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This is Retro Sports Radio. Visit RetroSeasons

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.com for more sports history. The Detroit Tigers

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faced the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium

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for a doubleheader on Sunday, April 28, 1968.

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Managed by Mayo Smith, the Tigers were off to

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a hot start with a 10 -4 record, looking to continue

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their success after falling just one game short

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of the AL pennant in 1967. The Yankees were looking

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to rebound from three consecutive losing seasons.

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the first time that had happened to them since

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1915. In Game 1 of the doubleheader, the Tigers

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sent Joe Sparma to the mound to face the Yankees'

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Bill Monbouquet. This audio recording is from

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the New York Radio Broadcast, featuring announcers

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Jerry Coleman, Phil Rizzuto, and Frank Messer.

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White Owl made from patiently aged tobaccos for

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extra flavor and mildness. Remember, you get

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a lot more from a White Owl than just smoke.

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And now with today's game, Jerry Coleman and

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Phil Rizzuto and Frank Messer. Here's Jerry.

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Look at the standings in the American League.

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Detroit leading the league with a 10 -3 mark.

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They're a game and a half ahead of Minnesota.

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Two ahead of Baltimore and Washington. Two and

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a half in front of the Red Sox. The Yankees in

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sixth place. They're even up at 500. Seven and

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seven. They're three and a half back. Followed

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by Oakland, Cleveland, California. And the White

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Sox, with a record of 1 -11, are 8 .5 games down.

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Over in the National League, the Cardinals, who

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won it last year, have put a little daylight

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between themselves and San Francisco. They lead

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the league by 2 .5 games over the Giants. The

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Cardinals with an 11 -4 mark, the Giants 8 -6.

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Three back are the L .A. Dodgers, and then comes

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Cincinnati, 3 .5 down. The Braves, the Phillies,

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the Pirates, and the Astros all four games back.

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Four and a half behind are the Chicago Cubs in

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ninth place, and bringing up the rear, the New

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York Mets five and a half out. We mentioned that

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Tommy Phoebus pitched that no -hitter yesterday

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when the Orioles beat the Red Sox six to nothing,

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and he picked a pretty tough ball club to pitch

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a no -hitter against. And there was only one

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real questionable play. That was in the third

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inning when Andrews, Mike Andrews, hit a ball

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that tipped Phoebus' glove and dribbled out towards

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short. Belangia came up with the ball, fired

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the first. Bill Valentine, a plate umpire, called

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Andrews out, and Andrews argued so strongly on

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the play that he was ejected from the game. But

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this happened in the third inning, and of course

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at that time there was... No thought in anyone's

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mind that there might be a potential no -hitter

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in the making. As it turned out, that was the

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turning point in the ballgame for young Tommy

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Phoebus. Brooks Robinson made a great catch off

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a line drive from the bat of Rico Petrucelli,

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a diving, stabbing backhander. And, of course,

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that helped the cause a little bit. So we're

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waiting now for the Yankees to take the field,

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and while we do, let's take a look at the lineup

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today in the American League. Cleveland and the

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Senators are playing a doubleheader. They're

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playing in Washington. Williams against Ortega

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in the first game. Boston and Baltimore are a

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doubleheader. They're playing at Baltimore as

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the Yankees take the field here at the stadium.

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Single game between the White Sox and the Twins

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in Minnesota. Oakland and California also a single

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game. In the National League, the Mets and Cincinnati

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are playing a single contest. Houston and the

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Cubs, the doubleheader. Philadelphia at Atlanta

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will play a single ball game. In other action,

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Pittsburgh at St. Louis, L .A. at San Francisco,

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single ball games. Right now, the people here

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at Yankee Stadium are standing for our national

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anthem as recorded by Robert Merrill. set to

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go here in this first game of the big doubleheader,

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the first doubleheader of the year here at Yankee

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Stadium. Bill Mamboket against Joe Sparma. The

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Yankees, after today, move on to Baltimore Tuesday,

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Wednesday, and Thursday, and then to the White

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Sox and Chicago over the weekend, Friday, Saturday,

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and Sunday. But they return to the big ballpark

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on Monday night, May the 6th, Tuesday night,

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May the 7th. Wednesday afternoon, May the 8th,

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against the Cleveland Indians, led by Sam McDowell,

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Max Alvis, Sonny Siebert, Leon Wagner. They'll

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all be here on the 6th, 7th, and 8th of May.

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And then a big one that I know that you'll want

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to point to, the first greeting and the first

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meeting of the year between the Boston Red Sox

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and the New York Yankees here at Yankee Stadium.

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That'll be a big weekend set two weeks from today.

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Be a doubleheader on May the 12th against the

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Red Sox. On May the 11th will be a ladies' day,

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Saturday afternoon game, and then on May the

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10th, a Friday evening game. Well, that Boston

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Red Sox club will be in town, led by Carl Yastrzemski

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on May the 10th, 11th, and 12th. Four games set

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in three days. So we're all set to go. First

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game getting underway. Bill Mambo -Kett. Right

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now, Bill with a record of 2 -1. Ready to pitch

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to Dick McAuliffe. McAuliffe, the second baseman,

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batting at .220. Had a home run yesterday. Got

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three of them on the air and nine RBIs. The first

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pitch by Mambo Ketta. Curve is right in there

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for strike one. Dick McAuliffe leads Detroit

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in home runs and in RBIs. He hit his home run

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off Jim Boughton yesterday. He was the only Tiger

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ball player to hit home runs at Yankee Stadium

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last season. He had two of them. Here's the one

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-strike pitch as McCullough takes one on the

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corner. Strike two, and you hear the roar of

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the crowd. Oh, we've got an enthusiastic crowd

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today. The biggest crowd of the year thus far

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for Cap Day. And, of course, a fine attraction

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with the Detroit Tigers, who are currently out

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in front in the American League. Mambo to McAuliffe.

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This one is outside. One ball, two strikes. Bill

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Mambo -Kett making his third start. First against

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Detroit. Gave up only two hits in eight innings.

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That was in his last appearance on April 23rd

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at Oakland. He replaced Downing after the first

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inning. He won the ball game 6 -3. Downing had

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given up three runs in the first. All right,

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McAuliffe now is backing out of the batter's

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box. Time is being called by the plate umpire,

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Luda Muro. Marty Springstead at first, John Flaherty

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at second, Bob Stewart at third. There's a curveball

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fouled off left side back on the screen, and

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the count remains one ball and two strikes. Yes,

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sir, what a day for baseball. I tell you, if

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you're in the area and you don't know what to

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do, this is the place to do it. Come out here

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and... Watch a ball game at Yankee Stadium. It's

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a beautiful day. The weather is lovely. A fine

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crowd on hand. We're going to have some action

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for the next five or six hours. Here's the one

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-two pitch to McAuliffe. Just missed outside

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two and two. Nombo Kett, who goes for those corners.

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Bill has a lifetime mark of 111 wins, 105 losses.

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Against Detroit, he's 13 -13. Here's a 2 -2 pitch.

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Ground ball fouled on the first base side. That

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one going right past the first base coach, Wally

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Moses. Tony Cuccinello coaches his third for

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Detroit. And sign on the board, today's official

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scorer, Maury Allen of the New York Post. Two

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balls, two strikes. McAuliffe waiting. Mambo

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Kett into the windup. Here's the pitch. Curveball.

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Swung on a miss. Strike three. Mambo Kett serving

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up a high curveball. Got away with it. So we

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have one away and here's Mickey Stanley. Stanley

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hitting an even 333. 11 for 33. Has three doubles

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and three RBIs. Willie Horton, still not with

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his ball club, will join them tomorrow. There's

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a high pop, upper deck out of play. Strike one.

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On deck, Al Kaline. For those of you who may

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not be aware of it, Willie Horton has been out

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of action nearly a week after a collision with

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his shortstop, Ray Euler. Everybody ran over

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to Euler, expecting him to be the one that would

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be in bad shape, and it turned out to be Willie

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Horton, who's built like a tank. Here's the one

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-strike pitch to Stanley. Fouled off right side,

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upper deck. And that one drifting off the facade

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back into the lower area. The scramble is on.

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We got the kids here today, all of them with

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their caps, those who got here early enough to

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get them. And every time a ball goes into the

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stands, there's a wild scramble. Mambo Kett.

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Ready. Here's the two -strike pitch to Stanley.

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On the corner, he got him. Bill Mambo -Kett,

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so far razor sharp, striking out his first two

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batters, McAuliffe and Stanley. All right, Al

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Kaline stepping in. Al batting only at 196, off

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to a very slow start. He's got a double, one

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home run, and two RBIs. Kaline, who's in great

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health, has just gotten off to a slow start.

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There's a curve that hits the corner. Strike

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one. Al Kaline, one of the all -time greats.

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Some great ballplayers on the field today. Some

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have been around for many years. The one -strike

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delivery. Fastball misses outside. It's one and

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one. Kaline for Detroit. Eddie Matthews for Detroit.

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Mickey Maddow for the Yankees. They've been around

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for many years. Mantle. And Matthews with over

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500 home runs. McKee at 521. Matthews at 509.

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Okay, the 1 -1 pitch now to K -line. It just

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did miss. And I'll tell you, Mambo wanted that

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one. It was a slider that missed low. 2 -1. Out

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there in the upper deck and right field, the

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banners. Some with just the number 7. Others.

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Hazlett, New Jersey. Then a number seven. Here's

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a 2 -1 pitch. On the ground, base hit between

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the third baseman and the shortstop. To Al Kaline.

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A hard ground ball between Bobby Cox and Gene

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Michael. First base hit for Detroit. First hit

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of the game. A two -out single by Kaline. Here's

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Bill Frian. Frian has been hitting. He's at 340,

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batting in the fourth spot. Five doubles, a home

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run, seven RBIs. But Bill Frein has been having

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a lot of trouble throwing. The Yankees have stolen

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five bases on him so far. Six, that is. They

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had five Friday night, one yesterday. K -line

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moving off first. Frein waiting. There's a drive

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into left center. It's going to drop. Moving

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over in front of it is Whitaker. He's up with

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it. Throws the ball to Michael, and down to second

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base goes Bill Freon. So a heads -up base running

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by Bill Freon. And we're waiting for an official

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ruling, whether that's a double or whether it's

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a single. And Freon went to second on the throw.

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Roy Allen, the official scorer. And they're giving

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him a two -base hit. So Bill Freon gets credit

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for a double. Moving to third base is Al Kaline.

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And now here's Norm Cash. All of the action after

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two are out. McAuliffe struck out. Stanley struck

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out. Kaline singled. Freon doubled. Tigers are

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threatening. Cash batting a 143. No extra base

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hits. Three RBIs. A dangerous hitter. Now Mambo

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Kett steps off the rubber. Wipes some perspiration

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off his forehead with his left hand. That's his

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glove hand. He took it out of his glove. All

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right. Mambo into the windup. Here comes the

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pitch to Cash. The curve is a little low. It's

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ball one. Mantle is deep at first base near the

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line. Clark back on the edge of the outfield

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grass at second. Giving cash, oh, at least 25

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to 30 feet of that foul line is Bobby Cox at

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third and Michael shading toward second. The

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outfield shifted hard to the right and deep.

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Mambo Kett again. Here's the 1 -0 delivery. A

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curve is right in there. He dropped a beauty.

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1 -1. The Detroit Ball Club looks like a better

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club against right -hand pitching than it does

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against left -hand pitching. Cash, Northrop,

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and McAuliffe are better hitters when they're

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batting against right -hand pitching. Here's

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the 1 -1 delivery. Strike called on the corner.

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Just got it. One ball, two strikes. Wally Moses,

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as we mentioned, coaching at first base. Yelling

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something in to Norm Cash. This could be a crucial

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part of this ball game. Mombo Kett getting out

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of this inning could make or break the entire

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game. So Bill trying to hold him in as run into

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trouble. Runners at second and third. Two out.

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One ball, two strikes to cash. Mombo Kett ready.

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Here it comes. Fastball just missed outside two

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and two. Looked as though Mambo Kett was merely

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showing that fastball to Cash. Well, we'll have

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to wait and see. What would you do? Here's the

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big pitch. It's two balls, two strikes. Would

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you curve them? Would you throw a fastball? We'll

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know. Here it is. There's the curveball hit on

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the ground. Clark moving into the hole almost

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behind first. It's up with a flip to Mantle in

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time. And the side is retired. So the 2 -2 curveball.

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Gets Norm Cash. Play going 4 -3. For Detroit,

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no runs. Two base hits. Two men left. And the

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score after a half inning of play. The Tigers

00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:24.839
nothing. Yankees coming to bat. fun and excitement

00:18:24.839 --> 00:18:27.079
along the way as well as when you get there,

00:18:27.220 --> 00:18:30.160
when you fill up with Atlantic Imperial Gasoline

00:18:30.160 --> 00:18:34.240
and follow the Imperial Road. Forget about how

00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:37.500
your car will run. Atlantic Imperial Gasoline

00:18:37.500 --> 00:18:40.099
helps keep it running the way it was made to

00:18:40.099 --> 00:18:46.279
run, wherever you go. Your drive will come alive

00:18:46.279 --> 00:18:49.869
when you take the Imperial Road. Pack more fun

00:18:49.869 --> 00:18:53.150
in your trip and get on the Imperial Road with

00:18:53.150 --> 00:19:18.539
Atlantic Imperial Gasoline. They're ready to

00:19:18.539 --> 00:19:24.900
go on the bottom of the first. Forrest Clark,

00:19:25.059 --> 00:19:28.660
the first Yankee hitter, stepping in. He'll be

00:19:28.660 --> 00:19:31.740
going up against fireballing Joe Sparma. Sparma

00:19:31.740 --> 00:19:35.799
so far this year is 1 -1. And he's been a tough

00:19:35.799 --> 00:19:38.700
cookie for the Yankees. He's 7 -1 lifetime and

00:19:38.700 --> 00:19:44.039
4 -0 here in Yankee Stadium. So Joe Sparma has

00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:45.980
been tough for the Yankees through the years.

00:19:47.819 --> 00:19:50.940
Park waiting. He's batting at 167. Hits the first

00:19:50.940 --> 00:19:53.079
pitch on the ground with his shortstop, Euler,

00:19:53.180 --> 00:19:56.559
at second base. Flips over to Cash. One pitch,

00:19:56.619 --> 00:20:02.960
one out. So Horace Clark, who is flagged with

00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:05.880
that bad right wrist, one that he jammed stealing

00:20:05.880 --> 00:20:09.140
a base during spring training, off to a slow

00:20:09.140 --> 00:20:12.599
start this year. Bouncing out on the first pitch

00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:14.779
of the game with a shortstop, Ray Euler. One

00:20:14.779 --> 00:20:17.140
up and one down, and now Jake Gibbs steps in.

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Jake hitting a 2 -11. Got one double. Seven RBIs.

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He and Tresher tied for most RBIs for a Yankee.

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There's a fastball and misses outside to Gibbs.

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It's ball one. Cleveland and Washington scoreless

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after one inning. That's the first of a doubleheader.

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They're playing in Washington. Gibbs takes a

00:20:43.359 --> 00:20:47.220
fastball in there. One and one. Don Wirt, the

00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:49.839
third baseman. Euler at short. McAuliffe at second.

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Cash at first. Free and behind the plate. Northrop

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and left. Stanley in center. Kaline in right.

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The defensive alignment for Detroit in this first

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game. The 1 -1 pitch. High pop. Left side. Don

00:21:02.579 --> 00:21:05.480
Wirt near the rating. He'll have a shot at this

00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:11.920
one. Makes the play. Well, they're two up and

00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:23.660
two down. Here he comes, Mickey Mantle. There's

00:21:23.660 --> 00:21:26.539
quite a thing down here. It's a big umbrella,

00:21:26.859 --> 00:21:30.920
homemade. Walking in the aisle here, and it says,

00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:36.420
Let's go, New York. Let's go, Mickey. That's

00:21:36.420 --> 00:21:38.900
an ingenious invention this youngster put together.

00:21:40.579 --> 00:21:43.880
Mantle stepping in there. Sparma into the windup.

00:21:43.900 --> 00:21:46.160
Here's the pitch. Curve is outside. Ball one.

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Mickey tied with Ted Williams for fourth in the

00:21:54.150 --> 00:21:57.230
all -time home run derby at 521. The next one

00:21:57.230 --> 00:21:59.470
will put him ahead of Williams, and he'll be

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going after Jimmy Fox. Here's the 1 -0 pitch.

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It's low. Two balls, no strikes. Mickey Mantle

00:22:12.289 --> 00:22:17.309
came to the Yankees in 1951 in his 18th year.

00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:20.240
Still one of the great ballplayers in the game.

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Farmer ready. Here's a 2 -0 pitch to Mickey.

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Backs him off the plate. It's three balls and

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no strikes. Farmer making his first appearance

00:22:37.220 --> 00:22:41.960
against the Yanks. But a tough cookie, 7 -1 lifetime

00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:44.359
as we mentioned. The 3 -0 pitch to Mickey right

00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:53.920
downtown for a strike. Rookie, Les Kane, will

00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:56.460
pitch the second game for Detroit and Fred Talbot

00:22:56.460 --> 00:23:01.619
for the Yanks. All right, Sparma, the 3 -1 pitch

00:23:01.619 --> 00:23:04.200
on the way to Mickey. It's outside, ball four,

00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:09.900
and Mantle draws a walk. Of course, Sparma being

00:23:09.900 --> 00:23:14.279
careful with Mickey, walks him. And now here's

00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:16.440
Roy White, who's batting fourth for the first

00:23:16.440 --> 00:23:21.410
time this year. Roy leading the American League

00:23:21.410 --> 00:23:26.190
in hitting, batting at .428. Maddell, incidentally,

00:23:26.190 --> 00:23:28.809
was batting at .255 with three home runs and

00:23:28.809 --> 00:23:33.130
six RBIs. Here's Roy White. Two doubles, a home

00:23:33.130 --> 00:23:37.549
run, five RBIs, six stolen bases. Maddell at

00:23:37.549 --> 00:23:42.089
first, Cash holding against him. Worked way in

00:23:42.089 --> 00:23:45.190
at third base. White will bunt. The pitch to

00:23:45.190 --> 00:23:52.809
Roy is low for a ball. Roy White, with all of

00:23:52.809 --> 00:23:55.829
his diverse skills, like he can bunt, he can

00:23:55.829 --> 00:24:00.049
run, beat out a base hit, a two -hopper, and

00:24:00.049 --> 00:24:03.829
occasionally will unload one. A very versatile

00:24:03.829 --> 00:24:06.049
man in that number four spot, choking way up

00:24:06.049 --> 00:24:09.250
in the bat. Here's Farmer's pitch. Swung on and

00:24:09.250 --> 00:24:13.049
missed. Gets away from Bill Frehan, but Mantle

00:24:13.049 --> 00:24:21.869
does not go. So it's one ball, one strike. Still

00:24:21.869 --> 00:24:25.650
plenty of time for much of the action here at

00:24:25.650 --> 00:24:27.809
Yankee Stadium. The first game just getting underway.

00:24:27.930 --> 00:24:30.069
We're in the bottom of the first. We've got another

00:24:30.069 --> 00:24:34.769
one to go. Big doubleheader, and the weatherman,

00:24:34.869 --> 00:24:41.190
he shined down on us today. Beautiful day. Here's

00:24:41.190 --> 00:24:43.609
the 1 -1 pitch. White hits a sharp one -hopper

00:24:43.609 --> 00:24:45.769
to the second baseman, McAuliffe. He's over to

00:24:45.769 --> 00:24:48.269
first with it, and the side is retired. That

00:24:48.269 --> 00:24:51.339
ball was well hit, but right to McAuliffe. No

00:24:51.339 --> 00:24:54.000
runs, no hits, no errors. One man left. And the

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:56.259
score after one full inning of play, Detroit

00:24:56.259 --> 00:25:00.119
nothing, Yankees nothing. Say, here's the White

00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:03.180
Owl girl. Let me ask you something. What do you

00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:06.140
think about Major League Baseball? I think they

00:25:06.140 --> 00:25:09.440
should make every stadium twice as large. Then

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:11.339
you could have twice as many people at every

00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:14.660
game. But just what's that going to do? So many

00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:17.960
fans here are smoking White Owl. And if you had

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:20.549
twice as many men here... Why, twice as many

00:25:20.549 --> 00:25:23.509
men would be enjoying White Owl. Look around.

00:25:24.289 --> 00:25:28.509
Rangers, Invincibles, New Yorkers. Why, they're

00:25:28.509 --> 00:25:32.470
all over. Just think. Twice as many men enjoying

00:25:32.470 --> 00:25:36.609
that slow -aged White Owl tobacco. It's wonderful

00:25:36.609 --> 00:25:40.009
to give that mild White Owl taste. One more thing.

00:25:40.390 --> 00:25:42.529
Who do you think will be the big winner today?

00:25:42.930 --> 00:25:46.829
Any man who lights up a White Owl. Because he'll

00:25:46.829 --> 00:25:50.059
discover something. You get a lot more from a

00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:53.000
white owl than just smoke. I've got to hear that

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:56.599
last line again. You get a lot more from a white

00:25:56.599 --> 00:26:08.140
owl than just smoke. Jim Northrup, Don Wood,

00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:11.180
and Ray Euler will go up against Bill Mambo -Kett

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:13.039
as we go into the top of the second inning in

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:16.450
this first ballgame of the doubleheader. No score.

00:26:16.529 --> 00:26:22.150
It's Mombo Kett against Farmer. Mombo Kett, who

00:26:22.150 --> 00:26:25.470
was released by Detroit, this was last year,

00:26:25.509 --> 00:26:27.849
and he sat by that telephone for three weeks

00:26:27.849 --> 00:26:32.509
before signing up for the Yankees. Northrop takes

00:26:32.509 --> 00:26:35.670
the fastball right in there, strike one. Jim

00:26:35.670 --> 00:26:39.250
batting an even 200. Got a double, a home run,

00:26:39.269 --> 00:26:47.809
and four RBIs. Mambo Kett again to Northrop.

00:26:47.829 --> 00:26:54.569
It's inside this time. One -on -one. Mambo Kett's

00:26:54.569 --> 00:26:56.509
been around a while. Started with the Red Sox

00:26:56.509 --> 00:27:01.450
back in 1958. All right, Bill Reddy. Here's the

00:27:01.450 --> 00:27:04.230
one -one pitch. And Northrop takes this one inside.

00:27:04.369 --> 00:27:07.890
Two balls and one strike. Jim Northrop, a very

00:27:07.890 --> 00:27:11.410
pleasant young man. He looked prematurely gray.

00:27:11.589 --> 00:27:13.150
He said he was getting gray when he was in high

00:27:13.150 --> 00:27:17.490
school. It's only 28. Takes a curve on the corner.

00:27:17.849 --> 00:27:24.890
2 -2, and there's a big, slow curveball. Northrop,

00:27:24.910 --> 00:27:29.430
6 '2", 190. Had a fine year last year with the

00:27:29.430 --> 00:27:34.609
Tigers, batting 271. He's improved in each and

00:27:34.609 --> 00:27:37.890
every year that he's been with Detroit. Although

00:27:37.890 --> 00:27:39.970
this season, off to somewhat of a slow start.

