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1964-Apr-12 • NYY/AAA • New York Yankees vs Richmond Virginians - Radio · Retro Sports Radio: Classic Games from History

• 0:00
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  The New York Yankees faced the Richmond Virginians on April 12, 1964 for an exhibition game before the season.
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  The Yankees entered 1964 under manager Yogi Berra.
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  Yogi had just retired as a player and the Yankees needed a new leader to replace Ralph Hauck,
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  who moved to the front office as general manager after losing the World Series in 1963.
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  Richmond was the Yankees' AAA club and they were managed by Preston Gomez.
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  This would be the Virginians' final season in Richmond.
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  After 1964, they transferred to Toledo, Ohio and they were renamed the Toledo Mudhens.
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  This audio recording is from the New York Radio broadcast featuring announcers Mel Allen and Phil Rizzuto.
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  At home plate, Yogi Berra meeting with Preston Gomez, the Virginians' manager.
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  The banding order for the Yankees will be Phil Linds leading off, shortstop, Bobby Richardson, second base,
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  Roger Maris in right field, Mickey Mantle in center field, Tom Thresh in left field, Joe Cuppetone at first base,
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  Elston Howard catching through for your third base, and Al Downing, who you pitched for,
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  which hung at one time, on the mound for the Yankees.
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  The Richmond team, which had been training in Hollywood just below Fort Lauderdale,
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  their season doesn't open for a pitch yet and they didn't send an entire squad.
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  They've got about 13 or 14 men.
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  Don Wallace will be leading off at shortstop, Alice Clark, second base, Art Lopez in left field,
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  Bob Smith will do the catching batting fourth. You remember him when he played for the Giants and the Senators.
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  Fred Hotkitt, first base, Rich Barry in right field, Mike Matheson, who worked out for the Yankees in spring training last year at third base,
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  Vic Pagel, center field, and Billy Muppet, who the Yankees had faced before when he was an Red Sox uniformer during the pitching.
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  And as I recall, their times had some trouble, Mr. Muppet.
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  Well, this is the last game on spring training. An open date tomorrow and Tuesday.
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  Welcome Yogi Day. And what a hand he got when he was introduced here.
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  They introduced the players from both teams.
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  I don't know how many decibels came up on Joe Cooper's machine over there, but he got a tremendous hand.
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  We have just two umpires today.
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  Val Gommon is back in the play. I'm looking for Frank Humon.
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  Oh, I see him. He was out there talking to the crowd at the right field fence, and he's held his hand up.
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  So wait a minute. The game's about to begin. Here's the first pitch, and no umpire first base.
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  It's in there for a strike to Phil Linds.
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  Humon, meantime, is talking to a policeman. That's why I couldn't find him.
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  Out in front of the... Here's the next pitch. Hits five short in the left center for a base hit.
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  It wouldn't have made any difference whether Linds touched the bat or not if he got back.
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  Frank Humon's coming in now. He was talking to a policeman along the right field foul line.
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  They have an overflow crowd asking him to keep them back and not to run onto the field of play.
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  Phil Linds singles the left center. Now here is Bobby Richardson. Takes it low and outside.
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  Oscar Kuhn is umpiring his third base.
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  Go over to first. The runner's back. It's a beautiful day in Richmond.
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  Wish we'd had a day like this in the last three days of our stay in Fort Lauderdale.
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  Here's the pitch inside for a ball.
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  It's a little more on the chillier side, but the sun is shining bright.
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  Muffin, the right-hander, delivers. Richardson takes it up high. Ball three.
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  I'm glad we didn't have a microphone at home play, as some folks would like to have.
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  I heard what Muffin said, but I'm going to tell you. Here's the pitch. It's inside for ball four and Richardson walks.
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  Linds moves to second. Muffin actually wasn't yelling enough. He was angry himself.
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  Now coming up is Roger Maris.
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  Linds on second. Richardson on first.
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  Muffin, the right-hander, delivers and it's in there for a strike.
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  Muffin looks as if he's put on a lot of weight.
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  Bill Linds leaning away from second. Bobby Richardson from first.
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  And the pitch. Maris swings and lines under clean first and second, the right field for a base hit. Rounding third is Linds.
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  He's coming in to store. The ball is cut off as the throw went toward third to hold Richardson.
