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The Boston Red Sox faced the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium for opening day on Sunday, April 12, 1959.
Boston was managed by Pinky Higgins and had been an average team for several years.
With no real star talent behind legend Ted Williams, the Bo Sox languished between 3rd and 6th place throughout the 1950s.
The Yankees entered the 1959 season as world champions, having defeated the Braves in 7 games in 1958.
Casey Stengel was entering his 11th season as manager, which included 7 championships in the previous 10 years.
This audio recording is from the New York Radio broadcast featuring announcers Bob Delaney, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto, and Mel Allen.
It's Yankee baseball time again. The Yankees versus the Boston Red Sox from Yankee Stadium brought to you by P. Valentine & Sons,
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This is Bob Delaney speaking to you from Yankee Stadium in New York where at long last we might say, opening day is at hand.
After two days of rain, the weatherman has cooperated to the extent that it is not raining, but the temperature is no higher than 42 or 43 degrees,
a slate gray overhead with a distinct thread of rain, although the weatherman says that won't be a factor until later this afternoon.
And the Yankees, very anxious to get opening day into the books, are playing ball today against the Boston Red Sox.
For the last 25 minutes, we have been entertained by the ceremonies that are always attendant to opening day at any baseball park,
whether it be at Yankee Stadium or in the most remote minor league operation.
The raising of the flag and of course here at the stadium, also the ceremony of raising the American League Championship pennant,
which flies very proudly just under Old Glory in straightaway center field.
Yankee Stadium as we look out over it is in excellent shape.
It has been graced by a brand new scoreboard which has taken the place of the familiar one in the same area.
This gigantic scoreboard that I think outdoes any scoreboard in the major leagues,
with just about every bit of information on it that you could possibly want to know.
At home plate, the four umpires are going through the ritual with the two managers, Casey Stengel of the Yankees
and Mike Higgins of the Boston Red Sox, going over the ground rules, and they'll be going over thoroughly today,
of course, as they are at the beginning of each season, pointing out all the various aspects that go into the ground rules here at the stadium.
The pitchers today will be as advertised Friday and again on Saturday.
Bullet Bob Turley will go for the Yankees and he'll be opposed by Tom Brewer of the Boston Red Sox.
The umpires have broken now from their conference and have moved to their position,
so let's check the starting lineups for today's game.
For the Red Sox, it'll be Don Budden leading off, playing shortstop.
Pete Reynolds at second base, batting third, Gene Stevens in center field.
At first base, a newcomer to the Red Sox, but a familiar hand in the American League, Vic Wirtz, playing first base.
Jackie Jensen will be in right field.
Frank Malzone at third base.
Sammy White will catch and Tommy Brewer will pitch.
Brewer has been a better than average American League pitcher,
but his success against the Yankees has been on the rather meager side.
However, this is another year and Brewer is hopeful to shake that Yankee jinx.
While the world champion New York Yankees, Hank Bauer leads off, playing in right field.
Seaburn in left field.
Mickey Madeline center as the Yankees take the field.
Batting fourth, Yogi Berra the catcher.
Gil McDougall at second base.
Carl Throneberry will play first base.
Andy Carey at third base.
Bobby Richardson will be the shortstop and pitching for the Yankees.
The gentleman who received just prior to the start of the game the Cy Young Award for the outstanding pitcher in the American League, Bob Turley,
a monument of strength to the Yankees last year, not only in the regular season but also very prominently in the World Series.
All the Yankees have positioned themselves and were just a moment or two away from the start of the ball game.
If the Yankees not been able to get today's ball game in, they would have had to wait until the 25th of this month for their opening game
as the Yankees now will go on the road for two weeks, not returning until a week from yesterday.
And they'll play a quick three-game series with the Baltimore Orioles at the stadium, a Saturday game which will be ladies' day and a doubleheader on Sunday.
And then the Yankees make their first trip west.
The Yankees had that additional reason to want the weatherman to let them play today, and he just barely has let them play.
The weather might be much more favorable for football today.
And as a matter of fact, the championship game played here between the Baltimore Colts and the New York football Giants was in weather much more befitting baseball than today's.
However, there will be much better weather en route later.
It seems that opening days are quite often played in weather just like this.
Bob Turley has come in from Wright Field where he's been warming up in the Yankee bullpen and is now taking his warm-up pitches with Yogi Berra, checking out on the scoreboard.
And it is a mighty scoreboard, something to see when you come here.
In the American League, Cleveland is playing in Kansas City. We'll have nothing on that game for a while.
Baltimore and Washington have already been postponed. I understand it was postponed because of snow.
Chicago and Detroit are underway. In the first inning, there is no score.
In the National League, Cincinnati and Philadelphia are playing a doubleheader. The first game has gone two innings.
There is no score. Los Angeles playing in Chicago. We have nothing on that yet.
The weather at Pittsburgh was unfavorable for baseball, and as a result, the Milwaukee-Pittsburgh game was postponed.
And San Francisco will play at St. Louis, and they'll be getting underway at approximately 20 minutes.
Now the throw has been made down to second base.
And Don Button is announced as the leadoff hitter for the Boston Red Sox.
And so it's play ball as the Atlantic Refining Company and your neighborhood Atlantic dealer are set to bring you Yankee baseball as they will throughout the 1959 season.
Bob Turley looking in to pick up his sign from Yogi Berra. Don Button squares away in the batter's box.
And here's the first pitch of the ball game. In for a called strike.
Brand new infield of 7,200 square feet of Marion Blue.
Right field is the only area that they didn't have time to re-sod, and the re-sodding of that will begin tomorrow.
Turley's second pitch is a change up on the inside for ball one.
One ball, one strike.
Jack Burns coaching it third. Del Baker coaching it first for the Red Sox.
And this is the first batter of the first game. Kerr Blue outside.
Berra short hops it out of his ball too.
Two balls, one strike. Turley had a very sound spring pitching.
He's in wonderful shape. He won about all the awards a fellow could win in the offseason.
I feel around to what left on Button. Right hand hitting shortstop. Fastball is low inside and it is ball three. And Turley's behind three and one.
Well the Yankees in the singles opening day defensive array. Turley pitching. Berra catching. Throneberry at first base.
In fact Throneberry has quite a dry sense of humor. Saw him in the dugout.
Let's see the pitches in for strike three too.
Before the ball game started he said, well he said this would be a real mild day wouldn't it for Alaska.
McDougall at second playing a very deep second base. He's back on the right center field grass.
Richardson's opening in short. Kerr at third. The pitch is swung on foul by three too.
Steven out in left field and he's wearing glasses. Now he wears them all the time under his doctor's instructions.
If he's going to use them you might as well use them consistently.
Mantle is in his familiar spot in center and Bauer in his equally familiar area out in right.
Turley ready for his three two pitch. Again delivers low inside ball four and he walks the first man.
He's on balls and the first man up is on. Actually have no score.
Now we have Pete Reynolds who lost out at the very end of it last year to his teammate Ted Williams for the batting championship.
It was decided the last day of the season. The thumper just kept on thumping.
Rundle's crowd shooter left hand batter. Infield is up ready for a body. That's Higgins play.
Turley delivers. It's a ball that sinks too low under the knee. Ball one.
Very happy to tell you on opening day we have no change at our radio control.
Taffy Deakin with us at spring training camp is sitting right here.
We do have a new opening day statistician Pete Callison and we welcome him to the family.
Pitch is a fastball outside ball two. Two balls and now strikes.
Turley always does a lot of labor when he pitches because he throws a great number of pitches.
It doesn't bother him to throw 120, 130, 140. That's his type of pitching.
He's walked his first batter. This is opening day. It was supposed to have been Friday and it was supposed to have been yesterday and now it's today.
Turley checks his runner with a head bob. Pitches. Fastball over. First strike. Two balls. One strike.
Reynolds had his best season last year. Hit 322. Right up to the last day fighting for the batting championship.
Low outside ball three.
Turley in a hole. Three and one. Gee the big new scoreboard's a beauty.
Oh you don't need any glasses to help you read that.
We have no score. Turley pitching deliberately. Walked his first batter behind three. One on the second.
Pitches and Reynolds hits the ground ball a second. Like Dougaloff with all the riches. One heart to throw to first. Double play.
So Reynolds going after the three one pitch. Hit it about three quarter speed down the second and it was Mike Dougal to Richardson.
And on over to Thornberry at first to the DP. Two men out.
And we have Gene Stevens. He jammed his thumb at the base. His right thumb. About a dozen days ago.
The hand is not right but with Williams not here. Stevens is in there.
He's a big tall range of fellow. He's about six four six five. Left hand hitter. Turley throws him a change of speed.
Pitch high outside. Let him see it. Ball one.
Outfield pulled around to the right.
Curve ball is low outside ball two.
Two balls no strikes.
Eddie Rommel working balls and strikes. At first a long career of the pitch outside ball three.
Long career as a pitcher. Pitch for County Max Athletics.
Been around this league a long time.
Ball strike. That's a three one pitch over.
Rommel is the second better number in the league. Bill Summers starting his league in 33.
That's a ground ball hit to the right side. Mike Dougal is up with it. Over to first in time for the out.
And it's one two three. Rommel started in this league in 38.