00:27:41.109 --> 00:27:43.869
Here's a 2 -2 pitch by Mambo. Changeup in the

00:27:43.869 --> 00:27:49.789
dirt. Full count. 65 Northrup. About at 205.

00:27:49.849 --> 00:27:53.849
Then he went to 265 and 66. And last year, 271.

00:27:54.289 --> 00:28:00.190
That's 10 home runs and 61 RBIs. Dangerous hitter.

00:28:00.230 --> 00:28:03.029
Hits all fields and can pull a ball if it's slow.

00:28:03.269 --> 00:28:05.049
In other words, he doesn't pull much fastballs,

00:28:05.069 --> 00:28:08.250
but he'll pull that breaking pitch. There's a

00:28:08.250 --> 00:28:13.509
foul back. Count holds three balls and two strikes.

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:19.420
Bill Robinson in center field is shading him

00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:21.640
to the left of second base as though he were

00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:25.599
a right -handed hitter. If he gets a hold of

00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:27.859
that curveball, he'll pull everybody around.

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:30.680
White giving him a big chunk of that right field

00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:34.779
line. Whitaker playing him toward the left field

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:37.039
foul line. Here's the payoff pitch. Curveball

00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:39.519
hit on the fifth foul toward the first base side.

00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:46.470
Wally Moses. Yankee batting coach and a Yankee

00:28:46.470 --> 00:28:49.049
first base coach picks it up and throws it back

00:28:49.049 --> 00:28:53.130
to Mombo Kett. The ball that Northrop just swung

00:28:53.130 --> 00:28:55.470
at was well inside and actually looked like it

00:28:55.470 --> 00:28:57.769
hit him not more than a few inches above the

00:28:57.769 --> 00:29:02.369
fist. Just dribbled out about 40 feet on the

00:29:02.369 --> 00:29:07.410
grass, foul territory toward first base. Northrop

00:29:07.410 --> 00:29:09.950
waiting. Here's the payoff pitch again. Curveball

00:29:09.950 --> 00:29:12.609
hit on the ground to Mantle at first. Clips to

00:29:12.609 --> 00:29:17.950
Mambo Kett in time when we have one away. So

00:29:17.950 --> 00:29:21.369
Mambo Kett running the count to three balls and

00:29:21.369 --> 00:29:23.710
two strikes, which you don't see too often. Gets

00:29:23.710 --> 00:29:27.150
Northrop on a ground out to Mantle. And here

00:29:27.150 --> 00:29:31.390
comes Don Wirt. Batting at 240. Two doubles and

00:29:31.390 --> 00:29:41.150
four RBIs. Don Wirt. We've said it before, we'll

00:29:41.150 --> 00:29:43.970
say it again, an underrated ball player, but

00:29:43.970 --> 00:29:47.089
I think suddenly has begun to get the recognition

00:29:47.089 --> 00:29:49.910
that he deserves. There's a fastball that's high

00:29:49.910 --> 00:29:52.930
and tight, ball one. You know, Gil McDougald,

00:29:52.990 --> 00:29:54.890
when he played for the Yankees, was one of the

00:29:54.890 --> 00:29:57.410
great Yankee infielders, really one of the truly

00:29:57.410 --> 00:30:01.450
great ones, and yet seemed to go unnoticed. Here's

00:30:01.450 --> 00:30:03.710
the 1 -0 pitch, where it swings and misses, strike

00:30:03.710 --> 00:30:07.529
one. McDougald played 10 years for the Yankees.

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:11.680
And was on championship clubs of three positions.

00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:15.359
Third base, second base, and shortstop. One of

00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:19.380
the all -time great infielders. Old Magoo Goo,

00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:21.680
as they called him. Here's the 1 -1 pitch to

00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:24.519
where it's now. It's low. Two balls and a strike.

00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:30.079
Funny how some ballplayers will do that. Some

00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:32.579
just stand out. They're exciting. Sometimes they're

00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:35.359
overrated because they appeal to the fans and

00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:38.200
to the newspapermen. Others just go about their

00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:41.000
business, get the job done, but do it quietly.

00:30:41.619 --> 00:30:44.240
Here's a 2 -1 pitch to Ward. Bunts at it, misses.

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:53.299
It's fouled at the plate. It's 2 -2. We're in

00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:55.400
the second inning. No score in this first ballgame

00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:59.900
of the doubleheader. Two balls, two strikes to

00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:02.420
Don Ward. Behind him, the shortstop, Ray Euler.

00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:07.799
Mombo Kett. Throwing a lot of pitches so far.

00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:10.819
Here's the 2 -2 delivery to Wirth. Got him on

00:31:10.819 --> 00:31:14.720
the corner. Strike three. And that is strikeout

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:16.839
number three. And while we wait for Euler to

00:31:16.839 --> 00:31:19.180
come up, it's New York Yankee baseball. Let's

00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:27.299
pause for station identification. Hi, this is

00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:30.099
Jerry Ducey. Join me for my telephone talk show

00:31:30.099 --> 00:31:33.900
weeknights here at 810 on your dial, WGY Schenectady.

00:31:35.880 --> 00:31:38.359
Two down, nobody on. Here's Ray Euler, who is

00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:41.359
red hot in this series. Got to get 220 right

00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:43.700
now. Swings and misses at a fastball. Strike

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:59.220
one. Ray Euler. Four for six in the first two

00:31:59.220 --> 00:32:02.380
games against the Yankees. Two doubles in those

00:32:02.380 --> 00:32:05.309
four base hits. He's waiting. There's a dribbler

00:32:05.309 --> 00:32:07.009
towards third. This is going to be a base hit.

00:32:07.109 --> 00:32:10.250
Euler digging. Mambo can't do anything with it.

00:32:11.470 --> 00:32:14.730
And Ray Euler gets himself a scratch single down

00:32:14.730 --> 00:32:19.910
the third base side. Boy, those are the kind

00:32:19.910 --> 00:32:23.730
you like to get because you get robbed of so

00:32:23.730 --> 00:32:26.210
many well -hit balls that when you get a scratch

00:32:26.210 --> 00:32:29.029
hit like that, it kind of makes you feel a little

00:32:29.029 --> 00:32:32.690
bit good. Here's Joe Farman out of the picture.

00:32:33.150 --> 00:32:36.170
Not a bad hitter. He's one for six. Takes a big

00:32:36.170 --> 00:32:39.730
swing. He can be dangerous once in a while. Stands

00:32:39.730 --> 00:32:48.170
up on the plate with a closed stance. Pulls the

00:32:48.170 --> 00:32:55.750
bat right on the end. He's waiting as Mambo Kett

00:32:55.750 --> 00:32:59.430
comes set. The pitch to Sparma is a curve that's

00:32:59.430 --> 00:33:16.079
outside. Ball one. Farmer played football at

00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:21.819
Ohio State. Then went to baseball. Pitch to Joe,

00:33:21.880 --> 00:33:24.039
a swung on, a missed, and it's strike one. One

00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:28.920
ball and one strike to Farmer. Two outs. No score

00:33:28.920 --> 00:33:31.779
on the ball game, top of the second inning. We're

00:33:31.779 --> 00:33:34.079
here at Yankee Stadium, and it's cap day, and

00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:42.359
the biggest crowd of the year on hand. Mambo

00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:48.140
to Farmer. Slider missed outside, 2 -1. Well,

00:33:48.160 --> 00:33:50.900
that first game in Washington after two innings,

00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:57.319
the Indians nothing, Senators nothing. That's

00:33:57.319 --> 00:33:59.420
all the action we have right now in either the

00:33:59.420 --> 00:34:01.640
American or the National with the exception of

00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:04.779
the game here in New York right now. Here's a

00:34:04.779 --> 00:34:07.460
2 -1 pitch to Sparma. Swung on, a miss, strike

00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:12.300
two. Two balls, two strikes. And we mention again

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:14.840
that Mambo Kett has been throwing a lot of pitches.

00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:16.719
In other words, he's not getting rid of the hitters

00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:20.380
in a hurry. He's run the count to 3 -2, 2 -2

00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:23.559
on many of the batters. And this, as the game

00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:29.559
goes on, has a tendency to tire you. All right,

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:32.059
Sparma, the pitcher, is waiting. Euler, the shortstop,

00:34:32.099 --> 00:34:34.800
moving off first. Here's the pitch. A one -hopper.

00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:38.239
Michael has it. Races to the bag. Forces Euler

00:34:38.239 --> 00:34:43.250
at second base. And the side is retired. No runs,

00:34:43.250 --> 00:34:45.869
a base hit, one left, and the score after an

00:34:45.869 --> 00:34:48.389
inning and a half, Detroit nothing, Yankees nothing.

00:34:51.570 --> 00:34:55.510
The traveling smooth on the Imperial Road with

00:34:55.510 --> 00:34:58.630
Atlantic Imperial to make the going more fun.

00:34:59.050 --> 00:35:01.849
That may seem like a lot to expect from gasoline,

00:35:02.349 --> 00:35:05.630
but Atlantic Imperial isn't just any gasoline,

00:35:05.809 --> 00:35:09.809
it's the clean carburetor gasoline. It cleans

00:35:09.809 --> 00:35:12.909
your carburetor as you drive and keeps it clean.

00:35:13.210 --> 00:35:15.929
That can do a lot to increase your driving pleasure

00:35:15.929 --> 00:35:18.969
because dirt deposits in the throttle plate area

00:35:18.969 --> 00:35:22.369
are a common cause of stalling, rough idling,

00:35:22.389 --> 00:35:25.190
and poor acceleration. Problems you shouldn't

00:35:25.190 --> 00:35:27.969
have to put up with. Atlantic Imperial won't

00:35:27.969 --> 00:35:30.010
tolerate troublesome throttle plate deposits.

00:35:30.269 --> 00:35:33.309
It dissolves them and washes them harmlessly

00:35:33.309 --> 00:35:37.260
away. Then... Wherever you drive, you're on the

00:35:37.260 --> 00:35:39.760
Imperial Road, where every trip's a pleasure

00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:43.420
trip. So come on in. Get on the Imperial Road

00:35:43.420 --> 00:35:47.280
with Atlantic Imperial, the clean carburetor

00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:57.940
gasoline. In the last half of the second inning,

00:35:58.019 --> 00:36:00.559
for the Yankees, it'll be Bill Robinson, Steve

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:07.219
Whitaker, and Bobby Cox. Robbie hitting a 214,

00:36:07.260 --> 00:36:10.179
9 for 42, has a couple of doubles, one triple,

00:36:10.400 --> 00:36:19.500
two RBIs. Bill Robinson, the right -hander, facing

00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:25.139
the fireballing right -hander, Joe Sparma. Defense

00:36:25.139 --> 00:36:27.659
straightaway, Robbie hits the ball to all fields,

00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:31.659
got good power when he gets a hold of it. Farm

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:33.860
into the wind. Up the pitch to Robinson is a

00:36:33.860 --> 00:36:39.019
curve that's low for a ball. Robinson has power,

00:36:39.159 --> 00:36:41.659
although he's not a home run hitter in that sense.

00:36:41.780 --> 00:36:43.940
He hits the ball sharply into the gap. He'll

00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:46.820
go for doubles and triples. Good speed. He can

00:36:46.820 --> 00:36:49.820
run. Here's the 1 -0 pitch. Curve ball is low.

00:36:50.099 --> 00:36:55.320
Two balls and no strikes. Frank Presetti flashing

00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:59.829
some signs to Robinson on the 2 -0 pitch. Well,

00:36:59.889 --> 00:37:01.630
what would you do? Would you make them take or

00:37:01.630 --> 00:37:04.710
would you let them hit? Presetti at third, Ford

00:37:04.710 --> 00:37:06.849
coaching at first for the Yanks. Here's the 2

00:37:06.849 --> 00:37:10.590
-0 delivery. Robinson takes it low, three balls,

00:37:10.750 --> 00:37:18.070
no strikes. Joe Sparma, last year, walked 85

00:37:18.070 --> 00:37:27.150
batters. And 218 innings pitch, which is not

00:37:27.150 --> 00:37:29.570
too bad. There's a fastball that's high and tight

00:37:29.570 --> 00:37:33.710
to Bill Robinson. He walks him. Second walk given

00:37:33.710 --> 00:37:36.969
up by Sparma. Walked Madeline the first, and

00:37:36.969 --> 00:37:39.309
now a leadoff walk in the second to Bill Robinson.

00:37:42.170 --> 00:37:44.789
Steve Whitaker, who has been having his troubles,

00:37:44.989 --> 00:37:49.230
has only one base hit and 22 at -bats. Trying

00:37:49.230 --> 00:37:53.250
to get on track there. He's got one RBI. He's

00:37:53.250 --> 00:37:57.250
got the power. Steve waiting. Stands back from

00:37:57.250 --> 00:38:00.010
the plate. Robinson at first. Nobody out. Second

00:38:00.010 --> 00:38:02.309
inning. No score. Detroit and the Yankees. First

00:38:02.309 --> 00:38:05.090
game. Here's the pitch. Whitaker takes low. It's

00:38:05.090 --> 00:38:12.769
ball one. Steve in one of those sessions where

00:38:12.769 --> 00:38:17.590
you start to press. Trying to get on track. Everybody

00:38:17.590 --> 00:38:20.710
telling Steve about their batting slumps. when

00:38:20.710 --> 00:38:24.289
they were playing before the game. He laughed,

00:38:24.389 --> 00:38:26.110
but I don't think it helped too much. Here's

00:38:26.110 --> 00:38:29.769
the 1 -0 pitch. Steve, way inside. Almost got

00:38:29.769 --> 00:38:34.010
hit. It's 2 -0. And now Sparma is going to have

00:38:34.010 --> 00:38:36.250
a visit from the second baseman, Dick McCollough.

00:38:41.190 --> 00:38:44.050
This is a big game for Detroit because they're

00:38:44.050 --> 00:38:48.929
going to pitch a brand -new, fresh rookie, Les

00:38:48.929 --> 00:38:52.380
Kane. He'll be making his major league debut

00:38:52.380 --> 00:38:56.940
in the second game. Of course, youngsters can

00:38:56.940 --> 00:39:00.380
be unpredictable at times, and this is the one

00:39:00.380 --> 00:39:04.340
the Tigers would like to get, just in case. All

00:39:04.340 --> 00:39:06.579
right, Sparma sets. Here's the 2 -0 delivery,

00:39:06.679 --> 00:39:09.139
and Whitaker takes high, three balls and no strikes.

00:39:11.699 --> 00:39:14.840
So Sparma, running into trouble here with Steve

00:39:14.840 --> 00:39:18.239
Whitaker, has already walked Bill Robinson. On

00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:25.659
deck, it's Bobby Cox. Farmer, a hard worker,

00:39:25.820 --> 00:39:29.199
reaches back, puts everything he's got on every

00:39:29.199 --> 00:39:33.539
pitch. He's ready now. Here's the next one to

00:39:33.539 --> 00:39:37.980
Whitaker. It's high, ball four. And that's the

00:39:37.980 --> 00:39:43.760
third walk for Farmer. The Yankees now have runners

00:39:43.760 --> 00:39:49.460
at first and second, and here's Bobby Cox. Bill

00:39:49.460 --> 00:39:52.619
Robinson at second, Whitaker at first, and now

00:39:52.619 --> 00:39:55.260
Bill Freham, the big catcher, is out there talking

00:39:55.260 --> 00:40:11.780
to Sparma. All right, now Ray Euler is in there.

00:40:12.880 --> 00:40:15.760
Sparma has pitched to two batters and has not

00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:19.530
thrown a strike yet in this inning. Walk Robinson

00:40:19.530 --> 00:40:21.789
on fourth straight and Whitaker on fourth straight.

00:40:21.949 --> 00:40:29.250
Now here's Bobby Cox. Cox is looking for his

00:40:29.250 --> 00:40:32.369
first Major League base hit. Got his first Major

00:40:32.369 --> 00:40:36.329
League start yesterday. He's 0 for 6. The pitch

00:40:36.329 --> 00:40:44.489
to Bob is in there. Strike one. The Detroit ball

00:40:44.489 --> 00:40:49.739
club half looking for the bump. Let's see what

00:40:49.739 --> 00:40:52.260
manager Ralph House does. Gene Michael in the

00:40:52.260 --> 00:40:54.440
on -deck circle, and he'll be followed by Mambo

00:40:54.440 --> 00:40:58.780
Kett. Dennis Ryband starting to throw for Detroit

00:40:58.780 --> 00:41:03.139
as Farmer comes set. Here's the next one to Cox,

00:41:03.179 --> 00:41:05.460
and he bunched a foul right behind the plate,

00:41:05.500 --> 00:41:12.579
a curveball. Nothing in tune out of Bobby Cox.

00:41:13.480 --> 00:41:17.610
Oh, the pressure goes on Cox. Farmer out in front.

00:41:17.730 --> 00:41:20.170
No balls, two strikes. Runners at first and second.

00:41:20.230 --> 00:41:36.110
No score. Bottom of the second. Cox waiting.

00:41:36.329 --> 00:41:41.969
Farmer getting the sign from Frein. Detroit infield.

00:41:41.969 --> 00:41:48.739
Double play depth. Outfield straight away. Bobby

00:41:48.739 --> 00:41:51.760
waiting. Farmer set. Here's the pitch. Curb is

00:41:51.760 --> 00:41:57.480
inside. One and two. These are tough days for

00:41:57.480 --> 00:42:01.320
Bobby Cox. Just trying to get his feet wet. Trying

00:42:01.320 --> 00:42:03.440
to get started. He's been around a long time.

00:42:03.539 --> 00:42:06.980
Eight years in the minor league. This is his

00:42:06.980 --> 00:42:11.699
rookie season in the majors. All right. Cox is

00:42:11.699 --> 00:42:14.969
waiting. Farm a set. Here's the one -two pitch.

00:42:15.110 --> 00:42:20.210
Curveball swung on and just fouled. Bill Freon

00:42:20.210 --> 00:42:22.530
had it in his glove, couldn't hang on to it.

00:42:22.590 --> 00:42:33.210
So a break for Bobby Cox. Cox just got a piece

00:42:33.210 --> 00:42:36.070
of that ball, just enough so that it slithered

00:42:36.070 --> 00:42:40.059
out of the glove. The catcher, Bill Freon. Freed

00:42:40.059 --> 00:42:42.400
at it and couldn't fight gravity. Reached for

00:42:42.400 --> 00:42:45.900
it as it fell to the ground. All right, it's

00:42:45.900 --> 00:42:48.059
one ball and two strikes. Runners moving off

00:42:48.059 --> 00:42:50.500
first and second. Here's the next one. Cox fouls

00:42:50.500 --> 00:42:56.300
this one back. Incidentally, for those of you

00:42:56.300 --> 00:42:59.860
who may be able to help, Andy Kosko, who has

00:42:59.860 --> 00:43:04.400
four youngsters, is looking for a three -bedroom

00:43:04.400 --> 00:43:07.480
furnished home in the greater New York area,

00:43:07.619 --> 00:43:11.449
any place. Get his family located. He had one

00:43:11.449 --> 00:43:13.650
all set and then it fell through. And now he's

00:43:13.650 --> 00:43:16.989
got his family that he'd like to bring in and

00:43:16.989 --> 00:43:19.230
get them straightened out. And if anyone can

00:43:19.230 --> 00:43:22.250
help, we'll tell you where to send the message

00:43:22.250 --> 00:43:25.989
in just one moment. Here's the one -two pitch

00:43:25.989 --> 00:43:28.829
to Cox. Curve. He goes down. It's over his head.

00:43:28.889 --> 00:43:33.170
Two and two. He could help Andy Cosco with a

00:43:33.170 --> 00:43:37.269
three -bedroom rental for the summer of a furnished

00:43:37.269 --> 00:43:42.010
home. Send it to Bruce Henry, traveling secretary,

00:43:42.389 --> 00:43:44.929
care of the New York Yankees, Bronx, New York.

00:43:50.510 --> 00:43:53.070
Okay, here's the 2 -2 pitch now. On the way to

00:43:53.070 --> 00:43:55.670
Cox. He hits it on the ground. Word has it. Goes

00:43:55.670 --> 00:43:58.989
to second for one. And barreling into second

00:43:58.989 --> 00:44:02.849
base is Dee Whitaker. No chance for McAuliffe

00:44:02.849 --> 00:44:06.230
to make a relay to first. Moving to third is

00:44:06.230 --> 00:44:10.909
Bill Robinson. See, Whitaker really flew into

00:44:10.909 --> 00:44:14.309
second base, and he ended up about 15 feet past

00:44:14.309 --> 00:44:19.030
the bag. That's how hard he went in there. So

00:44:19.030 --> 00:44:23.230
Whitaker forced a second play going 5 -4, third

00:44:23.230 --> 00:44:27.710
to second. Moving to third base is Robinson at

00:44:27.710 --> 00:44:30.289
first, Bobby Cox, and now here's Gene Michael

00:44:30.289 --> 00:44:34.170
who's been red hot. Michael with four base hits

00:44:34.170 --> 00:44:38.590
in the last two games, batting at 182. Got two

00:44:38.590 --> 00:44:45.489
doubles. And a couple of RBIs. One home run.

00:44:49.690 --> 00:44:53.389
Gene Michael batting from the left side. Starts

00:44:53.389 --> 00:44:56.190
to punt. It was a safe squeeze. Wert was breaking

00:44:56.190 --> 00:44:59.489
in. Holding a third until he saw what happened

00:44:59.489 --> 00:45:03.289
was Bill Robinson. Michael took the ball outside

00:45:03.289 --> 00:45:06.949
for ball one. Pulled his bat out of the way in

00:45:06.949 --> 00:45:12.079
time. Gene Michael trying to lay one down. John

00:45:12.079 --> 00:45:14.380
Worth, the minute he squared around, started

00:45:14.380 --> 00:45:18.840
breaking in at third. All right, Cox at first,

00:45:18.900 --> 00:45:20.860
Robinson at third. Here's the pitch to Michael.

00:45:20.960 --> 00:45:30.480
It's a fastball high and outside, 2 -0. Well,

00:45:30.599 --> 00:45:32.900
you can hear it in the background. We want a

00:45:32.900 --> 00:45:36.039
hit. We want a hit, all the youngsters out here.

00:45:36.619 --> 00:45:40.739
Begin the chant. No score in the ballgame. Last

00:45:40.739 --> 00:45:42.780
of the second. Yankees threatening. One out.

00:45:42.840 --> 00:45:46.059
Runners at first and third. 2 -0 on Michael.

00:45:46.239 --> 00:45:48.800
Here's the next one by Sparma. Hit in front of

00:45:48.800 --> 00:45:51.619
the plate. Free in. Is out. After it. Underhand

00:45:51.619 --> 00:45:55.159
flip. The cash is in time. Robinson holds the

00:45:55.159 --> 00:45:57.679
third and down to second base goes Bobby Cox.