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  The ball is cut off by shortstop Don Wallace.
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  And Bobby stops to put him back. Now Mickey Manil.
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  One to nothing, New York.
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  They have a tremendous parking lot beyond the fences.
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  Here's the pitch, high outside for a ball.
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  You know, sitting up in a place like this and looking out into a parking lot just jammed with more than a thousand cars, here's the pitch, swung on and foul tipped.
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  You get an idea that General colors people like most and they're more on the pastel side.
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  Muffin all set, delivers up high to Mickey.
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  Richardson moves off second, Marisol first. The delivery is swung on and foul back.
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  You know that ball as it came down hit a screen, I don't know if it was that close.
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  I'd have reached for Zuto out to get it.
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  Two balls, two strikes.
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  They're away from first and second. Here's the pitch, it's up high.
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  A 3-2 count.
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  They expected somewhere in the neighborhood of 10,000 people here today.
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  They certainly have that many with an old crow crowd extending from the right field foul line out to the point and deep right center.
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  Three balls, two strikes, two men on. Billy Muffin tries to pick off play but didn't throw the ball as he whirled around off the mound.
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  His strikes caught.
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  Don Wallace tried to slip in behind Richardson.
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  Richardson leads off second, Marisol first the pitch, the man will strike out.
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  Now tipped held onto by Bob Smith.
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  Nick was going for the long one, you could tell that.
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  Now the batter is Tom Trash.
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  Joe Puppet going on back.
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  He's up in New York. Richardson leads off second, Marisol first. The pitch is swung on by one hopper to Clark over to Wallace.
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  That's a first.
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  Nickly executed double play. Clark is second, Wallace is short, the hoppies first.
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  And the side is retired.
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  One run, two hits.
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  There were no errors, one left on.
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  At the end of the first half, the first inning, Yankees won, the Virginians coming to bat.
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  The last half of the first inning.
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  The Richmond Virginians come to bat.
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  They're not a set team as yet, you must keep in mind they brought up enough players from the Yankee farm area in Hollywood.
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  From there they selected them and sent them out to different teams.
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  It filled those boards executed a double play with Finesse.
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  Oh, he couldn't do any better than the big ladies now.
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  Leading off is Don Wallace, left-hand hitter.
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  Clark on deck and Art Lopez follow.
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  Left-hander Al Downing's pitch. It's low, ball one.
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  Al did some pitching for the Virginians.
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  Here's the pitch, swung on and missed.
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  One-one count.
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  And the next pitch, swung on, little tap toward the mound.
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  Second by Downing to throw to first.
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  In time he almost threw it away.
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  You know, Joe Puppetone almost daily impresses you with his feelings.
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  So good over there, he's a little bit like Vic Powell with that glove.
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  Didn't play to get too good because in the end field I don't care where he threw it.
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  Harris Clark comes up, right-hand batter.
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  And the pitch, in there for a strike.
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  He's from the Virgin Islands, his middle name is Mann, Harris Mann, remember that?
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  Harris Mann Clark, here's the pitch.
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  He went for a ball that tailed away from him.
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  Two strikes.
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  Now the delivery, outside for a ball.
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  A two-one count.
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  Al Downing's pitch is swung on.
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  There's a high fly ball in the medium center.
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  Mann drips in and makes the catch.
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  Two away.
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  Lopez, left-hand batter coming up.
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  And Blaney wears glasses.
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  Al Downing's delivery is low and inside for a ball.
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  There was a time when players refused to wear them.
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  They thought it was a stigma.
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  Here's the pitch, it's in there for a strike.
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  Actually, there are a couple of umpires that use them off the field.
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  Downing's overhand fastball is cut on and bowed to the left of the plate.
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  Naturally, they get kidded when they're spotted walking the street.
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  There's a ball player that says, you know you ought to use those in the game.
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  Downing's delivery, swung on, ground ball head out to second.
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  Richards is in up with it, throws on the peppertone.
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  And that's it in the last half, the first inning.
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  No runs, no hits, no errors, no one left on.
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  And at the end of the first inning, the Yankees won, Richmond nothing.
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  And every fan attending the opener will receive a welcome yogi button too, Mel.
