This is Retro Sports Radio. Visit RetroSeasons
.com for more sports history. The Detroit Tigers
faced the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium
for a doubleheader on Sunday, April 28, 1968.
Managed by Mayo Smith, the Tigers were off to
a hot start with a 10 -4 record, looking to continue
their success after falling just one game short
of the AL pennant in 1967. The Yankees were looking
to rebound from three consecutive losing seasons.
the first time that had happened to them since
1915. In Game 1 of the doubleheader, the Tigers
sent Joe Sparma to the mound to face the Yankees'
Bill Monbouquet. This audio recording is from
the New York Radio Broadcast, featuring announcers
Jerry Coleman, Phil Rizzuto, and Frank Messer.
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And now with today's game, Jerry Coleman and
Phil Rizzuto and Frank Messer. Here's Jerry.
Look at the standings in the American League.
Detroit leading the league with a 10 -3 mark.
They're a game and a half ahead of Minnesota.
Two ahead of Baltimore and Washington. Two and
a half in front of the Red Sox. The Yankees in
sixth place. They're even up at 500. Seven and
seven. They're three and a half back. Followed
by Oakland, Cleveland, California. And the White
Sox, with a record of 1 -11, are 8 .5 games down.
Over in the National League, the Cardinals, who
won it last year, have put a little daylight
between themselves and San Francisco. They lead
the league by 2 .5 games over the Giants. The
Cardinals with an 11 -4 mark, the Giants 8 -6.
Three back are the L .A. Dodgers, and then comes
Cincinnati, 3 .5 down. The Braves, the Phillies,
the Pirates, and the Astros all four games back.
Four and a half behind are the Chicago Cubs in
ninth place, and bringing up the rear, the New
York Mets five and a half out. We mentioned that
Tommy Phoebus pitched that no -hitter yesterday
when the Orioles beat the Red Sox six to nothing,
and he picked a pretty tough ball club to pitch
a no -hitter against. And there was only one
real questionable play. That was in the third
inning when Andrews, Mike Andrews, hit a ball
that tipped Phoebus' glove and dribbled out towards
short. Belangia came up with the ball, fired
the first. Bill Valentine, a plate umpire, called
Andrews out, and Andrews argued so strongly on
the play that he was ejected from the game. But
this happened in the third inning, and of course
at that time there was... No thought in anyone's
mind that there might be a potential no -hitter
in the making. As it turned out, that was the
turning point in the ballgame for young Tommy
Phoebus. Brooks Robinson made a great catch off
a line drive from the bat of Rico Petrucelli,
a diving, stabbing backhander. And, of course,
that helped the cause a little bit. So we're
waiting now for the Yankees to take the field,
and while we do, let's take a look at the lineup
today in the American League. Cleveland and the
Senators are playing a doubleheader. They're
playing in Washington. Williams against Ortega
in the first game. Boston and Baltimore are a
doubleheader. They're playing at Baltimore as
the Yankees take the field here at the stadium.
Single game between the White Sox and the Twins
in Minnesota. Oakland and California also a single
game. In the National League, the Mets and Cincinnati
are playing a single contest. Houston and the
Cubs, the doubleheader. Philadelphia at Atlanta
will play a single ball game. In other action,
Pittsburgh at St. Louis, L .A. at San Francisco,
single ball games. Right now, the people here
at Yankee Stadium are standing for our national
anthem as recorded by Robert Merrill. set to
go here in this first game of the big doubleheader,
the first doubleheader of the year here at Yankee
Stadium. Bill Mamboket against Joe Sparma. The
Yankees, after today, move on to Baltimore Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursday, and then to the White
Sox and Chicago over the weekend, Friday, Saturday,
and Sunday. But they return to the big ballpark
on Monday night, May the 6th, Tuesday night,
May the 7th. Wednesday afternoon, May the 8th,
against the Cleveland Indians, led by Sam McDowell,
Max Alvis, Sonny Siebert, Leon Wagner. They'll
all be here on the 6th, 7th, and 8th of May.
And then a big one that I know that you'll want
to point to, the first greeting and the first
meeting of the year between the Boston Red Sox
and the New York Yankees here at Yankee Stadium.
That'll be a big weekend set two weeks from today.
Be a doubleheader on May the 12th against the
Red Sox. On May the 11th will be a ladies' day,
Saturday afternoon game, and then on May the
10th, a Friday evening game. Well, that Boston
Red Sox club will be in town, led by Carl Yastrzemski
on May the 10th, 11th, and 12th. Four games set
in three days. So we're all set to go. First
game getting underway. Bill Mambo -Kett. Right
now, Bill with a record of 2 -1. Ready to pitch
to Dick McAuliffe. McAuliffe, the second baseman,
batting at .220. Had a home run yesterday. Got
three of them on the air and nine RBIs. The first
pitch by Mambo Ketta. Curve is right in there
for strike one. Dick McAuliffe leads Detroit
in home runs and in RBIs. He hit his home run
off Jim Boughton yesterday. He was the only Tiger
ball player to hit home runs at Yankee Stadium
last season. He had two of them. Here's the one
-strike pitch as McCullough takes one on the
corner. Strike two, and you hear the roar of
the crowd. Oh, we've got an enthusiastic crowd
today. The biggest crowd of the year thus far
for Cap Day. And, of course, a fine attraction
with the Detroit Tigers, who are currently out
in front in the American League. Mambo to McAuliffe.
This one is outside. One ball, two strikes. Bill
Mambo -Kett making his third start. First against
Detroit. Gave up only two hits in eight innings.
That was in his last appearance on April 23rd
at Oakland. He replaced Downing after the first
inning. He won the ball game 6 -3. Downing had
given up three runs in the first. All right,
McAuliffe now is backing out of the batter's
box. Time is being called by the plate umpire,
Luda Muro. Marty Springstead at first, John Flaherty
at second, Bob Stewart at third. There's a curveball
fouled off left side back on the screen, and
the count remains one ball and two strikes. Yes,
sir, what a day for baseball. I tell you, if
you're in the area and you don't know what to
do, this is the place to do it. Come out here
and... Watch a ball game at Yankee Stadium. It's
a beautiful day. The weather is lovely. A fine
crowd on hand. We're going to have some action
for the next five or six hours. Here's the one
-two pitch to McAuliffe. Just missed outside
two and two. Nombo Kett, who goes for those corners.
Bill has a lifetime mark of 111 wins, 105 losses.
Against Detroit, he's 13 -13. Here's a 2 -2 pitch.
Ground ball fouled on the first base side. That
one going right past the first base coach, Wally
Moses. Tony Cuccinello coaches his third for
Detroit. And sign on the board, today's official
scorer, Maury Allen of the New York Post. Two
balls, two strikes. McAuliffe waiting. Mambo
Kett into the windup. Here's the pitch. Curveball.
Swung on a miss. Strike three. Mambo Kett serving
up a high curveball. Got away with it. So we
have one away and here's Mickey Stanley. Stanley
hitting an even 333. 11 for 33. Has three doubles
and three RBIs. Willie Horton, still not with
his ball club, will join them tomorrow. There's
a high pop, upper deck out of play. Strike one.
On deck, Al Kaline. For those of you who may
not be aware of it, Willie Horton has been out
of action nearly a week after a collision with
his shortstop, Ray Euler. Everybody ran over
to Euler, expecting him to be the one that would
be in bad shape, and it turned out to be Willie
Horton, who's built like a tank. Here's the one
-strike pitch to Stanley. Fouled off right side,
upper deck. And that one drifting off the facade
back into the lower area. The scramble is on.
We got the kids here today, all of them with
their caps, those who got here early enough to
get them. And every time a ball goes into the
stands, there's a wild scramble. Mambo Kett.
Ready. Here's the two -strike pitch to Stanley.
On the corner, he got him. Bill Mambo -Kett,
so far razor sharp, striking out his first two
batters, McAuliffe and Stanley. All right, Al
Kaline stepping in. Al batting only at 196, off
to a very slow start. He's got a double, one
home run, and two RBIs. Kaline, who's in great
health, has just gotten off to a slow start.
There's a curve that hits the corner. Strike
one. Al Kaline, one of the all -time greats.
Some great ballplayers on the field today. Some
have been around for many years. The one -strike
delivery. Fastball misses outside. It's one and
one. Kaline for Detroit. Eddie Matthews for Detroit.
Mickey Maddow for the Yankees. They've been around
for many years. Mantle. And Matthews with over
500 home runs. McKee at 521. Matthews at 509.
Okay, the 1 -1 pitch now to K -line. It just
did miss. And I'll tell you, Mambo wanted that
one. It was a slider that missed low. 2 -1. Out
there in the upper deck and right field, the
banners. Some with just the number 7. Others.
Hazlett, New Jersey. Then a number seven. Here's
a 2 -1 pitch. On the ground, base hit between
the third baseman and the shortstop. To Al Kaline.
A hard ground ball between Bobby Cox and Gene
Michael. First base hit for Detroit. First hit
of the game. A two -out single by Kaline. Here's
Bill Frian. Frian has been hitting. He's at 340,
batting in the fourth spot. Five doubles, a home
run, seven RBIs. But Bill Frein has been having
a lot of trouble throwing. The Yankees have stolen
five bases on him so far. Six, that is. They
had five Friday night, one yesterday. K -line
moving off first. Frein waiting. There's a drive
into left center. It's going to drop. Moving
over in front of it is Whitaker. He's up with
it. Throws the ball to Michael, and down to second
base goes Bill Freon. So a heads -up base running
by Bill Freon. And we're waiting for an official
ruling, whether that's a double or whether it's
a single. And Freon went to second on the throw.
Roy Allen, the official scorer. And they're giving
him a two -base hit. So Bill Freon gets credit
for a double. Moving to third base is Al Kaline.
And now here's Norm Cash. All of the action after
two are out. McAuliffe struck out. Stanley struck
out. Kaline singled. Freon doubled. Tigers are
threatening. Cash batting a 143. No extra base
hits. Three RBIs. A dangerous hitter. Now Mambo
Kett steps off the rubber. Wipes some perspiration
off his forehead with his left hand. That's his
glove hand. He took it out of his glove. All
right. Mambo into the windup. Here comes the
pitch to Cash. The curve is a little low. It's
ball one. Mantle is deep at first base near the
line. Clark back on the edge of the outfield
grass at second. Giving cash, oh, at least 25
to 30 feet of that foul line is Bobby Cox at
third and Michael shading toward second. The
outfield shifted hard to the right and deep.
Mambo Kett again. Here's the 1 -0 delivery. A
curve is right in there. He dropped a beauty.
1 -1. The Detroit Ball Club looks like a better
club against right -hand pitching than it does
against left -hand pitching. Cash, Northrop,
and McAuliffe are better hitters when they're
batting against right -hand pitching. Here's
the 1 -1 delivery. Strike called on the corner.
Just got it. One ball, two strikes. Wally Moses,
as we mentioned, coaching at first base. Yelling
something in to Norm Cash. This could be a crucial
part of this ball game. Mombo Kett getting out
of this inning could make or break the entire
game. So Bill trying to hold him in as run into
trouble. Runners at second and third. Two out.
One ball, two strikes to cash. Mombo Kett ready.
Here it comes. Fastball just missed outside two
and two. Looked as though Mambo Kett was merely
showing that fastball to Cash. Well, we'll have
to wait and see. What would you do? Here's the
big pitch. It's two balls, two strikes. Would
you curve them? Would you throw a fastball? We'll
know. Here it is. There's the curveball hit on
the ground. Clark moving into the hole almost
behind first. It's up with a flip to Mantle in
time. And the side is retired. So the 2 -2 curveball.