Two.
Nothing across. And the score at the end of the first half of the opening inning of opening day.
Red Sox nothing and the Yankees getting ready to hit.
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Bob Turley's control off just a trifle in the first inning.
But nonetheless he was able to get the big pitch into Pete Reynolds on the three one pitch and get Pete to bang into a quick double play.
And then three and one on Gene Stevens got Stevens hit an identical ball to second base.
Pattern of Turley over the past two years has been if he has trouble it usually comes in the first inning.
If he gets off the hook in the first two innings or so Bob's control usually comes back to him and he pitches the strong ball game that we're associated with that he's associated with.
The Yankees now on offense will set up Hank Bauer and Norm Seaborn and Mickey Mantle in the bottom of the first inning.
The wind today is blowing from left to right rather briskly.
The flag being spread out at right angles as we look out the straightaway center field.
Tommy Brewer blowing on his pitching hand picking up the sign from Sammy White and set to deliver the first pitch.
Now here's red.
Bauer right hand hitter. Brewer right hand pitcher delivers a fastball just outside waste half of all one.
No score.
If you just joined us Turley walked his first batter.
Got the next one to bang into a double play and the third one to roll out.
McDougall starting both of those plays.
Second base.
The ball one pitch is low outside a curve ball two.
Two and 0.
The Red Sox had just ideal spring training weather down at Arizona.
Understand they had 45 days not a cloud.
I might say it wasn't exactly that way in Florida.
But then on their way home Bauer broke out on the squad.
About half of them have been quite sick.
Pitchers in there for a strike two and one.
We told you earlier pitcher Bauer's field catches Sullivan and outfield a runner.
Have been put on the train today and sent up to Boston.
The two one pitch to Bauer is swung on and missed.
There was a slider and Hank went for it.
Two balls two strikes.
We have a pretty strong wind that is blowing in from left field and going toward right.
It's a cross wind across the top of the stand judging by the flag.
The two two pitch swung on and missed.
He broke it over there it was sinking and Bauer cut on it didn't get it.
One up one down.
Strike out for Tom Brewer.
Now we have Marv Steven who hit a flat 300 last year without glasses.
Well if he if he could see the man without glasses for 300 I have better hopes that with glasses he can see him better this year.
Steven left hand hitter had a very steady a fine spring out to around toward right.
Brewer delivers a fastball flipping the inside corner for a strike just under the hand.
Rommel back of the plate Stevens at first and after second Rice at third.
Novakash cold afternoon leading skies up above curve low inside all one one and one.
The spinners are coming down the ballpark and standing around and not being able to get the season underway.
I think got on everybody's nerves the last couple of days.
I had a notion they were going to play this one today no matter what.
But I had to.
And considering everything I think we have a excellent crowd.
The pitch curve low inside to the shin ball to good one.
Steven has become an increasingly good judge of a pit ball and they are the quiet fast.
Quiet range the rob on top of a fellow.
Is half blown on foul off tried to check too late on the Tinker.
Two and two two balls to strike.
Steven out of the box gets in.
Touches spikes.
Brewer doesn't waste much time.
Slender.
Trim.
Neat working pitcher takes a sign promptly pumps pumps again delivers and as a ball hits sharply through the second base in the right field and Steven is on.
He got that one throw it in the hole between first and second run escape all the guy that's love for the ball but the ball bounced up over the glove and went out of the right field.
And it is the first hit of the year at Yankee Stadium.
Steven single the right and he's on and upset Mickey Mantle.
Mantle hit three or four last year.
The only batter in the American League to get 100 walks.
He got one hundred and twenty nine.
We have no score.
I feel deep right on Mickey was hitting left handed against the Boston right hander.
Change up his high outside for a ball.
Works holding first base against Steven who's the first runner here in the first inning.
Brewer in position.
Beals.
Just the start of the ballgame and just the start of the season as far as the stadium is concerned as far as these two ball clubs are concerned.
One set Texas on pitches.
Mantle swings and hits a high foul back out of five.
Looking around the big news scoreboard.
Milwaukee at Pittsburgh in the National League has been postponed.
Baltimore at Washington in the American League has been postponed.
Chicago's at Detroit.
They're playing with Chicago leading three nothing into two innings.
Since that is it's Philadelphia in the National League and those scored the end of two there and that gets you up to date.
Los Angeles is going to start at Chicago and San Francisco at St. Louis.
Pitches numbers are up.
We run it all down for at the end of the inning.
Brewer pitches one and two. Mantle swings as a ball driven straight out to center fielder Stevens who makes the catch.
He just had to back up two steps.
Never having to take his eye off the ball.
So it's a line drive shot right at the center fielder and we have two out.
And to the dollar bill Mr. Barrow.
Hit 260 last year.
We've got so many records that if we start to read them off we've missed a lot of play by players.
He's truly one of baseball's all time great catchers.
They play him in the right field of course and drastically.
Steven leads our first two out. No score.
Curveball is in for a strike.
And one make no mistake about it.
Brewer has a very good curve.
Ian Charlie.
I've been the opening day pitches now for three days.
Fastball swing on hit out to center field.
Stevens comes on can't get it to base hit.
Steven around second has to hold on.
He took a long turn and had to dive back.
So Barrow hits a single in the straight away center field.
He's got a good first and second.
Well you know you want a long time down at spring training camp where he got his first hit.
But he takes care of matters once the barrel rings his first time up.
We have no score to outmen at first and second and the hitter is Gil McDougal.
Hit three hundred.
Three hundred in the World Series and he played second base especially in those real tough five six and seven games like a real professional.
He takes the curve over for a strike.
McDougal right hand batter overly close stance.
He's the man of many stances.
Curveball is in strike two.
Nothing into.
Is that a hoping he can have a little traffic around that third base corner.
McDougal asked for time steps out at the batter's rousing bag.
Gil hit 250 in the regular season and then woke up in the World Series which is typical of him.
Looking for the third out which sometimes can be elusive.
But you fastball inside.
McDougal said well hey didn't that pick me on the sleigh or my elbow.
And Roberts says no not quite.
One ball two strikes.
Two men are out. Yankees have two on Saban and Barrett.
Each with a single.
Roll with a pitching advantage one and two delivers the curve swung on as a ball hit out but right field and it is in for a base hit.
And Saban is coming in to score the first run and around to third goes Farah.
Jensen had to come fix the ball on the short half and he had no play.
And it is one or nothing in favor of the world champion.
McDougal hit it right off the end of his bat.
Got a half dunked it in the short right field.
So Yankees now have one in the bank.
Runners at first and third are still two out here in the first inning opening day.
Weatherman saw to it that we didn't have opening day until today.
Bob Thornberry getting the nod at first base today.
Scarned with a bad back takes a curve in for a strike left hand hitter.
He's a dangerous batter if he gets his pitch because he hits his power.
And he had an excellent spring.
He just hit that ball all over Florida.
When it wasn't raining down there.
That field toward right.
Pass ball swung on and there's a line driving to right center for a base hit.
Farah is scoring and McDougal is on his way to third base.
Jensen's throw is cut off at short to hold the bat at the first base.
That's two nothing New York.
Bob Thornberry was hitting down south.
So he's getting his chance today.
Probably drilled a solid base hit in.
So four singles, two runs accounted.
It is still two out.
And Andy Kerry the seventh Yankee to come out from the first inning.
That's the first baseball game at Yankee Stadium since the World Series.
Brewer delivers a curve swung on and grounded foul outside third base.
Ramo does self home play.
Two nothing.
They were the Yankees.
Ball in position deals change up on the inside.
Ball one.
One and one.
Thornberry is the runner at first.
McDougal is the runner at third.
The fastball that ticks the bat for an accidental foul.
Kerry was falling back from a high inside fastball that went off the bat.
The runners of course broke and each went 90 feet.
But the foul ball called with strike two.
Makes it a dead ball and the runners have to return.
McDougal the third.
Thornberry the first.
So Kerry.
He's got out of the way of what would have been ball two and have a count of two and one.
As the accidental foul and he now gets back at the bat with the actual card being ball one strike two.
Brohams under right handed delivers a curve swung on and missed strike three.
So he finally gets out of it.
Not before the Yankees count two runs on four hits.
And at the end of the first inning.
New York two runs four hits and no errors.
And Boston no runs no hits and no errors.
And Big Charlie who won 21 in the league last year and then picked up two more against Milwaukee goes out to the mound.
A rich man this early in the ball game.
Well we promised you other scores and let's take care of that.
Cleveland and Kansas City postponed because of rain.
Baltimore to Washington postponed because of rain.
At the end of three innings Chicago at Detroit Donovan going for the White Sox and Larry going for Detroit.
It is three to Chicago cash at a home run in the first inning with one man on for the White Sox.
Certainly they're getting home runs this early part of the season.
I know Lopez hopes it can continue.
Cincinnati is at Philadelphia at the end of two innings with no score.
Lawrence for Cincinnati.
Gomez for Philadelphia. Time has been called because of rain.
Los Angeles at Chicago.
Colfax for the Dodgers and Phillips for the Little Bears.
No score in with the first inning.
A walk at Pittsburgh postponed because of snow.