00:45:59.880 --> 00:46:02.639
That ball hit about 10 feet out in front of the

00:46:02.639 --> 00:46:06.199
plate. No chance for Robinson to get in. Going

00:46:06.199 --> 00:46:09.739
to second. Here's Cox. Michael thrown out at

00:46:09.739 --> 00:46:11.780
first. And here's the pitcher, Bill Mamboquette.

00:46:14.780 --> 00:46:17.980
Bill Sparma creating all of his trouble with

00:46:17.980 --> 00:46:20.159
base on balls. He walked the first two hitters,

00:46:20.179 --> 00:46:34.250
Robinson and Whitaker. Yankees on the road. Tuesday,

00:46:34.570 --> 00:46:36.750
Wednesday, and Thursday at Baltimore. Friday,

00:46:36.809 --> 00:46:40.989
Saturday, and Sunday at Chicago. All right, Farmer

00:46:40.989 --> 00:46:43.289
now taking his wind up. The first pitch to Mambo

00:46:43.289 --> 00:46:45.469
Cut is a curve that backs him off the plate.

00:46:45.610 --> 00:46:50.869
And it's ball one. Farmer is just naturally wild.

00:46:56.730 --> 00:46:59.590
He's not a guy with that fine pinpoint control.

00:47:00.289 --> 00:47:03.219
Here's the 1 -0 pitch. Fastball. Hit on the fist.

00:47:03.679 --> 00:47:06.199
Off the facade of the upper deck. Bounced into

00:47:06.199 --> 00:47:14.239
the lower deck and back on the field. One ball

00:47:14.239 --> 00:47:19.579
and one strike. Farmer had such stuff on that

00:47:19.579 --> 00:47:21.699
ball that when Mambo catch swung at it, it was

00:47:21.699 --> 00:47:26.219
almost by him. Hit it right on the fist. Cox

00:47:26.219 --> 00:47:29.119
at second. Robinson at third. Two outs. Here's

00:47:29.119 --> 00:47:32.840
the 1 -1 pitch to Mambo. High pop, right side,

00:47:33.079 --> 00:47:35.739
that's slicing into the stands. Lower area and

00:47:35.739 --> 00:47:48.460
the scramble is on. Not too much wind out here

00:47:48.460 --> 00:47:55.260
today. Wish you could see that outfield. They're

00:47:55.260 --> 00:47:58.260
shaded way toward the right side as though Mambo

00:47:58.260 --> 00:48:00.960
Kev is a left -hand hitter and very shallow.

00:48:01.239 --> 00:48:04.639
Boy, they are way in. Here's the 1 -2 pitch.

00:48:04.780 --> 00:48:07.519
Hit the left field. Not too deep. Coming on is

00:48:07.519 --> 00:48:10.219
Jim Northrup. He's under it and he's got it.

00:48:12.420 --> 00:48:16.099
For the Yankees, no runs, no hits. No Detroit

00:48:16.099 --> 00:48:18.679
errors. Two men left and the score after two.

00:48:19.239 --> 00:48:21.840
Detroit no runs on three hits. The Yankees no

00:48:21.840 --> 00:48:31.090
runs and no hits. You can fire ahead for the

00:48:31.090 --> 00:48:38.530
things you will be. Invest in the future and

00:48:38.530 --> 00:48:44.530
you will succeed. When you follow the ego, the

00:48:44.530 --> 00:48:49.090
red, white, and blue ego, invest in freedom,

00:48:49.090 --> 00:48:56.880
change the US. Have you ever attempted to buy

00:48:56.880 --> 00:49:00.019
a car and found yourself burned by high -pressure

00:49:00.019 --> 00:49:03.480
salesmen? I recommend that you see the Burn Men.

00:49:03.679 --> 00:49:07.900
That's B -Y -R -N -E. And it spells the only

00:49:07.900 --> 00:49:11.019
Ford and Mercury dealer in Mechanicville. Jack

00:49:11.019 --> 00:49:14.559
Burn. See the Burn Men today for courteous service

00:49:14.559 --> 00:49:18.079
and knowledge of their product inside out. See

00:49:18.079 --> 00:49:21.820
the Burn Men at Jack Burn Ford and Mercury, 96

00:49:21.820 --> 00:49:30.559
North Main Street in Mechanicville. Last night

00:49:30.559 --> 00:49:33.340
scores in the American League, Oakland 6, California

00:49:33.340 --> 00:49:37.659
3. In the National League, Philadelphia 4, the

00:49:37.659 --> 00:49:46.480
Braves 1, St. Louis 7, Pittsburgh 5. And Cincinnati

00:49:46.480 --> 00:49:50.599
5 and the Mets 3. It was all a night action yesterday

00:49:50.599 --> 00:50:01.829
in the American and the National. All right,

00:50:01.829 --> 00:50:04.010
here's Dick McAuliffe, who struck out of the

00:50:04.010 --> 00:50:10.829
first inning. Mombo Kett. The old campaigner,

00:50:10.829 --> 00:50:14.090
as they call him. Into the windup and a pitch

00:50:14.090 --> 00:50:20.510
to McAuliffe. In there, strike one. Yeah, I guess

00:50:20.510 --> 00:50:28.010
of the pitchers, Mombo Kett is the oldest. Possibly

00:50:28.010 --> 00:50:30.869
Steve Hamilton may be in there with him. There's

00:50:30.869 --> 00:50:37.309
a fastball in there. Strike two. Let's take a

00:50:37.309 --> 00:50:40.030
look to see who is the oldest Yankee pitcher.

00:50:48.329 --> 00:50:52.909
Mombo Kett pitching to Dick McAuliffe. Delivers

00:50:52.909 --> 00:50:55.789
a curve that just misses outside. One ball, two

00:50:55.789 --> 00:51:08.130
strikes. Mambo Kett. See, Bill was born in August

00:51:08.130 --> 00:51:14.869
11, 36. The pitch to McCullough. Dribble toward

00:51:14.869 --> 00:51:17.750
third. Mambo up with an underhand flip. In time,

00:51:17.829 --> 00:51:24.429
a nice play by Bill Mambo Kett. Fine underhand

00:51:24.429 --> 00:51:28.630
toss by Mambo to get McCullough. Let's see. Steve

00:51:28.630 --> 00:51:35.630
Hamilton was born. 11 -30. 36. So Mombo Kett

00:51:35.630 --> 00:51:40.030
has Hamilton by three months and a few days.

00:51:44.969 --> 00:51:46.989
All right, stepping in now is Mickey Stanley,

00:51:47.210 --> 00:51:52.190
who struck out in the first inning. Takes low.

00:51:52.329 --> 00:51:56.130
Ball one. Stanley. Right -hand batter against

00:51:56.130 --> 00:51:58.250
the right -hand of Mombo Kett. No score in this

00:51:58.250 --> 00:52:09.039
game. Top of the third inning. Mambo into the

00:52:09.039 --> 00:52:13.099
windup. Delivers a fastball. Got the corner.

00:52:14.400 --> 00:52:19.920
1 -1. Gibbs behind the plate. Mantle at first.

00:52:20.079 --> 00:52:22.500
Clark at second. Michael a shortstop. Cox at

00:52:22.500 --> 00:52:24.840
third. Whitaker at left. Robinson center. White

00:52:24.840 --> 00:52:28.639
in right. The 1 -1 pitch. Just misses outside

00:52:28.639 --> 00:52:32.860
by Mambo Kidd. It's 2 -1. The umpires today,

00:52:33.119 --> 00:52:35.619
Lou DiMuro is behind the plate. Marty Springstead

00:52:35.619 --> 00:52:39.159
at first, John Flaherty second, Bob Stewart at

00:52:39.159 --> 00:52:43.000
third. Defense is straight away for Stanley.

00:52:47.239 --> 00:52:50.780
Mickey pulls the bat right down on the end. Does

00:52:50.780 --> 00:52:52.980
not have too much power. He had only seven home

00:52:52.980 --> 00:52:58.449
runs last year. Goes up only 333 times. There's

00:52:58.449 --> 00:53:01.429
a shot up the middle of base hit. That ball was

00:53:01.429 --> 00:53:05.070
a bullet. He picked on a slow curve and drilled

00:53:05.070 --> 00:53:10.590
it up the middle. Base hit number four off Mambo

00:53:10.590 --> 00:53:12.710
Kett. And here's Al Kaline who got the first

00:53:12.710 --> 00:53:19.849
hit after two rounds in the first inning. Well,

00:53:19.869 --> 00:53:22.130
the heart of the Detroit batting order coming

00:53:22.130 --> 00:53:34.329
up now. Kaline, Freon, and Cash. Got his work

00:53:34.329 --> 00:53:37.010
cut out for him now. Al Kaline, who's been a

00:53:37.010 --> 00:53:40.510
little slow and coming to life here with a bat,

00:53:40.690 --> 00:53:43.130
starting to get underway, but this time pops

00:53:43.130 --> 00:53:46.250
it up into short center field. Robinson calling

00:53:46.250 --> 00:53:48.329
for it all the way, is under it and makes the

00:53:48.329 --> 00:53:51.909
play. Stanley was halfway down and then returns

00:53:51.909 --> 00:53:55.809
to first. So Kaline, going after the first pitch,

00:53:56.090 --> 00:53:59.289
pops up to short center, two down. Here's Bill

00:53:59.289 --> 00:54:04.400
Frean, who hit a double in the first. For Freon,

00:54:04.480 --> 00:54:07.059
that was his sixth double of the year, and that

00:54:07.059 --> 00:54:15.840
leads to the Detroit Tigers. Bill Freon, powerful

00:54:15.840 --> 00:54:20.760
hitter. Batting cleanup. Right -hander. Hangs

00:54:20.760 --> 00:54:26.860
right over that plate. Stanley, moving off first.

00:54:27.119 --> 00:54:29.119
The pitch is a pitch -out. They were looking

00:54:29.119 --> 00:54:48.760
for the possible running of Mickey Stanley. Freeman

00:54:48.760 --> 00:54:52.500
was hit by pitch balls 20 times last year, many

00:54:52.500 --> 00:54:55.360
of them in that upper left arm. That's why he

00:54:55.360 --> 00:54:57.739
wears that padding. That was last year. There

00:54:57.739 --> 00:54:59.900
goes Stanley. The pitch fouled back on the screen.

00:55:00.760 --> 00:55:03.500
Stanley had a good jump, and Gibbs would have

00:55:03.500 --> 00:55:05.320
had a tough time throwing him out had Freeman

00:55:05.320 --> 00:55:08.619
taken that pitch. It's one ball, one strike,

00:55:08.719 --> 00:55:13.320
two down. Now Bill Freon saying something to

00:55:13.320 --> 00:55:15.440
Norm Cash in the on -deck circle, and he wants

00:55:15.440 --> 00:55:17.599
a little bit of that pine tar, so they throw

00:55:17.599 --> 00:55:22.380
him the rag. Tell you what's quite an experience

00:55:22.380 --> 00:55:25.400
is to walk around behind the batting cage during

00:55:25.400 --> 00:55:27.940
batting practice and shake hands with these ballplayers,

00:55:27.940 --> 00:55:30.719
and they've all got that pine tar on their hands.

00:55:30.760 --> 00:55:32.900
You need a bottle of turpentine by the time you

00:55:32.900 --> 00:55:37.719
get done. Really sticks. Someone has just thrown

00:55:37.719 --> 00:55:41.130
a tennis ball on the field, and... Now Boquette

00:55:41.130 --> 00:55:50.829
walks in a few steps and gets rid of it. One

00:55:50.829 --> 00:55:54.130
ball, one strike. Stanley at first base. Two

00:55:54.130 --> 00:55:57.309
outs, no score, third inning. Bill Fran, the

00:55:57.309 --> 00:56:00.909
big catcher's the hitter. Came into the game

00:56:00.909 --> 00:56:05.059
at 340. He's one for one, a double. The pitch

00:56:05.059 --> 00:56:07.659
to Bill is hit on the fist, short right field,

00:56:07.880 --> 00:56:10.539
Clark moving back into the short right field

00:56:10.539 --> 00:56:14.460
area and makes the play. No runs, a base hit,

00:56:14.500 --> 00:56:16.699
one left, and the score after two and a half,

00:56:16.920 --> 00:56:21.539
Detroit nothing, Yankees nothing. If you're like

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00:56:27.940 --> 00:56:30.389
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00:56:30.389 --> 00:56:32.789
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Okay, we go into the last half of the third inning.

00:57:28.440 --> 00:57:30.739
It's a scoreless ball game, this first one of

00:57:30.739 --> 00:57:34.119
the doubleheader. Joe Sparma against Bill Mambo

00:57:34.119 --> 00:57:37.340
-Kett. For the Yankees, the top of the batting

00:57:37.340 --> 00:57:39.880
order, Clark, Gibbs, and Maddow coming up against

00:57:39.880 --> 00:57:46.920
Sparma. Right after this half inning, we'll bring

00:57:46.920 --> 00:57:48.860
you up to date on all the action in both the

00:57:48.860 --> 00:57:51.280
American and the National and the scores we may

00:57:51.280 --> 00:57:56.199
have at the time. Horace Clark is stepping in.

00:57:56.219 --> 00:57:58.159
He bounced to the shortstop in the first inning

00:57:58.159 --> 00:58:06.079
on the first pitch of the game. Clark batting

00:58:06.079 --> 00:58:09.239
from the left side. A switch hitter, as you know.

00:58:12.099 --> 00:58:14.320
Sparma's first pitch to Horace is in there, strike

00:58:14.320 --> 00:58:20.380
one. Clark, Maddow, White, and Michael, all switch

00:58:20.380 --> 00:58:23.750
hitters. When Peterson started yesterday's game,

00:58:23.809 --> 00:58:26.090
six of the nine players for the Yankees were

00:58:26.090 --> 00:58:29.789
switch hitters. Clark fouls it off. Upper deck.

00:58:30.690 --> 00:58:34.750
Strike two. Trash was playing in that game yesterday.

00:58:34.909 --> 00:58:37.130
And, of course, Rich Peterson, a switch hitting

00:58:37.130 --> 00:58:40.469
pitcher. That's something that may go down as

00:58:40.469 --> 00:58:45.269
a record. Of course, the switch hitter becoming

00:58:45.269 --> 00:58:49.320
more in evidence in more recent years. Mickey

00:58:49.320 --> 00:58:52.480
Mantle, the guy who started it all back in 1951.

00:58:54.880 --> 00:58:57.639
All right, here's the two -strike pitch by Sparma

00:58:57.639 --> 00:59:02.800
to Clark. It's way outside, one and two. There

00:59:02.800 --> 00:59:05.440
were switch hitters before, like Frankie Frisch,

00:59:05.519 --> 00:59:08.320
Red St. Dees, and many others, but Mantle is

00:59:08.320 --> 00:59:14.119
the guy who really brought it into focus. All

00:59:14.119 --> 00:59:16.079
right, here's the one -two pitch now to Clark.

00:59:16.460 --> 00:59:27.880
Curve is outside, two and two. Two balls, two

00:59:27.880 --> 00:59:36.260
strikes. Clark waiting. Sparma delivers. Fastball

00:59:36.260 --> 00:59:38.800
dribbled out toward the mound. Sparma is on it.

00:59:39.159 --> 00:59:41.880
Fires to Cash just in time. Almost hit Clark

00:59:41.880 --> 00:59:44.380
in the back of the head. That was a fine play

00:59:44.380 --> 00:59:47.989
by the first baseman, Norm Cash. Play going 1

00:59:47.989 --> 00:59:50.789
-3. One up and one down. Here's Jake Gibbs who

00:59:50.789 --> 01:00:01.590
fouled the third in the first inning. A scoreless

01:00:01.590 --> 01:00:03.809
ball game, and yet it's not moving along very

01:00:03.809 --> 01:00:06.329
quickly. Well, that'll give you plenty of time

01:00:06.329 --> 01:00:08.210
if you're in the area to come out here and see

01:00:08.210 --> 01:00:10.889
most of this first game and all of the second.

01:00:15.630 --> 01:00:19.210
Jake Gibbs now waiting as Farmer gets the sign

01:00:19.210 --> 01:00:21.150
from free in. Here's the first pitch. The curve

01:00:21.150 --> 01:00:27.449
is low. Ball one. Farmer has not given up a base

01:00:27.449 --> 01:00:29.730
hit, and yet he's not been sharp. He's walked

01:00:29.730 --> 01:00:33.809
three. Mantle in the first. Robinson and Whitaker

01:00:33.809 --> 01:00:36.690
in the second. Here's the 1 -0 pitch to Jake.

01:00:36.829 --> 01:00:39.349
On the ground. The shortstop in the hole. Euler

01:00:39.349 --> 01:00:42.110
is up with it. Underhand flip in time. A nice

01:00:42.110 --> 01:00:46.219
play by Ray Euler. Boy, they went over there

01:00:46.219 --> 01:00:49.760
and gave it that underhand shoot. And that ball

01:00:49.760 --> 01:00:56.500
fired across the infield. So we have two down,

01:00:56.559 --> 01:00:58.559
and here's Mickey who walked in the first inning.

01:01:09.340 --> 01:01:14.860
Mickey Mantle. Waiting. Farmer delivers a pitch

01:01:14.860 --> 01:01:17.559
on the ground. Cash to his right. Bobbles the

01:01:17.559 --> 01:01:21.239
ball. Can't come up with it. Fires late. And

01:01:21.239 --> 01:01:23.340
Mantle is on a first base. Let's see how they

01:01:23.340 --> 01:01:33.119
rule it. And they're giving Cash an error. An

01:01:33.119 --> 01:01:36.719
error for Norm Cash on the play. That'll bring

01:01:36.719 --> 01:01:50.230
up Roy White with Mantle at first. A two -out

01:01:50.230 --> 01:02:01.309
error by Norm Cash. Here's Roy White. No score

01:02:01.309 --> 01:02:03.710
on the game. Last of the third. Mantle at first.

01:02:03.969 --> 01:02:07.090
The pitch to White. Curve is outside. Ball one.

01:02:08.349 --> 01:02:11.389
The ball of a hit to Cash was a questionable

01:02:11.389 --> 01:02:15.969
call for the official scorer, but there are no

01:02:15.969 --> 01:02:20.070
hits in this game yet. And therefore... As is

01:02:20.070 --> 01:02:22.909
generally the pattern, the first base hit in

01:02:22.909 --> 01:02:26.590
the game usually has to be a solid one. Or one

01:02:26.590 --> 01:02:29.989
that is not disputed. Here's the 1 -0 pitch.

01:02:30.190 --> 01:02:39.190
White fouls it back. 1 -1. Roy White bounced

01:02:39.190 --> 01:02:41.530
out sharply to second base in the first inning.

01:02:42.469 --> 01:02:46.670
White batting fourth. Was leading the American

01:02:46.670 --> 01:02:51.739
League as the game started today. Had a .428

01:02:51.739 --> 01:02:59.280
batting average. He's 0 for 1. All right, Farmer

01:02:59.280 --> 01:03:02.139
sets. The pitch to White. Swung on, a miss, strike

01:03:02.139 --> 01:03:08.940
two. A fastball at the knees. Both Nicky Lulich

01:03:08.940 --> 01:03:12.639
and Tom Matchick are not with the Tigers this

01:03:12.639 --> 01:03:15.159
weekend as they're attending Army Reserve meetings.

01:03:15.860 --> 01:03:18.179
Lulich normally would have been one of the starters

01:03:18.179 --> 01:03:21.260
in this series. But instead, that second game

01:03:21.260 --> 01:03:25.239
goes to Les Kane, a rookie. All right, the 1

01:03:25.239 --> 01:03:27.760
-2 pitch to White. On the ground sharply again

01:03:27.760 --> 01:03:29.960
to McCollough, the second. He has this one. Flips

01:03:29.960 --> 01:03:34.559
to Cash. And the side is retired. For the Yankees,

01:03:34.559 --> 01:03:37.099
no runs, no hits. One Detroit error, one man

01:03:37.099 --> 01:03:40.760
left. And the score after three, Detroit nothing

01:03:40.760 --> 01:03:44.579
and the Yankees nothing. Now let's take a look

01:03:44.579 --> 01:03:47.550
at the scoreboard. In the American League, in

01:03:47.550 --> 01:03:49.449
the first of a doubleheader, the Senators lead

01:03:49.449 --> 01:03:53.449
the Indians 1 -0 after 3. Williams against Ortega.

01:03:53.510 --> 01:03:56.309
That's Dan Williams for the Indians and Phil

01:03:56.309 --> 01:04:00.030
Ortega for the Senators. In the first of a pair,

01:04:00.130 --> 01:04:02.469
Boston and Baltimore, it'll be Santiago against

01:04:02.469 --> 01:04:05.090
McNally. No action as yet. In a single game,

01:04:05.230 --> 01:04:08.289
the White Sox play the Twins in Minnesota. And

01:04:08.289 --> 01:04:10.329
in another single game on the West Coast, it's

01:04:10.329 --> 01:04:12.670
Oakland against California in Anaheim. In the

01:04:12.670 --> 01:04:15.190
National League... The Mets and Cincinnati play

01:04:15.190 --> 01:04:18.210
a single contest, and that game as yet is not

01:04:18.210 --> 01:04:20.809
underway. In the first of a doubleheader, Houston

01:04:20.809 --> 01:04:22.849
failed to score. On the top of the first, they're

01:04:22.849 --> 01:04:25.150
playing the Cubs in a doubleheader at Chicago.

01:04:25.829 --> 01:04:28.650
In a single ballgame, Philadelphia and Atlanta.

01:04:29.769 --> 01:04:33.949
Wise for the Phillies, Phil Necro for the Braves.

01:04:34.449 --> 01:04:37.710
On the west coast, the Dodgers are at San Francisco,

01:04:37.889 --> 01:04:41.679
and a later start, Pittsburgh at St. Louis. Both

01:04:41.679 --> 01:04:44.099
of those single games. And now we remind you

01:04:44.099 --> 01:04:46.679
it's New York Yankee baseball. Let's pause for

01:04:46.679 --> 01:04:50.940
station identification. This is Bill Edwards

01:04:50.940 --> 01:04:53.760
and I'll see you twice a day at 7 and at 1. Here

01:04:53.760 --> 01:05:03.860
on WGY 810 on your dials connected. Okay, into

01:05:03.860 --> 01:05:06.059
the fourth inning. No score in this game. Mambo

01:05:06.059 --> 01:05:08.539
Kett against Farmer. And here comes Norm Cash.

01:05:08.840 --> 01:05:12.500
He'll be followed by Northrup and Wirth. Mambo's

01:05:12.500 --> 01:05:15.159
first pitch to Cash is on the corner strike one.

01:05:15.219 --> 01:05:17.400
And I keep saying on the corners, and that's

01:05:17.400 --> 01:05:26.719
where they are. The one -strike pitch to Cash.

01:05:26.780 --> 01:05:29.460
On the ground, sharply hit Mantle on two hops.

