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

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The New York Yankees faced the Richmond Virginians on April 12, 1964 for an exhibition game before the season.

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The Yankees entered 1964 under manager Yogi Berra.

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Yogi had just retired as a player and the Yankees needed a new leader to replace Ralph Hauck,

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who moved to the front office as general manager after losing the World Series in 1963.

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Richmond was the Yankees' AAA club and they were managed by Preston Gomez.

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This would be the Virginians' final season in Richmond.

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After 1964, they transferred to Toledo, Ohio and they were renamed the Toledo Mudhens.

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This audio recording is from the New York Radio broadcast featuring announcers Mel Allen and Phil Rizzuto.

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At home plate, Yogi Berra meeting with Preston Gomez, the Virginians' manager.

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The banding order for the Yankees will be Phil Linds leading off, shortstop, Bobby Richardson, second base,

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Roger Maris in right field, Mickey Mantle in center field, Tom Thresh in left field, Joe Cuppetone at first base,

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Elston Howard catching through for your third base, and Al Downing, who you pitched for,

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which hung at one time, on the mound for the Yankees.

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The Richmond team, which had been training in Hollywood just below Fort Lauderdale,

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their season doesn't open for a pitch yet and they didn't send an entire squad.

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They've got about 13 or 14 men.

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Don Wallace will be leading off at shortstop, Alice Clark, second base, Art Lopez in left field,

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Bob Smith will do the catching batting fourth. You remember him when he played for the Giants and the Senators.

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Fred Hotkitt, first base, Rich Barry in right field, Mike Matheson, who worked out for the Yankees in spring training last year at third base,

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Vic Pagel, center field, and Billy Muppet, who the Yankees had faced before when he was an Red Sox uniformer during the pitching.

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And as I recall, their times had some trouble, Mr. Muppet.

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Well, this is the last game on spring training. An open date tomorrow and Tuesday.

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Welcome Yogi Day. And what a hand he got when he was introduced here.

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They introduced the players from both teams.

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I don't know how many decibels came up on Joe Cooper's machine over there, but he got a tremendous hand.

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We have just two umpires today.

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Val Gommon is back in the play. I'm looking for Frank Humon.

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Oh, I see him. He was out there talking to the crowd at the right field fence, and he's held his hand up.

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So wait a minute. The game's about to begin. Here's the first pitch, and no umpire first base.

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It's in there for a strike to Phil Linds.

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Humon, meantime, is talking to a policeman. That's why I couldn't find him.

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Out in front of the... Here's the next pitch. Hits five short in the left center for a base hit.

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It wouldn't have made any difference whether Linds touched the bat or not if he got back.

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Frank Humon's coming in now. He was talking to a policeman along the right field foul line.

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They have an overflow crowd asking him to keep them back and not to run onto the field of play.

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Phil Linds singles the left center. Now here is Bobby Richardson. Takes it low and outside.

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Oscar Kuhn is umpiring his third base.

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Go over to first. The runner's back. It's a beautiful day in Richmond.

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Wish we'd had a day like this in the last three days of our stay in Fort Lauderdale.

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Here's the pitch inside for a ball.

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It's a little more on the chillier side, but the sun is shining bright.

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Muffin, the right-hander, delivers. Richardson takes it up high. Ball three.

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I'm glad we didn't have a microphone at home play, as some folks would like to have.

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I heard what Muffin said, but I'm going to tell you. Here's the pitch. It's inside for ball four and Richardson walks.

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Linds moves to second. Muffin actually wasn't yelling enough. He was angry himself.

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Now coming up is Roger Maris.

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Linds on second. Richardson on first.

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Muffin, the right-hander, delivers and it's in there for a strike.

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Muffin looks as if he's put on a lot of weight.

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Bill Linds leaning away from second. Bobby Richardson from first.

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And the pitch. Maris swings and lines under clean first and second, the right field for a base hit. Rounding third is Linds.

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He's coming in to store. The ball is cut off as the throw went toward third to hold Richardson.

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The ball is cut off by shortstop Don Wallace.

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And Bobby stops to put him back. Now Mickey Manil.

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One to nothing, New York.

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They have a tremendous parking lot beyond the fences.

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Here's the pitch, high outside for a ball.

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You know, sitting up in a place like this and looking out into a parking lot just jammed with more than a thousand cars, here's the pitch, swung on and foul tipped.

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You get an idea that General colors people like most and they're more on the pastel side.

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Muffin all set, delivers up high to Mickey.

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Richardson moves off second, Marisol first. The delivery is swung on and foul back.

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You know that ball as it came down hit a screen, I don't know if it was that close.

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I'd have reached for Zuto out to get it.

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Two balls, two strikes.

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They're away from first and second. Here's the pitch, it's up high.

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A 3-2 count.

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They expected somewhere in the neighborhood of 10,000 people here today.

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They certainly have that many with an old crow crowd extending from the right field foul line out to the point and deep right center.

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Three balls, two strikes, two men on. Billy Muffin tries to pick off play but didn't throw the ball as he whirled around off the mound.

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His strikes caught.

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Don Wallace tried to slip in behind Richardson.

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Richardson leads off second, Marisol first the pitch, the man will strike out.

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Now tipped held onto by Bob Smith.

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Nick was going for the long one, you could tell that.

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Now the batter is Tom Trash.

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Joe Puppet going on back.

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He's up in New York. Richardson leads off second, Marisol first. The pitch is swung on by one hopper to Clark over to Wallace.

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That's a first.

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Nickly executed double play. Clark is second, Wallace is short, the hoppies first.

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And the side is retired.

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One run, two hits.

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There were no errors, one left on.

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At the end of the first half, the first inning, Yankees won, the Virginians coming to bat.

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The last half of the first inning.

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The Richmond Virginians come to bat.

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They're not a set team as yet, you must keep in mind they brought up enough players from the Yankee farm area in Hollywood.

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From there they selected them and sent them out to different teams.

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It filled those boards executed a double play with Finesse.

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Oh, he couldn't do any better than the big ladies now.

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Leading off is Don Wallace, left-hand hitter.

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Clark on deck and Art Lopez follow.

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Left-hander Al Downing's pitch. It's low, ball one.

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Al did some pitching for the Virginians.

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Here's the pitch, swung on and missed.

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One-one count.

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And the next pitch, swung on, little tap toward the mound.

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Second by Downing to throw to first.

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In time he almost threw it away.

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You know, Joe Puppetone almost daily impresses you with his feelings.

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So good over there, he's a little bit like Vic Powell with that glove.

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Didn't play to get too good because in the end field I don't care where he threw it.

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Harris Clark comes up, right-hand batter.

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And the pitch, in there for a strike.

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He's from the Virgin Islands, his middle name is Mann, Harris Mann, remember that?

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Harris Mann Clark, here's the pitch.

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He went for a ball that tailed away from him.

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Two strikes.

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Now the delivery, outside for a ball.

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A two-one count.

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Al Downing's pitch is swung on.

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There's a high fly ball in the medium center.

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Mann drips in and makes the catch.

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Two away.

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Lopez, left-hand batter coming up.

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And Blaney wears glasses.

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Al Downing's delivery is low and inside for a ball.

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There was a time when players refused to wear them.

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They thought it was a stigma.

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Here's the pitch, it's in there for a strike.

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Actually, there are a couple of umpires that use them off the field.

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Downing's overhand fastball is cut on and bowed to the left of the plate.

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Naturally, they get kidded when they're spotted walking the street.

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There's a ball player that says, you know you ought to use those in the game.

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Downing's delivery, swung on, ground ball head out to second.

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Richards is in up with it, throws on the peppertone.

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And that's it in the last half, the first inning.

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No runs, no hits, no errors, no one left on.

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And at the end of the first inning, the Yankees won, Richmond nothing.

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And every fan attending the opener will receive a welcome yogi button too, Mel.

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And a big free game program will get underway at 1.30 with game time at 2 p.m.

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So it should be a big day.

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Everybody come out and greet yogurt.

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The Yankees get their American League championship emblems, right?

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Elston Howard's and Los Angeles Player Award.

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It'll be an historic opening day.

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I know you people like to be in on it.

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Joe Peppertone takes low, ball one.

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Jim Gleason coaching at third and Spud Murray at first.

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Peppertone takes outside.

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Billy Muffet pitching for the Virginians.

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The pitch is swung on as a high drive to deep left center.

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Vic Pagel goes way back and makes the catch well over 400 feet away.

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3.55 the left center, that had to be close to 400 feet.

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It's a big ballpark.

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Elston Howard up, he hits the first pitch, a drive deep to left field, going, going, gone.

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He's a strong man.

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That seemed very near smashing the windshield of the station wagon.

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But a young man standing out there, there's several, with gloves.

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He saved somebody's windshield and got the ball.

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Two to nothing, New York, and here's Cleet Boyer.

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Wow, that Howard can really put the wood to them.

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Inside the first pitch to Boyer, there are many who claim he's perhaps the strongest fellow in the league.

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The pitch is in there for a strike.

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One ball, one strike.

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Muffet's delivery, inside, ball two.

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Strength, of course, is helpful, but it's not necessary to be a home run hitter.

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Look at Ernie Banks, wrist action, timing.

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If you've got them both, so much the better.

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Now the pitch, swung on foul-tip.

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A two-two count.

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Here's the pitch, swung on, there's a drive down the right field line.

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Rich Barry goes over and takes it right at the line.

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Two down and Al Downing is coming up.

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Al's familiar with these three cents.

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He hits the no-hitter for the Virginia.

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That's right-handed, takes a strike.

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Two to nothing, New York, it's the first half of the second inning.

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And the next pitch inside, Alfonso Erwin Downing from Trenton, New Jersey.

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And the next pitch, cut on foul-back.

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He pitched a no-hit game to Richmond where on May 12, 1960.

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Here's the delivery, it's in there, false strike.

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Sides retired, one run, one hit, no errors and no one left on.

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And thus at the end of an inning and a half, the score, the Yankees 2, Richmond nothing.

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In the last half of the second inning, the veteran Bob Schmidt, right-hand batter, takes it outside for a ball.

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And Preston Gomez coaching at third base.

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He's the manager.

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Next pitch over the outside corner for a false strike.

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Ike Futch is coaching at first base.

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Now the delivery.

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It's over that outside corner, just in the strike zone up high.

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One and two.

