WEBVTT 00:00:01.159 --> 00:00:04.459 This is Retro Sports Radio. Visit RetroSeasons 00:00:04.459 --> 00:00:08.560 .com for more sports history. On April 12, 1966, 00:00:09.019 --> 00:00:10.820 the Kansas City Athletics faced the Minnesota 00:00:10.820 --> 00:00:13.099 Twins at Metropolitan Stadium in Minneapolis 00:00:13.099 --> 00:00:16.640 for the opening day of the 1966 season. The A's 00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:18.660 were managed by Al Dark, who was in his first 00:00:18.660 --> 00:00:21.179 game as skipper of the team. Dark had previously 00:00:21.179 --> 00:00:23.440 led the Giants to four consecutive winning seasons, 00:00:23.719 --> 00:00:26.480 including an NL pennant as manager from 1961 00:00:26.480 --> 00:00:30.420 to 64. The Twins, managed by Sam Mell in his 00:00:30.420 --> 00:00:33.140 seventh year, were coming off a 102 -win season 00:00:33.140 --> 00:00:36.479 and an AL pennant in 1965, although they lost 00:00:36.479 --> 00:00:38.380 to the Dodgers in Game 7 of the World Series. 00:00:39.210 --> 00:00:41.270 This audio recording is from the Kansas City 00:00:41.270 --> 00:00:44.210 Radio broadcast, featuring announcers Monty Moore 00:00:44.210 --> 00:00:50.409 and Lynn Ferris. Two years, Tony Oliva. Tony 00:00:50.409 --> 00:00:54.990 batted 321 to win the batting championship in 00:00:54.990 --> 00:00:57.409 a close down to the last week race with Carl 00:00:57.409 --> 00:01:01.840 Jastrzemski, the newly elected... Team captain 00:01:01.840 --> 00:01:07.200 of the Boston Red Sox. Tony Oliva, left -handed 00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:12.420 batter, and quite a player he is. Tony won the 00:01:12.420 --> 00:01:14.620 American League batting championship in his very 00:01:14.620 --> 00:01:22.120 first year in the big leagues as a rookie. Nobody 00:01:22.120 --> 00:01:24.060 down in the first inning. No score. He's a bitch. 00:01:24.319 --> 00:01:26.680 There's a drive to center field. Jose Charneval 00:01:26.680 --> 00:01:29.099 moving after the ball, and he has got it. That 00:01:29.099 --> 00:01:34.700 retires the Twins. So on the first inning for 00:01:34.700 --> 00:01:36.680 Minnesota, no runs, hits or errors. Nobody left 00:01:36.680 --> 00:01:38.939 on after one full inning of play. It's the A's 00:01:38.939 --> 00:01:44.420 nothing, the Twins nothing. Hi, fans. This is 00:01:44.420 --> 00:01:47.439 Lynn Ferris. It's a red -letter day. Today marking 00:01:47.439 --> 00:01:49.319 the beginning of another great athletics baseball 00:01:49.319 --> 00:01:51.859 season, and thanks to the friendly folks at GFC, 00:01:52.099 --> 00:01:55.700 we're here to bring you the A's 1966 game. So 00:01:55.700 --> 00:01:57.579 remember, for lots of baseball fun and excitement 00:01:57.579 --> 00:02:00.819 every day, tune in here on KCMO for the A's game. 00:02:01.260 --> 00:02:03.359 Brought to you by the Kansas City area offices 00:02:03.359 --> 00:02:05.840 of the GFC Loan Company. Twelve conveniently 00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:08.319 located offices in the Kansas City area to serve 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:12.759 you. Phone Grand 1 -5373. They're the people 00:02:12.759 --> 00:02:15.360 who see when you need money. You can actually 00:02:15.360 --> 00:02:17.379 make all the arrangements over the phone. Just 00:02:17.379 --> 00:02:21.039 call GFC's Friendly Bob Adams at Grand 15373. 00:02:21.180 --> 00:02:23.780 You can't beat the GFC brand of friendliness 00:02:23.780 --> 00:02:26.180 and quick service. If you need some cash quickly 00:02:26.180 --> 00:02:29.159 from $25 ,000 to $2 ,000, call Friendly Bob Adams, 00:02:29.300 --> 00:02:33.580 Grand 15373. GFC Loan Company. Four offices in 00:02:33.580 --> 00:02:36.060 Kansas. One is located in Overland Park and one 00:02:36.060 --> 00:02:46.090 in Mission in the Mission Shopping Center. Leading 00:02:46.090 --> 00:02:47.969 off with the Athletics, in the top half of the 00:02:47.969 --> 00:02:52.469 second inning, the A's catcher Bill Bryant. Manny 00:02:52.469 --> 00:02:54.229 Jimenez, whom we mentioned a little while ago, 00:02:54.310 --> 00:02:57.810 has not come to financial terms with the Athletics 00:02:57.810 --> 00:02:59.449 front office, is sitting with A's owner Charlie 00:02:59.449 --> 00:03:02.129 Finley in a box seat. Charlie has made him an 00:03:02.129 --> 00:03:06.069 offer, and... Manny says I have to think it over, 00:03:06.110 --> 00:03:08.490 so Jimenez is not in uniform today in the most 00:03:08.490 --> 00:03:10.650 startling development of opening day of 1966. 00:03:12.530 --> 00:03:15.189 Here's the pitch to Bryant. Sharp breaking curve 00:03:15.189 --> 00:03:19.770 is inside a low ball one. Bill Bryant, who will 00:03:19.770 --> 00:03:21.770 be playing behind the plate and at first base 00:03:21.770 --> 00:03:24.289 for the Athletics this year, is catching today. 00:03:26.490 --> 00:03:29.009 Bill has really hit the ball solidly all spring. 00:03:29.449 --> 00:03:33.229 The pitch. pop -up on the left side of the infield. 00:03:33.550 --> 00:03:35.810 The shortstop, Versailles, is calling for the 00:03:35.810 --> 00:03:37.889 ball. Now Val Espino runs him off coming in towards 00:03:37.889 --> 00:03:40.030 the infield and Sandy makes the catch. One away. 00:03:42.210 --> 00:03:44.870 With Versailles going out and Val Espino coming 00:03:44.870 --> 00:03:47.689 in and both owning tremendous speed, they're 00:03:47.689 --> 00:03:49.509 going to cover a lot of ground out of that area 00:03:49.509 --> 00:03:54.039 this year. One down in the second, here is the 00:03:54.039 --> 00:03:55.979 A's first baseman, Ken Harrelson, who led the 00:03:55.979 --> 00:03:58.199 Athletics in home runs and runs batted in last 00:03:58.199 --> 00:04:01.460 year. Ken had five home runs to lead the A's 00:04:01.460 --> 00:04:04.000 in home runs this spring. The pitch doing. Fastball, 00:04:04.099 --> 00:04:08.360 strike, it's called. Veteran American League 00:04:08.360 --> 00:04:10.560 umpire and one of the best ball and strike umpires 00:04:10.560 --> 00:04:12.740 in pro baseball, Larry Knapp, is working behind 00:04:12.740 --> 00:04:16.019 the plate this afternoon. Here's the best curveball 00:04:16.019 --> 00:04:23.860 pitches outside. and Hunter, we are seeing two 00:04:23.860 --> 00:04:25.759 of the fastest working pitchers in the American 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:28.939 League this afternoon. They're fast for several 00:04:28.939 --> 00:04:30.600 reasons. They like to get the ball and throw 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:33.139 it, and they also usually throw strikes pretty 00:04:33.139 --> 00:04:37.360 consistently. There's a curve fouled off. One 00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:39.660 ball, two strikes. Fielding the ball over in 00:04:39.660 --> 00:04:41.779 foul territory, the A's third base coach, Luke 00:04:41.779 --> 00:04:43.899 Epling, who was our pregame warm -up show guest 00:04:43.899 --> 00:04:47.660 today. Luke would like to have $100 for every 00:04:47.660 --> 00:04:51.610 professional season opener he's ever seen. Played 00:04:51.610 --> 00:04:53.850 with the White Sox 20 years. Here's a one -and 00:04:53.850 --> 00:04:55.529 -two pitch. Curveball to Harrelson. Misses low. 00:04:55.569 --> 00:04:59.370 It's two -and -two now. Well, it's been a long, 00:04:59.410 --> 00:05:02.250 hard grind since the late part of February for 00:05:02.250 --> 00:05:06.589 these baseball players in spring training. They 00:05:06.589 --> 00:05:10.230 took it fairly slowly and finished fast and are 00:05:10.230 --> 00:05:12.589 in top shape. Here's a pitch. Curve. Strike three 00:05:12.589 --> 00:05:16.589 is called. Harrelson goes down. Another two away 00:05:16.589 --> 00:05:20.019 is Mudcat Grant. Just broke off a major league 00:05:20.019 --> 00:05:23.759 curveball over the outside corner. Here's left 00:05:23.759 --> 00:05:25.980 -handed swinging Larry Stahl, the A's left fielder, 00:05:26.100 --> 00:05:31.800 who has made one great play already. With the 00:05:31.800 --> 00:05:34.620 big league season underway and not yet an inning 00:05:34.620 --> 00:05:37.439 and a half old, we have already seen two spectacular 00:05:37.439 --> 00:05:41.220 defensive plays. Larry Stahl has pretty good 00:05:41.220 --> 00:05:43.459 power. Here's the pitch. Low and away ball one. 00:05:43.560 --> 00:05:45.660 He has hit seven big league home runs. Five of 00:05:45.660 --> 00:05:47.600 them have been hit against the Minnesota Twins. 00:05:48.939 --> 00:05:50.800 He has played very little in the big leagues, 00:05:50.800 --> 00:05:53.560 so his home run production is really an outstanding 00:05:53.560 --> 00:05:56.639 thing. Here's a pitch, curve ball high. Two balls 00:05:56.639 --> 00:06:06.500 and a strike. The Athletics will open their 1966 00:06:06.500 --> 00:06:09.100 season at home at Municipal Stadium next Tuesday 00:06:09.100 --> 00:06:12.279 night against these same twins. Here's a 2 -0 00:06:12.279 --> 00:06:15.879 pitch. Low and a wave all three. On deck for 00:06:15.879 --> 00:06:31.420 Kansas City, Dick Green. Three balls, one strike. 00:06:33.339 --> 00:06:36.519 Grant got a late start. In spring training, he 00:06:36.519 --> 00:06:38.620 was a holdout. He and Kyle Griffith really had 00:06:38.620 --> 00:06:40.720 a battle on their hands before they came together. 00:06:41.300 --> 00:06:44.639 On contract terms, 3 -1 pitch. Stahl hits it 00:06:44.639 --> 00:06:46.660 up in the air down the third baseline. Foul territory. 00:06:47.300 --> 00:06:49.279 Harmon Killebrew runs Luke Affleck out of the 00:06:49.279 --> 00:06:52.019 coaching box and makes the catch. And that retires 00:06:52.019 --> 00:06:53.579 the Appotics here in the second inning of play. 00:06:55.540 --> 00:06:58.000 Let's get Grant. has mowed down the first six 00:06:58.000 --> 00:06:59.800 Kansas City batters after an inning and a half. 00:06:59.860 --> 00:07:01.540 The score, the A's nothing, the Twins nothing. 00:07:05.060 --> 00:07:07.500 Well, let's check in on scores of other games. 00:07:08.300 --> 00:07:10.480 In the American League, after three innings of 00:07:10.480 --> 00:07:13.079 play, the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees, 00:07:13.079 --> 00:07:15.459 no score. That's Mickey Lulich dueling Whitey 00:07:15.459 --> 00:07:19.160 Ford. Boston Red Sox have taken a 3 -2 lead over 00:07:19.160 --> 00:07:21.560 Baltimore after three full innings. Barber versus 00:07:21.560 --> 00:07:23.740 Wilson. Brooks Robinson homered in the first, 00:07:23.819 --> 00:07:26.439 nobody on. The California Angels and Chicago 00:07:26.439 --> 00:07:29.000 White Sox scoreless after one. That's Dean Chance 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:32.259 versus Tommy John. In case you missed it yesterday, 00:07:32.600 --> 00:07:34.980 Cleveland Indians, using their pitch -hitting 00:07:34.980 --> 00:07:37.399 strike off the bench, beat Washington Senators 00:07:37.399 --> 00:07:41.120 5 -2. McDowell over Pete Rickard. Frank Howard 00:07:41.120 --> 00:07:44.600 hit his first homer of the year. In the National 00:07:44.600 --> 00:07:46.339 League, the Mets and Cincinnati already have 00:07:46.339 --> 00:07:47.939 been rained out for the second day in a row. 00:07:48.420 --> 00:07:51.040 Nothing in yet on the Cubs, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, 00:07:51.300 --> 00:07:54.379 Atlanta, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Houston 00:07:54.379 --> 00:07:56.899 and Los Angeles. All will be playing tonight. 00:07:57.100 --> 00:08:06.459 So one rain out and three night games. Here's 00:08:06.459 --> 00:08:08.519 Harmon Killebrew to lead off now for the Minnesota 00:08:08.519 --> 00:08:10.939 Twins. Harmon had quite a year last year. He 00:08:10.939 --> 00:08:16.230 had 269. 125 home runs, knocked in 75 runs. He's 00:08:16.230 --> 00:08:20.250 a right -handed batter. Jimmy Hunter throws a 00:08:20.250 --> 00:08:22.490 fastball right by a swinging Killebrew strike 00:08:22.490 --> 00:08:28.410 one. Well, there's no excitement, I don't think, 00:08:28.470 --> 00:08:30.410 outside of maybe the World Series or the All 00:08:30.410 --> 00:08:32.549 -Star Game, like opening day of the baseball 00:08:32.549 --> 00:08:36.529 season every year. Here's the 0 -1 bet. Hunter 00:08:36.529 --> 00:08:38.330 tries a fastball again, and he bets it inside, 00:08:38.509 --> 00:08:40.490 trying to jam Harmon. It's one ball and one strike. 00:08:45.129 --> 00:08:47.370 Mencher and Hall are scheduled for the Twins 00:08:47.370 --> 00:08:51.049 here in the second. No score in our game. Hunter's 00:08:51.049 --> 00:08:54.370 pitch. Inside. Ball two. He has thrown three 00:08:54.370 --> 00:09:01.470 straight fastballs to Killebrew. Going to really 00:09:01.470 --> 00:09:03.149 take a blast to hit a home run into the left 00:09:03.149 --> 00:09:06.870 field seats here today. Here's the bench. Curve. 00:09:07.049 --> 00:09:11.129 Over the plate with Lowe. Ball three. Hunter 00:09:11.129 --> 00:09:16.860 and Bryant. is the coach at third for the twins, 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:22.740 and Bob Lemon at first. Hatter gets the side 00:09:22.740 --> 00:09:24.820 from Bryant. Swings into action. Here's the bench. 00:09:25.200 --> 00:09:26.940 Curveball bounced on the ground to the left side, 00:09:27.039 --> 00:09:29.179 causing a shortstop hazard. There's his throw 00:09:29.179 --> 00:09:31.039 to Harrelson in the dirt, but Kenny digs it out, 00:09:31.179 --> 00:09:37.500 and there's one away. The batter now is Don Mincher, 00:09:37.580 --> 00:09:40.860 who hit 251 for the twins last year with 22 home 00:09:40.860 --> 00:09:47.360 runs. Big Don knocks in 65 runs. His emergence 00:09:47.360 --> 00:09:50.740 as a consistent hitter against both right and 00:09:50.740 --> 00:09:53.259 left -handed pitching allows the Twins to move 00:09:53.259 --> 00:09:56.399 Killebrew off first and put him at third base. 00:09:57.519 --> 00:10:04.159 Here's a pitch. High and outside, ball one. Boy, 00:10:04.179 --> 00:10:05.799 it's great to see those Major League scoreboards 00:10:05.799 --> 00:10:08.500 again all lit up indicating scores of other games 00:10:08.500 --> 00:10:13.159 around the country. and just in general to get 00:10:13.159 --> 00:10:15.779 the baseball season underway, here's the bench 00:10:15.779 --> 00:10:19.500 outside Ball 2. Lynn and I will be traveling 00:10:19.500 --> 00:10:22.120 right with the athletics through 162 games starting 00:10:22.120 --> 00:10:25.320 today, broadcasting every day on the same radio 00:10:25.320 --> 00:10:27.139 station throughout Mid -America, and we're so 00:10:27.139 --> 00:10:30.200 happy that you've decided to join us today. Be 00:10:30.200 --> 00:10:32.039 sure to let all your friends know the stations 00:10:32.039 --> 00:10:34.200 that are carrying the A's games and to which 00:10:34.200 --> 00:10:36.480 you are listening. We'll have a lot of fun this 00:10:36.480 --> 00:10:49.059 summer. Here's the 2 -0 pitch. Curveball. Double 00:10:49.059 --> 00:11:04.200 for Don Venture. So Don Venture hits a drive 00:11:04.200 --> 00:11:06.519 between Carnival and Hershberger in right center 00:11:06.519 --> 00:11:09.320 field for a two -base hit, the first hit of the 00:11:09.320 --> 00:11:13.700 1966 season. And now here's Jimmy Hall, who hit 00:11:13.700 --> 00:11:16.100 two... .285 for average last year for the Twins. 00:11:16.120 --> 00:11:18.639 Jimmy had 20 homers, knocked in 86 runs. He had 00:11:18.639 --> 00:11:26.840 a great year. The A's infield swung around a 00:11:26.840 --> 00:11:28.580 bit to the right. Tarnable playing over in right 00:11:28.580 --> 00:11:30.759 center field from his regular center field spot. 00:11:31.539 --> 00:11:33.700 Hunter's pitch on the way. Outside. Ball one. 00:11:49.000 --> 00:11:51.580 at second base. One out. Last half of the second 00:11:51.580 --> 00:11:53.679 inning. No score between the A's and the Twins. 00:11:54.220 --> 00:11:57.179 Hunter pitches. A strike on the outside corner. 00:11:58.259 --> 00:12:00.519 One ball and one strike. The wind is definitely 00:12:00.519 --> 00:12:02.860 a factor in this game today. It has already made 00:12:02.860 --> 00:12:07.419 some easy plays rather tough. The wind blew that 00:12:07.419 --> 00:12:09.940 ball away from Tarnable just then as he chased 00:12:09.940 --> 00:12:12.059 it into right center field. Mentor hit it hard. 00:12:12.299 --> 00:12:15.799 There's no doubt about it, but Tarnable was being 00:12:15.799 --> 00:12:19.509 hindered by that wind. Here's a pitch. Way out 00:12:19.509 --> 00:12:27.129 to that ball, too. The same two teams play right 00:12:27.129 --> 00:12:29.110 here again tomorrow afternoon, and pitching for 00:12:29.110 --> 00:12:31.149 Kansas City will be Raleigh Sheldon and pitching 00:12:31.149 --> 00:12:36.809 for the Twins, Camilo Pascual. Our airtime for 00:12:36.809 --> 00:12:39.330 our baseball warm -up show, 115 on many of these 00:12:39.330 --> 00:12:41.389 same stations, and for the broadcast itself, 00:12:41.509 --> 00:12:49.659 125. Hunters 2 -1 pitch coming. Hunter, who is 00:12:49.659 --> 00:12:52.720 basically a control -type pitcher, has been at 00:12:52.720 --> 00:12:54.960 the 3 -1 level on two different batters here 00:12:54.960 --> 00:12:57.759 in the setting. Killebrew, who went for a curveball 00:12:57.759 --> 00:13:00.860 on 3 -1 and crowded out. And out of Jimmy Hall. 00:13:09.039 --> 00:13:11.679 Bryant calls for a pitch. Hunter acknowledges. 