Gets Norm Cash. Play going 4 -3. For Detroit,
no runs. Two base hits. Two men left. And the
score after a half inning of play. The Tigers
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go on the bottom of the first. Forrest Clark,
the first Yankee hitter, stepping in. He'll be
going up against fireballing Joe Sparma. Sparma
so far this year is 1 -1. And he's been a tough
cookie for the Yankees. He's 7 -1 lifetime and
4 -0 here in Yankee Stadium. So Joe Sparma has
been tough for the Yankees through the years.
Park waiting. He's batting at 167. Hits the first
pitch on the ground with his shortstop, Euler,
at second base. Flips over to Cash. One pitch,
one out. So Horace Clark, who is flagged with
that bad right wrist, one that he jammed stealing
a base during spring training, off to a slow
start this year. Bouncing out on the first pitch
of the game with a shortstop, Ray Euler. One
up and one down, and now Jake Gibbs steps in.
Jake hitting a 2 -11. Got one double. Seven RBIs.
He and Tresher tied for most RBIs for a Yankee.
There's a fastball and misses outside to Gibbs.
It's ball one. Cleveland and Washington scoreless
after one inning. That's the first of a doubleheader.
They're playing in Washington. Gibbs takes a
fastball in there. One and one. Don Wirt, the
third baseman. Euler at short. McAuliffe at second.
Cash at first. Free and behind the plate. Northrop
and left. Stanley in center. Kaline in right.
The defensive alignment for Detroit in this first
game. The 1 -1 pitch. High pop. Left side. Don
Wirt near the rating. He'll have a shot at this
one. Makes the play. Well, they're two up and
two down. Here he comes, Mickey Mantle. There's
quite a thing down here. It's a big umbrella,
homemade. Walking in the aisle here, and it says,
Let's go, New York. Let's go, Mickey. That's
an ingenious invention this youngster put together.
Mantle stepping in there. Sparma into the windup.
Here's the pitch. Curve is outside. Ball one.
Mickey tied with Ted Williams for fourth in the
all -time home run derby at 521. The next one
will put him ahead of Williams, and he'll be
going after Jimmy Fox. Here's the 1 -0 pitch.
It's low. Two balls, no strikes. Mickey Mantle
came to the Yankees in 1951 in his 18th year.
Still one of the great ballplayers in the game.
Farmer ready. Here's a 2 -0 pitch to Mickey.
Backs him off the plate. It's three balls and
no strikes. Farmer making his first appearance
against the Yanks. But a tough cookie, 7 -1 lifetime
as we mentioned. The 3 -0 pitch to Mickey right
downtown for a strike. Rookie, Les Kane, will
pitch the second game for Detroit and Fred Talbot
for the Yanks. All right, Sparma, the 3 -1 pitch
on the way to Mickey. It's outside, ball four,
and Mantle draws a walk. Of course, Sparma being
careful with Mickey, walks him. And now here's
Roy White, who's batting fourth for the first
time this year. Roy leading the American League
in hitting, batting at .428. Maddell, incidentally,
was batting at .255 with three home runs and
six RBIs. Here's Roy White. Two doubles, a home
run, five RBIs, six stolen bases. Maddell at
first, Cash holding against him. Worked way in
at third base. White will bunt. The pitch to
Roy is low for a ball. Roy White, with all of
his diverse skills, like he can bunt, he can
run, beat out a base hit, a two -hopper, and
occasionally will unload one. A very versatile
man in that number four spot, choking way up
in the bat. Here's Farmer's pitch. Swung on and
missed. Gets away from Bill Frehan, but Mantle
does not go. So it's one ball, one strike. Still
plenty of time for much of the action here at
Yankee Stadium. The first game just getting underway.
We're in the bottom of the first. We've got another
one to go. Big doubleheader, and the weatherman,
he shined down on us today. Beautiful day. Here's
the 1 -1 pitch. White hits a sharp one -hopper
to the second baseman, McAuliffe. He's over to
first with it, and the side is retired. That
ball was well hit, but right to McAuliffe. No
runs, no hits, no errors. One man left. And the
score after one full inning of play, Detroit
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last line again. You get a lot more from a white
owl than just smoke. Jim Northrup, Don Wood,
and Ray Euler will go up against Bill Mambo -Kett
as we go into the top of the second inning in
this first ballgame of the doubleheader. No score.
It's Mombo Kett against Farmer. Mombo Kett, who
was released by Detroit, this was last year,
and he sat by that telephone for three weeks
before signing up for the Yankees. Northrop takes
the fastball right in there, strike one. Jim
batting an even 200. Got a double, a home run,
and four RBIs. Mambo Kett again to Northrop.
It's inside this time. One -on -one. Mambo Kett's
been around a while. Started with the Red Sox
back in 1958. All right, Bill Reddy. Here's the
one -one pitch. And Northrop takes this one inside.
Two balls and one strike. Jim Northrop, a very
pleasant young man. He looked prematurely gray.
He said he was getting gray when he was in high
school. It's only 28. Takes a curve on the corner.
2 -2, and there's a big, slow curveball. Northrop,
6 '2", 190. Had a fine year last year with the
Tigers, batting 271. He's improved in each and
every year that he's been with Detroit. Although
this season, off to somewhat of a slow start.
Here's a 2 -2 pitch by Mambo. Changeup in the
dirt. Full count. 65 Northrup. About at 205.
Then he went to 265 and 66. And last year, 271.
That's 10 home runs and 61 RBIs. Dangerous hitter.
Hits all fields and can pull a ball if it's slow.
In other words, he doesn't pull much fastballs,
but he'll pull that breaking pitch. There's a
foul back. Count holds three balls and two strikes.
Bill Robinson in center field is shading him
to the left of second base as though he were
a right -handed hitter. If he gets a hold of
that curveball, he'll pull everybody around.
White giving him a big chunk of that right field
line. Whitaker playing him toward the left field
foul line. Here's the payoff pitch. Curveball
hit on the fifth foul toward the first base side.
Wally Moses. Yankee batting coach and a Yankee
first base coach picks it up and throws it back
to Mombo Kett. The ball that Northrop just swung
at was well inside and actually looked like it
hit him not more than a few inches above the
fist. Just dribbled out about 40 feet on the
grass, foul territory toward first base. Northrop
waiting. Here's the payoff pitch again. Curveball
hit on the ground to Mantle at first. Clips to
Mambo Kett in time when we have one away. So
Mambo Kett running the count to three balls and
two strikes, which you don't see too often. Gets
Northrop on a ground out to Mantle. And here
comes Don Wirt. Batting at 240. Two doubles and
four RBIs. Don Wirt. We've said it before, we'll
say it again, an underrated ball player, but
I think suddenly has begun to get the recognition
that he deserves. There's a fastball that's high
and tight, ball one. You know, Gil McDougald,
when he played for the Yankees, was one of the
great Yankee infielders, really one of the truly
great ones, and yet seemed to go unnoticed. Here's
the 1 -0 pitch, where it swings and misses, strike
one. McDougald played 10 years for the Yankees.
And was on championship clubs of three positions.
Third base, second base, and shortstop. One of
the all -time great infielders. Old Magoo Goo,
as they called him. Here's the 1 -1 pitch to
where it's now. It's low. Two balls and a strike.
Funny how some ballplayers will do that. Some
just stand out. They're exciting. Sometimes they're
overrated because they appeal to the fans and
to the newspapermen. Others just go about their
business, get the job done, but do it quietly.
Here's a 2 -1 pitch to Ward. Bunts at it, misses.
It's fouled at the plate. It's 2 -2. We're in
the second inning. No score in this first ballgame
of the doubleheader. Two balls, two strikes to
Don Ward. Behind him, the shortstop, Ray Euler.
Mombo Kett. Throwing a lot of pitches so far.
Here's the 2 -2 delivery to Wirth. Got him on
the corner. Strike three. And that is strikeout
number three. And while we wait for Euler to
come up, it's New York Yankee baseball. Let's
pause for station identification. Hi, this is
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weeknights here at 810 on your dial, WGY Schenectady.
Two down, nobody on. Here's Ray Euler, who is
red hot in this series. Got to get 220 right
now. Swings and misses at a fastball. Strike
one. Ray Euler. Four for six in the first two
games against the Yankees. Two doubles in those
four base hits. He's waiting. There's a dribbler
towards third. This is going to be a base hit.
Euler digging. Mambo can't do anything with it.
And Ray Euler gets himself a scratch single down
the third base side. Boy, those are the kind
you like to get because you get robbed of so
many well -hit balls that when you get a scratch
hit like that, it kind of makes you feel a little
bit good. Here's Joe Farman out of the picture.
Not a bad hitter. He's one for six. Takes a big
swing. He can be dangerous once in a while. Stands
up on the plate with a closed stance. Pulls the
bat right on the end. He's waiting as Mambo Kett
comes set. The pitch to Sparma is a curve that's
outside. Ball one. Farmer played football at
Ohio State. Then went to baseball. Pitch to Joe,
a swung on, a missed, and it's strike one. One
ball and one strike to Farmer. Two outs. No score
on the ball game, top of the second inning. We're
here at Yankee Stadium, and it's cap day, and
the biggest crowd of the year on hand. Mambo
to Farmer. Slider missed outside, 2 -1. Well,
that first game in Washington after two innings,
the Indians nothing, Senators nothing. That's
all the action we have right now in either the
American or the National with the exception of
the game here in New York right now. Here's a
2 -1 pitch to Sparma. Swung on, a miss, strike
two. Two balls, two strikes. And we mention again
that Mambo Kett has been throwing a lot of pitches.
In other words, he's not getting rid of the hitters
in a hurry. He's run the count to 3 -2, 2 -2
on many of the batters. And this, as the game
goes on, has a tendency to tire you. All right,
Sparma, the pitcher, is waiting. Euler, the shortstop,
moving off first. Here's the pitch. A one -hopper.
Michael has it. Races to the bag. Forces Euler
at second base. And the side is retired. No runs,
a base hit, one left, and the score after an
inning and a half, Detroit nothing, Yankees nothing.
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for the Yankees, it'll be Bill Robinson, Steve
Whitaker, and Bobby Cox. Robbie hitting a 214,
9 for 42, has a couple of doubles, one triple,
two RBIs. Bill Robinson, the right -hander, facing
the fireballing right -hander, Joe Sparma. Defense
straightaway, Robbie hits the ball to all fields,
got good power when he gets a hold of it. Farm
into the wind. Up the pitch to Robinson is a
curve that's low for a ball. Robinson has power,
although he's not a home run hitter in that sense.
He hits the ball sharply into the gap. He'll
go for doubles and triples. Good speed. He can
run. Here's the 1 -0 pitch. Curve ball is low.
Two balls and no strikes. Frank Presetti flashing
some signs to Robinson on the 2 -0 pitch. Well,
what would you do? Would you make them take or
would you let them hit? Presetti at third, Ford
coaching at first for the Yanks. Here's the 2
-0 delivery. Robinson takes it low, three balls,
no strikes. Joe Sparma, last year, walked 85
batters. And 218 innings pitch, which is not
too bad. There's a fastball that's high and tight
to Bill Robinson. He walks him. Second walk given
up by Sparma. Walked Madeline the first, and
now a leadoff walk in the second to Bill Robinson.
Steve Whitaker, who has been having his troubles,
has only one base hit and 22 at -bats. Trying
to get on track there. He's got one RBI. He's
got the power. Steve waiting. Stands back from
the plate. Robinson at first. Nobody out. Second
inning. No score. Detroit and the Yankees. First
game. Here's the pitch. Whitaker takes low. It's
ball one. Steve in one of those sessions where
you start to press. Trying to get on track. Everybody
telling Steve about their batting slumps. when
they were playing before the game. He laughed,
but I don't think it helped too much. Here's
the 1 -0 pitch. Steve, way inside. Almost got
hit. It's 2 -0. And now Sparma is going to have
a visit from the second baseman, Dick McCollough.