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And the pitch, swung on.

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There's a drive to D plus D.O.

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That ball is going to be topside, Tresh up against the pitch.

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Right where it says courtesy.

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No courtesy on the part of Tresh there.

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He hit a ball as hard as Howard did, but he didn't get a hundred an hour.

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And Bob Schmidt is retired.

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Tresh banged into the barrier.

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It held on.

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Fred Hopke, left-hand batter, takes it low for a ball.

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He's the first baseman for the Virginians.

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Some of these names will become more familiar to you in short years ahead.

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The pitch, cut on foul back.

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Al Downing goes to work.

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The pitch is low.

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And the delivery, swung on and grounded foul.

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Ike Sputch coaching it first, dabbed it.

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You know, Pedro Gomez, the manager, was born in Oriente, Cuba.

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Two balls, two strikes.

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The pitch is low outside.

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Went to college in Mexico City.

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And in his baseball career, he was signed first of all by the Washington Senators.

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The pitch is swung on and top foul.

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Howard going over near the screen and he's got it.

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Yes, missed the screen by inches.

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Two down.

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Pedro Gomez played with the Hanna.

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Then another World Series here.

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Right now, Rich Barry swings and fouls it off.

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He was hired by the Los Angeles Club to direct their Spokane club in the Pacific Coast League.

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Stayed there until he joined the Virginians last winter.

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Here's the pitch, swung on and missed.

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Tried to uppercut that one.

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Downing New York.

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Downing is delivery high outside.

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Downing into the windup and the pitch change up is high.

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Interesting to see some of these better players in your top farm club or on your top farm club.

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Because one day they'll be up at Yankee Stadium.

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Here's the delivery. He tried to check his swing but couldn't and strikes out.

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Thus the side is retired. No runs, no hits, no errors, no one left on.

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And at the end of two innings of play, the Yankees 2, Richmond nothing.

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In the first half of the third inning, Phil Lenz hits a line drive to short caught by Don Wallace.

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Lenz had single in the first inning.

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Richardson who drew a pass steps up. High outside, ball one.

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Now the pitch, it's in there.

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A 1-1 count.

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The next delivery, high and inside.

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Did he intend on an upper ball or a change in?

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I know he's pissed off and it's hard to tell he's pitching so fast.

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He is pitching fast.

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Here's the pitch. Swung on as the line drive to straightaway center, Big Bagels comes in and makes the catch.

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Due down and up comes Roger Maris.

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Right field hit, Roger Maris.

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Roger singled in the first inning. Takes it inside, belt high, ball one.

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And the pitch, outside, ball two.

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Billy Muffet comes in with the pitch. It's swung on and popped up.

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Out back of second and the second baseman shots the shortstop off.

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It's high spark and he makes the catch.

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The side is retired. No runs, no hits, no errors, no one left on.

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And at the end of two and a half innings, Yankees two, Richmond nothing.

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And the last half of the third inning, Mike Matheson, left hand batter, takes it inside.

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Mike, of course, is the name, that is Matheson's name is one that you all know real well.

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He was with the Yankees spring training last year.

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Fastball on inside. For a while it looked as if he might make the team. He put on a pretty good display.

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Two balls, no strikes.

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Downing's next pitch swung on as a high fly ball to short left.

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Going out to shortstop lens and he makes the catch way over near the foul line.

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Up comes Vic Pagel.

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Center fielder, right hand batter.

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Al Downing's delivery swung on foul tipped strike one.

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Downing working rapidly too, high outside with a fastball and the count's one and one.

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Remember the Yanks and the Red Sox opened the season Tuesday at Yankee Stadium.

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The pitch is swung on in this. There's an open day and then the Red Sox are there on Thursday.

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Now the pitch, swung on as a high ball to short, clubbed nicely by a lens going to his left to throw the cup its own in time.

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And they're two away.

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The man who makes out the schedules for the big leagues has a thankless task.

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This year the Yankees have come up with a fine schedule, especially for weekend dates when more people can go.

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Here's Billy Muppet, high ball one.

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And don't forget those six suburban nights which will start at six o'clock.

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Center of the rig at eight o'clock night games. Of course there are a lot of night games at eight in addition.

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And the big game is inside.

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That Fourth of July doubleheader of the twins on a Saturday is going to be pretty good.

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That'll be quite a weekend.

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Al Downing's next pitch is swung on and missed.

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Muppet was swinging for.

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There's so many cars out there. Just pick out one you like.

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The two on delivery, up high.

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Downing's next pitch swung on and missed.

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Al fires away and the ball is popped high into a very short right.

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Marist coming on and makes the catch. Just to the side are Bobby Richardson who could have made it if he had to.

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No runs, no hits, no errors, no one left on.

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And at the end of three innings of play the Yankees own the game's only two runs, three hits and no errors.

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Zero all the way around for the Virginians.

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The Yankees have played in just about 30 minutes.

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And as we go to the fourth Mickey Manil steps up and right behind the microphone Phil Rizzuto.

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Thank you, man. I think he takes called strike one on the first pitch.

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Mickey was called out on the second pitch. No, he was swung and missed in the first inning.

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Changeup, bonded in the air over the pitch. He's there coming in fast and second base and he's got it.

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Dred went by the pitcher but popped it up in the air and Marist caught him charging in for it on the fly.

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No way. And here's Joe, no it's not, it's Tom Tret. Tret didn't know double play in the first inning.

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You're tuned to your Yankee baseball station here in Albany, New York, WOKO 1460 on your dial.

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Nothing to take, no wind up at all.

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The pitch is inside corner, strike two called.

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Nothing in two on Tret. Next pitch is fouled back out of play.

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Billy Muffet, working a little too fast. Tret has the time of the play.

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The pitch is a curve hit on the ground. Nice play knocked down by the second base and throw to Tret.

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Inside, a nice play by Hockey. They've got Tret on a highly ground ball.

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That hard shot knocked down on the edge of the outfield grass.

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And his throw, even though it was wide, Hockey kept his foot on the bag.

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Two outs, Joe Peppertow who fly deep to left center field in the second inning on deck Elton Howe.

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First pitch to Joe, a ground ball to first base. Hockey has it, steps on the bag and there were three quick outs from Muffet.

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No runs, no hits, no risks and errors, no brief ups at the end of three and a half.

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It's the Yankees two, the Virginians nothing.

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In here he has faced nine men in three innings.

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And the legal fatter, Don Wallace, will be leading off against Downey in the bottom of the fourth inning.

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He'll be followed by Horace Clark and Art Lurke.

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Wallace hit back to the box, his first time in fact.

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Downey's going straight in from center field.

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Beautiful day though here in Richmond, Virginia.

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Downey's pitch is a bonnet camp filed off strike one.

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It's now showing you an overflow crowd here at Parker Field.

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And standing all over.

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Downey's first hit on the ground, leads to his left.

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Up with it, one hand and face to face.

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In time for the out and out, beautiful play by Phil Linds and Adelaide.

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Really close to third base. That Wallace can get down the line.

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Phil Linds who made three sparkling plays yesterday when the Yankees lost the grave has made two here already.

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One hand changes, going to his left, making perfect throws.

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Horace Clark five to center field, first down at bat.

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Linds has got a real fine spring in between injuries.

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He is another fellow that comes up with an awful lot of injuries.

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Downey's pitch, hitting the ground at second base.

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One hop, Bobby Richardson up with it.

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So it's the first two outs.

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And now Bob Lopez who will bounce the second base in the first inning.

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Lopez back from left-handed.

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Lopez stands deep in the box with a close center.

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Pitch high and tight ball one.

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Downey's pitch is in the first.

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Ball two, two and up.

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Downey gets the sign from Horace.

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His pitch is fouled at the lowest.

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Oh man, and that almost came through the window and got melt.

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It hit to the screen right below it and then it pounds off fast.

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And some of Joe Cooper's wire is hanging out there.

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I wasn't worried. I was in position. I was ready.

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All right.

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The two-one pitch is outside ball three.

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The ball was under the table.

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A three-one count.

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Downey's pitch is fouled off the screen.

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Joe Cooper's all the way out on the field.

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Full count on odd Lopez.

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Downey ready now for the payoff pitch.

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Two outs, nobody on. Yankees leading two-nothing.

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There's the windup.

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Pitch, a foul-tip at the plate.

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Downey's running through the breaking ball that time on a three-two count.

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Again the three-two delivery.

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High and tight ball four and that's the first pace runner for the Richmond team in the ball game.

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A face on ball to odd Lopez.

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Downey had retired the first 11 men that he faced.

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Tom Schmitz who hit a line drive against the fence in Redfield.

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And Tom Schmitz made a spectacular play as he courted and banged into the wall.

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Two men out.

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Downey's on holding first against Lopez. The pitch is inside, ball one.

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There deep in the left field and center field to Schmitz.

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Big right hand hitter with good politics. Swing and a missed strike one, one-on-one.

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Looks like it's going out to left field.

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Downing stretches.

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Curve is in there, strike two, one ball, two strikes.

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Lopez leads away at first.

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Over against the time, delivered a foul ball head over towards the Yankee dugout.

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Still one ball, two strikes on Bob Schmitz.

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Now Downey ready.

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Down ball right at left one hop. He throws to Richardson for the fourth time.

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Boy that ball drove left and back a step or two.

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Four Richmond in the bottom of the fourth. No runs, no hits, no Yankees errors.

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One man left and at the end of the fourth full inning it's the Yankees two, Richmond nothing.

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Well Mel, what have we got to talk about here about this upcoming season?

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You only talk about the whole 160-50.

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Oh no, no.

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Well I'll talk about a great portion of them. The popular Yankee combination plan is still available.

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As I said earlier, the Yankee schedule this year is one more to the liking of fans.

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And the combination plan as a variety of surprise extras includes 44 big games on 36 select days,

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including 13 Sundays, 21 night games, the July 4th holiday doubleheader,

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and the Gala Welcome Yogi opening day program there for tomorrow.

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Combination plan ticket holders have the same choice seat locations for each game, and there are other privileges too.

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To get your combination plan tickets or for more information about it, why don't you call

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Cypress 3-4300, ticket manager, New York Yankee Yankee Stadium.

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Of course you can ride him, but time is running short.

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And if you want a season schedule, they're available free, two times.

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Now we're ready for the fifth inning here still.