San Francisco at St. Louis McCormick to San Francisco and Marzal to St. Louis.
The game has not begun.
Rather interesting that San Francisco recently got Sam Jones from St. Louis.
And if I read the papers correctly Mr. Jones sort of stirred up a little controversy by pitching and winning easily against his ball.
Clever traded him away last night.
Well Vic Wirtz is coming up for his first official at bat as a member of the Red Sox.
They count on him to increase their power and to give them this sort of a power list.
Runnels, Williams, Wirtz and Jensen.
Of course Williams is not here.
The ball game has been televised on back to Boston and I imagine Sid or has got both eyes a-winking up there.
Moving into the second inning it is 2-0 for the New York.
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Curly's first pitch to Wirtz is ball one.
Fastball is in for a called strike, one and one.
Wirtz is a dangerous batting.
He's a very courageous fella. He had a folio a couple of years ago.
I think they got over it. Takes strike two. Curly let up, had it on the outside.
Wirtz came down, took a hit from the swing and decided he wouldn't swing and Rommel says it's a strike anyhow.
One ball, two strikes.
Wirtz swinging from the end, left hand hitter.
Strike three. Curly took a little curve, had him and Wirtz walks away.
I don't think he felt too complimentary toward umpire Rommel.
But that is understandable when you've had a third strike called on you.
Now we have the player voted the most valuable in the league last year, Jackie Jensen.
Right hand hitter.
Takes a fastball inside.
Jensen knocked in 122 counters last season.
Curve ball high inside, drives him back and down, ball two.
Two and oh.
Went out, the whitey on, second inning.
Big strapping right hand to Curly, no wind up, pitches a fastball low outside, ball three. So he's quick in a hole.
This is opening day on it for the Yankees until Saturday, April 25.
Fastball is laid in for a strike.
That'll be ladies day girls. Orioles will be here Saturday, April 25, ladies day and then a double header Sunday, April 26.
Fastball fouled off.
Break two.
Then the next business here at the stadium will be Washington Saturday, May 9. That'll also be ladies day.
Pitches in, call strike three. He got a fastball on the inside and Charlie has picked up two call strikeout victims here in the second inning.
Actually the real work here at the stadium gets underway on Saturday, the 9th of May, Washington comes in and a double header the next day. Then the Western Club starts coming through.
That's the beginning of the first real home stand. Curve ball is in to Malzahn for a call strike.
That's a big curve, Malzahn fell back proper and then the pitch still got the inside.
Starting on May 9, the Yankees are going to be home practically all that month.
What it is this year is that the curve inside falls through.
Is that the Yankees will not get going so early in the season but will finish it home.
Last year they pretty much finished on the road in September.
That's where it is often in years.
Two-nothing New York, Charlie's pitch, curve's thrown on ground and wide at third base. Kerry scoops it, fires over to Thornberry and time by three steps and Malzahn is out.
And it is one, two, three in the top of the second and the score at the end of an inning and a half of opening day.
The Yankees two and the Red Sox nothing.
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Moving into the bottom of the second inning for the Yankees, it'll be Richardson, Turley and Bauer.
The Yankees got two runs in the bottom of the first inning on four singles.
Seaburn singles with one out, then after Mantle lined the center, Barrow singles Seaburn to second,
and then McDougal dropped a single into right field, a bloop job that brought home Seaburn,
and then Throneberry rifled a single into center for the other run.
So it's two-nothing as Richardson steps in and waits the first pitch.
Okay, Red.
And RBI, right hand hitter.
Brewer, right hander, fires a fastball over, sidearm for a call strike.
Richardson began at shortstop, a position he hadn't played in quite a few years, rather erratically,
and then soon set it down, played out there at the end of spring training like he owed it,
pitches low for a ball, one-on-one.
The Yankees are two-up going into the last of the second inning.
And he delivers, pitch inside, off the catcher, White-Smith, ball two.
Two balls, one strike.
One of the familiar figures of an opening day at the stadium has been sincerely missed,
the veteran writer of the World Telegram, the son Dan Daniels.
Pitches, Marnadette and Miss, strike two.
Dan was operated on two days ago at University Hospital in Manhattan,
and all reports of the convalescing very satisfactorily and resting comfortably.
But two-two pitch swung on as a ground ball down too short.
Up with it is buttoned, throws to first, in time, and rips himself.
I want to say that for Daniel, he's resting as comfortably as he could not to be here at Yankee Stadium today.
And also our congratulations to our associate Mel Allen,
who received the 52th Association Award last evening that has done us the world of a story of,
for his long service and work as a good serviceman.
Well, here's the big pitcher, Bob Turley.
Two-nothing ball game for the Yankees.
Brewer delivers a fastball low inside.
Turley bluffing a bond, finally had to skip rope, ball one.
End of the first inning, Los Angeles at Chicago, no score.
Pitch over for a called strike.
Well, Cincinnati at Philadelphia, which got two innings in, has been postponed because of raves.
Pitch swung on as a high fly ball that thrusts that button is under and takes it for the up.
Felt you up two down, Hank Bauer, who was struck out by Brewer.
Now comes up to try and make a man.
Bauer's philosophy is you may strike me out, but not often.
Overly close stance, outfield shades him into left.
Two down, nobody on.
Brewer working rapidly as is his custom, delivers a curve high inside for ball one.
Friends, when you get out to state of you, you are certainly going to be pleased with the new scoreboard.
Oh, it's a wonder.
And not only got the stuff up there, but you can see it.
Inside ball two.
In the center of the scoreboard is movable tight.
In other words, they can print messages up there.
For example, the opening message was welcome to the 1958 World Champion Yankees in their opening day.
Right now it says this is Charlie's first opening game start as a Yankee.
Bauer hits a high foul back.
So they can put any sort of information up there.
News bulletin, anything else?
If there's anything to be done to make this ball park better, the Yankees haven't heard about it yet.
Brewer pitches, the fastball swung on, grounded down to third base half-three. Malzahn picks it up, barehanded throws.
Not in time and Bauer beats it out for a base hit.
Slow rolling ball up to third base, so Bauer gets his first hit of the year.
With a single in the first inning and then scored the first run, steps it.
Big range of left hand hitting left fielder.
That wonderful spring.
Malzahn takes a look at him, delivers a curve in there for a strike.
Malzahn had 24 hits in spring training. Swings at the high foul out of play.
Speaking about this wonderful new $300,000 scoreboard here at the stadium that you'll see when you come out,
the master control control has almost 5,000 push buttons. Gives you an idea of what they can do with it.
Two strikes to Stephen, two out, Bauer at first. Yankees leading two-nothing.
Broadchucks first pitches, high inside for ball, ball one. Catcher fight returns, one and two.
Arm is ready. Right handed deals and Stephen takes a curve low inside, ball two, two and two.
Ball, two strikes.
Bauer ready to go on anything with two out, pitches lead off first.
The pitch is hung on, there's a ball hit out toward left field and it is dropping in for a base hit.
Bauer's on his way to third base. To left field, a picture of Giger, throws the third and Bauer's out.
Giger two miles on, Bauer trying to take the extra base on a dunk single into left is out at third.
So it gives Stephen a single to left field to give him two for two for the year.
Bauer is out stretching the left fielder to the third baseman.
And Moran two hits, one left. And the score at the end are two innings, the Yankees two and the Red Sox nothing.
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Now let's pause for station identification. This is the home of Champions Baseball Network.
At 1460 on the radio dial WOKO in Albany, New York.
WOKO time 21 minutes before 3 o'clock. Current temperature is 42 degrees.
Gary Geiger, the left fielder, will lead off while the Red Sox to be followed by Tom Brewer and then Don Button.
It's 2-0 as we start the third inning. Bob Turley with a two run lead for the Yankees, set the pitch to Geiger.
Central Post Office. The box is the same number as our year, 1959. New York 51, New York.
Now we have Gary Geiger first up for the Red Sox, left hand hitting out fielder.
And Turley gives them a low curve, ball one. Bob comes back with a curve low inside, ball two.
Geiger and Wirtz came from the Cleveland club for a pierce hole.
Geiger started out as a pitcher in the minor leagues, one year, one-twenty.
Then switched over to outfielding and infielding and is now outfielding.
Takes a call strike.
Although last year at Cleveland, he twice was used for short rolls in the infield and pitched one two inning stint for the Yankees.
Ground ball hit to the right side. Second baseman, Dougal, up with it over to Thornberry first and Geiger is out.
Went up, went away. Turley has committed only one man to get on, his first batter, he walked him.
Next man hit for a double fly and he's gotten everybody out.
Sammy White hit 259, regular season last year. Rated one of the top receivers in the trade.
Two-nothing, play for the Yankees.
Turley right hand, the curve ball high outside, ball one.
Bob has the fast ball, which of course the hitters are aware of and have to be on the alert for.
But he's developed changes, speed pitches, breaking stuff.
Delivers the fast ball in there for the strike. One and one, one ball, one strike.
Turley using a no windup delivery, deals, fast ball low outside, ball two.
Two and one, Turley pitching, Barrett catching, Thornberry at first, McDoogle at second, Richardson at short, Garriott third.
Call, strike two over the outside above the knees. White doesn't think so, Rommel says, yes sir, it's two and two.
