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The Chicago Cubs faced the Chicago White Sox in Scottsdale, Arizona for a spring training game on April 4th, 1971.
The Cubs were managed by Leo DeRosier. They were coming off two consecutive second-place finishes behind the Mets and Pirates and were looking to win their first pennant in 25 years.
The White Sox were managed by Chuck Tanner. He was in his first full season after finishing up the disastrous 106 loss season in 1970 under manager Don Goodridge.
This audio recording is from the Chicago Radio broadcast featuring announcers Harry Carey and Ralph Foucher.
The Cubs were managed by Andrews at second base. At third base hitting clean up will be Bill Melton at third base.
At first base hitting fifth will be Carlos May at first base.
Batting sixth and playing center field will be Rick Reichert in center field.
In right field batting seventh will be Rich McKinney playing right field today.
The catcher hitting eighth will be Ed Herman. Herman the catcher and the pitcher right-hander Tom Bradley is 24 years old and has had a great spring.
The Cubs lineup will give you a moment but right now B.B. Richards steps into the batter's box and we're all set to go.
This is the third final in rubber game between these two clubs.
Here is Milt Pappas, first pitch of the ballgame. He bonds but pops it in the air. It's going to be an easy out. Pappas is under the ball and has it.
Richard on the first pitch tried to bond and popped the ball to the pitcher Milt Pappas.
That's one out and here's Walt Williams playing on field and batting second today.
Walt Williams
Williams hitting 351 for the spring games with two homers. 11 runs batted in.
Right-handed batter steps in. The Cubs have Pappas on the mound. Rudolph doing the catching. Hickman at first base. Becker at second.
Kessinger charged Santo at third to pitch. Curveball outside. One ball and no strikes. One man out.
Not a cloud in this blanket of azure blue above from which shines a red hot sun. Here's the pitch on the way. Swung on. Bouncing ball foul.
Knocked down by Joel Lynette coaching at third base. Luke Ampling got a big hand. Hall of Famer as he was introduced coaching at first base.
White Sox trainer Charlie Sadd wanting to be remembered to everybody back home. Here's the pitch. He started the swing held up. It's in there for a strike call.
Larry Barnett to play to umpire. Harold Band is umpiring at first base. Marty Springstead at second base. Haven't identified the umpire at third base as yet.
Paul Runge who's a son of Ed Runge. Veteran American League umpire. The pitch. Swung on. Ground ball headed for right field. Hickman knocks it out. Recovers close play.
Out at first base. Play went from Hickman to Pappas covering on a close play.
That's two gone and brings up Mike Andrews. And this will give you an idea.
How Andrews is rated by his manager Chuck Tanner. The fact that he is batting third. Usually the best hitter of a ball club is the third place hitter.
For example Billy Williams hits third for the Chicago Cubs. Two men are out. Nobody on base. Mike Andrews at the plate. Andrews hitting 385 for the spring game.
Had one homer. Twelve runs batted in. Big handsome right handed dotter. Here's a windup by Pappas. The pitch on the way. Swung at a fastball and he missed it.
This baseball field. The Cubs home training base. The field is encircled by a range of mountains. Very picturesque setting.
Now the pitch. Change of pace. Swung on. Little pop fly. Behind second base. Kessinger going out. Bechard going out. Bechard makes the catch.
And that retired was on. Andrews popped to Bechard and short center. One two three nothing across. We move now to the bottom of the first inning. The White Sox nothing. The Cubs coming to bat.
I'm going to run down and get a Coke carry. For a beer I think. Going out to the respective coaching boxes now. Down the first base line of the five. Joey Amal-Peteno. The third base number seven.
The fourth rally.
We're going to the bottom half of the first inning.
The fourth inning. Don Kessinger's switch hitting shortstop will be the leadoff man as 24 year old Tom Bradley who stands 6'3", weighs 195 pounds, is taking his warm up tosses.
A reminder that the White Sox ticket office at White Sox Park in Chicago is open this afternoon until four o'clock so you still have time to get over there and purchase your tickets for opening day or for any of the other games on the White Sox home schedule.
The White Sox open their home schedule you know. This coming Friday afternoon April the 9th against the division champion.
The twins will be in town over the weekend Friday afternoon, Saturday afternoon and Sunday afternoon. Hope you'll be there in person.
Remember the White Sox ticket office open until four o'clock this afternoon. Here's Kessinger the fine shortstop of the Chicago Cup. Switch hitter batting left handed.
Bradley looks down gets his sign.
Ed Herman in the crouch behind the plate.
Now Kessinger steps out of the batter's box.
Kessinger's had a good spring.
3-3 11. Now the sign into the wind up here's the pitch on the way.
And it's a curveball in the first strike call Bradley started off starting them off with a breaking ball and caught that outside corner. We have another crowd in excessive capacity today.
It's a very small seating accommodations here at Scottsdale Park.
One strike and no ball.
Nobody out beautiful afternoon here.
Now Tom Bradley getting set once the rosin bag.
And the bad boy brings it out.
Don't miss opening day friends as coming Friday afternoon April the 9th.
The White Sox against the twins.
Now the signal given Don Kessinger waiting.
Into the wind up goes Bradley the pitch on the way fastball in our beauty of strike is calling man he had the mustard on that one.
Two strikes and nothing even really buzzed a fastball caught that inside corner at the belt.
Two strikes and nothing.
Nobody on nobody out Don Kessinger left handed batter against Bradley.
Here's the pitch on the way.
And it's a fastball barely missed the outside corner Bradley is throwing hard.
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Here's the pitch on the way. Swung line foul into the left field corner.
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Here's the wind up the pitch curveball. Pop foul out of play.
Our originating station W.E.W. in Evanston.
With towers atop the Hancock building in Chicago.
So probably one of the greatest FM signals in the country.
WTAQ Ralph Foucher's station in LaGrange.
Here's the pitch on the way. Slung on.
Fouled again out of play into the left field corner.
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Good friend Frank Crozier over there.
And a hotbed of baseball interest down in Bloomington WBNQ.
Who've been with us all along.
Here's the wind up the pitch on the way.
Swung on a high pop fly shot left center everybody chasing it everybody chasing it.
Walt Williams is there and he makes the catch.
Kessinger popped to Williams and short left.
I told Walt Williams you know yesterday we were assuming it was the wind and the sun that was causing all the outfielders the trouble.
But that wasn't it at all. It's this high sky with the ball.
There's no background. The ball comes off the bat.
The background is a lot of white shirts.
And because of this high sky there's no clouds at all to serve as a background.
And the players don't see the ball come off the bat.
They're more or less groping and searching for it.
Never having seen it leave the bat.
One out nobody on the pitch on the way.
Beckard hits one hard in the left field.
A base hit.
Glenn Beckard is on there.
He really slashed that ball hard.
So Beckard on his first base with one out.
And here is Billy Williams.
What a hitter.
Over yesterday.
Our engineer Tom Kenfield.
Popping with the drinks today.
Too bad we don't have a beer sponsor.
We could sure add liver plug right now.
See what you're missing.
Breweries everywhere.
Runner at first base one out.
Billy Williams digs in.
The pitch on the way.
Curveball a little bit low.
One ball no strikes.
One out one on.
Bottom of the first inning.
Ah there's that great cabrán.
Over here to the left.
Mamie Hurt.
Cheering her heroes on.
Now the pitch on the way.
We're going bounce ball.
Boy what a cut this guy gets every time up there.
Billy Williams.
Billy hit three twenty two last year with forty two homers and one hundred and ninety hundred twenty nine RBI.
He'll go over the three hundred mark in career home runs this year.
Left handed batter is Bradley throwing the ball over to Carlos May.
Wasn't actually on the back.
Now Bradley ready.
The outfield plays deep.
Here's the stretch the pitch and a fastball is high.
Dave.
Dave Nightingale.
He lost his Florida tan two days in Chicago.
He's just rejoined the White Sox to cover for the Chicago Daily News.
What do you call that scarf you're wearing around your neck.
Apache.
I'll blow a kiss at you the way you look at the pitch.
Apache country.
What's that.
This is Apache country.
You wear Apaches.
I will say you do look sweet there.
Oh as he dressed funny.
Billy Williams the batter here's the stretch the pitch on the way and at the slow curve outside he walked him and the Cubs have something going here.
Runners at first and second with one out and here's the next set of number five.
That's all.
Santos had a great spring.
He hit two sixty seven last year with twenty six homers.
He drove in one hundred and fourteen runs the year before he hit twenty nine homers drove in one hundred and twenty three runs.
This guy's always around that hundred mark on RBI's.
Santo thirty one years old.
He's been with the Cubs since 1960.
So this is 12th year.
Runners at first and second one out.
Here's Bradley getting ready to pitch on the way.
Swung at a curve ball and he fouled it back and he had a good cut.
One strike and over.
Beautiful afternoon.
The baseball season opens tomorrow in the nation's capital.
The senators entertain the Oakland A's.
Here's the stretch the pitch on the way.
Curving to the dirt blowing outside even the count of the ball on the strike.
Baltimore's Orioles like Chicago's White Sox don't open their season until Wednesday.
Maybe there's a good old man there.
White Sox opening the same day that the world champion do one ball one strike.
One Santa waiting Tom Bradley's pitch off the stretch here it is curveball bounced on the ground to melt his play will be the second day for one.
And that's the only play they can get as Andrews came up with a low throw.
Santo forces Williams from Melton to Andrews.
That's to go on.
There's a fellow who's come into greatness late in his career.
After years of mediocrity.
He started back in 1956 with Albany.
There's a guy never hit 300 in the minor leagues.
Last year though he had some kind of year he had 315 32 homers 115 runs batted in Jim Hickman right handed batter the stretch the pitch.
It's a fastball a little bit low.
These are the kind of situations Hickman was great in for the Cubs.
With two outs the difference between having an ending and being scoreless many of the two out hit he got runners at first and third Tom Bradley 24 year old right handed getting set.
Now the stretch the pitch on the way here it is curveball a little bit low and outside.
Two balls no strikes. Hope you're enjoying the broadcast wherever you might be.
Now the signal given the pitch on the way here it is high.
At this point the cassette tape broke.
We've missed about an inning during which the White Sox scored a couple runs.
We pick it up now with Kenny Holtzman pitching for the Cubs and Joe Pepitone at first.
On the suicide squeeze he starts running with the pitch.
And the responsibility belongs to the hitter to be sure to bump the ball.
Here it is he bumps but foul on his safety squeeze again.
One ball one strike. There's a lot of beautiful scenery here on Scottsdale.
And the trees and the grass and the foliage and the mountains and some rather pretty girls in attendance also.
One ball one strike here's the pitch. He was going to bump but low and outside.
What was that Mrs. Hunt what'd you say.
I wonder when you're going to get around to a pretty girl.
You can't get away with anything up here.
I was namely a hunt this great cup fan sitting up before.
Here's the pitch.
Bump and foul in the air.
And what Chuck Tanner is doing here is he wants to stay away from the double play.
And so even though he doesn't have the suicide squeeze on.
He has had Bradley Bunning hoping that he'll sacrifice Herman the second.
And put it all up to B.B. Richard to get both runners home.
Now the stretch by Pappas the pitch he's going to run again but it's outside.
And it goes to three and two.
Ray balls two strikes.
Bradley takes a look over at Joe Larnette.
One thing you will notice.
The White Sox this year.
Here's the pitch.
And the first baseline.
And let it all stay.
Now they go to first.
That was a smart play by Rudolph.
He left the ball rolling hoping it would go foul which would make it a strikeout.
But Bradley is credited with a sacrifice.
From Rudolph to Becker covering.
And it's runners at second and third now will pass quickly for identification.
This is the Chicago White Sox baseball.
And now Lee Richard starts up.
Gary look at that girl down there.
This is Harry Carrey with Ralph Poucher.
B.B. Richard up there the pitch low and outside.
He's got a chance to drive in two runs.
White Sox out in front.
Runners at second and third.
Two away.
One ball no strike on B.B. Richard.
Chokes up on the bat.
21, 22 year old infielder.
Now the wind up.
Here's the pitch on the way.
Swings and he fouls tips and he had a good cut at that one.
The count evened up.
B.B. from Austin, Texas.
He makes his home there.
Born in Lafayette, Louisiana.
He'll be 23 in September.
Louis Alvarado is 21 years old.
B.B. Richard was in college at Southern University a year ago at this time.
Now the signal given.
The wind up.
Here's the pitch on the way.
Swings and he fouls tips.
He's in the hole.
B.B. Richard waiting.
Two strikes and a ball.
Now the signal given.
Waiting for the signal is Pappas.
Two strikes and a ball on B.B. Richard.
The wind up the pitch.
Swung on high pop fly.
Short left field should be caught.
Kessinger going out.
Williams coming in.
Billy calls for the ball and makes the catch.
Richard Pappas.
Billy Williams.
Two runs scored.
There were three hits.
No errors.
Two men left.
And we go now on the bottom of the second with a score.
White Sox 2.
The Cubs nothing.
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For complete information all the players was old time Chicago Cup records and modern records.
All this book many died mainly for gold.
The 1971 roster book now on sale at the ticket booth in front of the main entrance to the grand.
I died mainly last night.
For a guy that was talking about all these 18, 19 year old girls.
How come you wound up with two runs 67.
That's all I was saying.
That guy talking about all these places where you're in and all these things.
I'll take you out there tomorrow.
Gee I was really disappointed in you.
I just found out I talked about this range of mountains.
Which encircles the ballpark and making for this most picturesque setting.
One range is called the superstition.
Well the lost Dutchman goal range.
Now many died mainly searching for gold in this range of mountains.
I guess that's why they so named it the lost Dutchman goal.
Be surprised what you can learn on this program.
Here we go bottom of the second inning Johnny Callison leading off for the Cubs first pitch.
He swings at a curve and he misses.
One strike to no ball.
Nobody on and nobody out.
An old friend and a great umpire some years ago.
Jaco Conlon on hand here.
Here's the pitch on the way.
Swing off, fly ball.
Looping in the left center field for a base hit.
Here's Callison around first base hill hole.
Callison loops a single in the left center.
That will bring up Jose Ortiz who seemingly has won the regular center field job.
The next batter number 20 Jose Ortiz.
Joe Pepa down.
Being ill the last few days or week or so.
Ortiz has been outstanding.
Three games in a row.
He has had three hits in each contest.
He's totaled nine hits in the last three games.
One at first base, nobody out.
Ball game at the bottom of the second.
White Sox out in front.
Two to nothing.
Here's a quick throw to first.
The runner is back.
Now the signal given.
Right hand hitter waits.
Here's the pitch on the way.
Swung off, fly ball.