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  And a big free game program will get underway at 1.30 with game time at 2 p.m.
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  So it should be a big day.
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  Everybody come out and greet yogurt.
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  The Yankees get their American League championship emblems, right?
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  Elston Howard's and Los Angeles Player Award.
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  It'll be an historic opening day.
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  I know you people like to be in on it.
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  Joe Peppertone takes low, ball one.
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  Jim Gleason coaching at third and Spud Murray at first.
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  Peppertone takes outside.
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  Billy Muffet pitching for the Virginians.
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  The pitch is swung on as a high drive to deep left center.
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  Vic Pagel goes way back and makes the catch well over 400 feet away.
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  3.55 the left center, that had to be close to 400 feet.
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  It's a big ballpark.
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  Elston Howard up, he hits the first pitch, a drive deep to left field, going, going, gone.
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  He's a strong man.
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  That seemed very near smashing the windshield of the station wagon.
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  But a young man standing out there, there's several, with gloves.
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  He saved somebody's windshield and got the ball.
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  Two to nothing, New York, and here's Cleet Boyer.
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  Wow, that Howard can really put the wood to them.
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  Inside the first pitch to Boyer, there are many who claim he's perhaps the strongest fellow in the league.
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  The pitch is in there for a strike.
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  One ball, one strike.
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  Muffet's delivery, inside, ball two.
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  Strength, of course, is helpful, but it's not necessary to be a home run hitter.
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  Look at Ernie Banks, wrist action, timing.
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  If you've got them both, so much the better.
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  Now the pitch, swung on foul-tip.
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  A two-two count.
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  Here's the pitch, swung on, there's a drive down the right field line.
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  Rich Barry goes over and takes it right at the line.
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  Two down and Al Downing is coming up.
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  Al's familiar with these three cents.
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  He hits the no-hitter for the Virginia.
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  That's right-handed, takes a strike.
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  Two to nothing, New York, it's the first half of the second inning.
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  And the next pitch inside, Alfonso Erwin Downing from Trenton, New Jersey.
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  And the next pitch, cut on foul-back.
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  He pitched a no-hit game to Richmond where on May 12, 1960.
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  Here's the delivery, it's in there, false strike.
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  Sides retired, one run, one hit, no errors and no one left on.
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  And thus at the end of an inning and a half, the score, the Yankees 2, Richmond nothing.
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  In the last half of the second inning, the veteran Bob Schmidt, right-hand batter, takes it outside for a ball.
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  And Preston Gomez coaching at third base.
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  He's the manager.
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  Next pitch over the outside corner for a false strike.
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  Ike Futch is coaching at first base.
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  Now the delivery.
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  It's over that outside corner, just in the strike zone up high.
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  One and two.
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  And the pitch, swung on.
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  There's a drive to D plus D.O.
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  That ball is going to be topside, Tresh up against the pitch.
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  Right where it says courtesy.
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  No courtesy on the part of Tresh there.
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  He hit a ball as hard as Howard did, but he didn't get a hundred an hour.
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  And Bob Schmidt is retired.
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  Tresh banged into the barrier.
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  It held on.
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  Fred Hopke, left-hand batter, takes it low for a ball.
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  He's the first baseman for the Virginians.
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  Some of these names will become more familiar to you in short years ahead.
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  The pitch, cut on foul back.
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  Al Downing goes to work.
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  The pitch is low.
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  And the delivery, swung on and grounded foul.
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  Ike Sputch coaching it first, dabbed it.
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  You know, Pedro Gomez, the manager, was born in Oriente, Cuba.
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  Two balls, two strikes.
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  The pitch is low outside.
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  Went to college in Mexico City.
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  And in his baseball career, he was signed first of all by the Washington Senators.
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  The pitch is swung on and top foul.
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  Howard going over near the screen and he's got it.
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  Yes, missed the screen by inches.
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  Two down.
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  Pedro Gomez played with the Hanna.
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  Then another World Series here.
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  Right now, Rich Barry swings and fouls it off.
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  He was hired by the Los Angeles Club to direct their Spokane club in the Pacific Coast League.
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  Stayed there until he joined the Virginians last winter.
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  Here's the pitch, swung on and missed.
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  Tried to uppercut that one.
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  Downing New York.
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  Downing is delivery high outside.
