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The New York Mets faced the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium for a Monday night game on June 20th, 1966.
This was the fifth season for the Mets. The first four resulted in consecutive seasons with over 109 losses.
They were managed by Wes Westrom, who took over the team in 1965 after the departure of Casey Stengel.
St. Louis was managed by Red Shane Deese in his second year as skipper.
The Cards won the World Series in 1964 but finished below 500 in 1965.
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This is Lindsay Nelson with Ralph Keiner and Bob Murphy here at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri.
It is the first appearance of the Mets here in this newest baseball stadium. It was opened on May 12th after the Mets had made their first appearance of the year in St. Louis.
And the National League will be the host to the All-Star Game here at this stadium in July.
Starting pitchers for tonight's game, for the St. Louis Cardinals, right-hander Nelson Viles, and for the New York Mets, right-hander Dick Selma.
We'll be back for the start of tonight's game in just one moment.
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Tonight's game is the first game of a three-game series here in St. Louis between the Mets and Carts.
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Now for the land-ups of tonight's game, here's Ralph Keiner.
For the New York Mets, the leadoff batter will be Ron Hunt, playing second base.
Batting second and playing shortstop, Ed Persu.
Batting third and right field, Al Luplow.
In the cleanup position, Ken Boyer, playing third base.
Batting fifth and playing center field, Cleon Jones.
The sixth batter will be the first baseman, Ed Crane Bull.
Batting seventh and playing left field, Johnny Lewis.
Batting eighth and doing the catching, Rock Taylor.
On the pitcher, Dick Selma, will be batting ninth.
New York Mets have played a total of 60 ball games.
They have won 24, lost 36.
They have 13 and one-half games behind the league-leading San Francisco Giants who lead Pittsburgh by a game and a half and the Dodgers by two.
St. Louis Cardinals who have won 31 and lost 31.
They have just made the 500 mark for the first time in quite some time with a double victory on Sunday.
We'll have as their leadoff batter, Lou Brock, in left field.
Batting second and playing third base, Bill Gagliano.
Batting third and center field, Kurt Blood.
In the cleanup position at first base, the hitting star of the doubleheader, with the Cardinals one, against the Philadelphia Phillies, Tito Flancona.
Batting fifth and catching, Jim McArthur.
The sixth batter will be the right fielder, Mike Shannon.
Batting seventh and playing second base, Jerry Bucek.
The eighth batter will be the shortstop, Daryl Maxwell.
And batting ninth and during the pitching, Nelson Briles.
All of a sudden, they charge you this ballpark, a brand new park for the New York Mets.
The first game was played here on May the 12th.
It was against the Milwaukee Braves that had their own ballpark down in Atlanta now moving down to play in their park.
This park, very similar to the Atlanta ballpark, with the exception that they have some movable seats,
36 centered on both the left and right field side that fill in the ball playing area,
and the distances from the foul line to the stands, about the same as J Stadium.
There's a lot of similarity between J Stadium and this new ballpark,
for the exception they have a completely circular field with seats out in center field all the way around.
Cardinals won their first game here. They played a 4-3 game against Atlanta and won it in 12 innings.
On that day, they had the largest crowd ever to see the Cardinals play here in St. Louis.
46,048. It was back on May the 12th.
Bush Memorial Stadium holds 49,275 people.
The dimensions are 330 down the left field line, 414 and 1 half in center field, 330 feet down the right field line.
A very symmetrical ballpark in the alley 386 in left and right.
The fence is 10 foot, 6 inches high.
And the overall ballpark has an outside diameter of 800 feet and covers an area more than Braw-Baker,
located right next to the Mississippi River.
Looking out through the left field seats and beyond,
a beautiful arch that is the gateway to the west that they have built here for this area,
and it is quite an impressive structure.
The umpires at home plate going over the grounds rules with Rhett Chandy and manager with Westroom.
Doug Harvey will be behind home plate at first base Harry Wendelstadt,
at second base Shag Crawford, and the umpire at third base will be Ed Vargo.
Beautiful day for baseball and the St. Louis Cardinals now taking the field.
In talking to Ken Goyer about the infield, he said it was in fine shape,
and this is unusual for a brand new ballpark.
The grass is taking hold and has quite a bit of cover all the way around.
Well the conditions of the playing field are in perfect shape,
considering the fact that this ballpark is so new that the paint hasn't even dried yet.
Earlier just before we came on the air, there was notice on the board
that please excuse some of the temporary difficulties that we were having with the ballpark.
We just haven't gotten around to getting it all done.
All in all, the consensus is that this ballpark is certainly one of the best of the new ones,
and it compares very favorably with Chase Stadium and Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
Nelson Browell is taking his warm-up pitches, a youngster 20 years of age, right-hander,
from Santa Clara University.
This is his third year professional baseball, and he'll be going against the men.
Wind is blowing out towards the left field area, but what the circular stands is doubtful
if the wind will have much effect on any balls on the playing field area.
In left field they have a giant scoreboard which sends out messages in color.
Also another scoreboard in right field that does it in black and white.
Right now the ballgame about to get underway, and here for the play-by-play,
all ready to go in this brand new ballpark, Bob Murphy.
All right, Ralph, thank you very much, and hi everybody.
Real St. Louis-type summer night, isn't it, Ralph?
Yes, it is, but still pleasant enough with no humidity to make it a beautiful day,
and a pretty good debut for the Mets here in this new ballpark.
Beautiful night for the ballgame, first of three nights.
We'll be broadcasting all three games.
At the Wednesday night game we will be televised back to New York,
which will give you an opportunity of sitting in the stadium.
Right now, ladies and gentlemen, our Nashville Anthem.