01:05:29.539 --> 01:05:33.949
Flips to Mambo, one away. Cash bounced to second

01:05:33.949 --> 01:05:35.809
in the first inning, and this time to Mantle.

01:05:36.389 --> 01:05:41.710
So he's 0 for 2. Now here's Jim Northrup. Northrup

01:05:41.710 --> 01:05:44.230
bounced out to Mickey. That was in the second

01:05:44.230 --> 01:05:57.289
inning. Talk to Johnny Sane, the Detroit pitching

01:05:57.289 --> 01:05:59.530
coach, before the game, and he's just raving

01:05:59.530 --> 01:06:03.219
about some of his young pitchers. Fastball is

01:06:03.219 --> 01:06:06.760
in there. Strike one to Northrop. Warden, who's

01:06:06.760 --> 01:06:09.420
3 -0, and Les Payne, who's getting a start today,

01:06:09.639 --> 01:06:14.659
and a youngster by the name of Patterson. John

01:06:14.659 --> 01:06:21.159
just loves to work with those young boys. All

01:06:21.159 --> 01:06:24.139
right, Mambo Kitt eyeing Jake Gibbs with Northrop

01:06:24.139 --> 01:06:27.460
up there. Here's the next one on the way to the

01:06:27.460 --> 01:06:29.139
left fielder. It's fouled back on the screen.

01:06:29.179 --> 01:06:45.050
Strike two. The little extra roar you heard was

01:06:45.050 --> 01:06:47.849
a ball rolling back that didn't quite get to

01:06:47.849 --> 01:06:50.110
the field. It's hung up on the net. Here's a

01:06:50.110 --> 01:06:52.329
two -strike pitch now to Northrop, high and outside.

01:06:53.409 --> 01:06:56.750
One ball, two strikes, one out. Top of the fourth

01:06:56.750 --> 01:07:00.170
inning. The Tigers have all four bases. It's

01:07:00.170 --> 01:07:08.929
a scoreless ballgame. Jim Northrop waiting as

01:07:08.929 --> 01:07:11.530
Mambo Kett delivers, and this one is low, 2 -2.

01:07:13.369 --> 01:07:16.949
Northrop was three for five yesterday. Had a

01:07:16.949 --> 01:07:26.389
home run and two RBIs. Northrop has a straight

01:07:26.389 --> 01:07:30.809
-up stance. Holds the bat right on the end. Feet

01:07:30.809 --> 01:07:33.690
not too far apart. The 2 -2 delivery. Swung on.

01:07:33.750 --> 01:07:36.750
Foul back off the chest protector of the plate

01:07:36.750 --> 01:07:40.329
umpire, Luda Muro. Now holes at two balls and

01:07:40.329 --> 01:07:44.900
two strikes. Somebody threw a big firecracker

01:07:44.900 --> 01:07:53.960
out of the upper deck, I guess. Those things

01:07:53.960 --> 01:07:56.699
can be dangerous. I wish you youngsters would

01:07:56.699 --> 01:07:59.039
be careful about that because sometimes they

01:07:59.039 --> 01:08:02.139
can land near people's eyes. Here's the 2 -2

01:08:02.139 --> 01:08:04.420
delivery. Changeup, hit the right field, coming

01:08:04.420 --> 01:08:06.679
on fast. It's Roy White, it's in there for a

01:08:06.679 --> 01:08:11.139
base hit. That ball hit near the trademark, not

01:08:11.139 --> 01:08:15.210
too solidly. But goes for a single for Jim Northrup.

01:08:17.470 --> 01:08:21.170
That's the fifth hit off Mambo. Now here's Don

01:08:21.170 --> 01:08:32.550
Wirt who struck out on the second. Don Wirt,

01:08:32.590 --> 01:08:35.130
the third baseman, stepping in there, facing

01:08:35.130 --> 01:08:37.550
Mambo Kett. Yankee infield, a double play depth.

01:08:40.010 --> 01:08:48.270
Now Mambo steps off the rubber. Northrop at first

01:08:48.270 --> 01:08:50.949
base. The pitch to word is high. It's ball one.

01:08:51.369 --> 01:08:54.590
You might be hearing a little activity and noise.

01:08:54.689 --> 01:08:56.750
There's a youngster who's climbed up on the screen

01:08:56.750 --> 01:08:59.149
trying to get a baseball through the netting.

01:08:59.670 --> 01:09:01.890
And even if he gets it, they won't let him have

01:09:01.890 --> 01:09:04.909
it because you can't do that. He's also got his

01:09:04.909 --> 01:09:06.770
finger stuck in that screen. And if there was

01:09:06.770 --> 01:09:10.630
a foul ball that came back there, it chopped

01:09:10.630 --> 01:09:15.640
some of those fingers right off. All right, here's

01:09:15.640 --> 01:09:21.779
the 1 -0 pitch to work. It's 2 -0. But he's creating

01:09:21.779 --> 01:09:24.239
more attention here at the stadium than the ball

01:09:24.239 --> 01:09:27.899
game. And unfortunately, he could put himself

01:09:27.899 --> 01:09:32.960
in danger there. And he has now got the ball

01:09:32.960 --> 01:09:37.119
strung all the way across the middle of the screen,

01:09:37.199 --> 01:09:42.199
and he's still climbing across there. All right,

01:09:42.239 --> 01:09:44.659
the 2 -0 pitch. There goes Northrup. Ball hit

01:09:44.659 --> 01:09:46.739
in the center field. Little drop for a base hit.

01:09:46.880 --> 01:09:50.899
Northrup on his way to third base. And on the

01:09:50.899 --> 01:09:54.359
hit and run, John Wirt drills a single to center.

01:09:54.939 --> 01:09:57.319
Detroit with runners now at first and third.

01:09:57.779 --> 01:10:01.140
One away. And the batter will be the shortstop,

01:10:01.279 --> 01:10:07.500
Ray Euler. That's the sixth hit off Mambo Kett.

01:10:14.409 --> 01:10:16.489
The youngster finally got the ball, but he's

01:10:16.489 --> 01:10:18.689
going to be escorted from the ballpark. And when

01:10:18.689 --> 01:10:20.689
he gets down, there's an officer waiting for

01:10:20.689 --> 01:10:27.989
him. That's very dangerous. A foul ball. Hit

01:10:27.989 --> 01:10:29.890
those fingers. They're stuck right between the

01:10:29.890 --> 01:10:35.750
screen. He can take one right off. All right.

01:10:35.789 --> 01:10:37.649
Euler is stepping in. He had a scratch single

01:10:37.649 --> 01:10:39.850
in the first. It's a high fly into center field.

01:10:40.189 --> 01:10:42.550
Robinson gunning for this one. Tagging up is

01:10:42.550 --> 01:10:45.300
Northrup. Here's the throw. It goes into second

01:10:45.300 --> 01:10:47.840
base, and Northrup comes in to score, and Detroit

01:10:47.840 --> 01:10:52.420
leads 1 -0 on the sacrifice fly by Ray Euler.

01:10:54.260 --> 01:10:56.960
Euler has been a thorn in the side of the Yankees

01:10:56.960 --> 01:11:01.340
throughout this entire series. Ray coming up

01:11:01.340 --> 01:11:05.319
with his fifth RBI of the year, and Detroit taking

01:11:05.319 --> 01:11:17.500
a 1 -0 lead. Well, that boy has moved that ball

01:11:17.500 --> 01:11:20.300
halfway across the screen, and they've got half

01:11:20.300 --> 01:11:24.239
of the special police department there to greet

01:11:24.239 --> 01:11:27.619
him as he comes down. There's a ground ball,

01:11:27.720 --> 01:11:29.760
slowly hit towards short. In front of the shortstop

01:11:29.760 --> 01:11:32.100
is Cox. One has it. Flips the mantle just in

01:11:32.100 --> 01:11:35.420
time, and Sparma's out of there. That play going

01:11:35.420 --> 01:11:39.859
5 -3. Nice play by Bobby Cox. So for Detroit,

01:11:40.100 --> 01:11:44.359
one run on two base hits, one man left. And the

01:11:44.359 --> 01:11:46.500
score after three and a half, Detroit leading

01:11:46.500 --> 01:11:50.180
the Yankees one to nothing. Will the White Owl

01:11:50.180 --> 01:11:53.899
girl please report to the press box? How'd you

01:11:53.899 --> 01:11:56.979
know I was here? Easy. You're always where the

01:11:56.979 --> 01:11:59.119
men are. There are lots of men out here today,

01:11:59.239 --> 01:12:02.159
right? Right. You got me in the middle of my

01:12:02.159 --> 01:12:05.199
adding. Adding? Just for fun, I was counting

01:12:05.199 --> 01:12:07.859
the men smoking White Owl cigars. And how'd you

01:12:07.859 --> 01:12:12.039
come out? I lost count. They ate so many. I spot

01:12:12.039 --> 01:12:14.979
some rangers, a bunch of New Yorkers, hundreds

01:12:14.979 --> 01:12:17.500
of invincibles. We need a White Owl scoreboard.

01:12:17.840 --> 01:12:20.420
Even without one, I can tell it's a White Owl

01:12:20.420 --> 01:12:23.300
crowd. Because we love that White Owl tobacco.

01:12:23.939 --> 01:12:27.199
It's slow -aged, well -oiled to build up the

01:12:27.199 --> 01:12:30.479
mild taste. And no matter which White Owl shape

01:12:30.479 --> 01:12:34.300
a man picks, he's sure of a smooth smoke right

01:12:34.300 --> 01:12:37.220
down to the last pitch. That's a pretty good

01:12:37.220 --> 01:12:40.159
pitch you're making yourself. It's true. Every

01:12:40.159 --> 01:12:43.239
time I see a man light up a white owl, I know

01:12:43.239 --> 01:12:46.239
he's going to enjoy himself. I know he's going

01:12:46.239 --> 01:12:49.779
to discover why they say you get a lot more from

01:12:49.779 --> 01:13:08.189
a white owl than just milk. Okay, Detroit leading

01:13:08.189 --> 01:13:10.789
the Yankees 1 -0. We go into the bottom of the

01:13:10.789 --> 01:13:12.890
fourth inning. Here's Bill Robinson. He'll be

01:13:12.890 --> 01:13:16.729
followed by Whitaker and Cox. And Joe Sparma,

01:13:16.829 --> 01:13:21.930
leading right now, 1 -0, has not given up a base

01:13:21.930 --> 01:13:33.689
hit. Robbie, who opened up the second with a

01:13:33.689 --> 01:13:36.789
base on balls. Waiting as Farmer goes into his

01:13:36.789 --> 01:13:38.890
lineup. There's a curve that's in there for strike

01:13:38.890 --> 01:13:45.170
one. Cubs leading Houston 2 -0. They're in the

01:13:45.170 --> 01:13:50.029
second inning. Senators 1, the Indians nothing

01:13:50.029 --> 01:13:53.289
in the fourth. Robinson, a high chopper to the

01:13:53.289 --> 01:13:55.970
shortstop. Euler has it on the second hop. Flips

01:13:55.970 --> 01:14:01.770
over to Cash. One away. Ray Euler throws that

01:14:01.770 --> 01:14:03.689
ball underhand, but he really gets something

01:14:03.689 --> 01:14:07.270
on it. Just Steve Whitaker who walked in the

01:14:07.270 --> 01:14:11.909
second. Yankees trailing by a run. First game

01:14:11.909 --> 01:14:13.970
of the doubleheader. It'll be Fred Talbot for

01:14:13.970 --> 01:14:17.149
the Yanks. Les Kane for Detroit in that second

01:14:17.149 --> 01:14:20.449
game. And it will be the Major League debut of

01:14:20.449 --> 01:14:26.590
Les Kane. Just a youngster. Seems to be fairly

01:14:26.590 --> 01:14:30.010
calm before the game. Rather relaxed. There's

01:14:30.010 --> 01:14:39.439
a curve to Whitaker inside. Ball one. Les Payne,

01:14:39.479 --> 01:14:43.800
a young left -hander, making his major league

01:14:43.800 --> 01:14:48.619
debut in the second game. But right now, it's

01:14:48.619 --> 01:14:51.520
Steve Whitaker. 1 -0 the count with one out,

01:14:51.579 --> 01:14:55.899
nobody on. Here's Farmer, outside, 2 -0. Detroit

01:14:55.899 --> 01:14:59.420
leading 1 -0. They got that run last inning.

01:14:59.899 --> 01:15:02.800
A one -out single by Northrop, a single on the

01:15:02.800 --> 01:15:05.060
hit -and -run by Wirt, and a sacrifice fly by

01:15:05.060 --> 01:15:10.960
Ray Euler. Here's the 2 -0 pitch to Whitaker.

01:15:11.300 --> 01:15:18.960
In there for a strike. Joe Sparma. He just rears

01:15:18.960 --> 01:15:28.500
back and unloads. Born in Matlin, Ohio. He's

01:15:28.500 --> 01:15:31.659
ready. The 2 -1 pitch to Whitaker is low and

01:15:31.659 --> 01:15:39.579
outside, 3 -1. See, Sparma was 13 -8. In 65 for

01:15:39.579 --> 01:15:43.600
Detroit. 2 -7 at 66. Had a real bad year. And

01:15:43.600 --> 01:15:46.500
then bounced back 16 -9 last year under the tutelage

01:15:46.500 --> 01:15:49.659
of Johnny Sainz. High fastball over the head

01:15:49.659 --> 01:15:52.779
of Whitaker. Ball four. That's the fourth walk

01:15:52.779 --> 01:15:55.520
given up by Sparma and the second to Whitaker.

01:15:56.319 --> 01:15:58.739
The Yankees still looking for their first base

01:15:58.739 --> 01:16:03.520
hit. And only base runners. Mantle with a walk.

01:16:03.720 --> 01:16:06.899
Safe on an error by Cash. Robinson with a walk

01:16:06.899 --> 01:16:11.020
and Whitaker. has been walked twice. Now the

01:16:11.020 --> 01:16:13.640
plate umpire, Lou DiMuro, is rubbing up the baseball

01:16:13.640 --> 01:16:21.100
as Bobby Cox steps in. Winokirk first. Cox the

01:16:21.100 --> 01:16:25.079
hitter. Bobby is 0 for 1. He's 0 for 7, looking

01:16:25.079 --> 01:16:31.359
for his first Major League Base hit. Cox just

01:16:31.359 --> 01:16:35.319
began to play regularly. That was yesterday.

01:16:35.930 --> 01:16:37.770
Made his first start ever in the big leagues.

01:16:38.229 --> 01:16:40.510
All right, Whitaker moving off first. Went away.

01:16:40.689 --> 01:16:43.949
The pitch to Cox. High pop. Coming back into

01:16:43.949 --> 01:16:51.050
the upper deck and out of play. Strike one. Boy,

01:16:51.069 --> 01:16:54.210
that first base hit can be a real strain sometimes.

01:16:55.170 --> 01:16:58.529
Mike Ferraro won the third base job in spring

01:16:58.529 --> 01:17:04.550
training. And had a good shot two weeks. Did

01:17:04.550 --> 01:17:07.109
not hit as well as he would have liked, so manager

01:17:07.109 --> 01:17:09.529
Ralph House decided to give Bobby Cox a shot

01:17:09.529 --> 01:17:18.229
at it. All right, Sparman to Cox. On the ground

01:17:18.229 --> 01:17:20.489
to the shortstop. He has it. Flips to second

01:17:20.489 --> 01:17:25.649
for one. Throw to first. Double play. 6 -4 -3.

01:17:25.710 --> 01:17:29.489
Short second to first. And the Yankees are out

01:17:29.489 --> 01:17:31.109
of there here in the bottom of the fourth. No

01:17:31.109 --> 01:17:34.390
runs, no hits, no errors. Nobody left. And the

01:17:34.390 --> 01:17:37.250
score after four, Detroit one run on six hits,

01:17:37.409 --> 01:17:42.090
the Yankees no runs and no hits. Extended care

01:17:42.090 --> 01:17:44.329
benefits are now available under Medicare for

01:17:44.329 --> 01:17:47.170
people 65 or over. These benefits are for the

01:17:47.170 --> 01:17:49.210
patient who's been under hospital care for three

01:17:49.210 --> 01:17:51.649
days or more and whose doctor decides that he

01:17:51.649 --> 01:17:54.109
no longer requires full hospital care but is

01:17:54.109 --> 01:17:56.649
not yet well enough to go home. If you're admitted

01:17:56.649 --> 01:17:58.829
to one of these special extended care facilities

01:17:58.829 --> 01:18:02.229
within 14 days after you were released from the

01:18:02.229 --> 01:18:04.439
hospital, For further treatment of a condition

01:18:04.439 --> 01:18:07.039
for which you were hospitalized, Medicare will

01:18:07.039 --> 01:18:09.539
pay for all covered services for the first 20

01:18:09.539 --> 01:18:12.239
days. If you have to stay longer than 20 days,

01:18:12.420 --> 01:18:15.260
Medicare will pay for all but $5 a day for up

01:18:15.260 --> 01:18:18.840
to 80 more days. Remember, Medicare does not

01:18:18.840 --> 01:18:21.760
pay for personal or custodial care in an ordinary

01:18:21.760 --> 01:18:25.140
nursing home. It does pay for medically necessary

01:18:25.140 --> 01:18:28.420
follow -up care in a specially qualified skilled

01:18:28.420 --> 01:18:31.430
nursing home. or other approved extended care

01:18:31.430 --> 01:18:35.109
facility after a hospital stay. For more information,

01:18:35.409 --> 01:18:37.890
get in touch with your Social Security office

01:18:37.890 --> 01:18:40.750
and ask for a leaflet called Medicare and the

01:18:40.750 --> 01:18:44.210
Extended Care Facility. Okay, all set to go here

01:18:44.210 --> 01:18:46.750
in the top of the fifth inning. Bill Mamboquette

01:18:46.750 --> 01:18:49.770
and Joe Sparma with Sparma right now out in front

01:18:49.770 --> 01:18:52.369
one to nothing. Detroit leading the Yankees.

01:18:53.630 --> 01:18:56.170
Mamboquette has given six hits. Sparma has yet

01:18:56.170 --> 01:18:59.210
to give up a base hit. And once again at the

01:18:59.210 --> 01:19:02.810
top of the Detroit batting order, Dick McAuliffe,

01:19:02.890 --> 01:19:06.850
he'll be followed by Stanley and Kaline. This

01:19:06.850 --> 01:19:09.510
is the third time that McAuliffe has let off

01:19:09.510 --> 01:19:11.489
an inning. He did so to open the game in the

01:19:11.489 --> 01:19:13.449
first and then did it again in the third and

01:19:13.449 --> 01:19:16.770
now in the fifth. He's 0 for 2, struck out and

01:19:16.770 --> 01:19:20.590
bounced to the pitcher. McAuliffe, a dangerous

01:19:20.590 --> 01:19:25.270
batter. Waiting as Mambo delivers and the fastball

01:19:25.270 --> 01:19:28.590
is outside. Ball one. In the fourth inning, the

01:19:28.590 --> 01:19:33.909
Senators still lead the Indians 1 -0. The other

01:19:33.909 --> 01:19:36.810
game, it's the Cubs 2, Houston nothing in the

01:19:36.810 --> 01:19:42.869
third. And right here, it's Detroit 1, Yankees

01:19:42.869 --> 01:19:47.409
nothing fifth. McCollum takes outside. Two balls

01:19:47.409 --> 01:19:55.939
and no strikes. Ron Boquette shooting for his

01:19:55.939 --> 01:19:59.880
third win. It's been a tremendous acquisition

01:19:59.880 --> 01:20:03.319
for the Yankees. Here's the 2 -0 delivery. Bunted

01:20:03.319 --> 01:20:07.020
behind the plate foul. Two balls and a strike.

01:20:07.560 --> 01:20:10.680
McAuliffe was halfway to first base before the

01:20:10.680 --> 01:20:18.840
ball bounced back into Gibbs' mitt. Dick McAuliffe

01:20:18.840 --> 01:20:21.779
trying to get something started. Tried to beat

01:20:21.779 --> 01:20:33.430
out a bunt. Some close races in both the American

01:20:33.430 --> 01:20:36.250
and the National right now. Red hot. There's

01:20:36.250 --> 01:20:38.729
a dribbler toward first. It's fair. Gibbs out.

01:20:38.810 --> 01:20:41.369
Under it. Flips the mantle. In time on a close

01:20:41.369 --> 01:20:45.109
play. He had to throw that ball overhand to get

01:20:45.109 --> 01:20:48.069
it over the head of Dick McAuliffe. McAuliffe

01:20:48.069 --> 01:20:50.210
going right down that line. Gibbs had to throw

01:20:50.210 --> 01:20:53.569
it over his head and made a good play. So that

01:20:53.569 --> 01:20:57.770
one goes 2 -3. Hatcher to first. We have one

01:20:57.770 --> 01:20:59.770
up and one down. Here's Mickey Stanley who struck

01:20:59.770 --> 01:21:08.210
out in singles. Stanley was moving right along

01:21:08.210 --> 01:21:11.750
in the Tiger outfield a couple years ago and

01:21:11.750 --> 01:21:15.310
then he broke a finger in a home accident. Never

01:21:15.310 --> 01:21:18.069
really regained his job again. Jim Northrup came

01:21:18.069 --> 01:21:20.329
on and with Horton, Northrup and Kaline they

01:21:20.329 --> 01:21:23.550
have formed the outfield for Detroit. Curveball

01:21:23.550 --> 01:21:27.180
is in there. Strike one. Stanley has been a valuable

01:21:27.180 --> 01:21:30.460
acquisition for the Tigers, but has never really

01:21:30.460 --> 01:21:39.920
made it on a regular basis as yet. Now Boquette

01:21:39.920 --> 01:21:42.000
getting the side from Gibbs. The one -strike

01:21:42.000 --> 01:21:45.520
pitch. On the ground. Michael to his left. Up

01:21:45.520 --> 01:21:48.600
with it. Underhand flip is off the glove of Mantle.

01:21:48.920 --> 01:21:51.119
Rolling back to the screen. And Gibbs is right

01:21:51.119 --> 01:21:59.079
there. A fine play by Jake. And they're charging

01:21:59.079 --> 01:22:02.000
Gene Michael with an error on the throw. And

01:22:02.000 --> 01:22:05.140
that's the second Yankee error in the ballgame.

01:22:05.739 --> 01:22:08.460
No, wait a minute. That's the first Yankee error.

01:22:08.520 --> 01:22:13.020
The other one was by Norm Cash for Detroit. So

01:22:13.020 --> 01:22:15.380
Michael is charged with an error. Stanley on

01:22:15.380 --> 01:22:18.380
at first base. And here's Al Kaline, who's one

01:22:18.380 --> 01:22:25.779
for two. Single to left in the first. Yankees

01:22:25.779 --> 01:22:27.699
still looking for the first base hit. Detroit

01:22:27.699 --> 01:22:33.680
with six. Kaline standing in there. Waiting.

01:22:34.039 --> 01:22:36.239
Mambo Kett delivers. There's a dribbler foul

01:22:36.239 --> 01:22:40.199
to the right side. Gibbs out and after the ball.