Center field.
Deep going back.
Riker.
He's there now.
Makes the cap.
Ortiz flies deep to Rick Riker in straight away center field.
One out.
And that will bring up the catcher Ken Rudolph.
Pressed into regular duty as a result of the injury to Randy Oddly.
The Cubs number one receiver.
Ball game bottom of the second.
Two to nothing in favor of the White Sox.
Now the signal given.
Ken Rudolph.
Right hand batter.
Went through the entire season last year without hitting a home run.
Here's the pitch.
And it's a fastball outside.
Rudolph straddles the plate.
Now the stretch by Tom Bradley.
Here's the pitch.
There's a base hit in the center field.
Johnny Caligale is rolling deep out there.
Riker cuts it off.
Throwing in the second base it will be a double.
Rudolph doubles into right center field.
Riker made quite a play to keep the ball from rolling to the wall which would enable the run to score.
And now that brings up a pretty good hitting pitcher in Mill Pappas.
With runners at second and third and only one out.
Rudolph last year was with the Cubs for part of the season with San Antonio for the rest of the year.
So he came through with a double in the right center field.
That leaves runners at second and third now with one away and Tom Bradley is going to have to go to work.
Mill Pappas will be the batter and he's a good hitting pitcher.
Bradley gets set.
Here's the pitch.
Curveball of beauty in there.
Strike his golf.
Pappas makes his home and weakens Illinois.
Started the year with Atlanta last year with two loss two and then with the Cubs one ten loss eight.
Here's the pitch.
And it's a little bit low.
That evens it up in a ball on a strike.
Pappas was a member of the American League All-Star team three different times.
Runners at second and third the infield playing back.
Here's Bradley pitching off the stretch the pitch on the way.
He swings and he misses a curveball.
Bradley going for that strikeout here.
Don Kessinger will be up there next.
We're in the bottom of the second White Sox lead two to nothing.
Peanuts Lowry who used to star for the Cubs and then other clubs coaching at third base.
Joey Amalfatano who used to be with the Giants coaching at first base.
Now to signal Gibbon.
Two strikes and a ball.
Bradley wants that strikeout here.
Here's the pitch.
Swings and he foul tips.
He's still alive.
Two strikes and a ball.
Hot sunshine.
You don't seem to get a tan here though for some strange reason.
It's 105 degrees.
You sit out there eight hours and nothing happens.
In Florida you get to sit in the sunshine about five minutes and you blister.
Wait until they see you, I.
Two strikes and a ball.
Runners at second and third one out.
Infield playing back.
Here's Tom Bradley getting ready.
Here's the pitch.
He struck him out on a high fastball.
Pappas goes down swinging.
So there's the first strikeout and he got it when he really needed it.
Now he's got a tough left handed batter to face and Don Kessinger who's a switch hitter.
Two men are out.
Runners at second and third.
Kessinger with a chance to tie up the ballgame here.
The outfield shades Kessinger towards left.
They give him a lot of room in right center.
Kessinger chokes up on the bat.
This fellow's made himself quite a ball player.
One of the best shot stops in the game.
The pitch swung on late and fouled out of play off to the left field side.
One strike and a ball.
Kessinger from Forest City, Arkansas.
29 years old on July 17th.
Hit 266 last year.
He had one home run.
39 runs batted in.
Two away.
Ballgame in the second inning.
Tom Bradley trying to pitch out of a jam.
Callison a third base.
Rudolph at second base.
Bradley a tall, rangy right hander wears glasses.
Now he gets set.
Two.
One strike and a ball.
Two away.
Bouncing ball to short.
Richard should throw him out.
There's the bag.
It's time to retire the side.
Lee Richard throws out Kessinger.
And it's no runs, two hits, no errors, two men left.
At the end of two full minutes, White Sox 2.
What's your name?
Chicago Bulls, 80, Los Angeles Lakers, 72.
Some celebration here if you want.
This is the former anniversary souvenir yearbook.
And they called Scottsdale.
It's a title we are sure you'll enjoy.
And it's for sale in front of the grandstand for only $1.
Is that right?
Okay, watch it.
We're going to the top of the third.
Tom Dunleavy used to be a Andy Frayn usher in Chicago.
Now works for Senator Barry Goldwater out here.
Just give me some information.
Number one, they call Scottsdale Chicago Annex, he tells me.
There's a tiny people from Chicago making their home here.
The most famous range of these mountains I've been talking about is Camelback.
Then there's another range called the Mummy Mountains.
Another one called the McDowell.
We learned something.
Here's Wal Williams, first pitch and there's a strike off.
One strike and no balls.
Nobody on, nobody out.
We're on the top of the third.
White Sox out in front, 2 to nothing.
Hey, a knuckleball inside.
That's something that Pappas has developed, apparently.
Now the signal given, one, one pitch.
It's in there, a strike is called.
Wal Williams in the hole now, two strikes and a ball.
Nobody on, nobody out.
Top of the third.
White Sox out in front, 2 to nothing.
They could claim the baseball championship of Chicago with a victory here where it comes today.
Here's the pitch.
Smashed on the ground, second baseman Bechran has it over to first, easy out.
One gone.
Here's Mike Andrews, he popped up his first time.
Former Chicago sports writer in retirement out here.
Ed Prel who used to write for the Chicago Tribune.
Wonderful gentleman, good writer, good sports writer, making his home out here now.
Rick Talley of the Chicago Today along with his running mate Jim Enright of the same paper.
Eddie Munzell.
On hand, Dave Nightingale.
Now the Chicago Daily News, Munzell of course of the Chicago Sun-Times.
Here's the pitch to Andrews, in rarest, strike is called.
One ball, one strike, one man out.
We're in the third, 2 to nothing, White Sox.
Here's the pitch to Mike Andrews.
Swings and he fouls it back and boy he had a good cut.
Two strikes and a ball, he's in the hole.
Beautiful day.
In Scottsdale.
If my friend Bill Maybeck is listening at the Ambassador East.
Have the room ready about 2 o'clock in the morning.
Wednesday, technically Thursday AM.
Here's the pitch swung on, long drive, center field.
Ortiz way back, drifting, waiting now, makes the cut.
Ortiz went about 400 feet away for Andrews long drive.
Two up, two down.
And here's Bill Melton who started things off with a double of a second.
Right hand and back.
This fellow by the way has had a good spring.
He's the best kept secret in baseball.
He has 14 RBIs this spring.
Here's the pitch foul on a play out of his 20 hits.
11 have been for extra bases.
Making now 12 of his 21 hits for extra bases.
Last year he hit 33 homers, drove in 96 runs and nobody even knew he was around.
And like he says, all he ever heard about was the errors he made.
And never about what he hit.
Not many men hit 33 home runs.
Here's Joe DeRoscia, the manager of the Cubs sitting out in the sunshine at the moment.
Two out, nobody on, the wind up, the pitch.
A little bit inside.
Bill Melton, strong right hand hitter.
White Sox leading.
Out of signal, here's the pitch by Pappas.
Swung on, a long drive, deep left field, way back.
Might be out of here, it could be.
It is a home run.
Holy cow, did he give that ball a run.
Bill Melton clears the left field wall at the 380 mark.
And the White Sox now lead 3 to nothing.
As my good friend Jack Brighouse would say, hey, hey.
That's better, we're starting to see Carlos Bay first base.
Hey Jack, how are you?
Get out of here a minute.
Jack O'Connor, I was just talking about you a few minutes ago.
And the White Sox lead 3 to nothing.
Here's Carlos May, takes the pitch inside.
One ball, no strikes.
Jack, oh, your friends in Chicago will be tickled to death to know how good you look.
You look marvelous.
I feel pretty good, Harry.
That old sunshine is terrific out here.
One ball, no strikes.
Two men out, a run in, the pitch.
Slider a little bit inside.
Your son is a big, what is it, a congressman here, isn't he?
No, no, a state senator.
A state senator.
Little did you dream when you were breaking your leg for the White Sox as a player that you'd have the career that you've had and raise a son to be a state senator.
Nice things have happened.
Yeah, he's a good boy.
The only thing I'm interested in right now is the results of Tuesday's election for my good pal Dick Daly.
He's been here about seven or eight in a while against that switch hitter.
Here's a ground ball hit to the second base, went up with it over to first base in time to retire the side.
Hey, Jack, oh, I didn't.
You're entitled to your personal opinion, but they can't get equal time because this is our last broadcast and the election will be on.
So we'll just forgive you talking in the zeal of the moment because Mayor Daly must be a friend of yours.
All we were raised together is the greatest living American in my book.
Jack, we were going to talk baseball and we'll be back.
Hey, that's a make a swing that's actually good.
Let me give the totals here for a moment.
One run, one hit, no errors, nobody left.
We moved on to the bottom half of the third inning with a score.
The White Sox three, the Cubs nothing.
Oh, that's great.
That's a good one.
Wait, is that Miss Dan?
Is that her?
Hey, Jack, he doesn't need their own.
That's kind of a wooden thing.
What's this?
Something like that.
It's warming up in Chicago. It's now 38 degrees.
My wife said yesterday it was snowing in Chicago. She's driving on the street and the sun was shining.
The batter number 18, Glenn Beckard, second pitch.
We're going to the bottom of the third. White Sox out in front, three to nothing.
Glenn Beckard will lead it off for the Chicago Cubs.
Any political opinions expressed on this program are strictly those of the man expressing them.
Here's the pitch swing on a bouncing ball, melting in foul territory fields at strike one.
Jacko, I guess the thing you watch when you see a ball game, you watch the work of the umpires more than the players, don't you?
That's right. I do. Since I retired playing ball, my whole life was umpiring.
And I really love the game and I miss it.
But you know, I would love to see the Cubs and White Sox win.
Oh, I'd love to see them.
It would not be a tremendous series.
Oh, it would be tremendous.
Here's the pitch to Glenn Beckard now. It's a curveball low and outside.
That evens it up at a ball and a strike.
Nobody on, nobody out. Bottom of the third.
Three to nothing in favor of the White Sox.
Bill Melton hit a homer. The pitch.
Slow curveball outside. Two balls and a strike.
The Cubs, that Pittsburgh ball club, Jacko, you know, they train over in Florida.
We saw them all spring long and they're going to be tough to beat.
They got some bombers up and down the lineup.
Here's the pitch on the way. Swung on a fly ball.
Deep right center field going over for McKinney. Going deep, deep, deep. Reaches up and makes the catch nicely.
Beckard flies deep to Rich McKinney in right center. One away.
Did you know Chuck Tanner, John?
Yeah, I did a while ago. Great kid.
I remember when he broke into the National League and he's been a high class fella.
And I saw him manage out here in Pacific Coast League last year because I go to all the games at night here.
And he's done a real good job and he's a very real persona of a young fella.
I wish him a lot of luck. He's a kid that had a lot of class about him all the way.
I'm sure the White Sox fans are going to like him real well, too.
Here's Billy Williams. A pitch. Swung on. Long drive. Deep center going back. Reichard, he's got it.
Hey, that ball was really hit on the nose.
Jacko, you've seen many great stars.
This Billy Williams is a hitter. Must be as good as any of them.
He's got a lot of even a swing as you'd ever want to.
And Aaron.
Enter Aaron, yeah.
You know Aaron, I stopped the game a couple of times because I thought he was taking a nap between pitches.
He put the bat under his shoulder and I said, you awake, Henry? He said, who? I said, you. He said, what?
But with the ball comes over the plate, those eyes pop open.
Oh man, how he can swing that bat.
Here's Ron Santo, the fine third baseman of the Cubs. Two out, nobody on. Ball game in the bottom of the third.
White Sox leading a three to nothing. Here's the pitch on the way.
Fastball is in there a beauty of strike is gone.
He's having a great year, Harry.
This kid looks good.
He's a good golf player. He's done it steady. Real good ball fair since he came in the league.
Two men out. Santo waiting.
He's had a real good spring, as Jacko mentioned. The delivery now.
Curbball hit on the ground to the left of Richard. On the run, he's got it one handed. Here's the peg.
Nice play to retire the side.
One, two, three. A sparkling play by B.B. Richard.
Nothing across and at the end of three full innings, the score, White Sox three, Cubs nothing.
Yeah, two is going to be good golf here.
Chicago White Sox three.
Chicago Cubs seven.
Make a little money.
Folks, we certainly hope you enjoyed.
We're going to be right here in Scottsdale.
We might be right now.
Hardworking.
Five years ago, we lost.
Whatever you want.
Chicago brought the Cubs back here.
They're part of the Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce.
They call themselves the Scottsdale Chargers.
A lot of our attendance right now.
We're going to stand up and be recognized. The Scottsdale Chargers, please.
I'm going to stay at the Ambassadors.
I'm going to stay at the Ambassadors to provide as a manager.
Make a deal.
Well, that's big league now.
We're going to the top of the fourth, the White Sox.
Right in front, three to nothing. Here's Rick Riker to lead it off.
Jaco, naturally I'll be living in Chicago all summer long.
You better make a list of places for me to go.
Well, I can take you on on that.
But well, those fans hear you in Chicago for a while.
They'll think they're doing right back there in St. Louis.
Those fans love you there. They love you all over the country.
And he's going to make it exciting, folks,
when he gets down to business and broadcast that ballgame.
You think you're in your living room. You think you're right on the ballpark.
Thank you, Jaco.
The people out here can hear him. When I was up front, I could hear him up there.
Are you insinuating I'm allowed?
No, no. It's got a good way of delivering.
Hey, Pat, how are you?
You're exciting. You give them something to think about when the ballgame's on.
Not one of those strike and then about two minutes later, ball.
When I retired, I'm fine.
When I'm out here, I said, who's playing? You know?
And ball.
Strike.
Jaco, you're really too much, you know?
Riker just flied out to center field. There's one gone. There's Richmond-Kinney hitting a high pop fly.
Callison coming in, makes the catch, and short right.
Two up, two down. Jaco, I appreciate the nice words.
We've known each other a long time.
I've known you for 30 years.
I started at 12 and...
Of course you know I started when I was only 8 years old, right?
I know. You're 38 and I'm now. You and Benny.
Jaco, it's sure a pleasure to see you. A real joy. Thank you for dropping by.
I really enjoyed being here with you. This is great.
Thank you very much. Jaco Conlon.
Take me out of Chicago, but you can't take Chicago out of me.
He's the greatest advertisement for the city of Chicago I've ever heard.
Two men are out. Ed Herman the batter, here's the pitch on the way.
And he takes a sinking fastball low.
And one of the great men out here in Arizona, one of the great sportsmen, so responsible.
He's had so much to do with the team's training out this way.
An old friend and a great guy, Pat Patterson, just dropped by.