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Wonderful Monday night crowd of big crowd settling back into the very comfortable
Young Nelson Brown
22 year old right hander out of Chico, California
Setting the Redbirds defensively he don't Francona will be a first
Gary Buczak playing second Al Maxville and short Phil Gagliano
Will be a third
In the outfield Lou Brock is in left
Kirk Flood in center
Rounded right field Mike Shannon
Jim McCarver behind the plate and Nelson Browns on the mound
Ron Hunt batting at 280
Back in his native city of St. Louis will be leading off
Yogi Barra coaching at first and Wainey Herzog on the lines at third
Eddie Bruffu moves out on deck
Now the first pitch of the night
Curved by Browns and Floh one ball and no strikes
Three games here in St. Louis from the weekend series in Chicago brings to an end the current road trip
The Nets are in Shea City next Monday night for the Mayor's Trophy game against the Yankees
Now Browns side again delivers a ground ball into shortstop handled by Val Maxville
He whips it to the side and it's a two-point lead
A ground ball into shortstop handled by Val Maxville he whips it to Tito Franchona one down
One out nobody on that brings up shortstop Eddie Bruffu batting at 234
Nelson Browns has no lifetime record against the Yorks
He has relieved on a number of the cases against the Nets
And this year Browns has won one and lost five but has pitched very well
He has been pitching in a lot of low scoring ball games in his fortune
And the nights he pitched the Cardinals did not provide him any runs to go with
Rau Ball, look out Ralph, right back up over our broadcasting booth he'll play
It is always a real thrill to see a brand new stadium
And the Sixth is certainly shall be known
As the decades have brought so many new beautiful stadiums to sports and to baseball all across America
Including without a doubt one of the best in the ball, Shea Stadium and Flushing
Now the pitcher on the way inside the high end, Ed Bruffu, one ball one strike
This has always been a marvelous sports city
St. Louis is now becoming one of the few major cities in the entire country
That will have four major league professional sports fields
The one-one delivery, low and outside, is two balls and a strike
St. Louis Cardinals have the National Baseball League
St. Louis Cardinals have the National Football League
St. Louis Hawks have the NBA
And in the near future St. Louis will be represented in the National Hockey League
Two balls and a strike on Eddie Bruffu, the pitcher by Riles, a grounder foul hidden behind Witte Herza
The infield grass and the outfield grass, as Riles is pointing out, is amazingly good for the very short time that they have had to work with
A home run of the stadium is well earned
But the ball does carry and we saw a number of shots hit over the wall during batting practice
It's deep in the alleys, 386 in left center and right center
414 in straightaway center
Off the outside corner
Now three and two on Eddie Bruffu, one out, nobody on, the game just under way
Dick Selmer will be on the mound tonight for New York
It will be the first ball game Dick has started since Memorial Day
He hurled three scoreless innings on Memorial Day and then was hurt when he was struck with a pitch just above the right elbow
So this will be the first ball game that Dick has started since then
Riles with a full count, three and two on Eddie Bruffu
Now the payoff delivery, a line shot through the hole and face into left field
Hrocks the left fielder for St. Louis plays the ball back into Dow Maxville
So Eddie Bruffu has the first 10 of the ball game, he singles to left
And it brings up the right fielder Al Leblanc
Now batting at 241
All three games of this series will be night games here in the beautiful New Stadium
And we will televised the Wednesday night game back to New York at 8.55 p.m. New York time
Now Tito Francona has started yesterday's double win by the cards, the first baseman holes against Eddie Bruffu
Pitch by Riles, low and inside it's ball one
The Phillies remained in St. Louis last night and they flew out of here about 11 this morning
They are playing in Atlanta tonight
They were all talking about the strong pitching the Cardinals presented in the doubleheader yesterday
The Phillies with a ball club that has good hitting were held to one run and five hits from the doubleheader
The Cardinals by winning the doubleheader are now playing 500 ball, the first time they've been at 500 since early April
One ball no strikes on Al Leblanc
Now Riles in the set position
And the pitcher on the way
Ground ball bounced to the right side taken by Bluczek
He throws to Maxville from one to first
Hey the first base
Bluczek reaching him back
Eddie Bruffu taking off the baseline
Bluczek the second baseman to Dow Maxville
The Cardinals jump nothing to double play and it brings up Ken Boyer
Ken had a real good series against his old team in the Cardinals when they were in the game stadium
Ken batting 291, eight home runs and 28 runs batted in
Center fielder Cleon Jones waiting on deck
Cleon turned his ankles lightly on the first game of yesterday's doubleheader in Cincinnati
Now Riles pitching off the stretch delivers, breaking ball in the dirt, one ball and no strikes
The last time the Cardinals were in the doubleheader was in the second base
Riles pitching off the stretch delivers, breaking ball in the dirt, one ball and no strikes
The last time the Mets came to St. Louis they played a two game series in the old ballpark
They gained a split of the two game series when Jack Campbell finished out St. Louis by pitching a one hitter
The only hit was a bump single by Ray Sadecki
Now Tim McCarver crouched behind the play sets of the target and the pitch on the way
Oh and outside on Ken 82 balls and no strikes
Cardinals have the defense straight away against Boyer
Nelson Riles getting a sign now from McCarver that counts 2-0 on Ken Boyer
Now the pitch to him, turn outside and low his ball 3-3-0
The stadium is a riverfront stadium
The Mississippi River is only about a block and a half away
And there may be times when on humid days you might need an insecticide bomb or something to keep those mosquitoes away
Count 3-0, down comes the pitch and it's in there for a call, a strike, 3-1
But nowadays those are very minor problems that are very easily conquered by the spray
The visiting team in the news stadium occupies the third base dugout, the Cardinals have the first base dugout
Francona holding against a runner, the 3-1 pitch, a high hopper in foul territory, Francona coming over in front of the Cardinals dugout is under it
He has the side of the bat, that's retired, there half of the first, no runs, one hit, no errors, one left
And a score in the middle of the first, the net's nothing and the Cardinals coming to bat
And now here's a word from Rangel
The Cardinals are playing like a fool
Yeah, we must be doing something right
Like a fool, yeah, we must be doing something right, like a fool
Excelsior on the mound tonight for the New York Mets with Hawk Taylor behind the plate, defensively the Mets have Eddie Crane in first, Ron Hunt flying second, Eddie Bursu at short and Ken Boyer at third
In the outfield, Johnny Lewis is in left field, Leon Jones in center and Al Luplo is playing right
The left fielder, Lou Brock, will be leading off against Dick Selma, Brock batting 256
One of the game's top base dealers, this year he has stolen 23 at 26 attempts
Bill Jagliano on deck and then third flush
The beautiful Stadium Club restaurant in the new stadium here in St. Louis is out behind left field on the press level
Here's the pitcher on the way, a foul ball hit back upstairs and out of play
And so many of the fans are able to come out and have a very luxurious meal and watch the start of the ball game at the same time and then when they finish their meal, come on out and give their seats
Here's the pitcher to Brock, inside and low, one ball, one strike
Ken Boyer in close at third against the speed of Lou Brock
Here's Cardinal, Dick Sissler coaching at first and Joe Schultz on the lines at third
Now Selma's 1-1 delivery, inside and low, two balls and a strike
Dick's control has not been good since the return from the injury
He was hit above the right elbow on Memorial Day and since then, in five relief appearances, he has not had the same control he had before he was hurt
The West-Western is hoping that the starting assignment can help to straighten things out for him
Now the wind up by Selma, here's his pitcher on the way, inside it's ball three, three and one, fast ball way inside
