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This is Retro Sports Radio. Visit RetroSeasons

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.com for more sports history. On April 11, 1964,

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the New York Mets faced the Baltimore Orioles

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in an interleague exhibition game at Lawrence

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Stadium in Portsmouth, Virginia. New York was

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managed by Casey Stengel, who was trying to avoid

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a third consecutive 100 -loss season for the

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Mets. The O's were managed by Hank Bauer in his

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first season with Baltimore after managing the

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Kansas City Athletics in 1961 and 62. This audio

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recording is from the radio broadcast featuring

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announcers Bob Murphy, Lindsay Nelson, and Ralph

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Kiner. From Portsmouth, Virginia, the New York

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Mets are on the air. Today the New York Mets

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meet the Baltimore Orioles in their final exhibition

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game, brought to you by Rheingold Extra Dry and

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Cool Cigarettes. Well, hi, everybody. This is

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Bob Murphy with Lindsey Nelson and Ralph Kiner.

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Our engineer, Poppy Durkin, all set to bring

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you today's game between the New York Mets and

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the Baltimore Orioles. You'll enjoy today's game

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more if you have plenty of Rheingold Extra Dry

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on hand. We hope you've got plenty on ice wherever

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you're listening along the Rheingold Beach. Rheingold

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is as good to your taste as it is to your thirst

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because it's brewed extra dry. Smoother, crisper,

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livelier. Rain gold after rain gold. Now we're

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approaching game time here in Portsmouth. A good

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time for you to light up a cool. Fans enjoy extra

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coolness you can feel in your throat. Smoke cool

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with a pure white filter. The weather today in

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Portsmouth, absolutely beautiful for the final

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exhibition game. Not a cloud in the sky, a brilliant

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blue sky, a sunny day and the temperature in

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the 60s. Right now, Casey Stengel and Hank Bauer

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at home plate getting together with the umpires

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to exchange the batting order slip. The lineups

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and batting orders for today's game. The New

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York Mets, the visiting team, will have Dick

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Smith at first base. He will lead off. Rod Keneal

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in center field hitting second. Ron Hunt flying

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third base, batting third. Jim Hickman, the left

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fielder, will be the cleanup hitter. Bob Taylor

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behind the plate hitting number five. Joe Christopher

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in right field hitting sixth. Sammy Samuel playing

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second base and hitting seventh. Al Moran will

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be at shortstop batting eighth and on the mound

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hitting ninth, Tracy Stoller. In front of field

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leading off for the birds will be fleet -footed

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Jackie Brandt. Louie Aparicio, the shortstop,

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hitting second. Big John Powell, the left fielder,

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hitting third. Norm Siebern, the first baseman

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to hit cleanup. John Orsino, behind the plate,

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he will hit number five. Willie Kirkland in right

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field hitting sixth. Brooks Robinson, the brilliant

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Orioles' third baseman, hitting seventh. Jerry

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Adair, the second baseman, batting eighth. And

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on the mound, hard -throwing left -hander and

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20 -game winner, Steve Barber. Barber pitching

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and hitting ninth. The batteries then for today's

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game. For the New York Mets, Tracy Stallard on

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the mound and Bob Taylor behind the plate. For

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the Baltimore Orioles, Steve Barber will handle

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the pitching and John Orsino working behind the

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plate. The umpires, Luther Muro of the American

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League behind the plate, Ed Sudol of the National

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League will be at first, and Paul Crawford of

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the Stanley League will call the plays around

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third. Following today's game, the New York Mets

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will be flying to New York. Tomorrow, they will

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be given a day off by Casey Stengel as they prep

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for the opening of the National League season

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against the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday

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night. And right now, ladies and gentlemen, here

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in Portsmouth, which is just across the river

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from Norfolk, Virginia, the Marine Corps Color

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Guard is coming on the field, and the fans here

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in Portsmouth are watching today's ballgame.

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We'll be standing in a moment for the playing

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of our national anthem and a moment of silence

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in respect of the memory of the General of the

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Army, Douglas McGrath, who went to his final

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resting place this morning in nearby Norfolk,

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Virginia. So we'll be waiting for a moment until

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the Marine Corps color guard reaches the flagpole

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for the ceremony. Over 300 ,000 people crowded

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the streets for the procession. The burial of

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General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, who, as

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everyone connected with sports realizes, was

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such a tremendous friend of sports throughout

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his entire life. Following the game, the Mets

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will fly back to New York. They are estimated

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to get back to Idlewild around 7 .30 this evening.

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They will have tomorrow off. They open the National

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League season on Tuesday night against the Phillies,

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and the pitchers in the Tuesday night opener

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will be Dennis Bennett for Philadelphia and Al

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Jackson for the New York Mets, a battle of left

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-handers. Bennett, an outstanding young left

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-hander, missed the first half of last year due

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to an automobile injury, but came back to pitch

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very well the second half of the season. Al Jackson

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has paced the Mets pitching staff in victories

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over their first two years of existence and has

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the honor of opening the season for the New York

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Mets on Tuesday night. The Mets and Phillies

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play again on Wednesday night. Next Thursday

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will be an off day. And then next Friday, the

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historic opening of beautiful new Shea Stadium,

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which will seat 55 ,300 with 96 % of the seats

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within the foul line and every seat an individual

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seat. Weather permitting, it should be a tremendous

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occasion when the Mets and the Pirates open the

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new stadium next Friday afternoon in Flushing.

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By the way, on Monday, the Jamaica Chamber of

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Commerce will honor the New York Mets ball club

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with a parade leading the Sadler's Motel at 10

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.15 in the morning, parading through Flushing

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and Jamaica, and then a luncheon in honor of

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the New York Mets at the Whitman Hotel in Jamaica

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on Monday noon. So a lot has been planned, and

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everything is just about set now for the opening

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of the National League season. We will have the

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traditional early openers on Monday. Houston

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will be opening in Cincinnati in the traditional

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early opening for the National League in Cincinnati.

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Right now, Steve Barber. has completed his pregame

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warm -up tosses, and everyone now here at the

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ballpark is waiting for the national anthem and

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a tribute to General MacArthur. Here, ladies

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and gentlemen, our national anthem. anthem and

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the tribute paid to General of the Army Douglas

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MacArthur, we approach game time here in Portsmouth,

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Virginia with Steve Barber on the mound for the

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Oilers. You know, back home in the most spectacular

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new Shea Stadium, everything is mighty impressive.

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Perhaps the most impressive piece of equipment

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is that big Ryan Gould scoreboard. You're going

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to really enjoy seeing it. You'll not only see

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the score, of course, exactly where the game

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stands, but a picture of the batter and where

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he stands, his average. And on this scoreboard,

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there's another reminder. It says... Rheingold

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is as good to your taste as it is to your thirst.

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And isn't that exactly what you want a beer to

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be? The secret of Rheingold is a very special

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way of brewing. Rheingold is brewed extra dry.

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Smoother, crisper, livelier. We hope you've got

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some Rheingold around right this minute, wherever

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you are along the Rheingold Beach. If you do,

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well, we don't have to tell you that Rheingold

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is as good to your taste as it is to your thirst.

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Rheingold after Rheingold. Now, hard -throwing

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Steve Barber, a 20 -game winner with the Birds

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a year ago, is all set to go, and leading off

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in the ballgame against the South Ball will be

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Dick Smith. Putting up the Orioles defensively,

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Norm Seaburn is at first, Jerry Adair at second,

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Louie Amparicio at short, and Brooks Robinson

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at third. Now, Barber out of his windup, the

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game's first delivery, a slow grounder right

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back to the mound, taken by Barber. He throws

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to first, one away. In the outfield for the Orioles,

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John Powell is the left fielder, Jack Brand in

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center, and around and right, Willie Kirkland.

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Barber pitching, and Orsino behind the plate.

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As the ballplayers say, when they have to go

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up and hit against Steve Barber, he'll put bees

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in your bat. He really throws hard, and he has

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a great sinker. Outfield, the Tacoma Park left

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-hander fires. Knee -high fastball for a call

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strike. Well, you can tell that the Mets' home

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opener in Shea Stadium is just around the corner.

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No finer or higher bigger could you hope to detect

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than a giant Mets banner up in the top of the

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center field bleachers here in Portsmouth. Inside

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and low, one ball and one strike. Yes, sir, it's

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just about banner time again, and a group of

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youngsters here in Portsmouth have a banner that

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stretches, oh, I'd say a good 40 feet long, saying,

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we love the Mets. On the coaching line for the

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New York Mets, Wes Westrom at first base and

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Don Hefner at third. Now, Keneal cocks the bat,

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leans in and takes. It's outside, 2 -1. Casey

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getting his ball club tomorrow off after the

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long spring training grind. Probable workout

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on Monday and then the opening game Tuesday night

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with Jackson pitching against Dennis Bennett.

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2 -1 delivery. Ground ball bounced on the right

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side of the diamond. Jerry Adair is up with it,

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throws on to Sebring, two down. Anytime Barber

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has that good finger ball going, you can tell

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right off the bat because what comes off the

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bat are ground balls. Now two outs and nobody

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on. Well, we're delighted to have our statistician

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Matt Winnick in our broadcasting booth today.

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Matt again this year will be with us, game in

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and game out, home and away, night and day across

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the land, chronicling the facts and figures of

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the New York Mets. who has been shifted over

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to third base, batting third in the order, stepping

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in against Steve Barber. It's thrown outside

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and high, one ball and no strike. Actually, when

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the Braves first signed Ron Hunt to a pro contract,

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they signed him with the idea of his being a

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third baseman. And he played third that first

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season. Ron, aggressive tight hitter, right -hand

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batter who hit .272 last year. Line drive down

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the right field line. A face hit for Ron Hunt.

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It's going down into the corner. Being chased

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by Willie Kirkland. Ron's on his way to second.

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He'll go in standing up with a double down the

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right field line. Barber throws hard. A very

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difficult pitcher to pull. Ron Hunt's hand to

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swing just right. It hit the outside fastball.

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A hard line drive right down the right field

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line for a double. Now here is Jim Hickman. While

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the New York Mets will open the National League

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season Tuesday night against the Phillies, the

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Orioles will be opening their American League

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season against the White Sox in Chicago. Big

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banner out in the center of the field says, We

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love the Mets. Swing and a miss on a sinker,

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strike one. We love EA the Mets. Thank you for

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having that banner. We hope we'll see you around

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Jay Stadium all summer long. Banner Day last

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year in the polo grounds was an amazing sight.

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Now the pitch on the way by Barbara Lowe outside.

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Orsino has to dig it out. No one can ever accuse

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the Mets baseball fans of not being ingenious.

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They came up with more slogans, more poems to

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back their ball club. and probably helped the

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heat industry more than anybody else. Now Hickman

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was tied up, but it holds up, and the pitch is

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taken out of the strike zone. Two balls and a

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strike to Jim Hickman. Jim in left field, batting

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cleanup. One of my favorites of the programs

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last year among the banners was shortly after

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Carmel joined the ball club, Casey then had Duke

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Snyder and Duke Carmel. The banners simply said,

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Casey, put up your Duke. Ron Hunt is on second

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base, two men down. Now Barber off the stretch.

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Down comes the left arm, foul ball. He tried

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to hold up on the swing and fouled it away. So

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the count is even at two balls and two strikes.

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Next Friday at Shea Stadium, Guy Lombardo and

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his Royal Canadians will provide the pregame

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musical entertainment. When the time arrives

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for the singing of the national anthem, that

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magnificent Metropolitan Opera star Robert Merrill

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will sing the anthem. Now Barber up in pitching

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position deals two and two, a high fastball,

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and the string is out three and two. Nine Hall

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of Famers will be on hand for the opening of

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Shea Stadium on Friday, including the four new

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inductees. By the way, when the new members of

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the Hall are inducted in late July this season,

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the New York Mets will have the honor of playing

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the annual third rematch to the Hall of Fame

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against Washington that day. Swing and a miss,

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he's struck him out. Hickman goes down swinging

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on a high breaking ball. No runs, one hit, no

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errors, and one left on. Now the score in the

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middle of the first, the Mets nothing, and the

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Birds are coming to bat. Last half of the first

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inning here in Fort Smith on the mound for the

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New York Mets, Tracy Stallard, Bob Taylor behind

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the plate. Setting up New York defensively, Dick

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Smith will be at first. Sammy Samuel playing

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second, Al Moran at short, and playing at third,

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Ron Hunt. In the outfield, Jim Hickman is the

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left fielder. In center field for the New York

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Mets, Rod Keneal and around and right, Joe Christopher.

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On the coaching lines for the Orioles, Sherm

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Lawler on the lines at first and on the lines

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at third, Bill Hunter. Well, last year, both

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Dick Wurtz and Sherm Lawler were still playing

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Major League Baseball. Both retired at the end

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of last year. Now only one player remains active

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of the old St. Louis Browns. He'll be in action

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against the New York Mets in the opener on Tuesday

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night. Mr. Roy Seavers. Breaking ball on the

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outside corner. Don Larson would have to go into

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that category, beg your pardon. Larson still

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working as a bullpen pitcher for Alvin Dark and

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the San Francisco Giants. Here's the pitcher

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on the way. He holds up on a slow breaking ball

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that's outside. One ball and one strike. Brad

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having a good spring, batting at 316. He's an

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exciting ball player. He hits the ball through

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an infield about as fast as anybody in the majors.

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Foul ball off to the right, no play. Well, this

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is some kind of a day, I want to tell you, that

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you couldn't ask for a better one. We'd like

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to have it for the opener next Friday. We understand

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the weather in the New York area is just as good.

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A swing and a miss, he's struck him out. Tracy

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Stallard strikes out Jackie Brandt, one away.

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One of the most impressive things about Stallard

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this spring has been the psychological development,

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the mental improvement, so to speak, and the

00:17:45.839 --> 00:17:49.059
confidence that Stallard has gained. He has suddenly

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become more or less an elder statesman on the

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ball club, assured of a starting position, and

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it has given him a tremendous shot in the arm,

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a great deal more confidence, and you can see

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the way he pitches, he's pitching with more confidence.

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Fastball inside, one ball and no strike. Little

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Louie Aparicio, speedy right -hand hitter, wins.

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Strike on the outside corner, one ball and one

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strike. For the last eight years, Little Louie

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has led the American League in stolen bases.

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For the birds, he pilfered 40 a year ago. Ron

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Hunt plays him in close at third, even with the

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bag wide at the line. Shortening up the stride

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on the left side of the diamond is Al Morano.

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Line drives, stays fifth. Yep, down the left

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field line by Aparicio. Little Louie around first.

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He'll hold there as Hickman takes the ball back

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in. He's throwing that one. Hard line drive beyond

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the reach of Hunt and on into left field. That

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brings up Johnny Boog Powell. Powell has a six

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home runs this spring. As they say, he is big

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enough to go bear hunting with a buggy whip.

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He checked into spring camp weighing 251 pounds,

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but Hank Bauer has him melted down to about 234

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now. Now the stretch by Tracy, and he steps up.

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This fellow is just big and strong. Reminds you

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a great deal when he hits of Johnny Myers. Inside

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and low, one ball and no strike. Last year, at

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the age of 22, he led the Orioles in the power

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department, home runs, and runs batted in. One

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out and one on, no score, last half of inning

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number one. Game being sent to you with the best

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wishes of Ryan Gold Extra Drive. We hope you'll

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enjoy it. Now Tracy Ives, the runner, throws

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to first, not in time. Little Louie had to slide

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back. Anytime Aparicio's on, a pitcher really

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has to go to work. He has to throw over to first

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base four, five, maybe six times if he's going

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to keep him close. Throw to first, and he gets

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back. The main thing, you have to mix it up.

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You can't throw over there the same way every

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time. Sometimes a slow stretch, then you throw

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over, sometimes you wheel and throw. Way inside,

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and he goes behind on the count, two balls but

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no strikes. Norm Seaborn is the on -deck hitter,

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and then John Orsino. The Orioles in the spring

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have won 15, lost 11. 2 -0 delivery. An off -speed

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pitch that is fouled off to Pat Hamlin. The Cavs

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2 -1. For the Orioles, they'll be opening Memorial

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Stadium in Baltimore after their opener in Chicago.

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They come back home to have a weekend series

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against the New York Yankees. Let's have the

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odds feel deep for Powell. This is quite a hitter's

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ballpark. If you can't hit him out of this park,

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you can't hit him out of any park. A throw to

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first. Close, but he's back. Down the right field

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line for the left -hand hitters is only 315 feet,

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and the ballpark really carries. The ball really

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carries in this park. Down the left field line,

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330. Flider on the inside corner of Goodwin -Bastala,

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two balls and two strikes. 365 feet to the center

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field bleachers, and it's not too difficult on

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a good day to hit them up in those bleachers.

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Last year when the Mets played here in Portsmouth,

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Eddie Crane, who already put the frosting on

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the cake of an outstanding spring and nailed

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down an opening day job by hitting free home

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runs. Two off Robin Roberts and one off Stu Miller.

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The 2 -2 delivery with the runner going is fouled

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off the end of the bat and no play. Hank Bauer,

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who of course played for Casey when Casey had

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the Yankees, the new Oriole manager. And he has

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as his coaches, Sean Waller. Billy Hunter, Gene

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Woodling, and his pitching coach is Harry the

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Cat for team. The Cat has been in Baltimore through

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the reigns of Paul Richards, Billy Hitchcock,

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and now Hank Bauer. Swing and a miss, he struck

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him out. Bauer strikes out foul. He got him with

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a high hard one. Now two outs and one on, Norm

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Seaborn coming on to hit. Norm hitting .276 for

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the spring. He came to the Orioles. In the swap

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with Kansas City for Jim Gentile. Well, a lot

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of interest in today's ball game here in Fort

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Smith. The public address system now asking if

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the fans would mind moving a little bit closer

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together so that those who are still outside

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trying to get in can get in to see the game.

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Breaking ball over at the knees. A call strike

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on Norm Seaver. Well, in one respect, we'll be

00:23:01.359 --> 00:23:03.319
driving back home following today's game. Our

00:23:03.319 --> 00:23:07.220
timing was a little bit off. They are building

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:10.119
probably the world's largest, longest tunnel

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and bridge and causeway going across the Chesapeake

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Bay. A span of over 17 miles is going to open

00:23:17.339 --> 00:23:19.299
next Wednesday. We had thought we would be able

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:22.619
to drive through going home tonight, but we'd

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have to hang around until Wednesday, and I don't

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want to miss that opener in Philadelphia. One

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and one to count on Norm's fever, but it's going

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to be one of the real engineering miracles of

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the times when it is completed and opened on

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Wednesday. Throw to first, not on time. We were

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always fascinated in spring training with that

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trip across the Sunshine Skyway across Tampa

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Bay. It was a little over 12 miles. This one

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will be over 17 miles. Hopped up off the first

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and foul ground. Bob Taylor is under it waiting,

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and the Hawk puts it away. The side is out. Strong

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pitching by Tracy Schaller. No runs, one hit,

00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:03.819
no errors, and one left on at the end of one

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inning. The score, the Mets nothing and the Orioles

00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:10.579
nothing. Well, if you're out for a leisurely

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drive today or you have some extra time on your

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hands, we suggest if you haven't done so that

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you take a drive and go by Chase Stadium. The

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ticket office is open. It also will be open for

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your convenience tomorrow to get your tickets

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for the big opening day game next Friday afternoon.

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Everything is just about in readiness. The stadium

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looks absolutely beautiful. The steel boxes,

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the loges, the mezzanine, the upper deck. The

00:24:36.089 --> 00:24:39.730
box seats are painted a little deeper shade than

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the reserved, and the reserved a little deeper

00:24:41.869 --> 00:24:45.049
than the unreserved. Burley and I are feeling

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the stadium the most modern sports plan in America,

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and you'll be a part of it. Only 55 ,300 people

00:24:51.190 --> 00:24:53.109
in this land of ours will be on hand for that

00:24:53.109 --> 00:24:55.730
very first game ever to be played in the stadium.

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Nine members of the Hall of Fame will be there,

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including the living ex -members of the Giants

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and Dodgers, plus the four new inductees, Luke

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Appling, Heine Mnuch, Red Faber, and Burley Grant.

00:25:08.430 --> 00:25:10.769
Robert Merrill sings the National Anthem. Guy

00:25:10.769 --> 00:25:13.029
Lombardo, musical entertainer before the game.

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Music for the National Anthem by the Department

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of Sanitation Band. All in all, one tremendous

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day. Next Friday at the Mets and the Pirates

00:25:21.609 --> 00:25:33.220
in Shea Stadium. Now with Barber on the mound,

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Hawk Taylor is up for the Mets as the game moves

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into the second inning. We're counting the youngsters

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up in the top of the center field bleachers that

00:25:42.339 --> 00:25:45.079
have that long banner. Pass ball over for a call

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strike. There are seven of them. They have a

00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:50.019
banner and they stretch it out. It goes maybe

00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:53.599
30 or 40 feet and we love the Mets. And a minute

00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:55.960
ago they had that familiar cry of the last two

00:25:55.960 --> 00:26:03.000
years, let's go Mets. Barber with a one -strike

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count, winds and pitches. Ground ball hit down

00:26:05.380 --> 00:26:08.140
to third, fielded by Brooks Robinson. He strides

00:26:08.140 --> 00:26:09.880
and throws, and they have him by a few running

00:26:09.880 --> 00:26:14.220
strides. One away, nobody on. On the hit now,

00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:20.500
the right fielder, Joe Christopher. Throughout

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:22.519
spring training, with the exception of George

00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:27.220
Altman and Ron Hunt, Casey has been platooning

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:30.779
elsewhere on his ball club and... This may be

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fairly close to the opening night lineup in Philadelphia

00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:35.500
since Gene Mock has already announced that he

00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:37.380
will open the National League season against

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the Mets with the left -hander Dennis Bennett.

00:26:42.099 --> 00:26:44.099
Here's the pitcher on the way. It's over at the

00:26:44.099 --> 00:26:48.420
knees for a called strike. It will be touch and

00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:50.640
go as to whether or not George Altman will be

00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:52.420
ready for the opening game on Tuesday night.