And a pleasure to say hello. Here's the pitch swung on and foul back.
How you doing, Pat? Good to see you.
Two men are out.
Ed Herman the batter. The score, 3-0. Jaco, thanks again.
Alright. Okay, buddy.
Two men gone. Here's Papas getting ready.
The White Sox have a 3-0 lead. Bill Melton, the homers.
Melton doubled also. Here's the pitch.
Swung on, bouncing ball, and he is fouled on the first baseline.
Melton started our two run ending in the second with a leadoff double.
Scored when May tripled. May scored when Ryker doubled.
Then Melton the homer with two out on the third.
So, Big Bill Melton, the White Sox slugging third baseman,
has played an instrumental role in the current 3-0 lead.
Now the sign given. Here's Papas' pitch.
Swung and a high pop foul back and out of play.
Two strikes and a ball. You know, Ed Herman lost about 30 fouls during the winter.
He can run faster, he can throw better, he can catch better,
but he hasn't hit as well.
I don't know if there's any analogy to be drawn.
Two strikes and a ball. Here's the pitch.
Swung on and fouled out of play.
Beautiful afternoon.
There'll be some big days for the youngsters coming up at White Sox Park this season,
starting with T-shirt day, Sunday, May the 9th.
Then there'll be a batting glove day on Sunday, May the 30th.
You know, the batting gloves the big leaguers use when they're at the plate.
Here's a pitch foul.
Then, of course, the ever-popular bat day,
where the youngsters get a replica of the bats that their favorite ball players use,
suitable for Lunar League play, Sandlot play,
autographed by various players on the White Sox.
That's bat day, Sunday, June the 6th.
And helmet day, Sunday, July the 11th.
And boy, the White Sox have these players coming up at White Sox Park this season,
starting with T-shirt day, Sunday, May the 9th.
Then there'll be a batting glove day on Sunday, May the 30th.
You know, the batting gloves the big leaguers use when they're at the plate.
Here's a pitch foul.
Then, of course, the ever-popular bat day,
where the youngsters get a replica of the bats that their favorite ball players use,
suitable for Lunar League play, Sandlot play,
autographed by various players on the White Sox.
That's bat day, Sunday, June the 6th.
And helmet day, Sunday, July the 11th.
And boy, the White Sox have these colorful red batting helmets.
I know that'll be a popular attraction.
Helmet day, Sunday, July the 11th.
Two balls, two strikes. The pitch, Ed Herman.
He struck him out. Swing it.
One, two, three, nothing across.
And we move along down to the bottom half of the fourth inning
to score White Sox three and the Cubs nothing.
We're having a broken-edge windshield.
You know, I'm worried, though. I was telling these guys about that.
Unbelievable odds.
And yesterday when I went down, I was sure I was going to see a broken windshield.
Two in two days.
How you been, Pat? Pretty good.
How's everything at Mason? Same old two and three.
Yeah.
Yeah, the weather's been great.
It's been a little better than this. Yeah, you look pretty clean.
Hey, Pat, how's the weather?
Is Charlie down? Good.
Oh, that's a big broke camber.
Yeah, they left last night. He didn't really come down.
He wasn't down all season?
What's so exciting about him going to the game today?
It's all right? I'm worried for him.
Do you still stay at Mason?
Does he have a kind of back at Mason?
Yeah.
Boy, this weather has been great.
Okay, Pat, you're good to see you.
Let's pause for identification.
This is the Chicago White Sox Baseball Network.
Hey, could I send a message back to Chicago?
Could you say hello to all White Sox friends from Johnny Falcon?
Johnny who? Falcon.
P-A-L-K-A. P-E-L-K?
P-A-L-K-A. Falcon.
Falcon, all right. Sure.
Okay.
This is Harry Carey with Ralph Foucher from Scottsdale, Arizona.
As we go into the bottom half of the fourth inning, Jim Hickman will be leading off.
A young White Sox fan named Johnny Pelka wanting to be remembered.
The batter is number 28, Jim Hickman.
Here's Hickman. Fouled out his first time up.
Ball game of the fourth.
Rick Talley of Chicago today will be Ralph's guest on the postgame show today.
Here's Hickman leading it off.
Remember, the White Sox led 2-0 yesterday until the Cubs exploded.
Here's a bouncy ball to Melton.
Charges, nice pick up.
Hopskip and throw. He's out. Good play.
White Sox looking sharp out there.
Melton had a tough play. The ball sharply hit.
He charged. He hit it on the shorthop.
And then threw it perfectly.
Here's Johnny Callison single in the second inning.
One out, nobody on.
Tom Bradley will pitch the home opener next Friday afternoon against the Minnesota Twins.
A 1-15 game. All the day games that the White Sox play start at 1-15.
All the night games start at 8.
Go, Keir! Go!
Remember, the White Sox office will be open.
Ticket office will be open one more hour today.
If you want to drive by and pick up tickets, here's the pitch.
Curveball in there, a strike off.
The White Sox ticket office will be open until 4 o'clock this afternoon.
You can purchase tickets for opening day or for any of the other games on the White Sox home schedule.
They're open during the week, of course, every day.
Here's the pitch. Swung at every line, right back to Bradley.
Callison, in a low-line drive, a Tom Bradley stab with his glove.
And that's seven in a row retired by Bradley.
Here's Jose Ortiz now.
Two better outs, nobody on.
White Sox leading three to the end.
Come on, Dave.
Did you ever think of being a nurse when you were a kid, Dave?
What did you say, Commander?
Two better outs, nobody on base. Ortiz, the hitter.
Used to be with the White Sox organization.
The pitch, swung on, bouncing ball to short.
Maybe we'll get him with a good throw, and he's out.
From Richard to May.
1-2-3 again.
Boy, this kid rolling right along.
He's retired the last eight in a row that he's faced.
And at the end of four innings that remain, White Sox 3, Cubs nothing.
Here's the change in the Chicago Cubs lineup.
Now going out to pitch, number 30, Ted Holtzman.
And here's the scorer late in the fourth quarter.
The NBA playoff, the Chicago Bulls 110, Los Angeles 95.
And here's another break in the action as I repaired and then changed another cassette tape.
Runner at first, two out, ball game of the fifth.
There goes the runner. Strike call, there's the peg, and he is into the stolen base.
Wild throw on his way to third base is B.B. Richard.
There he goes again.
Rudolph threw the ball badly, the ball skipped into center field, and Richard came all the way around to third.
And how many has he stolen so far this break?
That's his 12th stolen base.
He's been in 25 games.
How you doing, how are you?
Charlie, how are you?
Here's the pitcher, Mike Andrews, and the curveball is low.
One ball, no strikes.
The pride of the pink pony, a very popular place in Scottsdale, Charlie Bryant.
On hand, here's the pitcher, curveball inside.
I don't know whether I should give him that plug, because he's got a great big cub banner in that place.
Boy, this is really, that's quite a name, Chicago NX.
There are a lot of Chicago people here.
Mike Andrews trying to get the run home, the pitch.
Bouncing ball to the shortstop's left, Kessinger has it, throws, in time to retire this time.
So it is, no runs, no hits, one error, one pass.
We move now to the bottom half of the fifth inning with the score still White Sox 3, Cubs nothing.
Here's a couple of scores from the NBA Playoffs, both finals.
Milwaukee 136, San Francisco 87.
Here's another final score, the Chicago Bulls 113, St. Paul, Los Angeles, 99.
The Jack Kent Cook probably told them to make it go seven games.
Here's some final scores from the NBA.
The Chicago Bulls have extended the playoffs into the seventh final and decisive game which will be played in Los Angeles this week.
They beat the Lakers 113 to 99 this afternoon in Chicago.
Milwaukee won its playoffs, and listen to this, they wallop the San Francisco Warriors by 49 points.
They beat them 136 to 87.
What are the odds on Luau Cinder being scoreless in that game?
He probably got 100 himself.
Here's Rudolph who doubled his first time at bat, leading it off to the Cubs in the bottom of the fifth.
First pitch a little bit low.
Tom Bradley has pitched four brilliant innings.
He's got a three to nothing lead.
Yesterday the White Sox were leading two to nothing in the bottom of the fifth.
And then the Cubs exploded. Here's the pitch low.
No balls, no strikes, nobody on, nobody out.
Joe Pepitone will be next.
We're in the bottom of the fifth.
Boy, is that here for real?
Now they'll wind up the pitch.
Bouncing ball to his left, Milton to his right, Richard a long throw.
Out at first base, holy cow.
He comes to arguing about it. B.B. Richard went far to his right behind Milton.
It didn't look as if he had any chance to throw him out.
Then fired the ball across the diamond on the pick up to Carlos May who came up with the ball.
For the out.
They're arguing about it. Leo De Rocha comes out now.
But it will not affect the decision.
The photo is thrown out on the great play from B.B. Richard in the hole to Carlos May who came up with a bad throw.
The Cubs are claiming that May was off the bag when he took the low pick up.
Leo De Rocha and Pienaar's Lowry are talking to Larry Burnett, the plate umpire.
I guess they feel that Burnett should overrule the first base umpire.
Feeling that he would have seen that May was off the bag.
Whatever, Rudolph is out.
And here's Joe Pepito.
The discussion now, Leo De Rocha, he's calling the first base umpire down the line.
And the umpire's making him walk towards him.
The umpire at first base is Harold Vann.
Now he's talking to De Rocha, Leo with a big two on the back of his uniform.
The score three to nothing in favor of the White Sox.
Does anybody have a seat?
One man out, nobody on.
Ball game in the fifth.
Joe Pepito waiting to hit next.
This gives us a chance to remind you that the White Sox in cooperation with the Chicago Tribune
are again offering free White Sox tickets to straight A and perfect attendance students.
So if you had perfect attendance during the fall semester or straight A's during the last marking period,
be sure to see your school principal for a ticket request bar.
The White Sox Tribune straight A program includes Cook County, DuPage County, and all Chicago schools.
So Leo De Rocha comes back to the dugout now.
Here's Joe Pepito.
One out, nobody on.
Pepito, very unhappy with the Yankees, very unhappy with Houston.
Tickled to death to be in Chicago.
Born in Brooklyn, New York.
Pepito, 31 years old.
Comes get a lot of guys in that 30 bracket.
Here's a curve ball and there's a strike off.
One strike, no balls.
And many people feel that this has got to be the year they win or else it's going to be the last who are off for a while.
Because so many of the ball players are right at that same 32, 33 age level.
Pepito with a count of one ball, one strike.
One out, nobody on.
Now the fifth. Curve ball hit on the ground. Bouncing ball, Andrews in. Big hop.
Throws to first, easy out.
Boyd as Bradley has handcuffed him so far.
Cubs with their regular lineup in there.
Now coming to bat, number 11, John Holtzman.
Both of them are starters.
And here's Kessinger with two out, nobody on.
All game in the bottom of the fifth.
Bill Melton will be leading off the sixth for the Cubs and he's been red hot, rather for the Whitesides, and he's been red hot with a double and a homer.
Yesterday he had three hits, a couple of doubles.
So here's Kessinger, two away.
Here's the wind up the pitch. He was going to bump the fastball as high.
Two men are out. Ball game in the fifth.
Now the signal given.
Tom Bradley.
24-year-old youngster went to Maryland University. Here's a bouncing ball hit to B.B. Richard.
Hopskipping through, end time. Easy inning again.
That's a third straight perfect inning for Bradley as pitched.
He has retired the last 11 men that he's pitched.
So it's nothing across, and at the end of five to score, the White Sox three, the Cubs nothing.
Right.
She's got her knees out there.
Right on the other side.
No, no, no.
Yeah, sliding.
The batter for the 14, Bill Melton, third base.
We're going to the sixth. The hitting star of the game so far, Bill Melton will lead it off.
And now to tell you all about it, here's Ralph Poucher.
All right, Harry, the top of the sixth inning in Melton, as Harry mentioned, has been one of the hitting stars in this ball game today.
He doubled and scored in the second inning, and he homered with the bases empty in the third.
Bill Melton.
Ken Holtzman came in in the fifth inning.
The ground ball shot through to third base Saturday. 12 across the infield, and Melton was out in the first.
You know, the more we see this youngster, Tom Bradley pitch, the more we want to see.
The batter for the 17, Carlos May, first base.
That's on Friday afternoon, Good Friday. He is a dander.
One down. Carlos May.
He tripled. So did he run, and scored a run in the two on the second.
All the scoring in the ball game, done in the second inning and the third. Two in the second for the sock and one in the third.
Three nothing.
The white side. May takes a strike called.
Ken Holtzman has not had the kind of spring he'd liked to have.
He's appeared in five ball games. He is one and four high inside the May.
With a 5.63 earned run average.
Ken Holtzman. 117 last year. 117 the year before.
They've swung on. Melton beat Brightfield. Brightfield are coming on.
Callison calling for it. Has to lead him on this one. And he's got it on the line.
Divider number 48 Rick Leiter.
Callison had to hurry. His pace cuts a little bit.
Two away here in the top of the sixth inning. Things up center fielder Rick Leiter.
Doubled in a run in the second inning. And hit the ball well.
As he flied out in the fourth inning.
Rick Leiter. Who's the bad next?
McKinney is right back there. Ken Holtzman said here comes the next pick.
Fastball stop at step two.
Kenneth Dale Holtzman from St. Louis.
He blows the string just a little bit of time outside.
A ball one strike two count. Rick Breikart.
Playing in center field in this ball game today with Walt Williams and Leiter.
Holtzman are making a couple of changes.
A powerball out of play off the right side.
Probably will be their opening lineup.
When they open it home on Tuesday. Let's hope the weather.
Down ball. Pass the ball. Shortstop.
It blows. In time he got it by two steps.
In the inning.
Three up three down. No runs. No hits. Nobody left down.
The end of five and a half. It's still the White Sox three and it comes nothing.
Right to the ice out.
Oh yeah.
That's good.
Right to the pool after the game.
Whatever it is.
Right to the white.
Oh.
Nice.
Last seven six things coming up now.
At Scottsdale Stadium here under sunny skies.
The temperature from the 80s in Scottsdale Arizona.
Joel Horland is on the mound now for the White Sox.
Tom Bradley pitched a brilliant five innings.
No runs. He allowed three hits. Walk one. Stuck out one.
And Horland with two spring wins and no losses.
He's been in five ball games. Pitched 22 innings.
Earned run average of two point eight six.
Horland the new Sox pitcher.
Throwing in some normal crosses.
Had a note handed to us earlier saying that.
He mentioned.
I believe it's the Cubers in Cissna Park, Illinois.
I have a notice from.
Randy's parents.
The number 18.
One Becker.
