
02:19:42,000 --> 02:19:48,000
Did you know the original Chrysler introduced a revolutionary high compression engine?

1671
02:19:48,000 --> 02:19:55,000
And it was a Chrysler that adopted the idea of welding an automobile body and frame into a single, solid unit of strength.

1672
02:19:55,000 --> 02:19:57,000
And that was only the beginning.

1673
02:19:57,000 --> 02:20:03,000
Now you get things like a standard electronic ignition system that's practically maintenance free.

1674
02:20:03,000 --> 02:20:07,000
You can even order an electronic digital clock if you want to.

1675
02:20:07,000 --> 02:20:13,000
There's an improved system of sound isolation for a new, quiet ride in the reclining seat.

1676
02:20:13,000 --> 02:20:19,000
That's what they're talking about when they say, extra care in engineering.

1677
02:20:19,000 --> 02:20:21,000
Chrysler New Yorker.

1678
02:20:21,000 --> 02:20:23,000
Extra care in engineering.

1679
02:20:23,000 --> 02:20:28,000
That makes a difference.

1680
02:20:28,000 --> 02:20:34,000
As this very quiet, record crowd of 52,918 file out a year,

1681
02:20:34,000 --> 02:20:37,000
quiet because most of them root for the Cincinnati Rams,

1682
02:20:37,000 --> 02:20:43,000
they'd like to, before looking at money, to how the ballgame was won with their bats.

1683
02:20:43,000 --> 02:20:47,000
Pay tribute to someone that may not get a mention at all tomorrow in the papers,

1684
02:20:47,000 --> 02:20:50,000
and that is Ted Kubiak, called on to play in the ninth inning.

1685
02:20:50,000 --> 02:20:53,000
Never played in this infield before.

1686
02:20:53,000 --> 02:20:58,000
The ground ball of Harvey Air, which moved George Foster to the pin throw of the third,

1687
02:20:58,000 --> 02:21:01,000
Kubiak was playing out in the road right field and had to charge in,

1688
02:21:01,000 --> 02:21:04,000
and that was a close play, even though Julio does not have the great feet anymore.

1689
02:21:04,000 --> 02:21:09,000
And this last hit of Pete Rose, and I'll tell you about the last hit,

1690
02:21:09,000 --> 02:21:13,000
it was hit into the turf and up high, Kubiak had to race in,

1691
02:21:13,000 --> 02:21:16,000
catch it just above his knees on this dead run,

1692
02:21:16,000 --> 02:21:19,000
and then make the quick throw just to get Pete Rose.

1693
02:21:19,000 --> 02:21:24,000
And you wonder what would have happened if Rose, who has Charlie Hussle had been batting left handed

1694
02:21:24,000 --> 02:21:26,000
in this particular game instead of right headed,

1695
02:21:26,000 --> 02:21:29,000
might have made it out, probably would have, would have been a tie ballgame.

1696
02:21:29,000 --> 02:21:32,000
But a hat's off to Ted Kubiak for his fine play.

1697
02:21:32,000 --> 02:21:37,000
Now as far as the game itself is concerned, winning pitcher is Holtzman, who worked the first five innings.

1698
02:21:37,000 --> 02:21:40,000
Losing pitcher, Gary Nolan, who worked the first six innings.

1699
02:21:40,000 --> 02:21:44,000
He lost the first game back in 1970, and his downfall in that game

1700
02:21:44,000 --> 02:21:48,000
solo home runs to Brooks Robinson, Drew Cowell, and Ellie Hendricks.

1701
02:21:48,000 --> 02:21:53,000
His downfall today, home run hit by Gene Tennes, who hit one in the second inning

1702
02:21:53,000 --> 02:21:58,000
with Henry Conn based ahead of him, he had won, and then the winning run driven in

1703
02:21:58,000 --> 02:22:01,000
as he hung a curve and Tennes hit it out in the fifth.

1704
02:22:01,000 --> 02:22:06,000
And so Gene Tennes, who took a lot of laps, but he couldn't sleep too much,

1705
02:22:06,000 --> 02:22:12,000
won the ballgame on Thursday for the American League Championship with his only hit of the playoff series,

1706
02:22:12,000 --> 02:22:15,000
went two for three today, his two home runs provided all of the runs,

1707
02:22:15,000 --> 02:22:18,000
and of course the winning run for the Oakland A's.

1708
02:22:18,000 --> 02:22:20,000
With this in handy, it was really all Johnny Vance.

1709
02:22:20,000 --> 02:22:23,000
He led off the second with a single, moved up on Gleiser's single,

1710
02:22:23,000 --> 02:22:27,000
Menke walked the bases loaded, and when Concepcion rounded out,

1711
02:22:27,000 --> 02:22:29,000
Vance scored the first run.

1712
02:22:29,000 --> 02:22:32,000
In the fourth inning, Vance tied the game, drawing the wash,

1713
02:22:32,000 --> 02:22:35,000
Gleiser's single again, and Johnny huffed him all the way to third.

1714
02:22:35,000 --> 02:22:38,000
And then when Menke bounced out, Vance scored the tying run.

1715
02:22:38,000 --> 02:22:43,000
That, as we said, was in the fourth, and just the stage for the one-out home run of Tennes in the fifth.

1716
02:22:43,000 --> 02:22:50,000
From there on, it was all pitching, as the team used many release pictures,

1717
02:22:50,000 --> 02:22:55,000
Morvone did a good job for Cincinnati, A. Claykale, in trouble with Wilder's of all things,

1718
02:22:55,000 --> 02:22:58,000
Gill nevertheless did a good job and did not allow a run,

1719
02:22:58,000 --> 02:23:03,000
and Vita Blue, who pitched the final four in eighths to nail the American League Championship down on Thursday,

1720
02:23:03,000 --> 02:23:09,000
hit in the seventh, to two men, walking one, getting the other on a foul out,

1721
02:23:09,000 --> 02:23:12,000
and that was an important man, Bobby Golden, the number three hitter.

1722
02:23:12,000 --> 02:23:18,000
That's Vance, Perez, and Menke in the eighth inning, gave up that hanging curve to Al McGray,

1723
02:23:18,000 --> 02:23:23,000
The pinch hitter, as Monty described it, and he was back at fifth, he moved on to third,

1724
02:23:23,000 --> 02:23:26,000
and obvious ran out, and they were the tying run over third base,

1725
02:23:26,000 --> 02:23:30,000
but he got Johnny out, so Vita Rose, the ground, the Cougie actor, made a fine play,

1726
02:23:30,000 --> 02:23:35,000
and so we remember now that the team that has won the first game of the World Series from the three to 68,

1727
02:23:35,000 --> 02:23:38,000
40 times has gone on to win the World Series.

1728
02:23:38,000 --> 02:23:42,000
The Underdog A's have won the first game here, three to two.

1729
02:23:42,000 --> 02:24:09,000
We'll continue with today's highlights, one by Oakland, right after this message.