And that's that hope that Dick Rustick could pitch in tonight's ball game and Rustick's shoulder is still bothering him
A young pitcher with a world of talent, you certainly wouldn't take any chances on hurting a valuable arm such as his by touching him too soon
Now the 3-1 pitch, it's under the knees, ball four and Brock reaches on a walk
Bill Gagliano, the third baseman coming up, he has been hitting the ball hard for the Cardinals, Gagliano's hitting 282
He took over at third when Charlie Smith covered a broken finger on the Cardinals' last road trip down in Atlanta
Now Selma up on the set position, there goes Brock, here's the pitch, the peg to second man to hawk, a high throw from London
Number 24 for Luke Brock, he has swiped 24 in 27 attempts, he didn't waste a moment, he got the first on the walk and took right off
One ball, no strikes on Bill Gagliano
Now Dick Selma checking with Hawk Taylor for his side
Here's the pitch underway, curve a good one and it's over on the outside corner, one ball and one strike
Let's have the infield and the outfield straight away against Gagliano
To have a pitch underway, a breaking ball, a slow grounder charging hard at Kenny Boyer, he's up with it, oh and a tie, infield hits Gagliano, Brock moving over to third
Dick Selma unable to reach the ball coming off the mat, Boyer secured and so he thought Selma would have a play on it and Kenny made a run on it across the edge of the carpet
By the time he came up with it, it was midway between second and third and his throw was not in time for Gagliano
A base hit on the Cardinals, that runner is at first and third, nobody out, the batter is their leading hitter, Third Flood batting at 313
Curve outside and low at ball one
The bullfens at Bush Memorial Stadium are located behind the wall, very similar to the bullfens at Shea Stadium
Visiting bullfin behind the right field wall, a home bullfin behind the left field wall
Pitch to Flood, a fastball low, two balls and no strikes
Flunderer Dick Selma, the hard throwing young right hander from Fresno, California
Dick starting just his fourth game of the year
Train pool holds against Gagliano, Brock is on third
A line shot over the alley, a left center by Flood, two paint shots
Kendall Schor is new block, leasing on the third as Gagliano, cut off to play the second and he is out at second base
We're going to get an argument here, the Cardinals are arguing to un-draft the ball
And he did draft the ball, that is save by a second
Second base umpire, Shag Crawford was blocked off on the play and so when Sandy's team racing up
And third base coach Joe Schultz came racing up, Shag Crawford said alright I'll check with my fellow comrades
So he checked with Envargo, the third base umpire, Envargo said yes the ball was dropped
And Flood, he was safe at second base
The play was going to third base for Gagliano but it was cut off by Brasu who raffled the ball to hunt
It'll be an error charged to Ron Hunt because the Throw was there in time to nail Flood
Now the Cardinals have runners on second and third, nobody out of run is in
The batter is Tito Francona, he'll flood a single and a run batted in
He takes second on the error charged to Ron Hunt
Francona is a batter and the Blazer is in, strike one draw
Flood Trouble has bubbled up early here on the bottom half of the first inning of the ballgame
Francona was the hitting star for the Cardinals yesterday, he won the first game with a home run, one nothing
Now ball back, no play, he also hovered in the second game and had a double
Veteran Tito Francona is hitting 289
He did not have a home run this year until yesterday and he's second
And I have the old time for it with about 45,000 at the stadium and the Phillies in town
Bill Hepler is now warming up in the Mexico Fin
That run batted in for Kurt Flood is his 40th of the year
Flood is on second and third, now the two strike delivery, he lays off, it was just a little bit high, one ball and two strikes
Jim McCarver is the on deck batter, then Mike Shannon the right fielder
Gagliano on third, Flood is on second
Down the line to Pat Selma, here's the pitch, fast ball high on the count of even, two balls, two strikes
Brock went off with a walk, he stole second, Gagliano beat out an infield hit, Brock went to third
Flood single to left center, scoring Brock, Gagliano took third
And Flood raised safely at second, when the ball was dropped at second
Round ball hit down to first base, a fair ball taken by Cranepool, he makes the play at first and they hold the runners at second and third
So Dick Selma gets Fran Kona out with the runners holding and that brings up Jim McCarver
McCarver is hitting 273, 25, that's batted in
Cranepool up to the front, one nothing, last half of the first
Tomorrow night Bob Shaw will be on the mound for the Mets and then Wednesday night Jack Fisher
Tracy Stalart pitching for the Cardinals tomorrow night in the second game of the series
Now the pitch underway, a high five ball in the center of field, Gagliano's tagged at third, Jones was getting under it fairly deep
Next to catch, Leon Fro will be the third to hold Flood at second base
In the score comes Gagliano in the Cardinals lead to the W
For Jim McCarver is 26, RBI of the year
Two runs in, Flood is on second, two men away and the hitter now is Mike Shannon
Shannon batting 243, it's all rangey right hand batter
Now Selma pitching from the stretch, curve hit on the ground toward the hole, off the door of the main, the Flood goes into the left field
Bobby Third is coming into score as Flood, and the Cardinals lead, three to nothing, that'll be a base hit for Shannon, a ground shot into the hole
For a third try to bounce off the body and make the backhand play, the ball hit his glove and count in the left
He had trouble locating it, I don't think it would have made a bit of difference the way Flood could fly, he was on his way home
Now the hitter is Jerry Bluczek and the Cardinals have a three run first inning
Bluczek is hitting 242, he's the right hand batter
Now Selma, Texas runner, a swing and a miss on a better high fastball, strike one
Cardinals flipping into their beautiful new home on the riverfront, will probably draw about a million and a half this year
Next pitch on the way, the other side, Hawk had to move into the hitter to handle it, one ball, one strike
Now Maxville, the shortstop is beyond Dexmatter, Bluczek is the seventh man up in the inning
Now Selma steps off, Eddie Cranebool holding against base runner Mike Shannon
A check swing slow roller headed toward the hole run down by Hawk, the play to first, he is out at first base, Cranebool got back to the bag
And Hunt ran it down in the hole on the right side of the infield
Bad retired, good play by Ron Hunt, he really had his camper
Ball was not hit hard, it was almost a check swing but it had quite a location, three runs
There were three hits, one error and one left on
At the end of one inning it's the St. Louis Cardinals three and the New York Mets nothing
Next Monday night the Mets will be back at Shea Stadium playing the big benefit game against the Yankees, the annual Mayors Trophy game
After that round the Phillies and the Maraths, two tough customers in a nice delig are coming in
They certainly are, the Phillies are making quite a run of it along with the Pittsburgh Fire
Fire trail by game and a half behind the Giants and the Phillies are in fourth place, they trail by five
They'll be in, the Phillies on the 48th for a night game, the 29th for a day game and the 30th for a night game
And a weekend with the Pittsburgh Four games with a ladies day set up for Saturday afternoon and a doubleheader for Sunday
You can get tickets for all home games, other Mets, at a wide variety of locations
Today's stadium opens seven days a week, Grand Central Station opens six days a week, weekdays from May to 6, Saturdays from May 30 to 4
Also tickets now available at Macy's at 34th Street and 7th Avenue on the main floor
And also Macy's and the Walt Whitman Shopping Center in Hines and Long Island are open during the regular store hours
In addition, reservations for box and reserved seats can be made at all Howard Close doors during regular store hours
And also at any branch of the Manufacture's head over trust company during banking hours
Now why don't you come out and join us when the Mets come on home starting with Monday against the New York Yankees
And then Philadelphia and Pittsburgh the rest of the week
Right now the top of the second of the Mets up and here's Bob Murphy