This is a big game for Detroit because they're
going to pitch a brand -new, fresh rookie, Les
Kane. He'll be making his major league debut
in the second game. Of course, youngsters can
be unpredictable at times, and this is the one
the Tigers would like to get, just in case. All
right, Sparma sets. Here's the 2 -0 delivery,
and Whitaker takes high, three balls and no strikes.
So Sparma, running into trouble here with Steve
Whitaker, has already walked Bill Robinson. On
deck, it's Bobby Cox. Farmer, a hard worker,
reaches back, puts everything he's got on every
pitch. He's ready now. Here's the next one to
Whitaker. It's high, ball four. And that's the
third walk for Farmer. The Yankees now have runners
at first and second, and here's Bobby Cox. Bill
Robinson at second, Whitaker at first, and now
Bill Freham, the big catcher, is out there talking
to Sparma. All right, now Ray Euler is in there.
Sparma has pitched to two batters and has not
thrown a strike yet in this inning. Walk Robinson
on fourth straight and Whitaker on fourth straight.
Now here's Bobby Cox. Cox is looking for his
first Major League base hit. Got his first Major
League start yesterday. He's 0 for 6. The pitch
to Bob is in there. Strike one. The Detroit ball
club half looking for the bump. Let's see what
manager Ralph House does. Gene Michael in the
on -deck circle, and he'll be followed by Mambo
Kett. Dennis Ryband starting to throw for Detroit
as Farmer comes set. Here's the next one to Cox,
and he bunched a foul right behind the plate,
a curveball. Nothing in tune out of Bobby Cox.
Oh, the pressure goes on Cox. Farmer out in front.
No balls, two strikes. Runners at first and second.
No score. Bottom of the second. Cox waiting.
Farmer getting the sign from Frein. Detroit infield.
Double play depth. Outfield straight away. Bobby
waiting. Farmer set. Here's the pitch. Curb is
inside. One and two. These are tough days for
Bobby Cox. Just trying to get his feet wet. Trying
to get started. He's been around a long time.
Eight years in the minor league. This is his
rookie season in the majors. All right. Cox is
waiting. Farm a set. Here's the one -two pitch.
Curveball swung on and just fouled. Bill Freon
had it in his glove, couldn't hang on to it.
So a break for Bobby Cox. Cox just got a piece
of that ball, just enough so that it slithered
out of the glove. The catcher, Bill Freon. Freed
at it and couldn't fight gravity. Reached for
it as it fell to the ground. All right, it's
one ball and two strikes. Runners moving off
first and second. Here's the next one. Cox fouls
this one back. Incidentally, for those of you
who may be able to help, Andy Kosko, who has
four youngsters, is looking for a three -bedroom
furnished home in the greater New York area,
any place. Get his family located. He had one
all set and then it fell through. And now he's
got his family that he'd like to bring in and
get them straightened out. And if anyone can
help, we'll tell you where to send the message
in just one moment. Here's the one -two pitch
to Cox. Curve. He goes down. It's over his head.
Two and two. He could help Andy Cosco with a
three -bedroom rental for the summer of a furnished
home. Send it to Bruce Henry, traveling secretary,
care of the New York Yankees, Bronx, New York.
Okay, here's the 2 -2 pitch now. On the way to
Cox. He hits it on the ground. Word has it. Goes
to second for one. And barreling into second
base is Dee Whitaker. No chance for McAuliffe
to make a relay to first. Moving to third is
Bill Robinson. See, Whitaker really flew into
second base, and he ended up about 15 feet past
the bag. That's how hard he went in there. So
Whitaker forced a second play going 5 -4, third
to second. Moving to third base is Robinson at
first, Bobby Cox, and now here's Gene Michael
who's been red hot. Michael with four base hits
in the last two games, batting at 182. Got two
doubles. And a couple of RBIs. One home run.
Gene Michael batting from the left side. Starts
to punt. It was a safe squeeze. Wert was breaking
in. Holding a third until he saw what happened
was Bill Robinson. Michael took the ball outside
for ball one. Pulled his bat out of the way in
time. Gene Michael trying to lay one down. John
Worth, the minute he squared around, started
breaking in at third. All right, Cox at first,
Robinson at third. Here's the pitch to Michael.
It's a fastball high and outside, 2 -0. Well,
you can hear it in the background. We want a
hit. We want a hit, all the youngsters out here.
Begin the chant. No score in the ballgame. Last
of the second. Yankees threatening. One out.
Runners at first and third. 2 -0 on Michael.
Here's the next one by Sparma. Hit in front of
the plate. Free in. Is out. After it. Underhand
flip. The cash is in time. Robinson holds the
third and down to second base goes Bobby Cox.
That ball hit about 10 feet out in front of the
plate. No chance for Robinson to get in. Going
to second. Here's Cox. Michael thrown out at
first. And here's the pitcher, Bill Mamboquette.
Bill Sparma creating all of his trouble with
base on balls. He walked the first two hitters,
Robinson and Whitaker. Yankees on the road. Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursday at Baltimore. Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday at Chicago. All right, Farmer
now taking his wind up. The first pitch to Mambo
Cut is a curve that backs him off the plate.
And it's ball one. Farmer is just naturally wild.
He's not a guy with that fine pinpoint control.
Here's the 1 -0 pitch. Fastball. Hit on the fist.
Off the facade of the upper deck. Bounced into
the lower deck and back on the field. One ball
and one strike. Farmer had such stuff on that
ball that when Mambo catch swung at it, it was
almost by him. Hit it right on the fist. Cox
at second. Robinson at third. Two outs. Here's
the 1 -1 pitch to Mambo. High pop, right side,
that's slicing into the stands. Lower area and
the scramble is on. Not too much wind out here
today. Wish you could see that outfield. They're
shaded way toward the right side as though Mambo
Kev is a left -hand hitter and very shallow.
Boy, they are way in. Here's the 1 -2 pitch.
Hit the left field. Not too deep. Coming on is
Jim Northrup. He's under it and he's got it.
For the Yankees, no runs, no hits. No Detroit
errors. Two men left and the score after two.
Detroit no runs on three hits. The Yankees no
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scores in the American League, Oakland 6, California
3. In the National League, Philadelphia 4, the
Braves 1, St. Louis 7, Pittsburgh 5. And Cincinnati
5 and the Mets 3. It was all a night action yesterday
in the American and the National. All right,
here's Dick McAuliffe, who struck out of the
first inning. Mombo Kett. The old campaigner,
as they call him. Into the windup and a pitch
to McAuliffe. In there, strike one. Yeah, I guess
of the pitchers, Mombo Kett is the oldest. Possibly
Steve Hamilton may be in there with him. There's
a fastball in there. Strike two. Let's take a
look to see who is the oldest Yankee pitcher.
Mombo Kett pitching to Dick McAuliffe. Delivers
a curve that just misses outside. One ball, two
strikes. Mambo Kett. See, Bill was born in August
11, 36. The pitch to McCullough. Dribble toward
third. Mambo up with an underhand flip. In time,
a nice play by Bill Mambo Kett. Fine underhand
toss by Mambo to get McCullough. Let's see. Steve
Hamilton was born. 11 -30. 36. So Mombo Kett
has Hamilton by three months and a few days.
All right, stepping in now is Mickey Stanley,
who struck out in the first inning. Takes low.
Ball one. Stanley. Right -hand batter against
the right -hand of Mombo Kett. No score in this
game. Top of the third inning. Mambo into the
windup. Delivers a fastball. Got the corner.
1 -1. Gibbs behind the plate. Mantle at first.
Clark at second. Michael a shortstop. Cox at
third. Whitaker at left. Robinson center. White
in right. The 1 -1 pitch. Just misses outside
by Mambo Kidd. It's 2 -1. The umpires today,
Lou DiMuro is behind the plate. Marty Springstead
at first, John Flaherty second, Bob Stewart at
third. Defense is straight away for Stanley.
Mickey pulls the bat right down on the end. Does
not have too much power. He had only seven home
runs last year. Goes up only 333 times. There's
a shot up the middle of base hit. That ball was
a bullet. He picked on a slow curve and drilled
it up the middle. Base hit number four off Mambo
Kett. And here's Al Kaline who got the first
hit after two rounds in the first inning. Well,
the heart of the Detroit batting order coming
up now. Kaline, Freon, and Cash. Got his work
cut out for him now. Al Kaline, who's been a
little slow and coming to life here with a bat,
starting to get underway, but this time pops
it up into short center field. Robinson calling
for it all the way, is under it and makes the
play. Stanley was halfway down and then returns
to first. So Kaline, going after the first pitch,
pops up to short center, two down. Here's Bill
Frean, who hit a double in the first. For Freon,
that was his sixth double of the year, and that
leads to the Detroit Tigers. Bill Freon, powerful
hitter. Batting cleanup. Right -hander. Hangs
right over that plate. Stanley, moving off first.
The pitch is a pitch -out. They were looking
for the possible running of Mickey Stanley. Freeman
was hit by pitch balls 20 times last year, many
of them in that upper left arm. That's why he
wears that padding. That was last year. There
goes Stanley. The pitch fouled back on the screen.
Stanley had a good jump, and Gibbs would have
had a tough time throwing him out had Freeman
taken that pitch. It's one ball, one strike,
two down. Now Bill Freon saying something to
Norm Cash in the on -deck circle, and he wants
a little bit of that pine tar, so they throw
him the rag. Tell you what's quite an experience
is to walk around behind the batting cage during
batting practice and shake hands with these ballplayers,
and they've all got that pine tar on their hands.
You need a bottle of turpentine by the time you
get done. Really sticks. Someone has just thrown
a tennis ball on the field, and... Now Boquette
walks in a few steps and gets rid of it. One
ball, one strike. Stanley at first base. Two
outs, no score, third inning. Bill Fran, the
big catcher's the hitter. Came into the game
at 340. He's one for one, a double. The pitch
to Bill is hit on the fist, short right field,
Clark moving back into the short right field
area and makes the play. No runs, a base hit,
one left, and the score after two and a half,
Detroit nothing, Yankees nothing. If you're like
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Okay, we go into the last half of the third inning.
It's a scoreless ball game, this first one of
the doubleheader. Joe Sparma against Bill Mambo
-Kett. For the Yankees, the top of the batting
order, Clark, Gibbs, and Maddow coming up against
Sparma. Right after this half inning, we'll bring
you up to date on all the action in both the
American and the National and the scores we may
have at the time. Horace Clark is stepping in.
He bounced to the shortstop in the first inning
on the first pitch of the game. Clark batting
from the left side. A switch hitter, as you know.
Sparma's first pitch to Horace is in there, strike
one. Clark, Maddow, White, and Michael, all switch
hitters. When Peterson started yesterday's game,
six of the nine players for the Yankees were
switch hitters. Clark fouls it off. Upper deck.
Strike two. Trash was playing in that game yesterday.
And, of course, Rich Peterson, a switch hitting
pitcher. That's something that may go down as
a record. Of course, the switch hitter becoming
more in evidence in more recent years. Mickey
Mantle, the guy who started it all back in 1951.
All right, here's the two -strike pitch by Sparma
to Clark. It's way outside, one and two. There
were switch hitters before, like Frankie Frisch,
Red St. Dees, and many others, but Mantle is
the guy who really brought it into focus. All
right, here's the one -two pitch now to Clark.
Curve is outside, two and two. Two balls, two
strikes. Clark waiting. Sparma delivers. Fastball
dribbled out toward the mound. Sparma is on it.
Fires to Cash just in time. Almost hit Clark
in the back of the head. That was a fine play
by the first baseman, Norm Cash. Play going 1
-3. One up and one down. Here's Jake Gibbs who
fouled the third in the first inning. A scoreless
ball game, and yet it's not moving along very
quickly. Well, that'll give you plenty of time
if you're in the area to come out here and see
most of this first game and all of the second.
Jake Gibbs now waiting as Farmer gets the sign
from free in. Here's the first pitch. The curve
is low. Ball one. Farmer has not given up a base
hit, and yet he's not been sharp. He's walked
three. Mantle in the first. Robinson and Whitaker
in the second. Here's the 1 -0 pitch to Jake.