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Trainer Gus Mott is hopeful and feels that, since

00:26:55.619 --> 00:26:57.519
it is only a bruise despite the fact that it's

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quite sore today, but he still may be able to

00:27:00.210 --> 00:27:05.269
open on Tuesday. One ball and one strike. George

00:27:05.269 --> 00:27:07.390
did not come to the ballpark today. He was advised

00:27:07.390 --> 00:27:10.950
by Gus to remain back at the hotel and take heat

00:27:10.950 --> 00:27:14.230
treatments and rest as much as possible. Carl

00:27:14.230 --> 00:27:16.309
Willey and Frank Thomas are both back in New

00:27:16.309 --> 00:27:20.369
York. Now Barbarana is lined up. The pitch, swing,

00:27:20.509 --> 00:27:23.549
and a miss on a fastball thrown in tight. One

00:27:23.549 --> 00:27:29.220
ball and two strikes. Now Jack Fisher is starting

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:31.359
to warm up easily in the bullpen. Casey wants

00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:34.019
to give Stallard, Fisher, and Bernard all some

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:36.720
work. Final tune -up work in this ballgame today.

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:40.940
Outside and high. For Hank Bauer, his pitching

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:43.960
plans are quite different because he is not planning

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:47.559
to use Barber until the opener at home in Baltimore

00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:50.400
against the Yankees next Friday. And since Barber

00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:52.000
will not be pitching then until next Friday,

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:56.240
he may have him go as far as seven innings. Fisher

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:58.259
and Stallard figure to work games two and three

00:27:58.259 --> 00:28:00.759
for the Mets. Line drive, base hit through the

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:05.279
hole going to right field. That's base hit number

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:07.539
two. Both have been to right field by right -hand

00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:32.640
hitters, and it brings up Sammy Thornwell. Game

00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:36.380
being held up just for a moment by Umpire Lou

00:28:36.380 --> 00:28:38.480
DeMuro, who noticed that they need a doctor in

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:43.380
the right field bleacher. So someone obviously

00:28:43.380 --> 00:28:45.640
in need of attention in the right field bleachers,

00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:48.680
and the game is being held up. Very alert work

00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:50.740
on the part of Umpire Lou DeMuro, who detected

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:52.400
that there was a disturbance over in the right

00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:54.259
field bleachers, and in a small ballpark such

00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:57.160
as this, he was able to tell that someone was

00:28:57.160 --> 00:28:58.759
in need of attention, and so they have asked

00:28:58.759 --> 00:29:07.450
for the doctor. Good crowd on a perfect day for

00:29:07.450 --> 00:29:11.450
a ball game. Every seat taken in the grandstand.

00:29:11.509 --> 00:29:13.390
The bleachers comparatively empty, but now we

00:29:13.390 --> 00:29:15.210
see a lot of the fans are headed toward the bleachers,

00:29:15.230 --> 00:29:17.289
unable to get a seat. Ground ball hit down to

00:29:17.289 --> 00:29:19.710
first, knocked down by Seaburn. He makes the

00:29:19.710 --> 00:29:21.829
unassisted play getting found well, and Christopher

00:29:21.829 --> 00:29:30.029
moves on to second. Now there are two away here

00:29:30.029 --> 00:29:32.230
on the top of the second. Al Moran comes up.

00:29:41.769 --> 00:29:46.750
Al Moran batting right -handed. Al has done quite

00:29:46.750 --> 00:29:48.609
a bit of experimenting during the spring, trying

00:29:48.609 --> 00:29:50.470
to improve his hitting. Bill Dickey worked with

00:29:50.470 --> 00:29:52.789
him quite a bit, trying more than anything to

00:29:52.789 --> 00:29:57.809
get him to hit down on the ball. Al Barber up

00:29:57.809 --> 00:30:00.970
in pitching position. Delivers outside and high.

00:30:01.049 --> 00:30:02.450
One of the great hitters in the history of the

00:30:02.450 --> 00:30:06.470
game, Paul Wainer. Big boys have always said

00:30:06.470 --> 00:30:09.210
that the... Top half of the ball belongs to the

00:30:09.210 --> 00:30:11.230
hitter. The bottom half of the ball belongs to

00:30:11.230 --> 00:30:13.849
the pitcher. If you hit under, you're going to

00:30:13.849 --> 00:30:15.589
pop up. If you hit down on it, you might come

00:30:15.589 --> 00:30:22.630
up with a base hit. Now Barber makes the stop,

00:30:22.730 --> 00:30:25.650
then delivers to Moran. Over on the outside corner

00:30:25.650 --> 00:30:27.589
of the knees for a strike. One ball and one strike.

00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:42.380
Joe Christopher on second, two men down, top

00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:48.980
of the second, no score. Foul tipped. Pops out

00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:50.920
of the middle of John Orsino, no damage done.

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:56.619
One ball and two strikes. Mets with two night

00:30:56.619 --> 00:30:58.859
games in Philadelphia, Tuesday night and Wednesday

00:30:58.859 --> 00:31:01.099
night, Thursday the off day and the big opener

00:31:01.099 --> 00:31:04.880
on Friday. Monday will be a big day for the New

00:31:04.880 --> 00:31:06.619
York Mets. As we mentioned earlier, they will

00:31:06.619 --> 00:31:09.119
be honored with a parade starting at 10 .15 from

00:31:09.119 --> 00:31:11.579
the Travelers Motel, winding through Fletching

00:31:11.579 --> 00:31:13.500
and Jamaica, and winding up with a luncheon in

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:17.400
the Whitman Hotel in Jamaica. Foul. Hit down

00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:31.480
the right field line. Out of play. Hard -throwing

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:33.539
young right -hander that means so much to the

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:35.700
Baltimore Orioles, Chuck Estrada made the catch

00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:40.319
on that one over the bullpen. Talking to Jack

00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:42.740
Fisher about Estrada, they were very close friends

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:44.660
when Jack was with the Orioles, and he says that

00:31:44.660 --> 00:31:47.599
Estrada says he no longer, and for the first

00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:49.779
time in over a year, does not feel pain when

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:52.480
he throws. He's been throwing hard. The one -two

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:56.730
pitch, outside and high. Did you notice where

00:31:56.730 --> 00:31:58.849
the St. Louis Cardinals are leaving Ray Weinspern

00:31:58.849 --> 00:32:00.829
with their Jacksonville Fire Club in order that

00:32:00.829 --> 00:32:03.430
they can keep him out of the cold weather and

00:32:03.430 --> 00:32:05.450
not run the risk of him re -injuring that arm

00:32:05.450 --> 00:32:07.730
in the first couple of weeks of the season? Also

00:32:07.730 --> 00:32:09.730
give him a chance to strengthen his arm in the

00:32:09.730 --> 00:32:11.690
sunshine before coming up to join St. Louis.

00:32:13.289 --> 00:32:16.369
The 2 -2 delivery. Swing, and a Murphy struck

00:32:16.369 --> 00:32:18.130
him out with a sinker down around the ankle.

00:32:19.009 --> 00:32:21.690
Brad retired, no runs, one hit, no errors, and

00:32:21.690 --> 00:32:23.869
one left. At the end of an inning and a half,

00:32:23.950 --> 00:32:26.089
the score in Portsmouth... The New York Mets,

00:32:26.150 --> 00:32:28.109
nothing, and the Baltimore Orioles, nothing.

00:32:28.630 --> 00:32:31.390
And let's hear how a baseball fan makes up for

00:32:31.390 --> 00:32:36.990
an error in his choice of a cigarette. Oh, I

00:32:36.990 --> 00:32:41.890
don't believe it. Not another error. Boy, I sure

00:32:41.890 --> 00:32:45.049
made an error. Huh? Trying this new menthol cigarette.

00:32:45.410 --> 00:32:48.950
What do you mean? It just doesn't make it. Well,

00:32:49.089 --> 00:32:53.529
here's one that does. Try it cool. Cool? Okay.

00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:04.640
This is more like it. Your cigarette's not tasting

00:33:04.640 --> 00:33:08.880
cool enough till you come up to cool. With rich

00:33:08.880 --> 00:33:12.619
tobacco's pure white filter, extra coolness too.

00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:16.819
Feel extra coolness in your throat as cool comes

00:33:16.819 --> 00:33:21.539
through for you. You'll be smoking cool, cool

00:33:21.539 --> 00:33:27.440
all the time when you come up to cool. For the

00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:30.319
most refreshing coolness you can get. In any

00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:33.619
cigarette, smoke cool with the pure white filter.

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:41.319
Last half of the second, John Orsino comes up

00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:44.579
against Tracy Stallard. After coming to the Orioles

00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:49.160
in the deal with San Francisco, last year Orsino

00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:52.420
knocked in 56 runs and batted 272. He did a good

00:33:52.420 --> 00:34:00.509
job for them. John Arfino, right -hand hitter

00:34:00.509 --> 00:34:07.750
out of Teaneck, New Jersey. Tracy Stallard on

00:34:07.750 --> 00:34:10.889
the mound for the New York Mets. Last half of

00:34:10.889 --> 00:34:13.929
the second, no scores. Tracy winds. The pitch

00:34:13.929 --> 00:34:16.269
breaks too far outside. One ball and no strike.

00:34:23.550 --> 00:34:26.469
The Orioles and Giants made a big deal during

00:34:26.469 --> 00:34:29.210
the winter before last season. Breaking ball,

00:34:29.289 --> 00:34:34.150
and he lays off. Two balls and no strikes. Sue

00:34:34.150 --> 00:34:36.550
Miller and Mike McCormick, along with John Orsino,

00:34:36.650 --> 00:34:38.849
came to the birds for Billy Heft, Jack Fisher,

00:34:39.070 --> 00:34:42.210
now with the Mets, and Jim Coker. All three of

00:34:42.210 --> 00:34:44.329
those players, Billy Heft, Jack Fisher, and Jim

00:34:44.329 --> 00:34:47.349
Coker, have now gone to other ball clubs. Inside.

00:34:48.530 --> 00:34:51.269
Ball 30, it's 3 -0. Coker has just gone in a

00:34:51.269 --> 00:35:03.239
deal involving the Los Angeles Dodgers. I'll

00:35:03.239 --> 00:35:04.800
check that involving the Philadelphia Bills,

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:07.320
thank you, partner. Pitchers outside in Stallard,

00:35:07.340 --> 00:35:22.980
Watson, or Fino are in four pitches. Now the

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:24.780
right fielder, Willie Kirkland, hitting for the

00:35:24.780 --> 00:35:26.420
first time. Willie during the spring, hitting

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:36.030
.227. Now Tracy off the stretch. Delivers, bounce,

00:35:36.150 --> 00:35:39.170
foul. He barely got a piece of it. One strike

00:35:39.170 --> 00:36:00.170
count on Willie Kirkland. Outside and high. I

00:36:00.170 --> 00:36:01.789
remember he was playing tricks on me. Ralph was

00:36:01.789 --> 00:36:07.469
freaking me out on the trade. Gary Kolb and Jim

00:36:07.469 --> 00:36:11.130
Coker leaving the Cardinals for Bob Euchre and

00:36:11.130 --> 00:36:15.309
the Braves. Off -speed delivery that's over for

00:36:15.309 --> 00:36:17.230
a called strike. Good pitch by Stallard. One

00:36:17.230 --> 00:36:19.489
ball and two strikes. The deal involving the

00:36:19.489 --> 00:36:21.570
Dodgers was the Dodgers and the Detroit Tigers.

00:36:24.170 --> 00:36:27.349
Larry Sherry going to Detroit for Lou Johnson.

00:36:33.449 --> 00:36:35.429
I trace the up and pitching position, the 1 -2

00:36:35.429 --> 00:36:37.789
delivery. I drive and the air sinking rapidly

00:36:37.789 --> 00:36:39.690
in short center field at the base hit, played

00:36:39.690 --> 00:36:42.369
on the hop by Rod Caneo. And now the birds have

00:36:42.369 --> 00:36:44.969
runners on first and second, nobody out. Right

00:36:44.969 --> 00:36:48.110
here we pause for station identification. This

00:36:48.110 --> 00:36:51.929
is the New York Mets baseball network. WGY and

00:36:51.929 --> 00:36:58.710
WGF fans connect today. The beautiful... And

00:36:58.710 --> 00:37:03.760
New York, 10 -5. Bob Murphy with Ralph Kiner

00:37:03.760 --> 00:37:05.800
and Lindsey Nelson from Fort Smith, Virginia.

00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:09.019
Now Brooks Robinson is up with runners on first

00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:11.539
and second, nobody out. The Mets here will be

00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:13.539
defensing against the possibility of a bunt.

00:37:13.820 --> 00:37:16.260
Jerry Adaris, the on -deck batter, and then Steve

00:37:16.260 --> 00:37:20.280
Barber. Now Tracy off the stretch. Delivers.

00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:35.289
Just inside. One ball and no strike. Brooks has

00:37:35.289 --> 00:37:37.110
not hit for a high average during the spring

00:37:37.110 --> 00:37:39.630
games, but he has been hitting with power. He's

00:37:39.630 --> 00:37:41.369
hit four home runs, and he leads the Orioles

00:37:41.369 --> 00:37:47.389
in RBIs for the spring. Runners on first and

00:37:47.389 --> 00:37:50.349
second, nobody out. Pitch to Robinson. Full swing

00:37:50.349 --> 00:37:52.650
and a foul ball back into the screen. One ball

00:37:52.650 --> 00:37:56.989
and one strike. Hank Bauer has Robinson swinging

00:37:56.989 --> 00:37:59.030
away with a dare of the number eight hitter on

00:37:59.030 --> 00:38:01.269
deck to be followed by the pitcher, Steve Barber.

00:38:13.389 --> 00:38:15.389
Tracy slowing himself down a little bit, trying

00:38:15.389 --> 00:38:17.829
to pitch out of a jam here in the second. The

00:38:17.829 --> 00:38:19.949
birds have the table set, two on and nobody out.

00:38:21.969 --> 00:38:24.570
Here's the pitch underway. Inside and high, two

00:38:24.570 --> 00:38:32.630
balls and a strike. Baltimore a year ago got

00:38:32.630 --> 00:38:34.809
off to a flying start. They were really winging.

00:38:36.170 --> 00:38:39.030
But they fell victims to a June swoon. They had

00:38:39.030 --> 00:38:41.130
a stress during June when the roof really fell

00:38:41.130 --> 00:38:42.309
in on them and knocked them right out of the

00:38:42.309 --> 00:38:55.210
front of race. 2 -1 on Brooks Robinson. The lead

00:38:55.210 --> 00:38:57.809
runner on second is John Orsino. Willie Kirkland

00:38:57.809 --> 00:39:02.929
is on first. Now the pitch thrown. Line drive

00:39:02.929 --> 00:39:05.150
hit hard down the left field line at phase fifth.

00:39:05.389 --> 00:39:07.269
Hickman racing over to the line to play at around

00:39:07.269 --> 00:39:10.210
third heading in. The score is John Orsino and

00:39:10.210 --> 00:39:12.829
the birds lead 1 -0 on the run scoring single

00:39:12.829 --> 00:39:15.570
to left by Brooks Robinson. Willie Kirkland goes

00:39:15.570 --> 00:39:33.340
from first to third. Jerry Adair, the second

00:39:33.340 --> 00:39:36.360
baseman. Two years ago, Jerry had a real good

00:39:36.360 --> 00:39:38.199
year. Last season, he fell off at the plate.

00:39:38.280 --> 00:39:41.079
He was tampered several times during the season

00:39:41.079 --> 00:39:43.340
with minor hurts that had him in and out of the

00:39:43.340 --> 00:39:48.360
lineup. Mets set up, hoping for a shot at the

00:39:48.360 --> 00:39:50.860
double play. A line drive to right field, a base

00:39:50.860 --> 00:39:53.679
hit by Adair. Kirkland comes in to score. Robinson

00:39:53.679 --> 00:40:07.579
will hold his second. and the Mets nothing on

00:40:07.579 --> 00:40:10.400
the single to right by Jerry Adair. Now Steve

00:40:10.400 --> 00:40:13.159
Barber comes up. With Barber hitting, runners

00:40:13.159 --> 00:40:15.280
on first and second, nobody out. Now the Mets

00:40:15.280 --> 00:40:20.019
will be defending against the Bucs. Barber batting

00:40:20.019 --> 00:40:25.659
left -handed. First four men up have reached

00:40:25.659 --> 00:40:27.559
safely against Ballard here in the last half

00:40:27.559 --> 00:40:33.199
of the second. Fisher still cranking up down

00:40:33.199 --> 00:40:35.690
in the bullpen. He's around to Brunt. Brunt,

00:40:35.750 --> 00:40:37.889
fair ball. Stallard coming off the mound. The

00:40:37.889 --> 00:40:40.489
play goes to third. Out at third. They get Robinson.

00:40:41.269 --> 00:40:43.590
Close play at third, but Stallard threw just

00:40:43.590 --> 00:40:46.349
in time to Ron Hunt. To fourth, Brooks Robinson.

00:40:56.610 --> 00:40:59.349
Now runners on first and second, one man down.

00:40:59.449 --> 00:41:01.269
Top of the batting order for the center fielder,

00:41:01.309 --> 00:41:04.380
Jackie Brandt. Pratt was struck out in the first

00:41:04.380 --> 00:41:15.400
inning by Stallard. Baltimore 2, New York nothing,

00:41:15.519 --> 00:41:19.719
last half of the second. Tracy walked the first

00:41:19.719 --> 00:41:23.139
man up, John Orsino. Willie Kirkland singled

00:41:23.139 --> 00:41:25.159
a center with a sinker off the end of the bat.

00:41:27.340 --> 00:41:29.820
Now the pitcher on the way. Leiter on the outside

00:41:29.820 --> 00:41:47.440
corner of strike. Last year, Jackie hit .248

00:41:47.440 --> 00:41:50.519
as the bird's center fielder. Ground ball left

00:41:50.519 --> 00:41:53.139
to shortstop. Moran to Fomwell. There's one on

00:41:53.139 --> 00:42:00.199
the first. Double play on the side is out. Baltimore,

00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:03.099
two runs on three hits, no errors, and one left

00:42:03.099 --> 00:42:05.840
in the last of the second. Now at the end of

00:42:05.840 --> 00:42:07.940
two innings, the score of the Orioles 2 and the

00:42:07.940 --> 00:42:12.449
New York Mets, nothing. Well, for those of you

00:42:12.449 --> 00:42:14.489
who are making your ticket plans now, not only

00:42:14.489 --> 00:42:16.570
for opening day, but all the home games of the

00:42:16.570 --> 00:42:18.269
New York Mets and beautiful new Shea Stadium,

00:42:18.530 --> 00:42:21.190
we'd like to remind you that again of this year

00:42:21.190 --> 00:42:24.650
for your convenience in Midtown Manhattan, ticket

00:42:24.650 --> 00:42:26.889
outlets are located at Grand Central Station

00:42:26.889 --> 00:42:30.170
near the foot of the 42nd Street Vanderbilt ramp,

00:42:30.389 --> 00:42:32.650
along out in the waiting room of Penn Station.

00:42:33.190 --> 00:42:35.530
The ticket office will be open today and tomorrow

00:42:35.530 --> 00:42:38.809
for your convenience at Shea Stadium. And also

00:42:38.809 --> 00:42:40.889
this year, a brand new ticket outlet for those

00:42:40.889 --> 00:42:45.309
who live near the Nassau -Support County line.

00:42:45.550 --> 00:42:48.250
The ticket outlet is located in Macy's in the

00:42:48.250 --> 00:42:51.150
Walt Whitman Shopping Center in Huntington. Remember,

00:42:51.289 --> 00:42:53.090
too, you may order your tickets by mail. Simply

00:42:53.090 --> 00:42:55.050
address your correspondence to Ticket Manager.

00:42:56.050 --> 00:42:58.750
The New York Mets, Shea Stadium, Flushing, New

00:42:58.750 --> 00:43:02.710
York. We'll be waiting for you on Friday for

00:43:02.710 --> 00:43:06.289
the opener of the beautiful stadium. Right here

00:43:06.289 --> 00:43:08.750
we go along to the third inning with Steve Barber

00:43:08.750 --> 00:43:10.349
pitching for the Orioles against the New York

00:43:10.349 --> 00:43:13.130
Mets. And all set now to follow the action for

00:43:13.130 --> 00:43:16.510
you, Ralph Kainer. Thank you, Bob. And once again,

00:43:16.610 --> 00:43:18.530
hello, everybody. Steve Barber going for the

00:43:18.530 --> 00:43:20.929
Orioles has worked through two innings. He has

00:43:20.929 --> 00:43:23.070
given up no runs, allowed two hits, struck out

00:43:23.070 --> 00:43:25.690
two, and walked none. Steve will pitch against

00:43:25.690 --> 00:43:31.670
here in the top of the third. The pitcher, Tracy

00:43:31.670 --> 00:43:33.929
Stallard. who is scheduled up, but we'll have

00:43:33.929 --> 00:43:36.269
a pinch hitter for him, and then Dick Smith and

00:43:36.269 --> 00:43:40.070
Rod Knievel, assigned to be Larry Elliott, pinch

00:43:40.070 --> 00:43:48.389
hitting for Tracy Stollard. That'll mean that

00:43:48.389 --> 00:43:50.389
Jack Fisher, who has been warming up, will come

00:43:50.389 --> 00:43:53.309
in the ballgame to pitch in the bottom half of

00:43:53.309 --> 00:43:56.170
the third. Stollard going out, giving up two

00:43:56.170 --> 00:43:58.250
runs and four hits, striking out two and walking

00:43:58.250 --> 00:44:01.000
one. First pitch to Larry Elliott, a left -hand

00:44:01.000 --> 00:44:04.760
batter, is taken low, ball one. Larry started

00:44:04.760 --> 00:44:10.039
the season as more or less a player on the Buffalo

00:44:10.039 --> 00:44:12.360
roster. He has more or less earned himself a

00:44:12.360 --> 00:44:16.000
job in the regular roster in center field. Next

00:44:16.000 --> 00:44:17.980
pitch back to the plate, a fastball in the outside

00:44:17.980 --> 00:44:23.019
corner. Got one ball, one strike. Larry has been

00:44:23.019 --> 00:44:26.440
used in center field against right -hand pitching

00:44:26.440 --> 00:44:28.500
throughout the latter part of spring training.

00:44:30.119 --> 00:44:35.980
He makes his home in San Diego, California. And

00:44:35.980 --> 00:44:38.079
now Steve Barber into the windup and back again,

00:44:38.179 --> 00:44:39.820
and he moves Elliott away from the plate and

00:44:39.820 --> 00:44:41.679
on down to the ground with a fastball inside.