Bottom to six.
White Sox lead.
Take home 20 spring wins.
It's a one to one basis.
It's a long.
and he's got Richard and Alvarado and he's rolling.
He's got a preview of Joe and Harry.
But Janet Cromwell hasn't made up his mind
as to which will be number one.
They're both playing and they're both number one.
They're going to get the equal sign.
Billy Williams, wide wall.
The right side is going to be on play, I believe,
back in the stands.
He's got a cut.
Williams has played in 24 ball games,
hitting 397.
Five doubles, two trips, four home runs, 12 RBI.
A ball player, ball player.
He's got a special RBI, five points.
One out, last to the sixth.
A wide shot leads the club in this weather game.
Nothing, one ball is short.
Andrews has made easy toss, easy out, two away.
Moving up to this from Lonsanto.
The answer is one of the ten, Rob Beckel.
Two home runs, 16 RBI.
The club leader in that little apartment.
A lot of RBI.
That's a film with 14 RBI.
Allison has 12.
Billy Williams has 12.
Hal Breeden, 11.
Hal Breeden.
A good power winner.
Danny, I guess, was cut from the club last year's day.
He's a catcher.
The next player, number 38, Kenny Holtzman.
He's a good guy, Joe Hannon, and only the fourth come into the ballgame.
Mark Ken Holtzman.
Holtzman is batting in the number five spot.
When Pepperton and Holtzman came into the ballgame,
Pepperton batted in the number nine spot in the fifth inning,
and Holtzman goes in the number five spot.
Holtzman is not a bad hitting pitcher.
Two away, running at first base.
In the last of the sixth.
Fastball is low.
Walt Williams in left field for the ballgame,
Rick Wright in the center, Rich McKean in the right.
Bill Melton, Zee Richard, Mike Andrews,
Carlos May around the infield, the catcher is Ed Newman.
It will open 315 broadcast time on Wednesday afternoon.
It started as when you tried to check,
hit the bat, went to the back side.
Ball to strike one.
Johnny Callison blew up next.
Any chance he gets.
Stop at Sox Park, they've got tickets for this coming season.
Down ball, third baseman,
takes the easy toss over to Andrews at second for the force play on Saddle to retire to Sox Park.
In the sixth.
No runs, one hit, no hitters.
One man at front base.
He had a six inning, Chicago White Sox.
Three, the Chicago Sox nothing.
Three, the Cubs nothing.
Holtz, this year's spring exhibition season is almost over.
We sure enjoyed having you out here this spring.
We hope to see you next year.
Today's payday attendance, 4,158.
Thank you very much.
4,158.
That's even bigger than yesterday.
Doesn't look as big as yesterday.
Yeah, they seem to be almost about 3,205.
I think it's friendly and moves close.
Need a break?
I can't break it.
I don't know how you're going to get by.
Oh, really?
So proud of you.
Come back again with this.
Down to the seventh inning now, the White Sox.
We'll send up Rich McKinney.
Followed by Ed Herman.
And we will see if Portland will bat.
First batter number 26, Rich McKinney, right field.
Kenny Olsen, number 30 in the back of his uniform out of the round.
Scottsdale, Arizona.
All of our network stations will be looking for identification just a couple of moments.
Here comes the pitch.
A swing and a miss.
Some big days for the kids at White Sox Park.
When you're coming in, you want to reflect on the pitch.
When Kenny hits the ball well, he has climbed to left field, to center field,
and run into left field and right field, now him to left field.
The next batter number 12, Ed Herman, catch it.
Feature day is Sunday, May 9th.
Batting rough day is Sunday, May 30th.
Bat day is Sunday, June 6th.
Elm of day is Sunday, July 11th.
The young students will receive new White Sox colorful red batting helmets.
We talk about color, White Sox have it in their uniforms.
Outstanding.
Drop of the 7th inning, one away.
Batter Herman.
Herman has not had a strong spring with the bat.
Nobody is really worried about that.
He's pregnant with this, as he certainly is due to come around.
Olin, too, on the batter.
Walked and struck out in this ball game so far.
Olin due to bat next.
Lefty, Kenny Holston.
He's in the pitch.
He's caught up in the short center field.
Center field, Olin, catch it.
He's got it.
He's come a long way.
Beckard went out, Kessinger went out, and Ortiz made the play.
Two up and two down in the top of the 7th inning.
Now Joel Horland.
Talents pause.
Pause station identification.
On the bat of the point, Joel Horland.
That's it.
Olin on the first pitch swings and drives a...
Batter number 9, please.
This is shortstop.
Olin gets his number 1.
Kenny Holston brings up the top of the batting order now.
Levy-Richard.
Richard in the first and he tried to bump.
And popped it up to the pitcher.
Then he flied it.
There's a ground ball over the pitcher's head.
It is Olin.
He's got it.
Olin on the second base.
Ken Holton on the back as he went sliding back in.
He said he's okay.
Levy-Richard is on with a base hit.
And Holton, rounding second base, got halfway to third base and decided he better go back.
Two hits given by Ken Holston.
Hit number 6 for the front.
The white...
White's off with a cut-fit pitching.
For Alpha, we may have our first injury of the season here.
Joel Horland was hit.
And apparently hitting the leg.
Back of the leg as he's getting back in the second base.
A whole group.
Boy, he's in pain out there.
You know, the funny thing is, he got up right away.
Indicated that he was okay.
Charlie Saad, the trainer of the White Sox, is administering to him.
But he seems to be in quite a bit of pain.
And now, a little activity in the White Sox bullpen.
With the season opening Wednesday afternoon, it's a tough time to get hurt.
Right-hander Steve Keeley is throwing down the right side.
And the White Sox bullpen.
And out of the mound once again for the...
Still remember, Kenny Holston throwing the...
Ken Rudolph.
That big be richard, how are you going to keep him out of the lineup?
Harry, it's almost impossible.
And of course, when the coach has to, the problem that Chuck Tanner has with two flying shortstop,
he's not going to worry too much.
The big problem is where he plays Richard against certain pitchers over the El Dorado.
It's a big problem to have.
I would imagine with opening up with a double header,
I would be a bit surprised to see El Dorado start the first game at charge stop,
and maybe Richard start the second game.
Either way, I think that we've got a fine infield.
The White Sox, the way we've seen them now in the last couple of weeks, certainly,
they're going to start the regular season with a strong roll,
but there's no doubt about it.
The more we urge people to get their season tickets,
the more we're serious about that.
Get out to Sox Park and get those tickets as soon as possible.
Well, there's one of our big four in that pitching department, Joe Horlitt.
From up here, it looked like he was hitting the back,
but he was going into his side, going back into second base.
That's what we tell.
Opening day, White Sox Park, Friday, the 9th.
Of course, it's the Sox against the powerful Minnesota Twins.
They'll get good tickets.
Oh, man, he's hurt. He's hurt.
You know, it could have been that he may have been hit in the back
or he was sliding back, but he may have hurt his leg while sliding.
He and Keely have been warming up for the White Sox.
I hope it's not serious.
This guy's certainly got it on him.
Big things this year.
Boy, I bet he's saying to himself now,
why didn't I just stop at second base?
Where did I think I was going?
It would be easy to second-guess yourself.
He had rounded second as if to try for third
and realized that Ortiz's thrill would get him easily,
so then came to a sudden stop and retraced,
went back to second base when Sampdall...
...for Joe Horland.
Never enough.
Chuck Brinkman is trying to run for Horland.
Brinkman is running for Horland.
We're in the top of the seventh inning.
The White Sox lead the ballgame 3-0.
Right about now, with Horland being carried off on the stretcher,
I would imagine Vicente Romo has moved in to be a starter
rather than a relief pitcher.
All right, we're all set to go.
Walt Williams, the batter, swings, and hits a fly ball out of play
down the right field side in the stands.
Walt Williams...
...the only one that counted.
Runners of first and second two away here in the top of the seventh.
Ken Holston, second cup pitcher of the ballgame.
Bill Pappas went for innings, he looked three runs, four hits.
Walk one, step out, one.
Ball one, strike one, they count on.
Wally Williams, a very, very popular guy in spring training,
and of course in Chicago.
Next pitch from Kenny is...
...a foul out of play back over on his.
Williams has been one of the hitting stars for the White Sox
with a winning 3-51 coming into this ballgame.
He must play the quarter-run game.
He's back.
I believe this...
...many a graph sheet there's 71 times.
26 base hits.
...the right side, and a two-nil for an eight hit.
Right field at Towson, but it's thanks to the foul line again.
Throw back in, Williams is on second to the double,
and the run comes in to score.
Two runs to the score, second to the one run score.
So Williams is on second base to the double, and the ball is gone.
Run number four hits for...
...the batter is number two, Mike Hadroos, second base.
...second and third.
...he's got the third base, he rounded him.
The two came back in third, 10 space.
By that time, he didn't hit the second.
Run and it's gone.
Hadroos has been about three times
without a base hit.
Popped out to the second baseman, fly to center,
rounded it short.
Here comes the pitch.
A beautiful third ball between their first strikes.
One...
Melty's due to bat next.
Drop of the seventh inning.
Now they're going sharply down the third base line, but it's full power.
Of course, the folks on the third base side and the left field side
thought the two might fall and land it.
Might have been a fair ball.
Mike Hadroos.
Holton's out of the mound, looks like he's getting a move on.
Hubs are up.
After win number 20
of the spring season, to wind it up.
Sox are looking for number 20 as of the moment.
Four helping, White Sox, after seven.
Ball one, strike two on the bat.
Mike Hadroos.
Takes the ball right inside.
Even up to two and two.
Two away.
We have runners at second and third.
Williams on second.
D.E. Richard at third base.
Brinkman running for ball in the score.
Here's the miss on the outside corner.
It's filled up at three and two.
3.15 is broadcast time for that double header from Oakland.
Opening the 1971 season for the White Sox.
They'll be at home on Friday.
For the home opener against the Minnesota Twins.
Ralph, there's a lot of division of opinion as to what happened to Harlan.
It wasn't the throw, I think it's sliding back into the bag that he jammed his ankle or knee.
Three, two, pitch.
He's all about the left field line.
We'll have to get behind the set.
White Sox are out in front.
Over the dump by a score of four to nothing.
Oh, what a shame.
Any pitcher for the Chicago White Sox?
Number 23, Steve Steely.
Oh, no.
100 percent to me and three.
Yeah.
No, I'm trying it out.
Can we have your attention please?
It seems to happen every stretch.
What should I say?
There's a purple and white 9271 Cadillac convertible light.
It's 2314.
They're blocking a driveway.
Mark, it's too close to a water hydrant.
Your windshield wipers are on, your motor's running, your keys are in the ignition, and your doors are locked.
Will the ladies and those with cars please move in?
Look at him.
What's that?
Move that up that block and make that a black painting.
I won't have that out of you.
Ladies and gentlemen, please step to your places.
All right, about the...
I made it for my dad.
The doors are locked and the key is in the ignition.
Will the ladies and those with cars please move in?
Ladies and gentlemen, please step to your places.
The leadoff for the bottom of the seventh inning for the Cubs, Johnny Carlson.
Back to the pitcher Tom Bradley.
The batter is number 20, Oceania Orsi, center field.
The number one given up by Steve Peely and fifth, Chicago Cubs, Ainsley.
Leadoff double for Johnny Carlson, last half of the seventh inning, 4-0.
The white sides looking to win number 20 to wind up the screen training season.
As opposed to nine losses, fastball stretch.
The team is 0-2-2, five to center, ground is a short.
Peely, the third white side pitcher of the ballgame.
Let's see who this catcher, Ed Herman, right-handed batting Jose Ortiz.
Starts the swing on the pitch, holds up, it's low.
Ball one, strike one. Catcher Kenny Rudolph, two off-mack.
Last half of the seventh inning from Scottsdale, Arizona where the weather is absolutely perfect.
Those mountains here look like they're three blocks away and they're probably 20 miles.
Ground ball, to the short stop, Richard Wage picks it up, throws, holds that woman second base beautifully.
Ortiz is off-needle watch.
Number 15, Ken Rudolph.
As Harry mentioned, the more we see keeping Richard at short.
The more we like him, the luckier he is.
We've been seeing that about all of our side players at the screen and that's exactly how we feel.
An exciting ball call.
Ken Rudolph.
Declan Taylor, he's really following Rudolph.
On scoring position on second base, it comes to pitch and the swing is far off the right side out of play.
Rudolph doubled in the second.
It's thrown out by Richard in the fifth inning.
We're in the bottom of the seventh inning.
From Scottsdale Stadium, there's a jam-packed house of 4,158.
The place holds 35, so you can imagine how many people are squeezed in today.
They don't mind it at all.
It's better to put these people out, either Chicagoans out here on a vacation
or Chicagoans previously in our living here in this beautiful area.
Good luck today.
Here comes the pitch.
Oh boy, what a play.
Boy, oh boy, Ralph, what a play.
Ed Herman made one of the greatest plays I've ever seen at Catcher Make.
Walt Williams charging that base hit, took it on one bounce,
and then fired all the way to home plate on the fly, and the throw was high.
Ed Herman had a leap high into the air and caught the ball with one hand.
Look at his glove.
And all in the same motion on coming down, he flapped that glove on to the sliding spikes of Johnny Callison for the out.
Boy, what a play.
Another example of what we're going to see here at Sauk Park.
When Williams came in on that ball, the bounce in front of him, he grabbed it,
and his throw was just a little high to Herman, but from a distance, of course,
it turned out to be a spectacular play.
Herman went up into the air as a very steady.
He held onto it, and as he came down, Callison had to slide on the infield side of home plate,
and Herman came down and made the drive and went home plate.
That's how he was out.
All in one, they count.
Rudolph on second base.
Two hits here in the inning, and they're two away.
It's not forever.
Roland.
Hey, Roland.
Steve Keely on the bounce, the third start pitcher of the ballgame, Bradley Starry,
wins five for the inning.
He has now pitched 33 innings in the drive.
And he's out.
He pitched 33 innings in the drive.
Oh my God, and we all can't believe that he played for the
score.
He's the fifth wish of the fourth set of games.
a seven score in the game.
That brings us over to the top of the batting
where the fans catching you.
Well the Cubs fans here in
Johnson, Minnesota
are waiting home for the Chicago Cubs
they want to see the Cubs get that thing started
to wind up their
pin-playing season now
with a victory.
That's a particular moment the lifeguards have
something to say about that. They lead 4-1
first victory campaign year.
Ralph I just saw Roland Heeman
come over to talk to John Holland
the general manager of the Cubs.