On the ground. The shortstop in the hole. Euler
is up with it. Underhand flip in time. A nice
play by Ray Euler. Boy, they went over there
and gave it that underhand shoot. And that ball
fired across the infield. So we have two down,
and here's Mickey who walked in the first inning.
Mickey Mantle. Waiting. Farmer delivers a pitch
on the ground. Cash to his right. Bobbles the
ball. Can't come up with it. Fires late. And
Mantle is on a first base. Let's see how they
rule it. And they're giving Cash an error. An
error for Norm Cash on the play. That'll bring
up Roy White with Mantle at first. A two -out
error by Norm Cash. Here's Roy White. No score
on the game. Last of the third. Mantle at first.
The pitch to White. Curve is outside. Ball one.
The ball of a hit to Cash was a questionable
call for the official scorer, but there are no
hits in this game yet. And therefore... As is
generally the pattern, the first base hit in
the game usually has to be a solid one. Or one
that is not disputed. Here's the 1 -0 pitch.
White fouls it back. 1 -1. Roy White bounced
out sharply to second base in the first inning.
White batting fourth. Was leading the American
League as the game started today. Had a .428
batting average. He's 0 for 1. All right, Farmer
sets. The pitch to White. Swung on, a miss, strike
two. A fastball at the knees. Both Nicky Lulich
and Tom Matchick are not with the Tigers this
weekend as they're attending Army Reserve meetings.
Lulich normally would have been one of the starters
in this series. But instead, that second game
goes to Les Kane, a rookie. All right, the 1
-2 pitch to White. On the ground sharply again
to McCollough, the second. He has this one. Flips
to Cash. And the side is retired. For the Yankees,
no runs, no hits. One Detroit error, one man
left. And the score after three, Detroit nothing
and the Yankees nothing. Now let's take a look
at the scoreboard. In the American League, in
the first of a doubleheader, the Senators lead
the Indians 1 -0 after 3. Williams against Ortega.
That's Dan Williams for the Indians and Phil
Ortega for the Senators. In the first of a pair,
Boston and Baltimore, it'll be Santiago against
McNally. No action as yet. In a single game,
the White Sox play the Twins in Minnesota. And
in another single game on the West Coast, it's
Oakland against California in Anaheim. In the
National League... The Mets and Cincinnati play
a single contest, and that game as yet is not
underway. In the first of a doubleheader, Houston
failed to score. On the top of the first, they're
playing the Cubs in a doubleheader at Chicago.
In a single ballgame, Philadelphia and Atlanta.
Wise for the Phillies, Phil Necro for the Braves.
On the west coast, the Dodgers are at San Francisco,
and a later start, Pittsburgh at St. Louis. Both
of those single games. And now we remind you
it's New York Yankee baseball. Let's pause for
station identification. This is Bill Edwards
and I'll see you twice a day at 7 and at 1. Here
on WGY 810 on your dials connected. Okay, into
the fourth inning. No score in this game. Mambo
Kett against Farmer. And here comes Norm Cash.
He'll be followed by Northrup and Wirth. Mambo's
first pitch to Cash is on the corner strike one.
And I keep saying on the corners, and that's
where they are. The one -strike pitch to Cash.
On the ground, sharply hit Mantle on two hops.
Flips to Mambo, one away. Cash bounced to second
in the first inning, and this time to Mantle.
So he's 0 for 2. Now here's Jim Northrup. Northrup
bounced out to Mickey. That was in the second
inning. Talk to Johnny Sane, the Detroit pitching
coach, before the game, and he's just raving
about some of his young pitchers. Fastball is
in there. Strike one to Northrop. Warden, who's
3 -0, and Les Payne, who's getting a start today,
and a youngster by the name of Patterson. John
just loves to work with those young boys. All
right, Mambo Kitt eyeing Jake Gibbs with Northrop
up there. Here's the next one on the way to the
left fielder. It's fouled back on the screen.
Strike two. The little extra roar you heard was
a ball rolling back that didn't quite get to
the field. It's hung up on the net. Here's a
two -strike pitch now to Northrop, high and outside.
One ball, two strikes, one out. Top of the fourth
inning. The Tigers have all four bases. It's
a scoreless ballgame. Jim Northrop waiting as
Mambo Kett delivers, and this one is low, 2 -2.
Northrop was three for five yesterday. Had a
home run and two RBIs. Northrop has a straight
-up stance. Holds the bat right on the end. Feet
not too far apart. The 2 -2 delivery. Swung on.
Foul back off the chest protector of the plate
umpire, Luda Muro. Now holes at two balls and
two strikes. Somebody threw a big firecracker
out of the upper deck, I guess. Those things
can be dangerous. I wish you youngsters would
be careful about that because sometimes they
can land near people's eyes. Here's the 2 -2
delivery. Changeup, hit the right field, coming
on fast. It's Roy White, it's in there for a
base hit. That ball hit near the trademark, not
too solidly. But goes for a single for Jim Northrup.
That's the fifth hit off Mambo. Now here's Don
Wirt who struck out on the second. Don Wirt,
the third baseman, stepping in there, facing
Mambo Kett. Yankee infield, a double play depth.
Now Mambo steps off the rubber. Northrop at first
base. The pitch to word is high. It's ball one.
You might be hearing a little activity and noise.
There's a youngster who's climbed up on the screen
trying to get a baseball through the netting.
And even if he gets it, they won't let him have
it because you can't do that. He's also got his
finger stuck in that screen. And if there was
a foul ball that came back there, it chopped
some of those fingers right off. All right, here's
the 1 -0 pitch to work. It's 2 -0. But he's creating
more attention here at the stadium than the ball
game. And unfortunately, he could put himself
in danger there. And he has now got the ball
strung all the way across the middle of the screen,
and he's still climbing across there. All right,
the 2 -0 pitch. There goes Northrup. Ball hit
in the center field. Little drop for a base hit.
Northrup on his way to third base. And on the
hit and run, John Wirt drills a single to center.
Detroit with runners now at first and third.
One away. And the batter will be the shortstop,
Ray Euler. That's the sixth hit off Mambo Kett.
The youngster finally got the ball, but he's
going to be escorted from the ballpark. And when
he gets down, there's an officer waiting for
him. That's very dangerous. A foul ball. Hit
those fingers. They're stuck right between the
screen. He can take one right off. All right.
Euler is stepping in. He had a scratch single
in the first. It's a high fly into center field.
Robinson gunning for this one. Tagging up is
Northrup. Here's the throw. It goes into second
base, and Northrup comes in to score, and Detroit
leads 1 -0 on the sacrifice fly by Ray Euler.
Euler has been a thorn in the side of the Yankees
throughout this entire series. Ray coming up
with his fifth RBI of the year, and Detroit taking
a 1 -0 lead. Well, that boy has moved that ball
halfway across the screen, and they've got half
of the special police department there to greet
him as he comes down. There's a ground ball,
slowly hit towards short. In front of the shortstop
is Cox. One has it. Flips the mantle just in
time, and Sparma's out of there. That play going
5 -3. Nice play by Bobby Cox. So for Detroit,
one run on two base hits, one man left. And the
score after three and a half, Detroit leading
the Yankees one to nothing. Will the White Owl
girl please report to the press box? How'd you
know I was here? Easy. You're always where the
men are. There are lots of men out here today,
right? Right. You got me in the middle of my
adding. Adding? Just for fun, I was counting
the men smoking White Owl cigars. And how'd you
come out? I lost count. They ate so many. I spot
some rangers, a bunch of New Yorkers, hundreds
of invincibles. We need a White Owl scoreboard.
Even without one, I can tell it's a White Owl
crowd. Because we love that White Owl tobacco.
It's slow -aged, well -oiled to build up the
mild taste. And no matter which White Owl shape
a man picks, he's sure of a smooth smoke right
down to the last pitch. That's a pretty good
pitch you're making yourself. It's true. Every
time I see a man light up a white owl, I know
he's going to enjoy himself. I know he's going
to discover why they say you get a lot more from
a white owl than just milk. Okay, Detroit leading
the Yankees 1 -0. We go into the bottom of the
fourth inning. Here's Bill Robinson. He'll be
followed by Whitaker and Cox. And Joe Sparma,
leading right now, 1 -0, has not given up a base
hit. Robbie, who opened up the second with a
base on balls. Waiting as Farmer goes into his
lineup. There's a curve that's in there for strike
one. Cubs leading Houston 2 -0. They're in the
second inning. Senators 1, the Indians nothing
in the fourth. Robinson, a high chopper to the
shortstop. Euler has it on the second hop. Flips
over to Cash. One away. Ray Euler throws that
ball underhand, but he really gets something
on it. Just Steve Whitaker who walked in the
second. Yankees trailing by a run. First game
of the doubleheader. It'll be Fred Talbot for
the Yanks. Les Kane for Detroit in that second
game. And it will be the Major League debut of
Les Kane. Just a youngster. Seems to be fairly
calm before the game. Rather relaxed. There's
a curve to Whitaker inside. Ball one. Les Payne,
a young left -hander, making his major league
debut in the second game. But right now, it's
Steve Whitaker. 1 -0 the count with one out,
nobody on. Here's Farmer, outside, 2 -0. Detroit
leading 1 -0. They got that run last inning.
A one -out single by Northrop, a single on the
hit -and -run by Wirt, and a sacrifice fly by
Ray Euler. Here's the 2 -0 pitch to Whitaker.
In there for a strike. Joe Sparma. He just rears
back and unloads. Born in Matlin, Ohio. He's
ready. The 2 -1 pitch to Whitaker is low and
outside, 3 -1. See, Sparma was 13 -8. In 65 for
Detroit. 2 -7 at 66. Had a real bad year. And
then bounced back 16 -9 last year under the tutelage
of Johnny Sainz. High fastball over the head
of Whitaker. Ball four. That's the fourth walk
given up by Sparma and the second to Whitaker.
The Yankees still looking for their first base
hit. And only base runners. Mantle with a walk.
Safe on an error by Cash. Robinson with a walk
and Whitaker. has been walked twice. Now the
plate umpire, Lou DiMuro, is rubbing up the baseball
as Bobby Cox steps in. Winokirk first. Cox the
hitter. Bobby is 0 for 1. He's 0 for 7, looking
for his first Major League Base hit. Cox just
began to play regularly. That was yesterday.
Made his first start ever in the big leagues.
All right, Whitaker moving off first. Went away.
The pitch to Cox. High pop. Coming back into
the upper deck and out of play. Strike one. Boy,
that first base hit can be a real strain sometimes.
Mike Ferraro won the third base job in spring
training. And had a good shot two weeks. Did
not hit as well as he would have liked, so manager
Ralph House decided to give Bobby Cox a shot
at it. All right, Sparman to Cox. On the ground
to the shortstop. He has it. Flips to second
for one. Throw to first. Double play. 6 -4 -3.
Short second to first. And the Yankees are out
of there here in the bottom of the fourth. No
runs, no hits, no errors. Nobody left. And the
score after four, Detroit one run on six hits,
the Yankees no runs and no hits. Extended care
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Extended Care Facility. Okay, all set to go here
in the top of the fifth inning. Bill Mamboquette
and Joe Sparma with Sparma right now out in front
one to nothing. Detroit leading the Yankees.
Mamboquette has given six hits. Sparma has yet
to give up a base hit. And once again at the
top of the Detroit batting order, Dick McAuliffe,
he'll be followed by Stanley and Kaline. This
is the third time that McAuliffe has let off
an inning. He did so to open the game in the
first and then did it again in the third and
now in the fifth. He's 0 for 2, struck out and
bounced to the pitcher. McAuliffe, a dangerous
batter. Waiting as Mambo delivers and the fastball
is outside. Ball one. In the fourth inning, the
Senators still lead the Indians 1 -0. The other
game, it's the Cubs 2, Houston nothing in the
third. And right here, it's Detroit 1, Yankees
nothing fifth. McCollum takes outside. Two balls
and no strikes. Ron Boquette shooting for his
third win. It's been a tremendous acquisition
for the Yankees. Here's the 2 -0 delivery. Bunted
behind the plate foul. Two balls and a strike.