Leon Johns leading off against Nelson Brails
Brails starting Leon off with a curve ball that breaks over knee-high, it's track one
Leon batting 283 with 19 runs batted in
Only one of the three scored by the Cardinals in the first inning will be cataloged as an earned run
Now Brails winding, here's the fist to Leon, a foul ball, right straight back, no play
Beautiful night here in St. Louis, it's really an impressive sight when you're sitting in the area up around home plate
Well as a matter of fact you can see it anywhere from the stadium, the tremendous archway
They're telling how many feet it extends above the top of the stadium and it is quite a sight
Brails into his land, up down comes the pitch, breaking ball taken low, one ball and two strikes on Leon Johns
Eddie Crane, Bull on deck and then Johnny Boone
Unless we're a little worried about whether Leon can play here tonight after he turned that angle slightly in the first game yesterday
Well, he's got a little bit of a lead on the ball, he's got a little bit of a lead on the ball
Unless we're a little worried about whether Leon can play here tonight after he turned that angle slightly in the first game yesterday in Cincinnati
He was limping as he got on the bus
Look out, ran over his hat and all the way to the backstop, two and two
County but now two and two on Leon Johns
Center fielder Kurt Flood is playing Leon over toward the alley in right center
The infield playing straight away
Flood is one of the real great ball hogs in baseball today, he covers a tremendous amount of ground in center field for the Cardinals
Two-two delivery, ground ball hit hard at the base, going right down the right field line
Leon around first will stop there as Shannon reaches the ball in a hurry and he's got a howitzer for an arm
Though Leon is on with a base hit to the opposite field, he hit a shot right down the right field line
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Bob Murphy with Lindsey Dalsom and Ralph Gehner from Bush Memorial Stadium in St. Louis
Cardinals lead, three nothing, left hitting top half of the second
Leon Jones on first and nobody on
Now Eddie Crane, who is hitting against Nelson Brile, he looks at a curve and it bends inside, one ball and no strikes
Eddie got a hold of one in that second game yesterday afternoon for his sixth home run of the year
Ralph Gehner is holding against Leon
Outside is low, two balls and no strikes on Eddie Crane
The Mets have had a busy baseball schedule, they had five games in three days
They came into their home stand the final weekend they were home and they have just come out of playing five games in three days in Cincinnati
And things will get mighty busy around July 4th
Now the 2-0 delivery, it is a little bit high, three balls and no strikes
The Mets open their home stand at Shea a week from tomorrow night
They have a three game series with the Phillies and then a weekend series with the Pirates
And the Sunday with the Pirates, July 3rd will be a big double header
Three-0 pitch, the other for a strike three and one
And on July 4th the Mets will play a double header in Philadelphia, so they have back to back double headers July 3rd and 4th
They also have back to back double headers at Shea Stadium on July 17th and 18th
The Mets have now played nine double headers this year, the Cardinals have played just two
Three-1 pitch, a swing and a miss and a full count on Crainville, three and two
Breeze blowing in this evening, not really a very strong breeze
Johnny Lewis waiting to hit next
Nelson Brails is the young right-hander with a lot of talent, the Cardinals have a lot of talent
Nelson Brails is the young right-hander with a lot of talent, the Cardinals think he's going to develop into a real good pitcher
And facially bears a very strong, relentless resemblance to Robin Roberts
Three and two, and a pitch on the way, low at fall fourth and the Mets have the two men on, nobody out
Crainville walking on three and two, that moves Cleon over to second and brings up Johnny Lewis
Johnny hitting two-thirteen
Now Tim McJarver going out to talk to Nelson Brails
This stadium is even more convenient for the Mets, traveling from their hotel where they say to the stadium that the old ballpark was
not far, but it's less than a ten minute cab ride or bus ride from the hotel to the stadium
Brails up and pitching position, delivers to Johnny Lewis a line drive, face-in into right field, rounding third, Cleon joins, he's heading in and will score
Racing on to third goes Eddie Crainville, Francona made a head-first dive toward the hole and just barely got his club on it
and it helped out because it slowed the ball up, and the ball just trickled very slowly into right field
By the time Shannon gets the gallop in and scoop it up, Cleon has camped it home from second, Brails has gone from first to third
Now it's a three to one ballgame, and the Mets have the tying runs on, nobody out
RBI for Johnny Lewis, his 18th run founded into the year, the hitter is Mark Taylor, walking right hand batter
Cardinal Father infield is straight away, a double play depth on the outfield straight away
Now Brails off the stretch, here's the pitch, curve is in the dirt, blocked by Tim McCarver
Now the sign has gone to the Cardinal's bullpen, veteran right hander Art Mahaffey will start warming up
The red shin leads to sending his pitching coach Joe Becker out to the mound to talk to Nelson Brails
Now often times I guess when you see the pitching coach go out to the mound, it means he has detected something about the pitcher, maybe his arm is coming down or something that he feels he's not doing that is following his normal stance
Well the trend nowadays is to have the pitching coach as a direct contact with the pitchers, and they usually have more to do with pitchers than the manager does
It's more or less departmentalized, which is something that was not in the past when the manager ran all departments and really had just his friends for coaches
Joe Becker was with the Dodgers, we moved over here over to St. Louis Cardinals, and he probably knows a lot about Nelson Brails, and right now he seems to be discussing the fact that his pitching motion is not the way he would like to have it
I'm sure Brails would agree because he is now in trouble for the first time in the ball game
He's a young fellow, only 20 years of age, and he'll listen I'm sure
One ball no strikes and Hawk Taylor, and now Joe Becker is coming back to the Redbird dugout
Art Mahaffey is warming in the bullpen, the Mets have a run in, runners in the corners, nobody out
Dick Salma out on deck, loosening up his shoulder muscles
Now Brails looks into the curve to pick up his strike
Here's the pitch on the way, it's up high and Hawk waves up, two balls and no strikes
Another action in the Major League for this Monday night, the Phillies and the Braves play in Atlanta
First short against Tony Kloninger, and Philadelphia got a run off Kloninger in the first inning
The Dodgers are in the afterdome in Houston, Don Drysdale against Rabbit Rapids
The two open, a high fly ball hits a short center field, probably not deep enough to score a run
Getting under his flood, he makes the catch, and the runners will hold
Powering fly ball, by the time Fudd came in and camped under and he was almost behind second
He was just barely on the outfield red, maybe about 10 or 12 yards
Now runners on first and third, one out and Dick Salma coming up
There will be three games in the American League tonight
Washington three, Cleveland one at the end of five, John O'Donoghue against Pete Rickard, Rickard trying for his eighth win
Gil Hodge has the Senators, a battling ball club
They had to find out a ball losing streak, but they've been playing much better ball this year
The Red Sox won Kansas City nothing after an inning and a half, Joe Horland against Bill Stafford
Minnesota a night game on the west coast, and Anaheim against the California Angels
Now Salma stepping in, hoping to weigh in on his own behalf
They'll be watching for anything here, and the fast ball is over, strike one
Interesting that Salma is batting right-handed against the right-hander Nelson Dryle
Salma has been a switch hitter when he got hit on the elbow, his right elbow, batting left-handed against Bob Buell
He said at that time that he would never hit from the left-hand side again, or his pitching arm would be exposed to the pitcher
And so far he's going through with it, he's batting from the right-hand side here
Didn't find he could get a few years ago when he turned around, not seriously, but I think he's changed his mind for him too