00:44:42.260 --> 00:44:51.760
So they count two balls, one strike. Barber wearing

00:44:51.760 --> 00:44:54.300
number 13 in his uniform, one of the few pitchers

00:44:54.300 --> 00:44:56.059
in baseball to do so, and that is the number

00:44:56.059 --> 00:44:58.969
of losses he had last year. And his pitch came

00:44:58.969 --> 00:45:01.090
back, and it was hit slowly on a check swing

00:45:01.090 --> 00:45:03.550
down the third. Robinson picks it up, flips quickly

00:45:03.550 --> 00:45:06.769
to first base for the out. One man out here in

00:45:06.769 --> 00:45:09.650
the top of the third. Score is 2 -0 in favor

00:45:09.650 --> 00:45:12.489
of the Baltimore Orioles, and the batter will

00:45:12.489 --> 00:45:16.030
be Dick Smith. Dick's the leadoff batter for

00:45:16.030 --> 00:45:18.989
the Mets. Up for the second time. His first time

00:45:18.989 --> 00:45:20.650
up, he bounced back to the mound on the very

00:45:20.650 --> 00:45:27.559
first pitch of the ballgame. Smith, the right

00:45:27.559 --> 00:45:33.300
-hand batter, playing at first base. And now

00:45:33.300 --> 00:45:35.480
the left -hander to work against Smith with a

00:45:35.480 --> 00:45:37.500
breaking pitch, a fast slider that's in on the

00:45:37.500 --> 00:45:43.760
inside corner, strike one. Barber is scheduled

00:45:43.760 --> 00:45:45.719
to go against the New York Yankees when they

00:45:45.719 --> 00:45:48.900
open the season against the Baltimore Oil in

00:45:48.900 --> 00:45:53.260
New York. Next pitch back is a fastball moving

00:45:53.260 --> 00:46:00.909
outside. One ball, one strike. That game will

00:46:00.909 --> 00:46:07.610
be in Baltimore. Orioles open the season against

00:46:07.610 --> 00:46:11.409
the White Sox in Chicago. Now the 1 -1 pitch.

00:46:12.349 --> 00:46:14.909
Foul down the right field line. No chance for

00:46:14.909 --> 00:46:17.969
a play. It goes as a long strike. Mets, of course,

00:46:17.989 --> 00:46:20.010
open their season against the Philadelphia Phillies

00:46:20.010 --> 00:46:22.429
the 14th on Tuesday night. They play on Wednesday

00:46:22.429 --> 00:46:26.610
night also. Open at home on Friday afternoon

00:46:26.610 --> 00:46:36.860
at Chase Idiom. All of us very interested to

00:46:36.860 --> 00:46:38.880
hear how the stadium is coming along as quite

00:46:38.880 --> 00:46:40.619
a few of the people came down from New York for

00:46:40.619 --> 00:46:43.639
this game, and the reports are great. It's back

00:46:43.639 --> 00:46:52.599
as low. Two balls, two strikes. Flying field

00:46:52.599 --> 00:46:57.239
condition, supposedly in perfect shape, and that's

00:46:57.239 --> 00:46:59.440
understandable as the Mets have the top groundskeeper

00:46:59.440 --> 00:47:06.920
in baseball. Johnny McCarthy doing a good job

00:47:06.920 --> 00:47:09.260
there again. Barber comes back and bounces the

00:47:09.260 --> 00:47:11.079
pitch in the dirt. It bounces over the shoulder

00:47:11.079 --> 00:47:14.019
of the catcher Johnny Orsino. And the count fills

00:47:14.019 --> 00:47:25.579
to three and two. Conference at the mound by

00:47:25.579 --> 00:47:29.280
Steve Barber and Johnny Orsino. Orsino, if you

00:47:29.280 --> 00:47:31.420
remember, had something happen to him last year

00:47:31.420 --> 00:47:33.849
that should happen to every hitter. He had five

00:47:33.849 --> 00:47:37.570
consecutive home runs in spring training. It

00:47:37.570 --> 00:47:39.829
didn't come all in one game, but he still had

00:47:39.829 --> 00:47:41.969
five in a row. That's something that's rather

00:47:41.969 --> 00:47:49.170
unusual, to say the least. This spring, he hasn't

00:47:49.170 --> 00:47:52.510
been quite that fortunate. Now 3 -2, it's Barber

00:47:52.510 --> 00:47:55.010
back again, and he misses outside ball four.

00:47:55.269 --> 00:47:57.909
So Steve walks his first man here in the top

00:47:57.909 --> 00:48:01.650
of the third. Orioles lead 2 -0, one out. That'll

00:48:01.650 --> 00:48:03.690
bring up Rod Kinneal, who bounced to second base

00:48:03.690 --> 00:48:06.730
his first time up. Rod playing in center field,

00:48:06.869 --> 00:48:17.909
batting from the right -hand side. Rod has been

00:48:17.909 --> 00:48:20.250
used in the outfield also at second and third

00:48:20.250 --> 00:48:23.150
base this spring. He's been filling the same

00:48:23.150 --> 00:48:25.570
role he filled last year as utility ball player.

00:48:28.239 --> 00:48:30.719
And his first pitch is hit off the handle and

00:48:30.719 --> 00:48:33.139
foul into the stands along the right field side.

00:48:33.219 --> 00:48:40.659
Strike one. Norm Sebring coming over to talk

00:48:40.659 --> 00:48:48.599
to Steve Barber at the mound now. Norm has sort

00:48:48.599 --> 00:48:50.539
of followed Hank Bauer, the manager of the Baltimore

00:48:50.539 --> 00:48:52.500
Orioles, around. He went from the Yankees' whip

00:48:52.500 --> 00:48:55.630
bar to Kansas City on a trade. And when Bauer

00:48:55.630 --> 00:48:57.849
moved from Kansas City to the Orioles as a coach

00:48:57.849 --> 00:49:00.030
and then later on became manager, he got Seaburn

00:49:00.030 --> 00:49:06.070
right over with him. One strike down to Rod Keneal.

00:49:06.150 --> 00:49:08.389
The score, 2 -0 Orioles lead with one out in

00:49:08.389 --> 00:49:10.849
the top of the third. Runner at first base and

00:49:10.849 --> 00:49:13.090
the pitch is swung on. A slider, a hard swing

00:49:13.090 --> 00:49:15.389
by Rod Keneal. He didn't get it. Strike two.

00:49:17.269 --> 00:49:20.130
Barber has a very, very good slider and a very

00:49:20.130 --> 00:49:22.909
good fastball. The fastball sinks and moves away

00:49:22.909 --> 00:49:25.949
from a right -hand batter. The slider, of course,

00:49:26.050 --> 00:49:27.730
moving right into the hand. He likes to work

00:49:27.730 --> 00:49:29.969
the slider inside. The fastball outside, the

00:49:29.969 --> 00:49:35.710
right -hander. Now two strikes. He comes in again

00:49:35.710 --> 00:49:37.829
with the slider, down low around the knees, and

00:49:37.829 --> 00:49:41.489
Keneal strikes out. That is the third strikeout

00:49:41.489 --> 00:49:43.530
for Steve Barber. He now has two out here in

00:49:43.530 --> 00:49:46.170
the third. And it brings up Ron Hunt, who doubled

00:49:46.170 --> 00:49:48.010
down the right field line his first time up.

00:49:49.800 --> 00:49:52.059
Ron and Joe Christopher with the two hits in

00:49:52.059 --> 00:50:00.280
the ballgame by the Mets. Ron has been playing

00:50:00.280 --> 00:50:02.420
at third base in the last few ballgames, and

00:50:02.420 --> 00:50:04.199
he's been doing better there all the time. He

00:50:04.199 --> 00:50:06.519
played there his first year in ball and has played

00:50:06.519 --> 00:50:10.000
there before. And he has shown a very good arm

00:50:10.000 --> 00:50:13.199
throwing from third, and he also has shown a

00:50:13.199 --> 00:50:16.880
very good like for the position. He's been very

00:50:16.880 --> 00:50:20.789
impressive at the plate this spring. First pitch

00:50:20.789 --> 00:50:23.550
to him is high, a fastball. One ball, no strike.

00:50:28.409 --> 00:50:30.329
One thing about Ron, at third base, he might

00:50:30.329 --> 00:50:32.110
live a little longer. At second base, he gets

00:50:32.110 --> 00:50:34.130
hit quite often on double plays because he just

00:50:34.130 --> 00:50:41.969
likes to stay in there. Now the 1 -0 delivery

00:50:41.969 --> 00:50:44.090
with the runner going is taken inside. The throw

00:50:44.090 --> 00:50:46.590
down to second, not in time, and a stolen base

00:50:46.590 --> 00:50:49.230
for Dick Smith, and he stole it all away. It

00:50:49.230 --> 00:50:52.929
wasn't even close. Mitch was inside. Osino had

00:50:52.929 --> 00:50:54.849
to move to his left, and by the time he came

00:50:54.849 --> 00:50:58.010
out throwing, it was no contest. So the Mets

00:50:58.010 --> 00:50:59.989
now have their second runner at second base with

00:50:59.989 --> 00:51:02.489
two out here in the top of the third, and the

00:51:02.489 --> 00:51:12.269
count on Ron Hunt is 2 -0. big man Smith can

00:51:12.269 --> 00:51:18.050
fly down the line. Hunt stepping out of the batter's

00:51:18.050 --> 00:51:20.849
box. Time called by home plate umpire Lou DeNiro.

00:51:27.570 --> 00:51:30.610
Now time is in. Barber back to work in the pitch.

00:51:31.110 --> 00:51:34.010
Bounce foul. Flatter in tight. Bounce down in

00:51:34.010 --> 00:51:36.769
the dirt. Count now two balls and one strike.

00:51:42.000 --> 00:51:47.679
Final game of the spring for the Mets. Their

00:51:47.679 --> 00:51:52.880
28th of the spring training season. It's been

00:51:52.880 --> 00:51:54.780
a good spring. The Mets were not rained out once.

00:51:54.880 --> 00:51:59.239
In fact, they never did have a bad day. Two balls,

00:51:59.340 --> 00:52:01.380
one strike. The pitch by Barber back to Hunt.

00:52:01.559 --> 00:52:05.360
Haken high and outside. Ball three. So Ron has

00:52:05.360 --> 00:52:07.940
the count in his favor. Three balls and one strike

00:52:07.940 --> 00:52:13.099
with Jim Hickman on deck. Hasn't been a good

00:52:13.099 --> 00:52:15.559
spring for the Mets as far as injuries. They've

00:52:15.559 --> 00:52:18.000
had three players receive broken bones, Al Jackson,

00:52:18.300 --> 00:52:21.739
Juju Coleman, and Carl Willey. Then they've had

00:52:21.739 --> 00:52:25.079
injuries to Altman, Hickman, Thomas, and Powell.

00:52:25.719 --> 00:52:28.579
Next pitch is low and inside ball four, and Barber

00:52:28.579 --> 00:52:32.980
walks his second man. Dick Smith on at second

00:52:32.980 --> 00:52:35.400
base as a result of a walk in a stolen base,

00:52:35.440 --> 00:52:47.750
and now Ron Hunt at first. Bob Murphy just informed

00:52:47.750 --> 00:52:49.869
me one other player the Mets had had a broken

00:52:49.869 --> 00:52:51.750
bone, and that's right. Craig Anderson had his

00:52:51.750 --> 00:52:53.989
hand broken. So they've had four players that

00:52:53.989 --> 00:52:56.469
came up with broken bones this spring. That's

00:52:56.469 --> 00:52:59.829
way over par. Runners now at first and second

00:52:59.829 --> 00:53:04.269
with two out and Jim Hickman in. Jim struck out

00:53:04.269 --> 00:53:06.050
swinging his first time up, and he hits the first

00:53:06.050 --> 00:53:08.210
pitch right back to the mound. A comebacker on

00:53:08.210 --> 00:53:10.969
one hop to throw to first base, and that does

00:53:10.969 --> 00:53:14.710
it. For the Mets, no runs. There were no hits.

00:53:15.199 --> 00:53:18.400
No errors. Two walks, two men left on base. And

00:53:18.400 --> 00:53:20.519
the score at the end of two and a half innings.

00:53:20.739 --> 00:53:24.739
The Orioles two to match nothing. Well, it's

00:53:24.739 --> 00:53:27.199
almost over as far as spring training is concerned,

00:53:27.340 --> 00:53:29.360
and it's been quite a spring, as we mentioned

00:53:29.360 --> 00:53:32.260
before. And spring training has become quite

00:53:32.260 --> 00:53:35.099
a tradition. In fact, it goes all the way back

00:53:35.099 --> 00:53:37.519
to 1884 when the Boston Nationals limbered up

00:53:37.519 --> 00:53:40.460
with a few games in New Orleans. And to a fan,

00:53:40.739 --> 00:53:44.320
why, beer is a baseball tradition, too. Yes,

00:53:44.320 --> 00:53:47.059
sir? There's no better way to enjoy a ball game

00:53:47.059 --> 00:53:49.820
than with a cool, refreshing glass of beer. And

00:53:49.820 --> 00:53:52.340
there's no better beer to have than Rheingold

00:53:52.340 --> 00:53:55.480
Extra Dry. Rheingold is as good to your taste

00:53:55.480 --> 00:53:58.579
as it is to your thirst because it's brewed extra

00:53:58.579 --> 00:54:01.860
dry. Brewed very specially with a smooth, crisp

00:54:01.860 --> 00:54:04.619
liveliness that, well, it just can't be matched.

00:54:05.280 --> 00:54:07.360
That's why when you enjoy the ball game with

00:54:07.360 --> 00:54:10.099
a refreshing Rheingold Extra Dry, you're sharing

00:54:10.099 --> 00:54:12.440
a great tradition with the millions along the

00:54:12.440 --> 00:54:15.900
Rheingold B2K. Rheingold is as good to your taste

00:54:15.900 --> 00:54:19.019
as it is to your thirst. Rheingold after Rheingold.

00:54:20.679 --> 00:54:22.820
New pitcher in the ballgame for the Mets, Jack

00:54:22.820 --> 00:54:25.199
Fisher, now replacing Tracy Stallard. Stallard

00:54:25.199 --> 00:54:27.099
worked the first two innings in his tune -up

00:54:27.099 --> 00:54:30.500
for the Major League opener. Not necessarily

00:54:30.500 --> 00:54:32.739
the first game of the season. It's scheduled

00:54:32.739 --> 00:54:34.699
to be Al Jackson to be the first pitcher against

00:54:34.699 --> 00:54:36.840
the Phillies, but this will be the last chance

00:54:36.840 --> 00:54:39.400
Tracy will have to work until he starts in the

00:54:39.400 --> 00:54:43.300
official 1964 season. He went two hands, gave

00:54:43.300 --> 00:54:45.519
up two runs, allowed four hits, struck out two

00:54:45.519 --> 00:54:49.159
and walked one. Now Jack Fisher, right -hander,

00:54:49.219 --> 00:54:52.179
formerly with the Baltimore Orioles. Jack has

00:54:52.179 --> 00:54:54.239
had a good spring, and he'll be working to Louie

00:54:54.239 --> 00:54:56.760
Aparicio, John Powell, and Norm Seaborn here

00:54:56.760 --> 00:54:59.659
in the third. And Fisher's first pitch, a slider

00:54:59.659 --> 00:55:02.860
outside ball one. Louie had a base hit to left

00:55:02.860 --> 00:55:05.679
field his first time up, hitting a slider on

00:55:05.679 --> 00:55:15.099
the line to left. Fisher, right -hander, back

00:55:15.099 --> 00:55:17.360
to Aparicio, and there's one popped up in foul

00:55:17.360 --> 00:55:20.440
territory on the first base side. Mitch is running

00:55:20.440 --> 00:55:23.039
down after it, and he can't get through it. He

00:55:23.039 --> 00:55:24.960
was fighting the front all the way and had trouble

00:55:24.960 --> 00:55:26.699
finding the ball in spite of the fact that he

00:55:26.699 --> 00:55:30.300
had his glasses down. Pretty tough chance for

00:55:30.300 --> 00:55:33.599
first baseman Dick Smith. No error on the play.

00:55:34.960 --> 00:55:37.500
And Aparicio now with a count of one ball and

00:55:37.500 --> 00:55:51.559
one strike. Fisher acquired from San Francisco.

00:55:54.460 --> 00:55:56.780
Basically a breaking ball pitcher. He likes to

00:55:56.780 --> 00:56:00.519
work the spot. Not exceptionally fast. Uses a

00:56:00.519 --> 00:56:02.699
slider quite often. Also throws the slip pitch.

00:56:03.320 --> 00:56:05.940
Now he sets and the 1 -1 pitch is the slip pitch.

00:56:06.039 --> 00:56:08.860
It's low on the dirt. Two balls, one strike.

00:56:12.820 --> 00:56:15.059
The Orioles with two runs in the second inning.

00:56:15.260 --> 00:56:18.699
A walk to John Orsino. A single by Willie Kirkland,

00:56:18.800 --> 00:56:20.840
a single by Brooks Robinson to drive and a run,

00:56:20.980 --> 00:56:23.400
and a single by Jerry Adair to drive and a run,

00:56:23.440 --> 00:56:31.320
leading the ball game 2 -0. Fisher back again,

00:56:31.500 --> 00:56:34.159
and a check on the swing in time by Aparicio,

00:56:34.219 --> 00:56:36.179
and the count goes to three balls and one strike.

00:56:37.239 --> 00:56:39.539
Lurie checking with Billy Hunter, the third base

00:56:39.539 --> 00:56:41.219
coach, as to whether or not he'll be hitting

00:56:41.219 --> 00:56:46.500
the wave. Coaching at first base, Sherm Lawler.

00:56:47.420 --> 00:56:50.260
Now 3 -1. The pitch is swung on. A slider and

00:56:50.260 --> 00:56:54.119
miss. Full count now as Louie Aparicio leads

00:56:54.119 --> 00:57:05.380
off here in the third. Pitcher into the windup

00:57:05.380 --> 00:57:08.219
and here's the pitch. And a check swing foul

00:57:08.219 --> 00:57:10.440
ball. Ball going over the top of the roof and

00:57:10.440 --> 00:57:12.579
out of play. Aparicio tried to hold off that

00:57:12.579 --> 00:57:14.659
ball. It was out of the strike zone. Couldn't

00:57:14.659 --> 00:57:17.099
keep the bat off the ball and he gets... They

00:57:17.099 --> 00:57:23.139
count to remain at 3 -2. Louie last year led

00:57:23.139 --> 00:57:27.179
the American League in total bases with 40. That's

00:57:27.179 --> 00:57:29.079
at him with Maury Wills for the Major League

00:57:29.079 --> 00:57:35.219
League. Now again at 3 -2. And the pitch is bounced

00:57:35.219 --> 00:57:37.519
in the hole, dug out by Ron Hunt. He goes across

00:57:37.519 --> 00:57:44.280
with a good throw. Out number one. That'll bring

00:57:44.280 --> 00:57:48.550
up... John Boog Powell, big, strong left fielder.

00:57:51.449 --> 00:57:53.489
And this part's got to be built to order for

00:57:53.489 --> 00:57:55.969
him. It's 315 down the right field line, 365

00:57:55.969 --> 00:58:00.349
in center field. He looks like a very menacing

00:58:00.349 --> 00:58:02.590
batter in the batter's box with that big size.

00:58:02.690 --> 00:58:06.110
He weighs about 230. Struck out swinging his

00:58:06.110 --> 00:58:09.130
first time up. Tracy Stallard got him on a fastball,

00:58:09.210 --> 00:58:17.599
and he takes the fastball high, ball one. Tracy

00:58:17.599 --> 00:58:20.480
had two strikeouts in the first inning, hitting

00:58:20.480 --> 00:58:24.719
Jackie Brandt and John Powell. But now Jack Fisher

00:58:24.719 --> 00:58:26.440
has replaced him, and there's a ball hit softly

00:58:26.440 --> 00:58:28.400
down the short right off the handle. Picked up

00:58:28.400 --> 00:58:30.719
by Al Moran, and the throw to first base to Dick

00:58:30.719 --> 00:58:33.880
Smith brings about out number two. Powell is

00:58:33.880 --> 00:58:37.000
jammed with a flyer right on the fifth. So with

00:58:37.000 --> 00:58:40.400
two down, Norm Seaborn will give it a try. Norm

00:58:40.400 --> 00:58:42.739
fouled out his first time. Up he is 0 for 1,

00:58:42.900 --> 00:58:52.699
left -hand batting first baseman. Don't forget

00:58:52.699 --> 00:58:54.739
to visit Langlois' little old New York at the

00:58:54.739 --> 00:58:57.619
World's Fair opening April 22nd. Enjoy this authentic

00:58:57.619 --> 00:59:00.320
corner of New York City as it was back in 1904.

00:59:01.599 --> 00:59:04.480
First pitch to the first baseman is fouled down

00:59:04.480 --> 00:59:07.500
in the dirt. Strike one. Jack Fisher with a slider

00:59:07.500 --> 00:59:10.260
in tight, right on the hands of the left -hand

00:59:10.260 --> 00:59:18.739
batter. Now Fisher into the lineup and back again.

00:59:18.880 --> 00:59:21.039
And he misses low with a slip pitch. Change of

00:59:21.039 --> 00:59:28.480
pace. One ball, one strike. Well, Casey did it

00:59:28.480 --> 00:59:30.699
again last night. He was on, and he was really

00:59:30.699 --> 00:59:34.179
on. Now the 1 -1 pitch. A swing and a change

00:59:34.179 --> 00:59:37.659
of pace. A good slip pitch. Strike two. Casey

00:59:37.659 --> 00:59:40.059
said no speeches now as he went to a banquet

00:59:40.059 --> 00:59:42.679
that was staged by the Portsmouth Ball Club here.