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  Downing into the windup and the pitch change up is high.
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  Interesting to see some of these better players in your top farm club or on your top farm club.
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  Because one day they'll be up at Yankee Stadium.
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  Here's the delivery. He tried to check his swing but couldn't and strikes out.
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  Thus the side is retired. No runs, no hits, no errors, no one left on.
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  And at the end of two innings of play, the Yankees 2, Richmond nothing.
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  In the first half of the third inning, Phil Lenz hits a line drive to short caught by Don Wallace.
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  Lenz had single in the first inning.
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  Richardson who drew a pass steps up. High outside, ball one.
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  Now the pitch, it's in there.
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  A 1-1 count.
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  The next delivery, high and inside.
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  Did he intend on an upper ball or a change in?
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  I know he's pissed off and it's hard to tell he's pitching so fast.
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  He is pitching fast.
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  Here's the pitch. Swung on as the line drive to straightaway center, Big Bagels comes in and makes the catch.
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  Due down and up comes Roger Maris.
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  Right field hit, Roger Maris.
• 24:29
  Roger singled in the first inning. Takes it inside, belt high, ball one.
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  And the pitch, outside, ball two.
• 24:51
  Billy Muffet comes in with the pitch. It's swung on and popped up.
• 24:56
  Out back of second and the second baseman shots the shortstop off.
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  It's high spark and he makes the catch.
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  The side is retired. No runs, no hits, no errors, no one left on.
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  And at the end of two and a half innings, Yankees two, Richmond nothing.
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  And the last half of the third inning, Mike Matheson, left hand batter, takes it inside.
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  Mike, of course, is the name, that is Matheson's name is one that you all know real well.
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  He was with the Yankees spring training last year.
• 25:43
  Fastball on inside. For a while it looked as if he might make the team. He put on a pretty good display.
• 25:54
  Two balls, no strikes.
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  Downing's next pitch swung on as a high fly ball to short left.
• 26:06
  Going out to shortstop lens and he makes the catch way over near the foul line.
• 26:18
  Up comes Vic Pagel.
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  Center fielder, right hand batter.
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  Al Downing's delivery swung on foul tipped strike one.
• 26:45
  Downing working rapidly too, high outside with a fastball and the count's one and one.
• 26:54
  Remember the Yanks and the Red Sox opened the season Tuesday at Yankee Stadium.
• 27:01
  The pitch is swung on in this. There's an open day and then the Red Sox are there on Thursday.
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  Now the pitch, swung on as a high ball to short, clubbed nicely by a lens going to his left to throw the cup its own in time.
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  And they're two away.
• 27:33
  The man who makes out the schedules for the big leagues has a thankless task.
• 27:40
  This year the Yankees have come up with a fine schedule, especially for weekend dates when more people can go.
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  Here's Billy Muppet, high ball one.
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  And don't forget those six suburban nights which will start at six o'clock.
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  Center of the rig at eight o'clock night games. Of course there are a lot of night games at eight in addition.
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  And the big game is inside.
• 28:14
  That Fourth of July doubleheader of the twins on a Saturday is going to be pretty good.
• 28:19
  That'll be quite a weekend.
• 28:22
  Al Downing's next pitch is swung on and missed.
• 28:27
  Muppet was swinging for.
• 28:32
  There's so many cars out there. Just pick out one you like.
• 28:38
  The two on delivery, up high.
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  Downing's next pitch swung on and missed.
• 29:12
  Al fires away and the ball is popped high into a very short right.
• 29:17
  Marist coming on and makes the catch. Just to the side are Bobby Richardson who could have made it if he had to.
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  No runs, no hits, no errors, no one left on.
• 29:30
  And at the end of three innings of play the Yankees own the game's only two runs, three hits and no errors.
• 29:38
  Zero all the way around for the Virginians.
• 29:45
  The Yankees have played in just about 30 minutes.
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  And as we go to the fourth Mickey Manil steps up and right behind the microphone Phil Rizzuto.
• 29:55
  Thank you, man. I think he takes called strike one on the first pitch.
• 29:58
  Mickey was called out on the second pitch. No, he was swung and missed in the first inning.
• 30:03
  Changeup, bonded in the air over the pitch. He's there coming in fast and second base and he's got it.