A lot of pitchers do that, they want to protect that pitching arm
One ball, a little bit high, one ball, one strike on Dick Salma
That's the bread and butter
Johnny Lewis on first, Eddie Crane Bull on third, one man out, one run is in
St. Louis three, New York one, we're in the top half of the second inning
Lead off batter Ron Hunt, he's waiting on deck
Now Buells in the sub position, fires, fast ball over the outside corner, one ball and two strikes
Well so far, not trying to protect Salma, just reaching back for that extra leverage and throwing hard
Each team has three hits in the game, St. Louis score three in the first, the Mets have a run back here in the second
Pitching one and two, a ground ball hit foul in behind Yogi Berra and on down toward the tarp
Three night games in St. Louis, four games in Chicago, the trip will be over with the Sunday doubleheader
We'll be broadcasting every game remaining on the trip, play by play, night and day, home and away
And we will televised the Wednesday night game from St. Louis and the doubleheader Sunday from Chicago
Now Buells is set, the one and two pitch, a fly ball hit to right field is fairly deep, Crane Bull is tagging up
Shannon Underwood, he has a great arm, makes the catch, here comes Crane Bull, there'll be no play for him, he's in the score
And it's three to two and Salma helps himself out by hitting a fly ball deep enough to right field
To easily score Eddie Crane Bull, and then there's a great arm, figured he was just too deep to try and get anybody at home
So he wants to go ahead and let Johnny Lewis go over into scoring position
Salma getting his first run battered out
Right up for the second time, he bounced out to short, leading off in the ball game
Buells pitching very deliberately, he has struggled here on the second, now the pitch, fast ball under the knees, one ball and no strikes
This is a busy time of the year for the Major League Ball Clubs as they spend many hours and travel many miles in signing the sought after prospects of the country
Johnny Lewis is on first base, there are two men away, Mets getting right back in and have two runs in
Mets have signed an 18 year old left hand pitcher named Don Linehan from Larkton, Virginia, he was their third choice in the free agent draft
Right hander, just 18 years old, Rich Stost from Vienna, Virginia, now through to first, not in time
And a 20 year old third baseman from Orange, California named Nile Leslie who played at the University of Arizona, and his team played in the College World Series at Omaha
This is a good time for the Major League Ball Clubs, Rich clapped Riles and Ron tried to hold up, and the plate umpire Doug Harvey said he went through on the swing
So Riles can argue this one a little bit, down this one ball and one strike, and Ron really didn't like that call by Harvey at all
All of the free agents signings will be reporting to the rookie league team at Marion, Virginia
Waivers by the way on Dick Stewart have now expired and Dick is free to try to make a deal for himself, he's now a free agent
One ball, one strike on Ron Hunt
Riles working so deliberately that Ron decides to try and bother him a little bit so he steps up
Now Riles gets up and puts him in position, Riles he just sits there, for a young man he's in no hurry
Bother a hitter very much when a pitcher works that slow
You know you do exactly what Ron Hunt is doing, you just step out, you don't like to be caught in there and held there for a long period of time because your muscles sort of tighten up and freeze up, so you step out the pot
One ball, one strike
Have a pitcher on the way, a foul pop up, back towards the crowd, Francona will not have a play, it lands the field boxers
I remember a time Bob when we were playing against the Dodgers and Hugh Casey was on the mound, he was taking a lot of time and pitching to Hank Greenberg
Hank playing for the Pirates, that was his last year in professional baseball
So Casey went over to the dugout, got a drink of water and sat down, wiped off his face, so when he came back to the mound Hank went to the dugout and did the same thing
You'd be out there for a while doing things like that couldn't you?
Well two can play the game
Well that battle between the pitcher and the hitter, that striking each other is a big part of it, no doubt about it
The 1-2 delivery, the runner goes and a grounder goes foul down the third base line, one ball and two strikes
Two runs are in, it's the Cardinals three and the Mets two, we're at the top half of the second
The Mets playing their first visit to the new stadium in St. Louis, and I'm sure everyone is going to go away from here tonight saying it is a magnificent new sports stadium
It's beautiful
Now Browse goes the pitching slab, the 1-2 delivery, a drive in toward the alley in the right center, Shannon galloping over, is getting under it and he makes the catch
Right to Shannon, moving over into right center to get the ball for the third out, for New York two runs, there were two hits
No errors, one left on, at the end of an inning and a half the St. Louis Cardinals three and the New York Mets two
Hi, this is Jerry Ducey, let's take a look at a typical morning at your house, Dad has just left for work
And the lady of the house is just about to settle down the youngest member of the tribe
Now you've just made very short work of all the breakfast dishes
Now you're all set to relax with music on the Jerry Ducey show, I'm here every day at 810 and the dial from 1015 to 1130
I wish you'd listen in, it'll help keep a young fellow off the streets, that's me
Now the last of the second here in St. Louis Cardinals three and the Mets two and Dow Maxville is up against Exelmour
Our broadcasting colleague is going to come in for a little of attention in this video here this evening
Fastball under the knees, ball one
One of the many features of all the news videos around the country has been all of the information that can be disseminated on the message board
On these fabulous new scoreboards
The baseball quizzes have certainly turned out to be very popular as well as informative
Ground ball bounced at short, snagged by Bersu, the hurried throw is in time, a low throw but Trane's almost gets it out
The fans get a big kick out of the baseball quizzes flashed on the message board at the A stadium
And the quiz here in St. Louis tonight just posted a few moments ago, ask of the fans here in St. Louis
Who holds the distinction of having led at the National League in home runs for seven consecutive years?
Now Ralph if you can get the answer to that, Lindsay Nelson is going to buy your dinner tonight
We're about, I'm not going to answer until I find out
The breath room
Nelson Briles coming up
Big salvo wise, here's the pitch on the way and the fastball is over, strike one
Well Willie Mays made a run on some of Ralph Keiner's records last year but boy that's one record, that thing's going to be there for a long time to come
Ralph led or tied for the lead in home runs for the National League for seven straight years
Fastball over, now a two strike count on Nelson Briles
The stadium reminds you somewhat of Shea Stadium, outside and low
Seating capacity of 49,000 or as Shea is 55,300
They have the moveable field box seats that move out for football, they're on what looks like a regular railroad track
7200 of the seats are moveable here, some 10,000 at Shea
Outside and low, two balls and two strikes
And the Mays who are so proud of their stadium and so rightfully so, many of them we talked to today said
We feel that this stadium is just as pretty as Shea Stadium, which is a tribute to the Shea Stadium, which is such a beauty
A swing and a miss by Briles, strike three
Nick Zilma posting his first strike out, he just Briles out with a fastball down the middle
Two outs and nobody on top of the batting order for Lou Brock
He reached on a walk in the first, he promptly stole second, his 24th stolen base
Moved to third on an infield hit and came in on third plus basis
Swing and a miss by Brock, strike one
Gagliano of the Undeck batter, Ken Boyer shortened up a third against a speedy left hand hitter
Have a wind up by Zilma, here's his pitch, plays there but it's inside and low, one ball, one strike
Bob Gibson won his 10th game of the year for the Cardinals yesterday afternoon, he now has struck out 135 men and 136 innings
Foul ball back upstairs
Talking to Roger Craig in the hotel today before the Phillies left for Atlanta
Roger said he never pitched off of a mound that he liked any better than a mound on this new ballpark
