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The 1971 Major League Baseball All-Star Game took place at Tiger Stadium in Detroit on Tuesday, July 13, 1971.
This was the third time that Detroit had hosted the All-Star Game. It was known as Briggs Stadium in both 1941 and 1951.
The starting lineup of each team included six future Hall of Famers, as well as both of the managers.
The National League was managed by Cincinnati's Sparky Anderson, who won the National League pennant with the Reds in his first season as manager at the age of 36.
The American League was managed by Baltimore's Earl Weaver, who won the World Series in 1970, his third year with the club at the age of 39.
This audio recording is from the NBC Radio broadcast featuring announcer Jim Simpson and Sandy Kofax.
Hello everyone from Tiger Stadium in the Black Michigan. This is Jim Simpson with Sandy Kofax and welcome to the 42nd All-Star Baseball Game.
The National League has won the last eight in a row, 12 of the last 13, not counting as five back in 1961.
And after one time treading 12 to four after the 1949 game, now the National Lakers find themselves with a 23 to 17 bulge over the American League.
At the American Lakers, who will start Young By The Blue tonight, will try to break that scheme at eight.
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Tiger Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, shortly after 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The temperature is 86 degrees. The wind will be effective here tonight.
At least we think so. It is a 23 miles out of the west, gusting to 33 miles. And Tiger Stadium, Detroit, is the hitter's ballpark and it is growing right toward right field.
And it's only 325 down that right field line with the upper deck projecting 15 feet closer to the infield.
Tiger Stadium right now, with sun still shining in parks of right field and down the right field line.
The lights have been on for more than an hour. They're spraying the infield and lining the infield and the outfield. Soldiers and sailors and air force and Marines, all carrying American flags.
The color guard out in center field and the outfield tonight for the first time in our memory of All-Star play has stars at left, center and right.
They are red, white and blue. Waiting the introduction of the 42nd All-Star squad of the National American League and of course the playing and singing of our National Anthem.
The National Anthem
Well, I said that Santa Cofax is with me and Sandy as the National Ligger, 8 in a row, 12 of the last 13, 23 to 17 the National Liggers lead and with a loan up that starts off with Woody Mays, second only to Babe Ruth in hitting home runs, followed by Hank Aaron, third only to Babe Ruth hitting home runs and followed by Tori Stardes, McCovey and Bench.
The Lenders are all in for the American Lurgs. It's hard to say why the National League has had this dominance in the last few years. I do know having been a member at one time of the National League squad, there's a great pride in the All-Star game.
The players take pride in it. For many years the American League led the National League in All-Star victories and the players in the National League felt like they wanted to do something about it. I'm sure now that the National League is 1, 8 in a row, I would have to think that the American League is out to end that sort of thing.
I think each league always feels that their league is the best one and it's awfully important to the players and I think this year will be no different. As you said the National League has that great power in the lineup but when you come down to a single game or short series, I think pitching pretty much can dominate and alter the course of the ball game.
As you said this is a left-hand hitters ballpark. The American League in this game has four left-hand pitchers on their pitching staff. The National League only has one. That could be a big factor in the series.
The fact that a young man by the name of Vida Blue is starting for the American League could be a big factor also. I think this summer he's become the most exciting name in baseball and I think it'll be great for the public and for the National League to get to take a look at this fine left-hand adventure.
Now down the left-hand line right now where the American League bullpen is, Vida Blue is warming up and of course he has that chili green and white uniform of Charlie Finley's Oakland Athletics.
And Vida Blue leads the American League and all the major leagues in pitching with 17 victories thus far. He also leads in Erlen Average 1.42 and is a switch hitter.
I bring that up because Doc Ellis, the right-hander for the National League from the Pittsburgh Pirates, leads the National League in victories with 14, leads the National League in Erlen Average with 2.10 and like Vida Blue is a switch hitter.
In a moment we're going to hear a conversation between Sandy and both Vida Blue and Doc Ellis tonight's starting pitchers.
I remind you that tonight's game is being beamed by radio. The Mexico, Aruba, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, the Virgin Islands, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colombia, Canada, El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, Ursa, Panama, Venezuela, and Honduras.
And our friends at the American Forces Radio Network are broadcasting this game around the world on some 400 stations.
First here in the United States, the NBC Radio Network of 234 stations is sharing the game plus 100 non-affiliated stations. And we greet the many millions who are listening here and abroad, and I'm sure as they begin to introduce the National League All-Stars now, you are going to have quite an evening.
And that is quite an ovation they gave what they made. But the subject of static go-fax brought up is pitching. And as we said, he talked to Vida Blue before the game.
Vida Blue not yet 22 years old, 17 victories. The American League starting pitcher tonight, and here is that conversation.
One, two, three, four, that's no fun.
Vida's been a great, happy year for you so far. Now tonight you're going to start your first All-Star game. Is there any difference between the All-Star game going into it and the rest of the season so far?
We all say you're facing a whole different lineup. There are eight, or even nine guys that are capable of hitting the ball out of the ballpark for a long ways.
And you have to go out with them in mind that you've got to respect these guys and just try to make them hit your pitches and hope that they keep their sides of the ballpark on the whole.
Hope that they hit the ball at some point.
If you're starting this game, you know you can only go three innings at the most. You think that there's a possibility you might go with a fast ball even a little bit more than you would in a normal ball game, knowing you don't have to finish it?
That's true, Sandy. Knowing that I am going only three innings, I can't go out and maybe try to hop up as we say sometime.
I may just throw maybe even a hundred percent fast ball. It all depends on the batters themselves. The fair time in my fast ball may go to my change-up ball, may go to my curve ball.
Like I said, all depends on the type of pitching that I'm doing. I just might make them hit my breaking pitch.
Earlier this season, I saw you pitch in Minneapolis and against the Twins. The first time I'd ever seen you, and what really amazed me was your control.
Is this something that happened all of a sudden or have you always had good control?
Well, I pitch in courts. I think I would have to contribute it to him. He opposed that. He's done a magnificent job with me.
He knows me better than anyone else in baseball. He works with me every chance. I think it was really paid off.
My control has been just super amazing. I'm going to provide good luck to you tonight. We look forward to seeing you the rest of the season in the Divisional Playoffs, maybe even a World Series and an All-Star game next year.
Okay, Sandy, that sounds good. Thank you.
We have been listening in on a conversation between the greatest left-hander of the mall, Sandy Kofak, and a promising young left-hander tonight's starting pitcher, 21-year-old, the fighter Blue.
Doc Ellis of the Pittsburgh Pirates, the 14-game winner, continues to warm up out of the National League both then, and Doc did not expect to start tonight's ball game.
As a matter of fact, Sparky Anderson, the coach, I should say the manager of Cincinnati, called Danny Murtaugh, the manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates,
and was told that Doc Ellis probably would pitch Saturday and perhaps Sunday, where if I'm Sparky said, well, if that's the case, he will not be able to start on Tuesday night.
But as that Eastern Division in the National League opened up and the Pirates took a pretty good lead, they now lead by 10 big games over the New York Mets,
Ellis was able to be rested over the weekend, and thus Sparky, Chains, is behind, and Doc Ellis is the starting pitcher tonight.
The throws you hear are for Earl Weaver on the Baltimore Orioles. The reason being, and Weaver is laughing about it,
when it's proved now that the Baltimore Orioles, the big first baseman, was not selected in his initial selection of other players, Weaver did not pick the first favorite first baseman, Norm Cash.
Cash is now on the spot, and that's why Earl Weaver got the move. But the substitute we said is pitching, and Doc Ellis is starting tonight, and Sandy Kofack's talk with the Pittsburgh Pirates quite handed.
Doc, I know this is your first off-star game. What do you think, like you're coming out here now, going to start the off-star game?
Well, it's a thrill to be here, and before I started, it was an honor to be picked as a starting pitcher. I mean, you know how I feel, and I can't say anything.
What I can say is that I want to get out there and pitch. What about the hitters? Do you normally, during the years, go over the hitters, you worry about knowing the hitters, and just a little bit difficult for you tonight,
or you just sort of go out there, try and get to do it, the spots, with your best stuff?
Basically, that's what I'm going to do, Sandy. I'm going to try to put my best stuff on two spots, and as you know, I've never seen any of the hitters,
but if they win my league, I would have a book on them, but I'm going to scratch today.
Well, you haven't pitched one in six days, I believe. I think you're having too much rest up to search you.
Well, as you know yourself, that sometimes a lot of reps can hurt you, and sometimes you can come back and throw real good with it, but I don't know, that's just to be seen.
Well, Doc, all I can say is good luck, and I know it's your first one, and I'm sure it won't be the last one. Good luck to you for many years.
I need a holdout about you. Thank you, Doc.
The introductions of the American League All-Cars continue, and Doc Ellis continues to warm up, and the bullpen along the right field line by the blue continues to throw down the left field line.
Most of the American Lakers have now been introduced, and now here come the rest of the American League squad, out to the third base line.
The National League waiting patiently along the first base line, and as we said, ringing the infield and the outfield.
Servicemen and women from all forces waiting now for the playing and singing of our National Anthem.
Norm Cash, whom Earl Weaver neglected to pick, as we were telling you before the Doc Ellis interview, got a standing ovation from the more than 52,000 here at Tiger Stadium in Detroit.
This is the third All-Star game to be played in Detroit. Back in 1941, everybody remembers the ninth inning home run hit by young Ted Williams, or Cloud Class O, that won the game for the American League 7-5.
And in 1951, ten years later, the National League won that game by a score of 8-3.
They're now introducing Cookie Rojas, the name of the holders of the Kansas City Royals, Marty Patten of the Breweries.
As we said, this is the 42nd annual All-Star game. The National League leads 23-17, and the big story tonight is that the American League, without catcher Ray Foster, without first baseman Boo Powell,
without the League's leading hitter, right-sealer Tonya Leaver, all of whom have had to beg off because of injury, the American League is going to try to break that eight-game losing streak.
In a moment, we'll have the National Anthem and Charlie Garenge will toss out the first baseball. And as usual for all important baseball games, there are not four but rather six umpires who are now walking out below us.
Behind the plate from the American League will be Frank Humont, the veteran All-Star umpire of the staff. It is fourth. At first base from the National League, Paul Clark.
J.C.O. Donald of the American League will be at second base. At third base, Doug Harvey from the National League, down the left field line, Nick Colossi of the National League, and now on the right field line, Don Denkinger of the American League.
Now, we have just seen that one of the Marines who was standing out attention holding a flag, apparently has suffered a case of nevices or heat prostration has been led away.
But now we stand for the flag and singing by Robert Taylor of our National Anthem.
Well, there's an impressive sight here at Tiger Stadium in Detroit and we cannot help but call. The last time we were in Detroit for a game of importance such as this, the 1968 World Series, in which the Tigers down three games to one came back on the strong left arm of Mickey Lovitch to win the series four games to three.
And the orders of Lovitch will pitch for final two innings of the night's ball game. White and blue expected to start and will start the American League. Our colors for the National League.
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Jim Simpson was standing go back Charlie Garinger, a Hall of Famer from Detroit has just toughed out the first ball to build free handers. The court catcher has Earl Weaver, a Baltimore and Sparky Anderson of Cincinnati are meeting with the umpire.
The fourth, the teeny Farragona and the 12 year old champion Wallace, the second, the second. The umpire, as we said, Frank Humano, the American League behind the place, Paul Farth, the National League at first, Jake LaDonnell, the American League at second, Doug Harvey, the National League at third,
Nick Colossi at the National League and left and Don Denkinger of the American League in right. And the American League off stars have taken the field. Don Cash of Detroit at first base, Rod Carreau of Minnesota at second,
Larissa Haparishio of the Boston Red Sox at shortstop Brooks Robinson at third base from Baltimore, Carl Yastrinsky the Red Sox and left Bobby Mercer of the Yankees and centers, Frank Robinson the Orals and right, Bill Priyana, Detroit behind the plate and fighter blue of the Oakland A's now taking a warm up pitch.
The National League starting lineup at a moment, but first we call it 10 seconds for station identification.
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Again with Santa Cofac, Jim Zinson and here is that National League starting lineup. Again we point out this out of the Willie Mays with 642 lifetime homeruns second only to Babe Ruth leads it off and plays center field.
This is the seventh time that Mays has let off an off-tar game for the National League and Hank Aaron is in right field in youth 20 at off-tar game and he is third only to Babe Ruth with 616 lifetime homeruns.
Joe Choi the National League's leading hitter bats third and plays at third base. Willie Starchel 30 homeruns 87 RBIs the batting average of 320. His homerun and RBIs lead at the Major League will play left field and bat cleanup.
Willie McCovey of the Giants will be at first base. Johnny Bench some question about his left wrist is alright and will be behind the place batting sixth. Glenn Beckert of the Chicago Cubs at second base batting seventh.