• 30:08
  Dred went by the pitcher but popped it up in the air and Marist caught him charging in for it on the fly.
• 30:17
  No way. And here's Joe, no it's not, it's Tom Tret. Tret didn't know double play in the first inning.
• 30:26
  You're tuned to your Yankee baseball station here in Albany, New York, WOKO 1460 on your dial.
• 30:34
  Nothing to take, no wind up at all.
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  The pitch is inside corner, strike two called.
• 30:51
  Nothing in two on Tret. Next pitch is fouled back out of play.
• 31:06
  Billy Muffet, working a little too fast. Tret has the time of the play.
• 31:15
  The pitch is a curve hit on the ground. Nice play knocked down by the second base and throw to Tret.
• 31:21
  Inside, a nice play by Hockey. They've got Tret on a highly ground ball.
• 31:25
  That hard shot knocked down on the edge of the outfield grass.
• 31:28
  And his throw, even though it was wide, Hockey kept his foot on the bag.
• 31:32
  Two outs, Joe Peppertow who fly deep to left center field in the second inning on deck Elton Howe.
• 31:47
  First pitch to Joe, a ground ball to first base. Hockey has it, steps on the bag and there were three quick outs from Muffet.
• 31:54
  No runs, no hits, no risks and errors, no brief ups at the end of three and a half.
• 31:58
  It's the Yankees two, the Virginians nothing.
• 32:02
  In here he has faced nine men in three innings.
• 32:05
  And the legal fatter, Don Wallace, will be leading off against Downey in the bottom of the fourth inning.
• 32:12
  He'll be followed by Horace Clark and Art Lurke.
• 32:16
  Wallace hit back to the box, his first time in fact.
• 32:24
  Downey's going straight in from center field.
• 32:30
  Beautiful day though here in Richmond, Virginia.
• 32:34
  Downey's pitch is a bonnet camp filed off strike one.
• 32:42
  It's now showing you an overflow crowd here at Parker Field.
• 32:48
  And standing all over.
• 32:52
  Downey's first hit on the ground, leads to his left.
• 32:55
  Up with it, one hand and face to face.
• 32:57
  In time for the out and out, beautiful play by Phil Linds and Adelaide.
• 33:01
  Really close to third base. That Wallace can get down the line.
• 33:05
  Phil Linds who made three sparkling plays yesterday when the Yankees lost the grave has made two here already.
• 33:12
  One hand changes, going to his left, making perfect throws.
• 33:19
  Horace Clark five to center field, first down at bat.
• 33:27
  Linds has got a real fine spring in between injuries.
• 33:31
  He is another fellow that comes up with an awful lot of injuries.
• 33:37
  Downey's pitch, hitting the ground at second base.
• 33:39
  One hop, Bobby Richardson up with it.
• 33:40
  So it's the first two outs.
• 33:46
  And now Bob Lopez who will bounce the second base in the first inning.
• 33:49
  Lopez back from left-handed.
• 34:01
  Lopez stands deep in the box with a close center.
• 34:05
  Pitch high and tight ball one.
• 34:17
  Downey's pitch is in the first.
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  Ball two, two and up.
• 34:31
  Downey gets the sign from Horace.
• 34:35
  His pitch is fouled at the lowest.
• 34:37
  Oh man, and that almost came through the window and got melt.
• 34:42
  It hit to the screen right below it and then it pounds off fast.
• 34:46
  And some of Joe Cooper's wire is hanging out there.
• 34:49
  I wasn't worried. I was in position. I was ready.
• 34:52
  All right.
• 34:56
  The two-one pitch is outside ball three.
• 35:00
  The ball was under the table.
• 35:07
  A three-one count.
• 35:12
  Downey's pitch is fouled off the screen.
• 35:21
  Joe Cooper's all the way out on the field.
• 35:24
  Full count on odd Lopez.
• 35:34
  Downey ready now for the payoff pitch.
• 35:37
  Two outs, nobody on. Yankees leading two-nothing.
• 35:40
  There's the windup.
• 35:42
  Pitch, a foul-tip at the plate.
• 35:45
  Downey's running through the breaking ball that time on a three-two count.
• 35:58
  Again the three-two delivery.