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Okay Mel, and we have another Mel out there on the mound. Mel Stoudelmeyer has replaced Billy Muppet,

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and Jake Gibbs has gone in to do the kick-tacking in place of Bobby Schmidt.

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Elston Howard, first pick of the ball, second one is low, ball two.

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Ellie Holm is deep over the left field fence in the second inning.

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Yankees leading two to nothing.

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Conductly Boyer.

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Next pick to Howard is low, ball three.

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A three-nothing pitch is inside, ball four. So Howard walks on four straight pitches.

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And it brings up Cleve Boyer. Cleve's line to right field in the second inning.

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When Boyer played down here for Richmond, Eddie Lopak was the manager. He played shortstop,

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which he has done on occasion for the Yankees and done a real fine job.

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Hopkey holding first against Howard. Here's a stretch by Stoudelmeyer.

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Pitch swing and a miss, strike one.

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On deck is Al Downing.

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Ralph Terry is loosening up in the Yankee bullpen. There's a curve in there, strike two.

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Stoudelmeyer leans over to get the sign. Howard with a short lead at first base.

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Stretch and a pitch in the dirt. Howard starts the second in the hole. Nice play by Gidd.

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He blocked that ball so it bounced in front of him.

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Gidd, as you know, is a big bonus boy at the Yankee sign.

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Not originally a factor, but he'll be better figures.

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Some day they're going to need cash more than anything else, so he's breaking Gidd's in.

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Two strikes pitch low, and boy it's extra swing, two and two.

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Nobody out here in the top of the fifth.

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The stretch in goes Howard. The ball is lined to center field right at pitch Pago.

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Howard was down to second after Huffleback. Boy, he got good work on that ball.

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One on that brings up Al Downing. Downing struck out in the second inning.

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They tried that play in the last game the Yankees played. I think it was the last game.

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Howard was thrown out at second. The boy are up, only boy has hit the pitch.

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There's a throw to first and they almost got Howard.

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All right, now just remind me on that particular play with Boyle at that,

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there was a one-one count and the catcher called for a pick out.

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Howard didn't go on the next play. The catcher called again for a pick out, which made it a 3-1 count.

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But they got him. There's a beautiful bump that might go for a face hit.

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Saddlemire throws to first. They got him. A beautiful play by Horace Clark.

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Downing bonnet that ball by the uncharging Mel Saddlemire, who had a reverse of field and go back past the pitchers mound to pick it up.

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He threw low to Horace Clark, who caught the ball lying flat on the ground.

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Saddlemire's work from the ball play by Horace Clark.

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Downing bonnet that ball by the uncharging Mel Saddlemire, who had a reverse of field and go back past the pitchers mound to pick it up.

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He threw low to Horace Clark, who caught the ball lying flat on the ground.

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Saddlemire's work from one to four.

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Howard moves to second and here's Stillinges who single-elaps center and line to the shortstop.

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Hits Stillinges in their strike one call.

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On deck, Bobby Lichten.

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And he's still leading to the nothing here. That's top of the fifth inning.

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Right-handed stretches. Pitch low. Get away from Smith but not too far.

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Grab it, J. Gibbs.

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Gibbs runs out to the pitcher's box. Have a little chat with Saddlemire.

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J. Gibbs might have been crossed up on that pitch.

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And now Saddlemire wants to talk with Gibbs a little bit.

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It's a one-one count on Stillinges.

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Elston Howard leading off second base.

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The stretch.

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The pitch. The ground ball. Hopkey, the first baseman, upwarded races to the bag for the unassisted put-up.

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For the Yankees in the top of the fifth, no runs, no hits, no Richmond errors.

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One man left and at the end of four and a half it's the Yankees two, Richmond nothing.

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Al Downey continues on the mound and he'll be facing Fred Hopkey, Rick Barry, and Mike Maffeeson.

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Yankees leading two-nothing.

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Hopkey fouled out to the catcher in the second inning.

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Bill Stafford and Hal Runniff running over to the big old clubhouse.

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They're out to do a little running in the outfield.

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Looks like they're through for the day.

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Right there hit a Fred Hopkey up there. Downey's pitch is fouled again and back of the plate.

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This one coming back near the screen and out of play.

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Hopkey's a jersey boy.

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Downey's pitch is signed.

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Swing and a miss.

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Nobody out, nobody on.

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Downey's pitch is high, one ball two strikes.

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Downey ready. His pitch is a little bit high, two and two.

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Hal Drummond dusting off home plate.

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Downey leans over to the sign. His pitch is a check swing just a little bit outside, full count, three and two.

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Downey ready for the playoff pitch.

448
00:47:55,000 --> 00:47:58,000
It's swung at it, missed, strike three.

449
00:47:58,000 --> 00:48:07,000
Two and a breaking pitch. Second strikeout for Al Downey in the ball game.

450
00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:22,000
And it brings up Rich Barry who struck out in the second inning.

451
00:48:22,000 --> 00:48:37,000
Downey's pitch is high, ball one.

452
00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:43,000
Downey's one-nothing pitch is on the outside corner strike called one-on-one.

453
00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:53,000
Mel told you this is a pretty ball park with tremendous parking area and quite accessible to the highways leading in and out of town.

454
00:48:53,000 --> 00:48:56,000
Sting up is high.

455
00:48:56,000 --> 00:49:06,000
Two balls, one strike.

456
00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:14,000
Downey's pitch hit foul outside of third, two and two.

457
00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:20,000
Steve Hamilton is up with Ralph Terry now in the Yankees ball game.

458
00:49:20,000 --> 00:49:28,000
Yankees will work out tomorrow to get ready for their opening day on Tuesday, April 14th with the Red Sox.

459
00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:43,000
Two-two pitch in the dish, three and two.

460
00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:49,000
Now the playoff pitch to Barry. A tie ball four.

461
00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:55,000
That's the second ball given up by Downey.

462
00:49:55,000 --> 00:50:07,000
It brings up Mike McEachin who pops the shortstop in the third inning.

463
00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:12,000
One away, the Yankees lead two-nothing bottom of the 7th.

464
00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:19,000
Sir gets away from Howard and bounces his game.

465
00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:34,000
It's kind of questionable whether they'll give a wild pitch or a fast ball. The ball hit the end of Howard's packing glove. Didn't look that far outside.

466
00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:40,000
It's a wild pitch. Shots to Al Downey.

467
00:50:40,000 --> 00:50:50,000
That's the second on the play, Rick Barry. It's a stretch. Pitch is the ground ball. Beautiful play by Rick. It throws the first inside for the out.

468
00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:54,000
He's just a big bit away from Mike McEachin.

469
00:50:54,000 --> 00:50:59,000
And moving ahead on the play, Rick Barry.

470
00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:04,000
Somehow Bobby reached a little longer than his arms looked like he could reach.

471
00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:10,000
That's the first infield here. That ball almost got by him.

472
00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:23,000
There's a big takeover to the shortstop in the third inning.

473
00:51:23,000 --> 00:51:27,000
Two men are out.

474
00:51:27,000 --> 00:51:31,000
Rick Barry has third base.

475
00:51:31,000 --> 00:51:39,000
Pagle right hand batter. Downing pitch is on the inside corner, strike four.

476
00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:45,000
Third base so far against Al Downey.

477
00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:54,000
One strike pitch is low. One-one.

478
00:51:54,000 --> 00:52:02,000
Downing brightly here in Richmond, Virginia. Understand it's a nice day back home in New York.

479
00:52:02,000 --> 00:52:22,000
One-one pitch is high. Ball two, two-one.

480
00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:26,000
Downing is two-one pitch. Popped in the air to left field.

481
00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:29,000
Down stretch is moving in under it.

482
00:52:29,000 --> 00:52:34,000
And Tom Haffett for Richmond in the bottom of the fifth. No runs, no hits, no Yankees.

483
00:52:34,000 --> 00:52:44,000
There's one man left. And at the end of five, it's the Yankees two to the Virginians nothing.

484
00:52:44,000 --> 00:52:47,000
All right, we're ready to go. And ready to go again is Mel Allen.

485
00:52:47,000 --> 00:52:52,000
Thank you very much, Phil. Bobby Richardson hits the first pitch high and deep into left center.

486
00:52:52,000 --> 00:52:59,000
Art Lopez goes over and makes the catch just short of the running track.

487
00:52:59,000 --> 00:53:01,000
Run away.

488
00:53:01,000 --> 00:53:07,000
Richardson had walked in line to center previously.

489
00:53:07,000 --> 00:53:11,000
And the late Billy Muffet who won the first four innings.

490
00:53:11,000 --> 00:53:14,000
Tall Yankee right-hander now facing Rockamar.

491
00:53:14,000 --> 00:53:28,000
And he can pop the second. The pitch is outside, ball one.

492
00:53:28,000 --> 00:53:32,000
Now the delivery is swung on. There's a high drive to deep center going back.

493
00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:36,000
Playing it perfectly, making the catch at the thick table.

494
00:53:36,000 --> 00:53:43,000
And now Mickey Mantle is struck out and on an attempted drag front, popped it in the air to second baseman.

495
00:53:43,000 --> 00:53:50,000
Despite the fact that the Virginians have not had a man reach base other than on a walk,

496
00:53:50,000 --> 00:53:56,000
Al Downing is through for the day, taking some wind sprints.

497
00:53:56,000 --> 00:54:03,000
They pitch to Mantle, high and away, ball one.

498
00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:06,000
Terri and Hamilton have been warming up for New York.

499
00:54:06,000 --> 00:54:12,000
They pitch to Mantle in the air force flight.

500
00:54:12,000 --> 00:54:18,000
The thing about an exhibition game such as this, people come out to see a guy like Mickey.

501
00:54:18,000 --> 00:54:20,000
They feel he ought to hit a home run.

502
00:54:20,000 --> 00:54:24,000
Pitch is low on inside.

503
00:54:24,000 --> 00:54:26,000
And in fact during the season.

504
00:54:26,000 --> 00:54:30,000
That's one of the prices you have to pay when you do hit a lot of elements.

505
00:54:30,000 --> 00:54:33,000
They expect you to do it every day you happen to come out.

506
00:54:33,000 --> 00:54:37,000
Now the pitch outside, ball three.

507
00:54:37,000 --> 00:54:48,000
And the rest is sure that the players can turn in which he could do.

508
00:54:48,000 --> 00:54:50,000
Three balls, one strike to pitch.