Now the Cubs are going home right after the game
in Chicago and I would imagine that maybe
he was discussing with John the possibilities
of Holland accompanying the Cubs
and flying right into Chicago
tonight to get medical attention there.
Well we said it before we'll say it again
let's pray that it's not
anything serious.
The Cubs are back.
Kessinger the batter
on her first base one run in
last to the seventh.
The Cubs are back the stock leads 4-1.
Steve Peely
on the mound the pick.
So now the ball up here Williams
goes to his left a couple of steps
on Goodlock he's got it.
The retire the stock.
Well in the last half of the seventh
inning for the Cubs one run
the end of the seventh inning the Chicago White Sox
get four, one, one.
Look at this brother.
That's the other side.
Watch your down there.
Boy that's a shame.
Boy they really need him too.
Okay what do you think?
That's the big one.
The next batter number 14 Bill Melton
third base.
We're going to the top of the eighth inning
the White Sox are out in front 4-1.
Bill Melton will lead it off he's had a double
in the homer and bounced down two out of three.
Had three hits yesterday.
He's had himself quite a spring.
Veteran left hander the Chicago Cubs
a youthful veteran by the way here's the pitch.
First pitch in there a good curveball
a strike is called.
One strike and no ball.
Boy the first bad thing that's happened
all spring long just occurred
a few minutes ago.
Here's the pitch curveball outside.
Don what is it here?
Harry Joe covered damage to his left knee
and it may be a cartilage injury.
We're taking him over to the hospital here
for x-rays and
if the x-rays show anything serious
he's going to go back tonight
on the plane to Chicago.
So it looks like
he won't be going with us to
Oakland. The Cub doctor Dr.
Zucker looked at him and is going over
to the hospital with him and we're going to take
x-rays there. The doctor feels he'll be negative
but he wants to make sure.
He's had a cartilage injury
last year didn't he? Yes but that was in the
other knee. This is in the left knee
he had a knee operation last August
on his right knee but this is the other knee
and he twisted it when he slipped back into second base.
I see. Thank you very much Don.
Don, I'm giving you the report
on the Joe Harlan thing. Meanwhile
Bill Melton has had his third hit of the day
single left. Carlos May
miles off the first pitch.
One strike and no balls.
So Joe Harlan
sliding back into the bag
and the injury did not come from being hit by the
throw. It came in sliding
back into the bag.
He twisted his left knee.
Here's the pitch to Carlos May
curveball low.
He will not be with the White Sox as Don
and Perth just told us in Oakland
at all. And
my surmise about Roland
Heeman talking to John Harlan that's
apparently what it was all about. Here's the pitch
swung on high fly ball shorts on the field.
Ortiz coming in. His cap
falls off but he makes the cap.
Carlos May flies
to Ortiz. Joe Harlan
was out. Watch your last
back in the hall with
a knee injury.
He had to undergo surgery on his right knee
on August the 4th for removal of torn
cartilage. He made a remarkably
speedy recovery and was back in action on
September the 7th. Just about
a month later. So
we'll have to wait
and see how badly his other knee has
been hurt today. Here's Rykert the curveball
low.
One ball and no strikes. Rick has had a double
one out of three. Ball game in the
top of the eighth. Four to one and save with the Cubs
and save with the Whiteside.
Here's Holtzman with the Cubs
firing. Swung to the fastball
and he missed it. That evens it up to the ball
on the stretch. The White Sox
scored two in the second on a
double by Melton, a triple by May and a double
by Rykert. Got another
one on the third on a home run by Melton.
Picked up one on the fourth with two out on a
single by Harlan. And then
back to back singles by B.B.
Richard and Walt Williams.
Now Melton has opened again
with a base hit. One out. Rick
Rykert the batter. Two balls and a strike.
Here's the stretch by Holtzman.
The pitch on the way. Swung on.
Drive into the right field corner but stays
there. It'll be trouble. It is.
Ball ball by about a foot and a half.
Rykert going to the
opposite field. Bows it
off.
That evens the count of two balls, two strikes.
Four thousand one
hundred and fifty-eight paid here today.
They only seed around thirty-two
hundred.
Rick Rykert returning to
the plate.
All set to go now.
Two balls, two strikes.
Runner at first base one out.
Four to one and save on the white side.
Holtzman is ready.
Now the pitch.
Here it is. Curve ball.
He's struck him out swinging.
Holtzman really snapped
one off.
That's two away.
Rich McKinney the right
fielder comes out.
Right hand batter waiting.
Rich McKinney. He's nothing out of
the game today.
Flied out every time. The pitch.
Curvin, a beauty, a strike call. Holtzman very
sharp.
Milt Pappas the last three of the runs. Holtzman the other one.
Holtzman relieved in the fifth inning.
So this is
his fourth inning of work. The pitch.
Bounces in front of the plate. A good
stop by Rudolph.
And the count evens up. A ball and a strike.
Two men around. Eighth inning.
Overflow crowd on hand.
Now the pitch. Here it is.
Swung on and popped up on the
infield. Kessinger backing out
under the grass shading his eyes.
Makes the catch.
To his father's side.
One left. We move down to the
bottom of the eighth. White Sox
four. Cubs one.
Boy that's a shame. Yeah.
Very deep here too.
There's the one
we talked about.
Boy I'm not too high on this
keeling.
I'm not too high on this keeling.
What's false for identification. This is the
Chicago White Sox baseball network.
Harry Carrey back at Scottsdale
Stadium as we go into the bottom half of the eighth inning.
Steve Keighley came on
when Joe Haaland was hurt. And was
really hit hard at the summer inning.
And it
took a sensational play by catcher
Ed Herman. Cutting a runner off at the plate.
To keep the cubs from
really having a good inning.
As it is the score now
four to one and save it to the White Sox.
Here's Glenn Beckard who's one out of three so far.
Right handed hitter.
Steve Keighley who used to be with the Angels.
These spectacle right handed
delivers. Curveball under a beauty of
strike call. One strike to no ball.
Nobody on nobody out.
Joe Haaland was injured
sliding back in a second base.
Being taken to a hospital
for x-ray.
Out of line to delivery. Here it is.
Half ball a little bit low.
Funny thing Haaland got up.
And then his knee must have collapsed.
Caved in under him
and he fell to the ground.
Out of signal given. One ball
one strike. The pitch.
Beckard swings and there's a fly ball.
Short right field. Should be caught. McKinney
coming in. Down with the sunglasses.
Makes the catch.
Beckard flies to McKinney.
One out here is Billy Williams.
Walked in the first and he landed
in the third. Rolled out to
second and second.
One out. Nobody on. Ball game in the eighth.
Billy Williams taking in.
Steve Keighley.
Here's Roland
Heeman who should be given
should be able to give us an up to date report on
Haaland. Joe jammed his knee
sliding back into second base.
Had some soreness inside
the knee. Had difficulty
maneuvering the knee as well as he would like
naturally. Dr. Suker
the Cubs position.
Fortunately he was here in the ball park.
Gave Joe some attention
and recommended that we fly him back
to Chicago. So through the
courtesy of John Haaland and Chicago Cubs
Haaland will fly back to Chicago
this afternoon on their flight.
And then our Cubs position
Dr. Jerome Loftus will examine
him and hospitalized him immediately.
What is it first
for my eyes about the injury? Is it anything
you know
very serious? We hope it isn't
it's difficult to see immediately.
It's like a home run foul ball off the bat
of Billy Williams so don't get excited.
Dr. Suker simply
mentioned that he felt that tomorrow
naturally it would be great soreness and it was
severe enough that he felt that he should
get the immediate attention and
recommended he fly back to Chicago.
So we hope that
it's not as serious as we might
have feared initially. It is
not the knee that Joe
underwent our surgery for last year
so this may be a plus in that
regard because it's the knee which
he had suffered the operation last year
has been re-injured and I think we have more fear.
Roland thanks so much for coming up.
Roland Heeman
Director of Player Personnel for the White Sox
giving us the up to minute report on
the conditions Joe Horlick. Here's Billy Williams
up there now swings and he fouls the pitch back.
Funny thing I just
guessed at things when I saw Roland go over
to talk to John Holland I just
guessed that that might be what he was talking
to him about and of course as we had
mentioned the Cubs fly home right after the game
so this will be advantageous.
Joe will be back home in Chicago to get
proper care. Here's the wind
up and he's going to span the pitch.
Billy Williams fouls it back to the screen.
Well this spring training
was just absolutely too perfect not
to have something happen.
Everything has gone too smoothly and
we're sorry to say that it had to be stopped
that's picking a situation with an
accident like this.
Billy Williams waiting two strikes
and a ball. Steve Keely into the wind up.
Here's the pitch on the way.
Flat ball. He aimed for that outside corner and missed
with it and the count is evened up.
Two balls two strikes one out.
Bottom of the eighth. The White Sox hoping
to win the city championship in
this rubber game. They won the first game
nine to two lost yesterday nine to four
and are leading all the way today.
The score being four to one at the moment.
Two balls two strikes.
Billy Williams digging in. Here's the
pitch by Keely.
Smash foul out down the right field corner.
Boy this Williams
even his foul ball
for his part.
He just pops that ball.
Two balls two strikes.
Billy Williams digging in.
Down the side.
Keely getting ready.
Here's the pitch.
Ball three is
ball four rather high.
So Billy Williams draws the
base on ball.
Santos had a great spring.
That's only the second walk
this young man is giving up all strength.
He has good control.
He's around the plate all the time.
Back the entire White Sox pitching
staff has been able to
avoid that old
play based on ball.
Two center one out one
on. The stretch
from the belt to the pitch. Here it is.
It's a little bit inside.
Kenny Holtzman the pitcher will be up there next.
They start a
right hander warming up on the both end. The left
hander starts to limber up.
He's going to warm up too.
One on one out.
Right hander waiting.
Here's
Keely getting set.
The pitch on the way to Santos.
Curve ball is high.
Keely is struggling out there.
A runner at first base
went away.
Bottom of the eighth.
The Cubs trying to come from behind.
Now the signal to give it.
Hal Breden
is going to be a pinch hitter.
Now the stretch.
Here's the
pitch on the way.
Swung over and popped up.
In foul territory who's going to get it? Bill Melton
calling for the ball. Make
a juggle before it hits the ground.
Bill Melton
fumbled that ball but he was catching
it up by his head.
And when it popped out of his glove
he had time to grab it again.
So Santos
fouls to Melton.
Two out in here
is Hal Breden who hit a free run
homer yesterday. He's batting
for Holtzman. Breden had
37 home runs in Richmond last year.
And apparently
he has made the club
a pinch hitter.
Hal Breden
Breden getting ready.
Healy trying to pitch out of trouble.
Breden
27 years old
from Albany, Georgia. Here's the pitch.
There's a line, spare, spare
into the corner. That's the base.
He's got a chance to score a run.
Today a fan touches the ball.
Hey, they're going to have to stop them to win for the score.
But let's see what they're going to give them.
A fan reached over the railing
to touch the ball.
Hillie Williams is allowed to score.
Chuck Tanner comes out
to talk to the umpire.
In the judgment of the umpire
Walker
Hillie Williams with a score for first base.
And so Chuck Tanner
is arguing with the
plate umpire that if it's a
ground rule double, Hillie Williams
should be stopped at third base.
Larry Barnett is the plate umpire
and he is saying, I think, that in his opinion
Williams would have scored
and that he shouldn't be deprived of the run.
And Chuck Tanner is bringing up
a point of order. If it is a
ground rule double because of
the fan touching the ball, why
shouldn't Williams be forced
to stop at third base?
So Breden again comes in with a
very significant
pitch hit. And now the Cubs
trail only by one. It's 4-2.
Keely is not at all
sharp.
Here's a stretch.
The pitch to Callison.
Here it is. Swung on a high
fly ball. Right field.
McKinney coming in.
And if our territory
nobody can reach the ball.
And Mr.
Keely can feel very lucky
that that ball wasn't hit out of the ball park.
He threw Callison
a hanging lollipop curveball.
Callison just
happened to pop the ball up in foul
territory. It might have been
caught by either Andrews or McKinney
but neither one did reach the ball.
Wilbur Wood
starting to
warm up.
Keely was lucky to get out of the seventh
with only one run.
And he's already
permitted one in the eighth.
And he doesn't seem to have
too much out there at the moment.
He needs this out badly here.
Johnny Callison who's had two out of three
so far. Here's the pitch.
Wings and he misses a fast ball.
He's in the hole two strikes and
nothing.
Callison, the only time he was retired
was on a line drive right back
to the pitcher.
Four to two in favor
of the white side.
Now the signal.
Keely getting ready.
Here's the pitch.
Fastball outside.
Two strikes on the ball. Keely is primarily
a fastball pitcher.
Let's see who's that warming up
down there.
Left-hander for the Cubs.
Wilbur Wood I guess.
Two strikes on the ball.
There's B.B. Richard cutting behind the runner to pitch.
High curveball inside.
The count evens.
Johnny Callison
is the play.
Runner at second base. Two men are out.
Whedon pinch hit a
three run homer yesterday.
And today he's doubled
in a run.
Two balls, two strikes.
Here's the pitch.
There's a smash. Carlos
May a beautiful stop races to the back
and wins to retire the
side. Holy cow what
a play.
Johnny Callison really hit
a bullet down the first base
line. Carlos May was
playing him to full. He
took a dive for the ball at the foul
line, came up with it. Then he was
lying on all four. He had a scramble
into position. The ball was hit so hard
that the pitcher clearly never had a chance
to cover. So Carlos May
had nobody to throw the ball to.
He had to engage in a foot race
with Johnny Callison
and he won it by a strike.
Beautiful play by May.
So the total's only any one run.
One hit, no air.
One left. And at the end of eight
very interesting innings to score.
The Chicago White Sox four.
The Chicago Cubs two.
Hey Charlie, just gave your place a plug.
Hey.
Now 15 for the
number 48 Jim
Colemore.
You're going to have to wait there.
You should have been.
I've seen. Somebody said you were in there.
I went over there.
You're sharing the way. I thought that was
the way. Are you guys open tonight?
Yeah. Go.
We'll see you tonight.
Oh,
yeah.
Big ball.
There's Dave on the.
The table.
Dave.
Oh,
thanks Charlie.
Well, the amenities of the season.
Chuck Tanner comes over, talks with Leo
DeRosier, they chat for a little bit.
Then pat each other in the back.
Shake hands. You can almost
mind read what they're saying.
Have a good year.
I know the
White Sox to a man.
Hope that the Cubs will win the
National League pennant.
And I'm sure that the Cubs
wish the White Sox nothing
but the very best.
It is a utopian thought.
But nevertheless,
maybe not an impossible
dream.
That perhaps someday these two clubs will
engage in an all Chicago
World Series. There is
first man up there.