• 36:00
  High and tight ball four and that's the first pace runner for the Richmond team in the ball game.
• 36:06
  A face on ball to odd Lopez.
• 36:09
  Downey had retired the first 11 men that he faced.
• 36:14
  Tom Schmitz who hit a line drive against the fence in Redfield.
• 36:19
  And Tom Schmitz made a spectacular play as he courted and banged into the wall.
• 36:29
  Two men out.
• 36:31
  Downey's on holding first against Lopez. The pitch is inside, ball one.
• 36:45
  There deep in the left field and center field to Schmitz.
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  Big right hand hitter with good politics. Swing and a missed strike one, one-on-one.
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  Looks like it's going out to left field.
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  Downing stretches.
• 37:07
  Curve is in there, strike two, one ball, two strikes.
• 37:19
  Lopez leads away at first.
• 37:25
  Over against the time, delivered a foul ball head over towards the Yankee dugout.
• 37:33
  Still one ball, two strikes on Bob Schmitz.
• 37:49
  Now Downey ready.
• 37:52
  Down ball right at left one hop. He throws to Richardson for the fourth time.
• 37:56
  Boy that ball drove left and back a step or two.
• 38:01
  Four Richmond in the bottom of the fourth. No runs, no hits, no Yankees errors.
• 38:05
  One man left and at the end of the fourth full inning it's the Yankees two, Richmond nothing.
• 38:12
  Well Mel, what have we got to talk about here about this upcoming season?
• 38:18
  You only talk about the whole 160-50.
• 38:22
  Oh no, no.
• 38:25
  Well I'll talk about a great portion of them. The popular Yankee combination plan is still available.
• 38:31
  As I said earlier, the Yankee schedule this year is one more to the liking of fans.
• 38:37
  And the combination plan as a variety of surprise extras includes 44 big games on 36 select days,
• 38:45
  including 13 Sundays, 21 night games, the July 4th holiday doubleheader,
• 38:51
  and the Gala Welcome Yogi opening day program there for tomorrow.
• 38:57
  Combination plan ticket holders have the same choice seat locations for each game, and there are other privileges too.
• 39:04
  To get your combination plan tickets or for more information about it, why don't you call
• 39:10
  Cypress 3-4300, ticket manager, New York Yankee Yankee Stadium.
• 39:16
  Of course you can ride him, but time is running short.
• 39:19
  And if you want a season schedule, they're available free, two times.
• 39:25
  Now we're ready for the fifth inning here still.
• 39:29
  Okay Mel, and we have another Mel out there on the mound. Mel Stoudelmeyer has replaced Billy Muppet,
• 39:34
  and Jake Gibbs has gone in to do the kick-tacking in place of Bobby Schmidt.
• 39:39
  Elston Howard, first pick of the ball, second one is low, ball two.
• 39:43
  Ellie Holm is deep over the left field fence in the second inning.
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  Yankees leading two to nothing.
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  Conductly Boyer.
• 39:56
  Next pick to Howard is low, ball three.
• 40:13
  A three-nothing pitch is inside, ball four. So Howard walks on four straight pitches.
• 40:20
  And it brings up Cleve Boyer. Cleve's line to right field in the second inning.
• 40:27
  When Boyer played down here for Richmond, Eddie Lopak was the manager. He played shortstop,
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  which he has done on occasion for the Yankees and done a real fine job.
• 40:40
  Hopkey holding first against Howard. Here's a stretch by Stoudelmeyer.
• 40:45
  Pitch swing and a miss, strike one.
• 40:53
  On deck is Al Downing.
• 41:00
  Ralph Terry is loosening up in the Yankee bullpen. There's a curve in there, strike two.
• 41:16
  Stoudelmeyer leans over to get the sign. Howard with a short lead at first base.
• 41:24
  Stretch and a pitch in the dirt. Howard starts the second in the hole. Nice play by Gidd.
• 41:30
  He blocked that ball so it bounced in front of him.
• 41:34
  Gidd, as you know, is a big bonus boy at the Yankee sign.
• 41:40
  Not originally a factor, but he'll be better figures.
• 41:44
  Some day they're going to need cash more than anything else, so he's breaking Gidd's in.
• 41:50
  Two strikes pitch low, and boy it's extra swing, two and two.