Steven with two four two as in left, Madeline center, Bauer in right.
One out and nobody on the third inning if you just got in with us, opening day here at the stadium.
Curve swung on and lined, a short stop Richardson for the out.
Two down and the Red Sox starting pitcher Tommy Breua is now coming out of his dugout.
This dugout is on the third base side of home plate.
Cleveland Kansas City has been postponed because of the weather.
So let's see, four games postponed today.
The ball club is giving up hard on Sundays so you can't get them back.
Breua hits it the first pitch, a high pop fly that's crossed out Richardson, backs under on the grass in left field, makes the grab and that's it.
So, Turley to get his first nine out has pitched to but nine men.
Score at the end of two and a half, the Yankees two and the Red Sox nothing.
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Mickey Mantle leading off of the Yankees in the bottom of the third inning.
I feel deep, Brown put right, Brewer delivers and Mantle takes a fastball high outside, ball one.
For the Red Sox it is Brewer dealing them, white receiving, Wirtz playing his first game for them at first base,
Brown goes into the second, shortstop is Budden and the third baseman is Malzow.
Ball one pitch, a little off the fastball, it's sank, good for a call strike.
Gary Guygum played about 40 odd ball games in and out for the Indians last year's and left, Stephenson center.
Right fielder is Jensen, Williams is up in Boston you know.
Mantle bunt, throw off the mound, up with it, throws to first, in time and got him by Ahuska.
Close, Mantle puts the ball a little close back to the mound.
So he's out, he's bunt bit for a base hit.
Pitcher to the first baseman covering.
Yogi Baran, a single to center field, a line single in the first inning.
Now the swings at the high fly ball, the straightaway center, Stevens is unwritten.
He has it and we have two outs.
The Yankees lead 2-0 here at the end of four innings at Detroit, the White Sox are one up, 3-2.
We have the other two games in the league postponed, Cleveland, Kansas City, Baltimore to Washington.
End of two innings in the National League, Los Angeles at Chicago, no score.
San Francisco is getting ready to go out St. Louis, Milwaukee at Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Kansas.
Rain, rain in Philadelphia and snow at Pittsburgh.
Here's the McDougal, takes a curve low outside, ball one.
Gill hit a single off the end of his bat in the right field, first inning, which got in the first drawn and made possible the scoring of the second.
Kept it alive. Rowe works, fastball swung on, grounded foul by a yard outside third base.
One and one.
McDougal has his forward foot closer to the plate than his rear one, closed his stance, fouls off a curve, strike two.
Gill keeps moving around up there. When he first came to the Yankees, he had an open stance, that forward foot was almost pointed at the third baseman.
Right now it's about pointed at the second baseman.
He's got a reason for it.
Pitchers keep changing on him and he keeps changing on them.
One, two, pitch. Fastball is right over.
And Gill, who had seen two curves, suddenly looked at the fastball and had it.
So, in the three innings, two runs, six hits and no errors for New York. No runs, no hits, and no errors for the Red Sox.
Now we've got a young man coming over here.
Let's see, this is going to be your third opening day at this microphone, isn't it Mr. Duzal?
Right Red.
How many openings for you down there on the playing field with that finger glove?
I had 13 with the Yankees, Red.
Oh, wonderful openings. A lot of butterflies, just like today back here.
Well, happy number 16.
Okay Red.
Good to be with you at Melville.
Certainly my pleasure too, Red.
And there's always a lot of excitement in opening day ceremonies and the first game of the ball, regular season for the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox.
Because there's a lot of worry.
I know when I was playing, the thing that worried me the most was when I would get that first base hit.
Bobby Brown, the Yankee shortstop and third baseman, who became quite a doctor.
We both worried until we got that first base hit because there is a possibility of going through a full season without getting that hit.
And since you get number one, you really worry.
Here's a leadoff hitter, Don Budden, who walked in the first inning, takes a curve high inside ball one.
Budden is the only man to reach first base against Bob Charlie, and that was on a base on balls after working the count to 3-2.
Charlie delivers a fastball at top foul and out of play in the upper deck and back of home plate.
One-on-one the count.
Yankees leading 2-0 here in the top of the fourth.
On a cold, windy day here at Yankee Stadium.
You know it's cold.
Happy Durkin and I both have gloves, top coats, hats.
One-one pitch is planted down the first baseline, but it goes foul.
Picked up by Marv Throneberry, who's playing first for the Yankees today.
One ball, two strikes.
The count on Don Budden.
Shortstop for the Boston Red Sox.
On deck, Pete Runnels.
The wind is whipping out towards right field here at Yankee Stadium.
Charlie sets on the mound with his no wind-up delivery.
The slow curve is hit slowly out towards first.
Throneberry over, up with it.
Flips to Charlie, covering in time to get Budden.
One away.
That time Budden was fooled on a change-up curve ball and hit it off the end of his bat.
A little twisting roller down the first baseline.
That Throneberry flip to Charlie, 40 out.
One away here's Pete Runnels, who bounced into a double play in the first inning.
Runnels, who is the runner-up to Ted Williams for the batting crown.
Last year's tight American League race.
Left-hand hitter with a closed stance.
Chokes up a little bit on the bat.
Crouches at the plate.
Carey moves in at third base.
Charlie delivers a slow curve in the dirt ball one.
Jack Burns coaching at third and Del Baker down at first for the Red Sox.
Eddie Rommel calling balls and strikes.
Charlie's next pitch is a curve that catches the outside corner.
Strike one called. One more on the count.
Yankee outfield plays Runnels straight away.
There's a curve way outside and high ball two, two and one.
Runnels can hit to all fields.
Line drive tight, better. Not too much power.
On deck, Gene Stevens.
Charlie ready to two-one pitches foul to the right of home plate.
Count even at two and two.
It's certainly not a day for baseball in any sense of the word, either to play it or to watch it.
But after being rained out for two straight days, the Yankees and the Red Sox are very happy to be able to play a game, regardless of the weather.
And if you think it's bad here, they had 27 degree weather in Kansas City yesterday and played a game.
The two-two pitch is hit on the ground, a shortstop. Richardson in, up with it.
Throw to Throneberry in time to get Runnels and it's two away.
Too hot and here's Gene Stevens who bounced to second base in the first inning.
On deck, Vic Wirtz.
Yankees came up with two runs in the first inning.
Norm Stevens getting the first Yankee base hit of the year, scoring the first Yankee run after Burrows singles.
And McDougal looped a single to right field. Then Throneberry single to drive in Burrows.
Stevens, a left-hand hitter, takes a curve right down the middle, strike one call.
Outfield shifted around towards right, slightly on Stevens. He takes a fastball below the knees, ball one, one-on-one.
This is a rough day on ballplayers in particular because it's very cold outside of the pitcher and the catcher who do most of the work consistently and they keep pretty warm.
A batter, if he should catch one on his fist, really feels it. You get one near the thumb and it'll swell right up.
Outfielders catch a line drive or the infielders and their hands will be stinging for a week.
There's a fastball hit deep to right center field. Mantle digging back to his left under it now and makes the catch just in front of the auxiliary scoreboard on the running track and deep right center field.
The longest hit ball of the game thus far for the Red Sox and the top of the fourth, no runs, no hits, no Yankee errors, no one left.
Score at the end of three and a half innings of play. The Yankees two and the Red Sox nothing.
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Mr. Turley has pitched himself rather keen for innings.
The Red Sox has had one base runner that was Don Budden who let off with a base on balls.
He was quickly doubled up and since then Turley's been mowing them down.
Brewer had a rough first inning, gave up four hits, a settle down since then.
Marv Thornberry leading off and Brewer's first pitch is swung on.
It's ground ball to second base, runnled up with a ball, quick throw to first in time and there's one out.
One down as Andy Carey comes to the play.
Okay, Phil. One away, here's Andy Carey who struck out swinging in the first inning.
On deck, Bobby Richardson. Frank Crissetti coaching down at third and Ralph Hauke over at first.
Yankees wouldn't seem the same without the old crow down there in the coaching box at third base.
First pitch to Carey is a curve over strike one call.
John Stevens umpiring at first, Larry Knapp at second and John Rice over at third.
The right handed Brewer delivers a fast ball just low outside ball one, one and one.
One ball, one strike, one out, no one on.
Here in the bottom of the fourth, the Yankees leading two to nothing.
One on one pitch is hit. Foul alongside of third. Malzone moving over near the coaches box.
Crissetti now moves and Malzone almost dropped that ball.
As a matter of fact, he thought he had dropped it.
The wind that we told you was blowing towards right blew the ball towards third.
It was in foul territory. Malzone caught the ball.
It rolled up to the very tips of the fingers of his glove where there's no feeling.
And Frank looked on the ground thinking he had dropped the ball but it just hung there.
He's got a lot of white.
Carey fouls out to Frank Malzone.
Two away, here's Bobby Richardson who bounced the short in the second inning.
First pitch to Richardson is a curve, strike one call on the inside corner.
Red Sox have Gary Geiger in left, Gene Stephenson in center, Jackie Jensen in right.
Frank Malzone at third, Don Budden at short, Pete Reynolds at second, Vic Wirtz at first, Sammy White catching.