00:13:12.600 --> 00:13:20.320 He walks in to all four. in a second inning. 00:13:20.700 --> 00:13:23.659 And that plays to the plate. Earl Batty, right 00:13:23.659 --> 00:13:25.759 -handed batting catcher who hit just short of 00:13:25.759 --> 00:13:30.080 300 last year. Earl hit 297, and I'll tell you, 00:13:30.139 --> 00:13:32.559 it's a big 297 when Batty hits it because of 00:13:32.559 --> 00:13:36.659 this. He is very slow, possibly one of the slowest 00:13:36.659 --> 00:13:38.299 runners in the American League, which means he 00:13:38.299 --> 00:13:39.980 doesn't get many infield hits during the course 00:13:39.980 --> 00:13:43.340 of the year. Earl has to hit that ball between 00:13:43.340 --> 00:13:47.059 fielders and infielders. Mighty fine player. 00:13:47.159 --> 00:13:50.259 This guy knocked in 60 runs last year. Hunter 00:13:50.259 --> 00:13:52.120 pitches. Fastball hit on the ground to Wayne 00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:54.240 Cozy. He's got it down the green for one out. 00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:56.240 Over to first base. An easy double play and that 00:13:56.240 --> 00:14:00.259 retires the side. Fanny. An easy double play, 00:14:00.320 --> 00:14:01.940 Mark, if he hits the ball on the ground with 00:14:01.940 --> 00:14:06.960 anybody else on. In the second inning. No runs. 00:14:07.080 --> 00:14:11.519 One hit. No errors. One man left on base. After 00:14:11.519 --> 00:14:13.799 two innings at the Met Stadium in the Twin Cities 00:14:13.799 --> 00:14:15.860 to score, Kansas City nothing, Minnesota nothing. 00:14:17.340 --> 00:14:25.039 Now, KCMO Confidential. 60 seconds inside a great 00:14:25.039 --> 00:14:29.679 radio station. It's 5 a .m. at KCMO Radio. A 00:14:29.679 --> 00:14:31.820 slight figure hunched against the morning breeze 00:14:31.820 --> 00:14:34.600 enters the front door. In the background, the 00:14:34.600 --> 00:14:37.230 faint screams of flattened struts. Splendid old 00:14:37.230 --> 00:14:39.990 special can be heard as the all -night milk dickie 00:14:39.990 --> 00:14:43.090 show fades slowly into limbo. The studio door. 00:14:43.529 --> 00:14:46.730 A brief gaze at the material is plunged carefully 00:14:46.730 --> 00:14:49.450 under the chair. A coat draped over what appears 00:14:49.450 --> 00:14:52.110 to be an empty, gluttonous handlebar. A body 00:14:52.110 --> 00:14:56.539 slumps into the chair with a sigh. And suddenly... 00:14:56.539 --> 00:14:58.799 Good morning, world! The day takes on a bright 00:14:58.799 --> 00:15:01.379 new sheen on the Jack Elliott Show. Five hours 00:15:01.379 --> 00:15:03.580 of fun and fun. Special features of the Jack 00:15:03.580 --> 00:15:05.740 Elliott Show include agri -news, sports, weather, 00:15:05.860 --> 00:15:10.220 and the important news. 981 PCMO for Jack Elliott. 00:15:10.379 --> 00:15:15.399 This has been KCMO Confidential. 60 seconds inside 00:15:15.399 --> 00:15:24.309 a great radio station. Kansas City Athletics 00:15:24.309 --> 00:15:26.230 to lead off the third inning. Here's Dick Green, 00:15:26.309 --> 00:15:28.230 the second baseman. He'll be followed by Ed Charles 00:15:28.230 --> 00:15:32.409 and the pitcher, Jimmy Hunter. Green last year 00:15:32.409 --> 00:15:35.370 for Kansas City batted .232. He hit 15 home runs, 00:15:35.509 --> 00:15:40.629 knocked in 55 runs. Grant pitches. Green takes 00:15:40.629 --> 00:15:44.929 a look at a strike. It cost him. The ball's one 00:15:44.929 --> 00:15:46.649 strike. We're underway in the third inning of 00:15:46.649 --> 00:15:55.080 the first game of the 1966 season. In the fourth 00:15:55.080 --> 00:15:57.639 inning, Boston leads Baltimore 3 -2. The Yankees 00:15:57.639 --> 00:15:59.679 and Detroit scoreless in the fourth. Bouncing 00:15:59.679 --> 00:16:02.039 ball hit by Green to Armand Killebrew. The Twins' 00:16:02.059 --> 00:16:06.700 third baseman throws him out. Went away. Mudcat 00:16:06.700 --> 00:16:09.179 Grant, who did not get his first start for the 00:16:09.179 --> 00:16:11.639 Twins last season until three weeks into the 00:16:11.639 --> 00:16:15.480 season, is the opening day pitcher here in 1966. 00:16:15.980 --> 00:16:18.379 And he feels that he won 21 games last year, 00:16:18.399 --> 00:16:20.480 not starting until three weeks after the season 00:16:20.480 --> 00:16:23.330 got underway. This should give him about three 00:16:23.330 --> 00:16:25.690 or four extra starts, and he might be a 25 -game 00:16:25.690 --> 00:16:28.830 winner this year. Here's a pitch to Charles. 00:16:29.389 --> 00:16:31.750 And the A's third baseman takes a curve outside. 00:16:31.830 --> 00:16:35.970 Ball one. The California Angels and the Chicago 00:16:35.970 --> 00:16:38.570 White Sox playing today in Chicago. No score 00:16:38.570 --> 00:16:43.090 in the third inning. The bench. Again, a curve 00:16:43.090 --> 00:16:49.450 ball misses outside. Kansas City nothing, Minnesota 00:16:49.450 --> 00:16:55.360 nothing. One out, third inning. Today at the 00:16:55.360 --> 00:16:58.179 Big Cats, one newspaper bill this day. The pitch. 00:16:58.500 --> 00:17:01.480 High fly ball. Hits behind the plate. Earl Batty 00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:03.799 coming back. May have a play on it right in front 00:17:03.799 --> 00:17:06.500 of the screen. It hits on the screen, protecting 00:17:06.500 --> 00:17:09.240 the stand behind the plate. So Ed Charles is 00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:11.039 still alive. The count, two balls and one strike. 00:17:15.160 --> 00:17:17.319 Yes, the papers were saying it's a battle between 00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:23.069 cats. Mudcat. And Catfish. And to continue along 00:17:23.069 --> 00:17:26.450 the veins of nicknames, Mudcat Grant has a brother 00:17:26.450 --> 00:17:28.549 by the name of Swampfire Grant, who used to be 00:17:28.549 --> 00:17:31.750 a pitcher. Do one pitch. Knocks him down, ball 00:17:31.750 --> 00:17:37.329 three. Good to see some colorful names back in 00:17:37.329 --> 00:17:40.410 baseball for a while. Baseball became a little 00:17:40.410 --> 00:17:44.359 bit staid in that respect. As you and I were 00:17:44.359 --> 00:17:46.519 growing up, most of us used to remember quite 00:17:46.519 --> 00:17:48.720 well the nicknames. Here's a bit. Charles takes 00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:50.259 it inside and high in the eighth half there. 00:17:50.319 --> 00:17:52.740 First baserunner of the afternoon. As Ed Charles 00:17:52.740 --> 00:17:57.400 works Mudcat Grant for a walk. The eighth pitcher, 00:17:57.539 --> 00:18:04.920 Jimmy Hunter, comes up. Quite a story this young 00:18:04.920 --> 00:18:11.900 fella has given the baseball world. Baseball 00:18:11.900 --> 00:18:13.759 scouts had given up on him because part of his 00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:15.619 foot had been shot off. Here's the pitch. He 00:18:15.619 --> 00:18:17.059 busts it right out in front of the plate. It 00:18:17.059 --> 00:18:25.660 kicks off foul to the first base side. Hunter 00:18:25.660 --> 00:18:27.900 still to this day has quite a few fuck shots 00:18:27.900 --> 00:18:31.960 in his foot despite an operation that removed 00:18:31.960 --> 00:18:36.380 some 27 of them. That's the Mayo Clinic up here 00:18:36.380 --> 00:18:37.980 in Minnesota, by the way, right after he signed 00:18:37.980 --> 00:18:43.640 the contract with the Athletics. Charles leads 00:18:43.640 --> 00:18:45.839 off first. Here's the bench. He busts the ball 00:18:45.839 --> 00:18:47.720 hard out towards the mound, and it's bobbled 00:18:47.720 --> 00:18:49.700 momentarily by Grant. He hustles, picks it up, 00:18:49.700 --> 00:18:52.559 throws the first. He got his man on a flat, scrambling 00:18:52.559 --> 00:18:57.619 play. That Grant is quite an athlete. He went 00:18:57.619 --> 00:18:59.740 over to his left that time, trying to pick up 00:18:59.740 --> 00:19:03.140 a funny ball by Hunter. The ball bounced off 00:19:03.140 --> 00:19:05.460 his glove. He fell down, but scrambled it while 00:19:05.460 --> 00:19:08.140 still on his knees. Through the first base, to 00:19:08.140 --> 00:19:11.339 Bernie Allen's covering, and he got Hunter. But 00:19:11.339 --> 00:19:13.480 Ed Charles advances to second on the sacrifice, 00:19:13.660 --> 00:19:15.660 and back to the top of the A's order we go for 00:19:15.660 --> 00:19:23.299 Jose Tarnable. Base hit now could give the Athletics 00:19:23.299 --> 00:19:25.359 the lead in the ballgame, as Charles is at second 00:19:25.359 --> 00:19:28.319 base. Tarnable, skied out to right field his 00:19:28.319 --> 00:19:30.440 first trip. There's a curveball, bounced out 00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:32.480 towards first base. Fair territory, fielded by 00:19:32.480 --> 00:19:34.119 Mitchell, he steps on the bag, and the A's don't 00:19:34.119 --> 00:19:38.099 score this inning. No runs are hit, the man left 00:19:38.099 --> 00:19:40.380 on, and after two and a half innings, the score... 00:19:42.849 --> 00:19:49.009 Well, baseball in the air and on the air. What 00:19:49.009 --> 00:19:52.230 a treat it is for Monty and me to be here in 00:19:52.230 --> 00:19:54.990 the home of the 1965 American League champions. 00:19:55.269 --> 00:19:57.490 And fans, the important thing you want to remember 00:19:57.490 --> 00:20:00.390 is that we'll be facing this same ball club back 00:20:00.390 --> 00:20:02.690 at beautiful Municipal Stadium in Kansas City. 00:20:03.710 --> 00:20:06.210 And we hope you'll be with us in person, 7 o 00:20:06.210 --> 00:20:09.450 'clock starting time, April 19th. Why don't you 00:20:09.450 --> 00:20:14.890 get your tickets at the Plaza, 4628 Werno, Townhouse, 00:20:15.069 --> 00:20:18.750 Kansas City, Kansas, Macy's Downtown, the Blue 00:20:18.750 --> 00:20:22.789 Ridge Mall, Center Office, and the Caps Drug 00:20:22.789 --> 00:20:27.829 Stores, North Kansas City, 1914 Swift. And 75th 00:20:27.829 --> 00:20:30.430 and Metcalf. Now, both of those cash drugstores 00:20:30.430 --> 00:20:34.190 have tickets all day, every day, seven days a 00:20:34.190 --> 00:20:36.890 week. So get your tickets and be on hand with 00:20:36.890 --> 00:20:39.269 us and welcome the athletics back to Kansas City, 00:20:39.349 --> 00:20:50.250 won't you? Against these same twins. We start 00:20:50.250 --> 00:20:52.230 the last of the third inning. Bernie Allen, the 00:20:52.230 --> 00:20:53.890 Twins' second baseman who made a spectacular 00:20:53.890 --> 00:20:56.990 play robbing Wayne Causey of a base hit. Here's 00:20:56.990 --> 00:21:00.410 the leadoff banner against Jimmy Hunter. Here's 00:21:00.410 --> 00:21:04.049 the bench. Inside at half -all -one. Bernie last 00:21:04.049 --> 00:21:07.130 year was about ready to give up baseball. He 00:21:07.130 --> 00:21:11.569 had had a knee operation the year before. The 00:21:11.569 --> 00:21:13.470 Twins, after spring training, sent him to the 00:21:13.470 --> 00:21:16.470 minor leagues to Denver, and he decided to give 00:21:16.470 --> 00:21:19.109 up baseball. Here's the ball hit foul out of 00:21:19.109 --> 00:21:23.160 play. But the Twins front office talked him into 00:21:23.160 --> 00:21:24.839 staying in the game and playing for a while at 00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:26.420 Denver, seeing if he could get his knee into 00:21:26.420 --> 00:21:29.039 shape. He never did really get back in top shape 00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:32.259 last year. Bernie had a great year with the Twins, 00:21:32.259 --> 00:21:35.759 his rookie season in 1962. He hit .269 that year. 00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:39.819 The one -on -one bench, curveball, rips into 00:21:39.819 --> 00:21:42.140 the right field corner, a base hit. Herzberger 00:21:42.140 --> 00:22:15.609 chasing the ball and goes. Hands on here in the 00:22:15.609 --> 00:22:24.890 third inning. The pitcher, Grant, is at the plate 00:22:24.890 --> 00:22:29.029 now. He's looking for the bunt. Grant does not 00:22:29.029 --> 00:22:41.910 bunt. He hits the ball foul. Out of play. The 00:22:41.910 --> 00:22:44.269 Twins have had two base hits so far in the ballgame. 00:22:46.859 --> 00:22:52.900 Nobody down here in the third. The bench. There's 00:22:52.900 --> 00:22:55.240 the button. Down the first baseline and it stays 00:22:55.240 --> 00:22:57.119 right over the chalk line. Picked up by Harrelson. 00:22:57.140 --> 00:23:00.299 He tags his man out as he goes by. But Grant 00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:02.539 moves out and over to third base with only one 00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:09.380 away. Back to zone oversize. Both pitchers have 00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:11.740 been called upon to sacrifice runners down and 00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:17.950 they've both successfully done so. popped up 00:23:17.950 --> 00:23:20.970 to third base this first trip. And now we're 00:23:20.970 --> 00:23:24.150 getting a first look of the official 1966 season 00:23:24.150 --> 00:23:28.190 at the Kansas City Athletics. Defensive infield 00:23:28.190 --> 00:23:30.089 pulled in on the grass in the early innings to 00:23:30.089 --> 00:23:32.089 try to cut off a run. Al Dark plans to do this 00:23:32.089 --> 00:23:36.569 a lot. Hunter winding. Here's the pitch to Versailles. 00:23:36.670 --> 00:23:38.230 The curveball hit right back towards the mound. 00:23:38.369 --> 00:23:40.109 Hunter's got it. Holds the runner at third. Throws 00:23:40.109 --> 00:23:42.089 the first. He got it. What a curveball Hunter 00:23:42.089 --> 00:23:45.059 threw. Let's pause right here for station identification. 00:23:45.119 --> 00:23:47.119 This is the Kansas City A's baseball network. 00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:52.140 This is KCMO Radio Dial 81, Kansas City, Missouri. 00:23:52.339 --> 00:23:55.380 Currently 44 degrees with light rain and haze 00:23:55.380 --> 00:24:01.700 in Kansas City. Four minutes past two. At the 00:24:01.700 --> 00:24:03.819 Met Stadium in Minneapolis, St. Paul, this is 00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:05.920 Monty Moore with Lynn Ferris. Happy to have you 00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:07.720 join us today, and we hope that you'll make it 00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:09.799 a regular habit to keep your radio dial set right 00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:13.410 where it is throughout. The 1966 baseball season. 