509
00:54:50,000 --> 00:54:54,000
That's low on inside, ball four.

510
00:54:54,000 --> 00:54:57,000
Mantle draws a walk.

511
00:54:57,000 --> 00:55:06,000
And we're going to have a runner, Archie Moore, for Mantle.

512
00:55:06,000 --> 00:55:11,000
Get your hands.

513
00:55:11,000 --> 00:55:23,000
As a matter of actual fact, in a game like this, a man such as Mickey or America or New York, they would like to be with you.

514
00:55:23,000 --> 00:55:32,000
Trash, grounded in the second into a double play, and grounded the second time, no pitch.

515
00:55:32,000 --> 00:55:41,000
Yankees leading two to nothing, it's the first half of the sixth inning.

516
00:55:41,000 --> 00:55:45,000
Two outs, Moore running for Mantle on first.

517
00:55:45,000 --> 00:55:48,000
The pitch is outside.

518
00:55:48,000 --> 00:55:54,000
Watching Jake Gibbs, he is learning some things about catching.

519
00:55:54,000 --> 00:56:00,000
It's a difficult position to learn.

520
00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:05,000
Now the pitch outside.

521
00:56:05,000 --> 00:56:09,000
I was just thinking of that little movement he made on the previous pitch.

522
00:56:09,000 --> 00:56:15,000
When he caught the ball, he shifted right out to the left, ready to fire down the second if the runner is doing.

523
00:56:15,000 --> 00:56:19,000
The catcher is blocked and you've got a left-hand hitter out there.

524
00:56:19,000 --> 00:56:22,000
Here's the delivery outside.

525
00:56:22,000 --> 00:56:37,000
Sometimes some catchers will lean back just a little, move back just enough to where they can get a look at that runner on first.

526
00:56:37,000 --> 00:56:43,000
Now Stottlemeyer behind on Tom Trash and the pitch.

527
00:56:43,000 --> 00:56:47,000
It's low outside for ball four.

528
00:56:47,000 --> 00:56:52,000
So with two down, a pair passes.

529
00:56:52,000 --> 00:57:03,000
He sets it up now for Joe Pepitone, who's flying the center, the very deep center, and grounded the first.

530
00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:16,000
Joe's still having a little trouble with his wrist on the left hand, and he is a wrist hitter.

531
00:57:16,000 --> 00:57:19,000
Two way, two on.

532
00:57:19,000 --> 00:57:38,000
Stottlemeyer's pitch is inside, ball one.

533
00:57:38,000 --> 00:57:41,000
Stottlemeyer again to the stretch and the pitch.

534
00:57:41,000 --> 00:57:47,000
He's gone and grounded down to first. Right along the line, and Hopke, who was guarding the line,

535
00:57:47,000 --> 00:57:51,000
feel it easily and Pepitone is retired.

536
00:57:51,000 --> 00:57:56,000
No runs for the Yankees, no hits, there were no errors and two men left on.

537
00:57:56,000 --> 00:58:04,000
And thus at the end of five and a half and to play, the score remains New York 2, Richmond nothing.

538
00:58:04,000 --> 00:58:30,000
14Z radio WOKO in Albany, New York.

539
00:58:30,000 --> 00:58:44,000
Last half to six pinning, two to nothing in favor of the Yankees.

540
00:58:44,000 --> 00:58:52,000
Stottlemeyer will be the first batter, and Ralph Terry has come in to do the pitching.

541
00:58:52,000 --> 00:59:01,000
We have other changes to give to you in just a moment.

542
00:59:01,000 --> 00:59:05,000
Here's a first pitch from Ralph, been there for a strike.

543
00:59:05,000 --> 00:59:11,000
Archie Moore has gone to right field, place of Maris, Trash has replaced Mantle and Center moving over from left field,

544
00:59:11,000 --> 00:59:15,000
and Hector Lopez has gone to left field.

545
00:59:15,000 --> 00:59:24,000
The third catching place of Howard, pitches low outside for a ball.

546
00:59:24,000 --> 00:59:31,000
Two to nothing, New York leading, it's the last of the six.

547
00:59:31,000 --> 00:59:53,000
Terry's next pitch is fouled off, the first out of play.

548
00:59:53,000 --> 01:00:12,000
Now the pitch on the way, high, a 2-2 count.

549
01:00:12,000 --> 01:00:18,000
Two balls, two strikes.

550
01:00:18,000 --> 01:00:24,000
Here's the pitch, high and inside, ball three.

551
01:00:24,000 --> 01:00:35,000
Terry wants a new ball, which gives me a chance to say that the attendance today is 12,240,

552
01:00:35,000 --> 01:00:47,000
and 12,000 approximately is capacity for this part.

553
01:00:47,000 --> 01:00:53,000
The next pitch misses the mark, ball four, and Stradlmeyer guards the wall.

554
01:00:53,000 --> 01:01:05,000
I've just double-checked in 10,000, the capacity in round figures.

555
01:01:05,000 --> 01:01:14,000
Those of you who don't like round figures, I'll give you the exact one, 9,583.

556
01:01:14,000 --> 01:01:19,000
We've got 12,240 today.

557
01:01:19,000 --> 01:01:35,000
Don Wallace, the leadoff man, the left-hand batter, takes the strike.

558
01:01:35,000 --> 01:01:41,000
The next pitch, the left-hand batter, is hit right by Boyer and through the hole in the left field for a face-off.

559
01:01:41,000 --> 01:01:53,000
Boyer was at the back, and Wallace took advantage of the positioning of the infield there and drove it by Boyer and through the gap,

560
01:01:53,000 --> 01:02:03,000
and that's the first hit for the Richmond Virginians.

561
01:02:03,000 --> 01:02:09,000
Al Downen, five innings of hitless pitching.

562
01:02:09,000 --> 01:02:15,000
Terrell Terry has come on. He's walked one man and allowed a single to another.

563
01:02:15,000 --> 01:02:17,000
I'm just on first and second.

564
01:02:17,000 --> 01:02:25,000
Harris Clark, bunch, and the play as Terry falls down is too late.

565
01:02:25,000 --> 01:02:31,000
Terry's last clock in the glass, he's dug a big divot.

566
01:02:31,000 --> 01:02:36,000
What a divot he does.

567
01:02:36,000 --> 01:02:42,000
He's got to be short to base hit.

568
01:02:42,000 --> 01:02:51,000
Now you hear some folks waking up.

569
01:02:51,000 --> 01:02:55,000
Three men on base.

570
01:02:55,000 --> 01:03:02,000
Donald Meyer on third, Don Wallace on second, Harris Clark on first, and the batter is Arch Lopez, the left-hand hitter.

571
01:03:02,000 --> 01:03:06,000
New York leading two to nothing, last of the sixth inning.

572
01:03:06,000 --> 01:03:16,000
Three runners lead away to wind up the pitch. It's low, ball one.

573
01:03:16,000 --> 01:03:20,000
Cuppet zone playing the toughest steps behind the runner at third.

574
01:03:20,000 --> 01:03:23,000
Three men lead away to wind up the pitch.

575
01:03:23,000 --> 01:03:32,000
One on nine and the high field is off of a base hit. Lawrence Downen on third, and the ball comes through Glantz at the end of the pitch.

576
01:03:32,000 --> 01:03:35,000
And the game is back up.

577
01:03:35,000 --> 01:03:39,000
The coach united the Glantz.

578
01:03:39,000 --> 01:03:46,000
He couldn't handle it. He had a chance on the second runner, that is Don Wallace, coming home.

579
01:03:46,000 --> 01:03:53,000
But all he did was jab and tag the man without the ball.

580
01:03:53,000 --> 01:04:06,000
So Arch Lopez lifts a solid single to center for two runs, scoring Donald Meyer and Wallace, sending Harris Clark to second.

581
01:04:06,000 --> 01:04:15,000
The tie ball game now, 2-2, and the Virginians have awakened.

582
01:04:15,000 --> 01:04:28,000
Now the batter is Jake Gibbs, who replaced Bob Smith in left-hand batter.

583
01:04:28,000 --> 01:04:36,000
Ralph Cherry to the stretch. The pitch is high, ball one.

584
01:04:36,000 --> 01:04:44,000
Now you can hear the hubbub of the crowd.

585
01:04:44,000 --> 01:04:48,000
You know that's helpful to a hamster, some of the other things.

586
01:04:48,000 --> 01:04:54,000
You do a game and they're all sitting down in this quiet, you start getting as quiet as they do.

587
01:04:54,000 --> 01:05:01,000
Runners lead away from first and second. The pitch to Jake Gibbs, one on, there's a high fly ball in the short left, could be trouble.

588
01:05:01,000 --> 01:05:05,000
Now Lopez comes on to grab it, and then he's going out.

589
01:05:05,000 --> 01:05:09,000
It's near the left field line.

590
01:05:09,000 --> 01:05:17,000
The runners hold up, one bounce, and here's Fred Hoppe.

591
01:05:17,000 --> 01:05:23,000
First baseman, another left-hand hitter.

592
01:05:23,000 --> 01:05:27,000
Foul out to the catcher and struck out.

593
01:05:27,000 --> 01:05:33,000
These left-hand hitters started picking on some right-hand pitching after looking at downing left-hand pitching for a while.

594
01:05:33,000 --> 01:05:42,000
The delivery inside for a ball. Each team is about to step into that pitch.

595
01:05:42,000 --> 01:05:47,000
Hoppe is a big fellow.

596
01:05:47,000 --> 01:05:51,000
Runners on first and second.

597
01:05:51,000 --> 01:06:12,000
Mark and Lopez of the pitch. Outside and high, ball two.

598
01:06:12,000 --> 01:06:21,000
Now the pitch. One on, a down ball, hits Richardson backhand, it over to Linds. Linds world close to first for a good double play.

599
01:06:21,000 --> 01:06:34,000
He did a complete circle. 180-degree turn after taking the toss from Richardson, who first of all made a sparkling draft almost behind second base.

600
01:06:34,000 --> 01:06:47,000
It was behind second base because as he tossed to Linds, Linds had to do a complete circle around to get in position to throw the first base.

601
01:06:47,000 --> 01:06:51,000
That's why pitchers do love good infielders.

602
01:06:51,000 --> 01:06:58,000
Two runs, three hits, no errors, one left on.