And he said it was certainly a natural for a playing thrower like Bob Gibson
So it might be the right cup of T2 for a fellow like Nick Zilma who certainly throws as hard as anybody
As the pitchers say, each pitching mound has its own personality and you have to get the feel of each one
One ball, two strikes on Brock to pitch by Zilma, the curve is laced on a line at the right center for a base hit
Running it all the way back to the wall is Al Ruffo, Brock is flying, he's around second heading for third
He's going to make it, the throw gets away, he's back to high Zilma and Brock is held at third base
Zilma doing a good job, a throw came right into the runner, it was the Andre Convoyer and went over against the field by serving
But Nick Zilma was kind of on the spot and that saved a run
More Lou Brock, a triple to right center field
With his speed, Ralph, and with the dimensions of this ballpark, he may get the inside of the bar to overrun
Well, there's a good chance he could, they fielded that ball very quickly and he's still at third base all the way
Gagliano is the batter, two men down, must have the infield back
He had an infield hit his first time, he holds up on a curve, ball one
Now the wind up by Zilma, picks the Gagliano, fast ball, inside ball, two hits, two and oh
Three runs, four hits and no errors, New York two runs, three hits and one error
A lot of excitement, a lot of fireworks and we're only on the bottom half of the second inning
Now Zilma looks the runner back at third, the 2-0 delivery, right in there for a strike, two balls and one strike
Gagliano, batting at 290
Zilma cranks up, a 2-1 pitch, a foul ball, right straight back, over the screen and the count is even, two balls and two strikes
The defender, Kurt Flood, the number three cardinal hitter, in the batting order, is waiting on deck
Now Zilma winds, the pitch thrown inside the high and Gagliano really had trouble getting out of the way of that
Zilma, that time, was reaching back, trying for that extra strike out to hitters
It almost got completely away from him and that brings Wes Westrom out of the dugout on the run
We were talking about that on the plane ride down to St. Louis last night, how sometimes Zilma would hurt himself
But he got two strikes on a hitter and got in a position to strike a hitter out and bail himself out of a jam
He would reach back and try to get more than he was capable of getting and as a result would probably lose about 20% off his fastball
It wouldn't be quite as hard and the control would be off
The minute he saw that pitch came racing out of the dugout and went to the mound, the unsure to tell Zilma to stay with his normal rhythm
Now it's three and two on Gagliano, here's the wind up, now the pitch, fastball fouled off
That was a check swing
As the hitters would say, Zilma was really throwing BBs with that
Blue block on third, two men down
Three and two on, right hand is batting Phil Gagliano, here comes the payoff
Curve is over, strike three called
It hit off beautifully and got the offside corner up to the play of Gagliano who had started toward first base
So the fight is out, a good pitch on three and two by Zilma
No runs, one hit, no errors, one left on
At the end of two innings to score, the St. Louis Cardinals three and New York Mets two
Ralph, next Monday night at Jay Stadium, all the fun and the excitement of the best of the Yankees and the mayor of Thurley
Now they're just posting the answer to the baseball quiz, Ralph, I'm on the message board
The answer was Ralph Kider as we all knew from the beginning and you got an ass hand, makes you feel good, doesn't it?
Yeah, that's the first hand I've had in this ballpark
Well, we're getting back to the Mayor's Trophy game on Monday, June 27
It will not be on TV, radio only, and the game, you know, has raised somewhere around $315,000 for San La baseball so far
The Mets lead in the series two to one, and the games they have played so far
And if you take in all the games played between the Mets and the Yankees, it's six to six
The golf game is played, the Mets have won six, the Yankees have won six
Last year the Mets won two to one and Yankees did him on a bunt single by Cleon Jones
And Cleon will be back this year to be playing against the Yankees
New York City baseball grads include Whitey Ford, Capitone, Ed Cranepool, Larry Bernard
So a great cause to mark it down in your calendar
The Mets coming back next Monday, June 27, 8 o'clock at night, a night game, the Mayor's Trophy game
A great cause, remember it will not be on TV
Right now we're going to the top of the third, a 3-2 ball game in favor of the Cardinals
The Mets are up and here for the play-by-play, Lindsey Nelson
Thank you very much, Ralph, and hello everybody
Ed Fursue, right-hand batter, in and waiting now as Nelson Pryle's right-hand pitchers starts to work
And the first pitch is in there for a call strike
Pretty good hand you got here at the new ballpark
Yeah, I'm not so old, these people remember
I'm going to ask you about this, it's set on the message board, Babe Ruth
Get to that in just a second here at the pitch
Breaking ball, hit on the ground foul back of third
It says Babe Ruth held the ground for six straight years, but the all-time record is held by Ralph Kahn with seven
You're in pretty good company right there
Man, that's fast company
You know, Lindsey, these fans here in St. Louis have always been great baseball fans
It was always a pleasure to play here because they were very fair, they gave you what you got
And it was really pleasurable, and they certainly have come out here in this new ballpark
And I'm sure that Dan Muger will attest to that, he really enjoyed playing here
Here's the swing and the miss
And Ed Fursue is the strikeout victim, that is the first strikeout tonight for Nelson Pryle
And it brings up Al Luplo, who has been up one time and hit into a fourth play
Well, if yesterday is any indication, this new ballpark is going to be the start of a brand new era
For baseball in St. Louis, which has been a great baseball town through the years
Because for the doubleheader yesterday, they had 44,940 paid here
Tremendous baseball crowd
Here is Rich Lowe for ball
The all-time record for a doubleheader in St. Louis was set back on July 12, 1931
45,770 on the Cardinal Claylee Chicago Cubs
Pitch to Luplo, and it's going to undergone to the right side
Racing over, his second baseman, Vucek, he makes a play on the front corner
And there are two men out, huddling up Ken Boyer
But first we pause for station identification, this is the New York Mets baseball network
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This is Lindsay Nelson with Ralph Kiner and Bob Murphy here at Luise Memorial Stadium in St. Louis
And it's Ken Boyer up, he's been up one time and fouled out to first base
Nelson Riles getting a shot to tell him to carve her
Pitch is lowing away
When the Cardinals opened up this ballpark against the Braves on the 12th of May, they drew 46,048
That of course is the largest crowd ever to see a baseball game in St. Louis
So they are well on the way, the new attendance records here in St. Louis
Here's a 1-0 pitch, and it's going on and fouled out to the left side amount of play, it's 1-1
And the old park, which was Portsmouth Park before it was Wich Stadium
The single game record was set by the Cardinals against the New York Giants on September 15, 1935, 41,284
Now the pitch to Boyer, and it's lowing away for a ball, 2-1
The Cardinals are leading here by a score of 3-2
Boyer in the top half of the third inning
Now breaking ball in on the ground, the short
Now Maxwell up with it, sidearm across to Frank Conner in time, and the side is out in order
Now Roger Snow hits the ball, it's not allowed, towards the end of 2-1, the Cardinals 3 and the Mets 2
Do you ever stop to think of how many lonesome travelers there are here in Yonder and how thirsty they get?
Well I am a lonely and a lonesome traveler
I am a lonely and a lonesome traveler
I've been to traveling all
I've traveled here and then I've traveled here
From California to New York, the American folk singer travels here in Yonder
carrying with him the music of the whole world and its people
And sometimes when the traveling gets thirsty, he puts down his guitar and accompanies himself with a cold beer, maybe Rheingold
And in New York City, where more songs and travelers stop than anywhere else in the world
More people buy Rheingold extra dry than any other beer
How come? Maybe it's the Oregon hops we use, who knows?