00:59:43.530 --> 00:59:46.050
Then he got up and talked for about 29 minutes,

00:59:46.110 --> 00:59:54.050
and he had everybody in the aisle. The 1 -2 pitch

00:59:54.050 --> 00:59:57.829
to Seaburn has taken high ball, too. He was really

00:59:57.829 --> 01:00:00.769
putting it on for his former teammate and very

01:00:00.769 --> 01:00:03.250
close friend, Al Lopez, who was there, the manager

01:00:03.250 --> 01:00:06.050
of the Chicago White Sox, also Tony Cuccinella,

01:00:06.130 --> 01:00:09.190
who coaches for the White Sox, and also a player

01:00:09.190 --> 01:00:14.199
who had played for him. And he was funny. Now

01:00:14.199 --> 01:00:20.440
2 -2. The pitchers had fouled on the line. That

01:00:20.440 --> 01:00:22.639
holds with two balls and two strikes with two

01:00:22.639 --> 01:00:25.139
outs in the bottom half of the third. The Orioles

01:00:25.139 --> 01:00:41.530
lead 2 -0. Time. call for a moment as Seaburn

01:00:41.530 --> 01:00:43.630
backed out of the batter's box. Now time is in,

01:00:43.670 --> 01:00:46.469
and Fisher comes back to the plate. And it gets

01:00:46.469 --> 01:00:48.449
him looking on the inside corner with a slider.

01:00:48.650 --> 01:00:51.130
First strikeout for Jack Fisher, and that retires

01:00:51.130 --> 01:00:55.829
the side. No runs, no hits. No errors. No one

01:00:55.829 --> 01:00:57.909
left on base, and the score at the end of three,

01:00:58.110 --> 01:01:02.409
the Orioles two, the Mets nothing. Well, I don't

01:01:02.409 --> 01:01:03.909
want to tell you this, but I guess I should.

01:01:04.070 --> 01:01:07.449
It's only four more days left to... April 15th,

01:01:07.449 --> 01:01:09.250
and you know what that means. That's income tax

01:01:09.250 --> 01:01:14.070
return time. One of ours showed, while he came

01:01:14.070 --> 01:01:16.130
across a news story that really might amuse you,

01:01:16.210 --> 01:01:18.570
talking about it before, but you might not have

01:01:18.570 --> 01:01:20.789
heard it. It seems that there was a sheep rancher

01:01:20.789 --> 01:01:22.969
who recently listed his nine -year -old monkey

01:01:22.969 --> 01:01:26.090
as a tax deduction. And this monkey herds sheep

01:01:26.090 --> 01:01:29.130
and actually drives a tractor. Since a rancher

01:01:29.130 --> 01:01:30.909
provides free room and board for the monkey,

01:01:31.050 --> 01:01:34.500
the government allowed a tax deduction. but it

01:01:34.500 --> 01:01:36.960
didn't happen here in the United States. It happened

01:01:36.960 --> 01:01:39.159
in Australia, so I don't think you can get away

01:01:39.159 --> 01:01:42.000
with it. Don't be jealous, though, because there's

01:01:42.000 --> 01:01:43.840
plenty of benefits right here along the Rheingold

01:01:43.840 --> 01:01:47.320
Beach, like the new tax cuts, the Mets, the World's

01:01:47.320 --> 01:01:50.659
Fair, and the best of beers. That's Rheingold

01:01:50.659 --> 01:01:53.719
Extra Dry. Rheingold is as good to your taste

01:01:53.719 --> 01:01:56.320
as it is to your thirst because it's brewed extra

01:01:56.320 --> 01:01:59.280
dry, smooth and crisp, and completely quenching.

01:02:00.099 --> 01:02:02.360
Yes, it's the wide world, and you won't find

01:02:02.360 --> 01:02:05.599
a better beer. Rheingold is as good to your taste

01:02:05.599 --> 01:02:09.099
as it is to your thirst. Rheingold after Rheingold.

01:02:10.199 --> 01:02:14.219
You got your tax on made out, Mr. Murphy? I didn't

01:02:14.219 --> 01:02:15.900
have any problem making it out, Ralph. The problem

01:02:15.900 --> 01:02:18.719
was getting the money to pay him with. It sort

01:02:18.719 --> 01:02:20.619
of does create some sort of a problem every now

01:02:20.619 --> 01:02:22.119
and then, doesn't it? I haven't even finished

01:02:22.119 --> 01:02:25.860
mine. I'm going to spend all day Monday on it.

01:02:27.630 --> 01:02:29.650
Now we're all set to go here in the top of the

01:02:29.650 --> 01:02:32.210
fourth. As Steve Barber continues to work on

01:02:32.210 --> 01:02:34.570
the mound, the first pitch is a strike call.

01:02:35.489 --> 01:02:39.230
Bob Taylor the batter and Taylor taking as a

01:02:39.230 --> 01:02:41.949
curveball broke over at the knee. Bob bounced

01:02:41.949 --> 01:02:43.750
the third his first time up. He'll be followed

01:02:43.750 --> 01:02:47.289
by Joe Christopher and Sammy Samwell. Score 2

01:02:47.289 --> 01:02:51.429
-0 Baltimore. And the next pitch back is hit

01:02:51.429 --> 01:02:54.139
to deep right field. Moving back. Waiting now

01:02:54.139 --> 01:02:56.119
is the right fielder, Willie Kirkman, and he

01:02:56.119 --> 01:02:57.739
makes the catch. And while we wait for the next

01:02:57.739 --> 01:02:59.579
batter to come to that, we'll pause for station

01:02:59.579 --> 01:03:02.699
identification. This is the New York Mets Baseball

01:03:02.699 --> 01:03:08.739
Network. You're listening to WGY and WGFM, your

01:03:08.739 --> 01:03:18.969
New York Mets stations connected. along with

01:03:18.969 --> 01:03:21.230
Bob Murphy and Lindsey Nelson from Portsmouth,

01:03:21.250 --> 01:03:23.590
Virginia. The Mets playing their last game of

01:03:23.590 --> 01:03:26.449
the season, the spring training season. And now

01:03:26.449 --> 01:03:28.389
with one man out here in the fourth as the Mets

01:03:28.389 --> 01:03:30.389
trail 2 -0, the batter will be Joe Christopher.

01:03:30.570 --> 01:03:32.869
Joe has one of the two hits off Steve Barber.

01:03:35.110 --> 01:03:37.190
He's single to right field, a right -hand batter.

01:03:37.289 --> 01:03:39.110
There's one in the center field, a ball hanging

01:03:39.110 --> 01:03:41.329
up in the air, coming strong as brand. He can't

01:03:41.329 --> 01:03:43.769
get to it. It bounces off his glove. Christopher

01:03:43.769 --> 01:03:45.949
holds his first base, and the throw comes in,

01:03:45.969 --> 01:03:49.219
gets away from the second baseman. But no error

01:03:49.219 --> 01:03:51.940
on the play as Christopher saves it first. A

01:03:51.940 --> 01:03:55.239
looping line drive into center field, and Jackie

01:03:55.239 --> 01:03:57.900
Brandt tried to shoestring it, and the ball hit

01:03:57.900 --> 01:03:59.820
right in front of his glove and bounced off the

01:03:59.820 --> 01:04:02.420
top of it, but held close enough so Brandt could

01:04:02.420 --> 01:04:04.840
make the play back in. A base hit for Joe Christopher,

01:04:04.960 --> 01:04:06.880
his second in the ballgame, the third by the

01:04:06.880 --> 01:04:09.940
Mets off Steve Barber, and it will bring up Sammy

01:04:09.940 --> 01:04:13.579
Samwell. Sammy hit a hard ground ball down the

01:04:13.579 --> 01:04:15.760
first and was retired in a good play by Norm

01:04:15.760 --> 01:04:22.869
Siebern his first time up. Right -hand batter

01:04:22.869 --> 01:04:24.909
playing at second base, and the first pitch is

01:04:24.909 --> 01:04:28.750
taken outside, a fastball. One ball, no strike.

01:04:31.489 --> 01:04:33.869
Larry Bernice warming up in the bullpen for the

01:04:33.869 --> 01:04:38.349
Mets. Casey, on the bench today, said there's

01:04:38.349 --> 01:04:40.389
a good chance that Bernice might become a starting

01:04:40.389 --> 01:04:44.010
pitcher. And the next pitch set is thrown to

01:04:44.010 --> 01:04:47.369
Zamora's foul out of play. One ball, one strike.

01:04:49.000 --> 01:04:51.059
He said it was some reservation, though, because

01:04:51.059 --> 01:04:53.619
he said, now what happens if he starts in the

01:04:53.619 --> 01:04:55.539
ballgame and I need somebody to come in to relieve

01:04:55.539 --> 01:04:58.820
him that I got nobody to go to? That means that

01:04:58.820 --> 01:05:00.880
he likes Bernard as his number one relief pitcher,

01:05:00.960 --> 01:05:07.500
too. 2 -0 game, Baltimore. Here's the pitch to

01:05:07.500 --> 01:05:10.300
Sam Wallace. Bounce back through the mound. Backhanded

01:05:10.300 --> 01:05:12.960
by Adair. He goes over to the bag. Then throws

01:05:12.960 --> 01:05:15.409
the first base and... The play at first base

01:05:15.409 --> 01:05:18.409
is in time. Also, Adair did step on at second

01:05:18.409 --> 01:05:21.510
base, so it's a double play. We hesitated on

01:05:21.510 --> 01:05:24.530
the play at second base because it didn't appear

01:05:24.530 --> 01:05:27.309
as though Adair got to the bag. The umpire gave

01:05:27.309 --> 01:05:29.690
a late call, and then the throw to first base

01:05:29.690 --> 01:05:32.150
was not in time, and Samwell is now safe at first.

01:05:33.590 --> 01:05:35.710
So they get the fourth play and a good play by

01:05:35.710 --> 01:05:37.769
Adair at second base as he backhanded that ball

01:05:37.769 --> 01:05:39.750
right near the bag in back of it, and the throw

01:05:39.750 --> 01:05:46.050
to first base was not in time. Two men out, the

01:05:46.050 --> 01:05:49.230
batter now is Al Moran. Say, now's a good time

01:05:49.230 --> 01:05:51.489
to light up a cool Thriller King. Get the most

01:05:51.489 --> 01:05:53.530
refreshing coolness in cigarette smoking today.

01:06:01.630 --> 01:06:05.809
First pitch to Moran is low for Paul Watson.

01:06:13.230 --> 01:06:15.050
Next pitch back is Luke in the center field.

01:06:15.150 --> 01:06:17.090
Brad is moving to his left, and he makes the

01:06:17.090 --> 01:06:21.849
catch to retire to side. In the inning for the

01:06:21.849 --> 01:06:24.710
Mets, no runs. They had one hit. Oils made no

01:06:24.710 --> 01:06:27.590
errors. One man was left on base. The score at

01:06:27.590 --> 01:06:33.389
the end of three and a half. The Mets trail by

01:06:33.389 --> 01:06:35.710
a two -nothing score. The Oils out in front.

01:06:36.090 --> 01:06:38.710
Let's listen while a baseball fan learns about

01:06:38.710 --> 01:06:45.039
a cigarette that makes a hit every time. Another

01:06:45.039 --> 01:06:48.639
pop -up. We haven't had a hit all day. Here.

01:06:48.820 --> 01:06:51.760
Let this cigarette know it was me. What's the

01:06:51.760 --> 01:06:54.760
matter? Oh, lost their taste lately. Well, here,

01:06:54.820 --> 01:06:58.179
Joe. Have a cool. Cool? I think you'll like them.

01:07:02.360 --> 01:07:07.739
See what I mean? Yeah. Not bad. Not bad at all.

01:07:08.219 --> 01:07:34.869
Your cigarette's not tasting good. For the most

01:07:34.869 --> 01:07:38.030
refreshing coolness you can get in any cigarette,

01:07:38.289 --> 01:07:47.619
smoke cool with the Pure White Filter. It's the

01:07:47.619 --> 01:07:49.460
bottom half of the fourth with the Orioles in

01:07:49.460 --> 01:07:52.360
front 2 -0 as they come to bat against Jack Fisher.

01:07:52.579 --> 01:07:55.880
Fisher is in the game in the third, and he fits

01:07:55.880 --> 01:07:58.320
perfect ball to his first three batters. He'll

01:07:58.320 --> 01:08:00.519
now work to John Orsino, Willie Kirkland, and

01:08:00.519 --> 01:08:03.340
then Brooks Robinson. Orsino, the catcher in

01:08:03.340 --> 01:08:05.380
the ballgame, walks his first time up and scored

01:08:05.380 --> 01:08:09.079
the first run. He's a right -hand batter. And

01:08:09.079 --> 01:08:11.260
the first pitch to Orsino is looped into right

01:08:11.260 --> 01:08:13.380
center field off of the handle, a broken bat.

01:08:13.440 --> 01:08:15.699
It drops in for a base hit, and Sam Wild couldn't

01:08:15.699 --> 01:08:18.829
get back to it. The Orsino with a broken bat

01:08:18.829 --> 01:08:21.069
base hit. The first hit given up by Fisher, and

01:08:21.069 --> 01:08:23.149
the Orioles now have a runner at first base with

01:08:23.149 --> 01:08:28.090
no one out. The Orioles scored their two runs.

01:08:28.229 --> 01:08:31.149
They had four men up without an out against Tracy

01:08:31.149 --> 01:08:33.470
Schaller. Tracy worked the first two innings,

01:08:33.489 --> 01:08:36.409
gave up the two runs. Now the batter is Willie

01:08:36.409 --> 01:08:38.609
Kirkland, left -hand batting right fielder. He

01:08:38.609 --> 01:08:45.500
singled the center field his first time up. And

01:08:45.500 --> 01:08:47.939
the first pitch is lined down the line. It is

01:08:47.939 --> 01:08:51.359
a foul ball. Ball fouled by about a foot. Right

01:08:51.359 --> 01:08:53.180
over the top of the first baseman's head and

01:08:53.180 --> 01:08:55.680
curving into foul territory. That ball was well

01:08:55.680 --> 01:09:03.140
hit. Orioles now have a total of five base hits

01:09:03.140 --> 01:09:05.560
off the combined pitching of Tracy Saladin and

01:09:05.560 --> 01:09:15.050
Jack Fisher. Willie Kirkland back. In the batter's

01:09:15.050 --> 01:09:21.109
box. He started his career with the Giants. And

01:09:21.109 --> 01:09:23.229
now the next pitch is a fastball. It's high.

01:09:25.130 --> 01:09:28.569
One ball, one strike. For the Mets, they have

01:09:28.569 --> 01:09:31.529
Dick Smith at first base, Sammy Samwell at second,

01:09:31.829 --> 01:09:36.869
Al Moran at short, and Ron Hunt at third base.

01:09:36.930 --> 01:09:38.970
This could be their starting infield on opening

01:09:38.970 --> 01:09:42.350
night, Tuesday night against Philadelphia. Next

01:09:42.350 --> 01:09:45.029
pitch back by Fisher, a changeup. It's outside

01:09:45.029 --> 01:09:48.189
ball two. In the outfield, it's Jim Hickman in

01:09:48.189 --> 01:09:51.609
left field, Rod Camille in center field, and

01:09:51.609 --> 01:09:54.270
Joe Christopher in right. George Altman was not

01:09:54.270 --> 01:09:58.350
even brought up to the ballpark. He has an injured

01:09:58.350 --> 01:10:00.529
muscle in his shoulder, and he has remained back

01:10:00.529 --> 01:10:03.550
at the hotel to get heat treatment in order to

01:10:03.550 --> 01:10:07.869
get him ready for opening day. Pitch back is

01:10:07.869 --> 01:10:11.579
his foul. Ball going out of play. Count now,

01:10:11.699 --> 01:10:14.239
one ball, two strikes. As we mentioned earlier,

01:10:14.439 --> 01:10:17.479
the Mets have had a real tough spring in the

01:10:17.479 --> 01:10:19.939
casualty department. Altman has an injured shoulder.

01:10:20.819 --> 01:10:22.779
Hickman was out for a while with a sprained ankle.

01:10:23.199 --> 01:10:26.239
Thomas is out at the moment with a bad arm, and

01:10:26.239 --> 01:10:28.199
Grover Powell was sent to the minors because

01:10:28.199 --> 01:10:30.319
of an arm, and they want him to throw as much

01:10:30.319 --> 01:10:36.319
as he can, and they hope to get him back. Now

01:10:36.319 --> 01:10:38.920
Fisher sets and is picked back to Kirkland. Bounce

01:10:38.920 --> 01:10:40.779
back to the mound. A chance for two. The throw

01:10:40.779 --> 01:10:42.920
to the shortstop at second base is in time. The

01:10:42.920 --> 01:10:45.020
throw to first base is in the dirt. It's backhanded

01:10:45.020 --> 01:10:47.979
and dug up by Smith. So the Mets have turned

01:10:47.979 --> 01:10:49.720
in their second double play. And that one, the

01:10:49.720 --> 01:10:54.100
quick one, 1 -6 -3 is destroyed. And now with

01:10:54.100 --> 01:10:55.979
two out, the batter will be Brooks Robinson.

01:11:04.010 --> 01:11:05.810
Brooks singled the left fielder his first time

01:11:05.810 --> 01:11:07.850
up and drove in the first run of the ballgame.

01:11:07.949 --> 01:11:10.850
The Orioles lead 2 -0 with two out here in the

01:11:10.850 --> 01:11:13.869
bottom half of the fourth. And the first pitch

01:11:13.869 --> 01:11:16.050
to the right -hand batter is inside. A fastball.

01:11:16.130 --> 01:11:18.489
Robinson takes the pitch inside by about four

01:11:18.489 --> 01:11:29.130
inches. At 1 -0, the right -hander comes back

01:11:29.130 --> 01:11:31.850
with a changeup inside. Ball two. Two balls,

01:11:31.909 --> 01:11:38.390
no strike. Hawk Taylor, the catcher for the Mets.

01:11:40.289 --> 01:11:43.210
With a slight argument on that last call by Lou

01:11:43.210 --> 01:11:49.409
DeMiro. American League umpire. Now it's Fisher

01:11:49.409 --> 01:11:53.470
at 2 -0. And he misses for ball three. Three

01:11:53.470 --> 01:11:57.750
balls, no strikes. Beyond egg batter is Jerry

01:11:57.750 --> 01:12:07.050
Adair. 3 -0 pitch. A called strike, a fastball

01:12:07.050 --> 01:12:18.850
in the outside corner. Fisher back again, this

01:12:18.850 --> 01:12:22.149
time at 3 -1. And the pitch is fouled away, strike

01:12:22.149 --> 01:12:25.210
two. Fisher with a fastball actually had the

01:12:25.210 --> 01:12:29.090
ball by Brooks Robinson. So after falling behind

01:12:29.090 --> 01:12:31.409
3 -0, the cat now is full of three balls and

01:12:31.409 --> 01:12:37.979
two strikes. Baltimore two, the Mets nothing.

01:12:38.899 --> 01:12:41.880
Two out, bottom half, the fourth. And the pitch,

01:12:41.899 --> 01:12:44.699
it off the hands into center field. Moving in

01:12:44.699 --> 01:12:47.779
is the center fielder, Rod Caneel. And he makes

01:12:47.779 --> 01:12:50.800
the catch every time at the side. No runs, one

01:12:50.800 --> 01:12:53.680
hit, the hit erased by the double play. No errors

01:12:53.680 --> 01:12:56.319
and no one left on base. And the score at the

01:12:56.319 --> 01:12:59.619
end of four, the Orioles two, the Mets nothing.

01:13:08.810 --> 01:13:11.229
On opening day next Friday when the New York

01:13:11.229 --> 01:13:16.569
Mets meet the Pittsburgh Pirates, nine members

01:13:16.569 --> 01:13:19.489
of the Hall of Fame will be on hand. The four

01:13:19.489 --> 01:13:21.470
new members of the Baseball Hall of Fame will

01:13:21.470 --> 01:13:23.989
be inducted in late July at Cooperstown, Red

01:13:23.989 --> 01:13:27.369
Faber and Burley Grimes, O 'Reason Payne, the

01:13:27.369 --> 01:13:29.569
great White Sox shortstop Luke Appling, and one

01:13:29.569 --> 01:13:31.569
of the great hitters of our time, Heine Mnuch.

01:13:32.449 --> 01:13:35.050
Also to be there at Shea Stadium on Friday will

01:13:35.050 --> 01:13:38.659
be the old Flash, Frankie Frisch, Zach Wheat

01:13:38.659 --> 01:13:41.720
and Max Carey, King Carl Hubble, and Bill Terry.

01:13:42.979 --> 01:13:45.640
400 hitters, a real oddity in the history of

01:13:45.640 --> 01:13:47.279
baseball, and of course one of the great ones,

01:13:47.439 --> 01:13:50.159
Hall of Famer Bill Terry. So we'll all be looking

01:13:50.159 --> 01:13:52.239
forward to seeing all nine of them on opening

01:13:52.239 --> 01:14:10.270
day next Friday at Chase Stadium. Now Jack Fisher

01:14:10.270 --> 01:14:12.710
is due to lead off in the fifth inning, but Jack

01:14:12.710 --> 01:14:15.430
has worked his two innings since. Johnny Stevenson

01:14:15.430 --> 01:14:21.810
is coming out to hit for him. This is the final

01:14:21.810 --> 01:14:23.869
exhibition ballgame in case he wants to give

01:14:23.869 --> 01:14:25.770
the pitchers that will be going early in the

01:14:25.770 --> 01:14:28.069
National League finish line for the Mets a final

01:14:28.069 --> 01:14:32.569
tune -up. So here is young Johnny Stevenson who's

01:14:32.569 --> 01:14:34.649
had less than one full year of baseball on his

01:14:34.649 --> 01:14:38.449
way north with the New York Mets. Pitch is over

01:14:38.449 --> 01:14:40.670
for a call strike. He's quite a handyman. He's

01:14:40.670 --> 01:14:43.750
a catcher by trade. But when he got hurt last

01:14:43.750 --> 01:14:45.390
year when he broke a finger, then he went to

01:14:45.390 --> 01:14:47.210
the outfielder. He developed into quite a defensive

01:14:47.210 --> 01:14:48.869
outfielder, and now the Mets are working him

01:14:48.869 --> 01:14:51.189
out at third base. The left -hand hitter swings,

01:14:51.449 --> 01:14:57.369
and Mets are strength, too. Casey and the coaches

01:14:57.369 --> 01:14:59.430
have really liked what they have seen of young

01:14:59.430 --> 01:15:04.609
John Stevenson. Last year, his first year in

01:15:04.609 --> 01:15:06.609
baseball, and actually only a half year, he was

01:15:06.609 --> 01:15:10.369
at Auburn where he hit .261. A foul ball, it

01:15:10.369 --> 01:15:12.989
wafted back upstairs and out of play. But actually,

01:15:13.170 --> 01:15:16.229
Johnny Stephenson, I should say, beg your pardon,

01:15:16.270 --> 01:15:18.229
was hitting .342 when he suffered the broken

01:15:18.229 --> 01:15:21.189
finger behind the bat. In order to help the ball

01:15:21.189 --> 01:15:23.010
club, as soon as he could with his hand on his

01:15:23.010 --> 01:15:28.170
flinter, he went to the outfield. He attended

01:15:28.170 --> 01:15:30.189
William Carey College in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

01:15:35.430 --> 01:15:39.090
Stevenson, 5 '11", weighs 180, bats out of an

01:15:39.090 --> 01:15:41.390
open stance, looks it over, and the fastball

01:15:41.390 --> 01:15:47.310
by Barber is low, one ball and two strikes. Last

01:15:47.310 --> 01:15:49.189
winter, he worked as an assistant basketball

01:15:49.189 --> 01:15:54.310
coach at William Carey College. Pitched by Barber,

01:15:54.369 --> 01:15:56.350
outside and low in the count, even, two balls

01:15:56.350 --> 01:16:07.500
and two strikes. So John Stevenson, starting

01:16:07.500 --> 01:16:10.539
his second, or rather actually his first full

01:16:10.539 --> 01:16:13.300
year in pro ball, his second year, is on his

01:16:13.300 --> 01:16:15.100
way north with the Mets. A ground ball lands

01:16:15.100 --> 01:16:16.779
on the right side of the diamond, fielded by

01:16:16.779 --> 01:16:19.579
Jerry Adair. Adair across to Norm Seaburn, one

01:16:19.579 --> 01:16:25.699
away in the fifth inning. One away and nobody

01:16:25.699 --> 01:16:28.060
on top of the fifth. Now the leadoff hitter,

01:16:28.079 --> 01:16:31.039
Dick Smith. Dick has drowned it out, drawn a

01:16:31.039 --> 01:16:45.390
walk, and stolen a base. Dick right -hand hitter

01:16:45.390 --> 01:16:48.289
with fine running speed has been used throughout

01:16:48.289 --> 01:16:51.529
the spring against the left -handers. Originally

01:16:51.529 --> 01:16:53.869
an outfielder, now being plated first. Round

01:16:53.869 --> 01:16:56.609
ball bounced to short. Up with his Louis Aparicio.