• 42:07
  Nobody out here in the top of the fifth.
• 42:10
  The stretch in goes Howard. The ball is lined to center field right at pitch Pago.
• 42:14
  Howard was down to second after Huffleback. Boy, he got good work on that ball.
• 42:24
  One on that brings up Al Downing. Downing struck out in the second inning.
• 42:34
  They tried that play in the last game the Yankees played. I think it was the last game.
• 42:40
  Howard was thrown out at second. The boy are up, only boy has hit the pitch.
• 42:45
  There's a throw to first and they almost got Howard.
• 42:48
  All right, now just remind me on that particular play with Boyle at that,
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  there was a one-one count and the catcher called for a pick out.
• 43:18
  Howard didn't go on the next play. The catcher called again for a pick out, which made it a 3-1 count.
• 43:23
  But they got him. There's a beautiful bump that might go for a face hit.
• 43:26
  Saddlemire throws to first. They got him. A beautiful play by Horace Clark.
• 43:32
  Downing bonnet that ball by the uncharging Mel Saddlemire, who had a reverse of field and go back past the pitchers mound to pick it up.
• 43:40
  He threw low to Horace Clark, who caught the ball lying flat on the ground.
• 43:45
  Saddlemire's work from the ball play by Horace Clark.
• 43:50
  Downing bonnet that ball by the uncharging Mel Saddlemire, who had a reverse of field and go back past the pitchers mound to pick it up.
• 43:58
  He threw low to Horace Clark, who caught the ball lying flat on the ground.
• 44:03
  Saddlemire's work from one to four.
• 44:08
  Howard moves to second and here's Stillinges who single-elaps center and line to the shortstop.
• 44:17
  Hits Stillinges in their strike one call.
• 44:24
  On deck, Bobby Lichten.
• 44:27
  And he's still leading to the nothing here. That's top of the fifth inning.
• 44:35
  Right-handed stretches. Pitch low. Get away from Smith but not too far.
• 44:40
  Grab it, J. Gibbs.
• 44:45
  Gibbs runs out to the pitcher's box. Have a little chat with Saddlemire.
• 44:54
  J. Gibbs might have been crossed up on that pitch.
• 44:57
  And now Saddlemire wants to talk with Gibbs a little bit.
• 45:01
  It's a one-one count on Stillinges.
• 45:13
  Elston Howard leading off second base.
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  The stretch.
• 45:22
  The pitch. The ground ball. Hopkey, the first baseman, upwarded races to the bag for the unassisted put-up.
• 45:29
  For the Yankees in the top of the fifth, no runs, no hits, no Richmond errors.
• 45:33
  One man left and at the end of four and a half it's the Yankees two, Richmond nothing.
• 45:40
  Al Downey continues on the mound and he'll be facing Fred Hopkey, Rick Barry, and Mike Maffeeson.
• 45:47
  Yankees leading two-nothing.
• 45:52
  Hopkey fouled out to the catcher in the second inning.
• 46:00
  Bill Stafford and Hal Runniff running over to the big old clubhouse.
• 46:08
  They're out to do a little running in the outfield.
• 46:17
  Looks like they're through for the day.
• 46:21
  Right there hit a Fred Hopkey up there. Downey's pitch is fouled again and back of the plate.
• 46:25
  This one coming back near the screen and out of play.
• 46:41
  Hopkey's a jersey boy.
• 46:50
  Downey's pitch is signed.
• 46:54
  Swing and a miss.
• 47:07
  Nobody out, nobody on.
• 47:09
  Downey's pitch is high, one ball two strikes.
• 47:22
  Downey ready. His pitch is a little bit high, two and two.
• 47:28
  Hal Drummond dusting off home plate.
• 47:35
  Downey leans over to the sign. His pitch is a check swing just a little bit outside, full count, three and two.
• 47:53
  Downey ready for the playoff pitch.
• 47:55
  It's swung at it, missed, strike three.
• 47:58
  Two and a breaking pitch. Second strikeout for Al Downey in the ball game.
• 48:07
  And it brings up Rich Barry who struck out in the second inning.
• 48:22
  Downey's pitch is high, ball one.
• 48:37
  Downey's one-nothing pitch is on the outside corner strike called one-on-one.