01:22:40.319 --> 01:22:42.739
Fires it back to Bill. It's one strike on Al

01:22:42.739 --> 01:22:47.560
Kaline. Kaline free and in cash. Third, fourth,

01:22:47.720 --> 01:22:49.859
and fifth hitters for Detroit coming on now.

01:22:57.710 --> 01:23:01.250
All right, Mambo Kett comes set. Check Stanley.

01:23:01.569 --> 01:23:04.689
The pitch to Kaline. It's a pitch out. Stanley

01:23:04.689 --> 01:23:08.789
holding. It's one and one. That's the second

01:23:08.789 --> 01:23:11.069
time the Gibbs has pitched out with Stanley at

01:23:11.069 --> 01:23:16.090
first. Sometimes the manager will send a man

01:23:16.090 --> 01:23:18.409
right after a pitch out. He doesn't figure the

01:23:18.409 --> 01:23:21.930
catcher will go for it twice in a row. Let's

01:23:21.930 --> 01:23:24.130
see what happens here. Stanley moving off first.

01:23:25.420 --> 01:23:27.859
K -line waiting. One and one to count. One down.

01:23:28.119 --> 01:23:30.100
One to nothing. Detroit leads. There goes Stanley.

01:23:30.220 --> 01:23:33.699
The ball is swung on a foul back. One ball, two

01:23:33.699 --> 01:23:36.439
strikes. So manager Mayo Smith running the pattern

01:23:36.439 --> 01:23:40.380
through the form. Center's runner. K -line had

01:23:40.380 --> 01:23:42.899
a good cut of the fastball and just got a piece

01:23:42.899 --> 01:23:45.640
of it as it was fouled back. So it's one ball

01:23:45.640 --> 01:23:51.279
and two strikes now. Al K -line, one of four

01:23:51.279 --> 01:23:54.899
Detroit ballplayers to play over 2 ,000 ballgames.

01:23:55.369 --> 01:23:59.569
Cobb, Gerringer, and Crawford ahead of him. Kaline

01:23:59.569 --> 01:24:02.890
with 305 lifetime homers is only one behind the

01:24:02.890 --> 01:24:05.670
all -time homerun slugger for Detroit, Hank Greenberg.

01:24:06.449 --> 01:24:09.189
Here's the 1 -2 pitch fouled off upper deck by

01:24:09.189 --> 01:24:12.750
Kaline. And the count remains one ball and two

01:24:12.750 --> 01:24:16.270
strikes. You must remember, though, that Hank

01:24:16.270 --> 01:24:21.649
Greenberg, who in one year hit 58 homeruns, spent

01:24:21.649 --> 01:24:26.510
four years in the service. and missed a lot of

01:24:26.510 --> 01:24:30.989
home run potential. Hank, who now makes his home

01:24:30.989 --> 01:24:34.010
here in New York. Hall of Famer, one of the great

01:24:34.010 --> 01:24:41.170
guys. Kaline is waiting. One ball, two strikes,

01:24:41.270 --> 01:24:44.409
one out. Stanley moving off first again. The

01:24:44.409 --> 01:24:47.409
pitch to Al is another pitch out, and Gibbs looking

01:24:47.409 --> 01:24:51.590
for Stanley to run once again. So let's see just

01:24:51.590 --> 01:24:54.750
what happens this time. Two balls, two strikes.

01:24:56.390 --> 01:24:59.210
A different pattern now. It's a two -strike count

01:24:59.210 --> 01:25:05.250
to Kaline. Stanley at first base. If he goes

01:25:05.250 --> 01:25:08.470
and Kaline doesn't like the pitch and takes it

01:25:08.470 --> 01:25:10.550
for a ball, Stanley will have to get a good jump

01:25:10.550 --> 01:25:14.250
to steal a base. Let's see. He looked like he

01:25:14.250 --> 01:25:16.510
was going, but Marble kept through over to first

01:25:16.510 --> 01:25:22.640
base and Stanley has moved back. Mickey Stanley

01:25:22.640 --> 01:25:27.420
at first. Safe on the air by Gene Michael. 2

01:25:27.420 --> 01:25:29.899
-2 on Kaline. Stanley moving off first again.

01:25:30.220 --> 01:25:32.380
There he goes. Here's the pitch. On the ground.

01:25:32.920 --> 01:25:35.300
Michael is breaking towards second. Comes in,

01:25:35.340 --> 01:25:38.279
flips the mantle in time to get Kaline. And Kaline

01:25:38.279 --> 01:25:41.779
went over first base and it looked as though

01:25:41.779 --> 01:25:46.380
his leg gave way momentarily. And he seems to

01:25:46.380 --> 01:25:49.590
be gimping just a little bit coming back. He

01:25:49.590 --> 01:25:53.869
hit that bag rather hard, and as he did, he sort

01:25:53.869 --> 01:25:56.909
of went down, it appeared, but held on, and as

01:25:56.909 --> 01:26:00.430
he ran back, seemed to gimp just a little bit,

01:26:00.489 --> 01:26:02.329
but we'll have to wait and see if he's okay.

01:26:02.949 --> 01:26:05.390
Down to second base is Stanley. That was a fine

01:26:05.390 --> 01:26:07.890
play, incidentally, by Gene Michaels. He was

01:26:07.890 --> 01:26:09.850
breaking on the cover and then had to come back

01:26:09.850 --> 01:26:15.590
to get the slow grounder. All right, Bill Friend,

01:26:15.689 --> 01:26:19.359
who doubled and popped to second, steps in. Detroit

01:26:19.359 --> 01:26:22.899
leading 1 -0, fifth inning. Mambo Kett to free

01:26:22.899 --> 01:26:25.340
in. In the dirt, gives, blocks it nicely, and

01:26:25.340 --> 01:26:29.520
holds Stanley at second. Well, there's a sign

01:26:29.520 --> 01:26:34.600
on the board. Yankees welcome Pearl Bailey. And

01:26:34.600 --> 01:26:38.359
what a job she's doing, and hello, Dolly. Well,

01:26:38.380 --> 01:26:40.680
that's one of the great, quickie songs of all

01:26:40.680 --> 01:26:46.479
time, I guess. You hear it once, and you go away

01:26:46.479 --> 01:26:56.539
humming it. One and 0 to count now. Frein standing

01:26:56.539 --> 01:26:59.319
in there. Mambo Kett delivers a curve right down

01:26:59.319 --> 01:27:10.819
the middle. One ball, one strike. One ball, one

01:27:10.819 --> 01:27:18.859
strike, two outs. Yankees trailing 1 -0. Mambo

01:27:18.859 --> 01:27:23.130
Kett. Veteran right -hander. His 10th year in

01:27:23.130 --> 01:27:26.270
the big time. Comes set. Checks Stanley. Here's

01:27:26.270 --> 01:27:28.010
the pitch. The free and in the dirt. Another

01:27:28.010 --> 01:27:31.130
nice play by Gibbs. Two balls and one strike.

01:27:53.289 --> 01:27:57.729
Okay, we're all set to go here. Mambo Kett taking

01:27:57.729 --> 01:28:01.170
his time out there. Comes set once again. Free

01:28:01.170 --> 01:28:04.409
and waiting. Here's the 2 -1 pitch. Hit hard

01:28:04.409 --> 01:28:07.489
and deep to left foul. Ooh, baby, was that ball

01:28:07.489 --> 01:28:20.189
plastered. That ball was really hit free and

01:28:20.189 --> 01:28:23.600
jumping out in front of a high slider. Hooked

01:28:23.600 --> 01:28:31.920
it hard and foul. In the fifth inning, Senators

01:28:31.920 --> 01:28:36.560
lead the Indians 1 -0. Third inning, the Cubs

01:28:36.560 --> 01:28:42.239
2, Houston nothing. And here, Detroit 1, Yankees

01:28:42.239 --> 01:28:44.739
nothing. There's a 2 -2 pitch foul tip coming

01:28:44.739 --> 01:28:46.840
back on the screen, and the count holds two balls

01:28:46.840 --> 01:28:54.600
and two strikes to free him. Norm Cash waiting

01:28:54.600 --> 01:28:59.819
on deck. Marble Kett has thrown a lot of pitches

01:28:59.819 --> 01:29:10.739
out there. Defense for Frehan. They play him

01:29:10.739 --> 01:29:13.560
deep in the outfield. Infield is about straightaway,

01:29:13.640 --> 01:29:15.399
and the outfield pretty much straightaway. They

01:29:15.399 --> 01:29:17.560
don't play him to pull too much. Here's the 2

01:29:17.560 --> 01:29:19.840
-2 delivery. Sidearm curve, and he gets a little

01:29:19.840 --> 01:29:22.369
piece of that as it's fouled off. For the ball

01:29:22.369 --> 01:29:38.210
boy, just to the left of the Yankee dugout. Crean,

01:29:38.270 --> 01:29:42.670
the only catcher since Mickey Cochran, who caught

01:29:42.670 --> 01:29:51.930
for Detroit, to bat 300. All right, free and

01:29:51.930 --> 01:29:54.710
is waiting. Mambo Kett gets a side from Jake.

01:29:56.770 --> 01:29:58.829
Mambo's set. The next one to free, and oops,

01:29:58.949 --> 01:30:01.930
that ball fouled off his bat. That almost hit

01:30:01.930 --> 01:30:05.329
him. That ball is right around his Adam's apple,

01:30:05.409 --> 01:30:09.050
and he's playing with that right hand of his

01:30:09.050 --> 01:30:11.430
like the ball might have touched his fingers

01:30:11.430 --> 01:30:17.409
off that bat. See, Crean hit .300 back in 1964

01:30:17.409 --> 01:30:19.869
and then had two bad years where he batted only

01:30:19.869 --> 01:30:28.470
.234, but last year bounced back at .282. So

01:30:28.470 --> 01:30:32.569
Crean almost got nailed with a fastball around

01:30:32.569 --> 01:30:35.050
the Adam's apple by Mambo Kettis, digging in

01:30:35.050 --> 01:30:38.449
once again. Stanley at second base, two outs,

01:30:38.529 --> 01:30:41.550
a 2 -2 count. Mambo again, here it comes. It's

01:30:41.550 --> 01:30:45.640
on the corner, strike three, he got him. Three

01:30:45.640 --> 01:30:48.359
in, took it all away, and that's strikeout number

01:30:48.359 --> 01:30:53.680
four for Mambo. For Detroit, no run, no hit,

01:30:53.720 --> 01:30:57.279
one Yankee error, one man left. And the score

01:30:57.279 --> 01:30:59.979
after four and a half, Detroit, one run on six

01:30:59.979 --> 01:31:03.220
hits, the Yankees no runs on no hit. Well, we're

01:31:03.220 --> 01:31:05.439
all set to go here in the bottom of the fifth

01:31:05.439 --> 01:31:07.859
inning, and coming on to tell you all about it

01:31:07.859 --> 01:31:11.479
is the scooter, Phil Rizzuto. All right, thank

01:31:11.479 --> 01:31:13.840
you, Jerry. And we've got quite a ball game going

01:31:13.840 --> 01:31:20.840
on here. Real pitching duel, 1 -0. Yankees still

01:31:20.840 --> 01:31:22.800
looking for their first hit of the ballgame.

01:31:23.659 --> 01:31:27.039
Four innings without a base hit. Gene Michael

01:31:27.039 --> 01:31:30.020
bounced out in front of the plate his first time

01:31:30.020 --> 01:31:35.939
up. Joe Squammer delivers. The pitch is in there.

01:31:36.020 --> 01:31:45.920
Strike one, call. Spalmer's been a little while

01:31:45.920 --> 01:31:50.699
today. He's walked four men. Shows next pitch.

01:31:50.819 --> 01:31:53.699
Ground ball to third. Nice play by Wirth. Fires

01:31:53.699 --> 01:31:57.000
the first one out. That ball almost got by him.

01:31:57.000 --> 01:31:58.520
It would have been a double down the line as

01:31:58.520 --> 01:32:02.380
Gene was trying to go that way. And hit the ball

01:32:02.380 --> 01:32:05.500
sharply. And right now on New York Yankee Baseball,

01:32:05.539 --> 01:32:11.210
we pause for station identification. Join me,

01:32:11.270 --> 01:32:13.850
Harry Downey, weekdays 10 to 11 .30 a .m. here

01:32:13.850 --> 01:32:23.970
on WGY 810 on your dials connected. All right,

01:32:23.970 --> 01:32:26.390
Bill Mambo -Kett. Mambo flying to left field,

01:32:26.550 --> 01:32:28.750
his first time at bat. He was up with runners

01:32:28.750 --> 01:32:30.470
at second and third and two out in the second

01:32:30.470 --> 01:32:33.810
inning. Almost dumped one in a short left field.

01:32:34.010 --> 01:32:36.270
Bomb is pitched, foul, upstairs out of play.

01:32:37.579 --> 01:32:39.720
You know, when Lou Gehrig retired from baseball,

01:32:39.859 --> 01:32:42.779
he told a pack Yankee Stadium, I consider myself

01:32:42.779 --> 01:32:45.140
the luckiest man on the face of the earth. He

01:32:45.140 --> 01:32:47.779
was only 36 then. He was dying and he knew it.

01:32:48.100 --> 01:32:49.920
And there's a great lesson to learn from Lou

01:32:49.920 --> 01:32:52.039
Gehrig. And there are great lessons to learn

01:32:52.039 --> 01:32:54.520
from other baseball immortals. You'll find a

01:32:54.520 --> 01:32:56.659
lot of their stories on the 40 -page baseball

01:32:56.659 --> 01:32:59.680
special in the May Reader's Digest. It's presented

01:32:59.680 --> 01:33:02.180
by Uniroyal, the people who make the rain tire

01:33:02.180 --> 01:33:05.439
especially for wet roads. There's a fly ball

01:33:05.439 --> 01:33:07.819
to left field. Hit well, but right at Northrop,

01:33:07.819 --> 01:33:13.020
it's two out. And it brings up Horace Clark.

01:33:13.140 --> 01:33:15.520
Horace has bounced to short and hit back to the

01:33:15.520 --> 01:33:31.779
box. All right, Clark, the batter. Two out, nobody

01:33:31.779 --> 01:33:40.979
on. 1 -0 Detroit lead. Coach Farmer with a short

01:33:40.979 --> 01:33:50.000
windup. Curve high outside, ball one. On deck,

01:33:50.020 --> 01:33:58.840
Jake Gibbs. Onward, playing in at third base.

01:34:00.430 --> 01:34:02.909
First for ground ball to his left coiler. Up

01:34:02.909 --> 01:34:07.550
with it. Fires to Cash for the out. The Yankees

01:34:07.550 --> 01:34:11.510
are retired in order. Nothing across. And the

01:34:11.510 --> 01:34:15.550
score now, at the end of five full innings, Detroit

01:34:15.550 --> 01:34:19.170
won and the Yankees nothing. Tipperillo asked

01:34:19.170 --> 01:34:21.149
the American people what they thought of the

01:34:21.149 --> 01:34:24.550
world's first menthol cigar. New Tipperillo M

01:34:24.550 --> 01:34:29.739
with menthol. Excuse me, sir. How does the idea

01:34:29.739 --> 01:34:33.100
of a menthol cigar sound to you? Menthol cigar!

01:34:36.100 --> 01:34:39.260
Hello? I'm calling for Tipperillo. We'd like

01:34:39.260 --> 01:34:41.920
your candid opinion about the idea of a menthol

01:34:41.920 --> 01:34:45.760
cigar. Menthol cigar? Pardon me, sir. Yes, would

01:34:45.760 --> 01:34:48.140
you mind rolling down your window? I'd like to

01:34:48.140 --> 01:34:50.380
ask you how the idea of putting menthol in a

01:34:50.380 --> 01:34:54.439
cigar sounds to you. Then we got wise and didn't

01:34:54.439 --> 01:34:58.060
mention our cigar was menthol. Sure. Would you

01:34:58.060 --> 01:35:00.659
mind trying a new taste in cigars from Tipperillo?

01:35:00.939 --> 01:35:03.439
What's in it? Well, here, let me just light it

01:35:03.439 --> 01:35:06.399
up for you. I'm sure you'll... How does it taste?

01:35:06.760 --> 01:35:10.239
Cool, cool. Yeah, kind of refreshing. Oh, that's

01:35:10.239 --> 01:35:12.520
good news. Tastes great. What did you say the

01:35:12.520 --> 01:35:14.180
name of that cigar was? I think we're going to

01:35:14.180 --> 01:35:16.779
have to call it the great taste that sounds terrible.

01:35:17.399 --> 01:35:26.189
New Tipperillo M with Menthol. For Detroit, it'll

01:35:26.189 --> 01:35:29.609
be Norm Cash, Jim Northrup, and Don Wirt to face

01:35:29.609 --> 01:35:37.130
Bill Monboquette. Monbo has allowed six base

01:35:37.130 --> 01:35:40.710
hits. He has not walked anybody, struck out four,

01:35:40.869 --> 01:35:42.750
and has allowed just one run, and that came in

01:35:42.750 --> 01:35:45.250
the fourth inning with one out, Northrup single

01:35:45.250 --> 01:35:48.010
to right. On the hit and run, Don Wirt single

01:35:48.010 --> 01:35:50.569
to center, sending Northrup to third, and then

01:35:50.569 --> 01:35:53.170
Orler hit a sacrifice fly to Bill Robinson in

01:35:53.170 --> 01:36:00.149
center field. It was an unusual play in the sense

01:36:00.149 --> 01:36:03.470
that Jim Northrup at third base did not take

01:36:03.470 --> 01:36:06.149
the customary stance at third with his left foot

01:36:06.149 --> 01:36:08.090
on the bag and looking at the outfielder, he

01:36:08.090 --> 01:36:09.890
put his right foot on the bag and watched the

01:36:09.890 --> 01:36:12.590
coach, Tony Cuccinello, who gave him the sign

01:36:12.590 --> 01:36:14.470
when to run, and I've never seen that before.

01:36:16.590 --> 01:36:21.189
It worked, though. He scored. Cash 0 for 2. Curve

01:36:21.189 --> 01:36:23.750
ball in there. Strike one called. Cash has bounced

01:36:23.750 --> 01:36:29.500
to second and bounced to first. Mayo Smith, the

01:36:29.500 --> 01:36:32.579
Tiger manager, in the same spot that Ralph Houck

01:36:32.579 --> 01:36:34.880
is in the Yankee dugout on the steps of the dugout.

01:36:34.939 --> 01:36:46.060
Low 1 -1. Beautiful day for this doubleheader.

01:36:46.199 --> 01:36:52.840
Good crowd on hand. The 1 -1 pitch on the outside

01:36:52.840 --> 01:36:55.680
corner. And man, that Mambo has been nicking

01:36:55.680 --> 01:36:59.239
those corners. Cash steps back. Talks to DiMuro.

01:37:00.560 --> 01:37:03.199
Norm walks around in a circle whenever he is

01:37:03.199 --> 01:37:06.979
dissatisfied with a call. Hangs his head, shakes

01:37:06.979 --> 01:37:11.600
it a little bit. Still plenty of time for you

01:37:11.600 --> 01:37:13.399
folks listening to get out for the rest of this

01:37:13.399 --> 01:37:16.739
game and all of the second game. Kirk swing and

01:37:16.739 --> 01:37:19.460
a miss as he took something off it. Strikeout

01:37:19.460 --> 01:37:27.500
number five for Mambo. And here is Jim Northrup.

01:37:27.789 --> 01:37:29.729
Bounce to first, single to right field. He has

01:37:29.729 --> 01:37:43.970
scored the game's only run. Pitcher bounce, a

01:37:43.970 --> 01:37:46.369
nice play by Mambo. Backhands and wheels around.

01:37:46.510 --> 01:37:50.989
Throws to Mantle in time for the out. Two up,

01:37:50.989 --> 01:37:54.430
two down. And the batter now downwards. Struck

01:37:54.430 --> 01:38:06.680
out and single to center field. The youngsters

01:38:06.680 --> 01:38:16.920
are out in force today. The pitch by Mambo, curve

01:38:16.920 --> 01:38:20.319
high, ball one. They got the signs around the

01:38:20.319 --> 01:38:26.579
upper deck. All of them from Mickey Mantle. One

01:38:26.579 --> 01:38:30.520
is just a big number seven. And that tells the

01:38:30.520 --> 01:38:36.949
story in itself. Slow curve over. One ball, one

01:38:36.949 --> 01:38:39.750
strike. I think it's worth the price of admission

01:38:39.750 --> 01:38:42.270
just to come out and watch Mambo Kett operate

01:38:42.270 --> 01:38:49.590
on these hitters. That's the sign from Jake Gibbs.

01:38:51.029 --> 01:38:54.210
Slow curve, a little low. Two balls and a strike.

01:38:55.770 --> 01:39:07.439
On deck, Ray Hoyler. Mombo Kett takes no chances

01:39:07.439 --> 01:39:10.979
of getting called for going with his right fingers

01:39:10.979 --> 01:39:13.600
to his mouth. He takes the glove off, holds it

01:39:13.600 --> 01:39:15.300
in the right hand, and then mops his brow or

01:39:15.300 --> 01:39:21.840
his face with the left hand. The 2 -1 pitch popped

01:39:21.840 --> 01:39:25.520
up to the right side mantle, and now Clark calls

01:39:25.520 --> 01:39:28.560
him off it. Clark is there, makes the catch in

01:39:28.560 --> 01:39:33.720
foul territory. And so the Tigers get down in

01:39:33.720 --> 01:39:36.449
order. And the score now, at the end of five

01:39:36.449 --> 01:39:38.750
and a half innings, Detroit won, the Yankees

01:39:38.750 --> 01:39:41.409
nothing. You know, weekends can turn into the

01:39:41.409 --> 01:39:43.409
busiest time of the week. That's the time you

01:39:43.409 --> 01:39:46.229
shop and do necessary household chores. But let's

01:39:46.229 --> 01:39:47.989
face it, weekends should be a time for the whole

01:39:47.989 --> 01:39:50.609
family to be together, a time to relax and enjoy

01:39:50.609 --> 01:39:53.130
yourself. This weekend, for example, why not

01:39:53.130 --> 01:39:55.350
load the family into the car and take off on

01:39:55.350 --> 01:39:57.850
an Atlantic Weekender tour to one of the interesting

01:39:57.850 --> 01:40:00.270
destinations in Atlantic's free Weekender tour

01:40:00.270 --> 01:40:02.630
guides. In case you're not familiar with the

01:40:02.630 --> 01:40:04.750
tour guides, let me tell you about them. They're

01:40:04.750 --> 01:40:07.569
more than just trips. These one -day and weekend

01:40:07.569 --> 01:40:09.989
planned tours to nearby exciting and unusual

01:40:09.989 --> 01:40:12.270
locations not only tell you how to get there,

01:40:12.430 --> 01:40:14.949
but they point out what to see on the way and

01:40:14.949 --> 01:40:17.630
what to do once you arrive. These weekender tour

01:40:17.630 --> 01:40:20.069
guides are free, of course. Just stop in at any

01:40:20.069 --> 01:40:22.510
Atlantic station and ask for one. And while you're

01:40:22.510 --> 01:40:24.869
there, fill up with Atlantic Imperial, the gasoline

01:40:24.869 --> 01:40:27.510
that cleans the throttle plate area of your carburetor

01:40:27.510 --> 01:40:30.770
as you drive and keeps it clean. You'll find

01:40:30.770 --> 01:40:33.260
the going's great. when you travel the Imperial

01:40:33.260 --> 01:40:36.899
Road with Atlantic Imperial, the clean carburetor

01:40:36.899 --> 01:40:53.199
gasoline. Jake Gibbs leads it off for the Yankees

01:40:53.199 --> 01:40:56.039
here in the bottom of the sixth inning. Gibbs

01:40:56.039 --> 01:40:58.699
has popped the third and bounced to the shortstop.