01:16:56.609 --> 01:17:02.229
He strides and throws two men down. Barber has

01:17:02.229 --> 01:17:05.510
that good sinking fastball working for him, and

01:17:05.510 --> 01:17:06.750
the Mets are hitting the ball on the ground.

01:17:09.159 --> 01:17:11.560
He turns that sinker over, and it sinks so much

01:17:11.560 --> 01:17:13.279
that when you see it from up in the stands, it

01:17:13.279 --> 01:17:15.100
looks more like a curveball than a fastball.

01:17:16.819 --> 01:17:18.979
Rod can heal the hitter. Rod has drowned it out

01:17:18.979 --> 01:17:25.600
and struck out. Rod is 0 for 2. Inside at the

01:17:25.600 --> 01:17:33.279
knees. One ball and no strike. Larry Bernard

01:17:33.279 --> 01:17:35.579
warming up down on the sidelines. Larry comes

01:17:35.579 --> 01:17:40.220
in to pitch. The last of the first inning. Swing

01:17:40.220 --> 01:17:42.060
and a miss. Farber took something off on that

01:17:42.060 --> 01:17:47.100
one. One ball and one strike. With Carl Willey

01:17:47.100 --> 01:17:49.439
sidelined with a fractured jaw, it puts Casey

01:17:49.439 --> 01:17:51.560
in quite a dilemma as to whether to leave Larry

01:17:51.560 --> 01:17:54.380
Banas in the bullpen or make a starter out of

01:17:54.380 --> 01:17:57.899
him. Larry is the number one release pitcher

01:17:57.899 --> 01:18:00.119
in how important they are. Pass ball over for

01:18:00.119 --> 01:18:03.180
a call strike. Still, you have to have four solid

01:18:03.180 --> 01:18:08.699
starters. Mets are hoping that Grover Powell's

01:18:08.699 --> 01:18:10.699
arm will respond and that he can join the ball

01:18:10.699 --> 01:18:14.060
club before too long. Casey does not want to

01:18:14.060 --> 01:18:15.859
have to open the season with only one left -hander.

01:18:16.479 --> 01:18:24.659
Low and outside. Count even now at 2 -2. The

01:18:24.659 --> 01:18:26.720
only other left -hander on the staff has now

01:18:26.720 --> 01:18:30.819
been sent to Buffalo. Actually, for a further

01:18:30.819 --> 01:18:32.340
assignment, he'll be working out with the Buffalo

01:18:32.340 --> 01:18:33.939
Club, a waiting assignment, and that's young

01:18:33.939 --> 01:18:37.229
Ron Locke. Locke is the designated player by

01:18:37.229 --> 01:18:42.229
the New York Mets. Now Barber with a 2 -2 delivery.

01:18:42.609 --> 01:18:45.090
Low inside, down around the shoot top, 3 -2.

01:18:53.369 --> 01:18:55.430
Johnny Stevenson, a first -year player, but he's

01:18:55.430 --> 01:18:59.949
coming north with the ball club. Now the pitch

01:18:59.949 --> 01:19:02.550
underway. Ground ball hit down to first baseline.

01:19:02.789 --> 01:19:05.760
Foul, no play. And so, too, is hard -throwing

01:19:05.760 --> 01:19:08.560
young right -hander Jerry Hensley. Although Jerry

01:19:08.560 --> 01:19:10.539
didn't get in a ball game as a pitcher last year,

01:19:10.579 --> 01:19:13.000
nonetheless, he was on the roster of the Kingston

01:19:13.000 --> 01:19:22.739
Barclays and the Pirates system. Three and two

01:19:22.739 --> 01:19:25.199
on hot rod, two outs, and nobody on top of the

01:19:25.199 --> 01:19:30.159
fifth inning. Barber the flamethrower from Tacoma

01:19:30.159 --> 01:19:33.359
Park winds and pitches. Lofted foul off to the

01:19:33.359 --> 01:19:38.039
right. No play. Count remains 3 -2. Steve Barber,

01:19:38.100 --> 01:19:40.020
one of the few pitchers in the history of this

01:19:40.020 --> 01:19:42.500
game to make the jump from Class D to the Major

01:19:42.500 --> 01:19:48.539
League. From a losing season in Class D, he jumped

01:19:48.539 --> 01:19:50.619
all the way to the American League and made his

01:19:50.619 --> 01:19:52.600
first year a winning year. He won 10 and lost

01:19:52.600 --> 01:19:59.939
7. Now Barber over the head. Down comes the arm.

01:20:00.470 --> 01:20:02.550
And it's popped up towards short right field.

01:20:02.609 --> 01:20:04.630
Maybe tough to reach Kirkland going for it. So

01:20:04.630 --> 01:20:06.850
is Seaburn. And it's Seaburn who makes the catch

01:20:06.850 --> 01:20:09.729
and foul round to retire the side. Good play

01:20:09.729 --> 01:20:11.489
by Norm Seaburn. He had to take that one over

01:20:11.489 --> 01:20:14.489
his shoulder. Side retired. No runs, no hits,

01:20:14.550 --> 01:20:17.369
no errors, and none left on. Throw has come halfway

01:20:17.369 --> 01:20:19.369
at the end of four and a half to score here in

01:20:19.369 --> 01:20:21.970
Portsmouth. The Baltimore Orioles, too, and the

01:20:21.970 --> 01:20:30.449
New York Mets, nothing. Last of the fifth inning,

01:20:30.550 --> 01:20:32.689
Larry Benares now moves out for his two -inning

01:20:32.689 --> 01:20:36.329
spin. Jack Fisher, in two innings, allowed no

01:20:36.329 --> 01:20:38.609
runs, gave up one hit, walked none, struck out

01:20:38.609 --> 01:20:42.590
one. Jerry Adair, or Casper the Friendly Ghost,

01:20:42.710 --> 01:20:44.689
as his teammates call him, will be leading off

01:20:44.689 --> 01:20:46.850
in the last half of the fifth inning. It'll be

01:20:46.850 --> 01:20:48.949
Jerry Adair, Steve Barber, and then the top of

01:20:48.949 --> 01:20:52.930
the batting order for Jack Brandt. Well, it's

01:20:52.930 --> 01:20:55.270
a tremendous day here in the Norfolk -Portsmouth

01:20:55.270 --> 01:20:57.329
area. You couldn't ask for a more beautiful day

01:20:57.329 --> 01:21:00.489
for this time of the year. And the baseball fans

01:21:00.489 --> 01:21:02.970
of the area certainly are turning out in wonderful

01:21:02.970 --> 01:21:05.390
numbers for today's exhibition game. The ballpark

01:21:05.390 --> 01:21:09.010
is jammed. The only vacant seats are out in the

01:21:09.010 --> 01:21:10.890
center field bleachers. The grandstand proper

01:21:10.890 --> 01:21:14.130
itself is a complete sellout. One ball and no

01:21:14.130 --> 01:21:19.869
strikes on Jerry Adair. Now, but not into his

01:21:19.869 --> 01:21:23.069
windup. Here's the pitch. Final tip. One ball,

01:21:23.170 --> 01:21:26.569
one strike. Larry has a real good sinker, which

01:21:26.569 --> 01:21:30.760
makes him a fine relief pitcher. This year, he

01:21:30.760 --> 01:21:32.859
has added to his repertoire a slider that he

01:21:32.859 --> 01:21:34.840
now has confidence in, and it's become a very

01:21:34.840 --> 01:21:37.640
important pitch to him. So picking up the extra

01:21:37.640 --> 01:21:39.859
pitch should help him even that much more. Good

01:21:39.859 --> 01:21:42.340
slider on the outside corner, one ball and two

01:21:42.340 --> 01:21:48.600
strikes. Larry, a very intelligent young man,

01:21:48.659 --> 01:21:53.920
and he takes coaching extremely well. The one

01:21:53.920 --> 01:21:56.279
-two delivery reached for and fouled back of

01:21:56.279 --> 01:21:59.449
stairs and out of play. Last year, starting his

01:21:59.449 --> 01:22:01.649
first full year in pro ball, he made the Mets,

01:22:01.670 --> 01:22:03.409
came north, and was with them all year long.

01:22:04.069 --> 01:22:06.250
The early part of spring training, Roger Craig,

01:22:06.329 --> 01:22:08.029
a real veteran with one of the great pickoff

01:22:08.029 --> 01:22:10.850
moves in baseball, worked with Larry Banas showing

01:22:10.850 --> 01:22:12.689
him how to hold a runner and how to try to pick

01:22:12.689 --> 01:22:14.569
a runner off, and Banas picked it up in a hurry.

01:22:16.170 --> 01:22:18.250
Line drive hits the right. This will be a base

01:22:18.250 --> 01:22:20.449
hit. Racing toward the line, Joe Christopher,

01:22:20.649 --> 01:22:22.970
and Adair takes the turn and holds with a single

01:22:22.970 --> 01:22:25.720
to right field. He hit a curve ball. Hit the

01:22:25.720 --> 01:22:27.300
ball right where it was pitched and into right

01:22:27.300 --> 01:22:32.859
field. Now Barber coming up in the infield now

01:22:32.859 --> 01:22:35.279
will be looking for the bunt. The birds two and

01:22:35.279 --> 01:22:36.979
the Mets nothing, bottom half of the fifth inning.

01:22:43.140 --> 01:22:46.619
Now Ron Hunt comes in close at third. Dick Smith

01:22:46.619 --> 01:22:48.739
holding against the runner Jerry Adair. Adair

01:22:48.739 --> 01:22:53.060
runs very well. He was a real backcourt star

01:22:53.060 --> 01:22:55.750
during his college days. for Henry Iver, the

01:22:55.750 --> 01:22:57.890
man who will be coaching the Olympic basketball

01:22:57.890 --> 01:23:01.029
squad for America. Butting down the first baseline,

01:23:01.310 --> 01:23:03.310
Smith up with it, throws to second. He's out

01:23:03.310 --> 01:23:06.090
at a close play at second base. Fast fielding

01:23:06.090 --> 01:23:08.850
by Dick Smith and a strong throw to Al Moran

01:23:08.850 --> 01:23:24.939
covering, and Adair has taken off the line. Now

01:23:24.939 --> 01:23:27.260
Russ Snyder is coming after it for Jackie Brant.

01:23:33.000 --> 01:23:39.800
Russ Snyder had a good year for the Orioles last

01:23:39.800 --> 01:23:42.159
season. A real speedster and one of the outstanding

01:23:42.159 --> 01:23:45.239
runners in the game today. Well, now take over

01:23:45.239 --> 01:23:47.180
the last half of the ball game in center field

01:23:47.180 --> 01:23:49.140
for Jackie Brant. Snyder, a left -hand hitter.

01:23:50.729 --> 01:23:52.689
Pitch is over at the knees for a call strike.

01:23:52.810 --> 01:23:54.789
His first year out in baseball in the Yankee

01:23:54.789 --> 01:23:56.630
farm system, playing in McAllister, Oklahoma.

01:23:57.250 --> 01:24:03.430
He hit something like 432. That's a bunch of

01:24:03.430 --> 01:24:07.430
hitting. Now the pitcher on the way, just off

01:24:07.430 --> 01:24:16.609
the outside corner. He likes to bunt down the

01:24:16.609 --> 01:24:18.710
third baseline. He tries to pin it close to the

01:24:18.710 --> 01:24:21.739
line. Probably four out of six times you'll bump

01:24:21.739 --> 01:24:23.739
the ball foul, but the two times it goes safe,

01:24:23.779 --> 01:24:25.279
there's nothing you can do. It's a base hit.

01:24:26.340 --> 01:24:28.699
Fly ball into the air to short left field. Coming

01:24:28.699 --> 01:24:31.039
in is Jim Hickman. Now Jim slows up and he puts

01:24:31.039 --> 01:24:36.060
it away for the out. You're a McAllister when

01:24:36.060 --> 01:24:40.220
he hit 432. It was no fluke. He went to bat 556

01:24:40.220 --> 01:24:48.000
times. He had 240 base hits. Last year, we were

01:24:48.000 --> 01:24:49.539
talking about that bunting. Last year, he beat

01:24:49.539 --> 01:24:54.319
out 16 bunts for base hits. By trying to catch

01:24:54.319 --> 01:24:58.899
a puff of smoke. Now, Louie Aparicio is the hitter.

01:24:58.899 --> 01:25:01.060
Two outs and one on. Barber is the base runner.

01:25:01.859 --> 01:25:03.899
Birds two, Mets nothing. Bottom half of inning

01:25:03.899 --> 01:25:10.920
number five. Larry Bernard pitching for the New

01:25:10.920 --> 01:25:14.220
York Mets. The blonde right -hander comes over

01:25:14.220 --> 01:25:16.380
the top of the fastball inside and high, one

01:25:16.380 --> 01:25:22.579
ball and no strike. Barbara and Larry Benares,

01:25:22.739 --> 01:25:24.880
during the winter, bought a new home out in Huntington.

01:25:26.100 --> 01:25:28.659
And during the off -season, Larry worked as a

01:25:28.659 --> 01:25:30.659
substitute school teacher in the Huntington system.

01:25:35.960 --> 01:25:38.659
Next pitcher on the way goes through a curve

01:25:38.659 --> 01:25:41.000
that bends too far away. Two balls and no strikes

01:25:41.000 --> 01:25:51.640
on little Louie. Aparicio, right -hand hitter,

01:25:51.659 --> 01:25:54.600
standing well back from the plate. Rod Caneel

01:25:54.600 --> 01:25:57.619
striding toward left center against him. Slider

01:25:57.619 --> 01:26:05.579
over for a strike, 2 -1. While the New York Mets

01:26:05.579 --> 01:26:07.680
will have tomorrow up and be spending the off

01:26:07.680 --> 01:26:10.460
day in New York, the Orioles have an exhibition

01:26:10.460 --> 01:26:12.680
game, their final exhibition game, against the

01:26:12.680 --> 01:26:16.060
Philadelphia Phillies in Philadelphia. A let

01:26:16.060 --> 01:26:18.359
-up hit on the ground down a third baseline foul.

01:26:21.260 --> 01:26:30.319
Change -up fouled off, 2 -2 to Aparicio. Tuesday

01:26:30.319 --> 01:26:32.460
night, opening night for the New York Mets in

01:26:32.460 --> 01:26:34.439
Philadelphia. The left -handers going, Dennis

01:26:34.439 --> 01:26:38.039
Bennett and Al Jackson. Dennis Bennett's younger

01:26:38.039 --> 01:26:40.560
brother was down at Clearwater in camp this year

01:26:40.560 --> 01:26:42.159
with the Philadelphia Phillies. They feel he

01:26:42.159 --> 01:26:44.199
has a chance to develop and perhaps make the

01:26:44.199 --> 01:26:51.859
Major League. Low outside, 3 -2. One of the most

01:26:51.859 --> 01:26:54.020
promising youngsters in the entire Philly camp

01:26:54.020 --> 01:26:56.119
was a pitcher by the name of Dwight Sutherland.

01:26:57.840 --> 01:27:00.319
The reason was about two weeks ago, Gene Mock

01:27:00.319 --> 01:27:02.460
was very seriously considering keeping him with

01:27:02.460 --> 01:27:04.920
the big ball club in order that he could be protected

01:27:04.920 --> 01:27:07.699
from the first -year player draft. Now the pitcher

01:27:07.699 --> 01:27:10.020
on the way, just off the outside corner, ball

01:27:10.020 --> 01:27:14.039
four. But the Phillies decided that since they

01:27:14.039 --> 01:27:15.859
are a pennant contender, they could ill afford

01:27:15.859 --> 01:27:18.399
to have too many players sitting around in the

01:27:18.399 --> 01:27:21.199
dugout. So they tried to get waivers on him,

01:27:21.199 --> 01:27:23.039
and Dwight Sutherland was claimed by the New

01:27:23.039 --> 01:27:29.279
York Mets. Runners on first and second, Barber

01:27:29.279 --> 01:27:31.359
moving over to second on the walk by Benarth.

01:27:31.399 --> 01:27:38.079
The hitter now is Boog Powell. Out of stretch,

01:27:38.140 --> 01:27:40.560
picked by Benarth. Gets away from Hawk Taylor,

01:27:40.600 --> 01:27:43.279
no advance. He recovers in a hurry. Inside and

01:27:43.279 --> 01:28:00.829
low, one ball and no strike. Last half of any

01:28:00.829 --> 01:28:04.529
number five 2 -0 ball game. Right after the game,

01:28:04.569 --> 01:28:06.670
the New York Mets will be packing up and flying

01:28:06.670 --> 01:28:17.350
to New York. Next pitch on the way, breaking

01:28:17.350 --> 01:28:20.930
ball down low 2 -0. It's been a long spring training

01:28:20.930 --> 01:28:24.529
for a number of people with the ball club. Several

01:28:24.529 --> 01:28:26.409
of the players you'll remember came down to the

01:28:26.409 --> 01:28:29.609
early camp. So they left after the first week

01:28:29.609 --> 01:28:32.069
of February. They've been gone about 67 days.

01:28:34.949 --> 01:28:37.010
People who are so important to the ball club

01:28:37.010 --> 01:28:38.970
like Herb Norman, the equipment manager and the

01:28:38.970 --> 01:28:42.170
trainer, just watch. A long drive, it beats the

01:28:42.170 --> 01:28:45.130
right field, but it's still being gone. A three

01:28:45.130 --> 01:29:01.630
-run homer for Goodfell. Home run this spring

01:29:01.630 --> 01:29:04.250
for John Boog Powell, the massive young left

01:29:04.250 --> 01:29:07.050
fielder of the Baltimore Orioles. He pulled that

01:29:07.050 --> 01:29:09.090
one and easily hit it over the right field fence.

01:29:11.489 --> 01:29:16.890
Five to nothing, birds in front. That brings

01:29:16.890 --> 01:29:22.270
up the spectacle's Norm Siebert. One swing of

01:29:22.270 --> 01:29:24.609
the bat by Boog Powell and three runs can end.

01:29:28.130 --> 01:29:39.390
Pitch is over for a call strike. Baltimore, five

01:29:39.390 --> 01:29:45.130
runs on seven hits. Now Banas with a full windup.

01:29:45.130 --> 01:29:47.810
In comes the pitch. Breaking the ball inside

01:29:47.810 --> 01:29:51.550
and low. One ball and one strike. A two -out,

01:29:51.590 --> 01:30:00.329
three -run homer. Next pitch on the way. That's

01:30:00.329 --> 01:30:06.470
over for a called strike. Steve Barber, the Oriole

01:30:06.470 --> 01:30:08.550
pitcher in today's game, is without a doubt one

01:30:08.550 --> 01:30:11.569
of the toughest pitchers in all of the major

01:30:11.569 --> 01:30:16.310
leagues to hit a home run. He rarely gives up

01:30:16.310 --> 01:30:18.750
many home runs in the course of a year. Strangely

01:30:18.750 --> 01:30:20.609
enough, if he gives up about 10 a year, it seems

01:30:20.609 --> 01:30:26.449
like Detroit gets about 8 out of the 10. 1 -2

01:30:26.449 --> 01:30:28.750
delivery, it's fast foul. Well, they say every

01:30:28.750 --> 01:30:30.670
pitcher has a voodoo club, a club he can just

01:30:30.670 --> 01:30:33.670
do nothing with. and every hitter has circumstances

01:30:33.670 --> 01:30:35.829
he has trouble with. Detroit's been a voodoo

01:30:35.829 --> 01:30:39.829
club for the Mets this year. Four broken bones,

01:30:40.050 --> 01:30:42.489
four different injuries for the Mets this year,

01:30:42.510 --> 01:30:44.569
and three against Detroit, three of the four.

01:30:47.010 --> 01:30:49.989
The 1 -2 delivery, hip foul high in the air,

01:30:50.050 --> 01:30:59.930
deep down the left field line, out of play. 2

01:30:59.930 --> 01:31:04.800
-2 Coleman, Craig Anderson. Carl Willey all hurt

01:31:04.800 --> 01:31:10.520
against Detroit. But now for the 1 -2 delivery,

01:31:10.779 --> 01:31:12.920
it's over, strength recall. Siebernitz called

01:31:12.920 --> 01:31:17.819
looking. Three runs, there were two hits. No

01:31:17.819 --> 01:31:21.380
errors, none left on. Now five innings complete.