But Haroldson of the New York Mets makes his first start as an all-star shortstop and Mark Ellis is one 14 and lost three will be on the mound.
And as Vada Blue warms up and the umpires talk things over with Sparky Anderson and Earl Weaver standing go back to that. I know you've been watching with interest the warm-up of Vada Blue.
Tim I love watching fellow who can throw his heart as blue dead. He's got a great fastball. We saw him earlier this year. He doesn't throw the curveball that much.
I don't believe tonight he will. He has a little bit of advantage here on the hitters. They haven't seen him and I think that's always an advantage for the pitcher.
Sandy now let's see if we can pick up Frank Uman on the manager.
That's his home run. If it comes back it's in place. The left field ball line is the same way. The ball pattern is the same way also. Now the strip go in where it's exposed with the white shirt that is going to sweep the field in the fifth inning.
We'll pull it down. Alright.
Get him. Get him. Get him. Get him.
Pull it down. Alright.
Get him. Get him.
Now the top is in play. Alright. If it goes behind we won't call it. Get up on the red jump.
That's right. He can make a catch on it.
Now also the dugout has got to go in. The same way as you. Gentlemen good luck for both of you.
Thank you.
I'm not. How do we get out of here?
Thank you.
Those are the words of Frank Uman. Have you ever wondered what goes on at home plate?
Well that's Uman talking to Earl Weaver.
Adam Sparky Anderson.
The man in the middle of the game steps up 14 home runs from the year. 39 RBIs. The right hand is battered. As they say, a legend in his own time he is still playing. Frank Uman dusts out the plate to repeat the temperature is 86 degrees.
Wind will be a factor. Out of the west at 23 miles an hour dusting to 33 and that means that it is blowing right towards that inviting upper deck in right field.
facing each other in the 42nd All-Star game.
Blue the left-hander who's won 17 and lost 3.
Ready with his first pitch comes in with a fastball strike.
Let it out.
This is, of course, an American league down.
And the crowd will be wide.
As long as Blue and the American Lakers are doing well.
Another fastball, ground ball to the shortstop.
That's how Peperico has it and throws on the first base in Orham-Town.
And there's 1-0.
Blue 17 victories as the most of the pitchers had in an All-Star break.
The previous high was 16 by Bobby Feller back in 1941
and Palmer to twice-hacker.
Jenny McLean now as the senator back in 1968.
Now here is Hank Aaron and they're making an announcement right now
that for the second consecutive year,
Hank has received the most votes of you fans in the All-Star melody.
And as a special travel this afternoon,
received the Gillette Award of 65, well, as unprecedented, accomplishment.
Here is Aaron, 660 lifetime home runs, 314 is average, 24 home runs this year,
67 RBI.
One up top of the first.
Aaron, like Mays, and Toyota Fottle, are right-handed batters.
Blue, disposed of what he made on the ground ball, comes in with a fastball.
But the knees this time and it's like 1-0.
And certainly he has thrown the ball right down the pike to both Mays and us.
And you know, that looked like it was a very good pitch.
It looked like it might have been on the outside quarter at the knees,
which is tough for any batter to hit.
Breaking pitch, 1-high hot.
The Brooks Robinson, a third base gunner on the first, then there's the second half.
Also, that first pitch to Aaron looked like a better fastball than Byte had thrown to Mays.
The first two fastball he threw to Mays didn't look like he threw as hard as we had seen him throw earlier this season.
But that one to Henry Ayer and was the good fastball.
Well, here is Joe Chory leading the National League, 359, 14 home runs, 65 RBI.
And those of you who have not been in the States or watched National League ball in some time,
be advised that Joe weighs about 25 pounds less than the last time he's gone.
The fastball gets him up around the letters again. He started out Mays, Aaron and Chory with fastballs all for called strikes.
This is the first time the smashers of course have faced Byte Blue.
Most of them haven't even seen him in the spring training.
Another fastball fouled back to the screen.
We've talked about Chory in the past where we've seen him throw as a good fastball hitter.
In this line up for the National League, he may be the one player who gives Byte for the American League the most trouble.
He doesn't try and pull the ball as good power to the opposite field in the right center.
And with the wind blowing out in right field there, he could be a problem today.
Here's strike counter Chory as Blue shakes off the side from Bill Frihan.
Byte already in for another fastball. Hit off the test high in the short center field in comes Bobby Mercer out goes Rock, Chory,
Chory there, Mercer there, Chory takes it, but the third out and Byte Blue has done quite a job.
Aaron hits the road. He gets to the order.
At the end of one half inning of play, the National League nothing, the American League coming to bat.
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From Tiger Stadium in Detroit, this is Sandy Kofax with Jim Simpson. For the last sitting, Vita Blue
looks like he's looked every other time we've seen him.
Unruffles at Good Stuff work rather easily. A very fine first sitting for the young left hander.
Now for the National League, pitching will be Doc Ellis. As we talked about earlier, he's had six days rest.
Sometimes that can hurt a pitcher, sometimes it's good, it depends on the individual.
Doc has good stuff like Vita Blue, the good fastball and good breaking pitches too.
And he's having a fine year with his 14 wins.
Ellis will pitch first to Ron Caru, hitting a 283 and a fifth consecutive all-star game in five years in the Major League.
Over the last 25 games, Ron had a four-star, has come on strong, hitting at a 4-22 face.
Left hander batter from the Minnesota Gwyn.
Whatever copy of San Francisco at first base, Glenn Becker of the Chicago Cups at second, but Halston of the New York Method short,
Joe Troy of the Cardinals at third, will he start with the far left, will he maze with the Giants out in center,
Hank Aaron of the Braves at right, Johnny Bench, Simpson's 90 behind the plate, and Ellis ready to face Ron Caru with Bobby Mercer of the
80s on deck. Scallis last at the first inning right hander throws, and it's ball one to the left hander, Ron Caru.
I don't believe checking back, Sandy, that Blue threw anything but strikes.
There's ball two from Ellis, the Caru.
You might think you're right, I don't remember any balls with two or three pitches taken, the rest were swung at, and I don't think you threw a ball in the inning.
Going all the cops to Caru, let's see if he's swinging, he has ground ball on two hops at the second baseman's back end of Chicago,
crosses all the way to McCuffey, and Caru is out.
So I think you can almost throw away a little bit of the rules of baseball.
You don't see too many take signals given in an all-star game.
You've got hitters like you do in this lineup, you let them hit almost all the time, possibly in the last inning or two if it's a tie ball game,
you might be willing to use a little bit more strategy, but this is a game for the fans, and you let the players do their job.
Bobby Mercer from New York Yankees left-handed batter takes a strike at the knees, another.
Mercer's second in the American League in hitting to Tony Aliva.
Aliva with his 3-74 average home with a bum knees. Mercer, the Yankees starting in centerfield tonight.
60-0 runs, 50-IVI's takes a high-fast ball, and it's one ball, one strike.
Scordas were in the last of the first inning, Tiger Stadium, Detroit.
The Sonners almost disappeared from the stadium. They are on standard time here in Detroit,
and as we said, the lights have been on since 0-1-hour before the ball game.
So, out of little quiet, now change and pull the way foul to the right down the right field line.
The line's that portion of the right field stand still somewhat baged in sunlight.
How does something on the Boston Red Sox yield on that?
Looking around that National League infield, there have been no National League errors in the last eight games.
And you can turn that around, but National League has not lost in the last eight games.
Now, out of play again, Bench comes back thinking he may have a chance.
This is a strange ballpark for him, but it is upstairs.
Bobby Mercer, the only starter, not counting some of the pitchers, who has never played in an all-star game.
Bobby says that everybody, because he came from Oklahoma, expected him to be another Mickey Matley.
He said, I'm not this year, I'm trying to just go with the pitch instead of pulling everything,
and my 3-41 average has given me a good start.
Fastball outside at low, it is two balls, two strikes to Mercer.
Mercer also says that he is always a fast starter.
He cannot predict what he will do in the second half of this American League season.
Gallards to the Pirates ready and throws fastball down the middle.
We have the first pitch in the night.
Mercer also like Mickey Matley, tied with the Yankees as a shortstop.
Here is Carl Dostromsky, hitting a 273-11 home run, 49 RBI's, and Carl has been in the news for another reason.
Billy Koneglioff, single-nose Carl Dostromsky the other day for a training of his brother Tony Koneglioff
in California, the training of Ken Heldt.
Dostromsky said, the NBC tonight before the game, I tried hard by 10 years in the American League,
and in my mind, in my heart, I've never caused anyone to be traded or to be fired.
There's a strike to Dostromsky on the outside corner.
Carl quite upset about the story.
He said, we at the Red Sox have simply buckled on play ball and try to win that penalty.
One out, Mercer at first base, Dostromsky the left-hander, facing Doc Ellis.
And for Dostromsky with great power, like to Mercer and Karoo, I'm sure that right field of course,
upstairs at XM15, Deter playing the other, Mighty Inviting, found out a play.
325 down that right field line.
340 down the left field line here at Tigers Stadium.
440 to deep center field with the power outage in left, 365 in right, 370 feet.
Two strikes to Dostromsky.
One out, Mercer being held on at first by Willie McCuff.
Doc Ellis working his one, 14 and lost three.
Dostromsky stands deep in the right spot, closed down, changed on the ball, high hopper,
to the second baseman Becker who has to go to first.
Dostromsky is out with Mercer and moves on now to second.
And that brings up Plank Robbins, the most valuable player in the National League,
the most valuable player in the American League.
And in his last 21 at bats, with the ball to the ball to the ball, he's been in at a 476th flip.
He's 10th All-Star game, he had six over the National League, and this is his fourth with the American League.
And since 1961, Plank hasn't had a hit at All-Star play, 0 for 13, looking to drive it around.
Takes loan in the dirt, blocked nicely by Johnny Vetsch. Mercer with a good lead off the second baseman.
Throughout last of the first, no score, the 42nd All-Star game in right-handed Frank Robinson with all kinds of records.
Triple crowd winner in 66th his first year in the American League.
Ball up the middle, overcomes Dalson, a flick dealer from the net, throws on the first baseman as Robinson,
and the American League goes down. No unsponyeth, no errors, and Bobby Mercer left at second base.
At the end of one, the National League nothing, the American League nothing.
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Jim Simpson with Santa Cofax Fockets, Tigers Stadium top of the second, and what a confrontation we have now.
Woody Stardale standing in left-handed batter, 30 home runs, 87 RBI's against By the Blue, whose first pitch is a breaking pitch that hit Woody Stardale.
And Stardale becomes the first National League Baseballer.
Chile, I think Stardale, if he's going to get hit by By the Blue, is lucky to get hit by the curveball.
That's all to get right through you.
It was interesting to see what By the Blue would do.
Stardale doesn't really like the curveball from the left-hand pitchers that much, and By the Blue went with the curveball there.
I was wondering if he would, because of the fact that he does have the good fastball tonight, but he didn't get it over and hit Welling.
Woody McCubby, this time at the Giants first baseman, takes the fastball up high.
That matters for a one with Stardale on his first base, no score, here in the second inning.
Walter Alston, band-aids for the manager of the Dodgers, coaching his first base.
Preston Gomez used to be a coach for the Dodgers, now managing San Diego's potteries, coaching his third.
Lew back with the fastball, and does McCubby have a cut-off that strike one?
Tim Sparkey Anderson was a coach under Preston Gomez at San Diego, the first year of San Diego.
I'm sure that's why Sparkey has chosen Preston and played for Walton for many years in the Dodger organization.
I think Sparkey said that the two most important men in baseball to him were Walton Preston.
Another fastball, right up the knees, and McCubby takes another big swing.
One ball, two strikes, Johnny Bench on deck.
By the blue, never threw a pitch that wasn't swung out, or a called strike in the first inning.
He started off the second inning, throwing a curve inside that hit Willie Stardale,
and his next pitch was the high fastball to McCubby.
But since that time, he's given him two dandy fastballs at the knees.
Another fastball, he's called out on strike. First strike out for By the blue.
Sure, that looked like the best fastball blue at the moment.
He had just a little bit of extra on that, and when McCubby squawked her,
I'm sure it was in a good spot. Sometimes it's a little difficult to tell from the announcing booth just where the pitch is.
Johnny Bench hitting at 250, and that's much below John's average, but he does have those 18 home runs, 37 RBI.
Most viable plan in the National League a year ago.
An important cognizant, that big red machine, which has been rattling and rumbling along this year,
not doing well at all, with a record of 41 wins and 51 losses.
Blue is ready, fastball, hit high in the air, Bill Freehand comes back, first base side, looks up,
and it falls about three rows deep in the lower deck. Strike one to Bench.
Stardale hit by the pitch on her first and is called a game.
Freehand at Detroit is starting because Ray Fossey of Cleveland is injured.