But we must be doing something right
Traveling all around
Kurt Flood will be coming up to lead off for the Cardinals
In the National League at the end of 2-8, the Philadelphia Phillies won, the Atlanta Braves won
Race short against Tony Kroneger
Murray hit a home run in the second with nobody on his 15th of season
At the end of two innings, the Dodgers won and the Houston Astros won
Don Dries dealt against Robin Roberts
The American League at the end of 7.5 innings, the Washington Senators 4 and the Cleveland Indians 2
O'Donoghue started the Cleveland Raddison 8
The pitch now to Flood is in there for a called strike
Speed record is pitching for Washington tonight, Rocky Calabito and Doug Camiglia then home run
The American League at the end of 4 innings, the Chicago Vites starts 1, the Kansas City A is nothing
Joel Harlan against Phil Stafford, Minnesota at California in a later start
Here's a drive to deep center field, but getting back under ease, it's Leon Johnson, he's there and he makes the catch
That was about 400 feet away from home plate
One away and that'll ring up Tito Francona, he's been up one time and he got it on first base on his 15th
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It's the Ringo Suncoast Park Music Festival with Lionel Hampton, Nebo Brummel, Theodore Michele, the Mitchell Trio, Miriam McKeibar, Jimmy Smith, Freddie and the Dreamers and lots more
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The pitch now is in for a called strike to Francona
Cardinals 3 and the Mets 2 with the cards batting in the bottom half of the 3rd inning
Dick Salmish pitch, that ball in there for a called strike, 2 strike count to the Cardinal 1st baseman
Who has filled in admirably at that position during the absence of Orlando Cepeda
Still out with an injury, he was struck by a drive during batting, struck over the eye
Breaking ball, far on it in the end of right field and Al Luplo is coming over on the run near the line, he's there and he caps and makes the catch
There are 2 men out on outfield flies and Tim Mcarvey is coming in, but at one time it has five balls to center to climb in the run, sacrifice the fly
This is essentially a 2 deck position, there is a thin press and club deck, but essentially just the lower deck and the upper deck
Now the pitch and it's far on, hits deep to center, way back, Leon Jones ranging back and he's there and he hauls Edmund down a good 400 feet from home plate
No runs, no hits, no errors, not left, short the end of 3, full innings, the Cardinals 3 and the Mets 2, now here's the word, time goal
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We're going now to the top half of the fourth inning and Cleon Jones will be up to lead off for the Mets
Cleon has set up one time, slammed a single into right field and laid it short the first Mets run
Nelson Brow did on the mound tonight for the Cardinals, single game here tomorrow night and then a single game on Wednesday night will conclude the current set
We'll be broadcasting tomorrow night and Wednesday of course and we'll be telemaging as well on Wednesday night
It's a travel day for the Mets as they move on to Chicago and then they take on the Cubs Friday afternoon, Saturday afternoon and the doubleheader on Sunday afternoon to conclude this home stand
Cleon Jones is the right hand batter as Nelson Brow looks in for the time from the cover, he dips into the windup and hears the pitch
The run is bowed on the first base line and out of play, Yogi Berra over to scoop it up
He's fired back out to Nelson Brow, Yogi Berra a native son of the city of St. Louis
Brad Block, one of the original baseball broadcasters who worked here in St. Louis was kidding Yogi on the field before the ballgame asking him how long it took on the phone to contact all his relatives when he came to St. Louis
Here's the pitch and it's high for a ball, one and one
That's got to be one of those don't call me I'll call you affairs
Yeah I'm afraid you're right
The Cardinals are leading the Mets by one run, three to two with the Mets batting in the top half of the fourth inning
One one pitch, it's in the air, the right center and moving out is Mike Shannon to make the catch that skid down but hikes on to the moment right through his knees as he took the curving line drive over to right field
Mike Shannon, hiking on to it, one away
That'll bring up his crane coolers, in up one time and drew a walk and laid a score
Crane pool is short, after the catch of a fly ball hit by Dick Selma to right field
Crane pool is batting average at two eleven
This playing field is located at the low ground level of the surrounding terrain
The general terrain is a little uneven, the playing field is from ten to thirty feet lower than the surrounding street, depending on which one of the surrounding streets you're talking about
Now the pitch is going on and it's in the air to center field, Kurt Flood coming in and he's there now and he makes the catch
Playing this game in the outfield, two away, Johnny Lewis is coming up now
In up one time, lying on the base at the right field to score the first med run, actually Tito Francona had first tried to flag it and got a glove on it, just enough to blow it up
Johnny Lewis batting number seven in the med batting order tonight
Now the pitch, outside for a ball, Charlie Smith who has been the regular third baseman for the Cardinals is still out with a broken finger
The red chain dates the same before the game that Smith will be out for a little while longer
Here's the pitch and it is in the air for a call strike, a breaking ball, one and one
Now the pitch is going on at mid, one and two
The press guide says that it is 414 feet to the center field back, manager Shane Dean said he happened to be here the day they surveyed it and he stood right with the surveyor and said how far is it
And he said 414.5, which is 414.5 feet, Shane Dean's the exact measurement
Here is the pitch high and tight, two and two, 330 feet down the line for the foul post and 386 feet up the power alley
Two two delivery, swung on and Smith he tried to check it and he's arguing the point of the call but Johnny Lewis has been struck out, the tie's out in order, no runs though, hits the letters, none left
The destroyer at the end of three and a half innings is Cardinals three and the Mets two
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Bottom half of the fourth inning and the Cardinals will have Mike Shannon up to lead off to face right hander Dick Selma who will be doing the pitching
Selma started, has been in all the way
I had hoped that young Dick Rustak would be taking a turn tonight, however he is still bothered with a little torn edge in the pitching arm
And so it is Selma tonight and Bob Shaw is ticketed to be on the mountain of the Mets tomorrow night
Here is Shannon, he's been up one time at a base hit, off the glove of Ed Pursue at shortstop that drove in a run
Dick Selma started to pop in and step off the rubber and Shannon not steps out of the batter's box
Here is a pitch that is in for a call strike
Joe Shoes is a sign man, at third for the Cardinals, Dick Sissler is on the lines at first
Now swinging the ground ball, that shortstop, Rizu is over, he throws on in time and Shannon is up
Rizu got rid of that in a hurry as he had to if he were to get the man and he did
Now Jerry Buczak is the second missman, he's been up one time and got it at second at first
All players in a new ballpark, a new surroundings are quick to try to pick up any characteristics about the surroundings
Sometimes they read the clue right, sometimes they read them wrong
Here's a breaking ball that is in for a call strike
Fred Cheney, it's the Cardinal manager, said it was their opinion that the ball carried very well down the line here
and very well up the power alley and left center
and that if there were a dead spot, it was in the power alley and right center
This is a curve ball that hits in front of the plate, bounce off the catcher's glove, one and one the count
Ballparks of course do have specific characteristics depending on when current, time of day and that sort of thing
and if you don't believe that, drop into Candlestick Park some afternoon at about 3 p.m.