01:41:02.000 --> 01:41:06.319
An airplane flew out on the field, and Bill Freon

01:41:06.319 --> 01:41:14.000
is picking it up, putting it in his pocket. All

01:41:14.000 --> 01:41:15.819
right, the Yankees looking for their first hit

01:41:15.819 --> 01:41:23.239
in the ballgame. Detroit leading 1 -0. Joe Spalmer

01:41:23.239 --> 01:41:27.720
out on the mound. Spalmer's pitch to Gibbs, outside

01:41:27.720 --> 01:41:41.520
ball one. On deck, Mickey Mantle. There's the

01:41:41.520 --> 01:41:44.340
windup. Pitch right in there. Strike called.

01:41:46.399 --> 01:41:54.619
1 -1. Farmer really chewing that gum out on the

01:41:54.619 --> 01:41:58.479
mound. He's blowing bubbles. I thought he was

01:41:58.479 --> 01:42:00.760
blowing bubbles out there. The pitch, a bouncer

01:42:00.760 --> 01:42:02.979
over his head, off his glove, Oiler in, up with

01:42:02.979 --> 01:42:07.050
it. What a first base they got him. A good play

01:42:07.050 --> 01:42:11.010
as Farmer deflected the ball just enough so that

01:42:11.010 --> 01:42:14.130
Orla could make the play over the bag. And the

01:42:14.130 --> 01:42:32.800
batter, Mickey Mantle. hitter going for five

01:42:32.800 --> 01:42:36.420
in the third inning is so relaxed out of the

01:42:36.420 --> 01:42:40.300
mound, he's blowing bubbles. The pitch to Mickey

01:42:40.300 --> 01:42:43.439
Mantle, outside ball one. Mickey has walked and

01:42:43.439 --> 01:42:48.359
reached on an error. The ball that could have

01:42:48.359 --> 01:42:50.619
been given a base hit as Cash had to go to his

01:42:50.619 --> 01:42:52.500
right on a hard hit ground ball. He knocked it

01:42:52.500 --> 01:42:55.979
down, but couldn't hold on. Another bounce is

01:42:55.979 --> 01:42:59.810
slowly to first base. And Cash! Picks it up and

01:42:59.810 --> 01:43:02.229
steps on the bag for the unassisted put out.

01:43:04.170 --> 01:43:07.890
Mickey went down that line in a hurry. Two outs.

01:43:08.149 --> 01:43:10.970
And Nevada Rohrwhite, who has bounced hard to

01:43:10.970 --> 01:43:42.220
second base, both times he's been up there. Nobody

01:43:42.220 --> 01:43:44.960
on. Detroit leads 1 -0. The pitch to White is

01:43:44.960 --> 01:43:56.220
low. Ball one. Thought we had a Frenchman in

01:43:56.220 --> 01:43:57.899
our booth for a minute there, but it's Ernie

01:43:57.899 --> 01:44:01.279
Harwell with his little French hat on. There's

01:44:01.279 --> 01:44:07.939
a curve over strike called. On deck, Bill Robinson.

01:44:10.640 --> 01:44:14.399
Ward plays in at third. Bama's pitch high. Two

01:44:14.399 --> 01:44:27.579
balls and a strike. Bama, like Mamba Kett, makes

01:44:27.579 --> 01:44:32.640
his time out on the mound. Gets the sign from

01:44:32.640 --> 01:44:35.920
Friend. Here's the windup. The pitch, a foul

01:44:35.920 --> 01:44:40.500
off the plate and hit wide in the leg. Evens

01:44:40.500 --> 01:44:48.199
the count at 2 -2. Two balls, two strikes, two

01:44:48.199 --> 01:44:57.859
outs. All right, Joe Sparma getting ready out

01:44:57.859 --> 01:45:03.779
on the mound. His pitch is hit down the left

01:45:03.779 --> 01:45:09.500
field line, but curving. Just missed hitting

01:45:09.500 --> 01:45:13.840
the foul ball. That ball went pretty far. And

01:45:13.840 --> 01:45:16.300
it's two balls, two strikes. Well, Dale Long,

01:45:16.460 --> 01:45:19.579
our old buddy, would have been the first left

01:45:19.579 --> 01:45:21.359
-hand catcher in baseball if they'd let him.

01:45:21.399 --> 01:45:23.359
How you doing, Dale? Thanks, Bill. Great. Good.

01:45:23.659 --> 01:45:25.680
Now, isn't that true that you were trying out

01:45:25.680 --> 01:45:28.279
with the Pirates, was it, catching left -handers?

01:45:28.319 --> 01:45:30.800
In 1951, Mr. Rickey tried to make a left -handed

01:45:30.800 --> 01:45:32.800
catcher out of me. Well, there's no rule against

01:45:32.800 --> 01:45:34.880
it, is there? No, not actually. I think it's

01:45:34.880 --> 01:45:39.970
just a matter of complicating and custom. Why,

01:45:39.970 --> 01:45:42.510
it is a 2 -2 pitch to White. Line drive wide

01:45:42.510 --> 01:45:48.609
at downward for the hour. So, it's three up,

01:45:48.630 --> 01:45:50.689
three down, and the score now at the end of six

01:45:50.689 --> 01:45:54.010
full innings, the Tigers won and the Yankees

01:45:54.010 --> 01:45:55.689
nothing. Well, as we told you, we're talking

01:45:55.689 --> 01:45:59.069
with Dale Long here, and Dale, you left baseball,

01:45:59.189 --> 01:46:02.470
you started to make umpiring a career, and what

01:46:02.470 --> 01:46:06.750
happened? It's not an easy transition, Phil.

01:46:07.880 --> 01:46:10.539
I don't know. I just felt like last year I was

01:46:10.539 --> 01:46:12.500
in the International League and Jim Bowden come

01:46:12.500 --> 01:46:14.300
down to pitch. Well, Jim was a teammate of mine.

01:46:14.500 --> 01:46:15.979
Well, you know who's going to get the break from

01:46:15.979 --> 01:46:23.020
me. And I was no kid going into it. I just didn't

01:46:23.020 --> 01:46:26.420
care for it that much. I work for Susan Roebuck

01:46:26.420 --> 01:46:29.100
now, and I got a good job with them. Not on the

01:46:29.100 --> 01:46:31.600
basis of Ted Williams. Well, I just want to mention

01:46:31.600 --> 01:46:34.619
Williamson Farmer. I'm a peon. I work. Well,

01:46:34.680 --> 01:46:36.140
you're in good company, though, and, you know,

01:46:36.159 --> 01:46:38.380
a little of that might rub off, Bill. Right,

01:46:38.460 --> 01:46:40.960
but I sure miss baseball, Bill. Oh, I guess you

01:46:40.960 --> 01:46:43.340
do. It's a great affiliation. It certainly has

01:46:43.340 --> 01:46:45.399
been, and it always gives you good entree into

01:46:45.399 --> 01:46:48.319
places where you might not be able to get. I

01:46:48.319 --> 01:46:50.220
run a sports program, too, you know. No kidding?

01:46:50.260 --> 01:46:52.920
Oh, wonderful. This is out of the Albany station

01:46:52.920 --> 01:46:55.579
up in Albany, New York. Do you ever see Jeff

01:46:55.579 --> 01:46:57.060
Davis up there when you're up there? I sure do.

01:46:57.180 --> 01:46:58.979
Are you on the same station with Jeff? No, he's

01:46:58.979 --> 01:47:03.699
on another WEE, and I'm WPTR. Jeff just got another

01:47:03.699 --> 01:47:06.899
job, and he's doing very well. I know he is,

01:47:06.939 --> 01:47:09.100
and he's a great man. But that's interesting.

01:47:09.699 --> 01:47:12.520
Is it a regular sport cast? Do you give scores

01:47:12.520 --> 01:47:15.000
or interviews? Five minutes a night, five nights

01:47:15.000 --> 01:47:18.520
a week. And it's all new to me, believe me. I

01:47:18.520 --> 01:47:20.520
said it. Stick with it, because it's a wonderful

01:47:20.520 --> 01:47:23.000
thing to do. And it keeps you in contact with

01:47:23.000 --> 01:47:27.050
all the sports anyway. We're getting ready for

01:47:27.050 --> 01:47:29.470
the top of the seventh inning. Mambo's first

01:47:29.470 --> 01:47:31.750
pitch to Orla. Hit high in the air to center

01:47:31.750 --> 01:47:34.789
field. Robinson going back. Backpedaling fast.

01:47:34.949 --> 01:47:38.029
He's there now and makes the catch. And Orla

01:47:38.029 --> 01:47:40.569
hit that ball over 400 feet. But that's Death

01:47:40.569 --> 01:47:43.449
Valley here at Yankee Stadium. And it's a long

01:47:43.449 --> 01:47:46.829
out, one away. Orla one for one. Brings up Joe

01:47:46.829 --> 01:47:49.090
Sparma. Bounce to short and bounce to third.

01:48:03.470 --> 01:48:05.770
All right, Mambo turns around. Wants to make

01:48:05.770 --> 01:48:07.949
sure that Robinson has come back from that long

01:48:07.949 --> 01:48:12.329
run in center field. Here's the first pitch.

01:48:12.510 --> 01:48:15.569
And it's popped foul in back of the plate near

01:48:15.569 --> 01:48:18.869
the screen. Gibbs coming back and makes the catch

01:48:18.869 --> 01:48:21.710
right in front of the screen. And, Dale, that's

01:48:21.710 --> 01:48:23.630
got to be one of the toughest plays for a catcher.

01:48:23.789 --> 01:48:26.569
Sure is. In fact, it's a good one to make there

01:48:26.569 --> 01:48:29.350
because the ball is coming back into him. Jake

01:48:29.350 --> 01:48:33.289
played it real well. He did. You know, Bill Kane

01:48:33.289 --> 01:48:35.390
put a piece of gum down there, and he says Dale

01:48:35.390 --> 01:48:37.270
put his gum on the table just like he used to

01:48:37.270 --> 01:48:40.109
put on the cap. So you and I were from that same

01:48:40.109 --> 01:48:41.829
school, huh? Putting the gum on the button of

01:48:41.829 --> 01:48:44.010
the cap? Listen, Bill, my father used to bring

01:48:44.010 --> 01:48:47.930
me out and watch you play in St. Louis. That's

01:48:47.930 --> 01:48:51.489
where I first saw the gum on the cap. Okay, buddy.

01:48:52.750 --> 01:48:55.250
Here's Dick McCullough. Struck out, hit to the

01:48:55.250 --> 01:48:58.569
box, and was thrown out by Jake Yip. 0 for 3

01:48:58.569 --> 01:49:01.560
for McCullough. Two out, nobody on. 1 -0 Detroit

01:49:01.560 --> 01:49:08.039
leads top of the set. A wind -up by Mambo. His

01:49:08.039 --> 01:49:10.939
curve is low. Ball one. By the way, does that

01:49:10.939 --> 01:49:15.239
record that you held still hold hitting consecutive

01:49:15.239 --> 01:49:17.720
home runs in consecutive days? It sure does.

01:49:17.840 --> 01:49:20.199
How many? It was eight in eight games. Eight

01:49:20.199 --> 01:49:24.399
in eight games. Everything I got going for me.

01:49:24.560 --> 01:49:26.920
If they break that, then I can fly. Well, listen,

01:49:27.000 --> 01:49:28.640
that's quite a record. That's pretty tough to

01:49:28.640 --> 01:49:32.390
break. Well, I was very, very fortunate. No,

01:49:32.390 --> 01:49:34.449
no. When you get on a hot streak, though, I guess

01:49:34.449 --> 01:49:36.789
you don't care who's pitching or where the ball

01:49:36.789 --> 01:49:40.010
is. That's true. Very true. All right, two balls,

01:49:40.109 --> 01:49:41.829
no strikes on McCullough. We're talking with

01:49:41.829 --> 01:49:47.390
Dale Long. The 2 -0 delivery. He runs up to Butt,

01:49:47.449 --> 01:49:50.350
takes it, and man, Gibbs and Mambo didn't like

01:49:50.350 --> 01:49:53.909
that call. I was talking to Ralph Houseville

01:49:53.909 --> 01:49:55.810
about this ballpark. Isn't it beautiful? Oh,

01:49:55.810 --> 01:49:59.159
it is. And they've really fixed it up. It is,

01:49:59.159 --> 01:50:01.420
even before they repainted it and refurbished

01:50:01.420 --> 01:50:04.239
it. But it still gives everybody a big thrill.

01:50:04.359 --> 01:50:06.159
And those rookies, when they first come in, they

01:50:06.159 --> 01:50:09.539
almost faint. The 3 -0 pitch right down the middle.

01:50:09.560 --> 01:50:18.699
Strike call, 3 -1. A well -pitten call game by

01:50:18.699 --> 01:50:22.720
Mambo Kidd and Sparma. Sparma with the edge right

01:50:22.720 --> 01:50:27.369
now, a 1 -0 lead. Slow curve is in there, and

01:50:27.369 --> 01:50:34.710
McCullough bluffed a bunt. It's 3 -2. Something

01:50:34.710 --> 01:50:36.449
you never used to see in the old days, Dale,

01:50:36.510 --> 01:50:39.829
a 3 -1 pitch in a slow curve ball. That's where

01:50:39.829 --> 01:50:43.130
the whole trend comes today. Really, it's baffling

01:50:43.130 --> 01:50:45.829
how these boys can throw it like that. You used

01:50:45.829 --> 01:50:48.949
to go to the fastball. Oh, sure. Here's the payoff

01:50:48.949 --> 01:50:52.310
pitch. Another slow curve popped up. Bill Robinson

01:50:52.310 --> 01:50:56.220
and Roy White effort. Robinson calls. and makes

01:50:56.220 --> 01:50:59.960
the catch. So, again, it's three up and three

01:50:59.960 --> 01:51:03.579
down, and the score now, at the end of six and

01:51:03.579 --> 01:51:07.359
a half innings, Detroit one and the Yankees nothing.

01:51:08.079 --> 01:51:10.159
Hey, kids, and old -timers, too, how would you

01:51:10.159 --> 01:51:12.060
like to hear the voice of the Babe or the Iron

01:51:12.060 --> 01:51:15.680
Horse, Demage, Reynolds, Roth, and Ruffing, all

01:51:15.680 --> 01:51:17.939
the other Yankee greats, merely by picking up

01:51:17.939 --> 01:51:20.430
a phone and listening? Well, it's just that easy.

01:51:20.529 --> 01:51:22.989
The Yankee Hall of Fame at Yankee Stadium is

01:51:22.989 --> 01:51:25.310
filled with the voices of Yankee players who

01:51:25.310 --> 01:51:27.489
were the glory of their time. Just wait until

01:51:27.489 --> 01:51:29.029
you hear the play -by -play account of Mickey

01:51:29.029 --> 01:51:31.729
hitting his 500th homer or Casey telling you

01:51:31.729 --> 01:51:34.210
about his greatest baseball thrill or the great

01:51:34.210 --> 01:51:36.449
Lou Gehrig making his sad farewell to baseball.

01:51:36.909 --> 01:51:39.130
Don't miss your chance to hear the most unforgettable

01:51:39.130 --> 01:51:42.310
moments in baseball as told by baseball's most

01:51:42.310 --> 01:51:45.710
unforgettable heroes. You can hear them in the

01:51:45.710 --> 01:51:49.420
Yankee Hall of Fame at Yankee Stadium. And just

01:51:49.420 --> 01:51:51.319
a word to you moms and dads listening, when you

01:51:51.319 --> 01:51:53.159
bring the youngsters out to Yankee Stadium to

01:51:53.159 --> 01:51:54.840
see the Yankees this year, they'll have a chance

01:51:54.840 --> 01:51:56.899
to see Mickey Mantle and all the greats of today.

01:51:57.159 --> 01:51:59.180
Be sure to take those youngsters by the Hall

01:51:59.180 --> 01:52:01.800
of Fame. Let them listen to the voices of some

01:52:01.800 --> 01:52:15.119
of the greatest ballplayers of all time. Well,

01:52:15.260 --> 01:52:17.239
we get ready for the bottom of the seventh inning.

01:52:17.800 --> 01:52:20.439
It'll be Bill Robinson, Steve Whitaker, and Bobby

01:52:20.439 --> 01:52:24.140
Cox to face Joe Farmer. Robinson walked and bounced

01:52:24.140 --> 01:52:26.960
to the shortstop. You can hear the youngsters

01:52:26.960 --> 01:52:29.260
yelling here, and there are lots of them here

01:52:29.260 --> 01:52:32.680
today. Cap day today at Yankee Stadium. They're

01:52:32.680 --> 01:52:36.479
all waving their Yankee caps. The pitch to Robinson,

01:52:36.560 --> 01:52:39.300
almost hit him. Man, he had to jump back in a

01:52:39.300 --> 01:52:43.600
hurry. Ball one. But we told his farming he liked

01:52:43.600 --> 01:52:46.829
to use that brushback pitch. But at least he

01:52:46.829 --> 01:52:51.550
keeps it from the shoulders on down. Here's the

01:52:51.550 --> 01:52:54.569
1 -0 delivery. Hits a short left field, and that

01:52:54.569 --> 01:52:56.689
ball's going to drop in for the first hit for

01:52:56.689 --> 01:53:01.369
the Yankees. Robinson trying to throw, and he's

01:53:01.369 --> 01:53:04.210
out at second base, and he's arguing down there.

01:53:05.890 --> 01:53:08.909
A close play at second base, and what a throw

01:53:08.909 --> 01:53:14.069
by Jim Northrup. The tag by McCullough. It had

01:53:14.069 --> 01:53:18.470
to be a perfect throw. And Robinson didn't think

01:53:18.470 --> 01:53:23.989
he was out. But Jim Northrup threw a strike to

01:53:23.989 --> 01:53:26.329
Dittmer, call up, and Robinson is out trying

01:53:26.329 --> 01:53:32.170
to stretch the single or double. Man, he called

01:53:32.170 --> 01:53:34.430
that play quick down there. Ooh, I'd hate to

01:53:34.430 --> 01:53:36.949
be an umpire on that one, Dale. I don't know.

01:53:37.529 --> 01:53:40.390
They teach you to wait that little instant. You

01:53:40.390 --> 01:53:42.569
know, for Baker's call, he seemed like he had

01:53:42.569 --> 01:53:44.970
his arm up before he even got there. And that's

01:53:44.970 --> 01:53:47.090
the tough thing for umpires. They make a decision

01:53:47.090 --> 01:53:50.369
sometimes beforehand, and they call it automatically.

01:53:51.229 --> 01:53:54.750
Guys only count horseshoes. Yes, you're right.

01:53:54.850 --> 01:53:57.170
There's a strike to Whitaker who has walked twice.

01:53:58.409 --> 01:54:00.930
But that's interesting. They do teach you to

01:54:00.930 --> 01:54:04.949
hesitate before you make that call. Right. You've

01:54:04.949 --> 01:54:06.449
got to have that hesitation there and let it

01:54:06.449 --> 01:54:09.199
happen. Let it happen first. Right, another curve

01:54:09.199 --> 01:54:11.140
over strike two, and Whittaker didn't like that

01:54:11.140 --> 01:54:13.819
call. Well, I noticed it with several of the

01:54:13.819 --> 01:54:16.800
umpires now behind the plate. And for a while,

01:54:16.880 --> 01:54:21.640
I was jumping the gun. I'd say ball one, but

01:54:21.640 --> 01:54:23.859
then like Humont and a couple other ones, they'll

01:54:23.859 --> 01:54:25.960
wait that fraction of a second and then put the

01:54:25.960 --> 01:54:28.399
right hand up. So I had to time myself with them.

01:54:28.399 --> 01:54:29.739
That's good. You know, that's why they go to

01:54:29.739 --> 01:54:31.300
spring training, too. They have to pick up their

01:54:31.300 --> 01:54:33.680
timing just like the players do. Right. It's

01:54:33.680 --> 01:54:35.880
not as easy to just come out of bed. And call

01:54:35.880 --> 01:54:37.819
a pitch. All right. All right. Two strikes on

01:54:37.819 --> 01:54:41.039
Whitaker. One out. Nobody on. Curve. Bounce to

01:54:41.039 --> 01:54:43.439
the right side. McAuliffe comes in. One hand

01:54:43.439 --> 01:54:48.260
to flip to Cash in time. But the Yankees get

01:54:48.260 --> 01:54:50.600
their first set of the game. Bill Robinson trying

01:54:50.600 --> 01:54:53.479
to stretch it into a double is thrown out on

01:54:53.479 --> 01:54:56.600
a very close play at second base. Here's Bobby

01:54:56.600 --> 01:54:58.739
Cox. Bounce to third. Hit into a double play.

01:55:03.119 --> 01:55:05.279
Are there any kids around, Darrell, that you

01:55:05.279 --> 01:55:07.060
umpired against that are up in the big leagues

01:55:07.060 --> 01:55:11.220
now? Oh, yes. Mike Ferraro was at Syracuse last

01:55:11.220 --> 01:55:14.079
year and Toledo the year before. Bill Robinson.

01:55:16.699 --> 01:55:20.399
Ray Oiler was at Syracuse two years ago. Sure,

01:55:20.439 --> 01:55:22.800
a great heartwarming to see these fellows make

01:55:22.800 --> 01:55:24.800
it. So just what I was going to say, it must

01:55:24.800 --> 01:55:27.100
be wonderful to see these kids in the minors,

01:55:27.100 --> 01:55:30.689
raw rookies, and then... develop enough to get

01:55:30.689 --> 01:55:32.470
to the big leagues. Oh, yeah. They have a lot

01:55:32.470 --> 01:55:35.529
of them. Steve Womack, a lot of the Yankee pitchers

01:55:35.529 --> 01:55:38.909
go down to the International League. Uh -huh.