McAuliffe was halfway to first base before the
ball bounced back into Gibbs' mitt. Dick McAuliffe
trying to get something started. Tried to beat
out a bunt. Some close races in both the American
and the National right now. Red hot. There's
a dribbler toward first. It's fair. Gibbs out.
Under it. Flips the mantle. In time on a close
play. He had to throw that ball overhand to get
it over the head of Dick McAuliffe. McAuliffe
going right down that line. Gibbs had to throw
it over his head and made a good play. So that
one goes 2 -3. Hatcher to first. We have one
up and one down. Here's Mickey Stanley who struck
out in singles. Stanley was moving right along
in the Tiger outfield a couple years ago and
then he broke a finger in a home accident. Never
really regained his job again. Jim Northrup came
on and with Horton, Northrup and Kaline they
have formed the outfield for Detroit. Curveball
is in there. Strike one. Stanley has been a valuable
acquisition for the Tigers, but has never really
made it on a regular basis as yet. Now Boquette
getting the side from Gibbs. The one -strike
pitch. On the ground. Michael to his left. Up
with it. Underhand flip is off the glove of Mantle.
Rolling back to the screen. And Gibbs is right
there. A fine play by Jake. And they're charging
Gene Michael with an error on the throw. And
that's the second Yankee error in the ballgame.
No, wait a minute. That's the first Yankee error.
The other one was by Norm Cash for Detroit. So
Michael is charged with an error. Stanley on
at first base. And here's Al Kaline, who's one
for two. Single to left in the first. Yankees
still looking for the first base hit. Detroit
with six. Kaline standing in there. Waiting.
Mambo Kett delivers. There's a dribbler foul
to the right side. Gibbs out and after the ball.
Fires it back to Bill. It's one strike on Al
Kaline. Kaline free and in cash. Third, fourth,
and fifth hitters for Detroit coming on now.
All right, Mambo Kett comes set. Check Stanley.
The pitch to Kaline. It's a pitch out. Stanley
holding. It's one and one. That's the second
time the Gibbs has pitched out with Stanley at
first. Sometimes the manager will send a man
right after a pitch out. He doesn't figure the
catcher will go for it twice in a row. Let's
see what happens here. Stanley moving off first.
K -line waiting. One and one to count. One down.
One to nothing. Detroit leads. There goes Stanley.
The ball is swung on a foul back. One ball, two
strikes. So manager Mayo Smith running the pattern
through the form. Center's runner. K -line had
a good cut of the fastball and just got a piece
of it as it was fouled back. So it's one ball
and two strikes now. Al K -line, one of four
Detroit ballplayers to play over 2 ,000 ballgames.
Cobb, Gerringer, and Crawford ahead of him. Kaline
with 305 lifetime homers is only one behind the
all -time homerun slugger for Detroit, Hank Greenberg.
Here's the 1 -2 pitch fouled off upper deck by
Kaline. And the count remains one ball and two
strikes. You must remember, though, that Hank
Greenberg, who in one year hit 58 homeruns, spent
four years in the service. and missed a lot of
home run potential. Hank, who now makes his home
here in New York. Hall of Famer, one of the great
guys. Kaline is waiting. One ball, two strikes,
one out. Stanley moving off first again. The
pitch to Al is another pitch out, and Gibbs looking
for Stanley to run once again. So let's see just
what happens this time. Two balls, two strikes.
A different pattern now. It's a two -strike count
to Kaline. Stanley at first base. If he goes
and Kaline doesn't like the pitch and takes it
for a ball, Stanley will have to get a good jump
to steal a base. Let's see. He looked like he
was going, but Marble kept through over to first
base and Stanley has moved back. Mickey Stanley
at first. Safe on the air by Gene Michael. 2
-2 on Kaline. Stanley moving off first again.
There he goes. Here's the pitch. On the ground.
Michael is breaking towards second. Comes in,
flips the mantle in time to get Kaline. And Kaline
went over first base and it looked as though
his leg gave way momentarily. And he seems to
be gimping just a little bit coming back. He
hit that bag rather hard, and as he did, he sort
of went down, it appeared, but held on, and as
he ran back, seemed to gimp just a little bit,
but we'll have to wait and see if he's okay.
Down to second base is Stanley. That was a fine
play, incidentally, by Gene Michaels. He was
breaking on the cover and then had to come back
to get the slow grounder. All right, Bill Friend,
who doubled and popped to second, steps in. Detroit
leading 1 -0, fifth inning. Mambo Kett to free
in. In the dirt, gives, blocks it nicely, and
holds Stanley at second. Well, there's a sign
on the board. Yankees welcome Pearl Bailey. And
what a job she's doing, and hello, Dolly. Well,
that's one of the great, quickie songs of all
time, I guess. You hear it once, and you go away
humming it. One and 0 to count now. Frein standing
in there. Mambo Kett delivers a curve right down
the middle. One ball, one strike. One ball, one
strike, two outs. Yankees trailing 1 -0. Mambo
Kett. Veteran right -hander. His 10th year in
the big time. Comes set. Checks Stanley. Here's
the pitch. The free and in the dirt. Another
nice play by Gibbs. Two balls and one strike.
Okay, we're all set to go here. Mambo Kett taking
his time out there. Comes set once again. Free
and waiting. Here's the 2 -1 pitch. Hit hard
and deep to left foul. Ooh, baby, was that ball
plastered. That ball was really hit free and
jumping out in front of a high slider. Hooked
it hard and foul. In the fifth inning, Senators
lead the Indians 1 -0. Third inning, the Cubs
2, Houston nothing. And here, Detroit 1, Yankees
nothing. There's a 2 -2 pitch foul tip coming
back on the screen, and the count holds two balls
and two strikes to free him. Norm Cash waiting
on deck. Marble Kett has thrown a lot of pitches
out there. Defense for Frehan. They play him
deep in the outfield. Infield is about straightaway,
and the outfield pretty much straightaway. They
don't play him to pull too much. Here's the 2
-2 delivery. Sidearm curve, and he gets a little
piece of that as it's fouled off. For the ball
boy, just to the left of the Yankee dugout. Crean,
the only catcher since Mickey Cochran, who caught
for Detroit, to bat 300. All right, free and
is waiting. Mambo Kett gets a side from Jake.
Mambo's set. The next one to free, and oops,
that ball fouled off his bat. That almost hit
him. That ball is right around his Adam's apple,
and he's playing with that right hand of his
like the ball might have touched his fingers
off that bat. See, Crean hit .300 back in 1964
and then had two bad years where he batted only
.234, but last year bounced back at .282. So
Crean almost got nailed with a fastball around
the Adam's apple by Mambo Kettis, digging in
once again. Stanley at second base, two outs,
a 2 -2 count. Mambo again, here it comes. It's
on the corner, strike three, he got him. Three
in, took it all away, and that's strikeout number
four for Mambo. For Detroit, no run, no hit,
one Yankee error, one man left. And the score
after four and a half, Detroit, one run on six
hits, the Yankees no runs on no hit. Well, we're
all set to go here in the bottom of the fifth
inning, and coming on to tell you all about it
is the scooter, Phil Rizzuto. All right, thank
you, Jerry. And we've got quite a ball game going
on here. Real pitching duel, 1 -0. Yankees still
looking for their first hit of the ballgame.
Four innings without a base hit. Gene Michael
bounced out in front of the plate his first time
up. Joe Squammer delivers. The pitch is in there.
Strike one, call. Spalmer's been a little while
today. He's walked four men. Shows next pitch.
Ground ball to third. Nice play by Wirth. Fires
the first one out. That ball almost got by him.
It would have been a double down the line as
Gene was trying to go that way. And hit the ball
sharply. And right now on New York Yankee Baseball,
we pause for station identification. Join me,
Harry Downey, weekdays 10 to 11 .30 a .m. here
on WGY 810 on your dials connected. All right,
Bill Mambo -Kett. Mambo flying to left field,
his first time at bat. He was up with runners
at second and third and two out in the second
inning. Almost dumped one in a short left field.
Bomb is pitched, foul, upstairs out of play.
You know, when Lou Gehrig retired from baseball,
he told a pack Yankee Stadium, I consider myself
the luckiest man on the face of the earth. He
was only 36 then. He was dying and he knew it.
And there's a great lesson to learn from Lou
Gehrig. And there are great lessons to learn
from other baseball immortals. You'll find a
lot of their stories on the 40 -page baseball
special in the May Reader's Digest. It's presented
by Uniroyal, the people who make the rain tire
especially for wet roads. There's a fly ball
to left field. Hit well, but right at Northrop,
it's two out. And it brings up Horace Clark.
Horace has bounced to short and hit back to the
box. All right, Clark, the batter. Two out, nobody
on. 1 -0 Detroit lead. Coach Farmer with a short
windup. Curve high outside, ball one. On deck,
Jake Gibbs. Onward, playing in at third base.
First for ground ball to his left coiler. Up
with it. Fires to Cash for the out. The Yankees
are retired in order. Nothing across. And the
score now, at the end of five full innings, Detroit
won and the Yankees nothing. Tipperillo asked
the American people what they thought of the
world's first menthol cigar. New Tipperillo M
with menthol. Excuse me, sir. How does the idea
of a menthol cigar sound to you? Menthol cigar!
Hello? I'm calling for Tipperillo. We'd like
your candid opinion about the idea of a menthol
cigar. Menthol cigar? Pardon me, sir. Yes, would
you mind rolling down your window? I'd like to
ask you how the idea of putting menthol in a
cigar sounds to you. Then we got wise and didn't
mention our cigar was menthol. Sure. Would you
mind trying a new taste in cigars from Tipperillo?
What's in it? Well, here, let me just light it
up for you. I'm sure you'll... How does it taste?
Cool, cool. Yeah, kind of refreshing. Oh, that's
good news. Tastes great. What did you say the
name of that cigar was? I think we're going to
have to call it the great taste that sounds terrible.
New Tipperillo M with Menthol. For Detroit, it'll
be Norm Cash, Jim Northrup, and Don Wirt to face
Bill Monboquette. Monbo has allowed six base
hits. He has not walked anybody, struck out four,
and has allowed just one run, and that came in
the fourth inning with one out, Northrup single
to right. On the hit and run, Don Wirt single
to center, sending Northrup to third, and then
Orler hit a sacrifice fly to Bill Robinson in
center field. It was an unusual play in the sense
that Jim Northrup at third base did not take
the customary stance at third with his left foot
on the bag and looking at the outfielder, he
put his right foot on the bag and watched the
coach, Tony Cuccinello, who gave him the sign
when to run, and I've never seen that before.
It worked, though. He scored. Cash 0 for 2. Curve
ball in there. Strike one called. Cash has bounced
to second and bounced to first. Mayo Smith, the
Tiger manager, in the same spot that Ralph Houck
is in the Yankee dugout on the steps of the dugout.
Low 1 -1. Beautiful day for this doubleheader.
Good crowd on hand. The 1 -1 pitch on the outside
corner. And man, that Mambo has been nicking
those corners. Cash steps back. Talks to DiMuro.
Norm walks around in a circle whenever he is
dissatisfied with a call. Hangs his head, shakes
it a little bit. Still plenty of time for you
folks listening to get out for the rest of this
game and all of the second game. Kirk swing and
a miss as he took something off it. Strikeout
number five for Mambo. And here is Jim Northrup.
Bounce to first, single to right field. He has
scored the game's only run. Pitcher bounce, a
nice play by Mambo. Backhands and wheels around.