Norm Cash at first base, because Brooke Pallabaldamore is injured.
Mercer has made it into the outfield and has gone to center because Antonio Leibos is injured.
One strike to Johnny Bench with Glenn Becker to the Cubs on deck.
Blue ready, throws a fastball, hit high and hit deep. Back goes Mercer looking up, over 400 feet away.
Home run, Johnny Bench's second and all-star play and the nationally sixth to lead, two-nothin'.
Two and that ball was really hit a long way to the opposite field.
The numbers on the fence are 415 feet. That was in right-center field in the upper deck.
And I knew Bench was strong, but I didn't know he was that strong.
Johnny Bench on his first all-star game, played in Washington a couple of years ago,
and a home run the first time up, and then later hit a single and a second time up,
continues to be a big man from the National League.
By the blue, who on his last appearance went 11 innings and struck out 17 California angels,
has given up a mammoth to run blast to Johnny Bench.
To nothing, and here's Glenn Becker, who went out on the top of the second.
Becker right-handed hitter takes a fastball for the Needs, like one.
To that pitch by blue was up and out over the plate. It looked like it might have been on the outside part of the plate to Bench.
And I think when you get the ball up, that's a dangerous spot.
So if you're going to throw the high fastball, you'd like to have it in on the hitter a little bit.
It's a lot tougher to handle.
Back with a breaking pitch. Drill the left field.
Over goes Mercer, and left-center field near the warning track, 400 feet away, and halves it in.
Ball the second out.
Now, butthelveson, no home runs on the year 268, but in talking to Sparky Anderson, if it matter anybody in the National League,
they will say this is Mr. Slickfield. Butthelveson, but if that, he now he edged out Chicago's Don Kessinger,
who was on the squad for the shortstop position.
To nothing, the National League on Bench's home run.
We're on the top of the second attacker state in Detroit.
Fastball, another strike. This time to help. We were seeing Vita Blue for the first time.
Darkeller's warm-up jacket on, swinging a couple of bats on deck.
The American League crowd attacker stayed in, a little quiet after that last five-bench foul back on the fastball by Helpson,
and he's quickly down to blue 0-2.
The American League has walked eight in a row, 12 of the last 13, close to one-to-one tie in 1961.
They're trying to reverse that trend, but the National League is broken on top of that foul.
Another fastball fouled away by the blue God, what he made,
is a two-point attack here, and Joe Choi in the first inning, but then it began to get to him.
What he started with, hit and Bench delivered, but that manoplast into the second back, in right center field.
Two strikes through Helpson, who was a switch-hitter batting right-handed,
and there's one of a few breaking pitches we've seen from Vita Blue,
thrown in the dirt, one ball to strike.
Blue told Sandy before the game he might go exclusively fastball,
he saw one of them blast to the high and deep.
Comes back with a fastball this time, hits the right field, out there's Frank Robinson,
very short right field, but Robinson scarcely three-and-a-feet away, and has it for the third out,
but two runs scored on Johnny Bench's home run, the only hit, no errors, none left.
We move to the last of the second, the national league too, the American league, nothing.
Excuse me sir, are you gay-lurged, Perry?
What do you think I'm doing out here on the mound? What are you doing out here?
There's a ball game going on.
Yeah, and your pitching is just great, not here. Take this pack of Gillette Plattenham-Plus plays.
Oh yeah, I use Plattenham-Plus, real smooth shade.
Go to the ball, Perry!
Beauty! Now raise your right hand and repeat after me. Hi, Gaylord Perry.
Hey, I got a ball game to pitch.
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Right, they shave smoother, and smoothness is important in shaving, just like in pitching.
Excuse me. Now look what you made me do.
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Get off of my mound.
From Tiger Stadium in Detroit, this is Sandy Kofax with Jim Simpson at your 40 seconds annual All-Star game.
The blue mate, the one bad fish, looked in that and he got the fastball up and out away from Bench.
Bench went with it. I don't know if he really went with it or he was throwing so hard he was swinging behind it.
But he hit it very hard and gives the National League a two run lead.
Well, here's Norm Cash, as you perhaps have judged by it was the crowd.
As we said, the blue foul was voted their first baseman by the fans.
The players voted Norm Cash.
And then when foul couldn't play, Earl Weaver, manager of the American League All-Stars, did not immediately pick Cash.
Only later, after someone else was into the pick norm, who fouls off the first pitch from Doc Ellis like one.
Good or nothing, the National League has one hit, but it's a two run blast by Johnny Bench.
The American League has one hit, a single up the middle by Bobby Mercer.
Cash, a left handed hitter, 20 home runs tied with Bill Mouson for the American League lead.
Slow change up at the knees.
The late foul by Frank Humard and the Tiger fans didn't like it.
It's two strikes to their favorite Norm Cash.
Cash hitting a 293 on the year, 49 RBI.
Dollar's ready back with a fast ball and strikes out Cash on a low list.
I think in defense of Earl Weaver in that situation of not picking Cash immediately,
Weaver said that he had three or four different players who could play first base.
He didn't feel like he needed a second first baseman, but Norm's having such a good year.
I guess everybody felt it was a bad flight to him.
Brooks Robinson hitting a 294, 10 home runs, 54 RBI's in need.
I remind you about last year's World Series.
It's the first pitch under Toys Club.
Halston in the hole makes a long throw and gets Robinson's beautiful play by Halston.
And there's that slick feeling that the National Lakers were talking about.
Brooks Robinson doesn't have great speed to start with,
but Halston made a very fun play on it.
It's awfully difficult to go into the hole and come up throwing, but he did.
He did it with a strong and a very accurate throw,
which enables Willie McCovey to give it the big stretch.
Willie being about six foot five can do that, and they got Brooks on a fine play.
Bill Freehand, the Detroit catcher in the lineup.
Because of the fact that we said Ray Fawcett of Cleveland is not injured.
Two outs, last of a second to nothing, the National League fast ball from Ellis, he is outside.
Freehand, this is his seventh consecutive game, his sixth consecutive start, starting only because Fawcett is not here.
From left to right on the outfield, Stardew and left maze and center, Aaron and Wright.
Around the infield, McCovey, Beckett, Halston and Torrey, bench behind the plate and Doc Ellis
ready to throw on a one and old count with two outs to fill Freehand and gets a strike call.
Hardly a crowd in the sky, and as of yesterday when we arrived in Detroit, there was word that we were going to have thunderstorms.
They changed their mind today. Freehand holds one deep and left, Stardew goes back, and is at the wall and halts it in for the third outs.
Three hundred and seventy feet away for the American League.
The run hits the errors, unlawfully.
Now gone two full innings, and now it's only two, the American League, nothing.
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That is blue. Back for his third and final town on the mound, warms up now with Don Dupert of Baltimore.
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Tim, we've got a change for the National League right now. The manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Danny Murtaugh, is coaching at First Base.
I don't know if Danny's going to coach very long. There's been some worry about his health, so he may just be out there for one inning just to make his appearance at the All-Star Game.
It looks like in the National League, both men, we've got a little action starting, and it looks like the fine right-hander from the San Francisco Giants won Maryshaw.
What an adjective to use in discussing one, Danny Pine. What a fine right-hander he is with all different kinds of pitches.
You can talk about that when he comes out, but in the meantime, the National League shuttered Doc Ellis standing in the face of White A Blue,
and he starts him with a high-fastball outside at ball one. On deck, here's what he made.
As you know, in All-Star Games, those who have voted to start must play at least three innings.
The pitchers cannot go longer than three innings unless they go to extra innings.
Fastball, and it was by Doc before he began to swing the bat.
Ellis' lone mistake. Well, he made a mistake in hitting when he started to lead off the second with a curveball on the first pitch,
but a high-fastball out over the plate that Johnny Betts drilled for a long home run.
Breaking pitch outside. Two balls, one strike to Ellis.
This is the last for White A Blue, and Jim Palmer of Baltimore is warming up.
Ellis tries to punt his way on and valves it off, two and two.
So on the fourth inning, Jim Palmer of Baltimore will be pitching for the American League at Juan Mirichel
at the San Francisco Giants for the National League.
There's a change right then what Sparky Edison felt he was going to do.
He was going to come back with Carlton to replace Ellis, but there's Mirichel warming up.
Blue throws the bat ball and strikes out Ellis' swing.
To a fake pass of Ellis, Sparky looks down at his roster of pitchers and realizes Carlton's his only left hander.
He might want to save Steve for a situation late in the ballgame.
In this ballpark, as we said, good for the left-hand hitters.
When you've only got one left-hand pitcher, it's still tough to use them up this early in the ballgame.
Well, he made the ground at the upper ratio at Shrunkstop, steps in for a second time at bat.
Fly the open stance, deep in the box, right-handed hitter wearing the familiar number 24.
And up in 1951 with the Giants down there, there's a change-up breaking that chips in.
Right-center field Mercer runs over and now it is taken almost in front of him by Frank Robinson.
That ball, I believe, Sandy, by the wind, kept trailing away from Mercer and toward Frank Robinson.
See, I think Mercer really got through by the wind. It looked like he thought he had the ball and was not going to have to go any further.
Two or three fans. He almost let it get away from him just by trailing him.
But it looks like it's going so hard across that this could happen and pop flies could be trouble today.
But it did come right to Frank Robinson, which made it a little easier.
And Karen, who's run to the Brooks Robinson, a third base stands in.
Right-handed batter takes the ball outside.
Started to save Earl Weaver's plans are Jim Palmer for the fourth and fifth innings.
And then perhaps Mike Crayard for six and seven, another Baltimore pitcher, and then Mickey Loewage,
of the Tigers in the eighth and ninth innings. Blue ready, strike.
What a no wonder, Aaron. Whereas Parkie had said that he would go with Colin, and as Sandy explained,
he's the only left-hander he's got, but also gave us no plans beyond that.
To nothing, national league top of the third inning. Bider Blue, two outs in the third.
Perhaps pitching to his last batter, he hopes it is. And there's all-star games.
Frank Humphries, who played on fire, called Kyle, a piece of yellow paper.
Got him into the hitter's circle.
And now another piece of paper's coming down to the first base, but they let that one get by.
And boy, there's a blazing fastball that Aaron really got a round on, but Bider Blue got a pass.
Strike two, one ball, two strikes. Blue has a very slow, easy-to-ceasing motion.
But when he lets that ball go, it is something else again.
A rising fastball. Another one, hit high and deep.
Mike Robinson goes back 370 feet away, looks up, it's in the upper deck.
And it's three to nothing. And Hank Aaron.
He was at no extra basis until right now, and his all-star career against the home run to make it three to nothing.
And Bider Blue has been ducked up with three runs, two of them, home run.
It's a bit of a game that looks like the high outside fastball, but I didn't say, hey, hit that one that hard.
I think that 30 mile-hour wind had a lot to do with that one.
It is very high, and I think the wind carried its whole good portion of the way into those seats.
So, Troy steps in, and as it turned out, Aaron was not the last batter that Bider Blue had to face in this 40-second all-star game.
Bider Blue being roughed up fastball, and he's good right by a story he was swinging strike one.
Mike, you mark behind the plate. Fire the National League at first,
so Donald with the American League at second, Harvey with the National League at third,
Colorsy with the National League in right field, a Red-Elec field, and Ben Kinger with the American League in right field.
One strike, and there's a good-looking breaking bit. Strike.
Freehand dug it out of the dirt, but it was across the knees of Troy who stepped out and looked back at you, Mark.
Cash at first, Gerard's second, I appreciate your short book, Robinson.
Third, Yostemski, left, Mercer in center, Frank Robinson in right.
Freehand the catcher, and Bider Blue working with a two-strike, counts towards the breaking bit this time. Two lows.
One Mercer, continues to warm up, down the right field line, as Jim Palmer Baltimore does down the left.
And this American League crowd attacker stadium, looking on at the power of the National League.
Another breaking bit, and he strikes out Troy, but one run. On the home run by Hank Aaron, one hit, no errors, none left.
We go to the last of the third, Bider Blue is all through, but it's three to nothing, the National League.
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The final inning for Dark Ellis. He will face Luis Aperichio, the 10th hitter, it looks to be Reggie Jackson,
the home run hitter from the Oakland A's, and then again, Rod Caru.
Three to nothing. Nash and Ligard with McCuffie at first, Beckard at second, Halton at short, Troy at third,
Darjul and left, Mays and center, Aaron and Wright, and Johnny Bent catching Dark Ellis, who could be the winning pitcher.
But if you talk to people before this ball game, most are predicting something like a 12-11 finish.
A lot of home runs were so out of here with 30-mph wins. Fastball to Yosemski, who is sure to be really,
a reviver to Aperichio, is sure to be really being ripped by the disgusting wind as Reggie Jackson waits on deck.