01:31:22.100 --> 01:31:24.899
Baltimore, five runs, seven hits. They've had

01:31:24.899 --> 01:31:28.039
two left. For the New York Mets, no runs, three

01:31:28.039 --> 01:31:32.119
hits. They've had five left on. And on Friday,

01:31:32.119 --> 01:31:34.079
when the Mets open the beautiful new Shea Stadium,

01:31:34.199 --> 01:31:38.399
which seats 55 ,300, they'll be opening a seven

01:31:38.399 --> 01:31:42.140
-game homestand. Seven consecutive day games,

01:31:42.300 --> 01:31:44.300
the weekend series of Pittsburgh, the big opener

01:31:44.300 --> 01:31:47.100
Friday, the ladies' day game Saturday, and a

01:31:47.100 --> 01:31:50.920
Sunday afternoon game on the 19th of April. Then

01:31:50.920 --> 01:31:52.819
the Philadelphia Phillies come to New York and

01:31:52.819 --> 01:31:54.939
the Shea Stadium for a two -game series, both

01:31:54.939 --> 01:31:58.020
day games on Monday and Tuesday, the 20th and

01:31:58.020 --> 01:32:02.000
21st. After the Phillies leave town, Bob Kennedy

01:32:02.000 --> 01:32:04.020
and the Chicago Cubs come in. It'll be the first

01:32:04.020 --> 01:32:05.960
time we've seen them since they trained in Arizona.

01:32:06.640 --> 01:32:08.960
The Cubs will be in on Wednesday and Thursday,

01:32:09.140 --> 01:32:13.140
April 22nd and April 23rd. Tickets are on sale

01:32:13.140 --> 01:32:15.899
for the seven -game homestand at all the 81 home

01:32:15.899 --> 01:32:18.619
games of the New York Mets. At the ticket office

01:32:18.619 --> 01:32:22.739
at Shea Stadium, also Midtown Manhattan at Grand

01:32:22.739 --> 01:32:25.619
Central Station near the 42nd Vanderbilt Ramp,

01:32:25.640 --> 01:32:27.380
along on in the waiting room of the Penn Station,

01:32:27.560 --> 01:32:31.159
and in... Suffolk County at Macy's and the Walt

01:32:31.159 --> 01:32:38.199
Whitman Shopping Center in Huntington. Now for

01:32:38.199 --> 01:32:40.699
the Orioles, Sam Bowens is going to right field,

01:32:40.840 --> 01:32:45.619
and Dick Brown takes over behind the plate. Russ

01:32:45.619 --> 01:32:47.659
Snyder goes to center field. So those are the

01:32:47.659 --> 01:32:50.359
three changes for the Orioles. For those of you

01:32:50.359 --> 01:32:52.359
scoring along with us, Russ Snyder is in center

01:32:52.359 --> 01:32:54.739
field, Sam Bowens replaces Willie Kirkland in

01:32:54.739 --> 01:32:57.380
right field, and Dick Brown takes over behind

01:32:57.380 --> 01:33:14.729
the plate. Replacing John Orsino. Ron Hunt leading

01:33:14.729 --> 01:33:16.989
off against Barber in the sixth inning. Birds

01:33:16.989 --> 01:33:19.409
now with a 5 -0 lead after a three -run homer

01:33:19.409 --> 01:33:22.930
by John Powell. Ron doubled to right and has

01:33:22.930 --> 01:33:26.409
drawn a walk so far. Outside and high, one ball

01:33:26.409 --> 01:33:30.510
and no strike. Nobody warming up as yet. Hank

01:33:30.510 --> 01:33:32.590
Bauer planning to go at least seven innings with

01:33:32.590 --> 01:33:38.189
Steve Barber. Now Galen Sisco starts to warm

01:33:38.189 --> 01:33:41.930
up for the New York Mets. Foul pop -up behind

01:33:41.930 --> 01:33:44.130
the plate. Back comes Dick Brown. He hopes he

01:33:44.130 --> 01:33:46.210
has a play. Up against the screen. It's out of

01:33:46.210 --> 01:33:48.369
his reach. And just barely out of his reach.

01:33:56.399 --> 01:33:58.600
No workout tomorrow for the Mets. Casey giving

01:33:58.600 --> 01:34:01.100
the ball club the day off after some 65 days

01:34:01.100 --> 01:34:02.800
of a spring training grind. It'll give them a

01:34:02.800 --> 01:34:05.279
chance to get unpacked and send their laundry

01:34:05.279 --> 01:34:12.119
out. Fabby Durkin, our engineer, is heading north,

01:34:12.199 --> 01:34:14.520
but he's got this thing all beat because he sent

01:34:14.520 --> 01:34:17.039
his laundry out the day before we left. Of course,

01:34:17.039 --> 01:34:19.039
his laundry's still in Florida. Now the pitcher

01:34:19.039 --> 01:34:20.819
on the way, a ground ball banged towards short.

01:34:21.229 --> 01:34:23.789
Backhand play by Aparicio, the long peg not in

01:34:23.789 --> 01:34:26.850
time, and Hunt beats it out for a base hit. Throw

01:34:26.850 --> 01:34:29.149
around is two for two and a walk and three -fifths

01:34:29.149 --> 01:34:32.149
to the plate. Right here, we pause for station

01:34:32.149 --> 01:34:35.029
identification. This is the New York Mets baseball

01:34:35.029 --> 01:34:39.630
network. WGY -WGFN is connected. Weather time

01:34:39.630 --> 01:34:42.390
is eight minutes past seven, and the temperature

01:34:42.390 --> 01:34:49.279
is 49 degrees. Bob Murphy with Lindsey Nelson

01:34:49.279 --> 01:34:51.340
and Ralph Kanner. We're in the sixth inning here

01:34:51.340 --> 01:34:53.659
in Fort Smith. Baltimore 5 and New York nothing.

01:34:54.319 --> 01:34:56.720
Ron Hunt has just led off here in the sixth inning

01:34:56.720 --> 01:35:00.619
with a base hit to deep short. That is the fourth

01:35:00.619 --> 01:35:05.479
hit given up by Steve Barber. Ground ball slowly

01:35:05.479 --> 01:35:07.779
hit towards second. Adair charges in, flips the

01:35:07.779 --> 01:35:10.260
ball to second one. On to first, not in time,

01:35:10.340 --> 01:35:13.140
but what a flashy fielding play. Jerry Adair

01:35:13.140 --> 01:35:15.520
with a backhand flip got rid of the ball lightning

01:35:15.520 --> 01:35:18.930
fast to Aparicio. Louie came racing across the

01:35:18.930 --> 01:35:21.050
bank and flew on to Seaburn, but not in time

01:35:21.050 --> 01:35:26.029
to get Jim Hickman. Quite a play by Jerry Adair

01:35:26.029 --> 01:35:32.090
and Louie Aparicio. Now one out and one on, the

01:35:32.090 --> 01:35:34.770
batter is Bob Taylor. The Hawks have grounded

01:35:34.770 --> 01:35:42.529
out and fly to right, nothing for two. When he

01:35:42.529 --> 01:35:44.569
came out of high school, Milwaukee gave him one

01:35:44.569 --> 01:35:46.689
of the biggest bonuses ever offered to a youngster.

01:35:50.640 --> 01:35:55.859
He received over $100 ,000 to sign. He is a hard

01:35:55.859 --> 01:36:01.100
-working, very determined young athlete. The

01:36:01.100 --> 01:36:04.100
1 -1 delivery bounced foul back towards the screen,

01:36:04.119 --> 01:36:08.319
no play. Marcus had his share of bad breaks and

01:36:08.319 --> 01:36:09.920
now figures that everything is straightening

01:36:09.920 --> 01:36:12.840
out for him. Last year in the spring, he broke

01:36:12.840 --> 01:36:15.819
his collarbone. Two years prior to that, he was

01:36:15.819 --> 01:36:18.119
on the service. And in the last three years,

01:36:18.199 --> 01:36:22.180
has played less than 60 ballgames. So he played

01:36:22.180 --> 01:36:24.520
this winter in Latin America and played every

01:36:24.520 --> 01:36:29.060
day and had a real good year. The 1 -1 pitch

01:36:29.060 --> 01:36:31.479
by Barber, taken under the knees, two balls and

01:36:31.479 --> 01:36:49.239
a strike. 2 -1 the count, the pitch thrown by

01:36:49.239 --> 01:36:51.590
Barber. Hit off the end of the bat, a foul ball.

01:36:52.649 --> 01:36:55.170
Steve Barber's story has not been unlike that

01:36:55.170 --> 01:36:58.170
of Bob Taylor. Barber also had a couple of stretches

01:36:58.170 --> 01:37:02.149
in the service. As a matter of fact, he pitched

01:37:02.149 --> 01:37:04.510
on weekends on leave from the Army the year before

01:37:04.510 --> 01:37:07.649
last. When he came out of the service, he had

01:37:07.649 --> 01:37:10.829
mononucleosis that weakened him and sent him

01:37:10.829 --> 01:37:12.430
to the sidelines and put him on the disabled

01:37:12.430 --> 01:37:15.449
list. And then bounced back to become a 20 -game

01:37:15.449 --> 01:37:22.239
winner last year. Pitching 2 -2. Foul ball, no

01:37:22.239 --> 01:37:30.119
play. Barber has always defied baseball superstition

01:37:30.119 --> 01:37:36.579
by wearing number 13. Nothing spectacularly new

01:37:36.579 --> 01:37:38.520
over the years, the number of ballplayers in

01:37:38.520 --> 01:37:41.319
the big leagues have worn 13. How many hotels

01:37:41.319 --> 01:37:43.140
have you ever been in that had a 13th floor?

01:37:47.140 --> 01:37:59.739
2 -2 delivery. Foul ball back, no play. Count

01:37:59.739 --> 01:38:02.039
even now, two and two on Bob Taylor. One out

01:38:02.039 --> 01:38:11.340
and one on in the top of the sixth inning. Now,

01:38:11.340 --> 01:38:13.479
Bobber slowing himself up a little bit. Galen

01:38:13.479 --> 01:38:16.770
Frisco warming up for the New York Mets. Last

01:38:16.770 --> 01:38:18.869
exhibition ball game for New York in case he

01:38:18.869 --> 01:38:20.810
wants all the pitchers that will be working in

01:38:20.810 --> 01:38:22.369
that first week to get a little bit of tune -up.

01:38:26.590 --> 01:38:29.289
Now the pitcher on the way. A smash back through

01:38:29.289 --> 01:38:32.130
the box. The base hit for Bob Taylor. Jim Hickman

01:38:32.130 --> 01:38:34.050
turning his second. He'll hold there as Snyder

01:38:34.050 --> 01:38:37.130
plays the ball back in. So this is the first

01:38:37.130 --> 01:38:39.270
time that Barber has given up more than one hit

01:38:39.270 --> 01:38:42.050
in any inning. Mets now have runners on first

01:38:42.050 --> 01:38:44.029
and second, one out, and Joe Christopher coming

01:38:44.029 --> 01:38:54.439
up. Two for two. Must now have a total of five

01:38:54.439 --> 01:38:56.760
hits off Barber. Ron Hunt and Joe Christopher

01:38:56.760 --> 01:39:14.000
have picked up four of the five. Now the Orioles

01:39:14.000 --> 01:39:15.680
with the infield at double play depth straight

01:39:15.680 --> 01:39:17.680
away and the outfield just about straight away.

01:39:19.850 --> 01:39:21.930
And the enthusiasm from the top of the wagers

01:39:21.930 --> 01:39:26.970
now starts with a cry, let's go Mets. Here's

01:39:26.970 --> 01:39:29.289
the pitcher on the way. Sends it right in for

01:39:29.289 --> 01:39:35.989
a call strike one. For the Orioles, in all probability,

01:39:36.189 --> 01:39:38.750
at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Milt Pappas will

01:39:38.750 --> 01:39:40.850
pitch their opener, followed by Rob and Robert.

01:39:41.550 --> 01:39:43.590
Then the Orioles come back to Baltimore for the

01:39:43.590 --> 01:39:45.229
home opener, where they'll have Steve Barber

01:39:45.229 --> 01:39:57.220
going against the Yankees. Al Barber in the prep

01:39:57.220 --> 01:39:59.859
position delivers to Christopher and his pals

01:39:59.859 --> 01:40:04.260
back toward the press box, no play. Mentioning

01:40:04.260 --> 01:40:06.119
the press box, you can well imagine how happy

01:40:06.119 --> 01:40:08.180
the baseball writers following the message throughout

01:40:08.180 --> 01:40:10.760
spring training will be to get back home. They

01:40:10.760 --> 01:40:24.260
have been gone for over two months. Gus Mott

01:40:24.260 --> 01:40:26.460
and his assistant, Joe Deere, Herb Norman, the

01:40:26.460 --> 01:40:28.739
home equipment manager, and Nick Trauman, who

01:40:28.739 --> 01:40:30.340
will handle the visiting clubhouse, they've all

01:40:30.340 --> 01:40:32.359
been in spring training since the first day.

01:40:33.300 --> 01:40:37.760
Swing and a miss. Barber strikes out Joe Christopher.

01:40:38.479 --> 01:40:40.819
Two men down now in the sixth inning, and Sammy

01:40:40.819 --> 01:40:48.199
Samwell comes up. That is the fourth strikeout

01:40:48.199 --> 01:40:53.090
by Steve Barber. Brown -Well has drowned it out

01:40:53.090 --> 01:40:55.229
to first, reached on a fourth play, nothing for

01:40:55.229 --> 01:41:08.289
two. Sammy, a right -hand hitter. Now Barber

01:41:08.289 --> 01:41:10.829
with two outs and two on. Fires a swing and a

01:41:10.829 --> 01:41:12.789
miss on a letter -half fastball, strike one.

01:41:18.650 --> 01:41:20.869
Anytime Barber is around the plate, he's a tough

01:41:20.869 --> 01:41:24.409
pitcher to hit. Actually, while winning 20 last

01:41:24.409 --> 01:41:26.550
year, he gave up more hits per inning since than

01:41:26.550 --> 01:41:30.350
any previous year, and he says he's bound and

01:41:30.350 --> 01:41:32.409
determined this year not to give up as many hits

01:41:32.409 --> 01:41:34.170
as he did last year. It was the first year he'd

01:41:34.170 --> 01:41:37.090
ever given up very many hits. Final ball hit

01:41:37.090 --> 01:41:38.890
back toward the crowd and out of play. So it

01:41:38.890 --> 01:42:04.689
was a very successful year for him. Here's the

01:42:04.689 --> 01:42:06.529
pitcher on the way by Barbara. A slow roller

01:42:06.529 --> 01:42:08.869
hits his shortstop. Aparicio digs it out of the

01:42:08.869 --> 01:42:11.449
dirt. Throws to Adair in time to get the fourth

01:42:11.449 --> 01:42:14.210
play to erase the side. Tried to retire to the

01:42:14.210 --> 01:42:16.029
sixth. A miss threatened but failed to get a

01:42:16.029 --> 01:42:18.409
run home. No runs, two hits, no errors, two left.

01:42:19.010 --> 01:42:21.270
Now at the end of five and a half, the score,

01:42:21.430 --> 01:42:23.689
the Baltimore Orioles five and the New York Mets

01:42:23.689 --> 01:42:26.630
nothing. And here's music to think of Ryan Gold

01:42:26.630 --> 01:42:49.229
in any language by. In any language, it's easy

01:42:49.229 --> 01:42:52.069
to understand why Rheingold is as good to your

01:42:52.069 --> 01:42:55.449
taste as it is to your thirst. Extra dry brewing

01:42:55.449 --> 01:42:58.369
makes the difference. Makes each Rheingold so

01:42:58.369 --> 01:43:03.229
smooth, so crisp, so satisfying. Rheingold after

01:43:03.229 --> 01:43:06.430
Rheingold. It's as good to your taste as it is

01:43:06.430 --> 01:43:36.100
to your thirst. of the sixth inning, right fielder

01:43:36.100 --> 01:43:40.739
Sam Bowens will lead off for the Orioles. A check

01:43:40.739 --> 01:43:43.359
that is going to be catcher Dick Brown, followed

01:43:43.359 --> 01:43:46.699
by Sam Bowens. Brown took over for John Orsino.

01:43:48.439 --> 01:43:50.560
Orsino drew a walk and singled a right center

01:43:50.560 --> 01:43:55.260
in two times left. Dick Brown leading off for

01:43:55.260 --> 01:43:57.020
the Orioles, last of the sixth inning, Larry

01:43:57.020 --> 01:43:59.960
Bernard on the mound. Tracy Stallard worked the

01:43:59.960 --> 01:44:02.079
first two, Jack Fisher then worked two, and now

01:44:02.079 --> 01:44:04.659
Bernard starts his second inning. Galen Frisco

01:44:04.659 --> 01:44:06.739
is getting warm, and he'll take over for a couple.

01:44:08.340 --> 01:44:15.760
Foul tip, strike one. Well, tomorrow the Mets

01:44:15.760 --> 01:44:19.720
are back in New York enjoying an off day. Monday

01:44:19.720 --> 01:44:22.140
they will be attended to parade by the Jamaica

01:44:22.140 --> 01:44:25.340
Chamber of Commerce. Our next broadcast will

01:44:25.340 --> 01:44:27.239
be on Tuesday night, the National League opener

01:44:27.239 --> 01:44:33.229
from Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia. Brown

01:44:33.229 --> 01:44:35.989
standing straight up. Now Cox is about high behind

01:44:35.989 --> 01:44:39.250
his ear. Looks at a sneaky fastball over for

01:44:39.250 --> 01:44:41.170
a call strike, but I heard he sneaked that one

01:44:41.170 --> 01:44:44.229
in on him. Now a two -strike count on Dick Brown.

01:44:47.449 --> 01:44:49.550
Well, Dick's old high school buddy who broke

01:44:49.550 --> 01:44:51.649
in so sensationally and then suffered a tragic

01:44:51.649 --> 01:44:55.310
accident is now a baseball broadcaster. Off the

01:44:55.310 --> 01:44:57.729
outside corner, Herb's score this year will be

01:44:57.729 --> 01:44:59.630
helping on the broadcast of the Cleveland game.

01:45:01.960 --> 01:45:03.460
During the high school days, the battery was

01:45:03.460 --> 01:45:17.140
score pitching and Brown catching. One ball and

01:45:17.140 --> 01:45:25.460
two strikes to Dick Brown. Now Larry Menard is

01:45:25.460 --> 01:45:27.800
over the head. The pitch fouled off. He went

01:45:27.800 --> 01:45:29.920
for an inside delivery. Folded foul back over

01:45:29.920 --> 01:45:35.260
toward the... Mets dugout. Perfect day, a marvelous

01:45:35.260 --> 01:45:37.739
crowd. Final exhibition game for New York. Mets

01:45:37.739 --> 01:45:48.840
flying back home after the game today. Pitching

01:45:48.840 --> 01:45:51.100
one and two. Ground ball hit right back to the

01:45:51.100 --> 01:45:53.619
mound. Taken by Benares. He flips the first one

01:45:53.619 --> 01:45:59.130
down. One away and nobody on. Up to hit now will

01:45:59.130 --> 01:46:07.789
be the right fielder, Sam Bowen. Last year at

01:46:07.789 --> 01:46:13.770
Rochester, Sam Bowen's at 285 with 70 RBIs. He

01:46:13.770 --> 01:46:16.949
has good size. He packs about 195 pounds on a

01:46:16.949 --> 01:46:19.989
6 '2 inch frame. Right hand hitter with an overly

01:46:19.989 --> 01:46:23.310
closed set. Foul ball off the bat handle, slithering

01:46:23.310 --> 01:46:35.659
on the ground straight back. Outfield, a fan

01:46:35.659 --> 01:46:37.920
to round toward left, figuring Bowens as a full

01:46:37.920 --> 01:46:42.880
hitter with good power. The infield, a way around

01:46:42.880 --> 01:46:46.340
to the left. Apatow tries to pitch away from

01:46:46.340 --> 01:46:48.020
him. That's outside. One ball and one strike.

01:46:57.380 --> 01:47:01.680
1 -1 delivery. Changeup inside and low. Two balls

01:47:01.680 --> 01:47:14.460
and a strike. Ron Hunt flying at third, protecting

01:47:14.460 --> 01:47:17.640
the line against Sam Bowens. Final tip, into

01:47:17.640 --> 01:47:19.340
the glove of Hawk Taylor, and the count is even

01:47:19.340 --> 01:47:27.359
now, two balls and two strikes. Fans remember

01:47:27.359 --> 01:47:29.899
that Guy Lombardo provides the musical entertainment

01:47:29.899 --> 01:47:32.380
preceding the opening game on Friday at Shea

01:47:32.380 --> 01:47:35.239
Stadium. The national anthem will be sung by

01:47:35.239 --> 01:47:37.979
that great Metropolitan Opera star, Robert Merrill.

01:47:38.119 --> 01:47:41.239
The 2 -2 delivery. Outside and high, it's ball

01:47:41.239 --> 01:47:50.020
three. Full count now, three and two. So the

01:47:50.020 --> 01:47:52.340
string is out, three and two on Sam Bowens. One

01:47:52.340 --> 01:47:55.520
out and nobody on. Now the pitch underway. An

01:47:55.520 --> 01:47:58.819
inside delivery, full foul. Down past the television

01:47:58.819 --> 01:48:03.100
camera and out of play. Our next broadcast will

01:48:03.100 --> 01:48:05.079
be on Tuesday night out of Philadelphia. Game

01:48:05.079 --> 01:48:07.539
will be both broadcast and televised back to

01:48:07.539 --> 01:48:17.699
New York. 3 -2. Fouled again. Soap and Art having

01:48:17.699 --> 01:48:24.420
quite a duo here with Sam Bowen. Larry came on

01:48:24.420 --> 01:48:26.640
to pitch in the fifth inning with two outs and

01:48:26.640 --> 01:48:29.819
two uns. John Powell hit a home run over the

01:48:29.819 --> 01:48:34.800
right field fence to drive in three. 3 -2 delivery.