603
01:06:58,000 --> 01:07:07,000
And so at the end of six innings of play, the total is identical. Two runs, three hits, and no errors.

604
01:07:07,000 --> 01:07:12,000
In order to watch some batting practice, but particularly infield practice.

605
01:07:12,000 --> 01:07:18,000
And the infield just put on a show finger.

606
01:07:18,000 --> 01:07:23,000
No better show could have been put on in the execution of that double play.

607
01:07:23,000 --> 01:07:29,000
Now the Richardson race over, backhand of the ball, kind of flipped it sidewise with the glove.

608
01:07:29,000 --> 01:07:33,000
I mean he kept the glove, but I mean the end ball flipped it over.

609
01:07:33,000 --> 01:07:36,000
Here's Johnny Blanchard takes the strike.

610
01:07:36,000 --> 01:07:44,000
That's why Linds was facing center field when he took the toss and had to come all the way around to turn to throw the first.

611
01:07:44,000 --> 01:07:50,000
Johnny Blanchard takes it outside.

612
01:07:50,000 --> 01:07:56,000
It has slowly changed, but it's true. Many years ago, before my time, I never saw a piece coming forward.

613
01:07:56,000 --> 01:08:03,000
What show did he put on? There's a pitch that fouled on the right field line.

614
01:08:03,000 --> 01:08:12,000
There was a policeman with his back to the play talking to one of the attendants at the ballpark.

615
01:08:12,000 --> 01:08:21,000
And the attendant at the ballpark came close not to having anybody to talk to.

616
01:08:21,000 --> 01:08:35,000
Here's the pitch, low and inside, 2-2.

617
01:08:35,000 --> 01:08:49,000
Donald Meyers' pitch is flung on, hits hard on the ground to second. It's parked up, but it flips on to first, to Fred Hocky, and it's won away.

618
01:08:49,000 --> 01:08:56,000
Police Boyer, flying to right, flying to center.

619
01:08:56,000 --> 01:09:01,000
Tom Metcalfe, who showed so well for the Yankees' spring training.

620
01:09:01,000 --> 01:09:09,000
The pitch is low for the ball, is warming up for Richmond.

621
01:09:09,000 --> 01:09:14,000
Bob Meyer, warming up for New York.

622
01:09:14,000 --> 01:09:28,000
The next pitch is in there for the Tigers, 1-1. Yankees 2, Richmond 2.

623
01:09:28,000 --> 01:09:32,000
Now the delivery, hung on and missed.

624
01:09:32,000 --> 01:09:43,000
I couldn't help but think of the old Satchel Page saying among his many things,

625
01:09:43,000 --> 01:09:46,000
the pitch is into the dirt.

626
01:09:46,000 --> 01:09:50,000
When that ball almost hits the place and not hits.

627
01:09:50,000 --> 01:10:03,000
When you're running, don't look back, because somebody's out there gaining on you.

628
01:10:03,000 --> 01:10:16,000
Here's the pitch, inside, ball 3, 3-2.

629
01:10:16,000 --> 01:10:22,000
He had a whole list of things, wonderful.

630
01:10:22,000 --> 01:10:27,000
Now the pitch, and it's low and inside for a ball.

631
01:10:27,000 --> 01:10:34,000
Then I get ready to pitch while I warm up. I just stand there and just jangle my arms down by the side.

632
01:10:34,000 --> 01:10:40,000
Just keep jangling them, because that gets the juices going in your body.

633
01:10:40,000 --> 01:10:43,000
Then I have to warm up.

634
01:10:43,000 --> 01:10:46,000
Ralph Terry, the batter.

635
01:10:46,000 --> 01:10:48,000
There's the puck.

636
01:10:48,000 --> 01:11:03,000
Fred Hopke, first baseman plays it to second baseman, Harris Clark, to sacrifice.

637
01:11:03,000 --> 01:11:22,000
Here comes Phil Lynn, who singles to right center, lines it short and grounded to first.

638
01:11:22,000 --> 01:11:40,000
Donald Meyer to the stretch, here's the pitch, swung on, grand ball hits the short, the play will have to be the first base in time.

639
01:11:40,000 --> 01:11:47,000
The side is retired, no runs, no hits, no errors, one left on.

640
01:11:47,000 --> 01:11:54,000
And at the end of the 6 1 half innings, the score remains the Yankees 2 and the Virginians 2.

641
01:11:54,000 --> 01:11:57,000
This is W.O.K.O. in Albany, New York.

642
01:11:57,000 --> 01:12:00,000
Mr. Pour Yourself a Ballantine Beer.

643
01:12:00,000 --> 01:12:05,000
Ballantine is the beer that gives you a smile every time, the beer that won't fill you up, won't let you down.

644
01:12:05,000 --> 01:12:11,000
So go ahead, pour yourself a crisp, lively Ballantine, pour yourself a smile.

645
01:12:11,000 --> 01:12:15,000
Harris pitches in there for a strike.

646
01:12:15,000 --> 01:12:22,000
You know, as we've been broadcasting this game, it's been a little thing running through your mind.

647
01:12:22,000 --> 01:12:25,000
Here's the pitch, high for a ball.

648
01:12:25,000 --> 01:12:33,000
In terms of translation, the Richmond Virginians are wearing Yankee uniforms with the NY taken off and their own insignia on.

649
01:12:33,000 --> 01:12:45,000
And you keep wanting to speak of the home team in terms of Yankees.

650
01:12:45,000 --> 01:12:46,000
Here's the pitch.

651
01:12:46,000 --> 01:12:52,000
Swung on as a time to take my field and it is going foul.

652
01:12:52,000 --> 01:13:04,000
It's kind of funny, it's that.

653
01:13:04,000 --> 01:13:11,000
That would put the Virginians ahead and the ball went over a sign that puts you in the driver's seat.

654
01:13:11,000 --> 01:13:34,000
Now the pitch, swung on, went for a low outside pitch, a little anxious.

655
01:13:34,000 --> 01:13:45,000
Jack Matheson coming up, Yankees two, Virginians two.

656
01:13:45,000 --> 01:13:53,000
Ralph Terry, who succeeded Al Downing, delivers pitch one on and head out into right center.

657
01:13:53,000 --> 01:13:57,000
Round track station, two away.

658
01:13:57,000 --> 01:14:02,000
Don't forget opening day at Yankee Stadium, day after tomorrow, with a Boston Red Sox.

659
01:14:02,000 --> 01:14:08,000
Welcome home to Yankee.

660
01:14:08,000 --> 01:14:14,000
I know there's so many people out there, you can give them a stand on the back.

661
01:14:14,000 --> 01:14:18,000
We can't do it verbally, we'll do it with the clap of the hands.

662
01:14:18,000 --> 01:14:21,000
It'll be quite a big day, a historic day.

663
01:14:21,000 --> 01:14:26,000
Big Tegel takes inside and high, ball one.

664
01:14:26,000 --> 01:14:30,000
Red Sox are also there.

665
01:14:30,000 --> 01:14:38,000
On Thursday, they're left Wednesday open in the event of a weather possibility so they can have the opening day the next day.

666
01:14:38,000 --> 01:14:43,000
Here's the pitch, low and outside.

667
01:14:43,000 --> 01:14:52,000
Two balls, no strikes.

668
01:14:52,000 --> 01:14:58,000
Ralph Terry's delivery, high and inside, ball three.

669
01:14:58,000 --> 01:15:03,000
Bill Cooper was remarking earlier, we hadn't seen too much of Ralph Terry this spring.

670
01:15:03,000 --> 01:15:13,000
The pattern that the yogi devised in order to get pitchers more work with their rookie camp just a few miles from the base camp.

671
01:15:13,000 --> 01:15:16,000
Here's the pitch in their first track.

672
01:15:16,000 --> 01:15:22,000
They would send a lot of the pitchers down there to work.

673
01:15:22,000 --> 01:15:27,000
So in a sense, they got more work than actual game.

674
01:15:27,000 --> 01:15:36,000
Now the delivery, swung on and popped up to Joe Capitone, the mozova in the foul ground and one-handed.

675
01:15:36,000 --> 01:15:38,000
The side is retired.

676
01:15:38,000 --> 01:15:42,000
No runs, no hits, no errors, no one left on.

677
01:15:42,000 --> 01:15:48,000
And that's at the end of seven innings of play, two runs, three hits and no errors.

678
01:15:48,000 --> 01:15:51,000
Those are the totals for each team.

679
01:15:51,000 --> 01:15:57,000
Don Seeger running with Fred Muriel towards the dressing room and Stan Williams.

680
01:15:57,000 --> 01:16:02,000
Don Seeger was the trainer here and so was Joe Thoris at one time.

681
01:16:02,000 --> 01:16:05,000
We pause for station identification.

682
01:16:05,000 --> 01:16:10,000
This is 1460 Radio in Albany, New York, WOKO.

683
01:16:10,000 --> 01:16:30,000
Joe Cronin, president of the American League, will be at the stadium Tuesday.

684
01:16:30,000 --> 01:16:35,000
He'll give the award to you through Elton Howard, the most famous player.

685
01:16:35,000 --> 01:16:43,000
Gallimbado and his Royal Canadians will be on hand to entertain, a souvenir for all the folks who are there.

686
01:16:43,000 --> 01:16:50,000
And Phil Rizzuto has just gotten a job with Gallimbado for the day.

687
01:16:50,000 --> 01:16:53,000
How do you mean, cleaning the horns or a finger?

688
01:16:53,000 --> 01:16:56,000
Finger, oh, okay.

689
01:16:56,000 --> 01:17:05,000
Bobby Richardson leads off and Count now has two balls, no strikes on Bobby.

690
01:17:05,000 --> 01:17:07,000
I heard you.

691
01:17:07,000 --> 01:17:13,000
He's singing and playing the pick-a-lo.

692
01:17:13,000 --> 01:17:19,000
Bobby started to try to duck out of the way, goes right back to the pitcher, throws to first Richardson, still hasn't left the batter.

693
01:17:19,000 --> 01:17:27,000
Bobby trying to duck out of the way, actually sat on the ground, the ball hit his back, and it was an easy out, one to three.

694
01:17:27,000 --> 01:17:30,000
Here's Hector Lopez up to the first time.

695
01:17:30,000 --> 01:17:37,000
Bob Damaris while he was in there, had one single in three times at bat and a run batted in.