Throws to Mantle in time for the out. Two up,
two down. And the batter now downwards. Struck
out and single to center field. The youngsters
are out in force today. The pitch by Mambo, curve
high, ball one. They got the signs around the
upper deck. All of them from Mickey Mantle. One
is just a big number seven. And that tells the
story in itself. Slow curve over. One ball, one
strike. I think it's worth the price of admission
just to come out and watch Mambo Kett operate
on these hitters. That's the sign from Jake Gibbs.
Slow curve, a little low. Two balls and a strike.
On deck, Ray Hoyler. Mombo Kett takes no chances
of getting called for going with his right fingers
to his mouth. He takes the glove off, holds it
in the right hand, and then mops his brow or
his face with the left hand. The 2 -1 pitch popped
up to the right side mantle, and now Clark calls
him off it. Clark is there, makes the catch in
foul territory. And so the Tigers get down in
order. And the score now, at the end of five
and a half innings, Detroit won, the Yankees
nothing. You know, weekends can turn into the
busiest time of the week. That's the time you
shop and do necessary household chores. But let's
face it, weekends should be a time for the whole
family to be together, a time to relax and enjoy
yourself. This weekend, for example, why not
load the family into the car and take off on
an Atlantic Weekender tour to one of the interesting
destinations in Atlantic's free Weekender tour
guides. In case you're not familiar with the
tour guides, let me tell you about them. They're
more than just trips. These one -day and weekend
planned tours to nearby exciting and unusual
locations not only tell you how to get there,
but they point out what to see on the way and
what to do once you arrive. These weekender tour
guides are free, of course. Just stop in at any
Atlantic station and ask for one. And while you're
there, fill up with Atlantic Imperial, the gasoline
that cleans the throttle plate area of your carburetor
as you drive and keeps it clean. You'll find
the going's great. when you travel the Imperial
Road with Atlantic Imperial, the clean carburetor
gasoline. Jake Gibbs leads it off for the Yankees
here in the bottom of the sixth inning. Gibbs
has popped the third and bounced to the shortstop.
An airplane flew out on the field, and Bill Freon
is picking it up, putting it in his pocket. All
right, the Yankees looking for their first hit
in the ballgame. Detroit leading 1 -0. Joe Spalmer
out on the mound. Spalmer's pitch to Gibbs, outside
ball one. On deck, Mickey Mantle. There's the
windup. Pitch right in there. Strike called.
1 -1. Farmer really chewing that gum out on the
mound. He's blowing bubbles. I thought he was
blowing bubbles out there. The pitch, a bouncer
over his head, off his glove, Oiler in, up with
it. What a first base they got him. A good play
as Farmer deflected the ball just enough so that
Orla could make the play over the bag. And the
batter, Mickey Mantle. hitter going for five
in the third inning is so relaxed out of the
mound, he's blowing bubbles. The pitch to Mickey
Mantle, outside ball one. Mickey has walked and
reached on an error. The ball that could have
been given a base hit as Cash had to go to his
right on a hard hit ground ball. He knocked it
down, but couldn't hold on. Another bounce is
slowly to first base. And Cash! Picks it up and
steps on the bag for the unassisted put out.
Mickey went down that line in a hurry. Two outs.
And Nevada Rohrwhite, who has bounced hard to
second base, both times he's been up there. Nobody
on. Detroit leads 1 -0. The pitch to White is
low. Ball one. Thought we had a Frenchman in
our booth for a minute there, but it's Ernie
Harwell with his little French hat on. There's
a curve over strike called. On deck, Bill Robinson.
Ward plays in at third. Bama's pitch high. Two
balls and a strike. Bama, like Mamba Kett, makes
his time out on the mound. Gets the sign from
Friend. Here's the windup. The pitch, a foul
off the plate and hit wide in the leg. Evens
the count at 2 -2. Two balls, two strikes, two
outs. All right, Joe Sparma getting ready out
on the mound. His pitch is hit down the left
field line, but curving. Just missed hitting
the foul ball. That ball went pretty far. And
it's two balls, two strikes. Well, Dale Long,
our old buddy, would have been the first left
-hand catcher in baseball if they'd let him.
How you doing, Dale? Thanks, Bill. Great. Good.
Now, isn't that true that you were trying out
with the Pirates, was it, catching left -handers?
In 1951, Mr. Rickey tried to make a left -handed
catcher out of me. Well, there's no rule against
it, is there? No, not actually. I think it's
just a matter of complicating and custom. Why,
it is a 2 -2 pitch to White. Line drive wide
at downward for the hour. So, it's three up,
three down, and the score now at the end of six
full innings, the Tigers won and the Yankees
nothing. Well, as we told you, we're talking
with Dale Long here, and Dale, you left baseball,
you started to make umpiring a career, and what
happened? It's not an easy transition, Phil.
I don't know. I just felt like last year I was
in the International League and Jim Bowden come
down to pitch. Well, Jim was a teammate of mine.
Well, you know who's going to get the break from
me. And I was no kid going into it. I just didn't
care for it that much. I work for Susan Roebuck
now, and I got a good job with them. Not on the
basis of Ted Williams. Well, I just want to mention
Williamson Farmer. I'm a peon. I work. Well,
you're in good company, though, and, you know,
a little of that might rub off, Bill. Right,
but I sure miss baseball, Bill. Oh, I guess you
do. It's a great affiliation. It certainly has
been, and it always gives you good entree into
places where you might not be able to get. I
run a sports program, too, you know. No kidding?
Oh, wonderful. This is out of the Albany station
up in Albany, New York. Do you ever see Jeff
Davis up there when you're up there? I sure do.
Are you on the same station with Jeff? No, he's
on another WEE, and I'm WPTR. Jeff just got another
job, and he's doing very well. I know he is,
and he's a great man. But that's interesting.
Is it a regular sport cast? Do you give scores
or interviews? Five minutes a night, five nights
a week. And it's all new to me, believe me. I
said it. Stick with it, because it's a wonderful
thing to do. And it keeps you in contact with
all the sports anyway. We're getting ready for
the top of the seventh inning. Mambo's first
pitch to Orla. Hit high in the air to center
field. Robinson going back. Backpedaling fast.
He's there now and makes the catch. And Orla
hit that ball over 400 feet. But that's Death
Valley here at Yankee Stadium. And it's a long
out, one away. Orla one for one. Brings up Joe
Sparma. Bounce to short and bounce to third.
All right, Mambo turns around. Wants to make
sure that Robinson has come back from that long
run in center field. Here's the first pitch.
And it's popped foul in back of the plate near
the screen. Gibbs coming back and makes the catch
right in front of the screen. And, Dale, that's
got to be one of the toughest plays for a catcher.
Sure is. In fact, it's a good one to make there
because the ball is coming back into him. Jake
played it real well. He did. You know, Bill Kane
put a piece of gum down there, and he says Dale
put his gum on the table just like he used to
put on the cap. So you and I were from that same
school, huh? Putting the gum on the button of
the cap? Listen, Bill, my father used to bring
me out and watch you play in St. Louis. That's
where I first saw the gum on the cap. Okay, buddy.
Here's Dick McCullough. Struck out, hit to the
box, and was thrown out by Jake Yip. 0 for 3
for McCullough. Two out, nobody on. 1 -0 Detroit
leads top of the set. A wind -up by Mambo. His
curve is low. Ball one. By the way, does that
record that you held still hold hitting consecutive
home runs in consecutive days? It sure does.
How many? It was eight in eight games. Eight
in eight games. Everything I got going for me.
If they break that, then I can fly. Well, listen,
that's quite a record. That's pretty tough to
break. Well, I was very, very fortunate. No,
no. When you get on a hot streak, though, I guess
you don't care who's pitching or where the ball
is. That's true. Very true. All right, two balls,
no strikes on McCullough. We're talking with
Dale Long. The 2 -0 delivery. He runs up to Butt,
takes it, and man, Gibbs and Mambo didn't like
that call. I was talking to Ralph Houseville
about this ballpark. Isn't it beautiful? Oh,
it is. And they've really fixed it up. It is,
even before they repainted it and refurbished
it. But it still gives everybody a big thrill.
And those rookies, when they first come in, they
almost faint. The 3 -0 pitch right down the middle.
Strike call, 3 -1. A well -pitten call game by
Mambo Kidd and Sparma. Sparma with the edge right
now, a 1 -0 lead. Slow curve is in there, and
McCullough bluffed a bunt. It's 3 -2. Something
you never used to see in the old days, Dale,
a 3 -1 pitch in a slow curve ball. That's where
the whole trend comes today. Really, it's baffling
how these boys can throw it like that. You used
to go to the fastball. Oh, sure. Here's the payoff
pitch. Another slow curve popped up. Bill Robinson
and Roy White effort. Robinson calls. and makes
the catch. So, again, it's three up and three
down, and the score now, at the end of six and
a half innings, Detroit one and the Yankees nothing.
Hey, kids, and old -timers, too, how would you
like to hear the voice of the Babe or the Iron
Horse, Demage, Reynolds, Roth, and Ruffing, all
the other Yankee greats, merely by picking up
a phone and listening? Well, it's just that easy.
The Yankee Hall of Fame at Yankee Stadium is
filled with the voices of Yankee players who
were the glory of their time. Just wait until
you hear the play -by -play account of Mickey
hitting his 500th homer or Casey telling you
about his greatest baseball thrill or the great
Lou Gehrig making his sad farewell to baseball.
Don't miss your chance to hear the most unforgettable
moments in baseball as told by baseball's most
unforgettable heroes. You can hear them in the
Yankee Hall of Fame at Yankee Stadium. And just
a word to you moms and dads listening, when you
bring the youngsters out to Yankee Stadium to
see the Yankees this year, they'll have a chance
to see Mickey Mantle and all the greats of today.
Be sure to take those youngsters by the Hall
of Fame. Let them listen to the voices of some
of the greatest ballplayers of all time. Well,
we get ready for the bottom of the seventh inning.
It'll be Bill Robinson, Steve Whitaker, and Bobby
Cox to face Joe Farmer. Robinson walked and bounced
to the shortstop. You can hear the youngsters
yelling here, and there are lots of them here
today. Cap day today at Yankee Stadium. They're
all waving their Yankee caps. The pitch to Robinson,
almost hit him. Man, he had to jump back in a
hurry. Ball one. But we told his farming he liked
to use that brushback pitch. But at least he
keeps it from the shoulders on down. Here's the
1 -0 delivery. Hits a short left field, and that
ball's going to drop in for the first hit for
the Yankees. Robinson trying to throw, and he's
out at second base, and he's arguing down there.
A close play at second base, and what a throw
by Jim Northrup. The tag by McCullough. It had
to be a perfect throw. And Robinson didn't think
he was out. But Jim Northrup threw a strike to
Dittmer, call up, and Robinson is out trying
to stretch the single or double. Man, he called
that play quick down there. Ooh, I'd hate to
be an umpire on that one, Dale. I don't know.
They teach you to wait that little instant. You
know, for Baker's call, he seemed like he had
his arm up before he even got there. And that's
the tough thing for umpires. They make a decision
sometimes beforehand, and they call it automatically.
Guys only count horseshoes. Yes, you're right.
There's a strike to Whitaker who has walked twice.
But that's interesting. They do teach you to
hesitate before you make that call. Right. You've
got to have that hesitation there and let it
happen. Let it happen first. Right, another curve
over strike two, and Whittaker didn't like that
call. Well, I noticed it with several of the
umpires now behind the plate. And for a while,
I was jumping the gun. I'd say ball one, but
then like Humont and a couple other ones, they'll
wait that fraction of a second and then put the
right hand up. So I had to time myself with them.
That's good. You know, that's why they go to
spring training, too. They have to pick up their
timing just like the players do. Right. It's
not as easy to just come out of bed. And call
a pitch. All right. All right. Two strikes on
Whitaker. One out. Nobody on. Curve. Bounce to
the right side. McAuliffe comes in. One hand
to flip to Cash in time. But the Yankees get
their first set of the game. Bill Robinson trying
to stretch it into a double is thrown out on
a very close play at second base. Here's Bobby
Cox. Bounce to third. Hit into a double play.