Dallas ready again. Side on this time, strikes. It's called, it's one ball, one strike to Aperichio.
Aperichio and quite a hitting chair, hitting over 400 in his last 14 games, but that only brings him up to 206 for the season.
Dallas went out of play, one ball, two strikes. This is Louis, 10th all-star game, is 8th.
This is his 26th time at bat. Now he only has one all-star base hit.
Ellis ready. Grows the fastball, but he's got number two. Mays hit up the middle,
fielded by Mays on one knee in short center field.
And that will bring up Reggie Jackson, who can make this ball game close in quite a hurry.
Reggie hitting a 272, 17-home run, 41 RBI's, and I'm sure you'll recall a couple of years ago,
when Jackson, Howard, and Killibrew in the American League were all in that home run race.
One ultimately by Killibrew, Howard, and Jackson, third.
Killibrew's is the situation of the ball game where it tests the pitcher's ability to try and make the hitter hit the ball on the ground.
Jackson left-handed batter takes the strike at the knees from Doc Ellis.
Ellis, the National League's leading winner, 14 victories.
White-A-Blue, who had 17, before the all-star break, an all-time high in Major League history,
touched up for two home runs, one of them win-blown, one of them simply poleaxed, and a three-run lead.
Back, high inside-out of play by Reggie Jackson, it's two strikes.
The left-handed hitting outfielders, one of them ready products of Arizona State.
From the last of the third, it's three to nothing, the National League, with the resap ratio perched at first base.
None out, Karoo on deck, and Ellis, the right-hander, looking in, gray uniform, gold cap,
throws, and it's out of play again.
Johnny Bench, the catcher, quite concerned about his left wrist, it was sore, but the X-rated, not a fracture, not a break,
and Bench is behind the plate, and as the first home run of the ball game, it came with a man off,
which should make his left wrist feel a lot better.
Ellis has a two-strike count on Jackson, I appreciate he leads off at first, here's the pitch, and it's outside.
One ball, two strikes for Jackson.
Ellis is doing a fine job, seems to be fighting his control just a little bit.
The last three pitches have been up, and in this situation, with the runner-on, the home run here, the win-blowing out,
you know Ellis would like to get the breaking ball down, he's got it up a little bit.
Low and dry, deep right field, it's free to fill, nobody even turns to look, home run.
Jackson just now, round third base, and Sandy, I recall again what you were saying about
Doc Ellis struggling, and the ball was getting up to Jim right there, it looked like Doc got the breaking ball up,
just a little bit to Reggie Jackson, and I mean he hit it hard, I don't know what I've seen a ball hit any harder
or as hard as that with it, that would have gone out at the airport.
It may be at the airport, who knows.
Listen to this round up, it is now three to two, the American league has fought back, here's Rod Giroux,
who bounced to Beckett at second base, to lead off the first inning, takes a strike on a fastball by Doc Ellis,
and in this, a hitters ballpark, Tigers stadium Detroit, and with the win gusting more than 30 miles an hour toward right field,
we have seen three home runs all through right center or right field.
Back up high with the pitch, it's one ball, one strike to Giroux, who has one home run this year.
I think probably the control trouble is due to too much rest, I'm sure, Doc Ellis normally going along all year with three days rest
or four days rest, it's down at six, and that's what it affects.
Outside two and one to Giroux, Bobby Mercer, another left-handed swinger on deck, none are out.
Luis Apericio let off with a single up the middle, only his first hit in many years in all-star play, his second in his career,
and with a one ball, two strikes, counts Jackson, drilled one upstairs.
Outside and high again, and Johnny Vintz stands up and throws it back to Ellis,
Ellis stares in at Eumann, thought he might have had the pitch.
Three and one, and this time is the first time
that we've gone this high to anybody, and that's the first one, four, four.
Ellis hasn't gotten anybody out here in the third and eighth.
Reggie Jackson has just hit the ninth pinched home run in an all-star game, and the last one was nine years ago by Pete Reynolds,
only a Boston in Washington who may be listening in his home down in Pasadena, Texas, out of Houston right now.
Bobby Mercer with a single, but with 16 home runs on the year, steps in, left-handed batter against Scott Ellis.
Marichael continues to warm up in the National League bullpen, Palmer taking it easy in the American League bullpen,
staring in, throwing now and then.
Ellis ready, throws high with the fast ball, it's ball one, and as Sandy pointed out, those pitches are up high,
and if a power hitter such as Mercer and Yoslensky-Robinson and Cash to follow, that can be trouble.
National League three, American League two, where Jeph from the last was a third and we've already had three home runs.
Ellis back with a change-up, which is low in the dirt.
Mercer, tells Crude on his first base, don't advance.
McCovey, the giant, is holding on there, and Johnny Bench drops out to talk to Dr. Ellis.
I'm sure that Bench is going out there now, talk to Dr. and tell him, pick me up, look at my target,
because John's been trying to tell him that from behind the plate, this whole inning,
but when you're having troubles out there in the mound, it's not always that easy to throw the ball where you want to,
or to do with it as you would like.
Sometimes that plate looks like it's moving around, you'd like to catch it or put a foot out and step on it and keep it in place.
Garoo had a 3-1 chop before he walked, and now it's quickly 2-0 to Bobby Mercer.
Let's see if he's swinging on 2-0, he is.
Opted up, infield groans, and who's going to get a Troyer Kessinger?
Troy all the way over near first base, all the way from third base.
And there's that wind again, it kept blowing it away from Joe, Troy, and Don, or rather, Helsing, and Troy made the catch.
Looks like Joe started after that one, and I don't think there's anybody in the infield bigger than he is, he kept going.
And then our home runs got over to McCarney at first.
Kyle Desensky.
From American Lake Sand Snow, kept foot the American lake ahead with one swinging up big bats,
and already has gone up to 11 home runs this year.
That's down to deep in the box.
And the wind is really picking up now, it seems like it's almost blowing, it's gale force, it's blowing in so hard from left field, that ball started out to left,
it looked like Stardale was going to catch the ball, how's it going?
It's going to be a little bit more difficult, but it's going to be a little bit more difficult.
And then the wind is going to get a little bit more difficult, and it's going to be a little bit more difficult.
And then left field, that ball started out to left, it looked like Stardale was going to catch the ball, Halton went back on it,
and Halton had to come running in just to catch the ball.
Frank Humon has called out Earl Weber and has now called out a ball boy from Detroit.
And I don't know whether Frank has simply run out of baseballs or is running out or what.
He's called out Weber and then a Detroit ball boy came out, and Humon told him something, and the boy is putted back into the American League, which is the Detroit Tigers dugout.
Ralph Carouse at first, after that walk, which followed Apporicio Shingle and Jackson's home run, but then Mercer and Yosemski had popped out against Doc Ellis.
Robinson stands in and takes a big shot at a high pass ball, strike one.
Tim, I have a feeling that that might have been the ball that Reggie Jackson hit out, that the Empire gave to that young man to give to Reggie.
The ball hit a transformer on the light salad and bounced back out of the field. I didn't follow its progress back, but it looked like you were giving the bat boy a ball.
The pass ball is inside, one ball, one strike, so Frank Robinson.
Robinson is now over 14 since 1961 in all-star play. That goes back five years into his national league career.
One ball, one strike, there goes the runner. Robinson swinging in fouls and away.
Caru is off and running. One ball, two strikes, three to two. The National League, written last for the third, as Caru retreats to first base.
Butter, I could rock Caru has five years in the American League, five years at all-star starters.
And when he was piling up all his old 30 this year, he was around the 200 mark, entered the game at 283. He has really been on a sale recently.
Ellis pitching his last inning. Ready, fires, and there's a drive, deep white field, back goes Hank Allen, looks at the score, and a clean American League.
Frank Robinson, over 14 since 1961, two on home run, the second two on home run, a fifth, a third inning, and it's four to three.
The American League and Sandrood, they can port back, it was no astute observation, just an observation when we said the wind is blowing and it's going to be a factor in this.
Now he hit his ballpark and it's certainly been that. Here's Gordon Cash, who struck out on three pitches, fishing for a low breaking pitch back in the second inning.
Another left-hander with great time. Allen's ready and throws.
Here mark behind the plate says it is a ball, Johnny Bench is pointing into the dugout.
Now he is looking down to the third base umpire, Bench is discussing it, saying that it should have been a strike at third base, Doug Harvey the National League. There's nothing.
This one is a strike called, the most home run to the North Star Games, took place here just 20 years ago, six, that's a strike, and again three years later, it's treatment.
Now we've had four already and we're not through the third inning. Allen's ready, back with a changeup, it is low on inside, two balls, one strike at arm cash.
Clearing three to nothing on home runs by Johnny Bench and Aaron, the American League started the third on a single by Aperishio, two on over by Reggie Jackson, a mammoth blast upstairs.
Now he walks, and after most of his time he pops out, Robinson hit his home run. There is strike two at arm cash, two balls, two strikes.
Tyler Vance really wants their favorite norm, he was tied with Bill Meltem of Chicago with the most home runs in the American League 20 to unload here.
He's a great fan, he beats the foul down the first base line. Sure, I know a lot of people might wonder why a manager wouldn't take a pitcher out in a situation like this.
Allen's having a little bit of trouble not now, in fact, if there's nobody on it. Usually in an all-star game, the manager's a little less a pitcher, finish the inning.
It's rare to see a pitcher come out during the inning. I don't remember seeing it happen very often. I think the managers believe if they're good enough to be picked for the all-star team, they're good enough to get out of trouble.
There's a call strike three on a breaking pitch to norm cash, he's struck out for the second time. But, four-one score on three-base hits, two of those home runs.
No errors, and nobody left. At the end of three, the American League four, the National League three. Mary Ann, this is my dad.
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Hello again from Tiger Stadium in the Trout, Jim Simpson with Sandy Co.
Fact 4-3, the American League leads. As we go to the top of the fourth inning, a new picture for the American League, Jim Palmer.
Right-hander in his first pitch is the called striker, Willie Stardew, who started the two run-up rising by the National League in the second,
by being hit on the first pitch from by the blue, a curve ball.
Palmer started last year's all-star game and fifth three-storey inning.
Ready again for another fastball, quick in the midst by the left-handed Stardew.
Palmer, a right-hander, this year, has had ten complete ball games.
He's won 11 and lost four, and has run out on that run average of 5-2.58.
Stahl, a right-hander, had a history of all that arm trouble after his great 1966 season.
He's come back strong the last couple of years. Another fastball that's as high an outside.
Willie Stardew with 30 home runs and 87 RBIs this year.
Here we've talked a lot about some of the other pitches who can throw hard, but here's another one. Jim Palmer's got a great fastball.
Foul siphon.
Brianna is throwing back saying it wasn't, throwing down the first base.
Stardew is walking away, he did not foul siphon.
He is walking away in disbelief.
Freehand, north.
I call it a foul siphon because Stardew made no move, but Freehand retreated to the screen,
and Frutter's teammate Norm cashed first base, and Stardew has struck out.
I'm not sure, but I thought Frank Eumann gazed the foul siphon on that.
I'm probably wrong, I'm sure he didn't.
But it looked like Stardew was confused on it.
If he didn't foul siphon, then I'm sure he would have run to first.
I would have to think that it probably was a foul siphon.
At any event he is down, and here's McCuffie who was called out looking at a fastball in the second inning.
McCuffie takes outside ball one.
McCuffie is out of the box, and Eumann had walked over to the other side of the place.
McCuffie had actually dropped the bat.
At a national three-run, two-hit, two-hours for the American four-runs on four hits to the north.
Fastball, big, cut by McCuffie, and he missed it.
It's a foul siphon.
At a national three-run, two-hit, two-hours for the American four-runs on four hits to the north.
It's one ball, one strike.
More than 52,000 looking on here in Tiger State in Detroit.
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There's another big cut by McCuffie's foul siphon.
Three-hand hold on to it. One ball, two strikes.
Palmer throwing hard, Sandy, throwing very hard, and really McCuffie has not been playing regularly lately,
and looks like it's chilling a little bit on him.
Palmer is throwing very hard, and really also looks like he's just a little late with his swing.
Another fastball. This is inside. McCuffie raises up the arms and backs away from the inside pitch.
This is what a six-all star game is for a start.
That's two-home runs a couple of years ago, and not too many men have done that.
This change-up goes in the dirt by the plate and bounces back to the screen.
Arcee Vaughn in 1941, Ted Williams, and Al Rosen in 54.
And the gentleman at the plate right now, Willie McCuffie.
That ball, two hops, short hop by Caru, waits for Cass to get to the first base, and throws out McCuffie.
That ball was hit fairly hard by McCuffie, but playing him to pull as much as they were was not quite a shift.
They had Apparicio guarding the middle, but Caru way over into the hole.