696
01:17:37,000 --> 01:17:49,000
Down my assist is over, strike call.

697
01:17:49,000 --> 01:17:51,000
Pitch is low.

698
01:17:51,000 --> 01:18:01,000
One on one, I'm Decker Archie Moore.

699
01:18:01,000 --> 01:18:12,000
Next pitch is on the inside corner, strike two call, one ball, two strikes.

700
01:18:12,000 --> 01:18:18,000
I think he's opening this game like he's going to have a big day against Richardson.

701
01:18:18,000 --> 01:18:27,000
Third strike, three balls.

702
01:18:27,000 --> 01:18:31,000
Now here's Archie Moore up for the first time at bat.

703
01:18:31,000 --> 01:18:37,000
Maybe Maddow was over too, got a base on balls while he was in the game.

704
01:18:37,000 --> 01:18:40,000
On deck, Cleve Boyle.

705
01:18:40,000 --> 01:18:44,000
No, on deck, Tom Thresh.

706
01:18:44,000 --> 01:18:56,000
First pitch is inside, ball one.

707
01:18:56,000 --> 01:18:59,000
Two out, nobody on it, two, two ball games.

708
01:18:59,000 --> 01:19:14,000
Curve is low, two balls, no strikes.

709
01:19:14,000 --> 01:19:21,000
Right hander back with a fastball hit, right back to the box, he's got on one hot close to first for the out.

710
01:19:21,000 --> 01:19:26,000
Nice hand for Stoudelmeyer, as he ties the Yankees in order here in the top of the eighth

711
01:19:26,000 --> 01:19:40,000
and at the end of seven and a half innings it's the Yankees two to the Juniors two.

712
01:19:40,000 --> 01:19:46,000
Getting ready to go in the bottom of the eighth inning, a tie ball game, two-two.

713
01:19:46,000 --> 01:19:52,000
That's Harry's on the mound.

714
01:19:52,000 --> 01:20:00,000
And we're going to have a pinch hitter for Meryl Stoudelmeyer.

715
01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:13,000
Wearing uniform number two, he's got the left-hand batter, Ike Butch.

716
01:20:13,000 --> 01:20:21,000
He's going to turn it around his box.

717
01:20:21,000 --> 01:20:24,000
But Hoppe, as quoted in the fair, this is a coach at first base.

718
01:20:24,000 --> 01:20:29,000
The first pitch is inside, ball one.

719
01:20:29,000 --> 01:20:33,000
Now, Stoudelmeyer, the Indians only have I think 14 men up here right now.

720
01:20:33,000 --> 01:20:36,000
A lot of them are still in Hollywood, a lot will be sent down.

721
01:20:36,000 --> 01:20:41,000
There they drive to center field, coming on fast, Tom Thresh coming on fast and he can't get it.

722
01:20:41,000 --> 01:20:50,000
A deep spin and a tentatively single for the pinch hitter.

723
01:20:50,000 --> 01:20:54,000
That's the fourth hit of a proud Harry and all four hits by the Virginians.

724
01:20:54,000 --> 01:20:58,000
What Harry is now down in with five innings without giving up a hit.

725
01:20:58,000 --> 01:21:04,000
Here's Ed John Wallace who's got the first pitch of the ball game for the Virginians in his seventh inning, a 10-to-the-left field.

726
01:21:04,000 --> 01:21:07,000
Boy, a move to the third now with a short side two-two.

727
01:21:07,000 --> 01:21:09,000
They are looking for the possible bunch.

728
01:21:09,000 --> 01:21:17,000
They throw to first, not in time.

729
01:21:17,000 --> 01:21:18,000
There's the stretch.

730
01:21:18,000 --> 01:21:21,000
Boy is coming in, a 50-quid round bunch at high in the air.

731
01:21:21,000 --> 01:21:23,000
Kyle Pepperstone has got it on a fly.

732
01:21:23,000 --> 01:21:37,000
Let's get back to first base.

733
01:21:37,000 --> 01:21:44,000
Ike Clark who beat out a bunch single in the sixth inning also fly to center bounce to second.

734
01:21:44,000 --> 01:21:52,000
A left-hand batter.

735
01:21:52,000 --> 01:21:55,000
Boy is still in on the infield grass.

736
01:21:55,000 --> 01:21:57,000
Runner leads away at first.

737
01:21:57,000 --> 01:21:58,000
There he goes and the pitch is low.

738
01:21:58,000 --> 01:22:02,000
The throw is wide and not in time.

739
01:22:02,000 --> 01:22:07,000
He takes a good pitch to steer line, a third ball that was low inside.

740
01:22:07,000 --> 01:22:10,000
An advantage hurry throw was wide at the back.

741
01:22:10,000 --> 01:22:16,000
Throw to stolen base and it puts the lead run at second base.

742
01:22:16,000 --> 01:22:24,000
Pitch to the ball through Irish clock.

743
01:22:24,000 --> 01:22:27,000
Stretch by Terry.

744
01:22:27,000 --> 01:22:32,000
He's got a ground over half-back throw by right here.

745
01:22:32,000 --> 01:22:36,000
Down he's got it coming on the floor as the floor is low off.

746
01:22:36,000 --> 01:22:41,000
Nice touch from the beginning one-way three-to-two.

747
01:22:41,000 --> 01:22:43,000
Boy, Pepperstone just had a deep pitch.

748
01:22:43,000 --> 01:22:46,000
Oh, then he's touching on that too.

749
01:22:46,000 --> 01:22:49,000
He's got a lot of work done down in spring training.

750
01:22:49,000 --> 01:22:52,000
Very proud of his lead team.

751
01:22:52,000 --> 01:22:57,000
Almost lost a couple there and a hard bouncing ball that bounced right over his right shoulder.

752
01:22:57,000 --> 01:22:58,000
Throw, run, battered in.

753
01:22:58,000 --> 01:23:00,000
Second hit for Irish clock.

754
01:23:00,000 --> 01:23:03,000
And the Virginia's now lead three-to-two.

755
01:23:03,000 --> 01:23:05,000
Here's Art Lopez bounce to second.

756
01:23:05,000 --> 01:23:08,000
Walks and single to center.

757
01:23:08,000 --> 01:23:09,000
Very pitchy.

758
01:23:09,000 --> 01:23:20,000
Starts to butt-pick for the first strike.

759
01:23:20,000 --> 01:23:29,000
Pepperstone holding fast, holding first against Irish clock.

760
01:23:29,000 --> 01:23:30,000
First throw to first.

761
01:23:30,000 --> 01:23:33,000
Walk inside.

762
01:23:33,000 --> 01:23:38,000
Lopez drove in two runs with his single to center field in the sixth inning.

763
01:23:38,000 --> 01:23:40,000
First is a changeup hitting the air to left center field.

764
01:23:40,000 --> 01:23:41,000
That's going to be trouble.

765
01:23:41,000 --> 01:23:43,000
And it's just coming up.

766
01:23:43,000 --> 01:23:50,000
And Lopez, the first hit to the side just, and that was Lopez.

767
01:23:50,000 --> 01:23:52,000
They're waving him in all the way.

768
01:23:52,000 --> 01:23:53,000
He loses, throw to the plate.

769
01:23:53,000 --> 01:23:56,000
While he's throwing from, he's got it to play on a beautiful relay.

770
01:23:56,000 --> 01:23:59,000
From Lopez to Linz to Blanton.

771
01:23:59,000 --> 01:24:02,000
And that second base for the double is Art Lopez.

772
01:24:02,000 --> 01:24:07,000
And it's just coming from, he's got it to play just, and that was Lopez.

773
01:24:07,000 --> 01:24:08,000
They're waving him in all the way.

774
01:24:08,000 --> 01:24:10,000
He loses, throw to the plate.

775
01:24:10,000 --> 01:24:13,000
From Lopez to Linz to Blanton.

776
01:24:13,000 --> 01:24:17,000
And that second base for the double is Art Lopez.

777
01:24:17,000 --> 01:24:20,000
The wind kept blowing that ball away from Tom Sessions.

778
01:24:20,000 --> 01:24:28,000
He tried to backhand it.

779
01:24:28,000 --> 01:24:30,000
Linz made a beautiful relay.

780
01:24:30,000 --> 01:24:33,000
One hopper right, two gunnybugs.

781
01:24:33,000 --> 01:24:38,000
Now to bring up Jake Yidd, now with two outs.

782
01:24:38,000 --> 01:24:47,000
And that second base, Art Lopez.

783
01:24:47,000 --> 01:24:51,000
Richmond leading 3-2 in the bottom of the eighth.

784
01:24:51,000 --> 01:24:53,000
Stretched by Terry.

785
01:24:53,000 --> 01:24:59,000
Touches and high foul by Al Finner at a county branch that is under.

786
01:24:59,000 --> 01:25:02,000
And Blanton takes it just in front of the stand.

787
01:25:02,000 --> 01:25:06,000
For Richmond in the bottom of the eighth, one run on three-base hit.

788
01:25:06,000 --> 01:25:08,000
No Yankee errors, one man left.

789
01:25:08,000 --> 01:25:15,000
At the end of eighth quarter, Richmond 3, the Yankees 2.

790
01:25:15,000 --> 01:25:18,000
Hey, you hear about John and Mike and Steve?

791
01:25:18,000 --> 01:25:20,000
Isn't that a word? What did they do?

792
01:25:20,000 --> 01:25:22,000
And Phil and Jack and Mary Lou.

793
01:25:22,000 --> 01:25:24,000
Come on, tell me, what did they do?

794
01:25:24,000 --> 01:25:26,000
They've all changed to Winston, every one.

795
01:25:26,000 --> 01:25:29,000
Oh, that's nothing new. I'll just tell you.

796
01:25:29,000 --> 01:25:31,000
How did you?

797
01:25:31,000 --> 01:25:35,000
Yes, just thinking of changing to a thousand changes.

798
01:25:35,000 --> 01:25:38,000
Changing to a filthy cigarette.

799
01:25:38,000 --> 01:25:40,000
Change to Winston.

800
01:25:40,000 --> 01:25:45,000
Because Winston, they showed up like a thousand cigarettes chosen.

801
01:25:45,000 --> 01:25:49,000
A modern filter and exclusive filter blend up front.

802
01:25:49,000 --> 01:25:54,000
Now you know why Winston is America's largest selling filter cigarette by far.