Are there any kids around, Darrell, that you
umpired against that are up in the big leagues
now? Oh, yes. Mike Ferraro was at Syracuse last
year and Toledo the year before. Bill Robinson.
Ray Oiler was at Syracuse two years ago. Sure,
a great heartwarming to see these fellows make
it. So just what I was going to say, it must
be wonderful to see these kids in the minors,
raw rookies, and then... develop enough to get
to the big leagues. Oh, yeah. They have a lot
of them. Steve Womack, a lot of the Yankee pitchers
go down to the International League. Uh -huh.
All right, Bobby Cox has a count of no balls
and two strikes on him with two outs. Nobody
on here in the bottom of the seventh, and the
Tigers leading one to nothing. The Tigers scored
that one run in the fourth inning. Bobby Cox
is funny, Phil. He was at Richmond last year
when I was down there, and if a ball comes in
and he thinks it's a ball, he hollers, no. No
kidding. The umpires themselves. It was really
shocked me when he first did it to me. Uh -huh.
Here's the two -strike pitch. A bouncing ball
foul. Frank Crescetti. One hand at the old cross.
Hasn't missed one yet. He hasn't missed one.
It doesn't look the same as when he broke in
in 31. You remember that, right? Oh, come on.
He sure hasn't changed. No, he hasn't. Still
0 -2 on Bobby Cox. Being an umpire, though, I
imagine you don't like the ballplayers arguing
too much on pitches. I mean, the fans start getting
on you then, don't they? Well, they're a little
more understanding. I think I was more understanding
than most of the umpires. I know how tough it
is to get up here, Phil. It's not easy. Right.
The pitch, a curve, and he sits down. It's high
and inside, one ball, two strikes. You don't
mind a legitimate break, but a fellow that's
trying to find it out, he's not going to make
a goat out of you, and that's the guys you look
out for. By the way, what did you say you did
with Sears robots? I'm in commercial sales. I
sell for them. Oh. Everything? We got 200 ,000
items. Why, here's the one -two delivery. Low
ball two, two and two. On deck, Gene Michael.
Palmer into the windup. The pitch. There's a
base hit to left field. Bobby Cox gets his first
major league base hit of the Yankees. A bullet
to left field. Man, I bet he's happy. That first
hit. That first hit sometimes is a long time
coming. And we're going to have a pinch hit.
Tommy Tresh is coming up to bat for Gene Michael.
So Fran goes out to the mound and talks with
Farmer. So the Tigers got a big break here when
Bill Robinson's singling, leading off the inning,
tried to stretch it into a double and was thrown
out. So it's two out now with Bobby Cox at first
base. Bobby walking around down there. I don't
know whether he pulled a muscle or anything.
But now Tommy Trey is batting for Gene Michael.
Gene was 0 -2 while he was in there. Tommy's
been about 46 times, 7 hits, 1 double, 1 homer.
He has 7 RBI. 1 -0 Detroit lead. Fresh steps
in. Pounding the bat on the plate. Cash holds
first against Cox. Here's the stretch. The pitch
low. Ball one. Do you remember your first big
league hit? Oh, I'll never forget it. It was
a bunt against the Philadelphia Athletics when
they were in. Pete Sulu was playing third. Do
you? No, I remember mine. Who'd you get it off?
Evo Blackwell. Oh, well, you were left -handed.
Not too many right -handers got hit on him. The
pitch, a foul at the plate. It hit Tommy in the
leg. One ball, one strike. How many clubs did
you play with, Dale, in your Major League career?
Six. Six? And five in the National, one in the
American? No, I was two. I played with Washington.
Oh, that's right. I'm on the expansion now. Uh
-huh. When they had the expanding clubs. Right.
How long were you with the Yankees? I was here
twice, three years. Did a great job pinch hitting.
I remember that. All right, Cox leads the way
at first base. The stretch. The pitch outside.
Two balls and a strike. Tigers 1, Yankees nothing.
Tigers with six hits, Yankees with two. Each
team has made one error. On deck, Bill Mambo
-Kett. The stretch by Palmer. Cox leads away.
Powell's tip off the shin guard of Bill Tran.
The count is even at two and two. Two balls,
two strikes, and two outs. Oh, a new ball thrown
out to Joe Spalmer. Another big ball game to
go after this one. Joe Spalmer still nonchalantly
blowing bubbles out of the mound. Leans in to
get the sign. Now he's ready. His pitch inside,
and Tommy almost stepped into that fast one.
It's three balls, two strikes. Cox will be off
with the pitch, which gives the Yankees a little
edge right here. He'll be running. Quick score
on a long single. Cash now moves in back of the
runner at first base. Got to be careful here.
They might put a play on. Now we're ready for
the payoff pitch. There goes Cox. The curve is
swung at and missed. Strike three. As he changed
up on a curve ball and had Trish out in front.
It's all for the Yankees. No runs. Two hits.
No tag errors. One man left. And at the end of
seven full innings, it's Detroit one and the
Yankees nothing. If you were born poor. In a
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tomorrow, all right? has gone in to play shortstop
in place of Gene Michaels. Right now on New York
Yankee Baseball, we pause for station identification.
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All right, Mickey Stanley has struck out singular
center and reached on an error. Right -hand batter.
Mambo's pitch, a bouncer foul to the left of
the plate. Strike one. Bobby Cox hustles in to
pick it up. Outfield straightaway on Stanley.
On deck, Al Kaline. Pitch by Mambo, sidearm curve,
foul down the left field line, going back into
the stands and out of play. Nothing in two. Tony,
we've been chatting here with Dale Long a little
bit. Dale, you look in as good a shape as you
did when you were playing. What are you doing?
Well, I got a few gray hairs, Bill. No, I don't
mean I got them, too. I mean you're... Your body
looks pretty good. Well, I play a little golf.
I enjoy the crowd. No kidding. Left -handed?
Oh, yeah. I'm a hacker. The pitch is just outside.
One ball, two strikes. You ever run into Ted
Williams when he travels? Yes, Ted comes around
once in a while. I've talked to him a couple
times. He's put on a few puns. Yes, I noticed.
He's a little roly -poly right now. I've been
very active up in, I now live up in Albany, New
York, Saratoga County. And I pull around a little
bit of basketball and baseball now. It's in season.
It's a nice part of the country. My daughter
went to school there for a while at Skidmore
up in that area. It's a good thing you know now
because my son goes to Union. And they have a
shuttle between Union College and Skidmore. Check
swing, ground ball, a mantle at first. Mickey's
up with it. He'll step on the bag. And it's one
away. By the way, have you seen Mickey at first
base at all other than this game? No. He looks
better and better over there. I got a letter
from him last year, and he said I had it so followed
up nobody could play it. But he said he finally
smoothed it out, and now it's all right again.
But he has surprised so many people with his
play at first base. Well, it's the most vulnerable
spot. It can be played by most anybody. And Mickey's
very adaptive baseball. I think he could do anything
if he put his heart to it. Oh, yes. Anyway. Al
Kaline, a single fly to center bounce is short.
Takes the pitch a little high. Ball one. Yeah.
Mambo gets the sign from Gibbs. Pitch swing and
a foul tip and it makes Gibbs. One ball, one
strike. Jake flinched a little bit. Jake's got
the meat in there again. He's got a magnet in
that hand of his. He gets hit with more foul
tips. Shaking hands with him is like shaking
hands with a bag full of walnuts. Most catches
are like that, don't you agree? The best one
I've seen is Jim Hegan. Oh, he was great. As
they slow ground ball to third, it kicks foul.
They would not have gotten K -line on that one.
Cox was playing deep. It's one ball, two strikes.
That's right. Jim was one of the most graceful
catchers. He reminded me a lot of Bill Dickey
behind the plate. Played like a shortstop, really.
There was none of this bulwark of blocking the
ball. But you remember he caught four 20 -game
winners and 11 and 13. I remember. We had to
face them. One right after the other. You never
had a breather with those guys. He was a picture
catcher. Yes, he was. All right. It's one ball,
two strikes on Kaline. One out. As nobody on,
Detroit leads 1 -0 in the top of the eighth.
Pitched by Mambo. Foul back off the screen. On
deck, Bill Friend. Now the wind -up. Curve is
low and outside. Two and two. Two balls, two
strikes, one out. Mambo ready again. A slow curve
hit on the ground hard. Cox, nice play. A long
throw. In time to get Kaline. And Bobby Cox did
not flinch. That ball was hit like a bullet.
One hop. Bobby got his body right in front of
the ball, put his glove right at the belt, and
it was right in there. Two out and three in the
batter. Three in his double, popped the second,
and struck out. Big right -hand hitting catcher.
On deck, Norm Cash. Here's the pitch to Frehan.
It's on the inside corner. Strike one call. It's
a shame, but this could be the last inning of
pitching for Bill Monboquette. He is scheduled
to lead off in the bottom of the eighth inning.
He's had quite a year for the Yankees. The one
-strike pitch. A bounce to the third base. Cox
has the ball. Fires to Mantle in time. Another
one, two, three inning, the third in a row for
Mambo against Detroit. And the score now at the
end of seven and a half innings, Detroit won
and the Yankees nothing. Well, we're talking
with Dale Long up here, and Dale has just taken
a bite of a delicious sandwich that I'm going
to do when this game is over. I'll never forget
the day I was playing out here in a doubleheader,
and some guy walked out, and I turned around,
he scared me, he was on the field. And he had
a Civil War uniform on. He says, where's those
damn Yankees? No kidding. We had some characters
run out on the field. Right now, here's a pretty
good young ball player, Andy Kosko, who will
be pinch hitting for Bill Mambo Kess. So Mambo
worth eight real fine innings again. He allowed
six hits. He did not walk a man, struck out five,
and allowed just the one run. So Andy Kosko comes
on. The Yankees trailing by one here in the bottom
of the eighth inning. Andy has been up six times
with two base hits. Takes the curve over, strike
one call. Andy has not started a game. He has
been used just as a pinch hitter. Outfield plays
him straight away. Can't score right hand batter.
The one strike pitch, a curve low. He checked
his swing in time. One ball, one strike. Farmer
gets the sign from Friend. Rocks back. Best ball.
Base hit to center field. Costco hit a bullet
right up the middle. So, Andy's third pinch hit
this year. The third hit off Farmer. And now
the top of the Yankee order. Horace Clark, Jake
Gibson, Mickey Mantle to follow. Ralph Falk has
said so often one reason the Yankees are playing
so much better balls is because of the bench
he has right now. It's the best bench he's had
since 1964. That was the year that Yogi Berra
managed the Yankees to a pennant, their last
one. All right, Horace Clark, 0 -3 in the ballgame.
Bounced a short, twice, hit back to the box.
Work moves into third base. Costco leads the
way. Here's the stretch. The pitch. He squares.
Bumps the ball. It's a dandy. Farmer has to go
to first. In time, almost threw the ball in a
right field, but the sacrifice is successful.
They've moved Costco to second base. The play
goes from one to four. The pitcher to the second
baseman covering. And it brings up Jake Gitt.
All right, Jake gives the batter. Jake has popped
the third, bounced it short, and then was robbed
of a base hit on a fine play by Ray Oil. Andy
Kosko, the potential time run at second base,
and on deck, Mickey Mantle. The crowd is building
up for when Mantle comes to the plate. He pitched
to Gibbs, a bouncer right back to Palmer. He
wheels. Throws to first, so he had. Costco hung
up between second and third, but did not throw.
And here comes Mantle. Mickey Mantle, or his
walk, reached on an error and bounced to first.
Pascoe at second was too odd. We're in the bottom
of the eighth. Detroit leading 1 -0. Here's a
stretch by Spalmer. His pitch. Ah, he's right.