01:48:35.399 --> 01:48:38.039
And he pops it up on the right side towards shallow

01:48:38.039 --> 01:48:40.460
right field, trailing out of Samwell. He's there,

01:48:40.539 --> 01:48:45.659
and he makes the catch two men down. Now two

01:48:45.659 --> 01:48:48.699
outs and nobody on, Brooks Robinson coming on

01:48:48.699 --> 01:48:51.800
to hit. Brooks single to left, driving in the

01:48:51.800 --> 01:48:54.260
first run of the afternoon, and then fly to center,

01:48:54.439 --> 01:48:57.539
one hit and two times up. Brooks has led the

01:48:57.539 --> 01:49:05.000
Orioles in RBIs during the spring game. He covers

01:49:05.000 --> 01:49:11.460
third base like a vacuum cleaner. Little bit

01:49:11.460 --> 01:49:25.159
of high, one ball and no strike. and the Mets

01:49:25.159 --> 01:49:26.699
nothing. We're in the last half of the sixth

01:49:26.699 --> 01:49:36.640
inning. Now Bernard out of his windup delivers

01:49:36.640 --> 01:49:39.699
a little bit high with it. Two balls and no strike.

01:49:54.029 --> 01:49:56.810
2 -0 delivery. This was over and Robbie was taking

01:49:56.810 --> 01:49:59.050
all away. The pitch is a strike on the outside

01:49:59.050 --> 01:50:09.729
corner. Two balls and one strike. Inside, Brooks

01:50:09.729 --> 01:50:11.789
had to jump back and the count goes to 3 -1.

01:50:12.810 --> 01:50:15.130
Two outs and nobody on here in the last of the

01:50:15.130 --> 01:50:18.630
sixth inning. Baltimore five runs on seven hits.

01:50:18.670 --> 01:50:21.359
New York no runs on five hits. Barber has kept

01:50:21.359 --> 01:50:23.020
the hits scattered in only one inning as he's

01:50:23.020 --> 01:50:25.859
given up more than one hit. Ground ball hammered

01:50:25.859 --> 01:50:28.279
towards short. Fielded by Al Moran. He hurries

01:50:28.279 --> 01:50:30.180
to peg across, and Smith on the side is out.

01:50:31.319 --> 01:50:33.979
No runs, no hits, no errors, and none left on.

01:50:34.140 --> 01:50:36.319
Now six innings complete, and Fort Smith, Virginia,

01:50:36.359 --> 01:50:39.340
the score. The Baltimore Orioles 5 and the New

01:50:39.340 --> 01:50:42.680
York Mets. We're going now to the top half of

01:50:42.680 --> 01:50:44.760
the seventh inning, and shortstop Al Moran is

01:50:44.760 --> 01:50:46.779
up to lead off for the New York Mets, facing

01:50:46.779 --> 01:50:48.979
Steve Barber, who started and he's come all the

01:50:48.979 --> 01:50:53.659
way. The Orioles leading by a score of 5 -0 in

01:50:53.659 --> 01:50:56.060
this, the last exhibition game for the Mets.

01:50:56.239 --> 01:50:58.460
The Orioles have one more. They go to Philadelphia

01:50:58.460 --> 01:51:02.539
tomorrow. A left -hander with the pitch and it's

01:51:02.539 --> 01:51:11.079
low for ball one. They've seen the first Mets

01:51:11.079 --> 01:51:13.279
banner of the season here in Portsmouth, Virginia,

01:51:13.460 --> 01:51:18.279
so the season has indeed begun. By the pitch

01:51:18.279 --> 01:51:21.689
and it's in there for a called strike. 1 -1.

01:51:24.550 --> 01:51:27.189
The banner saying, we love the Mets, has been

01:51:27.189 --> 01:51:31.449
sung across the top of the center field bleachers.

01:51:31.850 --> 01:51:34.210
And a group there from Connecticut, Yonkers,

01:51:34.310 --> 01:51:36.970
and Brooklyn. Here's a pitch swung on. It's a

01:51:36.970 --> 01:51:39.010
ground ball to second base. Gilead there over.

01:51:39.430 --> 01:51:41.810
Underhand's on to first in time. And Al Moran

01:51:41.810 --> 01:51:43.890
has grounded out second to first. There's one

01:51:43.890 --> 01:51:47.810
away. Larry Benares is due up at Chris Cannizzaro.

01:51:47.949 --> 01:51:50.420
It's going to bet for Larry Benares. Chris. Camisero.

01:51:54.460 --> 01:51:57.039
The North has completed his two -inning stint,

01:51:57.060 --> 01:52:01.600
during which he gave up three runs on two hits.

01:52:02.439 --> 01:52:13.840
Struck out one and walked none. Jalen Sisco will

01:52:13.840 --> 01:52:16.859
be the next pitcher. for the New York Mets next

01:52:16.859 --> 01:52:18.880
inning. He has just now completed his warm -ups

01:52:18.880 --> 01:52:21.579
and is walking on in toward the dugout area.

01:52:23.159 --> 01:52:25.359
Canizaro is a catcher by trade, a right -hand

01:52:25.359 --> 01:52:27.859
batter, left -hander. Steve Barber fish -mitches

01:52:27.859 --> 01:52:30.100
everybody, including Dick Brown, and bangs up

01:52:30.100 --> 01:52:34.520
against the screen behind the plate. So it is

01:52:34.520 --> 01:52:37.479
ball one to Canizaro. The Mets right now are

01:52:37.479 --> 01:52:41.159
carrying four catchers. They figure to platoon

01:52:41.159 --> 01:52:45.329
Jesse Gonder and Hawk Taylor. Now they have Canazaro

01:52:45.329 --> 01:52:48.770
and John Stevenson. Stevenson can be used in

01:52:48.770 --> 01:52:51.869
the outfield or at theory base. Has been the

01:52:51.869 --> 01:52:55.069
worst out both places. Played part of one exhibition

01:52:55.069 --> 01:52:57.569
game in left field. Bring the ground ball to

01:52:57.569 --> 01:53:00.210
short. Taken by Aparicio and the throw on the

01:53:00.210 --> 01:53:05.489
first in time and he's out. Two men down. And

01:53:05.489 --> 01:53:07.529
that will bring up Dick Smith, the first baseman.

01:53:09.789 --> 01:53:12.310
Let's have three first basemen. Ed Crane Poole,

01:53:12.350 --> 01:53:17.420
Tim Harkness, Dick Smith. Last year, here at

01:53:17.420 --> 01:53:19.739
this ballpark, Frank D. Lawrence Stadium in Portsmouth,

01:53:19.920 --> 01:53:22.760
Crane fool hit three home runs. Of course, he

01:53:22.760 --> 01:53:24.779
did not get into the lineup today, hasn't been

01:53:24.779 --> 01:53:26.539
in, because of the fact that he is a left -hand

01:53:26.539 --> 01:53:29.260
batter, and Casey Singer wanted to keep his right

01:53:29.260 --> 01:53:31.279
hand hitting first baseman, Dick Smith, in the

01:53:31.279 --> 01:53:38.079
lineup. Fronted foul. Smith trying to use his

01:53:38.079 --> 01:53:40.119
speed as he found Brooks Robinson playing a deep

01:53:40.119 --> 01:53:43.479
third base. but just tipped it off, and it's

01:53:43.479 --> 01:53:51.319
a strike. Dick Hall is now loosening up in the

01:53:51.319 --> 01:53:59.439
bullpen for the Orioles. Barber again with the

01:53:59.439 --> 01:54:03.100
pitch, and it is swing on and miss. Two strikeouts.

01:54:03.560 --> 01:54:05.619
Steve Barber's schedule to go seven innings,

01:54:05.640 --> 01:54:07.239
and we're in the top half of the seventh here

01:54:07.239 --> 01:54:09.239
now, with the Orioles leading by a score of 5

01:54:09.239 --> 01:54:12.159
-0. Previously this spring, the Mets and the

01:54:12.159 --> 01:54:14.300
Orioles played a two -game set in Miami, both

01:54:14.300 --> 01:54:19.000
night games and split the two games. Swing and

01:54:19.000 --> 01:54:21.340
a miss, and Barber finishes up with a strikeout.

01:54:21.359 --> 01:54:23.939
As he got Smith, he set the side down in order

01:54:23.939 --> 01:54:26.020
in the top of the seventh with no runs, no hits,

01:54:26.060 --> 01:54:27.819
no errors, none left. And the score at the end

01:54:27.819 --> 01:54:30.539
of six and one half innings is the Orioles five

01:54:30.539 --> 01:54:35.840
and the Mets nothing. It'll be Jerry Adair coming

01:54:35.840 --> 01:54:38.140
up now to lead off for the Orioles in the bottom

01:54:38.140 --> 01:54:40.930
half of the seventh inning. And Lou Jackson is

01:54:40.930 --> 01:54:43.109
swinging a bat in the on -deck circle, preparatory

01:54:43.109 --> 01:54:45.149
to batting for Steve Farber, due up second in

01:54:45.149 --> 01:54:47.369
this inning. Galen Sisko is the pitcher in the

01:54:47.369 --> 01:54:49.609
ballgame for the Mets, and Jerry Hensley has

01:54:49.609 --> 01:54:54.529
gone down to the bullpen now. Right -hand batter,

01:54:54.689 --> 01:54:57.270
Jerry Adair, two for two this afternoon. In and

01:54:57.270 --> 01:54:59.670
waiting is Sisko, winds and fires, and the pitch

01:54:59.670 --> 01:55:01.329
is swung. It's a ground ball toward the hole,

01:55:01.489 --> 01:55:03.890
backhanded off the glove of Moran, all out in

01:55:03.890 --> 01:55:06.829
the left field for a base hit. Retrieved by Hickman

01:55:06.829 --> 01:55:09.770
and fired back in. It is three straight base

01:55:09.770 --> 01:55:11.750
hits for Jerry Adair as he opens up the bottom

01:55:11.750 --> 01:55:16.949
of the seventh with a single at left. Now Lou

01:55:16.949 --> 01:55:29.829
Jackson is batting for Steve Farber. Last year

01:55:29.829 --> 01:55:34.550
at Toronto, Jackson hit 315, including 31 home

01:55:34.550 --> 01:55:45.819
runs. We're getting a pinch runner now. Now Savarin

01:55:45.819 --> 01:55:49.060
is running for Jerry Adair at first base. Savarin

01:55:49.060 --> 01:55:59.100
an infielder by trade. There is nobody out. The

01:55:59.100 --> 01:56:01.739
Orioles lead 5 -0. Bottom half of the seventh.

01:56:05.180 --> 01:56:08.960
Jalen Sisko up and set now. Savarin leads it

01:56:08.960 --> 01:56:11.180
first. And if it's Lou Jackson, if it's deep

01:56:11.180 --> 01:56:13.239
to the right field corner, it's going to carry

01:56:13.239 --> 01:56:16.239
four and out. Stays in, and it is a home run

01:56:16.239 --> 01:56:20.920
for Lou Jackson. Way out of the ballpark and

01:56:20.920 --> 01:56:23.500
beyond. Over the fence and on the rooftop of

01:56:23.500 --> 01:56:27.079
a house beyond. Casey Stengel talks about ballplay

01:56:27.079 --> 01:56:28.659
that hit him over buildings, and that's what

01:56:28.659 --> 01:56:31.039
Lou Jackson did. A two -run homer. Savarene scores

01:56:31.039 --> 01:56:33.899
ahead of Lou Jackson as he swung on the first

01:56:33.899 --> 01:56:36.539
pitch that he got from Galen Fisco and gave it

01:56:36.539 --> 01:56:39.630
the long ride. Second home run for the Orioles.

01:56:39.710 --> 01:56:41.930
Boots on a three -run homer earlier, and the

01:56:41.930 --> 01:56:43.789
Orioles are out in front by a score of seven

01:56:43.789 --> 01:56:51.289
to nothing. Still nobody out, and Russ Snyder

01:56:51.289 --> 01:57:00.350
is the batter. Left -hand batter. And the pitch

01:57:00.350 --> 01:57:02.789
is high for a ball. Anytime Snyder is up there,

01:57:02.810 --> 01:57:04.710
you have to protect against the possibility of

01:57:04.710 --> 01:57:07.470
the butt. For that reason, Ron Hunt is on the

01:57:07.470 --> 01:57:13.189
edge of the grass at third. Disco again winds

01:57:13.189 --> 01:57:17.729
and fires, and the pitch is low for a ball. 2

01:57:17.729 --> 01:57:21.789
-0 to the Orioles' center fielder. Young Jerry

01:57:21.789 --> 01:57:24.250
Hensley continues to warm up in the net bullpen.

01:57:33.189 --> 01:57:36.680
Disco with the pitch. And it's low for a ball.

01:57:38.140 --> 01:57:51.319
So it has run out 3 -0 now to Snyder. 3 -0 pitch,

01:57:51.479 --> 01:57:53.739
and it's in there for a call strike. He was taking

01:57:53.739 --> 01:58:03.220
all the way, and it's 3 -1. Now the 3 -1 delivery.

01:58:04.100 --> 01:58:07.880
Hit on the ground. And it is taken by Samuel.

01:58:07.920 --> 01:58:10.159
He plays to Fisco, and he got him in time. A

01:58:10.159 --> 01:58:12.140
six -minute made a run at the ball in step and

01:58:12.140 --> 01:58:14.800
went on over in front of Samuel. Made the backhand

01:58:14.800 --> 01:58:16.960
step, didn't come up with it. Samuel did, and

01:58:16.960 --> 01:58:20.180
Fisco got over the cover in time. So if you're

01:58:20.180 --> 01:58:22.840
scoring, the play goes 4 -1. One away, and that

01:58:22.840 --> 01:58:26.260
brings up Lou Aparicio. He is one for two in

01:58:26.260 --> 01:58:38.409
a walk, and he has scored one run. Let's go.

01:58:39.029 --> 01:58:42.210
Wines and fires. And it's outside for a ball.

01:58:44.329 --> 01:58:47.229
One man out, nobody on base. Orioles 7, the Mets

01:58:47.229 --> 01:58:53.029
nothing. Right after this game, the Mets will

01:58:53.029 --> 01:58:56.529
be flying into New York. Here's a pitch in there

01:58:56.529 --> 01:59:00.090
for a call strike. It's 1 -1. The Mets are expected

01:59:00.090 --> 01:59:02.529
to arrive at John F. Kennedy International Airport

01:59:02.529 --> 01:59:05.189
approximately three and a half hours after the

01:59:05.189 --> 01:59:09.859
conclusion of this game. The 1 -1 pitch, and

01:59:09.859 --> 01:59:17.119
it's low for a ball. Luis Separicio. Drew Powell

01:59:17.119 --> 01:59:28.039
is waiting around on deck. Disco looks for the

01:59:28.039 --> 01:59:37.800
sign. And the pitch is high and away. Try to

01:59:37.800 --> 01:59:46.039
slip pitch. It's Aparicio at play. We'll be on

01:59:46.039 --> 01:59:48.979
the air Tuesday night at 8 p .m. New York time

01:59:48.979 --> 01:59:53.500
from Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia. Pitch

01:59:53.500 --> 01:59:55.380
is in there. He's starting to go held up. Call

01:59:55.380 --> 02:00:06.329
strike. This ballpark is the home of the Tidewater

02:00:06.329 --> 02:00:08.829
Tides of the Carolina League. They have a working

02:00:08.829 --> 02:00:10.989
agreement with the Chicago White Sox, who played

02:00:10.989 --> 02:00:15.989
here yesterday against the Reds. And here's a

02:00:15.989 --> 02:00:18.010
drive down the right field line. A Tommy Hawk

02:00:18.010 --> 02:00:20.189
swinging a fair ball. It'll go for extra bases

02:00:20.189 --> 02:00:22.510
as it is being run down in the right field corner

02:00:22.510 --> 02:00:24.670
by Joe Christopher. And Aparicio's on his way

02:00:24.670 --> 02:00:26.630
to third. As the throw comes in, he holds up

02:00:26.630 --> 02:00:29.409
with a triple right down the right field line.

02:00:29.550 --> 02:00:31.630
He Tommy Hawks it and kept it in fair territory

02:00:31.630 --> 02:00:34.699
so that... The ball scams in, off in the foul

02:00:34.699 --> 02:00:36.859
down back of the right field corner, and Christopher

02:00:36.859 --> 02:00:39.359
had to run it down while the speedy Luis Aparicio

02:00:39.359 --> 02:00:46.159
pulled up his period with a triple. And that's

02:00:46.159 --> 02:00:49.300
going to bring up Boog Powell, who is one for

02:00:49.300 --> 02:00:51.779
three, but the one was a big one, a home run

02:00:51.779 --> 02:01:01.869
over the right field fence. We're in the bottom

02:01:01.869 --> 02:01:03.510
of the seventh. You're in Portsmouth, Virginia.

02:01:09.789 --> 02:01:12.090
This coach pitch is whipped into center field

02:01:12.090 --> 02:01:14.350
for a base hit. That's George Aparicio. Can he

02:01:14.350 --> 02:01:16.430
lift with the ball? Plays it back in. Boog Powell

02:01:16.430 --> 02:01:19.470
is on it first with a single to right and a run

02:01:19.470 --> 02:01:21.529
batted in. It is the Orioles' eighth and the

02:01:21.529 --> 02:01:24.590
Mets' nothing. And right now, we pause for station

02:01:24.590 --> 02:01:27.170
identification. This is the New York Mets Baseball

02:01:27.170 --> 02:01:32.880
Network. This is Lindsey Nelson with Ralph Kiner

02:01:32.880 --> 02:01:35.680
and Bob Murphy at Frank D. Lawrence Stadium in

02:01:35.680 --> 02:01:38.380
Fort Smith, Virginia. The final exhibition game

02:01:38.380 --> 02:01:40.380
of this spring for the New York Mets against

02:01:40.380 --> 02:01:42.500
the Baltimore Orioles. The Orioles are leading

02:01:42.500 --> 02:01:46.000
by a score of 8 -0. Norm Seaborn is coming up

02:01:46.000 --> 02:01:50.600
with a runner at first and one man out. Seaborn

02:01:50.600 --> 02:01:59.760
is nothing for three. Pitch is inside for a ball.

02:02:00.300 --> 02:02:02.439
Sebring came into this afternoon's game with

02:02:02.439 --> 02:02:04.819
an average of 276 for the spring, but it's a

02:02:04.819 --> 02:02:07.220
little deceptive because he has had only one

02:02:07.220 --> 02:02:14.319
extra base hit all spring. One double. Throw

02:02:14.319 --> 02:02:22.520
over and not in time. Powell takes a short lead.

02:02:23.279 --> 02:02:25.239
Pitches in there for a call strike to Sebring.

02:02:28.319 --> 02:02:31.609
Sebring obtained. From the Kansas City A's in

02:02:31.609 --> 02:02:36.010
exchange for first baseman Jim Gentile, Steven

02:02:36.010 --> 02:02:39.630
played with the Yankees as a teammate of Hank

02:02:39.630 --> 02:02:41.449
Bauer, his first manager, and then, of course,

02:02:41.470 --> 02:02:50.149
Bauer managed him in Kansas City. This goes,

02:02:50.369 --> 02:03:05.029
checks and deals, swung out and missed. The Orioles

02:03:05.029 --> 02:03:13.930
have three runs in this inning. Cisco's pitch,

02:03:14.130 --> 02:03:16.609
a little tight. Popped out of the glove of Hawk

02:03:16.609 --> 02:03:22.069
Taylor, he retrieved and returned it. Leading

02:03:22.069 --> 02:03:25.369
hitter for the Orioles during their exhibition

02:03:25.369 --> 02:03:29.350
season in Florida was utility infielder Bob Johnson,

02:03:29.449 --> 02:03:31.890
who hit .370, followed closely by catcher Dick

02:03:31.890 --> 02:03:38.319
Brown, who hit .362. 2 -2 pitch. Hit on the ground

02:03:38.319 --> 02:03:42.140
toward second. Samwell over to Moran. He can't

02:03:42.140 --> 02:03:43.680
find the handle and steps on the bag himself.

02:03:44.819 --> 02:03:46.619
Apparently he got a finger cut in the webbing

02:03:46.619 --> 02:03:48.880
of his own glove. And they got the force at second,

02:03:48.960 --> 02:03:51.600
but no other play. So there is no error charge.

02:03:52.159 --> 02:03:54.039
But it looked like an easy double play ball.

02:03:54.239 --> 02:03:56.720
Samwell started to scoop and somehow got mixed

02:03:56.720 --> 02:03:58.220
up and the ball dropped out of the glove. And

02:03:58.220 --> 02:03:59.739
he's looking at the index finger of his right

02:03:59.739 --> 02:04:01.220
hand. Looks as though he got it caught in the

02:04:01.220 --> 02:04:03.520
webbing. And he finally picked up the ball and

02:04:03.520 --> 02:04:08.300
steps on the bag at second himself. So, Steven

02:04:08.300 --> 02:04:12.000
is on, two men out, and Dick Brown is coming

02:04:12.000 --> 02:04:16.659
up. He's been up one time, down to .60 to first.

02:04:18.199 --> 02:04:21.159
But a .362 batting average for the stay in Florida

02:04:21.159 --> 02:04:25.520
of the Orioles. Right -hand batter. Here's a

02:04:25.520 --> 02:04:30.739
swing and a miss for a strike. The Orioles 8

02:04:30.739 --> 02:04:32.300
and the Mets nothing. You're in the bottom half

02:04:32.300 --> 02:04:45.260
of the seventh inning. Galen Fisker steps off

02:04:45.260 --> 02:04:47.600
the rubber. And as he does, Dick Brown steps

02:04:47.600 --> 02:04:54.119
out of the batter's box. Again, we're set. The

02:04:54.119 --> 02:04:56.500
seaman leaves it first. Pitch to Brown is high

02:04:56.500 --> 02:05:02.000
for a ball. Galen Fisker, one -time captain and

02:05:02.000 --> 02:05:16.189
linebacker of Ohio State football team. Cisco

02:05:16.189 --> 02:05:20.130
checked. And the pitch is outside for a ball.

02:05:23.890 --> 02:05:27.369
Galen Cisco and Frank Howard were baseball teammates

02:05:27.369 --> 02:05:32.029
at Ohio State. And as undergraduates, they took

02:05:32.029 --> 02:05:36.109
a trip to Japan under the sponsorship of the

02:05:36.109 --> 02:05:41.920
State Department. Pitch is low, blocked by Taylor.

02:05:42.060 --> 02:05:43.460
Rolls a two -peat out in front of the plate.

02:05:43.500 --> 02:05:45.279
There is no advance by Steven at first base.