00:24:16.410 --> 00:24:18.829 Here's Sandy Valespino with two down. The infield 00:24:18.829 --> 00:24:21.150 can go back now, except for Ed Charles, the third 00:24:21.150 --> 00:24:23.069 baseman, who will play right about the line. 00:24:23.130 --> 00:24:26.670 An attempted bluff down the line by Bernie Allen 00:24:26.670 --> 00:24:31.490 as Hunter went into a full windup. And Hunter 00:24:31.490 --> 00:24:33.250 threw the ball and was fouled off. It looked 00:24:33.250 --> 00:24:35.369 for a moment as if Bernie Allen might be coming 00:24:35.369 --> 00:24:38.640 towards the plate. Ed Charles is over talking 00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:41.019 with Hunter now on the mound as Ed had tried 00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:43.019 to fluff the runner back into third base with 00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:48.680 a couple of slaps of the glove. Ernie has always 00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:50.940 been quite fast. I don't know if he's that fast 00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:53.240 that he could steal home with two down like this. 00:24:55.299 --> 00:25:13.579 Now the 0 -1 pitch. Hit the ball right by Ed 00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:18.700 Charles. It actually hit Charles' glove. As Charles 00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:23.779 made a dive to his right. So Val Despino gets 00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:26.000 credit for a base hit, a run batted in. The Twins 00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:42.059 lead 1 -0, 2 down, and here's Tony Oliva. The 00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:44.460 runner at first gets the lead. Ryder steps off 00:25:44.460 --> 00:25:50.859 the rubber and drives him back in. The Twins, 00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:54.579 defending American League champions, not being 00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:56.619 picked by many of the riders or broadcasters 00:25:56.619 --> 00:25:59.740 to repeat. There's a bench. Foul out of play. 00:25:59.900 --> 00:26:03.400 Strike one. But here in the Twin Cities area, 00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:06.059 all their broadcasters and riders think the Twins 00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:11.529 can do it again. And the Twins players do a man 00:26:11.529 --> 00:26:13.690 feel they have a better ball club this year than 00:26:13.690 --> 00:26:18.069 the club that won the pennant last year. We'll 00:26:18.069 --> 00:26:21.349 see lots of them in the next week or so. The 00:26:21.349 --> 00:26:25.930 throw to first. Val Espino is back in. Our first 00:26:25.930 --> 00:26:28.789 11 games of the 1966 season will be with the 00:26:28.789 --> 00:26:30.650 teams who finished first and second last year. 00:26:30.910 --> 00:26:34.410 The Twins and the White Sox. The A's have their 00:26:34.410 --> 00:26:37.210 work cut out for them. Pitch. Bounce right back 00:26:37.210 --> 00:26:39.089 to the mound on one hop. Hunter's got it. Throw. 00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:44.519 the first and down go the twins. In the third 00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:49.180 inning, one run, two hits, one big error, and 00:26:49.180 --> 00:26:52.700 one left on. 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Well, Cleveland and 00:28:12.859 --> 00:28:15.660 Washington got the baseball season underway yesterday, 00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:17.960 and the Indians rallied for four runs in the 00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:21.920 ninth inning to beat Washington 5 -2. Batting 00:28:21.920 --> 00:28:23.940 heroes of that game yesterday, Calavito had three 00:28:23.940 --> 00:28:26.640 hits for the Indians. Ball two to Hershberger. 00:28:27.140 --> 00:28:32.200 Max Alves had three hits. And Sam McDowell was 00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:34.059 the winning pitcher in that game. He led the 00:28:34.059 --> 00:28:35.920 American League in strikeouts last year and started 00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:39.299 off pretty strongly again this year. by striking 00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:42.519 out nine yesterday. And Lynn has a note here 00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:45.440 on that Baltimore -Boston ball game about the 00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:48.859 Robinson guys. To steal a phrase from Batman, 00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:52.339 Marty, the Robinson dynamic duo has struck. Brooks 00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:56.680 homered in the first, nobody on. And Frank Robinson 00:28:56.680 --> 00:29:00.960 has just homered in the fifth, nobody on. Those 00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:02.700 guys are going to score lots of runs this year, 00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:05.259 Baltimore. They're being picked by a lot of people. 00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:14.640 It's ball three to Mike Hershberger. Frank Robinson, 00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:17.500 a great new star in the American League. Long 00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:20.319 time, great in the National League. Here's a 00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:23.339 pitch. Strike to Hershberger, 3 -1. Mike was 00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:29.240 taking all the way. Three balls, one strike count. 00:29:29.339 --> 00:29:38.799 The Twins 1 -0. Hershberger gets back into the 00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:44.319 plate. Ball hit deep in the right center field. 00:29:44.420 --> 00:29:46.319 Way back goes Tony Oliva. He's at the fence. 00:29:46.380 --> 00:29:48.660 He can't get it. It's off the fence. Hershberger 00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:50.299 on the way to second. He's digging around second, 00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:52.640 going to third. Here comes a throw across the 00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:54.700 infield, and Hershberger is in there with a triple. 00:29:57.660 --> 00:30:00.579 Tony Oliva crashed hard into the fence in right 00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:06.119 field. He got up off the ground, chased the carom, 00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:08.380 and made a strong throw all the way to third 00:30:08.380 --> 00:30:12.609 base. But Hershberger is in there. the year for 00:30:12.609 --> 00:30:17.569 the Kansas City Athletics. And here's Wayne Causey. 00:30:25.190 --> 00:30:28.210 The Twins center fielder Jimmy Hall was just 00:30:28.210 --> 00:30:31.210 over talking with Oliva, and their manager Sam 00:30:31.210 --> 00:30:33.029 Neely stood up on the top step of the dugout 00:30:33.029 --> 00:30:37.690 to find out if Tony O were okay, and he is. So 00:30:37.690 --> 00:30:39.829 we'll continue now. The Twins in field will play 00:30:39.829 --> 00:30:42.950 halfway. They will not come in. The early innings 00:30:42.950 --> 00:30:44.750 to try to cut off the tying run. Here's the pitch 00:30:44.750 --> 00:30:48.690 to cause it. Foul ball. It's out of play. The 00:30:48.690 --> 00:30:51.769 Twins, of course, have all the mashers. They 00:30:51.769 --> 00:30:53.450 can hit the long ball. They're expected to score 00:30:53.450 --> 00:30:55.170 a lot of runs. Alvin Dark thinks it's foolish 00:30:55.170 --> 00:30:56.869 for a club that he doesn't think will score a 00:30:56.869 --> 00:30:59.569 lot of runs this year to give up runs easily 00:30:59.569 --> 00:31:02.309 in the early innings, which has long been something 00:31:02.309 --> 00:31:07.680 that many of us have wondered about. to Causey. 00:31:08.140 --> 00:31:12.859 One ball and one strike. So many times you'll 00:31:12.859 --> 00:31:14.480 see a club early in the innings when a runner 00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:16.259 gets a third base do as the twins are doing. 00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:18.680 Back up, of course, they're trying to cut off 00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:20.299 what could be a big inning and they'll give up 00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:22.960 the one run. 1 -1 fetch. Causey takes it high. 00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:24.920 Ball two. And Hershberger might be bothering 00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:27.920 Mudcat Grant a little bit with a mad dash about 00:31:27.920 --> 00:31:31.839 40 feet down the foul line as Grant goes into 00:31:31.839 --> 00:31:37.589 the windup. Wayne Causey. In a number of years, 00:31:37.650 --> 00:31:39.890 played with the Kansas City A's, the veteran 00:31:39.890 --> 00:31:43.069 of the ball club. 2 -1 pitch. Grab ball hit out 00:31:43.069 --> 00:31:45.069 towards the shortstop. Versailles picks it up. 00:31:45.089 --> 00:31:46.869 Holds Hershberger at third and throws it out. 00:31:47.869 --> 00:31:50.750 So Causey is out at first base, and Hershberger 00:31:50.750 --> 00:31:52.750 did have to hold on because the ball was hit 00:31:52.750 --> 00:31:56.009 to the left side of the infield. Though their 00:31:56.009 --> 00:31:58.490 infield was playing, not shallow, they were not 00:31:58.490 --> 00:32:00.490 playing too deep either, and of course Versailles 00:32:00.490 --> 00:32:08.569 has that great arm. Now here's Bill Bryant. a 00:32:08.569 --> 00:32:13.630 fly ball to the shortstop his first trip. Went 00:32:13.630 --> 00:32:16.049 leading 1 -0. The A's have Hershberger at third. 00:32:17.970 --> 00:32:20.509 Brad Wise pitches to Bryan inside and high. He 00:32:20.509 --> 00:32:39.480 really cut that one loose. Ball one. Mudcat Grant 00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:41.680 gets the sign from Batty. Throws. Bryant looks 00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:43.960 at a strike over the outside corner. One ball 00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:46.480 and one strike. A well -placed pitch by Mudcat 00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:51.079 Grant. Joe Pepitone has just hit a home run for 00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:52.539 the New York Yankees in the fifth inning with 00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:56.119 nobody on. So the score there is at least the 00:32:56.119 --> 00:33:01.480 Yankees 1 and the Tigers nothing. Pitch to Bryant. 00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:08.460 sideline, I think, and a rather surprising one, 00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:10.059 I think, within the last couple of days developed 00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:12.019 in the Yankee camp when Mickey Mantle announced 00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:14.720 as the Yankees broke spring training camp that 00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:17.279 he was going to be the starting center fielder 00:33:17.279 --> 00:33:19.200 for the Yankees. He said, I'm ready after his 00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:21.019 operation, and he is in the starting lineup for 00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:23.500 the Yankees today. Fetch to Bryant, way outside, 00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:27.039 ball three. And Grant is obviously trying to 00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:29.140 keep that ball away from Bill Bryant's pulling 00:33:29.140 --> 00:33:35.900 car. Wind is a favoring wind for a left -handed 00:33:35.900 --> 00:33:39.500 batter today. If Bryant could get one up into 00:33:39.500 --> 00:33:41.779 the air, it could carry deep enough in right 00:33:41.779 --> 00:33:44.400 field easily to knock in Hershberger from third. 00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:49.019 3 -1 pitch. Changeup. Bryant swings a miss and 00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:51.660 he had a good kind of a changeup. A mighty fine 00:33:51.660 --> 00:33:55.619 pitch for Mudcat Grant. He threw a straight change 00:33:55.619 --> 00:33:57.779 off his fastball when Bryant had to be looking 00:33:57.779 --> 00:34:04.519 for a fastball right now. Now Mudcat Grant really 00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:08.260 needs a strikeout. Bryant digs in. Here's the 00:34:08.260 --> 00:34:11.039 pitch. Bounce ball out to the first base side. 00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:12.780 That's going to knock in Hershberger. Bryant 00:34:12.780 --> 00:34:14.920 is out as Mincher steps on the bag at first. 00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:17.139 But the ball game is all tied up at one and one. 00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:22.699 And Bill Bryant gets a run batted in. So Bill 00:34:22.699 --> 00:34:25.460 hung in there against Mudcat Grant. And knocked 00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:29.559 in the run. Here's Ken Harrelson who was called 00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:33.730 out on strikes his first trip to the plate. the 00:34:33.730 --> 00:34:36.090 fourth inning of this ball game between the A's 00:34:36.090 --> 00:34:37.730 and the Twins. Last year we had a lot of great 00:34:37.730 --> 00:34:41.230 games with Minnesota. The pitch to Harrelson, 00:34:41.269 --> 00:34:50.590 a snap curveball. A little high ball one. The 00:34:50.590 --> 00:34:53.269 Twins, who won the championship last year, only 00:34:53.269 --> 00:34:55.809 beat the A's ten times. We beat them eight times. 00:34:56.889 --> 00:34:59.449 So we played the pennant winners pretty closely 00:34:59.449 --> 00:35:05.119 last year. Here's one offense. Inside to the 00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:13.340 Hawks. Ball two. The A's under new manager Al 00:35:13.340 --> 00:35:16.619 Dark. A highly spirited group as they left spring 00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:20.519 training with 14 victories this year. Two offense. 00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:27.320 Curveball to Harrelson is high. Ball three. Larry 00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:29.000 Stahl on deck. There are two down here in the 00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:31.679 fourth. And the A's return home next Tuesday. 00:35:31.719 --> 00:35:33.679 Tuesday night to play these same Minnesota Twins. 00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:37.639 Game time, 7 o 'clock. Debbie Bryant, Miss America, 00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:39.599 will be there to throw out the first ball for 00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:48.280 the A's. Three -0 pitch. Ground ball hit in the 00:35:48.280 --> 00:35:49.900 hole between third and short. Cut off nicely 00:35:49.900 --> 00:35:57.420 by Killebrew. Great play. Throws him out. In 00:35:57.420 --> 00:36:00.480 the fourth inning, the A's get one run. One hit. 00:36:03.090 --> 00:36:05.329 In the middle of the fourth, the score, the A's 00:36:05.329 --> 00:36:10.230 won and the Twins won. Opening day for the 1966 00:36:10.230 --> 00:36:13.170 baseball season. A day filled with all the excitement 00:36:13.170 --> 00:36:15.769 and pageantry that is baseball. For our Kansas 00:36:15.769 --> 00:36:17.969 City A's, it isn't quite the same as opening 00:36:17.969 --> 00:36:19.869 day at Municipal Stadium, but nonetheless, it 00:36:19.869 --> 00:36:22.860 is the first game. And in addition to those of 00:36:22.860 --> 00:36:24.860 you listening to this broadcast presented by 00:36:24.860 --> 00:36:27.420 Ham's Beer, there are plenty of A's fans right 00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:30.260 here at Metropolitan Stadium. It is fitting that 00:36:30.260 --> 00:36:32.739 this first game is played here because Met Stadium 00:36:32.739 --> 00:36:35.699 is in the heart of the land of Sky Blue Waters 00:36:35.699 --> 00:36:38.639 because today's game and every A's game is brought 00:36:38.639 --> 00:36:41.880 to you by Ham's Beer, brewed in the land of Sky 00:36:41.880 --> 00:36:44.800 Blue Waters. From waters best for brewing, lots 00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:47.139 of fans across the country call Ham's the baseball 00:36:47.139 --> 00:36:49.860 beer. Ham's also presents the play -by -play 00:36:49.860 --> 00:36:52.239 of all Minnesota Twins games. On the West Coast, 00:36:52.360 --> 00:36:54.880 San Francisco fans gather around bottles of Ham's 00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:56.860 to follow the action of all the Giants games. 00:36:57.179 --> 00:36:59.539 Ham's is the baseball beer, but the reason you 00:36:59.539 --> 00:37:01.820 should try Ham's is because you'll like Ham's. 00:37:01.940 --> 00:37:07.099 It refreshes you best. Mighty fine words, Len 00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:09.420 Farris, and certainly that's true. We are right 00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:15.179 here in the heart of America, where the Ham's 00:37:15.179 --> 00:37:18.090 Beer Main Brewery is located. Just a few miles 00:37:18.090 --> 00:37:21.550 from the ballpark. Ready to go now with Harmon 00:37:21.550 --> 00:37:24.469 Killebrew. Last half of the fourth inning. Harmon 00:37:24.469 --> 00:37:26.349 grounded out Dwayne Causey. His first trip to 00:37:26.349 --> 00:37:29.289 the plate. Jimmy Catfish Hunter throws a fastball. 