In a normal infield alignment, that might have had a chance to go through,
but playing McCuffie to pull that much, it was right to Caru.
And there's a little who-and-off in the crowd remembering that mammoth homerun that he hit.
We thought that was one of the longest that we have seen in some time, but I want to tell you,
the one hit by Reggie Jackson when he used them farther.
And he gets a breaking pitch to start him off and takes a big swing strike once.
I think those big-straw hitters, if they see the high-breaking ball like that, they have a good swing.
They don't usually hit it with that great big swing, but they get a good cut at it.
And they're not going to be able to hit it with a fastball.
Last is Fort Robinson, the third base, gobbling it up, playing on the first-season.
Now back to you, cleaner. Does it again.
Now, arms hipsters on a great play by Fort Robinson.
We go to the last of the fours. The American League Four, the National League Three.
When I say made in Detroit, what do you think of?
Automotive.
What car companies can you think of?
GM, Christ of the Fourth.
When I say engineering, which of those companies do you think of?
The first company came up with the first fluid drive.
I'm not sure. I'm tempted to say Christ of the Fourth.
Right. You know what company first offered power steering?
Christ of the Fourth.
Now, do you know the first company to use torsion bar suspension in all of its cars?
Also Christ of the Fourth. I'm picking up a pattern here.
What I'm trying to prove with your brewing formula is, of course, that when I say engineering now, which one of those car companies do you think of?
Now I would say Christ, which is actually what most people think of.
You know, your body.
Now, when I think of Chrysler, it's the engineering that I think of.
When you mentioned Chrysler, people think of extra care and engineering, extra value, extra worth.
The 1971 cars of a Chrysler Corporation, Dodge, Plymouth and Chrysler.
Society co-facts with Jim Simpson from Tiger Stadium in Detroit.
The end of three and a half innings for the National League.
Three runs, two hits and no errors.
The American League, four runs, four hits and no errors.
Wouldn't it always seem to happen the seller who makes a good play is the first hitter?
We start the inning with Brooks Robinson and Johnny Bench talking to him a little bit.
You think John would have learned something last year in the World Series?
Not to hit it to Brooks.
I said to those reds went away in disbelief.
So I guess for Johnny, this thing, you do that all the time?
Juan Marichael is one 10-a-mort five that comes the second National League pitcher.
At a right field now, with Buddha Clementi replaces Hank Aaron, Clementi from the park.
In center field, Willie Mays is out.
Willie Davis of the Dodgers is in his center.
Willie McCuvey is down to first base and Lee May of Clementi is at first base.
But as May Beckett-Helston, Troy and the infield,
Stardewald Davis Clementi in the outfield, benched behind the plate,
and Marichael, the pitcher, starting off with Brooks Robinson, who grounded to Helston.
Back in the second inning.
Marichael ready and goes outside in low ball one.
And seeking a good place on Robinson's bouncer, it went under the glove of Troy.
Back in the second inning, and Helston, the hole and threw well on the run.
To get it.
Now, it's down to the eighth all-star game.
Walters pop high and foul.
Bench comes over after it.
May does, but it will make it a heat off to the right.
16 innings.
Juan has allowed seven hits.
Two runs, only one earned run.
He's earned an average in all-star play.
0-5-6.
He's 1-2 in Los Nantes.
Chairman with Willie May is out of there.
I think it may be finally a concession to age.
From my memory, Willie has always wanted to go to the full all-star game,
and has played as many as I can remember all of the game.
Well, that's to Brooks.
That's two balls, one strike.
Marichael, Danny can talk to you about him as we progress,
but he throws from all angles at all different kinds of pitches.
Right here with a 2-1 count to Brooks Robinson.
He'd out that in the fourth-side arm,
and it's a high and outside-fift this time,
and it's three-and-one.
I think the incredible thing about Marichael is his control.
He's always had good stuff, never overpowering,
but good fastball, good curveball, good screwball,
but he's always managed to have great command.
Center field, Willie Davis, going back near the warning track,
about 380 feet away,
and takes the drive of Brooks Robinson for the first out in the last of the fourth.
Given as easy as it is to hit the ball out in right field,
that's just how difficult it is to hit it out in left field.
If the ball is hit to the left of center field,
well, there's just very little chance of driving it through that wind.
Now, here's another case in point-scented, Bill Freehand,
on the second inning back,
Willie Stark goes to the wall in left, where it was caught.
He had hard enough to get out of here.
One out, last to the fourth, four to three,
the American League leading the National League,
trying to break that eight-game losing streak to the senior circuit.
Marichau throws a big Lonnie Pop curve that drops over,
and that's about the ump-seump different delivery style we've seen already,
and this is just the second batter.
Here also, in Marichau's delivery, he kicks his leg very high,
which has to add a little bit to the deception.
Now comes back with a fastball,
off the same motion practically,
and it's fouled at the plate, and it's two strikes to Freehand.
Started him off with a big curve ball,
that was almost like the famous blooper ball of years gone by,
and then came back with a fastball at the knees.
That was fouled into the just five-freehand.
Marichau ready, now comes back with a fastball that's blown away,
one ball, two strikes.
Like Ceron, Tiger stayed in Detroit,
where rain had been forecasted, and then they changed them on.
No rain expected.
86 degrees of game time, maybe in the high 50s before it's all over.
Marichau back with another curve, misses, and it's two and two.
He has got to be battling.
Well, Jim Palmer is to go two innings.
He has already gone one, and warming up is Mike Cuiar of Baltimore,
so we were going right along with the plans that he said he would.
Two, two, sidearm this time, and just as Miss Marichau thought he had it,
Bench thought he had it.
Like Humon said, no, three balls, two strikes to Freehand.
Sidearm fastball, and if it's missed outside, it only missed by that much.
Another fastball, hit high in the air,
may in that first phase over, looking at the wall,
when the blowing anti-captures it's finally near the dugout of a national league.
Two out.
This is also the time of evening where it's very difficult to see some of those pop flies.
This guy is not quite dark, and it's not really light enough
that the ball would appear black, or dark enough that the ball would appear white in the light.
And many a pop fly or fly ball has been lost in this kind of condition.
When this guy finally does get darker, it's much easier to see it.
Now here's Police Aperishio, a lot of ball players figure that there are other short stops
like Leo Cardenas is on the squad that should have been voted to the starting role,
but Aperishio got the fans vote.
Here he is as he takes a strike for Marichau,
and he started after being hit less than some time,
the third inning, full run rally by leading it off with a single, up for the second time.
Strike one, Marichau right back with a fast ball at strike two call.
National League got two runs, all fenches over in the second, Aaron hit one out of the third,
and then Reggie Jackson and Frank Robinson combined for two run homers in the third for the American League.
Sidearm pitch almost underarm misses, and it's one ball through strikes.
Marichau comes over the top and then all degrees of angles down to almost underarm.
Sidearm this time, it's in the dirt, the ball's two strikes.
Aperishio with two out of them last to the fourth.
In addition to all the other pitches that he throws,
Marichau has probably one of the better sliders I think in baseballs.
A lot of pitches throw the slider, very few of them can make it go down.
Most of them, it breaks flat, his breaks down a little bit, which is awfully tough to hit.
There's another sidearm fastball that again, Marichau thought he had and Ben thought he had,
but Frank Humantz at play-dumpire said no, as in the case of Rehan, and again we go to three-two, this time on Aperishio.
Willie Davis playing a very short center field, not near one of the white stars.
We have red, white and blue stars in the upfield, there's a ball hit off the glove of Marichau,
Gash is overpicked, up has plenty of time to throw on the lee-may, and Marichau has a one, two, three innings.
The run-tip series is on four pull innings.
The Marichau League four, the National League three.
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Jim Simpson with Sandy Co-Facts as we go to the fifth inning. Jim Palmer ready to start his second.
Inning Arm and Island relief of Byte of Blue who worked the first three innings, gave up all three runs on two homers, stuck out two and walked nobody.
And now coming up, Lynn Becker of the Chicago Cup, who lined at the Mercer and Deep Center field back in the second inning when Byte of Blue first ran into trouble.
President Gomez, the coast is third. It'll be Becker, Halston and Willie Davis.
Davis, batting in the number nine spot. Jim Palmer ready to throw to Becker to fouls it off upstairs to the right, strike one.
Palmer's tears into freehand as Ketcher throws another fastball right under the glove of Palmer, picked up by the second baseman, Caruil, throws on in the dirt, but it's scooped up by Cash, Fine, Clay, Becker, Gritire for the first down of the fifth.
I think on that play, you have to give Jim Palmer assist. He didn't touch it very much, but he got another that can slow the ball down and give Caruichette to make a fine play behind second base on Becker.
Here comes by Halston, the switch hitter, and we're now seeing byte up, batting left handed against the right handed, Jim Palmer.
Against Byte of Blue, he's by the right field. Caruilton likes to bat, but he's batting left handed. He's a good batter from both sides, but with that advantage of the extra step towards the plate, so first, I mean.
Well, high fastball, that's it. He looks as though he might have won it, and Brooks Robinson reacts very quickly in on the grass at third base.
Now, you, Ma, are waving somebody away. The players of the National League are sitting on the top step with their legs on the playing surface, and Alsparchy Anderson is going to come out and say, how come?
And now, Alsparchy understands from you, Ma, what he means, they can't have their legs on the field. In case there's a high pop foul hit over that area and not his defense, goes back and actually shows something to his players to say, I would imagine, inside that dugout.
Well, the, the serve of the players gave, thank you, Lord, just a little bit of heat as he started over.
Fastball misses and two balls, no strike. It's about health. One out on the fifth inning.
An explosive ball game with four home runs. As the ball foul out of play to the left by Halsey, it's two and a lot.
Being able to bounce to Wig House and does not only helps you to get a base hit occasionally, it forces a third base in the foul like Brooks to play in just a little bit shallower, and the first bases.
And because of this, as Halsey hits the ball on the ground, maybe the ball has a better chance of getting through the infield.
Another foul out in the left field line. Fastball pins, but Mike Criard continues to warm up. Two balls and two strikes for Halsey.
Now we've seen those four home runs and we've seen Brooks Robinson with a specialty, robbing a man of a base hit at third base.
A few months now out of the spot for Ion O'm Blake down on the grass along the third base line and staring down on the bullpen.
Mike has been moving around quite a bit tonight. Two, two, one out, fifth inning, four to three, American League, Palmer ready and throws a fastball.
It's four, now Perishio takes it on one half and despite Halsey's great speed, he throws it out.
Now here is Willie Davis batting in the number nine spot. How many times have you seen except in the all star game, a 350 hitter hitting the number nine?
I think this is Willie's first all star game and he deserves to be there.
For many years there were a lot of critics of Willie Davis in Los Angeles and a lot of other cities because the man has to look out, they thought he could do more.
In the last few years he's getting everything he can out of his talent. He's become a great hitter and he has great speed.
Davis, three home run, 45 RBIs, takes high and away, ball one.
Left handed batter swings the bat constantly, waits now for a fastball, drills one to center field, Mercer comes in, takes it on the first half and Davis, that is all star appearance, has to be this.
The first of Jim Palmer, the third of the game and with two outs, here comes Roberto Cometi for bat.
Four times for batting champion in the National League.
Cometi hitting a 342 eight home runs and 48 RBIs. Coming up, twisting that head of theirs as he often does and play right field like few other people ever have in the history of this ball game.
And with a very speedy Davis, the tying run on the first base, there are two out and here is Cometi.
Here we've also got some action now in the National League both end, it looks like Ferguson Jenkins is up and throwing and he's getting ready in a hurry.
I just wonder what would happen if it was time to use a hitter here for Mercer.
Mercer, this is the second first base of Davis, just does get back.
Catch at the ball on him, but what do you have to flip back?
Mercer fasts in the number five spot. There's a ball fouled at the screen by Cometi, a fastball thrown by Jim Palmer.
Lee May will bat in the second spot where Aaron was.
Four runs, four hits, no errors for the American League, three runs, three hits, no errors for the National League. All runs are scored on home runs.
Palmer working of course from a set position throws to first again and Davis dies back again this time, it wasn't close to the first time.
A little bit more respect for the pick off motion, Jim Palmer, there he goes and the ball is fouled off. Davis loses his hat, great jump, but after retreats the first base.
Here you run as fast as Willie does, there will be a lot of times you're going to run out from under your hat.
He creates a lot of wind under that, Willie's nickname with the Dodgers with three dogs.
When he first came to the Dodgers he was young, very thin, he had this great long stride which he still does.
It sort of reminded you of a good Greyhound running and he picked up the nickname Three Dog and I think it stuck.
Two strikes to count Cometi, two outs. Davis not running high, Fitz, high on inside.
Throwing in the American League bullpen Jenkins in the National League bullpen.
Beautiful night in Detroit, Michigan outside your stadium.