Ed Herman, first pitch he drills in the
right center field for a base hit.
Herman gets his first hit of the day
as he lines a single in the
right center. We have a new pitcher in there
for the Chicago Cubs.
Kim Colburn.
Colburn, a
right hander.
At his very first pitch, Ed Herman
wrapped in the right center for a base hit.
Here's Keely now.
Turner at first, nobody up.
Holtzman, pitch four innings.
He allowed only one run.
Permitted four hits.
Kim Colburn, a right hander
from Santa Paula, California.
24 years old, he throws over the first base
to Pepitone.
But Herman is on the back.
Colburn last year for the Cubs, one three
and one miss one.
Here's the pitch.
Run and foul back and out of play.
It was a fan, a souvenir for somebody.
Colburn, graduated from
Whittier California College and is now
working on his master's degree in sociology
at the University of Washington.
So he's a brain.
Leo DeRosier will trade all that gray matter
for a good pitching arm.
So here's Keely trying to advance the runner.
Four to two in favor of the white side.
Throw to first, runner back.
Rick Talley of the Chicago Today
will be the post game
guest with Ralph.
Immediately following, so I hope you'll stay tuned.
Here's the pitch on the way.
Spike is called.
Two strikes and nothing.
Keely is in the hole.
Trying to advance Ed Herman.
B.B. Richard will be up there next.
Richard has played a sparkling game
at shortstop.
He's had one out of three at the plate.
Contributed a stolen base.
Not much more than anybody
can do with this youngster.
And likewise, Louis Alvarado
is rival for the position.
Pitch to Keely.
He bonds beautifully.
The only A, the only play, first base.
And inbound.
Becker took the throw from Ken Rudolph.
It's a perfect sacrifice by Steve Keely.
And with one out, here's B.B. Richard.
Richard, one out of three today.
The batter to an eye.
So Richard and World Williams
will have a shot at driving in another run.
White Sox out in front.
Four to two were in the top of the ninth.
The Chicago Bulls evened up
the basketball playoffs.
And now it'll all be decided Thursday night
in Los Angeles.
Here's the pitch.
Swung and far back and out of play.
The Lakers will have the home
court advantage.
The playoffs tie
three games to three.
And will be decided at the forum.
Jack Kent Cook's Palace.
Next Thursday night.
Here's the stretch.
The pitch.
Well, we'll be home.
It's an off date next Thursday night in Chicago.
Sit at the Ambassador East Hotel.
And watch the game.
And pull for the Bulls to
upset the Lakers.
Now the stretch.
Here's the pitch.
Into the dirt.
Pounces on the ball.
Lovely afternoon and overflow crowd
of 4158.
As these two teams end
spring training.
The White Sox are shooting for
their 20th victory of the spring
campaign. They've lost only nine times.
But they suffered a very
telling injury today
when Joe Horland was hurt.
Two balls and a strike.
The glance at second base.
The pitch to Richard.
Ground ball to the shortstop.
Herman trying for third.
Kessinger's play. Very close but he's out.
So Kessinger
throws out B.B. Richard.
Ed Herman.
Maybe Kessinger might
take a shot at him.
But he took the sure play.
Two out. Here's Walt Williams who drove in
the run on the seventh.
Walt Williams has won
the regular job in the outfield
at least to start the season.
When Chuck Tanner took over during the winter
Walt Williams didn't even figure in Chuck's
opinion
on even making the team.
But there was insight to Tanner that
he feels this guy through his
performance this spring must be rewarded.
And therefore he has given him the
starting job.
Here's the pitch to Walt.
Swung on a high fly ball right field.
Here's Callison coming in under the ball.
He's got room. Makes the catch to
retire to south.
Don't go runs. One hit to the air. One left.
We go into the bottom of the ninth
with a score. White Sox
four comes to.
Ladies and gentlemen this time the
Scottsdale Charo's would like to
thank you very much for
majorizing our ballgames this spring.
Making it another successful spring.
The second year in a row the
Scottsdale is led the Cactus League
in attendance. Thank you very much.
We'd also
like for you to join us. We're
sure you do. We're wishing the Chicago
Cubs the best of luck
when they leave here today and go in
search of the National League.
Thank you.
We're going to the bottom of the ninth
inning and Jose Ortiz
will lead it off against Steve Keely.
The White Sox holding a four to two
lead in this rubber game of the three
game series.
For the Mythical
Baseball Championship of the city of
Chicago.
The first batter at the bottom of the ninth inning.
Ortiz is nothing out of three today.
Jose Ortiz center field.
It's the first time in the last four
days that he's been in the
first time in the last four days
that he hasn't
had three hits.
It will be Ortiz
Rudolph and Pepa Tone in this
inning.
Nobody on nobody out.
Ortiz leading it off.
Steve Keely gets set. Here's the
pitch on the way and it's high.
One ball no strike.
Two left handers are
in the bullpen.
For the White Sox. Wilbur Wood is one
of them. Looks like Forster is the
other one.
One ball no strike.
Ortiz
digging in waves that bat around. Here's the
pitch.
Right down the middle of a good fastball a strike off.
That evens it up with a ball and a
strike.
Nobody on nobody out. White Sox
leading four to two bottom of the ninth.
The Chicago Cubs lead
after the game to go home to Chicago.
Where they open up against the Cardinals
Tuesday afternoon.
Here's the pitch. One on bouncing ball
melting to his right in foul territory.
It isn't fair to throw. He would have been out
but it's a foul ball.
So Ortiz
will return to the back.
The White Sox stay right here in
Scottsdale for a couple more days of practice
because they don't open the season
until Wednesday afternoon and then with a
double header in Oakland.
Our broadcast time over all these
stations will be 3 15
Chicago time
Wednesday afternoon.
I sincerely hope you'll be with us.
And then the home opener
Friday afternoon April the ninth
at White Sox Park against
the division champion
Minnesota twin. Harmon Killibrew
Tony Oliva and company.
Here's the pitch. Swung on
fly ball left center field. It may drop
may drop may drop may drop may drop.
It does.
Walt Williams made a long
run for that ball but couldn't get to
it. So the Cubs are alive
in the bottom of the ninth.
And here is Rudolph.
The next batter number 15
Ken Rudolph. That was a
blue pin.
Walt Williams gave it quite a try.
Made a one handed pick up of the ball.
And now here is
Rudolph.
Right handed hitter.
Big guy. Here's Keely getting
ready. And the
pitch. Here it is.
Everything he's throwing is high. High
curve ball. One ball no strike.
He wants to get the ball
down.
He'd like to get Rudolph to hit it with
double play. Rudolph is not fast.
Not a stretch.
Here's the pitch on the way.
High curve
again. Can't get the ball down.
And he's in a hole. And the
activity in the bullpen
becomes more energetic.
Now the
signal given.
Two balls no strike.
Rudolph waits.
Steve Keely delivers.
Here it is. Right down
the middle of good fastball.
And Rudolph was taking two balls
and a strike. Four to two
in favor of the white side.
Where in the ninth?
The Cubs trying to pull it out of the
fire.
Now Keely gets ready.
And the pitch. Here it is.
He swings and misses.
And the count evens up.
Two balls. Two strikes.
Rudolph had a good pitch to hit.
A letter high fastball.
And he swung right through it.
Peanuts Lowry coaching a third base
for the Cubs.
Joey Amalfatano at first base.
Bright sunshine. A red hot
sun. Temperature in the mid
eighties.
Now the stretch. Here's the pitch.
Ground ball by B Double Play.
Melnard. Hey! Right throw there.
Here's the runner racing at third.
And there goes Rudolph
for second.
And he runs it all with nobody else.
That ball was hit
medium speed. It just never
came up for Melton.
Who was trying to rush
the play to get the double play.
Knowing that Rudolph is very slow.
That's going to be off for
Keely.
And Wilbur Wood I believe is going to be
brought in here to pitch to Joe Pepitone.
And the Cubs now have a great
chance
to pull this one out of the fire.
The tying runs are at second and third
with nobody out.
A bloop single
off the bat of our T's.
And a slow dribbler off
the bat of Rudolph which went through
Melton.
Runners at second and third. Nobody out.
And Wilbur
Wood
comes into relief.
Nobody out.
Down to middle fifth for the
White Sox. Number
28 Wilbur Wood.
Keely this was not one of his good outing.
He pitched two innings.
He was in trouble on every inning.
Everything he threw was up high.
He allowed five hits while he was
in there.
He allowed the first two runs
they made.
He had a shutout going when he came
into the contest.
But the Cubs
took a very very fun
liking to his pitching.
So he permitted
five hits.
The responsibility for these two runs belongs
to him. There is no way he
could be the losing pitcher.
Because the very worst that he could
be charged with would be four runs
which is the total the White Sox
had. So
Cuppetone will be the batter against the Knuckleball
or Wilbur Wood.
Now here is a game situation.
Cuppetone
singled in a run on the center.
The batter is number eight Joe Pemezon.
The infield is playing back.
The outfield is deep.
As Pempeton steps under the batter's box.
Four to two in favor of the
White Sox.
But the Cubs have a great
chance here to turn it around.
The pitch. Swung and a little pop
on the infield. Wilbur Wood
calls for the ball and hey almost dropped
and made the catch.
Pempeton on the first pitch popped to Wilbur Wood.
And it wasn't hit high enough for one
of the other infielders to call for.
Number eight on the left. Don Dessinger
shortstop.
Don with Don Umford.
Harry I was just over the hospital with Joe Horlan
and the x-rayed his left knee.
The x-ray showed that nothing was broken.
We'll have to wait and see how the swelling goes down
and find out whether the cartilage is torn
in his knee or not and we won't know that for a few days.
He's going back on the plane with the court.
Glenn Becker who grabbed it bare handed and
flipped it right back.
Pempeton on the
first pitch has popped out.
Can Wilbur Wood get out of this jam?
Becker will be next. Kessinger
hitting right handed now.
Here's a stretch by Wilbur Wood. The pitch.
Knock a ball into
the dirt. A nice play in there by
Ed Herman. Herman behind
the play. Boy he made
some play in the seventh inning.
Got a
throw from the outfield.
One ball, one strike.
Kessinger waiting. The delivery by
Wilbur Wood. Swings and he fouls it
back. Two strikes and a ball.
Kessinger was trying to poke that
knuckleball into right field.
Wilbur Wood.
He wants that strike out here.
Boy what an inspirational
job it would be if he could pitch his
way out of this jam. It'd be a
great way to end spring training.
With your ace relief pitcher
doing what he gets paid for.
Putting out fires.
But he's got two tough cookies to get.
Kessinger is up there now.
Glenn Beckard will be next.
Two strikes and a ball.
Here's the
pitch on the way.
There's a smash. Left field. The game's
gonna be tied. One run is in.
Here's another one to throw to the plate.
It is too late. And on the
throw the lead run goes to second.
Kessinger.
Line to singles.
Beyond Melton and B.B.
Richards.
Walt Williams made an ill advised throw
to the plate. But I think he was
throwing hoping it would be cut off.
It came all the way into the plate.
It was closer than you would think.
Now here's Beckard.
And the Cubs are within a base head
leading the City Series.
It's all tied up.
Four and four.
One out. Billy Williams will be next.
Kessinger delivering a timely hit.
The throw in the two tying run.
Here's the stretch now.
The pitch.
Swings and a knuckleball and he misses.
One strike no ball.
The pitch to Kessinger was a knuckleball
to lay flat and high.
And Kessinger drilled it
between Richards and Melton.
There's a pitch on the way.
There's a little top fly.
Sharp center.
And facing up. The runner on third holding up.
The throw comes to the plate.
Kessinger fearing
the ball might be caught held up.
And it's runners at first
and third and here's Billy Williams.
Now coming to bat.
Number 26.
Billy Williams.
Billy Williams could be the hero here.
Let's see what they can do.
They got Sano coming up next.
Runners at first and third.
Wilbur Wood got Pepitone
to pop up.
And got out in front of Kessinger. Two strikes and a ball.
But then Kessinger
tied it up with a base hit to left.
Now Becker just blew one
into Sharp's center. The infield has
to come in for the play at the plate.
They're bringing the outfield in too.
Because the long fly ends the game
anyhow.
So they bring everybody in.
Bring them all in.
Have to be close enough to have a chance on a fly ball
to throw a man out at the plate.
The White Sox led this
one all the way.
And
here's the strike.
Infield in. The pitch on the way.
Little bit low. Ball on.
Santo will be next.
One ball, no strike.
The injury to Harlan seemed
to be like pulling
a carcass out of the bottle. Here's the pitch on the way.
Knock them all
inside. Ball two.
This now is
Wilbur Wood's ball game.
He would be the pitcher of record.
Out of stretch.
The pitch on the way to Billy Williams.
All three is low.
And Ron Santo is next.
Gray ball, no strikes.
And Tanner
motions to Wood
to throw a knuckleball with three and oh.
Here's the pitch on the way.
Knuckleball slung foul back and out of play.
So he knew Williams would be
swinging at that three nothing pitch.
And he wasn't going to give him any fat
fastball.
Gray ball to the strike.
Wilbur Wood trying to get out of this jam.
The game now is
tied and the Cubs have a chance to win it.
With a runner at third and one out.
Another runner at first base.
The infield in. The outfield in.
Here's the stretch.
Here's the pitch on the way.
Ball four. The bases are loaded.
The next batter.
Number six.
Ron Santo.
Ron Santo the batter.
And they have to keep everybody in again.
B.B. Richard
is playing more
half way. Andrews is a little bit
more half way rather than
on the grass. If Sando hits
the ball hard they can still go for the double play.
Around short and second. The pitch.
Swings and a knuckle ball
and he misses. One strike.
No ball.
Wilbur Wood. The Cubs have the bases
loaded only one out. They could win it with
a fly ball.
Four four tie. Here's the stretch.
The pitch on the way.
Into the dirt. Great stop by Ed Herman.
A one handed take up.
Boy that'd be
a one handed that way with a wild
pitch.
The Cubs were trailing
four to nothing. Then four to one.
Then four to two. Now tied four four.
One ball.
One strike. Sando digging in.
Here's the pitch
on the way. Swarovski
pops up on the infield. Here's the fly
roll. Andrews under the ball.
Makes the cap. Santo
pops Andrews.
And now let's see who's going to hit it.
Paul Popovich.
Number 22.
Paul Popovich.
Paul Popovich will be the hitter.
Let's pause quickly. This is the White Sox
baseball network.
Come on Paul.
Get in.
Come on.
Get in.
Harry Carrey
and Ralph Poucher.