00:37:29.809 --> 00:37:31.570 Swinging track one. He threw his sinker that 00:37:31.570 --> 00:37:35.130 time. Jimmy holds his fastball differently when 00:37:35.130 --> 00:37:36.869 he wants it to sail and when he wants it to sink. 00:37:36.889 --> 00:37:39.690 He can turn that ball over when he wishes to. 00:37:41.809 --> 00:37:44.869 Here's the old one bench. Outside. One ball, 00:37:44.929 --> 00:38:00.150 one strike. The A's won and the Twins won. There's 00:38:00.150 --> 00:38:02.570 the curve to Killebrew and it's fouled off. Strike 00:38:02.570 --> 00:38:09.010 two. Tomorrow, Raleigh Sheldon will pitch for 00:38:09.010 --> 00:38:11.250 Kansas City and on Thursday against the Twins, 00:38:11.250 --> 00:38:14.610 Brett Talbot. Camilo Pascual tomorrow for the 00:38:14.610 --> 00:38:20.659 Twins and Jim Cotton on Thursday. Andrew hits 00:38:20.659 --> 00:38:23.320 a sharp ground ball to Wayne Causey. Wayne throws 00:38:23.320 --> 00:38:29.320 him out. One away in the fourth inning. Here's 00:38:29.320 --> 00:38:30.980 Don Mincher, who doubled his first trip to the 00:38:30.980 --> 00:38:34.820 plate. The A's have some new ticket locations 00:38:34.820 --> 00:38:39.440 this year and certainly some very well -placed 00:38:39.440 --> 00:38:41.420 ticket locations for the convenience of our fans 00:38:41.420 --> 00:38:43.440 all around the greater Kansas City area. We'll 00:38:43.440 --> 00:38:45.079 give you the locations where you can buy tickets 00:38:45.079 --> 00:38:52.110 to all future Kansas City A's games. One of our 00:38:52.110 --> 00:38:53.969 new ticket offices is on the Blue Ridge Mall, 00:38:54.150 --> 00:38:57.550 the center office number 55. Out in the Independence 00:38:57.550 --> 00:39:01.269 area, here's a fit to venture. Fastball tails 00:39:01.269 --> 00:39:07.050 off away from him, ball one. The A's have a ticket 00:39:07.050 --> 00:39:08.829 outlet in the Cat's Drugstore in North Kansas 00:39:08.829 --> 00:39:13.070 City at 1914 Swift Avenue. Open regular hours. 00:39:13.190 --> 00:39:15.409 You can buy A's tickets there almost any hour. 00:39:15.630 --> 00:39:20.059 Here's a fit. Outside, ball two. Another catch 00:39:20.059 --> 00:39:22.260 drugstore with a great big A's ticket -selling 00:39:22.260 --> 00:39:25.559 sign out on their billboard. 75th and Metcalf. 00:39:26.739 --> 00:39:28.500 More of the people in the Johnson County area. 00:39:32.659 --> 00:39:35.119 Here are the two old vets. Metcher takes a whack 00:39:35.119 --> 00:39:36.719 at it and hits it up into the air behind the 00:39:36.719 --> 00:39:38.559 shortstop position. The wind is bringing it back 00:39:38.559 --> 00:39:40.400 out of the dirt part of the infield, and Causey 00:39:40.400 --> 00:39:46.440 stays right with it to make the catch. So there 00:39:46.440 --> 00:39:48.239 are two out in the fourth, and here's Jimmy Hall. 00:39:50.889 --> 00:39:52.610 The Athletics have a ticket office in downtown 00:39:52.610 --> 00:39:54.389 Kansas City. If you happen to be in that area, 00:39:54.469 --> 00:39:56.250 we'd like to buy tickets for opening night next 00:39:56.250 --> 00:40:00.070 Tuesday at Macy's. And out in Kansas City, Kansas 00:40:00.070 --> 00:40:03.329 at the Townhouse Hotel. And the Plaza ticket 00:40:03.329 --> 00:40:07.389 office at 4628 Warnall Road. As well as the ticket 00:40:07.389 --> 00:40:10.849 office at the stadium. Oh, it's a fly ball. Foul 00:40:10.849 --> 00:40:13.329 territory. Here are the A's dugout. Ed Charles, 00:40:13.530 --> 00:40:15.880 A's third baseman over there. He's got it. And 00:40:15.880 --> 00:40:17.659 the signage retired in order here in the fourth 00:40:17.659 --> 00:40:20.360 inning of the ballgame. So the Twins don't score, 00:40:20.420 --> 00:40:24.099 and it remains the same. Kansas City 1, Minnesota 00:40:24.099 --> 00:40:30.340 1. Well, Monty, let's once again check in on 00:40:30.340 --> 00:40:33.000 our A scoreboard. In the American League, after 00:40:33.000 --> 00:40:35.239 five innings, the New York Yankees lead the Detroit 00:40:35.239 --> 00:40:38.179 Tigers 1 -0 on Joe Pepitone's home run at Ford 00:40:38.179 --> 00:40:41.360 against Lulich. Baltimore and Boston now after 00:40:41.360 --> 00:40:45.530 six is tied up. 3 -3. Barber versus Wilson. The 00:40:45.530 --> 00:40:47.670 Robinson boys have struck. Brooks in the first 00:40:47.670 --> 00:40:49.590 with nobody on. Frank hitting a fifth inning 00:40:49.590 --> 00:40:52.289 homer. No, no. California -Chicago. No score 00:40:52.289 --> 00:40:54.590 after three and a half. Chance fueling John. 00:40:55.170 --> 00:40:57.829 Yesterday, Cleveland bested Washington 5 -2. 00:40:59.019 --> 00:41:01.139 McDowell over Rickert, Frank Howard a home run. 00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:03.659 In the National League, there's only one game 00:41:03.659 --> 00:41:05.539 that will be played this afternoon. The Cubs 00:41:05.539 --> 00:41:08.820 in San Francisco, Brolio versus Marichal, Houston, 00:41:08.980 --> 00:41:11.380 Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, and Philadelphia, 00:41:11.659 --> 00:41:14.500 St. Louis, all will play tonight. Jack Fisher 00:41:14.500 --> 00:41:16.659 and Milt Pappas will have to wait another day. 00:41:16.719 --> 00:41:18.960 The Mets in Cincinnati have been rained out for 00:41:18.960 --> 00:41:21.179 the second time now, and it's the first time 00:41:21.179 --> 00:41:23.699 since the year 1913 Cincinnati has been rained 00:41:23.699 --> 00:41:32.780 out. for the athletics here in the fifth inning 00:41:32.780 --> 00:41:37.179 of the ballgame. If you'd like to know more about 00:41:37.179 --> 00:41:39.340 Larry Stahl, a rookie with the A's this year, 00:41:39.440 --> 00:41:41.760 and all the other Kansas City A's players, a 00:41:41.760 --> 00:41:43.960 reminder that the A's yearbook is off the presses 00:41:43.960 --> 00:41:46.119 now, and fans who have ordered these books by 00:41:46.119 --> 00:41:48.659 mail should be receiving them this week. Here's 00:41:48.659 --> 00:41:50.980 a pitch to Larry Stahl, and it's a strike from 00:41:50.980 --> 00:41:54.289 Mudcat Draft. If you fans have not ordered as 00:41:54.289 --> 00:41:56.650 yet, do so soon by sending your check or money 00:41:56.650 --> 00:41:59.909 order for 75 cents to yearbook, Kansas City A's 00:41:59.909 --> 00:42:03.190 Municipal Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri. Dark 00:42:03.190 --> 00:42:05.349 breaking curveball, swung on and missed by Stahl. 00:42:05.469 --> 00:42:09.329 No balls, two strikes. That yearbook this year 00:42:09.329 --> 00:42:13.969 is a dandy. Got some new features in it that 00:42:13.969 --> 00:42:15.769 you've never seen in an A's yearbook before, 00:42:15.909 --> 00:42:19.550 plus lots of pictures of the A's players and 00:42:19.550 --> 00:42:21.869 families, complete backgrounds of all the Kansas 00:42:21.869 --> 00:42:25.969 City players. The 0 -2 pitch, wasted outside 00:42:25.969 --> 00:42:33.530 ball one. Fifth inning on a beautiful day in 00:42:33.530 --> 00:42:35.650 Minnesota. I say beautiful, it's clear, it is 00:42:35.650 --> 00:42:40.969 cold. The high is forecast 50 degrees. 1 -2 pitch, 00:42:41.090 --> 00:42:46.090 curve. High ball two. The A's worked out here 00:42:46.090 --> 00:42:50.429 in Minnesota yesterday in temperature 42 degrees. 00:42:54.650 --> 00:42:59.710 They had a short batting practice. Two -two pitch. 00:43:00.250 --> 00:43:03.210 Larry hits a drive to right field. Right straight 00:43:03.210 --> 00:43:07.150 at Tony Oliva, who makes the grab. One away. 00:43:11.469 --> 00:43:22.670 A's second baseman Dick Green comes up now. Twins 00:43:22.670 --> 00:43:28.289 1 and the Athletics 1. Twins flying the pennant 00:43:28.289 --> 00:43:30.750 of the American League champions. Green at the 00:43:30.750 --> 00:43:34.230 sharp ground ball past third base. Foul. Strike 00:43:34.230 --> 00:43:41.889 one. American League President Joe Cronin is 00:43:41.889 --> 00:43:45.190 here today. He was here to help with the pennant 00:43:45.190 --> 00:43:51.050 raising ceremonies. Somewhere in the neighborhood 00:43:51.050 --> 00:43:56.090 of 20 ,000 fans. The Twins have never had a crowd 00:43:56.090 --> 00:43:59.559 opening the season of over 24 ,000. Of course. 00:43:59.699 --> 00:44:01.960 And it will be played this afternoon. The Cubs 00:44:01.960 --> 00:44:05.199 in San Francisco, Brolio versus Marichal, Houston, 00:44:05.360 --> 00:44:07.739 Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, and Philadelphia, 00:44:08.019 --> 00:44:10.860 St. Louis, all will play tonight. Jack Fisher 00:44:10.860 --> 00:44:13.000 and Milk Pappas will have to wait another day. 00:44:13.059 --> 00:44:15.340 The Mets in Cincinnati have been rained off for 00:44:15.340 --> 00:44:17.500 the second time now, and it's the first time 00:44:17.500 --> 00:44:20.019 since the year 1913 Cincinnati has been rained 00:44:20.019 --> 00:44:28.650 off. leads off for the Athletics here in the 00:44:28.650 --> 00:44:32.889 fifth inning of the ballgame. If you'd like to 00:44:32.889 --> 00:44:35.030 know more about Larry Stahl, a rookie with the 00:44:35.030 --> 00:44:36.869 A's this year, and all the other Kansas City 00:44:36.869 --> 00:44:39.289 A's players, a reminder that the A's yearbook 00:44:39.289 --> 00:44:41.570 is off the presses now, and fans who have ordered 00:44:41.570 --> 00:44:43.510 these books by Mayo should be receiving them 00:44:43.510 --> 00:44:46.489 this week. Here's a pic to Larry Stahl, and it's 00:44:46.489 --> 00:44:49.889 a strike from Mudcat Grass. If you fans have 00:44:49.889 --> 00:44:52.349 not ordered as yet, do so soon by sending your 00:44:52.349 --> 00:44:54.889 check or money order for 75 cents to yearbook. 00:44:55.440 --> 00:44:57.280 Kansas City A's Municipal Stadium, Kansas City, 00:44:57.300 --> 00:45:00.619 Missouri. Sharp, breaking curveball, one run 00:45:00.619 --> 00:45:04.820 and missed by Stahl. No balls, two strikes. That 00:45:04.820 --> 00:45:09.119 yearbook this year is a dandy. It's got some 00:45:09.119 --> 00:45:10.940 new features in it that you've never seen in 00:45:10.940 --> 00:45:13.639 an A's yearbook before, plus lots of pictures 00:45:13.639 --> 00:45:17.079 of the A's players and families, complete backgrounds 00:45:17.079 --> 00:45:20.860 of all the Kansas City players. The 0 -2 pitch, 00:45:21.039 --> 00:45:29.329 wasted outside ball one. It's a beautiful day 00:45:29.329 --> 00:45:31.469 in Minnesota. I say beautiful, it's clear. It 00:45:31.469 --> 00:45:36.550 is cold. The high is forecast 50 degrees. One 00:45:36.550 --> 00:45:41.670 -two pitch, curve high, ball two. The A's worked 00:45:41.670 --> 00:45:45.010 out here in Minnesota yesterday in temperature 00:45:45.010 --> 00:45:52.289 42 degrees. They had a short batting practice. 00:45:54.809 --> 00:45:58.159 Two -two pitch. Larry hits a drive to right field. 00:45:58.460 --> 00:46:00.980 Right straight at Tony Oliva, who makes the grab. 00:46:02.440 --> 00:46:08.940 One away. A second baseman, Dick Green, comes 00:46:08.940 --> 00:46:23.360 up now. Wins one and the Athletics won. Twins 00:46:23.360 --> 00:46:25.159 flying the pennant of the American League champions. 00:46:26.090 --> 00:46:28.449 Green hits a sharp ground ball past third base. 00:46:29.050 --> 00:46:37.250 Foul. Strike one. American League President Joe 00:46:37.250 --> 00:46:40.690 Cronin is here today. He was here to help with 00:46:40.690 --> 00:46:46.590 the pennant raising ceremonies. Somewhere in 00:46:46.590 --> 00:46:50.989 the neighborhood of 20 ,000 fans. The Twins have 00:46:50.989 --> 00:46:53.090 never had a crowd opening the season of over 00:46:53.090 --> 00:46:56.489 24 ,000. Of course, that's highly attributable 00:46:56.489 --> 00:46:58.449 to the bad weather they ordinarily have up here 00:46:58.449 --> 00:47:00.170 this time of year. Before the year's over, they'll 00:47:00.170 --> 00:47:01.849 make up for what they don't have on opening day. 00:47:03.010 --> 00:47:05.590 One strike pitch to Green, shortened up on the 00:47:05.590 --> 00:47:07.969 bat, faked a bun, and took it outside. One and 00:47:07.969 --> 00:47:14.630 one now. We're certainly highly encouraged about 00:47:14.630 --> 00:47:16.670 the great ticket sale we had in Kansas City for 00:47:16.670 --> 00:47:18.409 our athletics, and the A's will be coming home 00:47:18.409 --> 00:47:20.329 to start a series against the Twins and another 00:47:20.329 --> 00:47:25.130 against the White Sox next Tuesday night. 1 -1 00:47:25.130 --> 00:47:28.329 pitch. Fly ball hit on the infield to the right 00:47:28.329 --> 00:47:31.010 side. First baseman Don Metcher calling for it 00:47:31.010 --> 00:47:33.050 as it comes down about five feet from first base. 00:47:33.110 --> 00:47:38.530 Two away. And that brings to the plate third 00:47:38.530 --> 00:47:41.920 baseman Ed Charles. The Athletics have had only 00:47:41.920 --> 00:47:45.000 one base hit. Got tripled by Hershberger in the 00:47:45.000 --> 00:47:48.639 fourth inning. He was knocked in by Bill Bryant 00:47:48.639 --> 00:47:51.900 who grounded out the first base. The Twins have 00:47:51.900 --> 00:47:53.860 had only three hits, so the pitchers have taken 00:47:53.860 --> 00:47:57.699 over here this afternoon. Here's a pitch. Charles 00:47:57.699 --> 00:47:59.519 hits one high up into the air in a short right 00:47:59.519 --> 00:48:02.679 center field. Tony Oliva calling for it. Having 00:48:02.679 --> 00:48:05.739 to move to his left now. He's got it. So the 00:48:05.739 --> 00:48:08.519 first half of the ball game is over. And the 00:48:08.519 --> 00:48:11.280 score in the middle of the fifth inning. The 00:48:11.280 --> 00:48:14.059 age one and the twins one. And now, fans, just 00:48:14.059 --> 00:48:16.300 for a moment, why don't you close your eyes and 00:48:16.300 --> 00:48:19.460 wrap your hand around a cold hams beer and bend 00:48:19.460 --> 00:48:26.840 an ear to this. Listen. The land of sky blue 00:48:26.840 --> 00:48:30.920 waters is calling. From the land of sky blue 00:48:30.920 --> 00:48:36.239 waters comes the water best for brewing hams 00:48:36.239 --> 00:48:39.960 beer, refreshing hams beer. The beer that's brewed 00:48:39.960 --> 00:48:44.150 with water best. Tastes best, refreshes you best. 00:48:44.389 --> 00:48:47.849 Only Ham's has that refreshing sky blue waters 00:48:47.849 --> 00:48:51.650 flavor. Every Ham's has it. Glass after glass 00:48:51.650 --> 00:48:55.449 after glass. The one right beer for those who 00:48:55.449 --> 00:48:58.670 want another. Ham's tastes so right, it bears 00:48:58.670 --> 00:49:24.960 repeating. the first ball game of the 1966 season, 00:49:25.000 --> 00:49:26.480 and the guy is going to give you lots of pleasure 00:49:26.480 --> 00:49:28.440 doing lots of home stretches this year, our new 00:49:28.440 --> 00:49:30.260 baseball broadcasting partner, a mighty fine 00:49:30.260 --> 00:49:32.480 fellow from down in New Orleans recently, Chicago 00:49:32.480 --> 00:49:34.519 originally, but let's turn him loose right now. 00:49:34.559 --> 00:49:37.079 Here's Len Ferris. Thank you very much, Monty. 00:49:37.079 --> 00:49:39.099 Hello again, everybody. Earl Fatty will lead 00:49:39.099 --> 00:49:42.219 off. I guess my cat, our cat fish hunter, takes 00:49:42.219 --> 00:49:44.579 a ball. I knew we were going to get those fish 00:49:44.579 --> 00:49:48.420 mixed up. Press making quite a bit of a fish 00:49:48.420 --> 00:49:51.239 element here. Catfish versus Mudcat. Batty has 00:49:51.239 --> 00:49:53.179 been up one time and hit into the only double 00:49:53.179 --> 00:49:55.860 play in the game. Next pitch. Smashing the ground 00:49:55.860 --> 00:49:58.079 in a hole. Foggy backhand and he's going to have 00:49:58.079 --> 00:50:01.420 a long throw. He got him. What a scoop out of 00:50:01.420 --> 00:50:03.820 the dirt by our first -place win, Haroldson. 00:50:05.480 --> 00:50:10.159 Because he made an outstanding play. And it was 00:50:10.159 --> 00:50:13.039 a tough one from the well. And in fairness to 00:50:13.039 --> 00:50:22.190 the Twins, perhaps a faster man. But the outs 00:50:22.190 --> 00:50:25.769 always look good, don't they? One gone. Ernie 00:50:25.769 --> 00:50:28.550 Allen will come up to the plate now. One gone 00:50:28.550 --> 00:50:32.329 of a 1 -1 ball game. Allen is one for one. Here's 00:50:32.329 --> 00:50:33.769 the pitch. There's a drive and a little center 00:50:33.769 --> 00:50:35.389 field in the alley. This could be real trouble. 00:50:35.530 --> 00:50:37.090 Tartable running to his right and gloves it. 00:50:39.750 --> 00:50:42.570 Fine running grab by Jose Tartable as the A's 00:50:42.570 --> 00:50:45.409 continue to show that speed and defensive ability. 00:50:46.219 --> 00:50:50.679 And Alvin Dark has been so emphatic on starting 00:50:50.679 --> 00:50:53.400 back in spring training from the very first day. 00:50:56.480 --> 00:50:59.840 It was Allen who started the little uprising 00:50:59.840 --> 00:51:01.519 there in the third inning when he got a swing 00:51:01.519 --> 00:51:03.440 on the right field. When Hershberger let it go 00:51:03.440 --> 00:51:06.179 by for an error, Allen went to second. It was 00:51:06.179 --> 00:51:08.800 sacrificed to third by Grant after Versailles 00:51:08.800 --> 00:51:10.880 grounded off Al Espino, brought him in with a 00:51:10.880 --> 00:51:13.369 swing on the left, and the Twins led 1 -0. And 00:51:13.369 --> 00:51:15.210 Villiers tied it up on the fourth on a triple 00:51:15.210 --> 00:51:17.530 by Hershberger. And an infield out by Bryan. 