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

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What All America is talking about.

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This week, All America is talking about one of the most exciting World Series in baseball history.

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Right now, I'd like to have you meet one of the great players whose sensational relief pitching

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made World Series history and qualifies him to be New York's favorite son.

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The fellow who rushes in with a nobikane when the bases are loaded,

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fireman Joe Page, ladies and gentlemen.

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And that's mine, Joe. That applause is for you, Joe, and I'll bet there are a lot of people sitting at their loudspeakers tonight applauding your great performances of the series.

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You think there are people listening?

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Oh, you're wondering too, huh?

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Look, don't throw any curves, Joe. The season's over. You know that, don't you?

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And I bet you're happy about it, too. Pitching in those games must be a terrific strain.

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It is, Bob. There's a lot of tension you want to make every minute count. Did you ever feel that way?

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Yeah, when I was making the pale face with Jane Russell.

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Well, what are your plans now, Joe?

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Well, the first thing I want to do is rest up a bit. You know, I'm tired.

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Yeah, I know what you mean. The series has taken so much out of me, too.

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Out of you?

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Sure. Don't forget, you were only out in the field. I was up in the bleachers with the Dodgers fans.

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Dodger fan, that's an atomic bomb with a Brooklyn accent.

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What fans over there? An argument came up at home plate.

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I was drinking a Coke and the guy next to me threw the bottle.

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So?

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Hmm?

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So? I was still holding on to it.

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So, he says.

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Where are you going on your vacation, Joe?

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Oh, there's a little lake up in the high Sierras. I go up there hunting, put my decoys out, and just keep shooting away.

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Yeah, well, how many ducks do you get?

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Oh, there's no ducks around there, Bob. I just shoot it to decoys.

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Well, why do you like to shoot at decoys?

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Well, of course, from a distance, they look like the umpires.

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Well, Joe, I'd like to pause here for a moment to introduce a fellow who is one of the outstanding athletes of our day,

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a boy who went from the gridiron to the baseball diamond, whose power batting contributed mightily in helping Brooklyn win the National League pennant.

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Ladies and gentlemen, the sensational second baseman of the Dodgers, Jackie Robinson.

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Jackie?

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It's a real thrill having you with us tonight.

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Well, thank you very much, Bob.

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Now, you're not nervous in front of all these people, are you? If you are, just steal a few bases, then we'll start talking.

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No, I'm all right, Bob, but tonight's a sad night over there across the river.

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Why? What do you mean?

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Well, that tree that grows in Brooklyn is now Weeping Willow.

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Isn't that swell?

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Jackie, I guess that that $5,000 you got as a player share will come in pretty handy, won't it?

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Five thousand? Is that what we got, Bob?

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Jack, you mean you don't know how much you got? How come?

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Oh, Mrs. Robinson's been sitting on it since Sunday night.

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Your wife grabs the money that fast, Jackie?

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Bob, she grabs that money faster than I can say Jack Robinson, and that's my name.

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But Jackie, I'm sure, I'm sure all of us would like to know, tell us, how do you feel out there on the field with a close game with 70,000 pairs of eyes watching you?

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Well, we get pretty nervous, Bob. You know, we're always afraid of dropping one.

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Yeah, I feel the same way every Tuesday night.

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I have to be careful. They make them clean them up here until they make it clean.

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Jackie, you've met Joe Page here.

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Yeah, too many times in this series.

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How you doing, Joe?

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Well, don't say it like that. There'll be other years, you know.

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Hiya, Joe. He sounds like Tito talking to Staline.

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You played a great series, Jackie. Yes, sir, you really made time around those bases. Tell me, how do you keep in such good shape?

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Oh, I usually do about 10 miles of road work every day.

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Well, personally, I start out with three hours of calisthenics every morning.

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And then I go to the gym and box 20 rounds.

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Well, I prefer a couple hours of weightlifting with 300-pound weights.

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Anyone for ping-pong?