Little or no humidity, biggest factor is the wind, but seems to have calmed a little bit now and blowing toward right field.
But still blowing pretty good, so many weights on a one ball two strike and it's called out on strikes, gets into the pit, did not swing and it's called out on strikes.
A run, one hit, no errors and one left. We go to the last of the fifth, the American League lead from National League four to three.
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Sandy go back to Jim Simpson in Detroit at the 42nd annual All Star Game.
Into four and a half innings, the score remains the National League three runs, three hits and no errors.
The American League leading four runs, four hits and no errors.
One better shell in for a second inning in this four to three ball game and Frank Cowher steps in to bat for the pitcher Jim Blommer who has worked his two innings and did it very effectively.
Cowher was 15 home runs this year.
Batting at 294, 43 RBI's in the first. That's tremendous power.
In batting practice, Frank was beating most of the balls into the ground.
But when he connected, they were long gone. He left the even against the wind. Now shall ready and throws and it's right.
Believe it's a long time since Frank has seen one there shall but one gave Frank a lot of trouble when Frank was with the Dodgers and one with the Giants.
One strike pitch, overhand curveball and a swinging strike two.
Tomer worked two innings, gave up one hit and struck out two and walked nobody in here and dropped no runs.
White or blue gave up all three runs on two home runs. Two strikes out of Howard, side arms as far as low and one ball two strikes to Howard.
We are in the fifth inning. The official score tonight is the San Francisco Chronicle Bob Stevens as the president of the baseball right of association of America.
Watson Foster for Detroit News and Ed Vomosky at the Folgers Daily News.
Another side arm pitch misses and it's 2-2 to Frank Howard.
Tom Decker's rod to Rue at this four to three ball game.
We are in Jenkins continue to warm up in the ball pit. Now shall pitching his second and apparently final inning.
Side arms pitch, ground ball, playing deep on the grass is Beckard at second base and lost the ball over to Lee May at first and there's one out in the fifth inning.
If Beckard had been any deeper on the grass at second base he might have run into Clemente out in short right field.
Here is Karoo who is grounded the second and walked and scored ahead of the home run by Frank Robinson.
Minnesota second baseman left handed batter against the right handed Juan Marichel facing him for the first time.
Low pitch ball on.
Well over the years and this is my sixth consecutive year with the All-Star game. We have had interesting reactions from fans.
I have a story to tell you in a moment. Here's Marichel's next pitch. It's foul out of play. Tony Kubeck and I were there in the game some years ago.
We got a wire from a nuclear submarine under the ice cap at the North Pole that was listening to it.
And another time we got several telegrams from Africa.
Wherever you are you'd like to hear from it. NBC in New York. There's a high pitch to Karoo.
And it's two balls one strike. Always interesting to know where we're being heard and to know that people are enjoying the great game of baseball and more specifically the 42nd All-Star game.
Marichel with the count two and one working Karoo is crouching watching your breaking pitch hit him at the knees on the outside corner. It's two balls two strikes.
It's a little odd looks as though he wasn't about to swing no matter where the pitch was. Marichel ready with one out of the fifth.
Fastball misses. It's three and two. Four to three the score. The American League. All runs on homerun.
The first one is the third. The manager at the choice is the coach at first base.
Marichel working on three to the career who crosses and waits and a curve ball misses outside and low.
And there's the first one given up by Marichel. The second by the National League and both go to Rob Karoo.
Marichel checks with Lee May at first base forcing Karoo to retreat. May holding him and there's another throw to first base.
Karoo has pretty good speed. I don't know if he's been negated too much by that severe leg injury that he had last year. And of course most are confused about it.
Marichel ready throws a fastball right down the middle like one. All kinds of motion again from Juan Marichel.
And back is Carter Semski.
Marichel working from the set position ready again throws a breaking pitch and Marichel swings and misses. It strikes him.
I think that was the screwball right there. Easy to fool Bobby with. He had him out in front and the ball breaking away from him.
He was way out in front and didn't have a good cut at the ball.
Marichel throwing an intervention now throws another breaking pitch and down he goes swinging.
Mercer strikes out the first strike out for Juan Marichel. The second for the American League.
Those last two were hard screwballs. Usually it used to be almost like a change up for Marichel when he threw the screwball.
But now he's developed it and throws a little bit harder. And you don't know what he's going to throw.
As you say he's got so many pitches and so many different motions. He doesn't usually throw sidearms or left hand hitters though.
And Carter Semski 0-2 on the night is up there and he is a left handed hitter as Marichel continues to watch Rod Tru over at first base.
When Beckett the second baseman is back on the grass, Semski takes the fastball low if ball wants.
Semski granted to Beckett the second and the first and popped out hitting the first pitch to Harrelson in the third.
Four to three the American League leads were the last of the fifth.
Marichel following Ellis coming on in the fourth inning. Swinging a net to the breaking pitch.
It's one ball one strike. May of Cincinnati at first. Beckett of Chicago at second.
Harrelson of New York at short. Troy of St. Louis at third. Dargill of Pittsburgh at left.
Davis of Los Angeles and Center. Clementia of Pittsburgh and right. Bens of Cincinnati behind the plate of Marichel of San Francisco pitching the Semski up boxes.
Another check to Kerou. That's the fourth time tonight he's checked Rod at first base.
One more one strike to Semski.
Wynn continues to blow and remains a factor.
Another breaking pitch low and away. It's two and one to Carter Semski.
They have a red star out of left field a white star in center field a blue star in right field.
Bunting around the ballpark a capacity crowd. Beckett sold out two days after they went on sale here.
Targis did in there. She'll back with the fastball and found out a play by his Semski behind the plate.
There's putting laced across the tops of the dugouts of the American League on the third base side and the National League on the first base side.
Tiger Stadium one of the real remaining what they used to call ballpark. Now there are stadiums around the league.
Brand new beautiful stadiums that have sprung up in St. Louis, Dome, Stadium in Houston, Atlanta, Philadelphia,
the big a Kansas City will have one next year. Tiger Stadium like Fenway Park in Boston, Wrigley Field in Chicago, White Sox Park,
County Stadium in Milwaukee which now has to be called an older stadium.
This one goes way back two out one on last for the fifth.
Now a shower working with a two to count to Boston's Carter Semski.
As you're ready with that big motion and there's a ground ball and Beckett is waiting right there pulled around to the right and tosses on to Lee May
and it's no one, no hits, no errors and one left.
It's now gone five, four innings, that is four to three the American League leads.
Ready on the clock.
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Jim Simpson with Sandy Co. Facts as we start the sixth inning. Mike Cuellar is on the mound and are you ready if you're keeping score?
Armand Cuellarbrew has gone in at first base. Cookie Rojas is at second base. Amos Otis has gone to center field. Al Kailine at the throttle is going to right field.
So right now, your American League lineup in the field, freehand behind the plate. Cuellarbrew at first, Rojas at second.
After each short, short, we pause for Kailine out on right field. Brooks Robinson remains at third. Yastemsky in left, Otis in center, Kailine in right.
And Lee May comes to bat for the first time in this four to three ball game to face Mike Cuellarbrew.
He's won the 11 ball games in a row and he is 13-1 on the year. Left handed pitcher from the Baltimore Orioles to face the right-handing hitting, Lee May.
First pitch, big breaking pitch, curve ball strike one.
Lee May hitting a 295 with 23 home runs and 55 RBIs from the Cincinnati Reds. Cuellarbrew back again misses outside.
They say, then, about Mike Cuellarbrew that, well, to be quite frank, he's got to break a sweat before he becomes effective and wonder is how well he will do.
He's been warming up for a long time as a hot fit has fouled back as he faces Lee May.
Here there are a lot of pitches like that. Cuellarbrew is one of those those if you don't get him early, you're not usually going to get him.
If he has his trouble, he has it early in the ball game and these kinds of games where you come in and pitch a couple of things, sometimes Mike could have a little trouble getting loose.
Now that pitch is up high and away from Lee May and it's two balls, two strikes.
Big red machine. Cincinnati. Cuellarbrew Baltimore which beats Cincinnati.
Ground ball on a breaking pitch into the American League bullpen down the third base side.
So Cuellar and Lee May are well acquainted from last year's five game world series in which Baltimore took Cincinnati.
Matter of fact, there's Sparky Anderson made out this mash and league lineup yesterday. Here's Cuellar's pitch. A big curve ball that misses outside and it's three and two.
As he said, May's to leader off. Aaron, that's second. Troy third. Stardale fourth. McCuffey fifth. Ben sixth. Sparky's again to lap.
That's the most funny shot all of 1971.
Three and two down to May. The first man and somebody's yelling, hold it, hold it, hold it. It's Apparecio yelling, now puts Robinson yelling and now they're looking up into the seats behind home plate.
And an usher walks over there and says something. It was Robinson that calls on and here's a high and away pitch and May becomes the first man to draw a base on ball.
Cuellar gives it up.
Just looking at Cuellar, he hasn't thrown any pitches very hard. He's throwing the slow curve ball. He's another pitcher with a good screwball.
I think Mike's best pitch over the years has been the screwball. He has a good fastball. You must have a good fastball.
Otherwise, none of the other pitches will work for you. And he hasn't thrown anything very hard. Everything's been sort of soft and very slow.
Maybe having a little bit of trouble getting loose. Frank Piermont called Sparky Anderson, the manager of the National League, all stars from the dugout and had a conversation with him looking over the lineup.
Now, we see that Don Kessinger, shortstop of the Chicago Cups, is up and working out down in the bullpen of the National League, along the right field line.
Here we are, ready to face Joe Troy, who's over two on the night. Goes in the fastball, round ball to Brooks Robinson, goes down to second base to Rojas. Rojas turns it over to first, double play, first to the night.
Cuellar takes the National League with the World Series and the All Star Games. He's seen enough of Brooks Robinson that they don't want to hit it to him. They just try somebody else.
Otherwise, every 28 to Brooks, it seems like he either gets the water or two out. Well, I was also a test sandy for Cookie Rojas, who came off the bench and was in, and the second man up.
With him in the in-deal, he had to be the middleman on a very quick double play. Here is Stardale, and they pulled way around in the right form. And he takes a big cut at the first one.
The ball was hit by a pitch by Vita Blue in the second and struck out on a very disputed play in the fourth.
Ball rolled back to the screen, freehand got it through on the first base, while Stardale thought he'd fouled it off. Didn't think it was a third strike.
Like wonder what it was. Two out of the sixth inning. Four to three, the American League. They are ready to throw and throws a big curve at Stardale.
No one around didn't want to, but Eumann gave it a call to the figure and said, yes, you did. It's two strikes.
Stardale with 30 homeruns, 87 RBI's, is hitless on the night, although he has been hit.
It's like Colbert may be out. There's another pitch, breaking pitch inside one ball, two strikes, and if Willie Stardale gets on, the number one, Mellishaar Battingen, the number five spot, Nate Colbert of the San Diego Padres,
our hitter will step in. We are the third American League pitcher by the blue Jim Palmer. Now Mike Quay are ready and throws a fast ball, but just inside.
Two balls, two strikes. Mike gave him a big, slow, easy motion and then fired the ball inside to Willie Stardale.
Four homeruns have accounted for all the runs in this 4-3 ballgame. Big curve and he got him swinging. Bout your strike shot for the second time and the second time in a row.
Now the run hits the run, we go to the last of the sixth, the American League four, the National League three.
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Don Cussinger has moved in at shortstop replacing Bud Harrelson and Berguson Jenkins.
There comes the new pitcher. Jim and I would have to think in this situation that Cussinger will come into the ballgame and hit in the number five spot replacing Marichal.
And Jenkins will move into Bud Harrelson's spot. No right up.
Well you'll hear a hand here Al Kailan.
Kailan the youngest man ever to win a batting championship in the American League.
He has a 3-24 all-star batting average.
But this is his first all-star game in five years and since 1961 Kailan, a fine hitter, has only had one all-star hit.
Kailan hitting better than 300, 303, eight home runs, 28 RBI's and there's a base hit.
Al didn't hit that ball very hard. It looked like he hit it on the end of the bat with one hand. It looked like one hand came off the bat.
But in the box score it looked like a line drive and went right back through the middle for the single.
Well here's Harman Killibrew filling in for Norm Cash at first base and Killibrew got off to a great hitting start but it's left to 257.
Leads the American League and RBI's with 60. Has 11 home runs and there's a pitch from Berguson Jenkins that's ball one.
Killibrew now has 498, right time home run.
Two more and he joins that exclusive 500 club.
Don Wilson, there's a ground ball by Killibrew Fowl. Don Wilson, the last man of replacement for Larry Drucker,
of the Houston Astros right-hander who can throw very hard.
He's now out and warming up at the National League bullpen.
Kailan on at first base, not quick but very smart and very good base runner.
Killibrew with all that power right-handed batter from the Minnesota Twins.