01:55:39.210 --> 01:55:41.529
All right, Bobby Cox has a count of no balls

01:55:41.529 --> 01:55:44.270
and two strikes on him with two outs. Nobody

01:55:44.270 --> 01:55:46.470
on here in the bottom of the seventh, and the

01:55:46.470 --> 01:55:48.609
Tigers leading one to nothing. The Tigers scored

01:55:48.609 --> 01:55:51.109
that one run in the fourth inning. Bobby Cox

01:55:51.109 --> 01:55:54.649
is funny, Phil. He was at Richmond last year

01:55:54.649 --> 01:55:56.189
when I was down there, and if a ball comes in

01:55:56.189 --> 01:55:58.500
and he thinks it's a ball, he hollers, no. No

01:55:58.500 --> 01:56:00.579
kidding. The umpires themselves. It was really

01:56:00.579 --> 01:56:02.939
shocked me when he first did it to me. Uh -huh.

01:56:03.579 --> 01:56:06.159
Here's the two -strike pitch. A bouncing ball

01:56:06.159 --> 01:56:09.060
foul. Frank Crescetti. One hand at the old cross.

01:56:09.359 --> 01:56:11.100
Hasn't missed one yet. He hasn't missed one.

01:56:11.159 --> 01:56:12.819
It doesn't look the same as when he broke in

01:56:12.819 --> 01:56:15.060
in 31. You remember that, right? Oh, come on.

01:56:15.680 --> 01:56:20.859
He sure hasn't changed. No, he hasn't. Still

01:56:20.859 --> 01:56:29.279
0 -2 on Bobby Cox. Being an umpire, though, I

01:56:29.279 --> 01:56:32.359
imagine you don't like the ballplayers arguing

01:56:32.359 --> 01:56:34.920
too much on pitches. I mean, the fans start getting

01:56:34.920 --> 01:56:37.140
on you then, don't they? Well, they're a little

01:56:37.140 --> 01:56:38.979
more understanding. I think I was more understanding

01:56:38.979 --> 01:56:40.899
than most of the umpires. I know how tough it

01:56:40.899 --> 01:56:43.060
is to get up here, Phil. It's not easy. Right.

01:56:43.500 --> 01:56:46.039
The pitch, a curve, and he sits down. It's high

01:56:46.039 --> 01:56:48.140
and inside, one ball, two strikes. You don't

01:56:48.140 --> 01:56:50.420
mind a legitimate break, but a fellow that's

01:56:50.420 --> 01:56:52.819
trying to find it out, he's not going to make

01:56:52.819 --> 01:56:54.840
a goat out of you, and that's the guys you look

01:56:54.840 --> 01:56:59.260
out for. By the way, what did you say you did

01:56:59.260 --> 01:57:02.260
with Sears robots? I'm in commercial sales. I

01:57:02.260 --> 01:57:07.239
sell for them. Oh. Everything? We got 200 ,000

01:57:07.239 --> 01:57:12.439
items. Why, here's the one -two delivery. Low

01:57:12.439 --> 01:57:18.119
ball two, two and two. On deck, Gene Michael.

01:57:27.659 --> 01:57:30.340
Palmer into the windup. The pitch. There's a

01:57:30.340 --> 01:57:33.760
base hit to left field. Bobby Cox gets his first

01:57:33.760 --> 01:57:36.979
major league base hit of the Yankees. A bullet

01:57:36.979 --> 01:57:41.720
to left field. Man, I bet he's happy. That first

01:57:41.720 --> 01:57:45.920
hit. That first hit sometimes is a long time

01:57:45.920 --> 01:57:51.800
coming. And we're going to have a pinch hit.

01:57:51.859 --> 01:57:54.340
Tommy Tresh is coming up to bat for Gene Michael.

01:57:58.479 --> 01:58:01.439
So Fran goes out to the mound and talks with

01:58:01.439 --> 01:58:03.720
Farmer. So the Tigers got a big break here when

01:58:03.720 --> 01:58:06.399
Bill Robinson's singling, leading off the inning,

01:58:06.479 --> 01:58:08.140
tried to stretch it into a double and was thrown

01:58:08.140 --> 01:58:13.140
out. So it's two out now with Bobby Cox at first

01:58:13.140 --> 01:58:15.159
base. Bobby walking around down there. I don't

01:58:15.159 --> 01:58:16.479
know whether he pulled a muscle or anything.

01:58:17.180 --> 01:58:23.279
But now Tommy Trey is batting for Gene Michael.

01:58:23.359 --> 01:58:27.359
Gene was 0 -2 while he was in there. Tommy's

01:58:27.359 --> 01:58:30.399
been about 46 times, 7 hits, 1 double, 1 homer.

01:58:30.579 --> 01:58:42.460
He has 7 RBI. 1 -0 Detroit lead. Fresh steps

01:58:42.460 --> 01:58:48.539
in. Pounding the bat on the plate. Cash holds

01:58:48.539 --> 01:58:56.619
first against Cox. Here's the stretch. The pitch

01:58:56.619 --> 01:58:59.739
low. Ball one. Do you remember your first big

01:58:59.739 --> 01:59:02.260
league hit? Oh, I'll never forget it. It was

01:59:02.260 --> 01:59:04.960
a bunt against the Philadelphia Athletics when

01:59:04.960 --> 01:59:07.100
they were in. Pete Sulu was playing third. Do

01:59:07.100 --> 01:59:10.319
you? No, I remember mine. Who'd you get it off?

01:59:11.100 --> 01:59:14.060
Evo Blackwell. Oh, well, you were left -handed.

01:59:14.739 --> 01:59:17.720
Not too many right -handers got hit on him. The

01:59:17.720 --> 01:59:19.779
pitch, a foul at the plate. It hit Tommy in the

01:59:19.779 --> 01:59:24.960
leg. One ball, one strike. How many clubs did

01:59:24.960 --> 01:59:26.600
you play with, Dale, in your Major League career?

01:59:27.239 --> 01:59:30.939
Six. Six? And five in the National, one in the

01:59:30.939 --> 01:59:33.479
American? No, I was two. I played with Washington.

01:59:33.640 --> 01:59:35.500
Oh, that's right. I'm on the expansion now. Uh

01:59:35.500 --> 01:59:37.380
-huh. When they had the expanding clubs. Right.

01:59:37.659 --> 01:59:40.460
How long were you with the Yankees? I was here

01:59:40.460 --> 01:59:45.979
twice, three years. Did a great job pinch hitting.

01:59:46.060 --> 01:59:48.720
I remember that. All right, Cox leads the way

01:59:48.720 --> 01:59:52.000
at first base. The stretch. The pitch outside.

01:59:53.079 --> 02:00:02.039
Two balls and a strike. Tigers 1, Yankees nothing.

02:00:02.159 --> 02:00:04.319
Tigers with six hits, Yankees with two. Each

02:00:04.319 --> 02:00:08.659
team has made one error. On deck, Bill Mambo

02:00:08.659 --> 02:00:14.119
-Kett. The stretch by Palmer. Cox leads away.

02:00:17.720 --> 02:00:20.760
Powell's tip off the shin guard of Bill Tran.

02:00:21.500 --> 02:00:24.420
The count is even at two and two. Two balls,

02:00:24.460 --> 02:00:31.279
two strikes, and two outs. Oh, a new ball thrown

02:00:31.279 --> 02:00:36.720
out to Joe Spalmer. Another big ball game to

02:00:36.720 --> 02:00:48.399
go after this one. Joe Spalmer still nonchalantly

02:00:48.399 --> 02:00:53.239
blowing bubbles out of the mound. Leans in to

02:00:53.239 --> 02:01:00.039
get the sign. Now he's ready. His pitch inside,

02:01:00.159 --> 02:01:02.399
and Tommy almost stepped into that fast one.

02:01:02.460 --> 02:01:05.479
It's three balls, two strikes. Cox will be off

02:01:05.479 --> 02:01:07.880
with the pitch, which gives the Yankees a little

02:01:07.880 --> 02:01:10.539
edge right here. He'll be running. Quick score

02:01:10.539 --> 02:01:17.020
on a long single. Cash now moves in back of the

02:01:17.020 --> 02:01:19.520
runner at first base. Got to be careful here.

02:01:19.560 --> 02:01:25.569
They might put a play on. Now we're ready for

02:01:25.569 --> 02:01:29.569
the payoff pitch. There goes Cox. The curve is

02:01:29.569 --> 02:01:33.369
swung at and missed. Strike three. As he changed

02:01:33.369 --> 02:01:35.850
up on a curve ball and had Trish out in front.

02:01:36.670 --> 02:01:39.590
It's all for the Yankees. No runs. Two hits.

02:01:40.510 --> 02:01:44.229
No tag errors. One man left. And at the end of

02:01:44.229 --> 02:01:47.090
seven full innings, it's Detroit one and the

02:01:47.090 --> 02:01:53.659
Yankees nothing. If you were born poor. In a

02:01:53.659 --> 02:01:56.640
city slum or a migrant worker camp, a worn -out

02:01:56.640 --> 02:02:00.000
farm or an Indian reservation, your whole perspective

02:02:00.000 --> 02:02:02.520
is different. You think of the rest of America

02:02:02.520 --> 02:02:05.500
as something quite separate from you. What do

02:02:05.500 --> 02:02:07.479
the people out there know about you? What do

02:02:07.479 --> 02:02:11.300
they care? Well, there are men and women, young

02:02:11.300 --> 02:02:15.340
and old, who care enough to spend a year of their

02:02:15.340 --> 02:02:18.819
lives full -time concentrating on spreading around

02:02:18.819 --> 02:02:22.140
some opportunity. They are VISTA volunteers.

02:02:22.920 --> 02:02:26.039
Lucky people who've had the breaks and who want

02:02:26.039 --> 02:02:28.800
to help give somebody else a break. Uncle Sam

02:02:28.800 --> 02:02:31.819
pays them $50 a month plus expenses so they don't

02:02:31.819 --> 02:02:34.600
do it for the money. They do it because they

02:02:34.600 --> 02:02:37.560
want to be a part of making America greater still.

02:02:38.399 --> 02:02:42.699
Vista. Volunteers in service to America. Write

02:02:42.699 --> 02:02:49.720
to Vista Box B, Washington, D .C. We're open

02:02:49.720 --> 02:02:51.859
tomorrow, all right? has gone in to play shortstop

02:02:51.859 --> 02:02:56.319
in place of Gene Michaels. Right now on New York

02:02:56.319 --> 02:02:58.699
Yankee Baseball, we pause for station identification.

02:03:01.239 --> 02:03:04.039
Harry Downey asks you to join me weekdays, 3

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to 6 p .m. here on WGY 810 on your dials connected.

02:03:15.119 --> 02:03:17.460
All right, Mickey Stanley has struck out singular

02:03:17.460 --> 02:03:25.239
center and reached on an error. Right -hand batter.

02:03:26.359 --> 02:03:28.699
Mambo's pitch, a bouncer foul to the left of

02:03:28.699 --> 02:03:31.979
the plate. Strike one. Bobby Cox hustles in to

02:03:31.979 --> 02:03:42.840
pick it up. Outfield straightaway on Stanley.

02:03:47.560 --> 02:03:53.739
On deck, Al Kaline. Pitch by Mambo, sidearm curve,

02:03:53.880 --> 02:03:56.279
foul down the left field line, going back into

02:03:56.279 --> 02:04:03.779
the stands and out of play. Nothing in two. Tony,

02:04:04.140 --> 02:04:06.359
we've been chatting here with Dale Long a little

02:04:06.359 --> 02:04:08.720
bit. Dale, you look in as good a shape as you

02:04:08.720 --> 02:04:10.239
did when you were playing. What are you doing?

02:04:10.479 --> 02:04:13.079
Well, I got a few gray hairs, Bill. No, I don't

02:04:13.079 --> 02:04:16.010
mean I got them, too. I mean you're... Your body

02:04:16.010 --> 02:04:18.850
looks pretty good. Well, I play a little golf.

02:04:19.010 --> 02:04:20.989
I enjoy the crowd. No kidding. Left -handed?

02:04:21.130 --> 02:04:25.449
Oh, yeah. I'm a hacker. The pitch is just outside.

02:04:25.550 --> 02:04:30.550
One ball, two strikes. You ever run into Ted

02:04:30.550 --> 02:04:33.649
Williams when he travels? Yes, Ted comes around

02:04:33.649 --> 02:04:35.729
once in a while. I've talked to him a couple

02:04:35.729 --> 02:04:39.489
times. He's put on a few puns. Yes, I noticed.

02:04:39.850 --> 02:04:42.960
He's a little roly -poly right now. I've been

02:04:42.960 --> 02:04:45.739
very active up in, I now live up in Albany, New

02:04:45.739 --> 02:04:51.359
York, Saratoga County. And I pull around a little

02:04:51.359 --> 02:04:55.079
bit of basketball and baseball now. It's in season.

02:04:55.579 --> 02:04:57.420
It's a nice part of the country. My daughter

02:04:57.420 --> 02:04:59.159
went to school there for a while at Skidmore

02:04:59.159 --> 02:05:02.140
up in that area. It's a good thing you know now

02:05:02.140 --> 02:05:05.340
because my son goes to Union. And they have a

02:05:05.340 --> 02:05:09.239
shuttle between Union College and Skidmore. Check

02:05:09.239 --> 02:05:11.300
swing, ground ball, a mantle at first. Mickey's

02:05:11.300 --> 02:05:14.000
up with it. He'll step on the bag. And it's one

02:05:14.000 --> 02:05:16.239
away. By the way, have you seen Mickey at first

02:05:16.239 --> 02:05:20.739
base at all other than this game? No. He looks

02:05:20.739 --> 02:05:23.199
better and better over there. I got a letter

02:05:23.199 --> 02:05:25.220
from him last year, and he said I had it so followed

02:05:25.220 --> 02:05:27.960
up nobody could play it. But he said he finally

02:05:27.960 --> 02:05:29.520
smoothed it out, and now it's all right again.

02:05:30.460 --> 02:05:33.199
But he has surprised so many people with his

02:05:33.199 --> 02:05:38.739
play at first base. Well, it's the most vulnerable

02:05:38.739 --> 02:05:42.359
spot. It can be played by most anybody. And Mickey's

02:05:42.359 --> 02:05:44.680
very adaptive baseball. I think he could do anything

02:05:44.680 --> 02:05:47.439
if he put his heart to it. Oh, yes. Anyway. Al

02:05:47.439 --> 02:05:49.859
Kaline, a single fly to center bounce is short.

02:05:50.039 --> 02:05:59.600
Takes the pitch a little high. Ball one. Yeah.

02:05:59.920 --> 02:06:03.680
Mambo gets the sign from Gibbs. Pitch swing and

02:06:03.680 --> 02:06:07.119
a foul tip and it makes Gibbs. One ball, one

02:06:07.119 --> 02:06:09.920
strike. Jake flinched a little bit. Jake's got

02:06:09.920 --> 02:06:13.020
the meat in there again. He's got a magnet in

02:06:13.020 --> 02:06:15.520
that hand of his. He gets hit with more foul

02:06:15.520 --> 02:06:18.039
tips. Shaking hands with him is like shaking

02:06:18.039 --> 02:06:22.779
hands with a bag full of walnuts. Most catches

02:06:22.779 --> 02:06:25.060
are like that, don't you agree? The best one

02:06:25.060 --> 02:06:28.840
I've seen is Jim Hegan. Oh, he was great. As

02:06:28.840 --> 02:06:31.119
they slow ground ball to third, it kicks foul.

02:06:31.380 --> 02:06:33.460
They would not have gotten K -line on that one.

02:06:33.800 --> 02:06:35.840
Cox was playing deep. It's one ball, two strikes.

02:06:35.899 --> 02:06:39.140
That's right. Jim was one of the most graceful

02:06:39.140 --> 02:06:40.840
catchers. He reminded me a lot of Bill Dickey

02:06:40.840 --> 02:06:43.199
behind the plate. Played like a shortstop, really.

02:06:43.239 --> 02:06:45.460
There was none of this bulwark of blocking the

02:06:45.460 --> 02:06:48.319
ball. But you remember he caught four 20 -game

02:06:48.319 --> 02:06:51.199
winners and 11 and 13. I remember. We had to

02:06:51.199 --> 02:06:54.399
face them. One right after the other. You never

02:06:54.399 --> 02:06:56.640
had a breather with those guys. He was a picture

02:06:56.640 --> 02:07:00.979
catcher. Yes, he was. All right. It's one ball,

02:07:01.060 --> 02:07:03.970
two strikes on Kaline. One out. As nobody on,

02:07:04.029 --> 02:07:06.069
Detroit leads 1 -0 in the top of the eighth.

02:07:09.729 --> 02:07:16.930
Pitched by Mambo. Foul back off the screen. On

02:07:16.930 --> 02:07:32.600
deck, Bill Friend. Now the wind -up. Curve is

02:07:32.600 --> 02:07:38.479
low and outside. Two and two. Two balls, two

02:07:38.479 --> 02:07:48.760
strikes, one out. Mambo ready again. A slow curve

02:07:48.760 --> 02:07:51.600
hit on the ground hard. Cox, nice play. A long

02:07:51.600 --> 02:07:56.680
throw. In time to get Kaline. And Bobby Cox did

02:07:56.680 --> 02:07:58.600
not flinch. That ball was hit like a bullet.

02:07:58.680 --> 02:08:01.529
One hop. Bobby got his body right in front of

02:08:01.529 --> 02:08:03.289
the ball, put his glove right at the belt, and

02:08:03.289 --> 02:08:06.229
it was right in there. Two out and three in the

02:08:06.229 --> 02:08:08.170
batter. Three in his double, popped the second,

02:08:08.210 --> 02:08:19.590
and struck out. Big right -hand hitting catcher.

02:08:22.550 --> 02:08:28.199
On deck, Norm Cash. Here's the pitch to Frehan.

02:08:28.300 --> 02:08:34.739
It's on the inside corner. Strike one call. It's

02:08:34.739 --> 02:08:36.659
a shame, but this could be the last inning of

02:08:36.659 --> 02:08:38.739
pitching for Bill Monboquette. He is scheduled

02:08:38.739 --> 02:08:41.000
to lead off in the bottom of the eighth inning.

02:08:43.199 --> 02:08:47.060
He's had quite a year for the Yankees. The one

02:08:47.060 --> 02:08:49.140
-strike pitch. A bounce to the third base. Cox

02:08:49.140 --> 02:08:53.960
has the ball. Fires to Mantle in time. Another

02:08:53.960 --> 02:08:56.060
one, two, three inning, the third in a row for

02:08:56.060 --> 02:08:59.140
Mambo against Detroit. And the score now at the

02:08:59.140 --> 02:09:01.939
end of seven and a half innings, Detroit won

02:09:01.939 --> 02:09:05.399
and the Yankees nothing. Well, we're talking

02:09:05.399 --> 02:09:08.779
with Dale Long up here, and Dale has just taken

02:09:08.779 --> 02:09:10.800
a bite of a delicious sandwich that I'm going

02:09:10.800 --> 02:09:12.560
to do when this game is over. I'll never forget

02:09:12.560 --> 02:09:14.539
the day I was playing out here in a doubleheader,

02:09:14.560 --> 02:09:16.000
and some guy walked out, and I turned around,

02:09:16.100 --> 02:09:18.760
he scared me, he was on the field. And he had

02:09:18.760 --> 02:09:21.359
a Civil War uniform on. He says, where's those

02:09:21.359 --> 02:09:24.920
damn Yankees? No kidding. We had some characters

02:09:24.920 --> 02:09:28.140
run out on the field. Right now, here's a pretty

02:09:28.140 --> 02:09:30.680
good young ball player, Andy Kosko, who will

02:09:30.680 --> 02:09:35.300
be pinch hitting for Bill Mambo Kess. So Mambo

02:09:35.300 --> 02:09:39.180
worth eight real fine innings again. He allowed

02:09:39.180 --> 02:09:43.180
six hits. He did not walk a man, struck out five,

02:09:43.199 --> 02:09:45.939
and allowed just the one run. So Andy Kosko comes

02:09:45.939 --> 02:09:49.600
on. The Yankees trailing by one here in the bottom

02:09:49.600 --> 02:09:55.630
of the eighth inning. Andy has been up six times

02:09:55.630 --> 02:09:58.789
with two base hits. Takes the curve over, strike

02:09:58.789 --> 02:10:03.710
one call. Andy has not started a game. He has

02:10:03.710 --> 02:10:10.970
been used just as a pinch hitter. Outfield plays

02:10:10.970 --> 02:10:12.970
him straight away. Can't score right hand batter.

02:10:20.329 --> 02:10:22.670
The one strike pitch, a curve low. He checked

02:10:22.670 --> 02:10:34.840
his swing in time. One ball, one strike. Farmer

02:10:34.840 --> 02:10:39.439
gets the sign from Friend. Rocks back. Best ball.

02:10:39.520 --> 02:10:42.939
Base hit to center field. Costco hit a bullet

02:10:42.939 --> 02:10:48.119
right up the middle. So, Andy's third pinch hit

02:10:48.119 --> 02:10:52.039
this year. The third hit off Farmer. And now

02:10:52.039 --> 02:10:55.229
the top of the Yankee order. Horace Clark, Jake

02:10:55.229 --> 02:11:00.649
Gibson, Mickey Mantle to follow. Ralph Falk has

02:11:00.649 --> 02:11:03.029
said so often one reason the Yankees are playing

02:11:03.029 --> 02:11:05.750
so much better balls is because of the bench

02:11:05.750 --> 02:11:07.909
he has right now. It's the best bench he's had

02:11:07.909 --> 02:11:12.130
since 1964. That was the year that Yogi Berra

02:11:12.130 --> 02:11:14.029
managed the Yankees to a pennant, their last

02:11:14.029 --> 02:11:17.850
one. All right, Horace Clark, 0 -3 in the ballgame.

02:11:17.970 --> 02:11:19.949
Bounced a short, twice, hit back to the box.

02:11:20.649 --> 02:11:23.229
Work moves into third base. Costco leads the

02:11:23.229 --> 02:11:26.460
way. Here's the stretch. The pitch. He squares.

02:11:26.560 --> 02:11:28.840
Bumps the ball. It's a dandy. Farmer has to go

02:11:28.840 --> 02:11:31.840
to first. In time, almost threw the ball in a

02:11:31.840 --> 02:11:33.840
right field, but the sacrifice is successful.

02:11:34.539 --> 02:11:38.359
They've moved Costco to second base. The play

02:11:38.359 --> 02:11:40.539
goes from one to four. The pitcher to the second

02:11:40.539 --> 02:11:45.939
baseman covering. And it brings up Jake Gitt.

02:11:57.449 --> 02:12:02.670
All right, Jake gives the batter. Jake has popped

02:12:02.670 --> 02:12:06.210
the third, bounced it short, and then was robbed

02:12:06.210 --> 02:12:09.529
of a base hit on a fine play by Ray Oil. Andy

02:12:09.529 --> 02:12:12.050
Kosko, the potential time run at second base,

02:12:12.069 --> 02:12:15.770
and on deck, Mickey Mantle. The crowd is building

02:12:15.770 --> 02:12:20.289
up for when Mantle comes to the plate. He pitched

02:12:20.289 --> 02:12:22.529
to Gibbs, a bouncer right back to Palmer. He

02:12:22.529 --> 02:12:25.819
wheels. Throws to first, so he had. Costco hung

02:12:25.819 --> 02:12:28.119
up between second and third, but did not throw.