00:51:17.650 --> 00:51:20.530 Now the batter is Whatcat Grant. Takes a called 00:51:20.530 --> 00:51:23.469 strike. Nice breaking pitch right at the knees. 00:51:24.409 --> 00:51:29.809 A's won. And the Twins won. The curtain raiser 00:51:29.809 --> 00:51:33.869 of 1966. Youngster is all ready. He deals. Called 00:51:33.869 --> 00:51:38.909 strike again. Outside corner. Temperature 52 00:51:38.909 --> 00:51:41.269 degrees at game time. The wind out of the east 00:51:41.269 --> 00:51:47.230 at 13 miles per hour. Now Hunter is ready. The 00:51:47.230 --> 00:51:54.250 pitch, low. The wind is coming out of the left 00:51:54.250 --> 00:51:58.409 field corner, blowing over the double deck stands 00:51:58.409 --> 00:52:00.849 and left. It's changed a little bit since before 00:52:00.849 --> 00:52:03.269 game time. Curve hit on the ground towards third. 00:52:03.369 --> 00:52:06.190 Scooped up nicely by Charles. The throw, in time. 00:52:08.559 --> 00:52:11.320 And the A's shut down the Twins. Hunter now has 00:52:11.320 --> 00:52:14.159 retired seven in a row. Three up, three down. 00:52:14.500 --> 00:52:17.619 Nothing a cause. And the score after five full 00:52:17.619 --> 00:52:20.539 innings of play remains. Minnesota Twins won. 00:52:20.679 --> 00:52:28.300 The Kansas City A's won. Now. KCMO Confidential. 00:52:28.579 --> 00:52:32.320 60 seconds inside a great radio station. It's 00:52:32.320 --> 00:52:35.440 early afternoon. The morning has melted away. 00:52:36.030 --> 00:52:38.849 Where does the time go? The neighbor lady drops 00:52:38.849 --> 00:52:41.570 in for coffee. A phone call from the cub master 00:52:41.570 --> 00:52:44.730 pleading for den mothers. A 45 -minute conversation 00:52:44.730 --> 00:52:47.210 with an old high school chum just passing through 00:52:47.210 --> 00:52:49.409 town who you never liked in the first place. 00:52:49.710 --> 00:52:51.889 A visit from your minister asking you to take 00:52:51.889 --> 00:52:54.849 over the entire vacation church school. A trucker 00:52:54.849 --> 00:52:57.309 unloads a cord of wood ordered in the dead of 00:52:57.309 --> 00:52:59.409 winter on your newly planted tomato bushes and 00:52:59.409 --> 00:53:02.210 it's 70 degrees. And your husband has just called 00:53:02.210 --> 00:53:04.090 and said he's bringing the boss home for dinner 00:53:04.090 --> 00:53:07.019 and the house still needs... and you're frantic 00:53:07.019 --> 00:53:08.760 and you don't know how you're going to make it 00:53:08.760 --> 00:53:11.340 through the day. Hi, welcome to the Dan Ronald 00:53:11.340 --> 00:53:15.880 Show. Ah, there's help. Dan Ronald and his velvet 00:53:15.880 --> 00:53:20.320 voice from 2 to 5 every afternoon. This has been 00:53:20.320 --> 00:53:24.940 KCMO Confidential. 60 seconds inside a great 00:53:24.940 --> 00:53:28.699 radio station. Next inning, we'll pause 10 seconds 00:53:28.699 --> 00:53:31.079 for station identification. This is the Kansas 00:53:31.079 --> 00:53:34.210 City Athletics Baseball Network. This is KCMO 00:53:34.210 --> 00:53:37.369 Radio 81, Kansas City, Missouri. Mid -America's 00:53:37.369 --> 00:53:41.489 important news station. 44 degrees, now 231. 00:53:45.469 --> 00:53:48.309 At Metropolitan Stadium in the Twin Cities, this 00:53:48.309 --> 00:53:50.710 is Lynn Ferris with Marty Moore. Hopefully you're 00:53:50.710 --> 00:53:53.010 enjoying our broadcast, fans, wherever you are, 00:53:53.070 --> 00:53:56.010 whatever you're doing. This game and all athletics 00:53:56.010 --> 00:53:58.650 games are brought to you by Ham's Beer. Have 00:53:58.650 --> 00:54:01.550 a ham. Pitcher versus pitcher. Catfish Hunter 00:54:01.550 --> 00:54:03.809 pops one up on the left side of the infield. 00:54:03.909 --> 00:54:08.630 Versailles is there. He's got it. So Hunter, 00:54:08.730 --> 00:54:10.889 who had sacrificed his only previous trip in 00:54:10.889 --> 00:54:13.650 the third inning, is the first out here in the 00:54:13.650 --> 00:54:15.769 top of the sixth. And this ball game is really 00:54:15.769 --> 00:54:18.230 sailing. Out of the top of the batting order, 00:54:18.349 --> 00:54:20.769 Jose Tartavale. 0 for 2. He's flying to center 00:54:20.769 --> 00:54:24.409 and grounded out. The A's have one hit, but it 00:54:24.409 --> 00:54:26.429 was a big one, a triple by Hershberger, who came 00:54:26.429 --> 00:54:29.210 in on an infield out by Bill Bryan. 1 -1 ball 00:54:29.210 --> 00:54:31.809 game. The speedster, Tartable, at the plate. 00:54:34.289 --> 00:54:36.849 Fans here seeing an outstanding pitcher's duel. 00:54:37.349 --> 00:54:39.469 There's a called strike on the outside corner, 00:54:39.590 --> 00:54:41.690 says Larry Knapp, calling the balls and strikes. 00:54:42.530 --> 00:54:45.190 John Rice at first base, Al Salerno at second, 00:54:45.309 --> 00:54:47.750 Jim Odom at third. Those are your American League 00:54:47.750 --> 00:54:50.690 umpires for this series. Outside and wall ball. 00:54:56.170 --> 00:54:58.429 Killebrew at third, Versailles at short, Allen 00:54:58.429 --> 00:55:00.949 at second, Mincher at first, Val Espino at left, 00:55:01.070 --> 00:55:03.670 Paul in center, Oliva in right, Earl batting 00:55:03.670 --> 00:55:05.769 back of the plate, and Grant on the mound. The 00:55:05.769 --> 00:55:07.369 pitch curve is going on, and a liner down the 00:55:07.369 --> 00:55:09.510 right field line, fair ball! And it's going into 00:55:09.510 --> 00:55:11.369 the corner, look at Tartable go around first. 00:55:11.630 --> 00:55:14.150 Ball fielded by Oliva, and Jose has a double. 00:55:14.469 --> 00:55:16.809 He goes in standing up, and that's only the second 00:55:16.809 --> 00:55:21.429 hit of Mudcat Grant. Tartable laced up beauty, 00:55:21.590 --> 00:55:28.710 just inside the line. Don't expect to hear too 00:55:28.710 --> 00:55:32.730 many cheers when the A's do something outstanding. 00:55:35.269 --> 00:55:37.449 I don't have to tell you the rabid followers 00:55:37.449 --> 00:55:41.349 here in the Twin Cities. Now the batter, Mike 00:55:41.349 --> 00:55:43.510 Hershberger. He owns the only other hit off Graham. 00:55:46.230 --> 00:55:48.570 Pitch is swung on and a pop foul. Back of first 00:55:48.570 --> 00:55:51.989 out of play. Landis Hershberger has really had 00:55:51.989 --> 00:55:54.550 a fine spring with the bat. He has taken it very 00:55:54.550 --> 00:55:57.230 slowly with his arm. He has, of course, not extended 00:55:57.230 --> 00:55:59.110 it any since he did have the operation on the 00:55:59.110 --> 00:56:01.949 winter on his throwing elbow. But he has really 00:56:01.949 --> 00:56:03.590 had a great swing down there. And, you know, 00:56:03.690 --> 00:56:06.309 some have said that maybe his protecting his 00:56:06.309 --> 00:56:07.929 arm a little bit has made him cut down on his 00:56:07.929 --> 00:56:10.250 swing and develop a better swing at the plate. 00:56:12.590 --> 00:56:14.949 Grant steps off the slab, and Hershberger is 00:56:14.949 --> 00:56:20.130 tired of waiting. Action here in the same ballpark 00:56:20.130 --> 00:56:22.570 tomorrow and on Thursday. Friday is an off day, 00:56:22.610 --> 00:56:25.150 and then the A's invade White Sox Park, Chicago. 00:56:25.769 --> 00:56:28.230 Single game Saturday, a twin bill on Sunday. 00:56:29.150 --> 00:56:31.309 Now here's Hershberger with a chance to drive 00:56:31.309 --> 00:56:33.469 and a run. The pitch. There's a bouncer towards 00:56:33.469 --> 00:56:35.989 short. Versailles is going to his right. Juggles 00:56:35.989 --> 00:56:40.110 the ball, and Hershberger is on. It's a base 00:56:40.110 --> 00:56:44.639 hit. Part of all. Did not try to lead second, 00:56:44.739 --> 00:56:46.920 and I think Versailles took his eye off the ball. 00:56:47.000 --> 00:56:49.059 He was very concerned about Pardable at second 00:56:49.059 --> 00:56:52.920 base. And in so doing, juggled the baseball, 00:56:53.199 --> 00:56:56.019 but they ruled it a base hit. Since it went into 00:56:56.019 --> 00:56:57.980 the hole, and the shortstop had to go to his 00:56:57.980 --> 00:57:00.559 right. Runners at first and second now, hit number 00:57:00.559 --> 00:57:03.179 three off Grant, and Wayne Crossey's at the plate, 00:57:03.199 --> 00:57:19.210 0 for 2. Takes a strike call to the knee. Grant 00:57:19.210 --> 00:57:24.070 peers in to get his sign from Batting. Deals. 00:57:24.070 --> 00:57:29.489 Low of all. The count is 1 -1. One man out. The 00:57:29.489 --> 00:57:31.869 game is tied 1 -1. We're playing in the top half 00:57:31.869 --> 00:57:39.150 of the sixth inning. Hayes did very well against 00:57:39.150 --> 00:57:41.590 this ball club last year. Better than Minnesota's 00:57:41.590 --> 00:57:44.610 fans would like to recall. Here's the stretch 00:57:44.610 --> 00:57:47.199 and the pitch. There's a low liner towards short. 00:57:47.300 --> 00:57:49.280 Grabbed by Versailles. It's over to second. Out 00:57:49.280 --> 00:57:54.019 back into the first inning. And the stepping 00:57:54.019 --> 00:57:57.260 double play gets the Twins out of trouble here. 00:57:59.539 --> 00:58:02.000 Oh, the A's in the top of the sixth. No run. 00:58:02.159 --> 00:58:05.659 Two hits. No errors. One left. The score after 00:58:05.659 --> 00:58:07.880 five and a half innings of play remains Kansas 00:58:07.880 --> 00:58:11.360 City A's one, the Minnesota Twins one. When your 00:58:11.360 --> 00:58:13.880 thirst sends out a call for real refreshment, 00:58:13.880 --> 00:58:16.519 answer it with a call for refreshing hands beer, 00:58:16.739 --> 00:58:21.610 like this. The call to flavor refreshing from 00:58:21.610 --> 00:58:24.650 the land of sky blue water. 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Wayne Causey hitting 00:59:23.809 --> 00:59:27.829 into that inning -ending double play. And the 00:59:27.829 --> 00:59:32.170 A's had a chance to score. Each side now has 00:59:32.170 --> 00:59:34.849 three hits in the ballgame. Top of the batting 00:59:34.849 --> 00:59:37.170 order, Versailles is up to a slow inside of all. 00:59:37.409 --> 00:59:40.010 He'll be followed by Val Espino and Tony Oliva. 00:59:41.829 --> 00:59:44.289 Hits in this game for the twins owned by Val 00:59:44.289 --> 00:59:49.469 Espino, Mincher, and Allen. Hunter has already 00:59:49.469 --> 00:59:52.409 deals a curve. A little low roller back to the 00:59:52.409 --> 01:00:01.809 mound over the first he got him. A's hits, double 01:00:01.809 --> 01:00:04.469 by Tartable, the triple, and single by Hershberger. 01:00:08.269 --> 01:00:11.190 Now Val Despino comes up. He flies to left field. 01:00:11.369 --> 01:00:14.329 That was a great catch, Larry Stormy. Gee, that 01:00:14.329 --> 01:00:18.519 was a beauty. And he's made so many of them in 01:00:18.519 --> 01:00:20.840 spring training. I can't recall him dropping 01:00:20.840 --> 01:00:24.480 one yet throughout spring training. And a sensational 01:00:24.480 --> 01:00:28.000 catch today. Al Despino is one for two. Takes 01:00:28.000 --> 01:00:31.000 low, a ball. It was his single that brought in 01:00:31.000 --> 01:00:33.619 Allen with the first run of the ball game in 01:00:33.619 --> 01:00:36.320 the third inning. It's one and one. Here are 01:00:36.320 --> 01:00:42.280 the Twin Cities in the sixth. Ryan flashes the 01:00:42.280 --> 01:00:45.440 sign. Here comes the pitch. Fly ball. Left field. 01:00:46.199 --> 01:00:48.539 Stahl is there, drifting to his right. He has 01:00:48.539 --> 01:00:52.980 it. Two gone will bring up Tony Oliva, who has 01:00:52.980 --> 01:01:04.199 flied to center and grounded out. The Mo Drabowski, 01:01:04.300 --> 01:01:06.360 former Kansas City A's pitcher, who was drafted 01:01:06.360 --> 01:01:08.940 by Baltimore over the winter, has just gone into 01:01:08.940 --> 01:01:10.920 the ballgame in the eighth inning for Agbar Baltimore 01:01:10.920 --> 01:01:21.070 Orioles in relief against Boston. Now Hunter 01:01:21.070 --> 01:01:24.449 taking his time. It's all set. Wines and deals. 01:01:24.630 --> 01:01:28.510 Swing and a miss. Catfish says the only way to 01:01:28.510 --> 01:01:30.510 pitch to Oliva is just throw the ball and hope. 01:01:30.550 --> 01:01:32.130 He says you've got to move it around on this 01:01:32.130 --> 01:01:35.090 guy. American League batting champion of 1965. 01:01:39.989 --> 01:01:43.110 He hit .262 against Kansas City pitching last 01:01:43.110 --> 01:01:49.940 year. Fifteen runs batted in. And four homers. 01:01:50.360 --> 01:01:52.639 The pitch on the way. Hot smash on the ground. 01:01:52.860 --> 01:01:54.820 What a stop by Green as he goes to his knees. 01:01:54.900 --> 01:01:59.000 Over to first. He got it. Three up and three 01:01:59.000 --> 01:02:01.360 down. And the 20 -year -old youngster continues 01:02:01.360 --> 01:02:04.719 to sail along. He's now retired the last ten 01:02:04.719 --> 01:02:07.960 minutes of whom he's faced. The score after six 01:02:07.960 --> 01:02:10.539 full innings of play remains Kansas City A's 01:02:10.539 --> 01:02:15.099 one and the Minnesota Twins one. The first game 01:02:15.099 --> 01:02:17.280 of the season. No matter how many baseball games 01:02:17.280 --> 01:02:19.760 you watch or listen to, there's something special 01:02:19.760 --> 01:02:22.619 about opening day. Everybody starts all even 01:02:22.619 --> 01:02:24.679 again, and hope runs high for players and fans 01:02:24.679 --> 01:02:27.860 alike. Today, our good friends at Traders National 01:02:27.860 --> 01:02:31.199 Bank welcome the A's in baseball back to action. 01:02:31.420 --> 01:02:34.039 During the season, we'll be bringing you regular 01:02:34.039 --> 01:02:37.099 messages from Traders, so we hope all you fans 01:02:37.099 --> 01:02:39.920 will get acquainted real soon with Traders National, 01:02:40.280 --> 01:02:43.800 the service bank of Kansas City, Grand at 12. 01:02:46.699 --> 01:02:48.880 For fans of Kansas City Athletics, return back 01:02:48.880 --> 01:02:50.739 home to Municipal Stadium in Kansas City. We'll 01:02:50.739 --> 01:02:53.380 play these Twins at 7 o 'clock next Tuesday night. 01:02:53.500 --> 01:02:55.619 Plenty of good choice seats are available. We'd 01:02:55.619 --> 01:02:57.300 love to have that ballpark completely filled 01:02:57.300 --> 01:02:59.840 up to start off our season. The show days will 01:02:59.840 --> 01:03:02.139 be behind them all the way. We'll play the Twins 01:03:02.139 --> 01:03:04.199 again on Wednesday night, the 20th. Then the 01:03:04.199 --> 01:03:06.340 Chicago White Sox are in town for a weekend series 01:03:06.340 --> 01:03:08.880 on Friday night, the 22nd, Saturday night, the 01:03:08.880 --> 01:03:17.000 23rd, and Sunday afternoon, the 24th. Here are 01:03:17.000 --> 01:03:19.139 the six -inning totals on the ballgame. The Kansas 01:03:19.139 --> 01:03:23.920 City A's have one run on three hits. They've 01:03:23.920 --> 01:03:27.579 committed one error and left two men on base. 01:03:28.400 --> 01:03:31.199 The Minnesota Twins, one run, three hits, no 01:03:31.199 --> 01:03:36.860 errors. They've left two men on base. You know, 01:03:36.860 --> 01:03:39.000 talking about Oliva as we were a moment ago, 01:03:39.079 --> 01:03:42.739 it's interesting to note... But he had a rough 01:03:42.739 --> 01:03:45.000 time against Kansas City pitching. There's only 01:03:45.000 --> 01:03:47.340 one ball club against which he had a worse time, 01:03:47.420 --> 01:03:50.300 and that was the California Angels. He hit just 01:03:50.300 --> 01:03:56.079 .228 against them and .262 against the A's. First 01:03:56.079 --> 01:03:58.019 pitch is on its way, a called strike. And the 01:03:58.019 --> 01:04:00.679 batter is Bill Bryant. He's 0 for 2. He drove 01:04:00.679 --> 01:04:03.019 in a run. And that's unusual because the year 01:04:03.019 --> 01:04:04.980 before, Tony's first year in the American League, 01:04:05.000 --> 01:04:07.780 he hit right at .500. I think it was .484 or 01:04:07.780 --> 01:04:11.260 .485 against us for the year. Next pitch, lower 01:04:11.260 --> 01:04:14.139 ball. Well, you know, Marty, he hit the Boston 01:04:14.139 --> 01:04:19.420 Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, and 01:04:19.420 --> 01:04:21.500 the New York Yankees and Senators like he owned 01:04:21.500 --> 01:04:26.920 them. That is 4 -0 -3 against Boston. Now the 01:04:26.920 --> 01:04:32.079 1 -1 pitch to Bryant. Swing and a miss! He'll 01:04:32.079 --> 01:04:34.039 be followed to the plate by Harrelson and Larry 01:04:34.039 --> 01:04:37.400 Stahl. One and one here in the Twin Cities. Bryan 01:04:37.400 --> 01:04:39.920 is 0 for 2, but he drove in an important run 01:04:39.920 --> 01:04:42.480 in the fourth after Hershberger had tripled. 