And Tom Brewer ready to deliver.
The fastball is hit on the ground to first up with it on two hops.
Vic Wirtz races to the bag for the unassisted put out.
So for the Yankees in the bottom of the fourth, no runs, no hits, no Red Sox.
There is no one left.
They score at the end of four full innings, the Yankees two, and the Red Sox nothing.
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A quick look at the scoreboard in the American League, Cleveland playing at Kansas City is postponed because of rain.
A double header, Baltimore at Washington also postponed because of rain.
Chicago at Detroit at the end of five innings, that ballgame all tied up three and three.
Dick Donovan going against Frank Larry.
Cash homed in the first with one on for the White Sox.
And Eddie Yost homed in the fifth with nobody on.
Both their first of the year, three-three deadlock.
And the National League, Cincinnati nothing, Philadelphia nothing at the end of two, Lawrence against Gomez.
The Dodgers nothing and the Cubs nothing at the end of two and a half, Colfax against Phillips.
Milwaukee at Pittsburgh postponed because of snow.
And the Cardinals lead the Giants three to nothing at the end of one, McCormick against Mizell.
Dick Wirtz fouls the first pitch back against the screen, strike one, as we open the top of the fifth inning.
Wirtz was called out on strikes in the second inning.
Big left-hand power header, quiet from the Cleveland Indians in an offseason deal.
Fairley's next pitch is outside ball one, one on one.
The Yankees lead two to nothing here in the top of the fifth inning on a perfect day for football.
Even then it'd be a little cold watching a football game.
The half-wall sails outside, ball two, two and one.
Jackie Jensen is on deck with Frank Malzone to follow.
This is the meat of the Red Sox batting order.
Their power.
The pitch is hit on the ground, back to the box, Fairley is up with it on two hops over to Throneberry and it's one away.
One away, and the batter Jackie Jensen, who also was called out on strikes in the second inning.
Fairley has allowed one man to reach first base, and that was the leadoff header, Don Budden,
who walked in the first inning leading off the ball game.
He was erased at the front end of a double play, and since then no one has reached first base.
Jensen takes a fastball high, ball one.
One ball, no strikes, one out, nobody on.
Fairley ready where there's no wind-up delivery.
The pitch to Jensen is a curve high inside, ball two, and we pause now for station identification.
This is WOKO 1460 on the dial, Albany, New York.
WOKO time three o'clock, current temperature 42 degrees.
The next pitch to Jackie Jensen is low outside, ball three, a three-nothing count to Jensen.
Fairley has been behind on quite a few batters, but has been able to come in with the ball when he needed it.
Three-nothing pitch is right down the middle, strike one, call three and one.
Jackie Jensen, the most valuable player in the American League last year.
Right-hand batter, lots of power, swings and pops the pitch to short right field.
Hank Bauer moving in under it and makes the catch for out number two.
Two away and that'll bring up Frank Malzone, who bounced up there in the second inning.
On deck, Gary Geiger.
Bob Fairley takes that deep breath on the mound to relax.
First pitch is a curve that's just below the knees, ball one.
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There's a curve that catches the outside corner, strike one, one of mine.
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before the Giants deserted us and moved out to San Francisco.
One-one pitch curve high inside and Malzone has to hit the deck to get out of the way of that one.
It was a slow curve, two balls and one strike.
Fairly ready.
Two-one pitch just outside ball three, three and one.
Yankees lead two to nothing.
We're in the top of the fifth inning with two out, no one on.
Pitch is popped in the air and back of the plate, Yogi throws the mask away.
Plenty of room under it and makes the catch for out number three.
And for the Red Sox, in the top of the fifth, no runs, no hits, no Yankees, there is no one left.
The score at the end of four and a half innings of play, the Yankees two and the Red Sox nothing.
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Bob Curley, who is leading off for the Yankees here in the bottom of the fifth.
Bob pops a short stop in the second inning.
Fits a real strong game thus far.
Tom Brewer out on the mound after a shaky first inning has settled down, shut the Yankees out.
Here's a fastball in there, strike one call.
Frank Crisetti runs out and picks up a couple of pieces of paper that are blowing around the infield.
The Crow is still in real good shape, looks like he could go out there and play nine fast innings.
Brewer's next pitch is a curve low, ball one, one on one.
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One-one pitch is hit on the ground, slowly the third, Malzone comes in up with it on the short hop,
fires the first and Wirtz has to come off the bag, makes a nice play tagging Curley.
On a slow hopper that Malzone had a chance, he threw a little wilder first.
Wirtz leaped off the bag, made the catch and tagged Curley as he ran by.
Five to three of you scoring, one away.
Here's Hank Fowler who struck out and then beat out an infield single.
One for two for Hank.
Fowler swings a ground ball of third, Malzone is up with it.
Over to first and it's two away.
Hank Fowler who needs one more home to achieve the 150 mark, just bounces out third to first.
With two out here's Norm Seabrook who has had a perfect day leading the American League in batting with an average of 1,000, two for two.
He's at least tied for the league, can't hit any higher than that.
Single to right, score to run and single to left.
Left hand batter who had another fine spring, takes a change of pace outside and low ball one.
The Yankees who have lost only two home opener since 1947 while winning ten.
The pitch is fouled and back of the plate, out of play, strike one, one, one.
The Yankees two and the Red Sox nothing, we're playing the bottom of the fifth, two out, nobody on.
Mickey Madeline on deck, one on one count on Norm Seabrook, already kicked the pitch, hit slowly down the first base line.
Vic Wirth picks it up with his foot on first base for out number three.
And for the Yankees in the bottom of the fifth, no runs, no hits, no Red Sox errors, no one left to score at the end of five full innings.
The Yankees two and the Red Sox nothing.
Well, we're finally getting in this opening game after two miserable days of rain and cold weather.
And after this single game, the Yankees will be touring the East the next two weeks.
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The lights have just gone on here at Yankee Stadium.
The lights are on the first time this year that the lights have been on for a ballgame other than a football game here at Yankee Stadium.
Which kind of gives you the idea of what kind of a day it is here for opening day between the Red Sox and the Yankees, a cold, dark, dreary day.
But we're seeing some mighty fine baseball.
Bob Turley's first pitch to Gary Geiger is low inside ball gets away from Yogi.
Geiger bounced the second in the third inning.
Temperature can't be any higher than 40 degrees.
Forty-two, Pappy tells me. I'm wrong again.
The curve is low inside. Ball two, two and nothing.
Certainly my feet feel like the temperature is about zero on this cold floor up in the radio booth.
Two balls, no strikes on Gary Geiger. The fastball is strike one call, catches the outside corner.
Andy Carey playing in at third. Geiger can go down that line. He's a left-hand batter with lots of speed.
Richardson's in a couple of steps at short. There's a ball hit back to the box and one hot Turley gloves it. Flips the Throneberry one away.
One run and the batter will be turned, rather, Sammy White.
Sammy White, who popped too short in the third inning.
Tom Brewer is on deck.
Bob Turley, who has retired 15 Red Sox hitters in a row since Budden led off with a walk.
The pitch to White is hit in the air to left center field. Seabird moving over, plenty of room under this one.
And makes the catch for out number two. Two away.
And the batter will be Tom Brewer, who popped too short in the third inning.
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Remember, the Yankees lost the first two games of this three game series.
Tom Brewer, right hand batter, chokes up on the bat just a little bit.
Two away, no one on. The Yankees lead two to nothing. There's a curve ball down the middle. Strike one call.
Bob Turley, who looks just as sharp as he did all last year and during the World Series against Milwaukee,
sends another curve. This one is low, ball one, one on one.
Don Budden on deck.
Turley's next pitch is a curve that swung out a missed strike two. One ball, two strikes to count.
The curve is hit.
Fair down the third base line, carries up with it, throws off balance to first. Inside for the out and a beautiful play by Andy Carey.
Oh man, that was a dandy on what looked like a ball that might go foul on a slow curve ball.
It was hit slowly to third. Carey picked it up. Just fair and off balance.
Side armed at the Throneberry who stretched and made a shoestring catch just nipping Tom Brewer for out number three.
For the Red Sox, in the top of the sixth, no runs, no hits, no Yankees. There is no one left.
Score at the end of five and a half. Innings of play. The Yankees two and the Red Sox nothing.
Well here in the bottom of the sixth with the Yankees leading two to nothing, Mickey Mantle who lie in the center and was thrown out on an attempted bunt is the batter.
And Mickey's next homerun will be his 250th homer, leaving him 11th among active major leaguers.
Ted Williams is tops among active with a 482 at the beginning of his 59th season.
Fastball catches the inside corner, strike one, one, one.
Mickey Mantle batting left handed against Tom Brewer looking for his first base hit of the 59th season on deck Yogi Berra with Gil McDougal to follow.
There's a curve foul back out of play.
Hit into the press box, back of home plate. One ball, two strikes on Mickey.
Tom Brewer out on the mound for the Red Sox.
So right handed, checks the sign from Sammy White.
Big hole in left center for Mickey.
Jackie Jensen playing deep and right.
The pitch is high inside.
Brewer's fastball, which you have to wait on, and the umpire does too because it comes back and away from a left hand batter.