Now the one-one-fifth and it's high for a ball
One man out and nobody on base for the card here in the bottom half of the fourth inning
Fastball, low and away misses everything, comes right on back to the screen
Three and one now
Cardinals are leading in the game by a score of three to two, they're batting here in the bottom of the fourth
Dixelma Thompson pitches and it's long and right back through the middle
Ah, center field for a base hit
Picked up out there by Cleon Johnson's layback, boot check with a single through the box
Darrell Maxwell coming up in a one-time grounder dodge towards the first
Here's a pitch and it's far out in line in the right field for a base hit
Wilcloth is over up with it, plays it in, holding it, second
It's boot checking on it, first is down Maxwell, he lined that one in the right field
So quickly the Cardinals are running it first and second and pitcher Nelson Briles coming up
Briles is up one time and he's struck out
He's been up 18 times this year and had one hit
So on the basis of statistics, one would expect Red Shane to have the sacrifice on here, let's see how it plays
Briles is reading the sign of George Joshua that's third right now
Boot check to second, Maxwell to first, the Cardinals have a one run lead in the bottom half of the fourth inning
Blue Brock on deck
Crane's a little moving on the edge of the grass for the message first, Boyer ready to charge it third
Here's the pitch and it's in there for a call strike
He was not in the running position there, he took the pitch
Now he's reading the sign again from Joshua to third
Shelmer steps off the rubber
Runners lead in first and second, the pitch, one out and missed, he took his full cut and now they count to him as two strikes
One man out here
Shelmer reading the sign of Katcher Hawk Taylor
Now runners lead, two strike pitch for Rouse to chopper to the left side, Boyer waits for it to come down fast to first the end time
Runners move up on the end field, that was a high chopper and Boyer had to wait for it to come down while Rouse was speeding down to first
But fortunately he cannot speed that fast, Boyer started on the path to get him
So runners at second and third and Blue Brock coming up, let's have that
In the American League a final score, Washington Senators 4, the Cleveland Indians 2, Pete Rickard all the way to get the win, John O'Donoghue started and took the loss
Calabito and Camille at home running the ball game, Rocky Calabito judge Camille
Blue Brock has walked and tripled so far in this game
No fans are starting with the applause, it's a good crowd here for a 29 ball game, it's a good crowd here for any night
Blue Brock again swinging at the batter's he waits for now, Shelmer takes a look at the runner at third, delivers the pitch and it is commented on the ground
Rouse on the outfield grass, first to first in time he's out, that ball was slammed hard by Blue Brock but Hunt Rain still to his left on the rim of the outfield grass came up with a one hand step
And through off to Craneville, then time to retire the side, Cardinals get no runs, there were two hits, no errors and two left in the short
The end of four innings is Cardinals 3 and the Mets 2 and here's Ralph Keiner
I'd like to remind you one more time that the Mets have an official set up now where you fans can meet your favorite ball player through the Mets Fan Club
Information and a list of dates available are available to you by writing Mets Fan Club, J Stadium, Washington, New York
The zip code number is 11368
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Some of the future dates are June 28, Jerry Grote when the Mets come back to play against Philadelphia Phillies
June 30 also against the Phillies, a night game on Thursday night
That'll be Dick Selma night, Dick's looking here tonight, 15 ball game with a score of 3-2 in favor of the Cardinals
July 1st, Johnnie Stevenson, July 29th, West Western
And when you come to the Fan Club room, the lady Mets club invites you to bring a used, not broken, toy
It will be sent to a hospital, an orphanage, in the name of the player you are visiting
Well, it's the top of the fifth in a ball game that is being witnessed by a tremendous crowd here on Monday night
In this brand new ball park here in St. Louis, fine ball park
And the ball players were very strong in their comments about the condition of the playing field and the overall beauty of the ball park before the ball game
Right now the ball game going on and once again here's Lindsey Nelson
And now the field draft, it's going to be Hawk Taylor after leadoff, he's been up one time and hits the fly ball to center
Short center field, he would not leave enough score to claim the third at the time
That's a trail by one run and Nelson Frouse is reading the sign of catcher and co-captain Phil McCarver
Frouse pitches, hot-sizing off the end of the glove, McCarver and all the way back is ball one
The gateway arch is visible beyond the left field wall here at Bush Memorial Stadium
The new big landmark of the city of St. Louis
Frouse pitches low for a ball
Lindsey after your journey to the top of the dome and the Astrodome and broadcasting from there
I imagine any day now you'll be taking the climb up to the top of the arch and broadcasting the game from there
You know the funny thing, I got a letter from Jim Toomey, the Public Relations Director of the Cardinals
When the park was open saying we think you can just see enough of the playing field from the top of the arch
Here's a swing and a ground ball to third, take him there by Gagliano, it's late across now, in time
All-Star has grounded on third to first, that will bring up Dick Selma who has been up one time and has a sacrifice by the right field
The Cardinals have three runs on six hits and the Mets have two runs on three hits
The Cardinals have three runs on the bottom of the first inning and the Mets would like to get two in the top of the second
Bidget is in there for a call strike for Selma
We wonder about Dick Selma because he has been a switch hitter in the major leagues and he quit batting from the left-hand side when he got hit in the right elbow
Now he's batting from the right-hand side against the right-hander and he's done better this way than he did the other way
He drove in a run
That's right
He's got his money's way on and this is, he was starting to push that one up the first place line
Two strikes, not a Selma
Well since he is a right-hand pitcher one with Christian Olmsted, the right-hand stance is his natural one
I'll be some right-hand pitcher turning over that left-hand side, would you believe it, side armor?
Two strike delivery, breaking ball hit on the ground is short
Big hopped up there to Maxville and he plays across the line to Conor A. and Tan
Two ways
And that will bring up the leadoff man Ron Hud who is down and out inside the right so far
Hud will take a little time before coming up, I don't allow a Selma to get back into the dugout
Get a little breather before he's tapping him to go to work again
That is of course a medieval St. Louis area
Lives and overlaps for Tury
Here's a breaking ball and a tinnia for a Carl Streit
Two men out, nobody on base with the Mets batting in the top half of the fifth inning
Alright, Tracy Stallard working for the Cardinals against Bob Shaw on the Mets
Here's a breaking ball, low, one and one
Nelson Brow's pumps and pitches
This miss is low and away, two balls and one strike
As Bob Murphy pointed out this new stadium is located very near the banks of the Mississippi River
In downtown St. Louis
Two-one delivery and it is in there, Brock Hall strike
The stadium is the main feature of the first phase of a $51 million improvement program in this downtown area
Bob's getting a pass from the Carver and a 2-2 pitch, the slow-run and foul-back out of play, count of holes at two and two
Other features of the improvement program in this area besides the stadium
are a multi-level parking structure which is now being constructed to accommodate 7,400 automobiles
Bob's getting a pass from the Carver and a 2-2 pitch, the slow-run and foul-back out of play, count of holes at two and two
Other features of the improvement program in this area besides the stadium
are a multi-level parking structure which is now being constructed to accommodate 7,400 automobiles
The stadium is the main feature of the first phase of the improvement program in this area
The stadium is the main feature of the first phase of the improvement program in this area besides the stadium
The pitch is low for a ball
And most of the ball players spent at least part of the afternoon watching the playoff between Bill Casper and Arnold Palmer
for the National Open Championship won by Billy Casper with a four-stroke margin over Palmer
The stadium is the main feature of the first phase of the improvement program in this area besides the stadium