01:04:47.159 --> 01:04:49.960 Now Grant is ready. He delivers. There's a bouncer 01:04:49.960 --> 01:04:52.920 hit into the hole, and on the right side, Mincher 01:04:52.920 --> 01:04:54.900 cuts it off over to the pitcher on a nice play. 01:04:54.940 --> 01:04:57.360 They got him. Allen started for the ball. Mincher 01:04:57.360 --> 01:05:03.300 cut in front of him and made the play. One out, 01:05:03.340 --> 01:05:05.400 Ken Harrelson has struck out and grounded out. 01:05:11.980 --> 01:05:15.679 Grant was beaten twice last year by the Athletics. 01:05:16.679 --> 01:05:19.119 He was able to win only once, and that was in 01:05:19.119 --> 01:05:21.539 Kansas City when he beat John O'Donoghue 3 -1 01:05:21.539 --> 01:05:27.739 on July 2nd. Catch on his way, low ball. Both 01:05:27.739 --> 01:05:35.730 of the games he lost was right here. Boswell 01:05:35.730 --> 01:05:38.449 and Ragenberg working in the bullpen for the 01:05:38.449 --> 01:05:45.130 Twins. There's a ball. It's the outside corner, 01:05:45.269 --> 01:05:48.070 just below the knees. The A's have activity out 01:05:48.070 --> 01:05:50.510 there now. That bullpen is in deep right center, 01:05:50.610 --> 01:05:53.650 behind the fence, and just in front of the scoreboard. 01:05:55.130 --> 01:05:59.269 Dixon and Lindblad are throwing. Or Dodson, that 01:05:59.269 --> 01:06:01.409 is. That's Chuck Dodson. Pop -up foul territory 01:06:01.409 --> 01:06:04.570 between third and... And home. Killebrew's there. 01:06:04.630 --> 01:06:12.250 So is Batty. Batty has it. So Harrelson popped 01:06:12.250 --> 01:06:14.670 foul. We're on number two. And it will bring 01:06:14.670 --> 01:06:17.130 up Larry Stahl. He's over two. He's lined to 01:06:17.130 --> 01:06:27.530 right. And popped out to Killebrew. Both of those 01:06:27.530 --> 01:06:30.230 games, Grant lost to the A's last year. We're 01:06:30.230 --> 01:06:33.469 right here in this ballpark. He started four 01:06:33.469 --> 01:06:35.670 games against Kansas City, was able to complete 01:06:35.670 --> 01:06:37.289 only one. There's a line drive down the right 01:06:37.289 --> 01:06:41.869 field line. Curving foul. Stahl laid the wood 01:06:41.869 --> 01:06:54.030 to it. Kansas City marksman tagged Grant for 01:06:54.030 --> 01:06:58.130 24 hits in 23 innings. Better than a hit in any. 01:06:58.309 --> 01:07:03.000 And they nailed him for a three -home run. Now 01:07:03.000 --> 01:07:07.659 the one -strike pitch outside, 1 -1. Score of 01:07:07.659 --> 01:07:17.780 the ball game. Nobody on, two away. We're in 01:07:17.780 --> 01:07:20.480 the top of the seventh. Wind up in the pitch 01:07:20.480 --> 01:07:27.409 outside. Camilo Pascual, 9 -3 last year. Slater 01:07:27.409 --> 01:07:29.590 to go tomorrow against Raleigh Sheldon, who is 01:07:29.590 --> 01:07:32.969 10 -8. And on Thursday, expected to be 18 -game 01:07:32.969 --> 01:07:38.670 winner Jim Cott against Fred Talbot, who is 10 01:07:38.670 --> 01:07:43.670 -12. And a miss and a let -up curveball. Grant 01:07:43.670 --> 01:07:46.630 gave him a lot of motion. The count is 2 -2. 01:08:00.659 --> 01:08:04.739 Brisk wind continues to blow across the field 01:08:04.739 --> 01:08:08.179 left to right. Here it comes. Outside. That is 01:08:08.179 --> 01:08:25.579 3 -2. Mudcat Grant, native of Ohio, offers the 01:08:25.579 --> 01:08:37.609 3 -2 pitch. It's fouled off to the left. The 01:08:37.609 --> 01:08:41.770 pitcher of the year, 1965, 21 wins, 7 losses. 01:08:43.109 --> 01:08:46.869 Six of those 21 victories were shutouts. The 01:08:46.869 --> 01:08:51.310 3 -2 pitch again. Inside! He walked in. We have 01:08:51.310 --> 01:08:53.170 a delay in the ballgame. Let's pause for half 01:08:53.170 --> 01:08:56.680 a minute. Need a truck or van for a day or so? 01:08:56.779 --> 01:08:59.880 Contact Valentine Drive Yourself, 3626 Main and 01:08:59.880 --> 01:09:02.819 500 West 4th Street. Valentine stands ready seven 01:09:02.819 --> 01:09:05.079 days a week to rent any size truck or van and 01:09:05.079 --> 01:09:07.060 for any distance, whether it's by the hour, day, 01:09:07.180 --> 01:09:09.989 week, or year. Valentine Drive Yourself specializes 01:09:09.989 --> 01:09:12.369 in long -term leases on heavy equipment. 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It's up high again. 01:09:48.159 --> 01:09:50.680 And now the shortstop, Versailles, trots in toward 01:09:50.680 --> 01:09:52.439 the mound to say a few words to his pitcher. 01:09:55.560 --> 01:09:57.739 You know, the only guys able to beat this fella 01:09:57.739 --> 01:10:00.180 last year were Cleveland's Teot, the Yankees' 01:10:00.180 --> 01:10:04.500 Whitey Ford, Kansas City's Diego Segui, and Catfish 01:10:04.500 --> 01:10:08.460 Hunter, Yankees' Mel Stottlemyre. John Buzzhart 01:10:08.460 --> 01:10:12.079 of the White Sox and Aubrey Gatewood of the Angels. 01:10:17.819 --> 01:10:21.460 2 -0 the Cops. Stahl is an important man over 01:10:21.460 --> 01:10:24.920 there at first base. Ran into the stretch. Here 01:10:24.920 --> 01:10:26.880 it comes. Swung on and a drive into left center 01:10:26.880 --> 01:10:28.899 field. Val Espino going to his left. Paul to 01:10:28.899 --> 01:10:30.720 his right. It falls in. A base hit. Stahl around 01:10:30.720 --> 01:10:33.720 second. Turing for third. And he goes in standing 01:10:33.720 --> 01:10:38.460 up. The pro comes in. And it's cut off just back 01:10:38.460 --> 01:10:42.560 of the mound. Boy, talk about the reinforcement. 01:10:43.020 --> 01:10:46.960 Batty was there. Grant. Boy, talk about the reinforcement. 01:10:47.380 --> 01:10:49.840 Batty was there. Grant was there. Minter there. 01:10:50.140 --> 01:10:52.260 Of course, that's Minter's position. Come in 01:10:52.260 --> 01:10:56.100 and cover on that play. That's only the fourth 01:10:56.100 --> 01:10:59.640 hit. The A's take the lead in that category. 01:11:02.319 --> 01:11:04.439 The Twins have just three hits off Hunter. Now 01:11:04.439 --> 01:11:06.439 the A's have runners at first and third, and 01:11:06.439 --> 01:11:08.560 it brings up Ed Charles who has walked and flied 01:11:08.560 --> 01:11:20.800 to right. Charles waits at the plate. Here's 01:11:20.800 --> 01:11:27.180 the 50. Started to go and held up a ball. Ed 01:11:27.180 --> 01:11:30.199 batted .245 against this ball club last year. 01:11:31.920 --> 01:11:35.859 He has 13 hits and 53 trips. One homer and eight 01:11:35.859 --> 01:11:42.840 RBIs. Grant has slowed up a little bit now. He's 01:11:42.840 --> 01:11:45.100 moving around in that mound. Taking a little 01:11:45.100 --> 01:11:48.779 more time. Peers in for a sign. Deal. Smash on 01:11:48.779 --> 01:11:50.779 the ground. Sort short. Versailles has it over 01:11:50.779 --> 01:11:55.500 the second for the fourth play. So an opportunity 01:11:55.500 --> 01:11:59.380 is lost in the top of the seventh. No run score. 01:12:00.000 --> 01:12:03.319 One hit. No error. and two are left. And after 01:12:03.319 --> 01:12:06.300 six and a half innings of play, the score, Minnesota 01:12:06.300 --> 01:12:10.899 Twins won, the Kansas City A's won. In an action 01:12:10.899 --> 01:12:13.319 -packed game like baseball, it takes only seconds 01:12:13.319 --> 01:12:15.319 for the ball to leave the bat and swiftly wing 01:12:15.319 --> 01:12:18.060 its way over the outfield fence. It takes you 01:12:18.060 --> 01:12:20.640 only seconds to reach into your refrigerator 01:12:20.640 --> 01:12:24.359 for another hands beer. Have a hands right now 01:12:24.359 --> 01:12:27.079 before play gets underway. Hands is the one right 01:12:27.079 --> 01:12:29.600 beer for those who want another. And that's because 01:12:29.600 --> 01:12:32.399 hands is drooled from water that's for brewing. 01:12:32.800 --> 01:12:35.800 So go ahead, have a hand, and how about a little 01:12:35.800 --> 01:12:37.760 music to wing you on the way to the kitchen? 01:12:39.539 --> 01:12:44.699 From the land of sky blue waters, comes the water 01:12:44.699 --> 01:12:48.560 that's for brewing. Hands up here refreshing, 01:12:48.819 --> 01:12:53.220 hands up here refreshing. Capturing for you the 01:12:53.220 --> 01:12:57.539 coolness of the length and touch that breathes. 01:13:09.789 --> 01:13:14.869 Well, the fans here in the Twin Cities getting 01:13:14.869 --> 01:13:18.210 a big kick out of the musical accompaniment from 01:13:18.210 --> 01:13:25.270 the organ. And they're foot stomping. And Harmon 01:13:25.270 --> 01:13:28.350 Killebrew, Don Minter, and Jimmy Hall face... 01:13:28.699 --> 01:13:31.199 20 -year -old catfish hunter. The youngster has 01:13:31.199 --> 01:13:33.779 been most impressive today. Here's a fish outside 01:13:33.779 --> 01:13:37.819 in the wall. We talked a lot in Florida about 01:13:37.819 --> 01:13:40.659 his opening night assignment, about which he 01:13:40.659 --> 01:13:44.699 knew, oh, some two and a half weeks ago. He was 01:13:44.699 --> 01:13:49.060 eagerly awaiting it. Here it comes, outside the 01:13:49.060 --> 01:13:59.279 F .C. Curve. A guy like Chillebrew, that's the 01:13:59.279 --> 01:14:01.199 way you've got to pitch him or try to jam him. 01:14:01.760 --> 01:14:05.000 The count is 2 -0. 1 -1 ball game. We're in the 01:14:05.000 --> 01:14:08.140 seventh. Here it comes. Oh, right. Nice curveball. 01:14:08.840 --> 01:14:10.779 Boy, he's had a great curveball today, Larry. 01:14:10.779 --> 01:14:12.579 It has really been his savior. He's had a good 01:14:12.579 --> 01:14:15.520 fastball, but he's had that curveball. Breaking 01:14:15.520 --> 01:14:17.380 so sharply several times, they've hit it right 01:14:17.380 --> 01:14:19.220 off the end of the pad, right back to him. He's 01:14:19.220 --> 01:14:23.420 really had a break. Now Hunter is set, and the 01:14:23.420 --> 01:14:25.720 2 -1 pitch is on its way. Foul back against the 01:14:25.720 --> 01:14:31.369 green. Al Espino, Mincher, and Allen own the 01:14:31.369 --> 01:14:35.890 only three bases off the native North Carolinians. 01:14:37.250 --> 01:14:40.449 It was retired the last ten men whom he's based. 01:14:41.390 --> 01:14:45.390 The 2 -2 pitch. Bouncer foul on the third baseline. 01:14:47.310 --> 01:14:49.729 Billy Martin made a half -hearted effort to stop 01:14:49.729 --> 01:14:53.470 it. Decided he wouldn't take a chance on injuries 01:14:53.470 --> 01:14:56.609 to his knuckles, so he just let it sail by. Metropolitan 01:14:56.609 --> 01:15:02.210 Stadium today is Gailey decked out in red, white, 01:15:02.229 --> 01:15:05.729 and blue punting. Here's a 2 -2 pitch. He got 01:15:05.729 --> 01:15:08.710 him! A pretty curveball letter high, and Killebrew 01:15:08.710 --> 01:15:12.670 knew it. That breaking pitch again, just not 01:15:12.670 --> 01:15:16.029 thrown hard on the half -speed variety. Laney 01:15:16.029 --> 01:15:17.470 really caught him looking that time. That's the 01:15:17.470 --> 01:15:19.750 first time today Catfish has dropped down sidearm. 01:15:19.770 --> 01:15:21.649 And he went sidearm and Killebrew went back on 01:15:21.649 --> 01:15:23.750 his heels. That was through on the bench and 01:15:23.750 --> 01:15:25.510 knew it. That's his first track out of the game, 01:15:25.569 --> 01:15:28.869 but it was a big one. Yes, and he picked a good 01:15:28.869 --> 01:15:31.949 spot. Forget it. Minter, one for two. At the 01:15:31.949 --> 01:15:34.109 plate now. Back left -handed. It's a fly ball 01:15:34.109 --> 01:15:36.729 into left center field. Going to his left is 01:15:36.729 --> 01:15:43.399 Stahl, waiting. He has it. Two gone. And it will 01:15:43.399 --> 01:15:45.239 bring to the plate Jimmy Hall, who has walked 01:15:45.239 --> 01:15:49.760 and fouled out. Checking the Kansas City A's 01:15:49.760 --> 01:15:52.560 American League scoreboard, the Detroit Tiger 01:15:52.560 --> 01:15:55.220 -New York Yankee game is still tied up 1 -1 after 01:15:55.220 --> 01:15:57.819 six and a half. Pepitone is homered for the Bombers, 01:15:57.840 --> 01:16:02.119 Ford versus Woolwich. Baltimore -Boston knotted 01:16:02.119 --> 01:16:04.960 up a 3 -3 at the end of seven. Barber against 01:16:04.960 --> 01:16:07.699 Wilson, the Robinson boys are homered. Here's 01:16:07.699 --> 01:16:11.199 the pitch. Blow a ball. He started to go, checked 01:16:11.199 --> 01:16:13.319 his swing. Drabowski is in relief of Barber. 01:16:14.000 --> 01:16:15.840 Angels got a run in the fifth. They lead the 01:16:15.840 --> 01:16:18.380 White Sox 1 -0. That came on Adcock's homer. 01:16:18.399 --> 01:16:20.060 Now, wait a minute. Adcock has homered in the 01:16:20.060 --> 01:16:23.500 sixth with nobody on, so California leads by 01:16:23.500 --> 01:16:27.800 at least 2 -0. 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Well, we're ready 01:18:13.449 --> 01:18:15.449 to go for action in the top half of the eighth 01:18:15.449 --> 01:18:17.449 inning. Hunter, Tartable, and Hershberger will 01:18:17.449 --> 01:18:21.310 lead away against one Chad Grant. Mentioning 01:18:21.310 --> 01:18:25.109 that rainout Cincinnati had. I said earlier it's 01:18:25.109 --> 01:18:26.630 the first time since they've been rained out, 01:18:26.689 --> 01:18:29.310 or the first time since the year 1913 I've met, 01:18:29.369 --> 01:18:31.529 of course, on opening day. And now they've got 01:18:31.529 --> 01:18:36.609 another one today. Here's the first pitch. Inside 01:18:36.609 --> 01:18:53.039 and all of all. Yes, indeed, 19 -13. Sits in. 01:18:55.140 --> 01:18:57.439 There's a drive into right center field. It's 01:18:57.439 --> 01:19:00.920 falling in, a base hit. And Catfish Hunter helps 01:19:00.920 --> 01:19:03.520 his own cause, getting a base hit, which is number 01:19:03.520 --> 01:19:09.800 five off Grant. So we'll bring up Jose Tarnable 01:19:09.800 --> 01:19:12.300 as the A's have another opportunity here now 01:19:12.300 --> 01:19:16.199 in the eighth inning. Boy, what a pitcher's duel 01:19:16.199 --> 01:19:26.010 this is. The leader of the twin bullpen has just 01:19:26.010 --> 01:19:27.489 gotten up and gone to work for the first time. 01:19:27.569 --> 01:19:29.850 Lutkamp did not go this far in any spring game, 01:19:29.949 --> 01:19:32.729 so since he did get down there a couple of weeks 01:19:32.729 --> 01:19:36.109 late, he may be tiring a little. Now Tarnable 01:19:36.109 --> 01:19:38.270 at the plate drives a buck. It goes far off to 01:19:38.270 --> 01:19:40.649 the left. Strike one. And Hunter, who now has 01:19:40.649 --> 01:19:42.930 donned his green jacket, was all the way to second. 01:19:44.270 --> 01:19:49.119 Jose is one for three in the game. I might point 01:19:49.119 --> 01:19:51.399 out, talking about that Cincinnati game, it was 01:19:51.399 --> 01:19:54.619 not a regularly scheduled game. It was rescheduled 01:19:54.619 --> 01:20:05.420 from yesterday. Those Mets and Reds will play 01:20:05.420 --> 01:20:07.520 tomorrow night. Take over the first base. It's 01:20:07.520 --> 01:20:15.479 close. He got it. Hunter was diving back in. 01:20:16.079 --> 01:20:18.380 Al Vincent hollering about it the first base. 01:20:20.590 --> 01:20:23.189 One step on the, or one foot on the dugout steps 01:20:23.189 --> 01:20:25.449 is not moving. And that's a big play, Monty. 01:20:25.909 --> 01:20:30.109 A pickoff, a runner by Jim Grant. Grant has about 01:20:30.109 --> 01:20:32.289 as good a motion as any right -hander, but I'll 01:20:32.289 --> 01:20:35.390 tell you this, it is, just as you said, a mighty 01:20:35.390 --> 01:20:42.689 big play. One strike count on Tartable. Pitch 01:20:42.689 --> 01:20:46.380 is one out and far, a lot to the left. You've 01:20:46.380 --> 01:20:49.100 got a psych ball game like this in a very close 01:20:49.100 --> 01:20:52.779 picture to you all. And those plays become the 01:20:52.779 --> 01:20:59.079 big ones because they can open things up. Speaking 01:20:59.079 --> 01:21:01.619 of opening things up, fans, how about having 01:21:01.619 --> 01:21:06.260 a Hans? For that frosty, cool, sky -blue water 01:21:06.260 --> 01:21:09.140 flavor. Remember, Hans is brewed with water, 01:21:09.239 --> 01:21:12.239 best for brewing. Your host for all these games 01:21:12.239 --> 01:21:15.119 at Home and Away. The pitch is outside and low 01:21:15.119 --> 01:21:18.960 a ball. The count is one and two on Pardable. 01:21:19.180 --> 01:21:21.939 One out. Eighth inning, one -one game. There's 01:21:21.939 --> 01:21:24.319 a liner towards short and grabbed by Versailles. 