02:05:50.600 --> 02:06:05.039
Two men out. Gun, Cisco, check and deal. Pitch

02:06:05.039 --> 02:06:07.439
is swung on and pulled foul. On the ground, back

02:06:07.439 --> 02:06:10.130
of Therese. Continuing on down the left field

02:06:10.130 --> 02:06:14.350
line in foul territory. Billy Hunter coaching

02:06:14.350 --> 02:06:17.670
there at third. Sherm Lawler is coaching at first.

02:06:18.189 --> 02:06:22.890
As Gene Woodling was given the day off. Throughout

02:06:22.890 --> 02:06:25.949
the season, he will be stationed at first for

02:06:25.949 --> 02:06:34.600
the Orioles. Now the pitch to Brown. swung on

02:06:34.600 --> 02:06:37.399
and fouled off right off the protector of umpire

02:06:37.399 --> 02:06:54.000
Lou DeMuro. So Big Brown is still alive. Disco

02:06:54.000 --> 02:06:58.619
looks under Taylor. And the pitch swung on and

02:06:58.619 --> 02:07:10.590
fouled off off the screen this time. Mets arrived

02:07:10.590 --> 02:07:15.329
last night. Having worked out yesterday, then

02:07:15.329 --> 02:07:18.029
they left, actually, the Tampa airport about

02:07:18.029 --> 02:07:22.850
4 p .m., arrived here around 7. Here's a pitch

02:07:22.850 --> 02:07:25.210
from on top of the foul, coming back now to play.

02:07:25.250 --> 02:07:27.149
Taylor starts to give it a run and gives up.

02:07:27.229 --> 02:07:32.369
This one comes on back. When the Mets arrived

02:07:32.369 --> 02:07:34.949
at their hotel, their motor hotel, the Chicago

02:07:34.949 --> 02:07:38.119
White Sox still were there. And before either

02:07:38.119 --> 02:07:40.159
team left, the Baltimore Orioles came in. So

02:07:40.159 --> 02:07:41.800
there was one point last night, and we had three

02:07:41.800 --> 02:07:54.260
major league teams in one lobby in Norfolk. Let's

02:07:54.260 --> 02:07:57.319
go check Sebring. And the pitch is high. Ball

02:07:57.319 --> 02:08:00.380
four. Big Brown goes to first with the base on

02:08:00.380 --> 02:08:03.920
ball. Sebring moves to second. Sam Bowens is

02:08:03.920 --> 02:08:06.680
coming up. And up one time and he popped out

02:08:06.680 --> 02:08:24.140
to second base. Point to the right -hand batter.

02:08:24.479 --> 02:08:30.739
Close stance. Swing and a foul ball top down

02:08:30.739 --> 02:08:32.979
to third base coach Billy Hunter. He'll just...

02:08:33.050 --> 02:08:39.069
Fires it right on back out to Galen Sisco. Owen's

02:08:39.069 --> 02:08:41.250
moving around, exercising a leg as though he

02:08:41.250 --> 02:08:52.130
chopped that one right off his ankle. And just

02:08:52.130 --> 02:08:54.050
outside the batter's box. Now he's coming in.

02:08:55.770 --> 02:08:58.949
He pitches right in for a call strike. That was

02:08:58.949 --> 02:09:02.590
a slip pitch. This coach said he's had this pitch

02:09:02.590 --> 02:09:04.369
for a couple of years, but it's just now that

02:09:04.369 --> 02:09:07.470
it's begun to look like one. Inside football.

02:09:08.449 --> 02:09:12.050
Here's a one -two pitch, and it's inside. Two

02:09:12.050 --> 02:09:15.569
-two. Leave first and second. There's a pitch

02:09:15.569 --> 02:09:18.210
deep to left field, way back toward the corner.

02:09:18.829 --> 02:09:22.750
And it is a fair ball going over the fence for

02:09:22.750 --> 02:09:26.210
a homer on for Bowen as it went around the foul

02:09:26.210 --> 02:09:29.479
pole. It is being questioned by Moran, but umpire

02:09:29.479 --> 02:09:31.800
Paul Crawford down the line says it went around

02:09:31.800 --> 02:09:35.760
the foul pole, 330 feet away, and it is a three

02:09:35.760 --> 02:09:38.720
-run homer for Sam Bowen, and the Orioles lead

02:09:38.720 --> 02:09:48.159
by a score of 11 -0. The third Oriole home run

02:09:48.159 --> 02:09:52.359
of this ballgame. One by Bruce Powell, one by

02:09:52.359 --> 02:09:55.430
Lou Jackson, one by Sam Bowen. Nobody on base

02:09:55.430 --> 02:09:57.229
and Brooks Robinson up now with two men out.

02:09:59.350 --> 02:10:01.689
Probably one for three today. Started in one

02:10:01.689 --> 02:10:12.029
run. Pitch is in there for a tall strike. Stacey

02:10:12.029 --> 02:10:15.970
Stengel out in front of the Mets dugout. Rating

02:10:15.970 --> 02:10:18.510
up and down. And the pitch is high for a ball.

02:10:26.220 --> 02:10:34.199
in the home run. Swing and a ground ball deep

02:10:34.199 --> 02:10:36.979
to third. One -handed by Rana. Throws on to first.

02:10:37.159 --> 02:10:39.180
In time and he got him. The side is retired.

02:10:40.899 --> 02:10:45.560
The Orioles got six runs on five hits. No errors

02:10:45.560 --> 02:10:47.600
and none left. And the score is the end of seven.

02:10:47.699 --> 02:10:52.359
Full innings of play is the Orioles 11 and the

02:10:52.359 --> 02:10:56.869
Mets nothing. Opening day at Shea Stadium in

02:10:56.869 --> 02:10:58.710
New York, less than a week away now. It'll be

02:10:58.710 --> 02:11:01.409
next Friday afternoon, April 17th, the New York

02:11:01.409 --> 02:11:06.869
Mets and the Pittsburgh Pirates. So if you have

02:11:06.869 --> 02:11:10.590
not already obtained your ticket for opening

02:11:10.590 --> 02:11:19.689
day, be sure and do so. And keep in mind that

02:11:19.689 --> 02:11:22.750
the ticket office will be open tomorrow at Shea

02:11:22.750 --> 02:11:29.250
Stadium. It is open on Sunday. Of course, the

02:11:29.250 --> 02:11:31.609
ticket office at Shea Stadium will be open until

02:11:31.609 --> 02:11:36.569
5 o 'clock this afternoon. Opening day, Friday

02:11:36.569 --> 02:11:45.489
afternoon, April 17th. Now Dick Hall has come

02:11:45.489 --> 02:12:02.119
in to pitch for the Orioles. come out swinging

02:12:02.119 --> 02:12:04.359
the bat. You'll recall last year, Ed Cranfield

02:12:04.359 --> 02:12:08.180
hit three home runs here. As I remember it, and

02:12:08.180 --> 02:12:10.960
this is only a recollection that I would not

02:12:10.960 --> 02:12:12.960
bet much on, I think he hit the first two off

02:12:12.960 --> 02:12:14.840
Robin Roberts and the last one off Sue Miller.

02:12:17.640 --> 02:12:26.340
Ed Cranfield is being announced now. The official

02:12:26.340 --> 02:12:29.579
attendance figures have been announced, 5 ,350.

02:12:31.499 --> 02:12:46.020
5 ,350 paid here this afternoon. And the pitch

02:12:46.020 --> 02:12:48.439
is low for a ball. Bob Johnson is now playing

02:12:48.439 --> 02:13:01.399
first base for the Orioles. And the pitch is

02:13:01.399 --> 02:13:06.119
low to Cranepool. That's the plate. 2 -0. And

02:13:06.119 --> 02:13:13.899
Bob Savarin is playing second base. He came out

02:13:13.899 --> 02:13:15.739
as a pinch runner, stayed in. And the pitch is

02:13:15.739 --> 02:13:19.840
outside for Ball. Down 3 -0 now to Ed Cranepool.

02:13:29.640 --> 02:13:31.319
We're in the top half of the eighth inning, and

02:13:31.319 --> 02:13:33.880
the pitch is fired in. Payne pulls just a 3 -0

02:13:33.880 --> 02:13:43.579
pitch for a called strike one. Jen Hall's pitch,

02:13:43.659 --> 02:13:45.319
and it's swung on and fouled off to the left

02:13:45.319 --> 02:13:47.220
side and out of play, and the count is now full

02:13:47.220 --> 02:13:56.729
at 3 -2. Steve Barber with seven innings, which

02:13:56.729 --> 02:13:58.590
he allowed no runs on five, hit the strikeout

02:13:58.590 --> 02:14:04.430
four, and walked two. And the picture's low ball

02:14:04.430 --> 02:14:11.310
for Cranefool, has drawn a walk. Goes down to

02:14:11.310 --> 02:14:22.840
first base, and Ron Hunt is coming up. Hunt's

02:14:22.840 --> 02:14:24.739
two for two in a walk today, right -hand batter.

02:14:38.619 --> 02:14:41.180
Hot batting number three today in the Met batting

02:14:41.180 --> 02:14:44.720
order. Craneville leads it first, and the pitch

02:14:44.720 --> 02:14:47.380
is in there for a called strike. Jim Hickman

02:14:47.380 --> 02:15:24.909
is waiting on deck. The Orioles 11 and the Mets

02:15:24.909 --> 02:15:35.329
nothing here in Portsmouth, Virginia. Pitches

02:15:35.329 --> 02:15:44.550
in for a called strike to Jim Hickman. Dick Hall

02:15:44.550 --> 02:15:48.489
again, into the motion. There is a check swing,

02:15:48.569 --> 02:15:51.109
but it's in there for a strike. Two strike counts.

02:15:57.770 --> 02:15:59.750
Bob Taylor moves out to the on -deck circle.

02:16:00.869 --> 02:16:03.430
Here's a swing and a miss, and Hall chalks up

02:16:03.430 --> 02:16:06.500
a strikeout. His first as he gets Jim Hickman.

02:16:06.840 --> 02:16:09.359
For the Mets, no runs, no hits, no errors, none

02:16:09.359 --> 02:16:11.020
loves. And to score at the end of seven and a

02:16:11.020 --> 02:16:15.500
half innings is the Orioles 11 and the Mets nothing.

02:16:17.960 --> 02:16:21.340
Have you made any plans yet? For after the game,

02:16:21.340 --> 02:16:24.979
I mean. If you haven't thought, then give some

02:16:24.979 --> 02:16:26.619
thought to all the great things there are to

02:16:26.619 --> 02:16:29.840
see and to do and to enjoy wherever you are along

02:16:29.840 --> 02:16:33.190
the Rheingold Beach. For this is the place where

02:16:33.190 --> 02:16:36.389
it's easy to find the best fun, the best food,

02:16:36.469 --> 02:16:41.190
and the best beer. Rheingold Extra Dry. Take

02:16:41.190 --> 02:16:44.350
one taste and you'll know Rheingold is as good

02:16:44.350 --> 02:16:47.870
to your taste as it is to your taste. Rheingold

02:16:47.870 --> 02:16:50.450
is brewed by people who love beer for people

02:16:50.450 --> 02:16:54.229
who love beer. With a crisp liveliness no other

02:16:54.229 --> 02:16:57.629
beer can match. So tonight, have a big time.

02:16:57.950 --> 02:17:01.719
Have a good time. Have a Rheingold and have another.

02:17:02.520 --> 02:17:05.200
Rheingold is as good to your taste as it is to

02:17:05.200 --> 02:17:11.739
your thirst. Rheingold after Rheingold. Jerry

02:17:11.739 --> 02:17:14.200
Hensley is now in the ballgame as the pitcher

02:17:14.200 --> 02:17:16.940
for the New York Mets, and Ed Cranes, who stays

02:17:16.940 --> 02:17:21.620
in the game, in center field. He batted for Rod

02:17:21.620 --> 02:17:31.690
Kinneal, and he is staying in the game. Jerry

02:17:31.690 --> 02:17:33.750
Hensley is the young fellow who did not pitch

02:17:33.750 --> 02:17:37.149
an inning of baseball last year. As the property

02:17:37.149 --> 02:17:39.889
of the Pittsburgh Pirates, he and his twin brother

02:17:39.889 --> 02:17:43.909
and battery mate were at Kingsport. However,

02:17:44.149 --> 02:17:47.709
he was on the roster but simply worked out before

02:17:47.709 --> 02:17:50.190
games and did not appear in a single game. Red

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Murph, a Met scout, had seen him in high school,

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saw him warm up before a ball game there, and

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Hensley was drafted by the New York Mets. Bob

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Savareen is up now to lead off for the Orioles.

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And the first pitch is low for Ball. His track

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and trade is a blazing fastball. Lou Jackson

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is now on deck for the Orioles. Came out as a

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pinch hitter and saved in the game. This pitch

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is in for a called strike. Hensley getting a

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sign from Hawk Taylor who's been behind the plate

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all day. Here's the pitch in there. Went to the

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breaking ball for a called strike. One and two

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now to Savarin. Left hand at it. Ed Bowida is

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warming up now in the bullpen for the Mets. Ed

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Bowida. This pitch is fired high for a ball.

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Sisko worked only one inning, which he allowed

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six runs on five hits. Struck out none and walked

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one. Hensley with the pitch, and it's low. A

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full count of three and two to Bob Savarene.

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Hensley looks for the sign, and here's the payoff

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pitch. Swung on, and there's strike three. So

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young Jerry Hensley chalks up a strikeout, and

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this is Lou Jackson coming up. That is for Barb

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and Staten again. Pinch hit, home run. His only

02:20:10.430 --> 02:20:31.809
previous appearance. the pitch is low for ball

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one to Lou Jackson. The Orioles, 11, and the

02:20:41.229 --> 02:20:46.790
Mets, nothing. The Orioles, 11, and the Mets,

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nothing. In the bottom half of the eighth inning,

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Richmond, Virginia. The Orioles are the home

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team. Entry six swung on and foul back into the

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glove of Hawk Taylor. 1 -1 count. Now the pitch

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is high off the top of the glove of Taylor and

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continuing on back. It's 2 -1. Today, of course,

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without the services of George Altman, who was

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left back at the hotel where he could undergo

02:21:30.280 --> 02:21:33.500
further treatment for the shoulder injury he

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sustained on the final day in Florida. And I

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guess March 1st, there is a good possibility

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he may be able to play on Tuesday night, although

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it is not a certainty. Mike Thomas is in New

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York, where he was sent several days ago for

02:21:46.579 --> 02:21:49.299
treatment of tendinitis. There's a swing and

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a miss. All the way around for Lou Jackson's

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2 -2 count. Tomorrow will be an off day for the

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New York Mets in which they will visit themselves

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with uniform fitting. Carl Willey, of course,

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is in New York. He went directly yesterday. Flying

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up from St. Pete with his jaw wired. With a swing

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and a foul ball. Back and out of play. Count

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holds at 2 -2. No man out. Nobody on base. On

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Monday, the Mets will participate in a 10 .15

02:22:29.579 --> 02:22:33.420
a .m. Flushing, Jamaica parade, followed by a

02:22:33.420 --> 02:22:35.360
luncheon. Then they'll work out on the Hofstra

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field. Swing and a foul ball off and out of play.

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Work continues, of course, on the field at Shea

02:22:48.379 --> 02:22:53.780
Stadium to get it in shape for opening day. Friday,

02:22:53.860 --> 02:22:56.440
April 17th, the Mets and the Pittsburgh Pirates.

02:22:58.139 --> 02:23:00.739
2 -2 pitch to Lou Jackson. Breaking ball swung

02:23:00.739 --> 02:23:02.659
on, fouled off, got just enough of it to stay

02:23:02.659 --> 02:23:04.559
alive. There's Hock Taylor couldn't hold on,

02:23:04.620 --> 02:23:15.100
and the count continues at 2 -2. The Mets will

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go to Philadelphia Tuesday morning. Two, two

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pitches in there for a cold strike three. Suck

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him out. Sir Jerry Hensley has placed too many.

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Suck them both out. You know, people who like

02:23:28.590 --> 02:23:31.530
beer best like Rheingold best of all, and I'm

02:23:31.530 --> 02:23:33.489
one of them. Hope you are, too, because Rheingold

02:23:33.489 --> 02:23:35.729
is as good to your taste as it is to your spirit.

02:23:42.530 --> 02:23:45.370
Dress night has been up twice without a hit after

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having replaced Jackie Brandt, who started at

02:23:47.670 --> 02:23:54.350
center field. It is hit in the air to center

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field, and Ed Greenville is coming on for his

02:23:56.889 --> 02:23:58.590
first chance of the day, and he makes the catch.

02:23:59.090 --> 02:24:01.149
But Jerry Hensley gets the start out in order

02:24:01.149 --> 02:24:02.670
in the bottom of the eighth with no runs, no

02:24:02.670 --> 02:24:04.549
hits, no errors, none left, and the score at

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the end of eighth is the Orioles 11 and the Mets

02:24:08.629 --> 02:24:15.069
nothing. Well, the year of the Mets' move into

02:24:15.069 --> 02:24:19.120
Shea Stadium is upon us. Everything written about

02:24:19.120 --> 02:24:20.899
this development becomes a collector's item.

02:24:20.979 --> 02:24:23.159
A special dedication program has been prepared

02:24:23.159 --> 02:24:25.620
for the Mets and will be on sale at Shea Stadium

02:24:25.620 --> 02:24:29.760
when the season opens Friday. You can also order

02:24:29.760 --> 02:24:33.079
copies of that program by mail. This book contains

02:24:33.079 --> 02:24:35.180
pictures and a history of the New York National

02:24:35.180 --> 02:24:37.979
League teams, Apollo Grounds, Ebbets Field, Shea

02:24:37.979 --> 02:24:40.920
Stadium, and J .C. Stengel. The program will

02:24:40.920 --> 02:24:43.139
be available at the stadium only during the first

02:24:43.139 --> 02:24:46.479
homestand, so to get your copy in advance. and

02:24:46.479 --> 02:24:50.379
$1 to dedication program Shea Stadium, Flushing,

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New York. We're going now to the top half of

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the ninth inning with Dick Hall on the mound

02:25:01.879 --> 02:25:12.879
for the Orioles. Bob Taylor due up for the Mets.

02:25:14.829 --> 02:25:17.110
Duke Snyder has a bat at the corner of the bedrock.

02:25:20.590 --> 02:25:26.329
Taylor is there also. And Taylor is coming on

02:25:26.329 --> 02:25:29.489
up to bat. And Snyder is following him out to

02:25:29.489 --> 02:25:31.329
the on -deck circle. So apparently it's going

02:25:31.329 --> 02:25:33.329
to be Taylor batting and then Snyder batting

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statistically due up next. Mark Taylor is one

02:25:39.989 --> 02:25:43.899
for three this afternoon. You'll recall that

02:25:43.899 --> 02:25:46.180
last year, Duke's matter joined the Mets right

02:25:46.180 --> 02:25:51.520
here at this stadium. After he was purchased

02:25:51.520 --> 02:25:54.260
from the Dodgers, he flew in here and got here

02:25:54.260 --> 02:26:01.559
just about game time last year. They call at

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the pitch in the top of the ninth, and it's outside

02:26:03.139 --> 02:26:11.440
for a ball. A sturdy group of New Yorkers out

02:26:11.440 --> 02:26:13.760
in center field with the cry of, let's go Mets.

02:26:13.879 --> 02:26:23.620
Here's the pitch. Low for a ball. Oh, looks to

02:26:23.620 --> 02:26:28.379
dig Brown first time. And the pitch is swung

02:26:28.379 --> 02:26:30.940
on. It's due to left if it stays there, but it's

02:26:30.940 --> 02:26:34.340
curving on over and disappearing a foul ball.

02:26:40.360 --> 02:26:53.040
Bob Taylor. One and one out of Taylor. Snyder

02:26:53.040 --> 02:26:57.620
still there in the on -deck circle. This pitch

02:26:57.620 --> 02:26:59.700
is thrown out and popped up and the short center

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field. Bavarin is out there and Snyder is there

02:27:02.840 --> 02:27:07.139
and Russ Snyder makes the catch. So there's one

02:27:07.139 --> 02:27:09.059
away, and now here's Duke Snyder batting for

02:27:09.059 --> 02:27:10.940
Joe Christopher, and Snyder's getting a hand.

02:27:42.200 --> 02:27:44.500
Jesse Gundy is now around the back rack of the

02:27:44.500 --> 02:27:47.680
New York Mets. There's one away and nobody on

02:27:47.680 --> 02:27:52.520
here in the top half of the ninth. There's a

02:27:52.520 --> 02:27:56.899
swing and a miss. Two strikeouts for Duke Snyder.

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He's taken by Hall, and he plays on over to first

02:28:14.819 --> 02:28:18.920
in time to Johnson. Snyder goes out 50 to first,

02:28:19.000 --> 02:28:21.680
and now Jesse Gonder is coming up to bat for

02:28:21.680 --> 02:28:44.299
Sonny Tomwell. Gandhi's a left -hand batter facing

02:28:44.299 --> 02:28:48.159
right -hand pitcher Dick Hall, who is the second

02:28:48.159 --> 02:28:52.020
Oriole pitcher of the day. Pitcher's outside

02:28:52.020 --> 02:28:54.879
for a ball. Steve Barber pitched the first seven

02:28:54.879 --> 02:28:57.719
innings and is the pitcher of record. Tim Harkness

02:28:57.719 --> 02:29:00.000
has moved out to the on -deck circle now with

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the hope that Gandhi can keep it alive long enough

02:29:03.219 --> 02:29:07.879
for him to get a chance. This is a note of Gandhi.

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A swing and a miss. One and two is the count.

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Not a gander. The Orioles 11 and the Mets nothing.

02:29:36.799 --> 02:29:41.079
One -two delivery. Set up outside. Two -two.

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We'll be on the air Tuesday night from County

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Night Stadium in Philadelphia at 8 p .m. There

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is a swing and a miss and Gander has struck out

02:29:54.920 --> 02:29:57.680
and this ball game is over. Hall getting two

02:29:57.680 --> 02:30:00.200
strikeouts during his tenure as the Mets are

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out in the top of the ninth with no runs, no

02:30:02.159 --> 02:30:05.840
hits, no errors, none left. And the Orioles have

02:30:05.840 --> 02:30:07.860
won it by a score of 11 to nothing. We'll be

02:30:07.860 --> 02:30:10.940
back in a moment with a final summary and totals.

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Right now the final score of the game is the

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Orioles 11 and the Mets nothing. And now here's

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news about a cigarette that really scores with

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baseball fans.