Two and two to count on Mickey.
Brewer takes time out, takes the handkerchief out and rubs his hand.
Wipes his nose a little bit in this cold weather.
Those noses do tend to run a little.
Here's a two-two pick.
Fastball hit on the ground at second base.
Runnels knocks it down.
Pitch it up, throws it great.
Justin trying to get Mantle and it's one away.
A hard hit to Hopper to Pete Runnels as that feet knocked down.
It bounced in front of him and he picked it up and just did get Mantle who can go down that line, one away.
Here's Yogi Berra who's single to center in the first inning.
Scored a run in the second run of the ballgame and then popped to center field.
One for two for Yogi.
Yankees leading two to nothing.
Blue already.
The curveball is outside ball one as Yogi faked a bunt.
It's so cold I can't get my mouth to say what I wanted to say.
The pitch to Yogi is high, ball two.
Tom Brewer out on the mound for the Red Sox to settle down and since Seabruns singled in the second inning,
the Yankees have not had a base hit or a base runner.
There's a curve outside ball three, three and nothing.
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There it is now three and nothing.
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The pitch to Yogi is in there, strike one, call.
They call it the new Miracle $300,000 scoreboard.
Here's a three-one pitch to Yogi.
Changeup is popped in the air to short right.
Runnels back, Jensen coming in.
Runnels slips, now he's up and makes the catch for out number two.
The outfield is still a little damp and a little soft from all the rain and Runnels in going back for that high pop of Yogi Bearers,
who by the way was thrown off balance as Yogi looking for the fastball had a change of pace thrown up to him.
It was way out in front, popped at the short right, two-way.
Here's Gil McDougal who singled the right and was called out on strike.
Gil takes the fastball over, strike one, call.
Beautiful exhibition of pitching by both Tom Brewer on the mound for the Red Sox and Bob Shirley for the Yankees.
Brewer's next pitch is a curve that's in there, strike two, call.
Talking with Kurt Gowdy, the Red Sox play-by-play announcer,
wondering how the Yankees always manage to give Brewer such a rough time with the tremendous curve and fastball he had.
The two-strike pitch hit on the ground a third, Malzone up with it.
Over to first and that's all as Wirtz has to catch it and peg McDougal.
Malzone's throw again pulling Wirtz off the bag.
For the Yankees in the bottom of the sixth, no runs, no hits, no Red Sox, there is no one left.
And the score at the end of sixth full inning, the Yankees two and the Red Sox nothing.
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Real quick look at the scoreboard.
Cleveland at Kansas City postponed because of rain, Baltimore at Washington in the doubleheader postponed because of rain.
The White Sox lead the Tigers 4-3 at the end of 6-1 half.
Cash and Yosef home it in that game, Donovan against Lary.
In the National League, Cincinnati at Philadelphia, a doubleheader postponed because of rain.
The score was nothing, nothing at the end of two in the first game.
Dodgers are trailing the Cubs 3-2 at the end of 3-1 half.
And the Cardinals lead San Francisco 3-0 at the end of two.
And now as we get ready to go in the top of the seventh inning, here's Mill Allen at table.
Hello there everybody.
First half of the seventh inning, 2-0 New York.
Top of the Red Sox order, Don Button, Pete Reynolds and Gene Stevens to follow.
The first pitch is high for a ball.
Button drew a pass and grounded the first.
Bob Turley gets his sign.
Here's the pitch.
Low inside for ball two.
Two balls, no strikes.
Turley all set to work.
And the 2-0 pitch in there, strike one, two and one.
Two balls, one strike on Don Button.
The next delivery in there, strike two, 2-2.
And despite the cold, the crowd is warming with each pitch.
As Brewer and Turley have locked horns in this opening day, two balls, two strikes.
Turley delivers to Don Button, curve outside, ball three, 3-2.
Full count.
Here's the 3-2 pitch, swung on and fouled back out of play.
Count remains 3-2 on Button.
Jack Burns walking up and down the third base coach's box, lapping his hands together.
Del Baker the same at first base.
Bob Turley takes a deep breath, gets the sign.
Here's the pitch, swung on, lined down the left field line, and it is a foul ball.
And the count remains 3-2.
Don Button teed off on a 3-2 pitch, pulled it too much down the left field line.
The count remains 3-2.
Mike Higgins over in the corner to the dugout, tugging at his cap.
Bob Turley all set, and the 3-2 pitch again is outside for ball four.
And Don Button, who drooled past to start the game, becomes the first Red Sox base runner since then.
In between, Turley retired 17 men in a row, including Reynolds, who hit into a double play in the first inning.
Pete, a left-hand batter, steps in.
Gene Stevens on deck, 2-0, New York 7th inning.
Turley to the stretch. Button with the leadoff first.
And the pitch to Reynolds, inside, low, ball one.
One ball, no strikes.
The Runnels grounded the second in the first inning into a double play and grounded the short in the fourth inning.
Hits the ball to all fields. Button leading away from first.
Bob Turley to the stretch. Here's the pitch, and it's inside, ball two, 2-0.
And there's some action on the Yankee bullpen.
Turley, up to now, has been masterful.
Two balls, no strikes on Reynolds.
Bob again to the stretch, check the button.
And the pitch to Pete, swung on, and Luke down the left field line, and it is in there for a base hit.
And twists into the stands for a ground rule double, and that's the first hit off Turley.
A slice double to left.
And the Red Sox suddenly now have a tying runs and scoring position.
Bob Turley, who had a potential no-hitter going, gives up a base hit to Pete Runnels here in the seventh inning,
as he sliced a looping fly ball down the left field line that landed about a foot fair,
and twisted into the stands for a ground rule double.
And so, the pressure cooker, in which Turley found himself, no hit-wise, is gone.
And the pressure cooker is still there game-wise.
As Gene Stevens, a left-hand hitter, steps in, grounded to second, fly into right center.
Brick works on Beck and Jackie Johnson to follow.
The meter of the order up, button leading off third, Runnels off second.
Nobody out.
Two to nothing, New York seventh inning.
The pitch, it's low outside, ball one.
Bob Feller is the only pitcher ever to pitch a no-hitter on an opening day.
He did that against the White Sox, April 16, 1940.
One ball, no strikes.
Runnels leading away from second and third.
The pitch to Gene Stevens, curve ball in there, strike one.
Bob taking his time.
Button moves off third, Runnels off second.
Here's the pitch to Stevens, swung on and missed, strike two.
Bob cut loose, a blazer about letter high, a one-two count.
Button moves off third, Runnels off second.
Turley all set.
The one-two pitch, fastball swung on, bounded wide to first, Throneberry up with it, throws to first,
and it's in time for the out as Button scores.
Beautiful play by Turley.
A hard hit ball deep to first, and Turley and Stevens are racing to the bag, Throneberry through to the bag,
and Bob was in there at just half a step ahead.
Runnels moved on to third as Button scored, and it's two to one.
With a tying run on third, one out, and the batter, Vic Wirtz.
Turley was almost outrun by Gene Stevens.
A key play at first base.
Two to one the score.
And here's Vic Wirtz, who looked at the third strike in the second inning and hit to the box in the fifth.
The infield shortens up for a possible play at the plate.
Outfield toward right, in center and right, straightaway left, a big gap in left center.
Bob Turley delivers to Wirtz, swings and fouls it off to the left of the plate, off the end of the bat down the third baseline.
Strike one.
Yanks two, Red Sox one, it's the seventh inning.
Bob taking his time.
Carey and Richardson are in at the edge of the infield grass. McDougald and Throneberry are playing it halfway, playing to the strength of Wirtz.
The pitch inside for a ball, and it counts one and one.
Jackie Jensen to follow.
One ball, one strike.
Reynolds leads off third, the pitch is outside, two and one.
Two balls, one strike on Vic Wirtz.
The Red Sox finally breaking through on Turley here in the seventh inning.
Pete Reynolds comes up the line at third.
Turley delivers and Vic Wirtz swings and lifts the foul out of play back to third into the upper deck and the count is two-two.
Two balls, two strikes.
Eddie Rommel signals to the Yankee ball boy for a handful of balls.
The ball boy waves back at him and Rommel says, no, I'm not waving at you, I want some baseballs.
Two balls, two strikes.
Carey and Richardson have gone back halfway now, two-two, the count on Wirtz.
Reynolds up the line from third.
Here's the pitch, curve outside, ball three.
Full count now.
Bob was trying to avoid giving Wirtz a fast ball.
Here's a fast ball hitter.
Run the count out now to three and two.
Pete Reynolds off third, one out, two to one New York.
Here's a three-two pitch.
Inside, ball four, another curve and Wirtz walks.
Third pass given up by Turley, two in this inning.
And it brings to the plate Jackie Jensen, who took a third strike and flied to right.
Second league, most valuable player, 1958.
Frank Malzone on deck.
Yankee bullpen in action.
Outfield straightaway and deep, infield back.
Rommel's on third, Wirtz on first.
One out, one in on the seventh inning.
Two to one New York, Turley to the stretch.
Now the pitch to Jensen, outside, ball one.
One ball, no strikes.
Now gets a sign from Yogi.
Nodges head okay.
The runner's leading away from first and third.