01:21:26.760 --> 01:21:29.079 Two out. We'll bring up Hirschberger, who's two 01:21:29.079 --> 01:21:31.140 for three with a single and a triple. He scored 01:21:31.140 --> 01:21:32.979 the eighth only run in the fourth inning when 01:21:32.979 --> 01:21:42.239 Bryant brought him in on an infield out. The 01:21:42.239 --> 01:21:44.380 pickoff play changes the whole complexion of 01:21:44.380 --> 01:21:47.000 the inning. Charlevoix was all out going to try 01:21:47.000 --> 01:21:49.600 to sacrifice. Of course, Jimmy got caught cheating 01:21:49.600 --> 01:21:50.899 a little bit trying to get a little head start 01:21:50.899 --> 01:21:54.220 on the punt and just got shot down. Changes the 01:21:54.220 --> 01:21:56.680 strategy, as you point out. Every batsman coming 01:21:56.680 --> 01:21:59.159 up now has to do things differently. That's fouled 01:21:59.159 --> 01:22:06.460 back into the screen. Strike one. I'll be on 01:22:06.460 --> 01:22:10.039 following this game, fans. With a complete wrap 01:22:10.039 --> 01:22:12.939 -up of the scores of all the other games in both 01:22:12.939 --> 01:22:15.699 the National and American League. That's high, 01:22:15.819 --> 01:22:24.380 a ball. Don't forget that every A's ball game 01:22:24.380 --> 01:22:28.899 is preceded by Monty's pregame show. Today, he 01:22:28.899 --> 01:22:32.420 had on the Georgia Peach, Lucius Luke Appling. 01:22:32.520 --> 01:22:34.539 I bet you could have talked with him for five 01:22:34.539 --> 01:22:36.560 hours, Monty. You could have listened that long. 01:22:38.000 --> 01:22:41.000 Outside and low ball on a slow -breaking pitch. 01:22:43.479 --> 01:22:49.399 Boy, this guy has stories. 10 ,000 miles long, 01:22:49.500 --> 01:22:55.500 it seems, and they're all colorful. 2 -1 the 01:22:55.500 --> 01:22:59.020 Cubs. H -1, the Twins won. We're playing in the 01:22:59.020 --> 01:23:00.739 eighth inning. The pitch, a drive hit out on 01:23:00.739 --> 01:23:02.420 the left center field. Could be trouble. Val 01:23:02.420 --> 01:23:04.380 Luchino going to his left. Reaches up and down. 01:23:20.680 --> 01:23:23.760 Kansas City A's won, and the Minnesota Twins 01:23:23.760 --> 01:23:27.199 won. Now here's the story of a land of magic 01:23:27.199 --> 01:23:30.300 enchantment, a land where refreshment rules supreme. 01:23:33.260 --> 01:23:36.399 The town sounds echoing, tell you, a sky blue 01:23:36.399 --> 01:23:39.220 water dribbling coolly by you. They're singing, 01:23:39.439 --> 01:23:42.680 they're bringing cool refreshment to you. Come 01:23:42.680 --> 01:23:48.819 the land of sky blue water, come the water best 01:23:48.819 --> 01:23:55.000 for brewing. The beer that's brewed with water, 01:23:55.060 --> 01:23:57.819 best for brewing. Tastes best, refreshes you 01:23:57.819 --> 01:24:01.000 best. And only Ham's has that sky -blue water's 01:24:01.000 --> 01:24:04.199 flavor. Every Ham's has it, glass after glass. 01:24:04.520 --> 01:24:06.720 That's why it wins one. We're playing in the 01:24:06.720 --> 01:24:08.420 eighth inning. The pitch, a drive hit out on 01:24:08.420 --> 01:24:10.100 the left center field. Could be troubled. Now 01:24:10.100 --> 01:24:19.380 the speed is going to his left. First burger 01:24:19.380 --> 01:24:22.359 gets robbed. And a fine running grab by Val Espino. 01:24:22.640 --> 01:24:24.800 No runs, not one hit. No errors and one left. 01:24:25.380 --> 01:24:27.920 And the score after seven and a half innings 01:24:27.920 --> 01:24:30.840 remains Kansas City A's one and the Minnesota 01:24:30.840 --> 01:24:34.460 Twins one. Now here's the story of a land of 01:24:34.460 --> 01:24:37.500 magic enchantment. A land where refreshment rules 01:24:37.500 --> 01:24:54.460 supreme. From the land of sky blue waters, comes 01:24:54.460 --> 01:25:01.199 the water that's... Refreshing Ham's Beer. The 01:25:01.199 --> 01:25:03.520 beer that's brewed with water best for brewing. 01:25:03.579 --> 01:25:06.840 Tastes best, refreshes you best. And only Ham's 01:25:06.840 --> 01:25:10.039 has that sky blue water's flavor. Every Ham's 01:25:10.039 --> 01:25:13.300 has it. Glass after glass. That's why Ham's is 01:25:13.300 --> 01:25:15.619 the one right beer for those who want another. 01:25:15.859 --> 01:25:19.180 Tastes so right, it bears repeating. From the 01:25:19.180 --> 01:25:25.359 land of sky blue water comes the water best for 01:25:25.359 --> 01:25:43.520 brewing. of the eighth inning. And it will be 01:25:43.520 --> 01:25:46.279 Earl Batty, Bernie Allen, Mudcat Grant. You're 01:25:46.279 --> 01:25:51.460 up. We could get a pinch hitter for him. Batty 01:25:51.460 --> 01:25:53.439 has hit into a double play and grounded out. 01:25:53.479 --> 01:25:57.579 He's 0 for 2. Hunter looks him over. Deal. Wow. 01:25:57.739 --> 01:26:06.659 Back against the screen. Strike one. You possibly 01:26:06.659 --> 01:26:11.199 heard that. Today's paid attendance here at Metropolitan 01:26:11.199 --> 01:26:17.119 Stadium for the home opener, 21 ,658. Next pitch 01:26:17.119 --> 01:26:19.899 is low. Sakata's 1 -1. That's an outstanding 01:26:19.899 --> 01:26:24.439 crowd. As I recall, the record here for a home 01:26:24.439 --> 01:26:27.279 opener is 24 ,000. So that's just three short 01:26:27.279 --> 01:26:30.220 for our A's here to open the season. Now the 01:26:30.220 --> 01:26:34.899 1 -1 pitch inside. Gee, this has been a tight 01:26:34.899 --> 01:26:38.590 ball game. The A's are ahead in hits. They have 01:26:38.590 --> 01:26:41.310 five off Grant, including two for extra bases, 01:26:41.350 --> 01:26:44.010 the double by Tarnable, the triple by Hershberger. 01:26:44.590 --> 01:26:48.069 Hunter has allowed just three hits to the Twins. 01:26:50.229 --> 01:26:57.050 Now the 2 -1 offering. Way inside. Hunter has 01:26:57.050 --> 01:27:00.310 retired 13 men in a row. The last man to get 01:27:00.310 --> 01:27:02.890 on base was Valdez -Spino in the third inning. 01:27:11.949 --> 01:27:14.770 Here's the 3 -1 pitch. There's a bouncing court 01:27:14.770 --> 01:27:18.109 short. It's grabbed by Fonzie, the peg. He got 01:27:18.109 --> 01:27:21.329 it. Now we'll pause 10 seconds for station identification. 01:27:21.909 --> 01:27:24.590 This is the Kansas City Athletics baseball network. 01:27:25.310 --> 01:27:29.090 This is KCMO Radio 81, Kansas City, Missouri. 01:27:29.090 --> 01:27:32.090 Now four minutes past 3 o 'clock, 45 degrees 01:27:32.090 --> 01:27:40.109 under cloudy skies. The batter is Bernie Allen. 01:27:40.590 --> 01:27:43.109 He scored Minnesota's only run. He's one for 01:27:43.109 --> 01:27:46.289 two. Here's the pitch. Called strike to the left 01:27:46.289 --> 01:27:49.710 -handed batter. They're making the announcement 01:27:49.710 --> 01:27:51.850 that this is the third largest crowd for opening 01:27:51.850 --> 01:27:57.869 day in Twins history. What up? Allen at the plate. 01:27:57.970 --> 01:27:59.829 The pitch. There's O 'Neal. Look out. A drive 01:27:59.829 --> 01:28:01.989 and a deep right center. Way, way back. Hershberger 01:28:01.989 --> 01:28:09.279 going back. He's got it. in the first inning 01:28:09.279 --> 01:28:11.159 and gone to second when Hershberger let that 01:28:11.159 --> 01:28:14.000 ball get by him for an error. Mike Kane through 01:28:14.000 --> 01:28:19.779 this time. Two gone. Grant is due up. He will 01:28:19.779 --> 01:28:35.079 bat. 1 -1 ball game. Pitcher faces pitcher. Here 01:28:35.079 --> 01:28:38.500 it comes. Call strike it on a Jesus Hunter. He 01:28:38.500 --> 01:28:43.819 has been tremendous today. Well, we hope you're 01:28:43.819 --> 01:28:45.880 enjoying the broadcast, wherever you are, whatever 01:28:45.880 --> 01:28:48.880 you're doing this afternoon. Now the next pitch, 01:28:49.000 --> 01:28:50.920 foul off to the right. Remember that we'll be 01:28:50.920 --> 01:28:53.180 home on April 19th to open against these same 01:28:53.180 --> 01:28:55.300 Minnesota Swans. We hope you'll plan to be with 01:28:55.300 --> 01:29:06.829 us at Municipal Stadium. The A's have... Charles 01:29:06.829 --> 01:29:10.210 at third, Causey at short, Green at second, Harrelson 01:29:10.210 --> 01:29:12.930 at first. Stahl in left, Carnival in center, 01:29:13.010 --> 01:29:14.989 Hershberger in right, Bill Bryant back at the 01:29:14.989 --> 01:29:17.989 plate, and 20 -year -old Jim Hunter on the mound. 01:29:18.489 --> 01:29:20.909 All nine men started, and they're in there now. 01:29:27.909 --> 01:29:30.630 I can't think of any better idea right now than 01:29:30.630 --> 01:29:33.250 to have a hand from the land of sky -blue waters. 01:29:34.989 --> 01:29:39.289 Side arms him outside. You know, in a tense ball 01:29:39.289 --> 01:29:41.810 game like this or at any other time of the year, 01:29:41.930 --> 01:29:46.329 day or night, hands refreshes you best. Here's 01:29:46.329 --> 01:29:51.050 the one -two pitch outside. Hunter's coming in 01:29:51.050 --> 01:30:01.319 with that great big curveball. For those of you 01:30:01.319 --> 01:30:03.319 who joined us late, we've made mention of this 01:30:03.319 --> 01:30:05.060 a couple of times. We don't want to jinx this 01:30:05.060 --> 01:30:07.359 boy, but the Twins have never beaten Hunter. 01:30:08.239 --> 01:30:11.220 The pitch. He got him on a called strike three. 01:30:13.199 --> 01:30:18.359 And that strikeout number two. Sixteen men in 01:30:18.359 --> 01:30:20.560 a row. He's now retired. Three up, three down, 01:30:20.579 --> 01:30:22.680 nothing across. After eight full innings of play, 01:30:22.779 --> 01:30:31.359 the score, Twins won the A's one. No. MCMO Confidential. 01:30:31.699 --> 01:30:35.539 60 seconds inside a great radio station. You're 01:30:35.539 --> 01:30:37.960 in your car. All day long, you've been at work, 01:30:38.060 --> 01:30:41.079 out of touch. Traffic is terrible. You're wondering 01:30:41.079 --> 01:30:43.300 what's been going on. How are things in Vietnam? 01:30:43.600 --> 01:30:46.000 What's the latest quotation on your stock? The 01:30:46.000 --> 01:30:48.420 score of last night's big game. If you find the 01:30:48.420 --> 01:30:50.659 time, how's the fishing? What's going on in Kansas 01:30:50.659 --> 01:30:53.420 City News? These questions are driving you insane. 01:30:53.640 --> 01:30:57.340 What to do? Suddenly, there's relief. Blessed 01:30:57.340 --> 01:31:00.229 and comforting relief. Has the deep tones of 01:31:00.229 --> 01:31:04.109 Dan Lott whacked from your car radio? KCMO Buzzer 01:31:04.109 --> 01:31:07.689 to Buzzer News Time, 4 .55. John Flynn, KCMO 01:31:07.689 --> 01:31:10.210 News Service. Financial Edition, Don Johnson, 01:31:10.369 --> 01:31:13.829 KCMO News Service. Sportsbook with Bruce Wright. 01:31:13.909 --> 01:31:16.649 5 .30, here's Harold Inslee. Hi again, everybody. 01:31:16.909 --> 01:31:20.729 Isn't it good to know? Someone cares. This has 01:31:20.729 --> 01:31:25.670 been KCMO Confidential. 60 seconds inside a great 01:31:25.670 --> 01:31:29.810 radio station. Ready to go in the top half of 01:31:29.810 --> 01:31:32.109 the ninth inning. The plot thickens in its pitcher's 01:31:32.109 --> 01:31:36.329 duel. Vin Ferris with Monty Moore. An opening 01:31:36.329 --> 01:31:39.710 day of 1966. Wayne Crosby, Bill Bryan, and Ken 01:31:39.710 --> 01:31:41.869 Harrelson face Mudcat Grant. Here's the first 01:31:41.869 --> 01:31:46.000 pitch. Strike call. Causey has not been able 01:31:46.000 --> 01:31:48.500 to get the ball up in the air today. He's grounded 01:31:48.500 --> 01:31:51.819 out three times, once for a double play. Each 01:31:51.819 --> 01:31:55.020 side has a twin killing. Grant looks him over 01:31:55.020 --> 01:31:56.680 and delivers. There's a liner to center field. 01:31:56.840 --> 01:32:04.050 Face hit. Grabbed on one hop by Hall. Well, Monty, 01:32:04.050 --> 01:32:06.529 there's a case where people say, you say things 01:32:06.529 --> 01:32:08.829 like he's retired the last 16 men in a row and 01:32:08.829 --> 01:32:10.909 the 17th man gets a base hit, you jinx them. 01:32:11.189 --> 01:32:15.029 You can do that from up here. Let me know. We 01:32:15.029 --> 01:32:17.810 can use you this spring. There's going to be 01:32:17.810 --> 01:32:22.270 some times when we want to jinx somebody. Well, 01:32:22.270 --> 01:32:24.069 Wayne hasn't been able to get a ball up in the 01:32:24.069 --> 01:32:26.250 air or out of the infield, and he just now did, 01:32:26.310 --> 01:32:29.850 and it's hit number six. Bob Grant, the A's allowed 01:32:29.850 --> 01:32:32.550 hit this ball club 6 -3, but the score is tied 01:32:32.550 --> 01:32:35.409 1 -1. Bill Bryan at the plate, he's driven in, 01:32:35.489 --> 01:32:37.970 the A's only run. Infield in tight. Grant stretches 01:32:37.970 --> 01:32:48.409 and deals. Bunt, fouled off to the right. 21 01:32:48.409 --> 01:32:55.989 ,658. The plate attendance, and it was 52 degrees 01:32:55.989 --> 01:33:21.180 at game time. So the twins come up with just 01:33:21.180 --> 01:33:23.340 that, a twin killing, and it's their second of 01:33:23.340 --> 01:33:30.439 the afternoon. The A's have had men on base now 01:33:30.439 --> 01:33:34.340 in every inning except the fifth. from the fourth 01:33:34.340 --> 01:33:36.119 inning on. In other words, the fourth, sixth, 01:33:36.239 --> 01:33:39.159 seventh, eighth, and here are the ninths. Batter 01:33:39.159 --> 01:33:41.680 is Harrelson. Pop fouls one off to the right. 01:33:41.680 --> 01:33:55.539 It's going out of play. But the opportunity in 01:33:55.539 --> 01:33:58.739 the sixth was won out after Carnival's double 01:33:58.739 --> 01:34:01.060 and Hershberger's single was erased by Crosby's 01:34:01.060 --> 01:34:04.300 hitting into the double play. There's another 01:34:04.300 --> 01:34:07.020 pop file off to the right, and they won't be 01:34:07.020 --> 01:34:09.880 able to get this one. That was two gone and a 01:34:09.880 --> 01:34:12.420 seventh stall walked in green single, but Charles 01:34:12.420 --> 01:34:14.159 entered the inning, hitting into a forced play. 01:34:15.539 --> 01:34:17.460 Hunter led off the eighth with a single, but 01:34:17.460 --> 01:34:20.460 got picked off at first. Here in the ninth, causey 01:34:20.460 --> 01:34:22.399 single, but Brian hits into the double play. 01:34:24.260 --> 01:34:26.000 Maybe we'd like to have those fellas driving 01:34:26.000 --> 01:34:28.439 those ham trucks down in Mid -America to work 01:34:28.439 --> 01:34:30.060 a little harder today. We have some supervisors 01:34:30.060 --> 01:34:33.250 from the brewery right here with us. That pitch 01:34:33.250 --> 01:34:35.850 is in the dirt. Come on. And Len Johnson, director 01:34:35.850 --> 01:34:38.109 of marketing, is here with us to say hello today. 01:34:38.750 --> 01:34:41.590 And Bill Bandy of the Campbell -Mattoon Agency 01:34:41.590 --> 01:34:44.350 and Frank Rolfes and John Callahan are all here 01:34:44.350 --> 01:34:48.390 with us. And I want to pass along hello to everybody 01:34:48.390 --> 01:34:50.229 back in Mid -America on those big ham trucks. 01:34:51.090 --> 01:34:53.250 There's a bouncer toward short. Versailles charging 01:34:53.250 --> 01:34:55.630 his back. Hands it over to first. He got it. 01:34:59.329 --> 01:35:03.560 A great play by Versailles on a tough ball. and 01:35:03.560 --> 01:35:07.840 a frank scoop up by Minter. No runs, one hit. 01:35:07.880 --> 01:35:10.779 No errors, none left. After eight and a half 01:35:10.779 --> 01:35:13.300 innings of play, the score, the Twins won, the 01:35:13.300 --> 01:35:17.520 Athletics won. This message is for men who don't 01:35:17.520 --> 01:35:21.420 smoke. You've read the news stories. You know 01:35:21.420 --> 01:35:24.539 the facts. You know that you have a better chance 01:35:24.539 --> 01:35:28.159 to live longer and enjoy life more than the man 01:35:28.159 --> 01:35:32.710 who smokes. Isn't it about time somebody rewarded 01:35:32.710 --> 01:35:35.630 the nonsmoker by reducing his life insurance 01:35:35.630 --> 01:35:40.529 rate? Somebody has. Farmers Insurance Group. 01:35:41.289 --> 01:35:44.729 We read those statistics, too. We know you're 01:35:44.729 --> 01:35:48.470 a better risk. That's why we've pioneered a new 01:35:48.470 --> 01:35:52.250 nonsmoker policy that insures your life for a 01:35:52.250 --> 01:35:57.449 lot less money. Let me repeat. If you don't smoke... 01:35:58.350 --> 01:36:01.750 Farmer's new non -smoker policy will insure your 01:36:01.750 --> 01:36:06.090 life for a lot less money. You may claim your 01:36:06.090 --> 01:36:09.149 reward from any Farmer's agent. It's in yellow 01:36:09.149 --> 01:36:13.289 pages under Farmer's Insurance Group. Have a 01:36:13.289 --> 01:36:30.739 nice day. And Oliva up to face Gaffish Hunter. 01:36:30.840 --> 01:36:33.039 And you really have to admire this youngster. 01:36:33.100 --> 01:36:37.020 What a job he's done this afternoon. For science 01:36:37.020 --> 01:36:40.619 is 0 for 3. Here's the lineup and the pitch. 01:36:40.779 --> 01:36:47.579 Low of all. Hunter has retired the last 16 men 01:36:47.579 --> 01:37:00.039 in a row. Here's the next pitch. Curve misses, 01:37:00.319 --> 01:37:02.279 breaking too soon to the right -handed batter. 01:37:02.399 --> 01:37:11.079 It's 2 -0. Hayes had good fortune against Versailles 01:37:11.079 --> 01:37:13.840 last year. He hit just 2 -10 in 18 ballgames 01:37:13.840 --> 01:37:17.039 against Kansas City pitching. That's a little 01:37:17.039 --> 01:37:28.699 bit low outside for ball three. Three balls, 01:37:28.720 --> 01:37:33.239 no strikes. One, one ball game. Bottom half of 01:37:33.239 --> 01:37:38.920 the ninth inning. Ryan gives the sign and here 01:37:38.920 --> 01:37:41.840 it comes. Way inside. He walked him on four pitches. 