Steps in. He is hit one over the roof and left field is. One of two men to do it, the other is Frank Howard.
Jenkins throws strikes, Paul. One ball, two strikes.
Killibrew hit four home runs here last year, has none thus far this year.
Oh, the first base where Kailan is not going anywhere.
Jenkins 13-8 this year, 2.83 on one average and this is the second all-star game.
Berguson of course, great record.
Throws now, low on away to Killibrew and it's two and two.
And Jenkins says that he's got the proof as employers that he belongs in the same group with Bob Gibson of St. Lawrence.
Among others. And that he has won 20 more ball games for the last four years.
Low again to Killibrew.
Berguson says, well, they don't pay me like they pay Bob Gibson. I'll just have to prove it.
3 and 2 to Killibrew. Kailan on at first with that bloop single on the first pitch to Jenkins through.
4 to 3, the American League last of the sixth. The runner's going to go long drive, deep left field, back to the start zone, looks up, home run.
2 and you've got to know that that ball was hit very hard to get out of this ballpark tonight.
It was high, it was a high fly ball in the left field. It went out rather easily and the wind is still blowing very hard out there.
But as you said before, Killibrew has a lot of power to hit that ball very hard.
But Robinson is grounded out and lying deep to center field, up for the third time, turned over one double-play and quick order and robbed another man of a base hit.
6 to 3, the score. Another low pitch from Jenkins who has faced two men, has given up a single to Kailan and a two-run homer to Killibrew.
The American League leads 6 to 3, they have had three two-run homers. The National League has one two-run homer and a solo home run.
Hitters ballpark, you betcha. There's a strike call on the outside corner. 2 and a one to Brooks Robinson.
This is Robin Killibrew's third all-star game home run. It had that under his 498 during the regular season. He's already at over 5 and a long drive, center field, Brooks Robinson has a third consecutive hit off Ferguson Jenkins.
Don Wilson continues to throw 6 to 3 ball game and now for the Detroit fans, the Bill Freyhan has almost put one out of here and found out in Connect it'll be a perfect night.
Freyhan the Detroit catcher.
Killibrew after wonder a little bit whether or not Ferguson Jenkins is healthy. Maybe he's having a little bit of a problem. I don't know what but when that first man got the base hit, manager Sparky Anderson got done, Wilson up in the bullpen and usually an all-star game pitcher doesn't get up that quickly behind another all-star pitcher.
Freyhan looks at a fast ball and it's blown away. Ball one. 6 to 3, the score. Last for the sixth inning, the American League has lost 8 and a low, 12 for the last 13.
The National League leads 24 to 17 overall and this game that was started back in 1933. Jenkins working from the stretch throws, blown away again. It is 2 and 0.
The Freyhan. Don Bents looks out to Jenkins. Don Wilson continues to throw out of the bullpen for the National League down the right field line.
There's been lots of power exhibited tonight. Jenkins throws a fast ball. This is the strike. Two balls, one strike.
Three home runs by the American League. Two by the National and it's not over yet. Remember what we said, most were predicting this would be something like a 12 to 11 ball game.
Jenkins throws high but keeps and in that win to center field, Drs. Willi Davis circling under it, they've all held it up and blew it back toward right and he catches it for the first out of the sixth inning.
Started out well but just simply died in that win. And here's that ratio, 1 for 2. He started a 4-1 rally with a single back in the third inning.
Six runs on seven it's now. No errors for the American League. Three runs, three hits. No errors for the National League and the National League is now in its ninth consecutive game without an all-star error.
Jenkins throws fast ball. Good looking fast ball and it's strike one.
It is Lee May at first. Glenn Beckert at second. Don Kessinger at short. Joe Toy at third. Stardul in left. Davis and Center. Clement at right and Bents catching that clean strike thrown by Marichael de Pitcher.
Two strikes to Luis Aperichield. Aperichield now 37 years old and what a short stop he has been in the American League.
Ground ball. Chance for Beckert who goes to Kessinger back to first base double play. And out of the inning but not before the American League gets two runs on that home run by Killeburt left.
He runs on three hits. No errors and none left. He's on six full innings. The American League six for National League three.
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In Simpson Sandy Kofax seventh inning forty second old star game at six to three the American League and down.
Cassinger who was up and ready to pass before a stagial was struck out to end the sixth inning.
The Chicago Cubs shortstop will lead it up. Cassinger switch hit her hitting a 288 to home run 25 RBI.
The second inning fifth year and for you national advantage. That's quite unusual. Don is ordinarily the leadoff that her for the Chicago Cubs
and quite a leadoff man. Months well runs pretty well with a basketball player.
Good eyes strikes out seldom switch hitters and valves the first one off strike one.
For you weaver goes according to plan pitching his second and final inning with Mickey Lovach of Detroit was not yet begun to warm up.
Schedule the pitch eight and nine like one again by Cassinger strike two.
Felix beyond is out. None of Braves infielder and warming up in the bullpen but the American League killer is at first row house.
Short Robinson is third. Left Otis and center Kailan and right freehand giving the signal to Kway-R who's what it fits on the two strike count misses outside the downtown.
I wonder how many more changes are we will make in this ballgame. He's got a pretty good defensive ball club in there now and with this play run lead I think he'd want to have his best defensive club on the field.
One to the count right field is hit Kailan is there drops in a few steps and has it one of the few easy outs of the ballgame.
And that'll bring up Johnny Bench. Well you know what weaver said Sandy with eight consecutive losses to the national league.
He said we have come here to win. He said I'm not here to win a popularity contest to play everybody. We have come here to win.
The American League has argued as we've said that of those eight consecutive losses five have been by one run three in extra innings.
Remember they had a three run leading in the ninth inning a year ago and lost the next inning. Big curve that Bench tried to pump by the time the slow curve got there Johnny was halfway down the first base line.
I think part of that was a little bit of my play between Johnny Bench and Brooks Robinson. Brooks has got all kinds of line drives and Bench has got a butt out of him just see if he can play that deep and still throw him out on the bus.
Like one pitch is a fastball to Brooks Robinson passes drop base hit in our field and Bench was a two run homer has a second hit. And the other time at that he was robbed by Robinson in the fourth inning. So John is having quite an all star game.
And Brooks just pointed over to John's the bed and I think I don't think Brooks would have caught the ball anyway but the attempted but did bring him in his depth or two and maybe every little bit help.
Hillabrew is now saying do I hold Bench or not. And is standing just off the back at first base down the line at this not on the back at all as Becker to his line down and ground it out right handed better second baseman from the
top steps in and take the curve first like one one out of the seventh National League trailing the American League six to three all runs of scored on home runs. And if you just join us you have missed part of all games.
And the third base says he's got it now he says that we show you've got it so the rest takes and Becker is out. And here comes Colbert.
Nate Colbert comes in as a pinch hitter Colbert Colbert hitting a 277 19 ohm runs 51 RBI right handed batter has the bat back on his shoulder as the delivery started and lifted off and takes like one
San Diego Pottery right handed is getting power man right the open stance rather deep in the box play our left handed batter working at the right hand of Colbert with two outs towards him a curve that's a strike to the knees it's two strikes to Colbert.
Nate didn't think so. Micky Wollich has now begun to throw for the American League down the third base line. Bench leads off a couple of steps from first base. We also the fastball and strikes him out swinging no one hit no errors one left to the last of the seventh we go the American League six the National League three.
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No use of Astros with a six and six record a three point three six on one average is on the right hand of the city who goes to the left field.
This year and now stepping to the bat will be cookie.
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Everyone on the home run will turn on the mound replace Larry Ducca who had to withdraw.
Those are breaking pitches outside may at first second and second passenger short story at third.
Davis and center for many and right bench is catching his fourth catcher Don Wilson Houston one ball got the fastball but this is to an old deal for the switcher and of course is batting left handed against the right handed John Wilson.
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Now for the American League we've got Mickey Loewitt of Detroit into the ballgame.
That's a lot of it.
The first man he will face is Bobby Barnes of the Giants replacing Willie Davis.
That's why the changes that made by Sparky Anderson replacing the left handed Willie Davis.
Pitching to save this ballgame.
The three runs given up to the National League were given up by Vita Blues but in the last of the third inning in which he technically was still in the ballgame.
The American League went ahead with four runs.
This one is in the dirt by the feet of Barnes and skips back to the screen and it's one ball one strike.
All it's the hero of that 1968 World Series on three games.
That's all up high and Barnes took a good cut with this.
Bobby will strike out a lot not necessarily right but has a history of it.
170 180 times a season trying to cut that down his overall average 312 for the year.
That's a good start of the Giants already is a start but he's just starting.
Call him on a third call strike three.
That is the seventh National Ligger to strike out.
There have been three American Liggers to have struck out.
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Here's a little clip money against Palmer back in the fifth inning.
He's going out on strikes looking.
This one is under his feet and skips back to the screen again almost the same kind of pitch.
They've got away from Mickey against Bobby Barnes.
Ball on the Roberto Cromendi.
Up for the second time.
Rollage is a truck trying to save it for the American League before the home folks.
And this pitch is over strike one.
Six runs seven hits no errors for the American League.
Three runs four hits no errors for the National.
Big curve misses outside.
Change of curve and three or four feet outside.
Revolve one strike.
Remarkable night in the strike.
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A lot of wind blowing.
Another big curve that misses again outside and there's three and one Roberto Cromendi.
On deck is the dangerously man.
The six three ball game and the miss ball part.
As you saw when the National League had a three nothing lead.
He can close up that lead and go ahead in a hurry.
Jim Terry and Wilbur Ward are working.
Terry right handers.
Zion the Ward winner last year.
Wilbur Ward a left hander and a knuckleballer.
Back with a fastball hit ripped us on the field.
Back goes a big speed back looking up at four and fifteen feet away in the upper deck.
That is 64.
Three home runs for each team.
Roberto Cromendi connects.
And that's five.
An all-star record of six home runs in the game and we're in the eighth inning.
Here it seems to me that if you look at all the great hitters they all have good power in the opposite field.
Roberto Cromendi another one of those right hand hitters who could hit the ball quite a ways to the opposite field.
He played in the old ballpark in Pittsburgh for many years and that was the shortest fence in the park.
So he learned to hit the ball the other way.
The one out on the eighth inning.
Lee May takes low ball one and Lee May can connect.
He hit 12 home runs on the 31 games played in June.
Back with a fastball ground ball lowly chanted it to the mound and throws over to Killiboo at first base for the second out of the dangerous May is put down.
Now Ron Santow comes up to replace Joe Troy.
He was hitless in three times at bat.
Santow obviously will take over for Troy at third base in the last of this eighth inning.
Six to four to score and when they hit the ball it has gone a long way.
That's that three we have seen hit into the upper deck in center field San Diego at least for the upper deck.
Moving the Reggie Jackson one that hit might have gone out of here but it hit up among the lights.
The Stansons had holed up the lights.
Joe had we seen two into the upper deck and won over at the one by Reggie Jackson.
Second pitch to Santow breaking pitch strike one.
One ball one strike to Ron Santow.
Santow long time captain of the Cubs 15 home runs this year in Wrigley field 60 RBI getting a two 88.
Lowlet's ready for all the curve that's inside at low balls one strike a thinning six to four.
Now for once the expert for life they said at the hitter ballpark.
You see a lot of home runs and we have seen six lowlet's ready with a fastball swing and a miss by Santow two and two.
On deck is Willie Stardew who has 30 home runs in regular season play but tonight has struck out twice that has been hit by a pitch.
May not get a chance to bat in this the eighth inning it all depends on what Santow does.
The third base run by Doug Harvey the National League is calling time a ball got away in the bullpen down the American League side in left field.
Everything's all right Santow steps back in on the two to count.
Lowlet's dares into his own catcher of Detroit teammate Bill Friant.
Ready to throw fastball feet high one hot to lowlet's has got an easy throw to Killebrew and one run scores on the home run by Climbett.
That's the only it's no error done left we go to the last of the eighth inning.
The American League six the National League four.
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This is Sandy Kofax with Jim Simpson at Tiger Stadium in Detroit.
The National League steel trailing the American League in this ball game but it's a little bit closer now.
The National League four runs five hits in no errors.
The American League six runs seven hits in no errors.
A few changes on the field and the outfield Pete Rose has gone into right field and Bobby Barnes into center field.
And the changes in the infield will have run Sato at third base and Felix Meehan at second base.
Jim, that's what Lee Meehan at first, Meehan at second, Kessinger at third, Sando at third.
Sando remains on the left. You'll get his cuts in the ninth inning.
Barnes and center rows on the right.
Bench reminds, remains behind the plate.
And Don Wilson who had a very good seventh inning will pitch his second inning.
Wilson got him one, two, three.
He'll start off with Carl Dyshemski.
And on deck will be our K-line.