In Scottsdale
where the Cubs have tied it up
have the bases loaded two out here on the bottom
of the ninth. The pitch. Popovich swings
to the knuckleball and misses.
Utility infielder the Cubs. Right handed batter
actually a switch hitter.
From Morgantown, West Virginia. 31
years old. Paul Popovich
hitting right handed. The infield back in normal
position. The pitch.
Knuckleball low.
And that evens it up for the ball on the strike.
Wilberwood.
Halaude.
RBI single to Kessinger.
But if he could get out of this with
a score tied he still would have done a great job.
1-1 pitch. Here it is.
High pop foul.
Over to the stand.
Melton coming over. Coming over.
No play.
I don't believe he saw the ball.
Because it actually
landed on the playing
side of the fence.
That's that high sky and it's
tough to see the ball come off the bat.
Two strikes on the ball.
I don't know whether he
had a chance. I doubt if he could have reached it
anyhow.
Now the right hand hitter
waiting. Two strikes on the ball.
Wilberwood trying to pitch out of trouble.
Here it is.
He
struck him out.
And that re-fires the side.
And it comes where a fly ball
would have won it. Couldn't get it.
Santo popped up. Popovich
struck out. However
they did tie it. Two runs.
Three hits. One error.
Three left. At the end
of nine it's all tied up.
The White Sox for the Cubs for
Two runs, three hits, one error, three
minutes on base.
The end of nine it
exceeds the Chicago Cubs for
the Chicago White Sox for
That Keely
Could get me out I don't think.
First extra in the game we see.
Damn he was ahead of that.
Down 15 for the
Cubs. Number 52
Bill Bottoms.
We're going to the
tenth inning and Bill Bottoms from UCLA
a big strong hard-throwing
right-hander will be the Cubs fourth
pitcher.
Mill Pappas started and went four innings
allowed four hits and three runs.
Ken Holzman pitched the next four, allowed
four hits and one run. Jim Colburn
worked one inning, allowed one hit and no run.
And now Bill Bottoms is not even
on the roster. Comes out.
He pitched it here around last
year where he won three, lost three,
six, four, 210 pounds.
Right-hander
Bonham will be the new
pitcher. Frank Andrews leads it off
against him. The score
tied four and four.
The
White Sox had a four to nothing lead going
into the seventh.
But the
Cubs took to Steve Keely like
they had been waiting for him for a month.
Here's the pitch
Andrews swings at the curveball
and he misses. One strike and
no ball.
Nobody on, nobody out.
Ball game in the top
of the tenth.
Now the pitch by
the young right-hander. Swung and popped up
on the infield. That'll be easy.
Santo under the ball, makes
the catch. Andrews
fouls to Santo.
Here now is Melton.
He's three out of four today.
The next batter, number 14,
Bill Melton, third base. He's accounted
for three runs
himself. Committed to
cross the air in the ninth inning
as the Cubs came on to tie it up.
Here's the pitch.
Strike in there, sidearm
curve at the knee.
One strike, no balls. One man
out. Game tied
four, four in the tenth.
Here's Bonham
delivering.
Sidearm curve outside. Boy, this is
a good-looking young pitcher at this bottom.
Only one year of professional baseball
experience. But he's
around that plate. He's tall, rangy
and can pump
that ball. One ball, one strike
to delivery now.
Curveball outside. Two
balls and a strike.
One gone.
A little added treat here on his final day of
spring training, an extra inning
game.
Extra curricular activity.
Two balls and a strike.
The pitch now.
Outside,
ball three. Carlos
May will be next.
The white side.
Trying to go out in front again.
Three balls,
one strike.
Now the pitch on the way.
Strike. He curved it with
three and one and got it in there.
And that's
something we notice all spring long.
These young pitchers
no longer try to throw the fastball by you
when they're behind. They go to a breaking
ball and get it over. Three, two, pitch to
Melton. Bouncing ball to the second
baseman. He, oh, bad hop.
His beckered on the side of the head. Goes
in the right center. Here's Melton playing for
a double to throw. He goes in standing
up. Now let's see if
Becker is hurt.
Melton hit a ground ball to Becker
that took a bad hop off the side of his head
and rolled in the right center for a double.
Becker has got his cap off feeling
to see if he's got a bump on his head.
Here's Carlos May, tripled in a run
in the second inning.
Melton has had two doubles or homers in a single.
He had two doubles in a single yesterday.
I would imagine Melton is a guy
that, they're going to walk Carlos
May intentionally
to get to Rick Ryker.
Ryker the right-handed batter
hoping that they can get the double play
out of him.
I would imagine, I started to say that
when the season starts
in late innings and
close ball games, if the White Sox are ahead
they will substitute
somebody like Morales
for defensive purposes around third base.
Because all that Melton does
a fine job,
he isn't quite as good a fielder as he is a hitter
and he's a, you got to have him in your lineup
because he can really rock that ball.
Rick Ryker up there,
runners at first and second, he doubled in a run
in the second inning, he's one out of four.
Game tied, 4-4.
Here's Bill Bonham
getting set.
The pitch to Ryker, here it is.
Sidearm curve in the
rebellious strike call.
One strike, no ball, Ryker takes a look
at Joe Lynette,
coaching a third.
The infield, straight away
hoping for the ground ball.
Ryker digging in, waves that bat around.
And now the pitch.
Here it is.
He didn't mean to swing it over,
here's the pitcher who'll throw him out at first.
Ryker trying to stop
his swing and tap one right back to the mound.
The runners advance
and it's all up to Rich McKinney.
Now we're going to have a pinch hitter, Lee May.
With runners at second and third,
let's see how the Cubs counter here.
They could walk May intentionally, but then
Ed Herman.
Lee May.
Who is hitting 5-29
with 9 out of 17.
One double, one triple, one homer,
four RBI.
Comes up as a pinch hitter with a chance to put the
White Sox out in front.
Bill Bonham, young right-hander.
Looks down, has his sign.
The pitch to Lee May.
Swings and he foul-tips it, strike one.
One strike, no balls.
Ed Herman next.
So they're pitching to May,
even though first base is open.
They'd rather pitch to May
than to Herman, apparently.
The outfield straight away and deep.
Lee May digs in.
Here's the windup by Bonham,
the pitch to the left-hand batter.
Low curveball outside.
One ball, one strike.
Melting the runner at third.
Carlos May at second.
Two men are gone.
Tied up 4-4. We're in the tenth.
Now Bill Bonham ready.
Here's the pitch.
Ground ball to the first baseman should be out of the inning.
Pepitone has it, steps on the bag.
And the inning is over.
May grounded to Pepitone.
Adds one hit.
Two left.
We're going to the bottom of the tenth tied 4-4.
Steep.
Yeah, we could have been at the pool.
Now playing right field,
moving over from left is number three,
Walt Williams.
Going to left field is number 48,
Rick Riker. He was playing at center.
Now playing right field.
He was playing at center.
This is Stroud.
The new center fielder,
number six, Ed Stroud.
Speaking of pitchers, this guy was two of us.
We're going to the bottom of the tenth.
Ed Stroud comes in the ball game now
for the White Sox to play center field.
Rick Riker moves from center field to left.
Walt Williams moves from left field to right field.
And leading off here for the Cubs
will be Johnny Callison
against the knuckleballing left-hander, Wilbur Wood.
Don Kessinger, cup baby,
comes in the ball game.
Two runs single in the bottom of the ninth
to tie it up.
So here's Callison. It'll be Callison,
Ortiz, and Rudolph
here in the tenth.
Tied up 4-4, playing for the
baseball championship for Chicago,
you might say. Here's the pitch.
Knuckleball in there, a strike is called.
One strike, no ball.
Johnny Callison.
He's two out of four today.
Wilbur Wood gets set.
Now the left-hander
delivers.
The pitch on the way.
Knuckleball low and outside.
That evens out a ball and a strike.
Hope you'll stay with us for the postgame show
which will feature Rick Talley.
He's the sports editor of the Chicago today.
Here's the pitch. Little tap, right back to Wilbur.
He's got it. Should be an easy out.
Rips the first, one gone.
Callison tapped back to Wilbur Wood.
That will bring up Jose Ortiz
who started that night playing with a little blue
single that dropped in strike center.
An error by Melton followed
which really set it up.
And then after Wilbur Wood had gotten
pepper-toed,
Kessinger, behind in the count,
two strikes and a ball,
single the left to tie it up.
Wood then had to get out of a jam.
He allowed a single to Beckett
and a base on balls to Williams to fill it up.
But he got the ball,
fill it up, fill him up.
But he got Santo
and then Popovich to get out of the inning.
The pitch to Ortiz.
Bouncing ball, towards short.
B.B. Richard charges. There's a throw.
He is out.
He threw it in the dirt but Carlos came up with it.
The batter, number 15,
Ken Rudolph, catcher.
As down-emph as relayed to us,
there's no fracture in Joe Harlan's knee.
That's positive news.
He has his knee wrapped up
and he'll accompany the Cubs to Chicago
this afternoon.
Here's Rudolph, the pitch.
Knuckleball outside.
One ball, no strikes, two out, nobody on.
Ed Herman will lead it off
for the White Sox in the 11.
If we can
go that far, here's the pitch.
Bouncing ball to Richard. Come on in.
Lee, he's got it. There's the peg.
He's high but he is out.
Ed Richard's got one of the most powerful
but he still has
an erratic arm.
Now that one he almost threw over Carlos May's head.
Carlos is grinning.
He had a leap into the air, come down
and stab at the bag. The throw before he had a scoop
out of the dirt. And the same men
threw both of them. So it's 1-2-3.
Wilbur Wood breezed through the tenth.
And at the end of tenth, it's still tied.
White Sox 4, Cubs 4.
Two days left.
We certainly hope you enjoyed today's ball game.
We want to remind you
that the souvenir available
in front of the grandstand
is the
Anniversary Souvenir Book
for the
silver anniversary
of the Cactus League. The entire story of
the Cactus League in this book was stories of all
the teams that have played out here.
We think you'll really enjoy it and that's
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Do we have anything on bottom?
No, nothing.
Ask a flight attendant.
Let him see if he's got a little more silver.
Yeah, he's a...I think he is.
I think there's something
on top of him.
No, the little one.
No, there's nothing in there.
There's something in the back there.
Not much.
We're going to the eleventh inning now
and Ed Herman is going to lead it all.
He's got one out of three facing Bill Bonham.
Ed Herman leading it all.
Wilbur Wood due to be next.
The ball game in the eleventh.
Five, four and four.
We'd have been around the Executive House
pool by now if Kessinger hadn't gotten
a base hit to tie it up.
That's baseball for you.
Ed Herman
digging in.
Young Bill Bonham, right-hander delivers.
Herman takes a fastball high.
One ball, no strikes. Herman hit
19 homers last season for the White Sox.
Hasn't hit one this spring as yet.
Now the line, the pitch.
Popped up.
Santo's going to have a play
over near the stands. He's got room now
and he's there. Hey!
Ball's off balance, holds on to the ball.
Herman foul to Santo.
One out.
Wilbur Wood
will hit for himself.
He'll bounce right-handed, he pitches left-handed.
Looking ahead to the Cubs oven.
They'll have Pemperton, Kessinger and Beckard coming up.
One out, nobody on. Chuck Tanner
and Leo DeRosha are talking.
Again,
could be discussing how long
whether there's any
deadline on this game
as a result of playing connections.
One out,
nobody on. The pitch to
Wilbur Wood. Fastball
inside.
Wood batting right-handed.
One away.
We're in the 11th.
Now the signal
given.
Wilbur Wood waiting.
Bonham's pit. Strike call.
This kid pumps that ball hard.
Two balls and a strike.
One man out.
Bonham has been
he wasn't, he isn't
even on the Cubs roster.
But they haven't cut him yet.
Here's the pitch. Strike call.
Two balls, two strikes.
E.B. Richard will be next.
Followed by Wall Williams.
They can keep it going.
Now to wind up the
2-2 pitch on the way.
He struck him out on a curveball.
Wood is caught out on strikes
and here is Richard. He's had one hit today.
One out of four.
The next batter, number nine, Lee Richard.
The Cubs made some cuts today.
They haven't given us the information.
And I know Fuzau and Danny Breeden
were two of the four or five boys' Cubs.
They were still
about five men over. Here's the pitch on the way
now. Richard takes a curveball
outside.
E.B. Richard, the leadoff
man. Wall Williams next. Score
tied 4-4.
And every time
the Cubs hold the White Sox in
the next innings, the better
their chances of winning the ball again.
Here's Richard following the ball
back to the screen. It bounces back
to where Wall Williams
is standing in the on-deck circle and
he kind of plays high-lie with
his bat. Juggles
the ball on the end of the bat and then
catches it. One-one pitch.
Low fastball.
Two balls
in a strike. And should B.B. get on,
you can expect him to steal. He stole a base
on the fifth.
Two balls in a strike. Now the
pitch. Swung and looped off the
end of the bat foul. That
evens it. Two balls, two strikes.
Two out.
Game tied
4-4.
Would it be something here if this wound up
in a tie and they had to call it off because of
their playing connections?
From a public relations standpoint,
it would be perfect. Here's the pitch
outside ball three.
I think if I were them, I would
do just that.
And then the
fans of the White Sox
could be satisfied and the fans of the Cubs would
be happy. Neither team would yet
be the city champion.
Here's the pitch.
Swung on on a looping liner in the center of base
F. B.B. rounds first base.
Let's watch him. Goes halfway to second.
Comes back.
So Richard gets his second hitter.
And here's Walt
Williams. He's been a hero in
a lot of games during spring training.
Can he do it again?
Williams has shifted to right field.
Williams drove in a run in the
seventh.
With a base hit to right.
Steps into the batter's box.
Bill Bonham, a sidearm right-handed
with good stuff.
B.B.
Richard taking a lead off first base.
Here's the stretch.
Here's the pitch. There he goes.
Wild pitch. He might wind up at third.
He's sliding though, not knowing that the ball got away.
He's sliding in a second base
with a stolen base.
Not knowing that the pitch had gotten away.
And if he'd have kept this speed,
I would have been a bit surprised to see him going away to third.
You know, Harry, in these wild pitches,
situations like that, these runners have a
problem in judgment because
the ball comes back over this backstop and
right back to the catcher.
So now, just a base hit
with put the White Sox ahead.
Walt Williams, waiting.
One ball, no strikes.
Here's the pitch.
Low and outside, ball two.
And Williams calls time to squeeze
the rosin bag. Mike Andrews
is next.
Williams,
no neck.
195 pounder on a
1 foot 6 inch frame.
Reminiscent.
They're going to walk him intentionally to get to Andrews now.