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But you know, it's a wonderful having you fellas with me tonight, the three of us all great baseball players.

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The three of us, Bob, who'd you ever play with?

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Who'd I play with? For four years, I was letterman on Vassar.

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But Bob, Vassar's a girls' school. How could you play on their baseball team?

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I used to take my showers at home.

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I'll never forget the big game, Vassar versus Smith versus Wellesley.

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How could three teams play in one game? Oh, what do girls know?

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Well, come to think of it, Bob, you are built pretty well. You could be a ballplayer.

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Oh, I thought you'd notice it sooner or later. Thank you.

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Sure, Bob, you could stand on first base and your stomach could steal over to second.

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Now wait. Wait a minute.

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And on the way over, you could trip the shortstop with your nose.

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Has Casey Stengel been writing your material, boy?

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Well, I'll tell you fellas, I'll stick to my racket and you stick to yours.

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And believe me, your two clubs put on a display a great baseball and fine sportsmanship

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that was a tribute to the game.

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Thanks, Bob, and we feel that whether you're in the game or not...

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There's no business like baseball, business like no business we know.

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Whether you are short or tall and lanky, it doesn't really matter where you're from.

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You've always got a chance to be a Yankee or you can wind up a bum.

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Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

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Fellas, I'd like to know one thing. What is that you're doing there?

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Well, Bob, we're singing. You may be singing, but your tonsils are still on the bench.

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Yes, sir, there's no people like baseball people.

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But wait, that isn't all.

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The day you started training camp, you're in a whirl.

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Can't drink or smoke, you can't kiss a girl.

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I'd only wish a thing like that on Milton Berle.

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Basketball, brother, play ball.

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There's no series like world, series like no series we know.

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I'm proud to say that I played for the Yankees.

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I tried to bring the Brooklyn Dodgers fame.

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I spent four years at Bellevue Sub-Normal.

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And then sold hot dogs at the game.

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With lots of mustard, everybody knows that you're a hee-hee-hay.

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Bob, Bob.

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Yes, Jack?

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Tell me, what was that?

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I was singing. What's the matter? Don't you like my voice?

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You sound like Kirsten Flagstead at half-smashed.

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I love that. That's better than the way it's written.

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You threw me, boy. Where do we go now?

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Oh yes, at half-mashed.

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Get in quick, fellas.

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We said there's no series like the world, series, but wait, that isn't all.

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You make an air and the crowd thinks you're a dope.

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You claim you're safe, but the ump says nope.

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Be glad that they don't pay you off in bars of soap.

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Play ball, brother, play ball. We don't mean checkers. Play ball, brother, play ball.

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All thanks for the memories of our World Series games.

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The democracy acclaims of Joe Demage and Jackie Rod, of all great baseball names.

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We thank you so much. Who wrote this? Cole Hope?

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Ladies and gentlemen, October the 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th, we're going up Canada Way.

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Going up to Toronto, Montreal, Guelph, Ontario, and Windsor, Canada.

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Gonna be there at 12th, 13th, 14th. Looking forward to that trip because a lot of friends up there.

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And ladies and gentlemen, I want to thank, just so big, a little old Manhattan,

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the town here with the king-size buildings and the king-size baseball teams.

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Believe me, there's no bigger thrill than coming to the big town for the World Series.

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And I'd like to say that New York may be big, but that baseball is bigger.

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Baseball is the number one game of the nation where every kid has a chance to grow up and be president

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or play center field for the Yankees or second base for the Dodgers.

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Yes, sir, baseball is American, is America's first pennant, the one that Betsy Ross made.

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And a word about the community chess. You know that chess is like baseball, too.

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It takes crippled youngsters with two strikes on them and sees that they draw a walk.

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And when you're in trouble, it sends in a pinch hitter.

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365 days a year, it's in their pitching.

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So let's see that the community chess, like the Yankees and the Dodgers, have a big season.

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Good night, ladies and gentlemen.

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Applause