The deep left field. Way back. Way back. in deep
left field, and the ball game is tied up, one
apiece. Holy cow, did he hit that one in the
opposite field. That ball was over 400 feet.
It bounced on the running track and then into
the bleachers. It looked like it went in on a
fly. The ball game is tied up, 1 -1, and this
crowd is standing here at... Oh, man, did he
tag that one. No. And you just heard the echo
of that blast, that mantle hit of Firecracker.
Here comes Mayo Smith out. It'll give me a chance
to catch my breath. One of the longest opposite
field baseballs ever hit. That ball was close
to 450 feet to left field. It took one bounce
over the auxiliary scoreboard and into the bleachers,
and Farmer is coming out. And that's enough to
shake anybody up. Mickey Mantle. I mean, you
just can't say enough about this guy. Holy cow,
did he hit that one, and they want a new pitcher
out there. So the Yankees now were hitless up
to the seventh inning when they got two hits,
Robinson and Cox, but didn't score. Here in the
eighth, Andy Kosko started the rally. Pink hitting
for Bill Monboquette. And Kosko lined a single
to center. Then Clark sacrificed in the second.
Gibbs hit back to the box. Kosko held second.
And on the first pitch to Mantle. Mickey hit
one nine miles to left field. It took one bounce
into the bleachers. And the ball game is tied
up with two outs. Mantle at second and Roy White
the batter and a new pitcher coming in for the
Tigers. Well, Mr. Long, have you ever seen any
ball or many balls hit to the opposite field
that far? I saw a couple of them and he hit them
all. Okay, you scared me there for a second,
because I can never remember one being hit to
the opposite field that far, outside of Mantle.
I'm not talking about the homers he hit World
Series in Pittsburgh and in Ebbets Field and
in every place he played. He hit him a long way.
I saw him hit one in Cleveland one day the same
way, opposite with right -handed, though. And
he hit it on top of the Cleveland bullpen. That's
right. I remember that one. He's awful strong.
Well, I'm glad I came today to witness that.
Well, I'm glad you came because you said you
were the good luck charm for Cox to get his first
base hit. And you're here now with Mantle hitting
that tremendous double. And John Warden is coming
on. Jonathan Edgar Warden Jr. Six feet tall,
205 pounds. He's only played three years of professional
ball. In 66, he was with Daytona Beach. In 67,
with Waukee Mountain. He has won three and lost
none. And he's only been in three ballgames.
This is his fourth appearance of the year. He's
only pitched a total of three and a third innings.
Has not allowed a run. Has allowed just one hit.
Walked two, struck out one. Man, I'd say he came
in at the right time and got the job done, Dal.
Many times, it looks like. Maybe we can tie one
on him here, Phil. Make them three in one. Would
you do a little talk and do tell some stories
or sell some Sears merchandise while I get my
breath back? I yelled so loud on that ball mantel
hit first I thought it was in the seat. But then
I got dizzy, you know, I have low blood pressure
and I yelled too loud and jumped up too quick.
You didn't jump very high because you're not
too big, you know. It's sure great to be down
here, Phil, and see this fine crowd that turned
out today for a cap day at United Stadium. That's
another thing you did. You brought the biggest
crowd of the year here. I don't know. I like
to come down here during the week when it's all
nice and quiet and you got it to yourself, but
these kids today are really having the ball.
Oh, they are. There's no better place to bring
kids, you know, down into a ballpark. Really,
that's quite an education. And they really enjoy
themselves. I brought three little boys with
me today. Did you? Yeah. Bobby and Craig Bauer
and Joey Rossetti from Albany. Sure. And they're
sitting down here in the box seats. I can't get
them to come with me because they're enjoying
the game too much. All right, here's Roy White
batting right -handed against Lawton. He takes
the pitch. High ball one. Mickey Mantle at second
base. Mickey ties the ball game up. With a tremendous
double. Roy White is 0 -3 in the ballgame. The
pitch is low, ball two. Two balls. Appropriate
sign up here, Phil. Socket to him, Nick. Yes,
he did. Well, you know, all those signs out there,
there's one up there that he just narrowly missed.
He said, get your 522nd homer today. And he came
as close as you could without making it a home
run. Any other ball, park a home run. The 2 -0
pitch to White. A base hit to left field. Mickey
Mantle. Around third. They're waving him in.
He has to throw. He flies and he's in there.
He's taken the plate. And the Yankees lead 2
-0. A good slide by Mickey Mantle on a throw
by Norfolk that was just a little high. And the
Yankees lead 2 -1. Roy White coming through with
a clutch single to left field. And Northrup charged
that ball, knowing that Mantle has trouble rounding
the bases. And Mickey did, but he put on the
speed halfway between home and third. And a beautiful
slide. You know what I like about this slide,
Dale? He did not hook into the plate. He kept
that left foot out straight and hit the bag just
before Green made the tag. Shortest distance.
Right. Holy cow. The Yankees lead 2 -1, and they're
going to put Bill Robinson on and pitch to Whitaker.
Bill Robinson getting an intentional pass. With
Roy White, who went to second base on the throat
of the plate. Bill White. Leading the major leagues
in hitting before today's game gets his first
hit. He's one for four. What a big RBI. I wish
they wouldn't shoot those firecrackers off. Not
just because it makes me jump, but it's dangerous.
They're throwing down on the field. You remember
Sam Nair and Phil? He was the coach for the Pirates.
Uh -huh. He lost eyesight in one of his eyes
in Brooklyn one time. Somebody dropped a firecracker
out. No kidding. It exploded just about parallel
with his head. It's not really right. Everybody
likes a nice noise and a good time. There's a
time and place for it. You're right. It's not
right. Steve Whitaker has walked twice, bounced
to second base. Brian is out to the mound. Talking
with John Warden, who relieved Joe Farmer. You
can hear the kids charging. By White at second.
Robinson at first. Two out. A stretch by Ward.
Pitch to Whitaker. Strike on the outside corner.
Bill Robinson got the first Yankee hit in this
game in the seventh inning. Knox got a hit. Haskell
got a hit. Mantle got the big hit of the ballgame.
And then White. Single to drive in Mickey. The
Yankees lead 2 -1. The stretch by Warden. The
pitch outside. One ball, one strike. He hangs
in there pretty good, Phil. He does. You know,
they've changed his stance, Dale. You remember
they used to have a wide open stance. Right.
And he was trying to pull that outside pitch
too much. He has closed it a little bit. He's
still a little open. But he's able to go better
to left field with the pitch. First ball hits
the left field. Coming on Northrop and makes
the catch in short left field. He almost got
one in there. But the Yankees come up with two
runs on three base hits. No Tiger errors. Two
men left. And the score now at the end of eighth
ball inning, the Yankees two and the Tigers one.
On the go. Go with Atlantic Imperial Gasoline
and drive the Imperial Road. car will perform
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take care of that, wherever you go on the Imperial
Road. You're always on the Imperial Road with
Atlantic Imperial Gasoline. Well, the big left
-hander, Steve Hamilton, is coming on, and this
is just as it should be, Dale Long. Bill Mumblecat,
who pitched such a beautiful game, has been taken
off the hook and could be the winning pitcher.
He could not be the losing pitcher now, right?
He has pitched some balls. You know, when you
get a little older, it's a shame, but the older
you get, the smarter you get. Pretty soon the
body can't call on the, you know, you call on
the body to do something, it won't do it. That's
right, if you're too old. But Mambo, who when
he first broke in, was just a thrower in my estimation.
Boy, he has changed. He has made a science of
pitching now. The kind of guy you'd probably
like to catch. That's right. So Steve Hamilton
will be trying to nail this one down for Bill
Mambo Kett and the Yankees. He'll be facing...
Norm Cash, Jim Northrup, and Don Wert. Two left
-hand hitters, and then a right -hand batter.
Cash is 0 for 3. All right, here's Hamilton's
first pitch to Cash. A curve, low ball line.
Hamilton ready again. Curve over this time. Strike
one, one -on -one. Here's the guy that's rough
on you left -hand batters, Dale. He sure is.
He's 6 '7". He leans over like the lenient tower
of pizza. You heard that pizza now. I heard it.
I heard it. I'm going to have one between games.
Here's the one -one delivery. Another curve in
the air. One ball, two strikes. Hamilton is making
his third appearance of the year. He's only pitched
three innings. He has not allowed a bay check.
Walk one man. The one -two delivery. Just missed
the outside corner on a little low. Two and two.
That's what they call a slider on a half shell.
Slider on a half shell. Well, that's why he's
rough. He can throw the curve with the same motion
and then the slider, and one doesn't break as
much as the other. Here's his two -two pitch.
Fly ball is caught by Neal. White coming in and
makes a catch. He hits that ball right at the
end of the pass, didn't he? He's looking for
the chalk right over his head. Yes, that's right.
And that was the beauty of Hamilton's side -on
curveball. About another inch inside, and that
ball could have been in the seat. All right,
here's Northrup. He bounced it first, single
right, and hit back to the box. Another left
-hand batter. Dave Hamilton looking at the ball,
checks it, doesn't like the way it feels, and
throws it out. How can those pitchers have such
sensitive fingers, Dale? Huh? How about the four
words they came from? But anyway, those pitchers
know. The horse side, you mean? They must have
had sensitive something to get that horse side
off. But anyway, these pitchers know, I'll tell
you. The curve is over. Strike one called. I
never thought about the poor horse. I never heard
from the ASPCA. I'm always saying the poor pitcher.
These fellas know the height of the fiends and
everything else just by the touch of it. The
one strike pitch. Turf foul. Back and out of
play. Strike two. I mentioned that pitchers can
make pretty good safe brackets. Yeah, they touch
it. A lot of times it's the weight. Some balls
weigh more than the others. They get scuffed
up or something. They just don't like what they
like, and that's it. All right. Here's the two
-strike pitch. Sidearm curve popped up to the
right side. Mickey Mantle is there in foul territory.
Under it. Makes the catch. Two -way. The Tigers
down to their last out, and it's John Ward, who
is one for three, single in the fourth inning.
He had struck out the second and popped the second
in the sixth. Gives out to the mob. Has to look
way up in the air at Big Steve Hamilton. Two
men out. Two out. Nobody on. Yankees leading
2 -1. Hamilton turns around, looks at the defense.
Word of right -hand batter. Whittaker and left
Robinson instead of white and right here's the
pitch to Orla rather to word is the strike on
the inside corner and worth it like that ball
hands on his hips shaking his head now he steps
back into the batter's box the pitch is outside
one -on -one Two out, nobody on, 2 -1 the Yankees
lead, top of the ninth inning. Hamilton lines,
this pitch, a bouncer in front of the plate,
Hamilton up with it, throws to Mantle, the ball
game is over. And Steve Hamilton holds that chain,
the victory sign, as he sets the Tigers down
in order in the top of the ninth inning, and
the Yankees win it 2 -1. The totals in the ballgame
for the Yankees. Two runs, five hits, one error
for Detroit. One run, six hits, one error. Mambo
kept the winner. He's won three and lost one.
Swarm of a loser. He's won one and lost two.
Steve Hamilton gets his say. It all came down
to that eighth inning for the Yankees after they
were trailing one to nothing. The Tigers picked
up a run in the fourth. A single by Northrop,
a single by Word, and a sacrifice fly by Euler.
But the Yankees, who were hitless till the seventh,
came through in the eighth. Costco pinch -hitting
single. Clark sacrificed in the second. Gibbs
hit back to the box, but Mantle hit a tremendous
double to left field. One bounce into the bleachers,
driving in Costco to tie it up. And then Roy
White had a two -out line single to left. Mantle
slid in just ahead of the tag. The Yankees win
it 2 -1. Once again, the totals in the ballgame
for the Yankees. Two runs, five hits, one error.
For Detroit, one run, six hits, and one error.
Now stay with us for that second game coming
up shortly.