They're going to
walk him intentionally. An intentional
path. That brings up Mike Andrews
with runners at first and second.
Andrews has been hitless today. Nothing
out of five.
Walt Williams
twists down the first pitch.
So here's Andrews.
Nothing out of five.
With a chance here to put the White Sox
in front.
Walt Williams at first base.
B.B. Richard at second base.
Andrews, a big
red number two on the back of his
pastel blue uniform.
Here's the pitch.
Curveball inside, ball one.
One ball, no strikes. They play Andrews
straight away and deep.
I'd like to see him plug the gap in either left center
or right center.
Right hand hitter waiting.
Bonham
in his second inning of relief.
Now the stretch. Here's
the pitch. Start of the swing
held up curveball hit the outside corner of the knee
and that evens it. A ball and a strike.
Bonham
has a good curveball.
Taller rangey kid from UCLA.
One ball, one strike.
The pitch to Andrews.
And here it is.
Low outside.
Two balls and a strike.
Bill Melton would be next.
Melton has had four hits today. Four out of five.
Without his bat the White Sox wouldn't be leading
and without his air the Cubs wouldn't be tied.
So that's how it goes.
Two balls and a strike.
Here is the
pitch. Swung the Mr. Curve.
Without his bat the
White Sox wouldn't have had the early lead they
enjoyed a four to nothing.
He doubled and scored around the second. He homered in the third.
He's also singled and doubled since then.
But Andrews has evened up two balls
two strikes.
And the pitch.
Here it is. Swings and he
foul tips. Bonham keeps
throwing him sidearm curveball.
Andrews keeps pulling him.
Two balls, two strikes.
Top of the 11th.
Score tied 4-4.
White Sunshine.
It's four o'clock
here in Arizona.
Five o'clock in Chicago.
The dancing
at the nightclubs in Tokyo.
Here's the pitch.
Outside curveball
three. Boy he almost hit that corner with that.
And now the
count is three and two and the runners will be going with the pitch.
Three balls, two strikes.
Bonham
steps back off the rubber.
He's going to pitch off the stretch of course.
Richard will be breaking
as will Walt Williams.
Three balls, two strikes. Here's the stretch.
Here's the pitch. There go the runners.
Ball four high.
The bases are loaded.
And here's Melton. Can he do it again?
The bases are loaded with two outs.
Melton has had
two doubles, a single and a homer.
Here's the spot where he'll be looking just for
the base hit.
Bonham had a pitch out of trouble in the tenth.
And now he's in a jam
again here in the eleventh.
Bases loaded, two outs.
Melton waiting.
Here's the windup, the pitch on the way.
Curve right in there
a strike ball. This kid has a
playing curveball.
Just a year out of college
he has great pitching points.
One strike and no ball.
Bases jammed with
two outs. The pitch to Bill Melton.
Almost hit him inside.
Boy he's thrown about seven
curveballs in a row.
The cub catcher
Ken Rudolph must have an olive stuck
between his fingers.
All he signals
is number two for the curveball.
One ball, one strike.
Right hand hitter waiting.
The pitch by Bonham.
Here it is.
Popped out of the out of the center.
Spectered under the ball.
And he makes the catch.
Melton pops the becker.
So it's no run.
One hit, no errors. Three left.
The White Sox have strayed at five
in the last two innings.
And the momentum of this ball game
seems to have moved slowly
over towards the cub side.
So we move into the bottom of the 11th
still tied.
Four and four.
Four.
Today folks, pick up your souvenir copy
of the silver adornment tree
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The first batter
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Four.
Three.
Nice play, Carey.
Harry Carey
back at the ballpark bottom of the 11th
with Joe Pepitone leading it off.
He's had one out of two today.
Here's the pitch by Wilbur Wood.
Knocked the ball a little bit low.
One ball, no strikes.
Pepitone drove in their first run in the seventh inning.
With two out, he single the center
to score Rudolph.
Here's the pitch on the way.
Knocked the ball in there. A beauty, a strike called.
And the count evens. A ball and a strike.
It'll be Pepitone, Kessinger, and Becker.
And if anybody gets on, Billy Williams
for the Cubs in the 11th.
The White Sox have to hold them
to have a chance. Here's the pitch.
Knocked the ball, swirled the dribbler toward
Sharpe. Here's Lee Richard's throw.
He is out on a good play.
Richard
throws out Pepitone.
Pepitone hit that off the end of the foul.
He just started to
ooze toward Sharpe
with a lateral reverse spin.
Richard failed the ball and then
gunned him out.
Here's Kessinger
who sent this game into extra innings.
One out, nobody on.
That was his only
hit of the game, a single off Wilbur Wood to drive
in two runs of the night. The pitch.
Knocked the ball low. Kessinger
switch hitter.
Boy, this guy has made himself
a $60,000
a year shortstop.
Here's the pitch.
And knocked the ball inside.
And he had to work hard.
He learned to switch hit.
Always had
great range and fine arm.
29 year old
shortstop. The pitch by Wilbur Wood.
Line driver to the third base.
Kessinger lined hard
to melt. Two up,
two down. Here's Glenn Becker.
The next batter, number 18
Glenn Becker. Second base.
Becker
from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
He's 31 years old.
He came up
with the Cubs in 1955.
Right-handed hitter
waiting. Two men out. He's
two out of five today. The pitch.
Knuckleball low. Billy Williams is
next.
The final exhibition
game of the season is an extra inning
thriller between the Cubs and the White Sox
for the mythical city title. The pitch.
Inside.
Don't walk
this guy with Billy Williams coming up next.
Two balls, no strikes.
Becker
waiting. Here's Wilbur Wood's
pitch. Right
in there a beauty of strike call.
Glenn Becker, not
known for his power.
More of a singles doubles hitter. There's a fastball
inside.
Becker
last year.
Hit three home runs the year before he had only one.
In his major league career
he's hit a total of 17.
Here's the pitch.
High fly ball should be caught.
Rick Rightford is there waiting.
Makes the catch to retire
to side. So Wilbur Wood
is second straight perfect inning.
Nothing across. At the end of 11
tied up 4-4.
Once again a change of cassettes
and a few minutes missed.
From the belt the pitch.
Wide curveball. Outside
and the count.
Ball two.
And Rick Rightford steps out of the batter's box
to look at Joe Lynette.
To see whether it's hit or take.
Ed Stroud will be next.
Runner at first base, nobody out.
We're in the 12th.
In each of the last two innings the
White Sox threat. Only to be
stopped. They've stranded five in the
last two innings.
Here's the pitch to Rick Rightford.
Right in there.
And if he had the hit sign
he'll never get a better pitch.
Two balls and a strike.
Runner at first base,
nobody out.
Top of the 12th.
Here's the lead
by Carlos May Pepitone holding him close.
Now the pitch.
Swings it a bad ball. A little roller to the
right hand base and Bechert to Kessinger for one
over the first save.
Rightford rolled to
Bechert who forced Carlos
May with a toss to Kessinger.
And here's Ed Stroud.
Stroud has been a hot hitter.
He's had seven out of ten since
joining the White Sox.
Two doubles and a triple included.
Rightford at first went out.
I think
a sign might have been missed on that one.
Rick Rightford went after the ball
as if he thought the hit and run were on.
And Carlos May
didn't break off first as if
there wasn't any hit and run on.
Because Rightford went after the bad
ball as if to protect the runner.
Pitched to Stroud. Curve ball in there
at the knee. One strike, no ball.
Barnum has been tremendous.
He's pitched out of trouble in each of three
innings that he's with.
One strike, no ball.
Now the pitch. Pitch out.
There goes the runner. They should throw him out a mile.
He's out.
From Rudolph to Kessinger.
And the Cubs
have diagnosed the play perfectly.
Called for the pitch out and Rudolph
gunned him out.
Now Stroud is up there with nobody on base.
The count on him a ball and a strike.
Bill Barnum
looks down.
Stands 6-5.
Here's the pitch on the way.
Stroud takes a strike.
Over the outside corner. Two strikes and a ball.
Ed Herman would be next
if Stroud could get on there.
Looking ahead to the Cubs 12th it will be Billy Williams
around Santo.
And then the pitcher.
One ball, two strikes, the pitch.
All low, evens it up.
All evened it. Two balls,
two strikes.
Ed Stroud
with the white socks, the second go around.
Was with Washington last year, the last couple of years.
Here's the pitch.
Swung and they fouled it.
The count stays the same.
Crowd quiet now.
Terry Forster is warming up
in the bullpen.
Cincinnati enjoys its
annual inaugural in the
National League tomorrow afternoon.
Here's the pitch.
He struck him out.
Stroud goes out swinging.
And Barnum has been a most
impressive pitcher. No runs, one hit, no errors,
nobody left. We're moving to the bottom of the
12th tied 4-4.
I'm good right now.
I may go right to the car and go home.
Well, somebody will hit the roof here.
Look.
Crowd noise.
Ed Herman,
pitcher and a baby
pitcher.
Crowd noise.
We go into the bottom of the 12th. Billy Williams
elided off of the Cubs. He's walked three times
today. He's nothing out of two.
Crowd noise.
The first batter for the Cubs, the bottom of the 12th
city, number 26,
Billy Williams.
And Wilbur Wood really has a job
in this inning.
Billy Williams leads it off, then Ron Santo.
And then the pitcher
coming up.
Wood has pitched.
He's retired the last eight minutes
base. Here's the pitch on the way. Swung
and a knuckleball and he missed. Strike one.
One strike and no ball.
The outfield plays
you know where.
Walt Williams is almost out of sight
in right field.
Now the wind up, the pitch on the way. Here it is.
Knuckleball swings
and he misses. Strike two.
Who did he go around?
Wilbur Wood ahead of him. Two strikes
and nothing. Santo
be up there next.
Out of sight.
Here's the pitch on the way.
Knuckleball swung and there's a long drive.
Way back. Might be a
stride near the wall. Way back. Way
back and he makes the catch.
Holy cow.
430 feet away.
Williams of the count
of two strikes and no balls.
Wilbur Wood threw him another knuckleball
and got it up around his eyes.
It didn't quite knuckle as much as the other two.
And Williams almost ended the game.
Stroud went
back to the 430 mark to haul it in.
Here's Santo. Popped up with
the bases loaded and went out of the ninth when the Cubs
could have won it.
He is nothing out of, one out of four.
One out of four is right. One out of five
is right. First pitch knuckleball
inside. One out, nobody
on. Bottom of the twelfth tied four
four. White Sox
haven't scored for a long time since
the seventh inning. Here's Santo
hitting a knuckleball foul off to the left.
One ball, one
strike, one out, nobody on.
Gary
Gestad is going to be the pinch hitter next.
An infielder, Gary Gestad.
JSTADT, here's the pitch.
He swings and he misses.
Two strikes
and a ball. Santo was
trying to end it.
Billy Williams a moment ago almost did
end it. His long drive
fortunately was hit to the longest
part of the park. And
Stroud went about 430 feet
away to grab it.
Two strikes and a ball.
The pitch to Santo, here it is.
Knuckleball a little bit outside.
That evens it.
Two balls, two strikes.
Gary Gestad
will be next. Here's the
pitch on the way.
Ground ball to short, B.B. Richard on the big half.
Here's the throw. End time.
It pulled Carlos
May off the bag but he tagged Santo
on the chest going by.
Two gone.
And here's
Gary Gestad.
Number 16, Gary Gestad.
Seven, eight, nine,
ten, eleven. B.B.
Richard has handled eleven chances without
an error on shortstop today.
Here's the pitch to Gestad.
He bunts. Down the third base line.
Ball, strike one.
One strike and a ball.
Oh, thank you.
It's fine.
Boy, we're dehydrated.
This hot sun shining
right through on the back, on our
back in this booth.
Too bad we don't have a beer
sponsor. This would be a great time
for an ad lib.
Two men are out.
One strike and no balls on
Gary Gestad.
Batting for Bill Bonham. Here's the pitch
by Wilbur Wood.
Knocks him back.
This is Wilbur Wood's.
He's actually pitched now.
This will be his fourth full inning.
He relieved with runners at second and third
and nobody out. White Sox leading
four to two in the ninth. Here's the pitch.
Knocked a ball, gets away.
From Ed Herman.
Johnny Callison will be next to the cup.
Gestad trying to get on.
Two balls and a strike. Two off.
Ed Herman will lead it off on the
13th for the White Sox. The pitch.
Low, ball three.
Three balls and a strike.
Gary Gestad.
A Chicago, Illinois boy
now lives out here in
Scottsdale.
Three balls, one strike.
Here's the pitch.
Strike two call.
Gestad hit two homers for
Tacoma last year and one for San Antonio.
Twenty-four year old infielder.
Three balls, two strikes.
Here's the pitch.
Ball four. He walked him and here's Johnny Callison.
The batter, number six,
Johnny Callison.
Right field.
Boy that Burnham pitched
three pressure innings, allowed three hits.
No runs.
And he was really tough in the clean and
he was really tough in the clinch.
He walked three and struck out two.
So the Cubs will have another pitcher on the 13th I suppose,
although I don't see anybody warming up.
Here's the throw for the first runner back.
Johnny Callison has had two hits.
Two out of five.
Here's the throw to first runner back again.
Gary Gestad.
Here's the runner at first.
He drew a base on balls.
That's a second given up by Wilbur Wood.
Now the stretch.
Here's the pitch.
Into the dirt. There he goes.
The second base. A throw by Herman.
Close. Safe at second base.
So the Cubs have the winning run at second.
A wild pitch.
Herman quickly recovered it
and flared to second and they almost
got Gestad.
Now Callison in the spot to
win it.
We're in the bottom of the 12th. Two out.
With two out,
Wilbur Wood walked
the pinch hitter Gary Gestad.
After retiring, Billy Williams
and Ron Santo.
Now a wild pitch has put him
in scoring position
and a pitch to Callison on the way.
Knock a ball inside.
Two balls, no strikes.
Two out, a runner in scoring position.
The outfield plays Callison
to pull.
Now to stretch the hesitation.
Here it is.
Ground ball at the middle. There's the ball
there. Here's Gestad.
Around third. He's going to score.
And the Cubs have won the city championship
beating the White Sox in four
innings, five to pull.
So Johnny Callison bounce back
and he's going to score.
So Johnny Callison bounce
right up the middle. His third hit
of the game. And Wilbur Wood
an unfortunate
base on balls with two out
to a relatively
weak pinch hitter.
Relatively when you consider Billy Williams
and Ron Santo, whom he had just retired.
So that actually
cost them the ball again. And it
is one run, one hit
for the Chicago Cubs in the bottom
of the 12th. And they win the
City Series coming from behind
to nip the White Sox here in
12 innings, five to four.