803
01:25:54,000 --> 01:25:56,000
Join the swing to Winston.

804
01:25:56,000 --> 01:26:00,000
Yes, just thinking of changing to a filthy cigarette.

805
01:26:00,000 --> 01:26:06,000
Change to Winston. Because Winston, they showed up like a thousand cigarettes chosen.

806
01:26:06,000 --> 01:26:10,000
Winston, they showed up like a thousand cigarettes chosen.

807
01:26:10,000 --> 01:26:12,000
Change to Winston.

808
01:26:16,000 --> 01:26:19,000
Well, don't forget, it'll be opening day Tuesday, April the 14th.

809
01:26:19,000 --> 01:26:22,000
And by the way, how many openings does that make it feel now?

810
01:26:22,000 --> 01:26:24,000
As the voice of the Yankees.

811
01:26:24,000 --> 01:26:30,000
Well, I'd have to go back and count on my sisters in the 39s.

812
01:26:30,000 --> 01:26:34,000
I worked with them in the Army for three years.

813
01:26:34,000 --> 01:26:39,000
And from 46 on, I've been doing new games now.

814
01:26:39,000 --> 01:26:44,000
In fact, before the war, we used to do the home games of Giants and Yankees.

815
01:26:44,000 --> 01:26:46,000
Never traveled.

816
01:26:46,000 --> 01:26:49,000
And so we were in both leagues at that time.

817
01:26:49,000 --> 01:26:51,000
That's a lot of openings.

818
01:26:51,000 --> 01:26:52,000
Yes, sir.

819
01:26:52,000 --> 01:26:57,000
We've got Tom Metcalf coming in now.

820
01:26:57,000 --> 01:27:02,000
Metcalf has shown brittleness for the Yankees in spring training.

821
01:27:02,000 --> 01:27:06,000
The decision had to be made between him and Mickelson.

822
01:27:06,000 --> 01:27:15,000
And it wasn't so much the fact, as I said, that Metcalf didn't look so well,

823
01:27:15,000 --> 01:27:18,000
but rather the style of pitching that felt that they'd go with Mickelson,

824
01:27:18,000 --> 01:27:22,000
at least to start with, because he can throw centers.

825
01:27:22,000 --> 01:27:30,000
Whereas Metcalf's type of pitching, he had a lot of balls up in the air.

826
01:27:30,000 --> 01:27:34,000
They had quite talked with him and told him to work on that little pitch.

827
01:27:34,000 --> 01:27:36,000
He's bound to make it a very intelligent fellow.

828
01:27:36,000 --> 01:27:41,000
Here's a pitch swung on, and there's a looper out over second for a base hit.

829
01:27:41,000 --> 01:27:45,000
And on the handle, too.

830
01:27:45,000 --> 01:27:55,000
Tom Trash hit one on the handle and pushed it over the head of the second baseman,

831
01:27:55,000 --> 01:28:00,000
Harris Park.

832
01:28:00,000 --> 01:28:07,000
And that's the Yankees' first hit since the second inning.

833
01:28:07,000 --> 01:28:12,000
Joe Pepitone, nothing to agree.

834
01:28:12,000 --> 01:28:20,000
Tom Metcalf's pitch is swung on and fouled it, that one.

835
01:28:20,000 --> 01:28:25,000
Billy Muffet, who started, gave up three hits in the first two innings

836
01:28:25,000 --> 01:28:31,000
and the Yankees two runs.

837
01:28:31,000 --> 01:28:35,000
Then he pitched two score openings, and Stoudelmeier went through the eighth

838
01:28:35,000 --> 01:28:36,000
without giving up a hit.

839
01:28:36,000 --> 01:28:50,000
And that's the delivery, swung on, hit foul.

840
01:28:50,000 --> 01:28:55,000
And just the reverse, Downing didn't give up a hit for five innings.

841
01:28:55,000 --> 01:28:59,000
Sanferri gave up three in the sixth and three in the eighth.

842
01:28:59,000 --> 01:29:04,000
Metcalf's pitch to Pepitone swung on and hits right below us.

843
01:29:04,000 --> 01:29:10,000
Opening day at Yankee Stadium Tuesday.

844
01:29:10,000 --> 01:29:18,000
Connor Yogan-Barras, Elston Howard, and a host of others.

845
01:29:18,000 --> 01:29:20,000
Dignitary's presence.

846
01:29:20,000 --> 01:29:33,000
Here's the pitch swung on and bounced foul down the first base line.

847
01:29:33,000 --> 01:29:38,000
Richmond three and the Yankees two.

848
01:29:38,000 --> 01:29:45,000
It's the first half of the ninth inning.

849
01:29:45,000 --> 01:29:47,000
Tom Metcalf all set.

850
01:29:47,000 --> 01:29:49,000
The pitch swung on as it bounced to the first.

851
01:29:49,000 --> 01:29:55,000
Hopke had to throw down the second for one, back to first to Metcalf nine times.

852
01:29:55,000 --> 01:29:59,000
It was awful close.

853
01:29:59,000 --> 01:30:06,000
Hopke threw down to Wallace and they knocked off fresh.

854
01:30:06,000 --> 01:30:16,000
And the shortstop's relay to Metcalf within an eyelet of completing the double play.

855
01:30:16,000 --> 01:30:18,000
Force out at second.

856
01:30:18,000 --> 01:30:21,000
Pepitone on first, Nevada.

857
01:30:21,000 --> 01:30:26,000
Johnny Blanchard.

858
01:30:26,000 --> 01:30:29,000
Tom Metcalf's delivery.

859
01:30:29,000 --> 01:30:35,000
It bounces away from the catcher over near the barrier and Pepitone moves on to second.

860
01:30:35,000 --> 01:30:38,000
That's a wild pitch.

861
01:30:38,000 --> 01:30:41,000
You can almost see what Metcalf is doing.

862
01:30:41,000 --> 01:30:52,000
Yogi and Ford had a long talk in about a half hour before they asked him to go back down to Richmond.

863
01:30:52,000 --> 01:30:55,000
That's what I learned, to keep the ball low.

864
01:30:55,000 --> 01:31:00,000
I think I have to have a little too low.

865
01:31:00,000 --> 01:31:02,000
Three to two, Richmond leads.

866
01:31:02,000 --> 01:31:05,000
Here's the pitch to Blanchard, swung on and bowled off.

867
01:31:05,000 --> 01:31:19,000
That ball's second.

868
01:31:19,000 --> 01:31:23,000
Pepitone moving off second.

869
01:31:23,000 --> 01:31:27,000
It's up high, fastball.

870
01:31:27,000 --> 01:31:28,000
June 1 the count.

871
01:31:28,000 --> 01:31:29,000
We're in the first half of the ninth inning.

872
01:31:29,000 --> 01:31:45,000
Richmond leading by a score of three to two.

873
01:31:45,000 --> 01:31:47,000
Pepitone leading away from second.

874
01:31:47,000 --> 01:31:51,000
Metcalf's delivery is low and inside.

875
01:31:51,000 --> 01:31:59,000
Green one.

876
01:31:59,000 --> 01:32:10,000
He's trying to make him hit on the ground.

877
01:32:10,000 --> 01:32:15,000
The stretch and the three-one pitch swung on and bowled down the first base line.

878
01:32:15,000 --> 01:32:35,000
Strike two, full count.

879
01:32:35,000 --> 01:32:38,000
Tom Metcalf in release.

880
01:32:38,000 --> 01:32:41,000
Full count on Johnny Blanchard.

881
01:32:41,000 --> 01:32:44,000
Pepitone on second.

882
01:32:44,000 --> 01:32:45,000
Three to two Virginians.

883
01:32:45,000 --> 01:32:48,000
And the pitch gets away from the catcher.

884
01:32:48,000 --> 01:32:51,000
He fired that one and I believe it hit.

885
01:32:51,000 --> 01:32:52,000
No it didn't.

886
01:32:52,000 --> 01:32:55,000
Blanchard sort of, yes it did.

887
01:32:55,000 --> 01:32:58,000
Pepitone had to go back to second.

888
01:32:58,000 --> 01:33:04,000
I saw Blanchard kind of bend over and back up a little and then suddenly straighten up and throw his cap.

889
01:33:04,000 --> 01:33:21,000
So the wild, what appeared to be a wild pitch, did not go to the Yankees advance because then Pepitone would have been on third where he could have scored on and out on a long fly.

890
01:33:21,000 --> 01:33:26,000
Blanchard hit by a pitch ball and here's Creek Boyer.

891
01:33:26,000 --> 01:33:42,000
One out in the ninth, three to Richmond. The pitch swung on and bowled back.

892
01:33:42,000 --> 01:33:56,000
And the batter is hit by a pitch ball, a dead ball, and the runners have to return to their bases unless by virtue of the fact that they're becoming a base runner, it courses the others along.

893
01:33:56,000 --> 01:33:59,000
Metcalf into the stretch. Here's the pitch to Boyer.

894
01:33:59,000 --> 01:34:05,000
Low outside.

895
01:34:05,000 --> 01:34:08,000
First to the ninth.

896
01:34:08,000 --> 01:34:13,000
But Daly starts to warm up for New York, Terry on deck.

897
01:34:13,000 --> 01:34:24,000
Richmond leading three to two. Pepitone leads off second. Blanchard off first and the pitch to Boyer. It's in there for a strike, a beautiful curve.

898
01:34:24,000 --> 01:34:34,000
The plate started to swing at that pitch as ever up at home plate.

899
01:34:34,000 --> 01:34:38,000
Metcalf seemed to return his own style of pitching suddenly.

900
01:34:38,000 --> 01:34:40,000
One ball, two strikes.

901
01:34:40,000 --> 01:34:43,000
The stretch and the pitch.

902
01:34:43,000 --> 01:34:45,000
That one's into the dirt going outside.

903
01:34:45,000 --> 01:34:52,000
A nice save by Jake Gibbs.

904
01:34:52,000 --> 01:34:58,000
Two balls, two strikes.

905
01:34:58,000 --> 01:35:02,000
Richmond three, New York two. First half of the ninth inning.

906
01:35:02,000 --> 01:35:08,000
One out. Pepitone leading off second. Blanchard off first and the pitch.

907
01:35:08,000 --> 01:35:17,000
It's again, it's the plate. Blanchard back is. Three and two to count.