02:12:28.500 --> 02:12:54.939
And here comes Mantle. Mickey Mantle, or his

02:12:54.939 --> 02:12:57.460
walk, reached on an error and bounced to first.

02:12:58.359 --> 02:13:00.640
Pascoe at second was too odd. We're in the bottom

02:13:00.640 --> 02:13:04.399
of the eighth. Detroit leading 1 -0. Here's a

02:13:04.399 --> 02:13:08.859
stretch by Spalmer. His pitch. Ah, he's right.

02:13:08.939 --> 02:13:23.199
The deep left field. Way back. Way back. in deep

02:13:23.199 --> 02:13:27.300
left field, and the ball game is tied up, one

02:13:27.300 --> 02:13:33.279
apiece. Holy cow, did he hit that one in the

02:13:33.279 --> 02:13:39.239
opposite field. That ball was over 400 feet.

02:13:40.260 --> 02:13:43.420
It bounced on the running track and then into

02:13:43.420 --> 02:13:45.439
the bleachers. It looked like it went in on a

02:13:45.439 --> 02:13:49.880
fly. The ball game is tied up, 1 -1, and this

02:13:49.880 --> 02:13:55.800
crowd is standing here at... Oh, man, did he

02:13:55.800 --> 02:14:05.199
tag that one. No. And you just heard the echo

02:14:05.199 --> 02:14:08.600
of that blast, that mantle hit of Firecracker.

02:14:08.600 --> 02:14:12.640
Here comes Mayo Smith out. It'll give me a chance

02:14:12.640 --> 02:14:16.600
to catch my breath. One of the longest opposite

02:14:16.600 --> 02:14:22.460
field baseballs ever hit. That ball was close

02:14:22.460 --> 02:14:27.819
to 450 feet to left field. It took one bounce

02:14:27.819 --> 02:14:30.899
over the auxiliary scoreboard and into the bleachers,

02:14:30.899 --> 02:14:34.319
and Farmer is coming out. And that's enough to

02:14:34.319 --> 02:14:41.279
shake anybody up. Mickey Mantle. I mean, you

02:14:41.279 --> 02:14:46.100
just can't say enough about this guy. Holy cow,

02:14:46.159 --> 02:14:48.460
did he hit that one, and they want a new pitcher

02:14:48.460 --> 02:14:58.680
out there. So the Yankees now were hitless up

02:14:58.680 --> 02:15:01.500
to the seventh inning when they got two hits,

02:15:01.520 --> 02:15:03.760
Robinson and Cox, but didn't score. Here in the

02:15:03.760 --> 02:15:07.600
eighth, Andy Kosko started the rally. Pink hitting

02:15:07.600 --> 02:15:11.380
for Bill Monboquette. And Kosko lined a single

02:15:11.380 --> 02:15:14.300
to center. Then Clark sacrificed in the second.

02:15:14.579 --> 02:15:17.359
Gibbs hit back to the box. Kosko held second.

02:15:17.460 --> 02:15:20.289
And on the first pitch to Mantle. Mickey hit

02:15:20.289 --> 02:15:23.649
one nine miles to left field. It took one bounce

02:15:23.649 --> 02:15:27.670
into the bleachers. And the ball game is tied

02:15:27.670 --> 02:15:32.649
up with two outs. Mantle at second and Roy White

02:15:32.649 --> 02:15:36.489
the batter and a new pitcher coming in for the

02:15:36.489 --> 02:15:40.909
Tigers. Well, Mr. Long, have you ever seen any

02:15:40.909 --> 02:15:43.750
ball or many balls hit to the opposite field

02:15:43.750 --> 02:15:46.970
that far? I saw a couple of them and he hit them

02:15:46.970 --> 02:15:51.069
all. Okay, you scared me there for a second,

02:15:51.210 --> 02:15:53.949
because I can never remember one being hit to

02:15:53.949 --> 02:15:57.430
the opposite field that far, outside of Mantle.

02:15:57.470 --> 02:15:59.670
I'm not talking about the homers he hit World

02:15:59.670 --> 02:16:03.109
Series in Pittsburgh and in Ebbets Field and

02:16:03.109 --> 02:16:06.909
in every place he played. He hit him a long way.

02:16:07.890 --> 02:16:10.210
I saw him hit one in Cleveland one day the same

02:16:10.210 --> 02:16:12.630
way, opposite with right -handed, though. And

02:16:12.630 --> 02:16:15.350
he hit it on top of the Cleveland bullpen. That's

02:16:15.350 --> 02:16:18.289
right. I remember that one. He's awful strong.

02:16:19.390 --> 02:16:22.310
Well, I'm glad I came today to witness that.

02:16:22.569 --> 02:16:25.029
Well, I'm glad you came because you said you

02:16:25.029 --> 02:16:27.289
were the good luck charm for Cox to get his first

02:16:27.289 --> 02:16:30.789
base hit. And you're here now with Mantle hitting

02:16:30.789 --> 02:16:36.250
that tremendous double. And John Warden is coming

02:16:36.250 --> 02:16:42.069
on. Jonathan Edgar Warden Jr. Six feet tall,

02:16:42.190 --> 02:16:47.129
205 pounds. He's only played three years of professional

02:16:47.129 --> 02:16:51.409
ball. In 66, he was with Daytona Beach. In 67,

02:16:51.409 --> 02:16:56.850
with Waukee Mountain. He has won three and lost

02:16:56.850 --> 02:17:00.930
none. And he's only been in three ballgames.

02:17:00.969 --> 02:17:03.989
This is his fourth appearance of the year. He's

02:17:03.989 --> 02:17:06.709
only pitched a total of three and a third innings.

02:17:08.450 --> 02:17:11.409
Has not allowed a run. Has allowed just one hit.

02:17:12.569 --> 02:17:16.579
Walked two, struck out one. Man, I'd say he came

02:17:16.579 --> 02:17:19.059
in at the right time and got the job done, Dal.

02:17:19.559 --> 02:17:24.780
Many times, it looks like. Maybe we can tie one

02:17:24.780 --> 02:17:28.299
on him here, Phil. Make them three in one. Would

02:17:28.299 --> 02:17:30.540
you do a little talk and do tell some stories

02:17:30.540 --> 02:17:32.920
or sell some Sears merchandise while I get my

02:17:32.920 --> 02:17:35.379
breath back? I yelled so loud on that ball mantel

02:17:35.379 --> 02:17:38.059
hit first I thought it was in the seat. But then

02:17:38.059 --> 02:17:39.920
I got dizzy, you know, I have low blood pressure

02:17:39.920 --> 02:17:41.899
and I yelled too loud and jumped up too quick.

02:17:42.590 --> 02:17:44.370
You didn't jump very high because you're not

02:17:44.370 --> 02:17:49.709
too big, you know. It's sure great to be down

02:17:49.709 --> 02:17:51.629
here, Phil, and see this fine crowd that turned

02:17:51.629 --> 02:17:53.889
out today for a cap day at United Stadium. That's

02:17:53.889 --> 02:17:55.649
another thing you did. You brought the biggest

02:17:55.649 --> 02:17:58.909
crowd of the year here. I don't know. I like

02:17:58.909 --> 02:18:00.549
to come down here during the week when it's all

02:18:00.549 --> 02:18:03.250
nice and quiet and you got it to yourself, but

02:18:03.250 --> 02:18:05.350
these kids today are really having the ball.

02:18:05.569 --> 02:18:07.590
Oh, they are. There's no better place to bring

02:18:07.590 --> 02:18:09.909
kids, you know, down into a ballpark. Really,

02:18:10.030 --> 02:18:13.389
that's quite an education. And they really enjoy

02:18:13.389 --> 02:18:15.430
themselves. I brought three little boys with

02:18:15.430 --> 02:18:18.670
me today. Did you? Yeah. Bobby and Craig Bauer

02:18:18.670 --> 02:18:22.750
and Joey Rossetti from Albany. Sure. And they're

02:18:22.750 --> 02:18:24.950
sitting down here in the box seats. I can't get

02:18:24.950 --> 02:18:26.229
them to come with me because they're enjoying

02:18:26.229 --> 02:18:28.750
the game too much. All right, here's Roy White

02:18:28.750 --> 02:18:30.709
batting right -handed against Lawton. He takes

02:18:30.709 --> 02:18:35.250
the pitch. High ball one. Mickey Mantle at second

02:18:35.250 --> 02:18:42.920
base. Mickey ties the ball game up. With a tremendous

02:18:42.920 --> 02:18:51.459
double. Roy White is 0 -3 in the ballgame. The

02:18:51.459 --> 02:18:56.760
pitch is low, ball two. Two balls. Appropriate

02:18:56.760 --> 02:18:59.379
sign up here, Phil. Socket to him, Nick. Yes,

02:18:59.399 --> 02:19:02.479
he did. Well, you know, all those signs out there,

02:19:02.559 --> 02:19:05.100
there's one up there that he just narrowly missed.

02:19:05.120 --> 02:19:08.870
He said, get your 522nd homer today. And he came

02:19:08.870 --> 02:19:11.389
as close as you could without making it a home

02:19:11.389 --> 02:19:15.129
run. Any other ball, park a home run. The 2 -0

02:19:15.129 --> 02:19:17.850
pitch to White. A base hit to left field. Mickey

02:19:17.850 --> 02:19:20.450
Mantle. Around third. They're waving him in.

02:19:20.510 --> 02:19:23.389
He has to throw. He flies and he's in there.

02:19:23.729 --> 02:19:27.770
He's taken the plate. And the Yankees lead 2

02:19:27.770 --> 02:19:32.989
-0. A good slide by Mickey Mantle on a throw

02:19:32.989 --> 02:19:35.649
by Norfolk that was just a little high. And the

02:19:35.649 --> 02:19:39.909
Yankees lead 2 -1. Roy White coming through with

02:19:39.909 --> 02:19:44.030
a clutch single to left field. And Northrup charged

02:19:44.030 --> 02:19:47.209
that ball, knowing that Mantle has trouble rounding

02:19:47.209 --> 02:19:50.350
the bases. And Mickey did, but he put on the

02:19:50.350 --> 02:19:53.629
speed halfway between home and third. And a beautiful

02:19:53.629 --> 02:19:55.469
slide. You know what I like about this slide,

02:19:55.549 --> 02:19:57.909
Dale? He did not hook into the plate. He kept

02:19:57.909 --> 02:20:00.209
that left foot out straight and hit the bag just

02:20:00.209 --> 02:20:02.909
before Green made the tag. Shortest distance.

02:20:03.229 --> 02:20:13.670
Right. Holy cow. The Yankees lead 2 -1, and they're

02:20:13.670 --> 02:20:16.389
going to put Bill Robinson on and pitch to Whitaker.

02:20:19.389 --> 02:20:28.329
Bill Robinson getting an intentional pass. With

02:20:28.329 --> 02:20:30.709
Roy White, who went to second base on the throat

02:20:30.709 --> 02:20:36.280
of the plate. Bill White. Leading the major leagues

02:20:36.280 --> 02:20:38.520
in hitting before today's game gets his first

02:20:38.520 --> 02:20:49.479
hit. He's one for four. What a big RBI. I wish

02:20:49.479 --> 02:20:51.840
they wouldn't shoot those firecrackers off. Not

02:20:51.840 --> 02:20:54.719
just because it makes me jump, but it's dangerous.

02:20:54.799 --> 02:20:59.000
They're throwing down on the field. You remember

02:20:59.000 --> 02:21:01.840
Sam Nair and Phil? He was the coach for the Pirates.

02:21:01.899 --> 02:21:04.590
Uh -huh. He lost eyesight in one of his eyes

02:21:04.590 --> 02:21:07.469
in Brooklyn one time. Somebody dropped a firecracker

02:21:07.469 --> 02:21:09.809
out. No kidding. It exploded just about parallel

02:21:09.809 --> 02:21:13.450
with his head. It's not really right. Everybody

02:21:13.450 --> 02:21:16.489
likes a nice noise and a good time. There's a

02:21:16.489 --> 02:21:18.170
time and place for it. You're right. It's not

02:21:18.170 --> 02:21:22.889
right. Steve Whitaker has walked twice, bounced

02:21:22.889 --> 02:21:27.610
to second base. Brian is out to the mound. Talking

02:21:27.610 --> 02:21:34.020
with John Warden, who relieved Joe Farmer. You

02:21:34.020 --> 02:21:41.579
can hear the kids charging. By White at second.

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Robinson at first. Two out. A stretch by Ward.

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Pitch to Whitaker. Strike on the outside corner.

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Bill Robinson got the first Yankee hit in this

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game in the seventh inning. Knox got a hit. Haskell

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got a hit. Mantle got the big hit of the ballgame.

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And then White. Single to drive in Mickey. The

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Yankees lead 2 -1. The stretch by Warden. The

02:22:12.370 --> 02:22:16.049
pitch outside. One ball, one strike. He hangs

02:22:16.049 --> 02:22:18.309
in there pretty good, Phil. He does. You know,

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they've changed his stance, Dale. You remember

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they used to have a wide open stance. Right.

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And he was trying to pull that outside pitch

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too much. He has closed it a little bit. He's

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still a little open. But he's able to go better

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to left field with the pitch. First ball hits

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the left field. Coming on Northrop and makes

02:22:38.370 --> 02:22:40.829
the catch in short left field. He almost got

02:22:40.829 --> 02:22:43.430
one in there. But the Yankees come up with two

02:22:43.430 --> 02:22:47.649
runs on three base hits. No Tiger errors. Two

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men left. And the score now at the end of eighth

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ball inning, the Yankees two and the Tigers one.

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On the go. Go with Atlantic Imperial Gasoline

02:22:59.959 --> 02:23:30.280
and drive the Imperial Road. car will perform

02:23:30.280 --> 02:23:33.819
along the way. Atlantic Imperial Gasoline helps

02:23:33.819 --> 02:23:36.760
take care of that, wherever you go on the Imperial

02:23:36.760 --> 02:23:49.780
Road. You're always on the Imperial Road with

02:23:49.780 --> 02:24:11.819
Atlantic Imperial Gasoline. Well, the big left

02:24:11.819 --> 02:24:17.520
-hander, Steve Hamilton, is coming on, and this

02:24:17.520 --> 02:24:20.459
is just as it should be, Dale Long. Bill Mumblecat,

02:24:20.500 --> 02:24:22.579
who pitched such a beautiful game, has been taken

02:24:22.579 --> 02:24:25.200
off the hook and could be the winning pitcher.

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He could not be the losing pitcher now, right?

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He has pitched some balls. You know, when you

02:24:31.579 --> 02:24:33.680
get a little older, it's a shame, but the older

02:24:33.680 --> 02:24:36.909
you get, the smarter you get. Pretty soon the

02:24:36.909 --> 02:24:38.610
body can't call on the, you know, you call on

02:24:38.610 --> 02:24:40.469
the body to do something, it won't do it. That's

02:24:40.469 --> 02:24:43.209
right, if you're too old. But Mambo, who when

02:24:43.209 --> 02:24:46.729
he first broke in, was just a thrower in my estimation.

02:24:46.909 --> 02:24:49.709
Boy, he has changed. He has made a science of

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pitching now. The kind of guy you'd probably

02:24:52.569 --> 02:24:58.250
like to catch. That's right. So Steve Hamilton

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will be trying to nail this one down for Bill

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Mambo Kett and the Yankees. He'll be facing...

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Norm Cash, Jim Northrup, and Don Wert. Two left

02:25:08.239 --> 02:25:10.520
-hand hitters, and then a right -hand batter.

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Cash is 0 for 3. All right, here's Hamilton's

02:25:15.659 --> 02:25:18.340
first pitch to Cash. A curve, low ball line.

02:25:30.899 --> 02:25:35.069
Hamilton ready again. Curve over this time. Strike

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one, one -on -one. Here's the guy that's rough

02:25:37.969 --> 02:25:40.290
on you left -hand batters, Dale. He sure is.

02:25:40.389 --> 02:25:43.069
He's 6 '7". He leans over like the lenient tower

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of pizza. You heard that pizza now. I heard it.

02:25:46.370 --> 02:25:48.709
I heard it. I'm going to have one between games.

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Here's the one -one delivery. Another curve in

02:25:51.750 --> 02:25:58.670
the air. One ball, two strikes. Hamilton is making

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his third appearance of the year. He's only pitched

02:26:00.750 --> 02:26:05.000
three innings. He has not allowed a bay check.

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Walk one man. The one -two delivery. Just missed

02:26:10.920 --> 02:26:13.260
the outside corner on a little low. Two and two.

02:26:13.920 --> 02:26:15.979
That's what they call a slider on a half shell.

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Slider on a half shell. Well, that's why he's

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rough. He can throw the curve with the same motion

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and then the slider, and one doesn't break as

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much as the other. Here's his two -two pitch.

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Fly ball is caught by Neal. White coming in and

02:26:35.219 --> 02:26:37.719
makes a catch. He hits that ball right at the

02:26:37.719 --> 02:26:42.120
end of the pass, didn't he? He's looking for

02:26:42.120 --> 02:26:44.659
the chalk right over his head. Yes, that's right.

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And that was the beauty of Hamilton's side -on

02:26:47.860 --> 02:26:51.239
curveball. About another inch inside, and that

02:26:51.239 --> 02:26:53.680
ball could have been in the seat. All right,

02:26:53.680 --> 02:26:55.500
here's Northrup. He bounced it first, single

02:26:55.500 --> 02:26:58.200
right, and hit back to the box. Another left

02:26:58.200 --> 02:27:03.239
-hand batter. Dave Hamilton looking at the ball,

02:27:03.299 --> 02:27:05.180
checks it, doesn't like the way it feels, and

02:27:05.180 --> 02:27:07.840
throws it out. How can those pitchers have such

02:27:07.840 --> 02:27:10.860
sensitive fingers, Dale? Huh? How about the four

02:27:10.860 --> 02:27:15.319
words they came from? But anyway, those pitchers

02:27:15.319 --> 02:27:17.780
know. The horse side, you mean? They must have

02:27:17.780 --> 02:27:19.639
had sensitive something to get that horse side

02:27:19.639 --> 02:27:21.639
off. But anyway, these pitchers know, I'll tell

02:27:21.639 --> 02:27:25.549
you. The curve is over. Strike one called. I

02:27:25.549 --> 02:27:28.370
never thought about the poor horse. I never heard

02:27:28.370 --> 02:27:30.870
from the ASPCA. I'm always saying the poor pitcher.

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These fellas know the height of the fiends and

02:27:34.209 --> 02:27:37.690
everything else just by the touch of it. The

02:27:37.690 --> 02:27:40.670
one strike pitch. Turf foul. Back and out of

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play. Strike two. I mentioned that pitchers can

02:27:46.270 --> 02:27:49.809
make pretty good safe brackets. Yeah, they touch

02:27:49.809 --> 02:27:52.469
it. A lot of times it's the weight. Some balls

02:27:52.469 --> 02:27:54.930
weigh more than the others. They get scuffed

02:27:54.930 --> 02:27:58.569
up or something. They just don't like what they

02:27:58.569 --> 02:28:01.329
like, and that's it. All right. Here's the two

02:28:01.329 --> 02:28:04.090
-strike pitch. Sidearm curve popped up to the

02:28:04.090 --> 02:28:06.610
right side. Mickey Mantle is there in foul territory.

02:28:07.250 --> 02:28:12.989
Under it. Makes the catch. Two -way. The Tigers

02:28:12.989 --> 02:28:15.430
down to their last out, and it's John Ward, who

02:28:15.430 --> 02:28:17.530
is one for three, single in the fourth inning.

02:28:18.129 --> 02:28:20.629
He had struck out the second and popped the second

02:28:20.629 --> 02:28:25.770
in the sixth. Gives out to the mob. Has to look

02:28:25.770 --> 02:28:29.030
way up in the air at Big Steve Hamilton. Two

02:28:29.030 --> 02:28:43.629
men out. Two out. Nobody on. Yankees leading

02:28:43.629 --> 02:28:49.350
2 -1. Hamilton turns around, looks at the defense.

02:28:49.750 --> 02:28:54.700
Word of right -hand batter. Whittaker and left

02:28:54.700 --> 02:28:58.200
Robinson instead of white and right here's the

02:28:58.200 --> 02:29:00.840
pitch to Orla rather to word is the strike on

02:29:00.840 --> 02:29:03.059
the inside corner and worth it like that ball

02:29:03.059 --> 02:29:08.459
hands on his hips shaking his head now he steps

02:29:08.459 --> 02:29:17.440
back into the batter's box the pitch is outside

02:29:17.440 --> 02:29:25.579
one -on -one Two out, nobody on, 2 -1 the Yankees

02:29:25.579 --> 02:29:29.120
lead, top of the ninth inning. Hamilton lines,

02:29:29.440 --> 02:29:31.420
this pitch, a bouncer in front of the plate,

02:29:31.579 --> 02:29:34.319
Hamilton up with it, throws to Mantle, the ball

02:29:34.319 --> 02:29:38.299
game is over. And Steve Hamilton holds that chain,

02:29:38.440 --> 02:29:41.920
the victory sign, as he sets the Tigers down

02:29:41.920 --> 02:29:44.520
in order in the top of the ninth inning, and

02:29:44.520 --> 02:29:53.620
the Yankees win it 2 -1. The totals in the ballgame

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for the Yankees. Two runs, five hits, one error

02:29:57.739 --> 02:30:01.239
for Detroit. One run, six hits, one error. Mambo

02:30:01.239 --> 02:30:03.260
kept the winner. He's won three and lost one.

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Swarm of a loser. He's won one and lost two.

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Steve Hamilton gets his say. It all came down

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to that eighth inning for the Yankees after they

02:30:13.040 --> 02:30:14.799
were trailing one to nothing. The Tigers picked

02:30:14.799 --> 02:30:17.299
up a run in the fourth. A single by Northrop,

02:30:17.340 --> 02:30:19.799
a single by Word, and a sacrifice fly by Euler.

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But the Yankees, who were hitless till the seventh,

02:30:22.540 --> 02:30:24.940
came through in the eighth. Costco pinch -hitting

02:30:24.940 --> 02:30:28.239
single. Clark sacrificed in the second. Gibbs

02:30:28.239 --> 02:30:30.459
hit back to the box, but Mantle hit a tremendous

02:30:30.459 --> 02:30:32.920
double to left field. One bounce into the bleachers,

02:30:32.940 --> 02:30:36.340
driving in Costco to tie it up. And then Roy

02:30:36.340 --> 02:30:39.200
White had a two -out line single to left. Mantle

02:30:39.200 --> 02:30:42.000
slid in just ahead of the tag. The Yankees win

02:30:42.000 --> 02:30:52.979
it 2 -1. Once again, the totals in the ballgame

02:30:52.979 --> 02:30:55.120
for the Yankees. Two runs, five hits, one error.

02:30:55.239 --> 02:30:59.239
For Detroit, one run, six hits, and one error.

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Now stay with us for that second game coming

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up shortly.