As all all-star games are, this is a scorekeeper's nightmare or a scorekeeper's dream depending on how you like to go with it.
Wilson is ready to throw the basketball up hot. He has come to the ball once.
I loved it when you said, Sando, here are a few changes. You gave four. Only nine people play the game.
Want to know, Wilson right back and throws hard and fast again.
But misses again. Two and all Dyshemski. Carl who had four hits last year and was the most valuable player in the game.
And only two others have had as many as four in one all-star game as Hitler's tonight.
Oh for three. Left handed batter against the right hander. Wilson defies his third consecutive fastball, all of which have missed.
Last for the eighth inning. One more half inning and maybe the American League will break that scheme of eight and zero by the National League.
There's the strike. Three and one. Dyshemski taking all the way.
But we went into the ninth inning down in Cincinnati last year.
The American League leading four to one. It was tied up and later won when Pete Rose scored on Jim Hickman's single.
And when Rose scored, he knocked down Pauki. Down out of play by Dyshemski.
We've lost two strikes. Carl Dyshemski.
He missed what Carl said about the blow-up of Billy Connick Lee Howie said, I've been in the major leagues for ten years.
I've tried my hardest in my heart and in my mind. I've never tried to have anyone traded for soul or fight.
Ball four. Dyshemski has drawn a walk. That's the third one given up. The first since Ellis was on the mound.
And here it comes out. Kailine with the first pitch from the sixth slow base hit.
We're now getting a little action in the National League.
Rik Wise at the Philadelphia Phillies has gotten up to throw down there.
Kailine right-handed batter, three-oh-three on the year with eight home runs.
That win still blows. Cuff the hitter down here for right-handed batter unless he goes to the off the field.
Takes a strike. Outside connet the knees and some of the tackle fans behind the plate didn't think it was over.
Arm and killaboo with a home run is on deck.
Don Wilson draws another fastball and blows it right past the swinging-out Kailine.
Strike two.
That win, Sandy, has sprung up. But yeah, it's never really died, but it seems to be a greater velocity like it was back in the second and third inning.
Again, born court right.
Gailon takes the fastball outside. One ball, two strikes.
And Don Wilson is a good fastball pitcher. Lost some of it when he hurt his arm a couple of years ago.
Has thrown almost exclusively fastballs tonight.
One ball, two strikes. Count Kailine, another fastball, a tie almost over his head and it's 2-2.
In the last 59 innings pitched by the National League before tonight, the American League had scored only nine runs in those 59 all-star innings.
They've scored six in seven innings tonight.
Wilson back with another fastball and strikes down Kailine who drops back to the bench. And that brings up Arm and killaboo.
Second strikeout to Wilson. Here's killaboo, who hit a 3-2 pitch in the sixth inning off Ferguson Jenkins and homered into left field seats, scoring Kailine ahead of it.
But the fifth and sixth runs of the ballgame have been six home runs, three by each team.
First ball is fastball in and of its chin at killaboo, perhaps reminding him that he did hit a home run last time off. A gentle reminder.
The American League leads because when they hit their home runs, they've always had a man on base. That's the only difference.
Another fastball and he blew that one right by killaboo. One ball, one strike.
Aaron in Clemente hit bears with nobody on, bench with one on.
There's a breaking pitch, but it misses its two balls, one strike. Frank Robinson, Reggie Jackson and killaboo have all hit two on homers for the American League.
And that's the difference, six to four in the last of the eight.
Two on count, killaboo, fastball, ground ball, set up their base, charges goes to second base for one, the throwback to first, has to double play.
Got no one, hits the errors and none left, and we go to the last gap for the National League, the ninth inning, with a score at the end of eight.
The American League, sixth for National League four.
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Sandy Kofax with Jim Simpson as we're back here in Detroit for the top of the ninth inning.
The National League trailing by two runs, their last chance, their last three outs, try and get back into this ball game.
They've won eight in a row and if not in this inning, that'll be the end of the winning streak.
Well, Sandy, that blew Brock out on deck, which would seem to indicate that Willie Stardale, who came into the ball game in those 30-hole months on 87 RBI's,
who was standing on Declan's sandals, rounded back to the fifth of the eighth inning, will not bat and Brock will bat.
Jim, I think you're in a situation here where you don't need the long ball anymore.
The home run isn't going to help you and Brock Anderson, well with the man who's possibly got the best chance of becoming a base runner.
Lou Brock's speed, his goatee, hit the ball on the ground or hit the ball somewhere.
Brock, he's looking for the base runner. He needs two runs, not one.
Well, at your left-hander, the Brock left-hander who is hitting 347 on the air from the St. Louis Cardinals.
Off-fielder, swings and fouls the first pitch back to the screen.
Speaking of the 1968 World Series, Brock and 67 against Boston and 68 against Detroit simply terrorized the opposing catchers.
And when the Cardinals have the Tigers down three games to one for the first time that anybody can remember, freehand throughout Lou Brock.
And from there on, the whole series turned around.
Thrive to bonus layout, loaded Jim, left-hander throw to first base, just does half a speedy Lou Brock.
That ball hit the plate and as a result went directly to Lou.
It's shy, it's Lou had gotten the ball down, he had a good chance of beating it, but Mickey made a good play.
Charged off the mound very quickly, got under that ball, made a very strong, accurate throw to the inside of the baseline.
Now you can feel this tension build up six to four, two outs away.
The American League is from breaking the eight-game losing streak.
Rollich, the Detroit boys, fires the passenger.
While the Chicago Cubs do fouls it away.
Rollich trying to save it for bite of blue.
Jim and Undeck is Johnny Bench, who's been Mr. Hero lately for the National League.
So if catchers can get on, Bench would love to be able to hit with a chance to tie this one.
But out of mind, obviously Rollich wants to keep Kessinger off the flyers of all the right field.
Kailiom then plenty of time.
Simply he's got it in right center field and has it to do away.
And Johnny Bench becomes the last hope for the National League.
Bench, Homer, with Stardulon in the second inning,
books Robinson Roth him with a great play going to his left in the fourth.
Then he attempted a bottom of seventh, which brought in Robinson and then probably single-buyed Brooks in the seventh inning.
Johnny Bench of Cincinnati, last year's most valuable player against Mickey Rollich of Detroit.
Could be the last batter in the 42nd annual All-Star Game.
Could be the end of an eight-game winning streak for the National League.
He takes a strike at the knees from Mickey Rollich.
Six-one, seven-it's, nor is it for the American League.
Four-one, five-it's, nor is it for the National League.
There have been a record tying six-one runs in the game.
Rollich backs off the fifth on the curve.
Well, Brooks Robinson says, I've got it.
I've got to mound.
He's right as the pitcher's bound.
How does he know he can make this one?
The final score.
The American League sixth, the National League four,
and will have a recap of the night action in just a moment.
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The American League did it.
Taylor was a very happy American League team that left the field.
I think you don't think too much about the All-Star Games for a while
as long as the series seems to be going back and forth.
You win one and the other league wins one, but after losing eight straights,
they had to really want to win this one tonight and they did.
They had good power.
They got their runs out of the home run.
They hit the ball out of the ballpark and they got the better pitching.
The National League got two runs in the second inning on the one bad pitch that blew Maid to bench
that he hit out, but other than that, the American League pitching, I think,
was just a little bit better than that of the National League.
They didn't walk as many.
They didn't seem to get into as much trouble.
And I think that's the story of the ballgame tonight.
We'll continue with our All-Star pulse game roundup in just a minute.
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Well, part of Blue, who gave us three runs through the first three innings that he worked,
turns out to be the winning pitcher.
In his first American League, all stars started.
Doc Ellis, who started and was very effective in the first two innings, fell below those four runs
in the third inning, scored on homeruns on Mammoth Blast by Reggie Jackson,
and a long home run to life by Frank Robinson.
And that put the American League in front of the state four to three,
and Doc Ellis becomes the losing pitcher.
And Sandy, it was said it was the hitters ballpark and three home runs by each squad.
And as we said, the big difference being that when the American League hit theirs,
there was always a man on bit.
Sure, I think if any pitcher is going to get into trouble, it's going to be with Wank and the long ball.
And today we had six of them, it's high to record.
It looked like in the third inning when Doc Ellis got into trouble.
It looked like he got a couple of his breaking balls up a little bit.
And when you've got hitters of this caliber on the ball club, they don't miss high breaking balls.
A fellow who's not as good a hitter, he may foul it off or pop it up or something like that occasionally.
But the good hitters, when you make a mistake on them, they hurt you.
I think that's what happened tonight.
There were a couple of mistakes in the ball game by the pitchers.
Not a lot of them, a few, but every time one was made, the hitters jumped on it
and hit the ball very hard somewhere.
Well, you know, the fans are always arguing which is the better league, Sandy.
And the American League, I'm sure all of their fans and the American League will say,
well, out of the last three World Series, the American League has won two of them.
And now we won an all-star game after eight straight by the National League.
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Jim Simpson with Sandy Co-Fax, the 42nd All-Star Game is over,
and we'll now get down to statistics, which is the law of most baseball fans.
Overall now, the National League still leads the American League, 23-18.
But the eight-game winning streak of the National League has been broken.
They had won 12 of the last 13, not counting a 1-1 tie back in 1961.
And the American League has come back to win this game by the score of 64.
And it is obvious to us that who is the most valuable player is going to be quite some question,
because no one has appeared yet to win that most valuable prize.
Harmon Kilibourg is out on the field, but Kilibourg, of course, is a late-hitting replacement.
He did put the game out of sight with a two-run homer.
And Harmon Kilibourg is now out on the field and ready to talk with Lindsay Nelson.
And the commissioner of baseball, Paul Coon, is also down there.
And in a moment we'll be going down to Lindsay.
We haven't heard from Lindsay all evening long, but he has been down there waiting to talk
to representatives of either the American or National League, but this has been the American League day.
So let's go down and we can to Lindsay Nelson.
The All-Star Game tonight is not, they say, right now.
He's come out on the field, but evidently they're having trouble.
Now you can hear in the background our television audio to which Lindsay is also linked into,
saying that they're having some trouble finding the most valuable player.
So, Sandy, we'll just have to stand in the dark as is everybody in the station.
In the stadium. Who is the most valuable player? That'll make some reading tomorrow.
Jim, I'm not sure that maybe it isn't Harmon Kilibourg.
You ended up with a two-run lead in the ballgame.
Harmon hit the last of the two-run home runs that provided the winning margin.
Maybe they've decided that it is going to be Harmon.
It's hard to say. Each of the offensive players hit two-run home runs, so it's hard to pick one.
Let's go down the field.
Well, I'm having to go in there. This has been a pretty good ballpark for you.
I think it's a good park for most shitters.
And tonight was kind of an exceptionally different night for this ballpark.
This wind generally doesn't blow like this here.
Mr. Keon, what would you have to say to Harmon Kilibourg?
I'd have to say I'm not very surprised to see him hit a home run in this ballpark.
He's the only man who's ever hit a ball over that roof over there.
And that's a pretty good shot. Is that one of your longest ever?
Oh, I think so. That's definitely one.
How do you feel about the American League now?
Some evening things up, getting a win after eight-stage.
Well, we're real happy about it because it's been a long time since we've been able to beat the National League.
I think I did a lot for it.
Harmon, whether you are or not the most valuable player we don't know,
but you played a tremendous ballgame. Congratulations.
Thank you, Red.
Thank you very much.
Now let's go back up to it.
Well, Johnny, there's your answer.
They don't know whether or not he is the most valuable player either.
In a game such as this with such fine performances, for example,
I would imagine the most valuable player would come from the winning team,
but fine performances like by Palmer, Cuiar, Wolditch,
Reggie Jackson with that mammoth 2-1 blast,
with Harmon Chillebours 2-1 almost, Frank Robinson 2-1 almost,
to put him out in front.
There's a question whether or not, you know, just who is the most valuable player?
See, I think we may have found out.
I think we may get a chance to hear from Lindsay again before this is over
about who the most valuable player was.
Well, we can wait here all night, or stand in, perhaps we'll have to,
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The only thing we can't tell you is who was the most valuable player in this game.
They're not done by voters or press writers upstairs, and there are many in attendance,
and they've got a poll that, and I'm sure the vote is going to be closed.
So that's one thing you'll have to read tomorrow.
If 42nd All-Star game is over, 6-4 the final score,
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The final score again was 6-4 in favor of the American League,
and we do have words of our valuable player, Frank Robinson,
of the Baltimore Orioles who hit the 2-1 homer that put the American League in front
and won the ball game for the American League.
Len Dillon has been our producer tonight in the boat,
and Jim Howard has been our audio engineer.
Now this is Jim Simpson with Sandy Kofack saying thanks for listening, and again,
American League 6, National League 4, this has been an NBC Radio Network production.