908
01:35:17,000 --> 01:35:25,000
They're trying to keep that ball low.

909
01:35:25,000 --> 01:35:34,000
Of course hitting the ground ball or even find a hole, but the percentage is in favor of being handled by an in-theater.

910
01:35:34,000 --> 01:35:39,000
Full count one out. We'll watch the runners. Pepitone leads off second. Blanchard off first.

911
01:35:39,000 --> 01:35:51,000
They're holding the pitch. The swung on and fouled off. It's about to the plate.

912
01:35:51,000 --> 01:35:56,000
Jim Gleason looks into the dugout to see if Yogi's got any change.

913
01:35:56,000 --> 01:35:59,000
As far as the base runners are concerned.

914
01:35:59,000 --> 01:36:03,000
The dangers move in the ninth inning. Running them.

915
01:36:03,000 --> 01:36:10,000
The stretch. Runners taking their lead and then Metcalf steps off the rubber right quick.

916
01:36:10,000 --> 01:36:15,000
Sometimes you can pick up the fact of whether the runners intend to go or not.

917
01:36:15,000 --> 01:36:19,000
Pepitone leads off second. Blanchard off first. The stretch.

918
01:36:19,000 --> 01:36:23,000
Runners are holding the pitch. The swung on. It says fly a ball in to short it out.

919
01:36:23,000 --> 01:36:27,000
Art Lopez comes in under and loses it.

920
01:36:27,000 --> 01:36:31,000
And he moves.

921
01:36:31,000 --> 01:36:37,000
As Lopez picks up the ball and Pepitone is forced to third.

922
01:36:37,000 --> 01:36:40,000
Instead of playing it halfway.

923
01:36:40,000 --> 01:36:44,000
Pepitone apparently had an idea he was going to go back to second in tags.

924
01:36:44,000 --> 01:36:51,000
And Lopez who lost the ball in the sun.

925
01:36:51,000 --> 01:36:54,000
Now Boyer has left first base.

926
01:36:54,000 --> 01:36:59,000
Thinking the ball was caught but now the holler at him in the egg he's got to run back.

927
01:36:59,000 --> 01:37:02,000
But time has been called.

928
01:37:02,000 --> 01:37:04,000
Now Yuma, and that's the oddest thing.

929
01:37:04,000 --> 01:37:10,000
He thought the ball had been caught in the double play and the game over.

930
01:37:10,000 --> 01:37:15,000
Now he's laughing.

931
01:37:15,000 --> 01:37:19,000
Now I was wondering why time was called and I understand.

932
01:37:19,000 --> 01:37:21,000
The left field.

933
01:37:21,000 --> 01:37:25,000
Ostrich 2 and the Alpine fans.

934
01:37:25,000 --> 01:37:27,000
Wanted some glass.

935
01:37:27,000 --> 01:37:29,000
And he's the one that called time.

936
01:37:29,000 --> 01:37:35,000
Else the game would have been over.

937
01:37:35,000 --> 01:37:37,000
Isn't that strange Bill?

938
01:37:37,000 --> 01:37:39,000
I've never seen anything like it though.

939
01:37:39,000 --> 01:37:46,000
Boyer thought the ball was caught and Pepitone was doubled at third and he was in for home.

940
01:37:46,000 --> 01:37:53,000
And when I say home I mean where he lives in the metropolitan area.

941
01:37:53,000 --> 01:37:58,000
But the left fielder had asked for time to get glasses.

942
01:37:58,000 --> 01:38:00,000
And when they hollered at him in the egg he's done got it.

943
01:38:00,000 --> 01:38:04,000
He'd already crossed the third baseline.

944
01:38:04,000 --> 01:38:09,000
He turned around and starts running back to first.

945
01:38:09,000 --> 01:38:11,000
Jill didn't know what had happened.

946
01:38:11,000 --> 01:38:16,000
That's the first time I saw that.

947
01:38:16,000 --> 01:38:21,000
So even with the outfielder losing the ball in the sun, it's not a base hit.

948
01:38:21,000 --> 01:38:23,000
It's a fourth play.

949
01:38:23,000 --> 01:38:29,000
Lopez to Mephyson.

950
01:38:29,000 --> 01:38:36,000
And Boyer saved by the grace of Lopez asking for the glasses.

951
01:38:36,000 --> 01:38:41,000
And here now with two down is Pedro Gonzalez.

952
01:38:41,000 --> 01:38:44,000
Man-pending, 3-2 Virginia.

953
01:38:44,000 --> 01:38:45,000
Blanchard on second.

954
01:38:45,000 --> 01:38:46,000
Boyer on first.

955
01:38:46,000 --> 01:38:47,000
The pitch is won on.

956
01:38:47,000 --> 01:38:49,000
The last five will be for Mark Lopez.

957
01:38:49,000 --> 01:38:50,000
He's going to get under it.

958
01:38:50,000 --> 01:38:54,000
He's waiting and the ball game is over.

959
01:38:54,000 --> 01:39:04,000
And Gonzalez flies to deep left.

960
01:39:04,000 --> 01:39:06,000
No runs.

961
01:39:06,000 --> 01:39:08,000
One hit.

962
01:39:08,000 --> 01:39:11,000
No errors and two men left on.

963
01:39:11,000 --> 01:39:17,000
I'll be back in a moment for the total to highlight.

964
01:39:17,000 --> 01:39:29,000
You get a smile every time with a Valentine.

965
01:39:29,000 --> 01:39:33,000
Wow, what a beer, that's Valentine.

966
01:39:33,000 --> 01:39:37,000
You get a smile every time with a Valentine.

967
01:39:37,000 --> 01:39:41,000
Wow, what a beer, that's Valentine.

968
01:39:41,000 --> 01:39:45,000
Beer at the beer, the most we're pressing around.

969
01:39:45,000 --> 01:39:49,000
Won't fill you up, won't let you down.

970
01:39:49,000 --> 01:39:53,000
So get a smile every time with a Valentine.

971
01:39:53,000 --> 01:39:56,000
Get a smile every time.

972
01:39:56,000 --> 01:39:59,000
Make a Valentine beer.

973
01:39:59,000 --> 01:40:20,000
Great ball game, great glass of Valentine.

974
01:40:20,000 --> 01:40:22,000
There's a happy combination for you.

975
01:40:22,000 --> 01:40:24,000
Hope you're enjoying a Valentine right now.

976
01:40:24,000 --> 01:40:26,000
And if not, what are you waiting for?

977
01:40:26,000 --> 01:40:28,000
Get a smile every time.

978
01:40:28,000 --> 01:40:30,000
Get crisp, lively Valentine.

979
01:40:30,000 --> 01:40:32,000
Wow, what a beer.

980
01:40:32,000 --> 01:40:37,000
And Al Downing started out and the Yankees started out against Muppet

981
01:40:37,000 --> 01:40:39,000
as if they would have a pleasant afternoon.

982
01:40:39,000 --> 01:40:42,000
When they scored runs in each of the first two innings,

983
01:40:42,000 --> 01:40:48,000
Linz singled, Richardson walked, Maris singled Linz home.

984
01:40:48,000 --> 01:40:53,000
And then Elston Howard blasted one over the left field fence in the second inning.

985
01:40:53,000 --> 01:40:55,000
There was two to nothing, but Muppet settled down,

986
01:40:55,000 --> 01:40:57,000
blanked the Yankees over the next two innings.

987
01:40:57,000 --> 01:40:58,000
Without a hit.

988
01:40:58,000 --> 01:41:05,000
In fact, the Yankees went from the second inning to the ninth inning without a base hit.

989
01:41:05,000 --> 01:41:10,000
As Muppet hurled two hit the thinning and Stoudelmeyer, who came on in the fifth,

990
01:41:10,000 --> 01:41:15,000
pitched four hit the thinnings and then came the wild ninth.

991
01:41:15,000 --> 01:41:23,000
And where two situations were involved with the runner on second thinking about tagging up

992
01:41:23,000 --> 01:41:25,000
instead of playing it halfway and then being forced its third

993
01:41:25,000 --> 01:41:31,000
when the left fielder lost the ball in the sun.

994
01:41:31,000 --> 01:41:37,000
And thus was able to force in a third, depriving the runner of a base hit.

995
01:41:37,000 --> 01:41:40,000
And of course giving the Virginians an important out.

996
01:41:40,000 --> 01:41:45,000
And Boyer who was running the first, caught the outfielder, had caught the ball,

997
01:41:45,000 --> 01:41:48,000
and there was a double play at third and a game over and had left first base

998
01:41:48,000 --> 01:41:52,000
and crossed the third baseline headed to the dugout.

999
01:41:52,000 --> 01:41:58,000
And was saved by the fact that time had been called by the left fielder who had dropped the ball

1000
01:41:58,000 --> 01:42:00,000
in order to get some sun grass.

1001
01:42:00,000 --> 01:42:03,000
Something I've never seen.

1002
01:42:03,000 --> 01:42:14,000
And then Tom Metcalf came in and worked that while he was in there working tonight.

1003
01:42:14,000 --> 01:42:22,000
And then Al Downey just to the reverse hurled five no hit innings and was taken out.

1004
01:42:22,000 --> 01:42:28,000
And Ralph Terry came on and then the Virginians jumped on him.

1005
01:42:28,000 --> 01:42:31,000
Stottlemeyer the pitcher got a walk.

1006
01:42:31,000 --> 01:42:35,000
Don Wallace single to the left.

1007
01:42:35,000 --> 01:42:39,000
Harris Park got a base hit. Art Lopez a base hit.

1008
01:42:39,000 --> 01:42:46,000
The Virginians were in and then in the eighth inning, clutch hitting for Stottlemeyer, single to center.

1009
01:42:46,000 --> 01:42:52,000
Harris Park singled and Art Lopez doubled to left for the third run.

1010
01:42:52,000 --> 01:42:58,000
With a possible fourth run being cut down to play on a beautiful relay from Lopez to Lenz

1011
01:42:58,000 --> 01:43:01,000
and Lenz's perfect throw to Blanchard at the plate.

1012
01:43:01,000 --> 01:43:03,000
So that's the way the runs were scored.

1013
01:43:03,000 --> 01:43:07,000
Stottlemeyer the winning pitcher and the losing pitcher Ralph Terry.

1014
01:43:07,000 --> 01:43:17,000
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