01:37:46.420 --> 01:37:49.539 So Versailles becomes the first man to get on 01:37:49.539 --> 01:37:53.579 base since Val Despino back in the third inning. 01:37:54.159 --> 01:37:58.010 And that's only the second walk by Hunter. Jim 01:37:58.010 --> 01:38:00.149 Hall working for a base on balls in the second. 01:38:07.149 --> 01:38:09.489 Well, the wind speed right now can start to show, 01:38:09.489 --> 01:38:10.930 Lynn. They're right in the part of their batting 01:38:10.930 --> 01:38:12.630 order where they can do some things with the 01:38:12.630 --> 01:38:14.770 men they have. Versailles, for instance, is one 01:38:14.770 --> 01:38:17.090 of their best base runners. Val Espino is an 01:38:17.090 --> 01:38:21.779 excellent runner. And with the number three hitter 01:38:21.779 --> 01:38:23.739 Oliva coming up, they can operate here in the 01:38:23.739 --> 01:38:26.420 ninth inning. And this is the kind of work that 01:38:26.420 --> 01:38:30.659 manager Sam Mealy last year won a lot of ballgames 01:38:30.659 --> 01:38:35.479 with. John Wyatt's going to work out in our bullpen, 01:38:35.500 --> 01:38:38.539 too, by the way. I was just about to say to the 01:38:38.539 --> 01:38:41.060 real fan who follows this great game, this is 01:38:41.060 --> 01:38:42.979 the type of situation that gives you goosebumps 01:38:42.979 --> 01:38:46.119 when a leadoff man in the ninth. Get down. Particularly 01:38:46.119 --> 01:38:48.619 with a walk. Here's a pitch. Call. Strike. The 01:38:48.619 --> 01:38:52.979 whole infield. Pull in. Charles was almost close 01:38:52.979 --> 01:38:58.140 enough to shake the hand of Al Espino. Harrelson 01:38:58.140 --> 01:39:06.920 wasn't more than a 15 -foot punt shot. One strike 01:39:06.920 --> 01:39:11.760 count. Versailles at first. He can fly. He's 01:39:11.760 --> 01:39:15.079 anticipating that punt now. A pitch on its way. 01:39:15.479 --> 01:39:17.659 Mustard foul off the plate comes back and hits 01:39:17.659 --> 01:39:20.720 him in the left leg. And now Hunter is out front. 01:39:23.880 --> 01:39:25.600 A lot of things can happen in this situation 01:39:25.600 --> 01:39:27.819 with the infield being broken up like that. Val 01:39:27.819 --> 01:39:30.039 Espino has all kinds of room to shoot a bouncer 01:39:30.039 --> 01:39:32.460 through the infield if he elects to swing. I 01:39:32.460 --> 01:39:34.819 don't think they'll crash with that suicide defense 01:39:34.819 --> 01:39:36.779 now with two strikes as they have been, but they 01:39:36.779 --> 01:39:41.319 still have to guard against the button. A concerned 01:39:41.319 --> 01:39:44.770 Alvin Dark. With his foot on the dugout steps. 01:39:44.949 --> 01:39:46.590 Here's a pitch. Throws it away. It's way outside. 01:39:47.149 --> 01:39:49.409 And here goes Versailles racing around second. 01:39:49.569 --> 01:39:52.270 He's going to hold up. Ryan retrieves the ball. 01:39:53.029 --> 01:39:57.430 And it's a wild pitch. Now the A's have trouble. 01:40:13.520 --> 01:40:15.420 Waste one, and waste one he did. The pitch got 01:40:15.420 --> 01:40:18.380 away from him. It was outside and high to Brian's 01:40:18.380 --> 01:40:21.659 left. 1 -1 ballgame. Nobody out. 9th and 8th. 01:40:21.659 --> 01:40:29.439 Runner at second base. Brian gives the all -important 01:40:29.439 --> 01:40:55.100 sign. The 1 -2 pitch. And it's a great win for 01:40:55.100 --> 01:40:56.979 the Minnesota Twins, and it's always great to 01:40:56.979 --> 01:40:58.899 start off your home season, particularly when 01:40:58.899 --> 01:41:01.199 you're American League champions with a victory. 01:41:01.880 --> 01:41:05.000 So Val Espino wins the ballgame with a shot in 01:41:05.000 --> 01:41:07.079 the right field, which is only the fourth hit 01:41:07.079 --> 01:41:13.520 of Hunter. No outs in the ninth inning as Versailles 01:41:13.520 --> 01:41:19.460 scores the winning run. A 2 -1 ballgame, Minnesota 01:41:19.460 --> 01:41:27.970 winning. following the game. Once again, here's 01:41:27.970 --> 01:41:46.420 Monty. caused the athletics infield to have to 01:41:46.420 --> 01:41:48.100 start moving around a little bit, and that was 01:41:48.100 --> 01:41:50.159 with two strikes on Val Espino. Catfish threw 01:41:50.159 --> 01:41:52.739 a fastball high and away. The ball actually hit 01:41:52.739 --> 01:41:54.880 the mitt of Bill Bryant, and it looked as if 01:41:54.880 --> 01:41:56.760 he might have been able to catch the ball or 01:41:56.760 --> 01:41:59.600 at least knock it down, but he went on back to 01:41:59.600 --> 01:42:01.319 the screen. That allowed Versailles to go into 01:42:01.319 --> 01:42:03.840 second base, and then Val Espino got the two 01:42:03.840 --> 01:42:05.359 -strike pitch and drilled it into right field. 01:42:05.680 --> 01:42:08.880 The Twins had taken a 1 -0 lead in this ballgame 01:42:08.880 --> 01:42:11.800 in the third inning, scoring an unearned... When 01:42:11.800 --> 01:42:13.800 Richie Allen got a single, was sacrificed to 01:42:13.800 --> 01:42:17.939 second by Grant. Then a ball was hit by Val Despino 01:42:17.939 --> 01:42:22.100 into right field. It was mishandled by Mike Hershberger, 01:42:22.239 --> 01:42:27.020 and the runner came in to score. That made it 01:42:27.020 --> 01:42:28.899 a 1 -0 game. The A's tied it up in the fourth 01:42:28.899 --> 01:42:30.760 inning when Hershberger came back to get a triple 01:42:30.760 --> 01:42:32.699 and scored on the ground out. by Bill Bryan. 01:42:32.979 --> 01:42:34.619 That's all the scoring the A's could do, though 01:42:34.619 --> 01:42:36.979 they did threaten several times against Mudcat 01:42:36.979 --> 01:42:39.239 Grant. In the sixth inning, Causey hit into a 01:42:39.239 --> 01:42:41.039 double play with Tartable and Hershberger on 01:42:41.039 --> 01:42:43.340 to end the rally. And in the ninth inning, Bill 01:42:43.340 --> 01:42:45.539 Bryan hit into a double play with Wayne Causey 01:42:45.539 --> 01:42:47.880 on as a leadoff batter here in the ninth. The 01:42:47.880 --> 01:42:49.779 last score for the game for the winning twins, 01:42:49.960 --> 01:42:52.140 two runs, four hits, and no errors, for the Kansas 01:42:52.140 --> 01:42:54.979 City Athletics, one run, six hits, and one error. 01:42:55.039 --> 01:42:57.319 The winning pitcher, Mudcat Grant, who takes 01:42:57.319 --> 01:42:59.039 a... right where he left off last year, getting 01:42:59.039 --> 01:43:01.119 a victory. He is 1 -0 now, and Catfish Hunter 01:43:01.119 --> 01:43:04.100 is no wins, one loss. Both pitchers went all 01:43:04.100 --> 01:43:06.460 the way for outstanding performances here on 01:43:06.460 --> 01:43:11.979 opening day 1966 before 21 ,658 fans. So the 01:43:11.979 --> 01:43:14.260 final score again, the Twins 2 and the A's 1. 01:43:14.520 --> 01:43:16.760 This broadcast was authorized under rights granted 01:43:16.760 --> 01:43:18.960 by the Kansas City Athletics solely for the enjoyment 01:43:18.960 --> 01:43:21.550 of our listening audience. Any publication, rebroadcast, 01:43:21.590 --> 01:43:23.430 or other use of the descriptions and accounts 01:43:23.430 --> 01:43:25.510 of this game without the consent of the Kansas 01:43:25.510 --> 01:43:27.649 City Athletics is prohibited. Hope you'll join 01:43:27.649 --> 01:43:29.689 us again tomorrow at 115 for the warm -up show 01:43:29.689 --> 01:43:32.350 and at 125 for the game when our A's once again 01:43:32.350 --> 01:43:34.710 beat the Minnesota Twins. Until then, Monty Moore 01:43:34.710 --> 01:43:36.770 with Lynn Ferris speaking, saying so long, everybody. 01:43:37.010 --> 01:43:39.350 This game came to you on the Kansas City Athletics 01:43:39.350 --> 01:43:45.640 baseball network. Today's game between the Kansas 01:43:45.640 --> 01:43:47.720 City A's and the Minnesota Twins is brought to 01:43:47.720 --> 01:43:50.779 you in part by Ham's, the beer refreshing from 01:43:50.779 --> 01:43:53.140 the land of sky blue waters. The beer that brings 01:43:53.140 --> 01:43:55.819 you the A's on radio and television. Ham's, the 01:43:55.819 --> 01:43:58.800 beer that bears repeating. And by friendly Bob 01:43:58.800 --> 01:44:01.439 Adams and your 12 GFC loan company offices of 01:44:01.439 --> 01:44:03.560 the Kansas City area. This has been a sports 01:44:03.560 --> 01:44:06.779 presentation of KCMO Radio 81, Mid -America's 01:44:06.779 --> 01:44:13.010 all -time big -time sports station. This is Bob 01:44:13.010 --> 01:44:15.229 Richards. I'd like you to hear one of the most 01:44:15.229 --> 01:44:26.369 powerful sounds in nature. Ocean surf. That's 01:44:26.369 --> 01:44:29.869 tumbling, glistening, white -capped water. All 01:44:29.869 --> 01:44:33.170 power comes from the raw forces of nature. From 01:44:33.170 --> 01:44:37.649 water, sun, wind, soil. Raw power goes into food 01:44:37.649 --> 01:44:41.340 to power man. That's what creates basic foods 01:44:41.340 --> 01:44:45.380 like raw wheat. Just imagine, from this one food 01:44:45.380 --> 01:44:49.359 comes all these basics. Potent wheat germ, crude 01:44:49.359 --> 01:44:52.560 protein, natural sugars, vitamins, and minerals. 01:44:52.819 --> 01:44:56.140 You get the basics of raw wheat in Wheaties. 01:44:56.399 --> 01:44:58.779 If you're on the go, if you've got to produce 01:44:58.779 --> 01:45:01.819 hour after hour, get off to a good start every 01:45:01.819 --> 01:45:05.439 day. Stick to basics. Stick to Wheaties. Breakfast 01:45:05.439 --> 01:45:13.300 of champions. This is KCMO Radio, dial 81, Kansas 01:45:13.300 --> 01:45:16.140 City, Missouri. Hello from the ballpark once 01:45:16.140 --> 01:45:17.960 again, everybody. It's time now for Baseball 01:45:17.960 --> 01:45:20.020 Scoreboard, a wrap -up of all the scores and 01:45:20.020 --> 01:45:22.340 highlights from both major leagues. Baseball 01:45:22.340 --> 01:45:24.439 Scoreboard is heard after every Kansas City A's 01:45:24.439 --> 01:45:28.000 game on KCMO Radio 81, Mid -America's all -time 01:45:28.000 --> 01:45:30.739 big -time sports station. Now, with all the scores 01:45:30.739 --> 01:45:32.659 and highlights of today's major league games, 01:45:32.720 --> 01:45:42.890 here's Len Farris. And everybody, Lynn Ferris 01:45:42.890 --> 01:45:45.210 back at Metropolitan Stadium in the Twin Cities 01:45:45.210 --> 01:45:48.829 with our scoreboard and our first one of the 01:45:48.829 --> 01:45:52.250 1966 season. Here's the way games are shaping 01:45:52.250 --> 01:45:56.430 up now in the American League. At Yankee Stadium 01:45:56.430 --> 01:46:00.510 in New York, the Detroit Tigers have gotten a 01:46:00.510 --> 01:46:02.229 run in the ninth inning and have taken a 2 -1 01:46:02.229 --> 01:46:06.729 lead over the New York Yankees. Lulich is on 01:46:06.729 --> 01:46:08.750 for the Tigers. Ford has been relieved by Pedro 01:46:08.750 --> 01:46:11.250 Ramos in the ninth inning. The Bombers now are 01:46:11.250 --> 01:46:13.789 batting. Joe Pepitone, Homer, in the fifth with 01:46:13.789 --> 01:46:17.029 nobody on. So Detroit leads 2 -1 with New York 01:46:17.029 --> 01:46:20.489 batting in the ninth. At Fenway Park in Boston, 01:46:20.750 --> 01:46:25.930 the Orioles have gotten a go -ahead run. Check 01:46:25.930 --> 01:46:28.109 it. They've been able to tie it up. It's a 4 01:46:28.109 --> 01:46:30.529 -4 ballgame now with Boston batting in the bottom 01:46:30.529 --> 01:46:33.210 of the ninth. Wilson started against Barber. 01:46:33.609 --> 01:46:35.649 But several changes since then. Drabowski now 01:46:35.649 --> 01:46:37.390 pitching for Baltimore in the eighth inning. 01:46:37.869 --> 01:46:40.149 Raddatz relieved Wilson in the ninth. Grilly 01:46:40.149 --> 01:46:42.689 came on for Raddatz, and Osinski now is in action. 01:46:42.789 --> 01:46:44.750 Homers in the ballgame, the Robinson boys struck. 01:46:45.130 --> 01:46:48.149 Brooks in the first with nobody on. Frank in 01:46:48.149 --> 01:46:50.770 the fifth, none on. Two homers by the dynamic 01:46:50.770 --> 01:46:55.289 duos are being called. At White Sox Park in Chicago, 01:46:55.670 --> 01:46:59.369 the Angels lead 2 -0 after six and a half innings. 01:47:00.810 --> 01:47:03.630 Tommy Agee has homered in the seventh with one 01:47:03.630 --> 01:47:06.170 on just now, so that means it's tied up. It's 01:47:06.170 --> 01:47:09.789 a 2 -2 game. Chance started against John. Locker 01:47:09.789 --> 01:47:12.729 now is in relief for the White Sox. Adcock homered 01:47:12.729 --> 01:47:15.470 in the sixth with nobody on with the second California 01:47:15.470 --> 01:47:18.989 run of the game. That was the only activity in 01:47:18.989 --> 01:47:20.630 the American League this afternoon. Yesterday, 01:47:20.829 --> 01:47:22.529 of course, Cleveland and Washington got things 01:47:22.529 --> 01:47:25.050 underway with the Indians' pinch -hitting strength 01:47:25.050 --> 01:47:28.869 showing in a 5 -2 victory over the Senators. 01:47:29.210 --> 01:47:31.670 McDowell got the victory over Rickert by Coward 01:47:31.670 --> 01:47:35.310 -Homer. Now I'll be back in just one minute with 01:47:35.310 --> 01:47:38.350 scores of games played today in the National 01:47:38.350 --> 01:47:45.109 League. USA being fun, move our country along. 01:47:45.430 --> 01:47:51.090 USA being fun, keep America strong. It's a star 01:47:51.090 --> 01:47:54.770 -spangled way to a saving plan. To keep our country 01:47:54.770 --> 01:48:00.000 secure for each and every man. So bye. The Star 01:48:00.000 --> 01:48:03.260 Spangled Savings Plan for all Americans. 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And that one, as I said, not 01:48:51.989 --> 01:48:54.149 yet underway. The Mets and Cincinnati Reds got 01:48:54.149 --> 01:48:56.229 rained out for the second day in a row, and that 01:48:56.229 --> 01:48:58.149 rainout was a rescheduled game from yesterday. 01:48:58.489 --> 01:49:01.609 It's the first time since the year 1913 that 01:49:01.609 --> 01:49:03.409 the Reds have not been able to play a home opener. 01:49:04.369 --> 01:49:07.850 Pittsburgh plays Atlanta tonight. In the Georgia 01:49:07.850 --> 01:49:09.930 capital, it's the first major league game in 01:49:09.930 --> 01:49:13.369 history, a regular season game in Atlanta. Veal, 01:49:13.529 --> 01:49:15.470 a 17 -game winner, goes for the Pirates, and 01:49:15.470 --> 01:49:19.090 24 -game victor, Tony Cloninger, for the Braves. 01:49:20.199 --> 01:49:22.899 Philadelphia's Phillies will shoot 19 -game winner 01:49:22.899 --> 01:49:25.060 Jim Bunning against the St. Louis Cardinals at 01:49:25.060 --> 01:49:27.319 Busch Stadium. Bob Gibson, a 20 -game victor, 01:49:27.319 --> 01:49:32.359 goes for the Redbirds. And at Chavez Ravine, 01:49:32.479 --> 01:49:35.479 ageless Robin Roberts will hurl for the Houston 01:49:35.479 --> 01:49:39.039 Astros. He was 5 -2 last year. And Claude Osteen 01:49:39.039 --> 01:49:41.659 for the Dodgers, a 15 -game winner. That's the 01:49:41.659 --> 01:49:44.010 National League scoreboard. Here at Metropolitan 01:49:44.010 --> 01:49:45.970 Stadium today, the American League champions 01:49:45.970 --> 01:49:49.369 got off with a flying victory. For them, a heartbreaking 01:49:49.369 --> 01:49:52.069 loss for Catfish Hunter. He deserved a better 01:49:52.069 --> 01:49:55.189 fate. With two out in the third inning, from 01:49:55.189 --> 01:49:58.949 that point on, he retired 16 men in a row. Allowed 01:49:58.949 --> 01:50:01.189 only four hits in eight full innings, walked 01:50:01.189 --> 01:50:04.409 two, and stuck out two. Jim Grant went all the 01:50:04.409 --> 01:50:07.350 way for the victory. The 1 -1 game broken up 01:50:07.350 --> 01:50:09.810 in the ninth inning when Versailles walked. Only 01:50:09.810 --> 01:50:12.970 the second pass given. since in the ballgame 01:50:12.970 --> 01:50:17.229 by Hunter, he walked Hall in the second. Versailles 01:50:17.229 --> 01:50:19.550 went to second on a wild pitch, and Val Espino 01:50:19.550 --> 01:50:22.189 singled a right field to bring him in. A's run 01:50:22.189 --> 01:50:24.170 came in the fourth when Hershberger tripled and 01:50:24.170 --> 01:50:29.390 brought in by a Bill Bryan infield out. Be with 01:50:29.390 --> 01:50:33.909 us tomorrow now at 125 for the game between the 01:50:33.909 --> 01:50:37.289 Kansas City Athletics and the Minnesota Twins. 01:50:37.310 --> 01:50:42.140 Lynn Ferris saying so long, everybody. Lynn Ferris 01:50:42.140 --> 01:50:44.920 and the Baseball Scoreboard is a KCMO radio sports 01:50:44.920 --> 01:50:47.279 presentation following every Kansas City A's 01:50:47.279 --> 01:50:49.520 game. Be listening for the next scoreboard brought 01:50:49.520 --> 01:50:51.640 to you by your friendly, helpful, silenced paint 01:50:51.640 --> 01:50:54.739 dealers who sell Satin Tone, the latex easy paints.