Turley's pitch and Jensen takes a curve ball over for a strike, one in one.
Reynolds leads off third, Wirtz off first.
Turley to the stretch.
Here's the pitch, Jensen swings, lifts a high foul out of play back up third.
Ball going up onto the roof underneath the light tower.
A one-two count on Jackie.
One run in on the seventh inning, two to one New York.
Deep Rommel's on third and Bick Wirtz on first.
Jackie Jensen, the open stance, holding the bat down thin.
Squares away, Turley gets the sign from Yogi.
End of the stretch, the runners widen their leads.
And the one-two pitch, curve is outside, ball two, two-two.
Two balls, two strikes.
Deep Rommel comes off third, Bick Wirtz moves off first.
Turley into the stretch.
And the pitch, curve ball swung on, a fly ball hits the left, should deliver to Reynolds.
Seaborn makes the catch and the throw goes to second base.
Here comes Reynolds on in to score.
It's a tie game two-two.
A sacrifice fly for Jackie Jensen.
And the tie ball game two-two as Frank Malzone steps in, grounded to third and fouled out to the catcher.
The Red Sox have fashioned two runs out of one hit in the inning and one hit in the game thus far for them.
A walk to Budden, a double by Reynolds, an infield out and a walk to Wirtz and a sacrifice fly by Jensen.
Malzone, right-hand batter.
Turley to the stretch and the pitch is outside, ball one.
After walking Budden to start the game, Turley retired the next 17 in a row for this inning.
And the pitch, high ball two, fast ball, two-nothing.
Turley again to his stretch.
Malzone squares away and the pitch swung on to high pop out back of second.
McDougall on the grass, makes the catch and the side's retired.
Two runs for the Red Sox, one hit.
No Yankee errors, one left on for Boston.
And the score at the end of six and a half innings.
The Red Sox two, the Yankees two.
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Last half of the seventh inning.
Red Sox two, the Yankees two.
Marv Throneberry will be followed by Andy Carey and Bobby Richardson.
Tom Brewer's pitch swung on and missed, strike one.
After a shaky first two innings, Tom Brewer settled down and has pitched a great ball.
His next delivery, swung on, hits the glove off Brewer.
He chases the ball, picks it up, throws to first and gets him.
A fine recovery.
A wicked liner that looks as if it's going to be a base hit.
Brewer got the glove on, it floated up, chased it, recovered, and threw Throneberry out for the 13th consecutive retirement now by Brewer.
One out, and the batter, Andy Carey, who struck out and fouled out the third.
2-2 the score.
Brilliant play by Brewer.
The right-handers pitch swung on, fouled back up there, strike one.
Yankees had four hits in the first inning and two in the second.
And since then, Brewer has retired 13 in a row.
Carey had a retired 17 in a row until the Red Sox got to him in the seventh for the one hit and two runs.
The pitch swung on, foul ball to the rival that played out of play, strike two.
Nothing and two.
That was a sign from White.
Into his windup, around comes the right arm, in comes the pitch swung on, and there's a looper over short for a base hit.
Andy actually was ducking the ball and swung out of self-defense and punched a single to left.
Trying to get away and swinging just in self-defense, really.
And winds up with a base hit.
Here's Bobby Richardson, grounded to short and grounded to first.
2-2 the score, seventh inning, one on and one out.
Brewer to the stretch.
The pitch to Bobby, swung on, little roller hit out toward Malzone.
He's up with it, throws to first base, in time.
Richardson grounds out Malzone to worse.
Two outs and Bob Curley is due up.
Two men out and Bob Curley pops to short, grounded to third, carry on second, 2-2, seventh inning.
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Brewer to the stretch, pitch to Bob, in there for a strike, nothing and one.
Tom Brewer ready, delivers, swung on and fouled back.
Throw the ball, did the ball get away?
Carry is going on down to third, I don't know whether he swung, foul tipped it, or checked his swing.
Couldn't tell until suddenly White spurred it after the ball.
It's strike two, no, it's one and one, now as signaled by Eddie Rommel.
A checked swing and the ball got away from White and it's a pass ball.
Carry on third, one ball, one strike, and two outs.
2-2 the score in the seventh inning.
Brewer into the windup, around comes the right arm, the pitch is inside.
Two and one.
And the pitch is bunted at and missed for strike three.
And finally strikes out as a bunted on second strike, a little mix up in the count.
No runs, one hit, no errors, and one left on.
And so at the end of seven innings, the Yankees and the Red Sox are tied at 2-2.
The Red Sox two runs, one hit, no errors and one left on.
The Yankees two runs, seven hits, no errors and four left on.
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On the Valentine scoreboard in the American League, Cleveland and Kansas City rained out.
Baltimore to Washington had a double header rained out.
At Detroit at the end of seven innings, the White Sox four, the Tigers three.
Dick Donovan, relieved by Arias in the seventh.
And for Detroit, Larry was relieved by Morgan in the eighth.
Cash, homeward in the first with one on for Chicago.
And Yost in the fifth with nobody on for Detroit.
In the National League, Cincinnati Philadelphia got started in the first game with double
header, played two innings, and then the double header was rained out.
Lawrence and Gomez were the starting pitchers in the first game.
Chicago three, Los Angeles two at the end of four and a half innings.
Phillips for Chicago, Kovacs replaced by Klipstein in the fourth for Los Angeles.
Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, snowed out.
St. Louis three, San Francisco one at the end of three innings.
Meisel against McCormick.
Now to the first of the eighth inning.
Gary Geiger first up for the Red Sox.
White on deck and Brewer to follow.
The bottom third of the order, two to the score.
Geiger left handed hitter, grounded to second and hit to the box.
The pitch is swung on and fouled off to the right of the plate.
Strike one.
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Bob Charlie pitching to Gary Geiger.
Curve ball over.
Strike two, nothing in two.
Charlie has the sign and the pitch.
Fast ball, strike three, call over the inside corner.
One down.
Three strikeouts for Charlie.
Here's Sammy White who lined is short and flied to left.
Right hand batter.
Charlie delivers.
Curve inside, ball one.
And tied at two, two.
Charlie's one nothing pitch to White.
That's high outside and a two nothing count.
The ball went through the webbing of Yogi's glove right off the end of the mitt.
Two nothing pitch.
Inside ball three.
Three nothing.
Strike delivery over, strike one, three and one.
Free balls, one strike on Sammy White.
Bob Charlie's pitch in there for strike two.
No count.
Green to the count on White.
One out in the eighth inning.
Two to the score.
And the payoff pitch.
Swung on and missed, strike three.
Sammy White goes down swinging for the fourth strikeout for Bob Charlie.
And Tom Brewer will be coming out.
He's pitched magnificent ball since the second inning.
Actually the Yankees did not score on him in the second though he gave up two hits in
that inning and he gets a hand.
Only one man has reached base on Brewer since the second inning.
Two men out in the eighth, two to the score.
Bob Charlie who has pitched one hit ball.
All set and the delivery in there for strike.
Next pitch, outside one and one.
The one-one delivery, swung on and hit the foul coming back out of play upstairs.
Strike two, one and two.
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The one-two pitch.
Curve ball swung on.
Loose foul.
The first Throneberry makes the catch on the run.
Sides retired.
No runs, no hits, no errors, no one left on.
And at the end of seven and a half innings, the score remains the Red Sox two, the Yankees
two.
And in the last half of the eighth inning it will be the top of the Yankee order, Hank
Bauer, Norm Seabron and Mickey Mantle.
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Last half of the eighth inning, Hank Bauer struck out and beat out a row of the third
and grounded the third.
Right-hander Tom Brewer locked in the duel with Turley, four-tied 2-2, preparing to pitch
to the bruiser.
Brewer to the windup and the pitch.
Inside ball one.
Brewer swings to the windup, around comes the right arm.
And the pitch is bowled off to the left of the plate on a check swing by Hank.
One and one.
White gives the sign to Brewer.
The Red Sox right-hander delivers and Bauer swings and sends the ground ball on one hop
to third.
The ground up with it throws to first in time.
One away.
And brings to the plate Norm Seaborn, who's singled his first two times up and then grounded
to first in the fifth inning.
Red Sox two, Yankees two, eighth inning.
Tom Brewer pitches.
Norm Seaborn takes a curve over.
One and one.
One strike pitch.
Hits outside, one and one.
Ground ball, one strike.
Brewer delivers and Seaborn takes inside ball two, two and one.
And two, one pitch to Seaborn.
Swung on and missed, strike two, two, two.
Two balls, two strikes.
Now the two, two pitch.
Swung on.
There's a high drive to deep right center field.
That ball is going, going down into the bleachers for a home run.
Norm Seaborn teed off and hit one over the auxiliary scoreboard into the right field
bleachers alongside the Yankee bullpen.
His third hit of the game.
And it's three to two New York.
A real wallop.
Brewer to the windup and the pitch to Mickey.
Swung on.
There's another high drive.
It is going to Jensen right at the barrier and he's got it.
And he fell over the barrier.
Mantle almost had one.
Jackie Jensen leaning over the barrier into the bullpen, grabbed it.
And they're two away.
Jackie Jensen leaned over the barrier into the Yankee bullpen that takes the drive for
the second out.
Here's Yogi Berra who's single to center, fly to center and pops the second.
Tom Brewer to the windup and the pitch to Yogi is inside.
Ball one.
Now nothing pitch to Yogi, outside ball two.
Two outs and a two nothing count on Berra.
Berra delivers and Yogi takes it outside, ball three.
The three nothing pitch to Berra.
He's outside, ball four.
That's the first pass issued by Brewer.
He has struck out four.
Here's Gil McDougall, single, took a third strike and grounded to third.
Three to New York, last of the eighth.
Word has come in from New Jersey that it is snowing.
It snowed a mountain Pittsburgh and the snow is headed this way.
It has reached the metropolitan area but not here at the stadium.
Strong wind whipping out to right field.
Mitz Dugil is low outside, ball one.
The Red Sox will have the top of their order up in the first of the ninth.
Bud and Ronald Stevens.
Next pitch is in there, strike one, one and one.
Berra leading away.
They pitch Dugil swung on and missed, strike two, one and two.
One ball, two strikes, two outs.
Tom Brewer to the stretch, delivers outside, two-two.
Now the two-two pitch to Gil.
There goes Yogi.
The pitch is outside, ball three and Yogi is tagged out on the throw down to Ronald.
He missed red to count.
He looked at the scoreboard, missed red to count and he's out stealing white to Ronald.
One run, one hit, no errors and no one left on.
And at the end of eight innings of play, the Yankees three runs, eight hits, no errors
and four left on.
The Red Sox two runs, one hit, no errors and one left on.
On the Valentine's scoreboard in the American League, Cleveland and Kansas City, Baltimore
and Washington all rained out.
The White Sox five, Detroit three.
At the end of seven and a half innings, Donovan started for Chicago, Arias came on in the
seventh.
And in the last of the eighth, Lown and Rudolph have come in, Larry started for Detroit, Morgan
in the eighth, home runs Cash with one on in the first for Chicago, Yost in the fifth
none on for Detroit.
In the National League, Cincinnati at Philadelphia rained out after getting started in the first
game of a doubleheader and it went only two innings, Lawrence and Gomez.
Los Angeles four, Chicago three at the end of six and a half innings, Kofax, Kluepstein
the fourth, LeBine in the seventh for the Dodgers, Phillips for Chicago, Demeter, Homer
in the seventh with one on for Los Angeles, Milwaukee and Pittsburgh snowed out.
San Francisco at St. Louis three, three at the end of four and a half innings, McCormick
and Meisel.
First half of the ninth inning, Don Budden in twice his walk leads off three to two New
York, Charlie's pitch is low ball one, Budden walk, grounded to first and walked.
He got a walk starting the seventh that was followed by the only hit off Charlie, a double
by Ronalds and the Red Sox scored two runs.
Next pitch swung on, lined out to left field, Sebring coming on and makes the catch.
One away, Don Budden lines out to Sebring in left field.
Don went down on a knee to grab it.
Here's Pete Ronalds who grounded to second to a double play, grounded to short, then
sliced the double to left for the only hit off Charlie, sending Budden who had walked
to third and two runs scored on an infield out and a sacrifice fly.
Dean Stevens to follow, Kerry moves in close at third, Charlie's pitch outside ball one.
Next delivery is low ball two, two and nothing.
Here's the pitch over strike one, two and one.
Banks three, Red Sox two, ninth inning.
The two one pitch high, ball three, three and one.
Charlie's three one pitch, inside for ball four, Pete Ronalds walks, fourth pass issued
by Charlie and out of the plate strides Dean Stevens with Rick Wurtz on deck.
One on and one out.
Early end of the stretch and the pitch, inside ball one.
Dean blowing very briskly out the right, Ronalds leading off first.
Charlie pitches and Stevens swings and lines it foul down the right field line, strike
one, one and one.
Think he broke his bat, he hit it off the end, goes over to get a new one.
One ball one strike, Stevens gets the batter's rosin bag, Ronalds hopping up and down in
first base to keep warm, a wicked wind is whipped up out here.
One ball one strike, one out, one on.
Charlie delivers curve ball inside, ball two, two and one.
Here's the two one pitch now, Dean Stevens, swung on, hit foul down the first base line,
strike two, two, two.
Ronalds retreats to first.
Charlie blows on his pitching hand, temperature has really dropped out here.
Bob into the stretch, Ronalds leads off first and the pitch, swung on, drive in the right
center field, Mantle racing hard, makes the catch.
Here's a throw to first base and it's caught and dropped and Ronalds gets back safely.
Mickey Mantle raced in the right center to take the line drive, it looked as if it might
be in there for extra bases, fired the ball into first base, Throneberry came off the
bag, Bobbled the relay and Ronalds got back safely.
And so the Red Sox are still alive, fine running catch by Mantle.
Two down and the batter is Vic Wirtz.
Wirtz took a third strike, gets to the box and walks.
Yanks three, Red Sox two, ninth inning.
Charlie to the stretch and the pitch.
Inside ball one.
Jackie Johnson on deck.
Charlie all set.
Here's the pitch, swung on, there's a fly ball into short right center, Mantle racing
hard, can't get it, the base hit.
Ronalds rounds second, heads on into third and that brings up Jackie Johnson.
Vic Wirtz gets the second hit off Charlie.
And the Red Sox still alive in the ninth inning.
We're going to have a runner for Wirtz.
Marty Keough will run for Wirtz, or rather Jim Busby.
Busby running for Wirtz.
Jackie Johnson took a third strike, fly to right, hit a sacrifice fly to left.
Frank Malzone on deck.
Gates Ronalds on third, Jim Busby on first.
Charlie to the stretch.
The pitch to Johnson, low outside, ball one.
A walk and a hit, the foot runner is on first and third here in the ninth inning.
Charlie under his stretch.
Here's the pitch, swung on, a ground ball hit out to Richardson, throws to second for
the fourth out on Busby and the ball game is over.
And the Yankees win it three to two as Bob Curley pitched the two hitter.
And the Yankees nose out the Red Sox three to two.
No runs, one hit, no errors and two men left on.
And the Yanks and Red Sox after being delayed for two days finally get the opener into the
record book and an exciting ball game all the way.
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The totals, the Yankees three runs, eight hits, no errors and four men left on.
The Red Sox two runs, two hits, no errors and three men left on.
Bob Curley all the way to win it.
Tom Brewer all the way to be charged with a loss.
Curley once pitched a one hitter on April 26, 1958.
Today he pitched a two hitter.
He had a no hitter going into the seventh inning.
For those who tuned in late, the Yankees jumped on Brewer in the first inning.
Seaborn singled with one out and after Mandel had lined out the center, Barra singled.
McDougal singled to score Seaborn and Throneberry singled to score Barra.
And the Yankees led two to nothing until the seventh inning.
Only one man had reached base on Curley, Budden, who opened the game of the walk and was erased
in a double play immediately.
And after having retired 17 in a row, Budden walked again on the seventh.
Runnels slashed a double to the left, sending Budden to third.
Budden scored on Stevens in field out.
Runnels moving to third and scoring on Jensen sacrificed fly to left.
And then in the eighth inning with one out, Norm Seaborn hits the first home run.
AeroBots into the bleachers.
Mickey Mandel almost followed suit with Jensen leaning over the barrier into the Yankee bullpen
to take his drive.
And then Curley stopped the Red Sox uprising in the ninth.
Runnels with one out walked, went to third on Vic Wards two out singled and Busby running
for Wards was forced at second, Richardson to a McDougal.
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Once again the final score, the Yankees three, the Red Sox two.
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Here now is the rundown on the game for the Yankees.
Three runs, eight hits, no errors.
For the Red Sox, two runs.
On just two hits, they played errorless ball also, as we mentioned earlier.
Bob Shirley went all the way to win it, his first win naturally.
Adding on to another good year, we see for him, by the way, he started off this season
in fine style with a two-hitter.
Yogi Berra did his catching.
Tom Brewer also pitched well.
He scattered eight hits.
One of them, however, was a big one.
That one in the eighth inning was one out when Norm Seaman rammed one into the stands,
providing the margin of victory.
Once again, for the Yankees, three runs, eight hits, no errors.
For the Boston Red Sox, two runs, two hits, and no errors.
Shirley the winner, Brewer the loser, Siebert a homer in the eighth with no one on.
In other scores today, at the end of six innings, it is a four-to-three game, Chicago over Detroit.
Dick Donovan versus Frank Lary in that.
Norm Cash, a home run for Chicago in the first with one on his first.
Eddie Yost for Detroit in the fifth with the bases empty, his first.
The rest of the American League schedule, Cleveland at Kansas City, a single encounter,
and Boston at Washington, a double bill, both postponed because of the bad weather.
In the National League, two games postponed because of the bad weather there, a double
header, Cincinnati at Philadelphia, and Milwaukee and Pittsburgh, a single encounter.
A four-inning score at the end of that time, San Francisco and St. Louis all knotted up
at three apiece, Mike McCormick against Wilmer Meisel.
The only other game going on at the end of six innings with Sandy Koufax for Los Angeles
against Taylor Phillips for Chicago, it's three to two, Chicago over Los Angeles.
That's it in the Sports Roundup.
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