• 48:43
  Mel told you this is a pretty ball park with tremendous parking area and quite accessible to the highways leading in and out of town.
• 48:53
  Sting up is high.
• 48:56
  Two balls, one strike.
• 49:06
  Downey's pitch hit foul outside of third, two and two.
• 49:14
  Steve Hamilton is up with Ralph Terry now in the Yankees ball game.
• 49:20
  Yankees will work out tomorrow to get ready for their opening day on Tuesday, April 14th with the Red Sox.
• 49:28
  Two-two pitch in the dish, three and two.
• 49:43
  Now the playoff pitch to Barry. A tie ball four.
• 49:49
  That's the second ball given up by Downey.
• 49:55
  It brings up Mike McEachin who pops the shortstop in the third inning.
• 50:07
  One away, the Yankees lead two-nothing bottom of the 7th.
• 50:12
  Sir gets away from Howard and bounces his game.
• 50:19
  It's kind of questionable whether they'll give a wild pitch or a fast ball. The ball hit the end of Howard's packing glove. Didn't look that far outside.
• 50:34
  It's a wild pitch. Shots to Al Downey.
• 50:40
  That's the second on the play, Rick Barry. It's a stretch. Pitch is the ground ball. Beautiful play by Rick. It throws the first inside for the out.
• 50:50
  He's just a big bit away from Mike McEachin.
• 50:54
  And moving ahead on the play, Rick Barry.
• 50:59
  Somehow Bobby reached a little longer than his arms looked like he could reach.
• 51:04
  That's the first infield here. That ball almost got by him.
• 51:10
  There's a big takeover to the shortstop in the third inning.
• 51:23
  Two men are out.
• 51:27
  Rick Barry has third base.
• 51:31
  Pagle right hand batter. Downing pitch is on the inside corner, strike four.
• 51:39
  Third base so far against Al Downey.
• 51:45
  One strike pitch is low. One-one.
• 51:54
  Downing brightly here in Richmond, Virginia. Understand it's a nice day back home in New York.
• 52:02
  One-one pitch is high. Ball two, two-one.
• 52:22
  Downing is two-one pitch. Popped in the air to left field.
• 52:26
  Down stretch is moving in under it.
• 52:29
  And Tom Haffett for Richmond in the bottom of the fifth. No runs, no hits, no Yankees.
• 52:34
  There's one man left. And at the end of five, it's the Yankees two to the Virginians nothing.
• 52:44
  All right, we're ready to go. And ready to go again is Mel Allen.
• 52:47
  Thank you very much, Phil. Bobby Richardson hits the first pitch high and deep into left center.
• 52:52
  Art Lopez goes over and makes the catch just short of the running track.
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  Run away.
• 53:01
  Richardson had walked in line to center previously.
• 53:07
  And the late Billy Muffet who won the first four innings.
• 53:11
  Tall Yankee right-hander now facing Rockamar.
• 53:14
  And he can pop the second. The pitch is outside, ball one.
• 53:28
  Now the delivery is swung on. There's a high drive to deep center going back.
• 53:32
  Playing it perfectly, making the catch at the thick table.
• 53:36
  And now Mickey Mantle is struck out and on an attempted drag front, popped it in the air to second baseman.
• 53:43
  Despite the fact that the Virginians have not had a man reach base other than on a walk,
• 53:50
  Al Downing is through for the day, taking some wind sprints.
• 53:56
  They pitch to Mantle, high and away, ball one.
• 54:03
  Terri and Hamilton have been warming up for New York.
• 54:06
  They pitch to Mantle in the air force flight.
• 54:12
  The thing about an exhibition game such as this, people come out to see a guy like Mickey.
• 54:18
  They feel he ought to hit a home run.
• 54:20
  Pitch is low on inside.
• 54:24
  And in fact during the season.
• 54:26
  That's one of the prices you have to pay when you do hit a lot of elements.
• 54:30
  They expect you to do it every day you happen to come out.
• 54:33
  Now the pitch outside, ball three.
• 54:37
  And the rest is sure that the players can turn in which he could do.
• 54:48
  Three balls, one strike to pitch.
• 54:50
  That's low on inside, ball four.
• 54:54
  Mantle draws a walk.
• 54:57
  And we're going to have a runner, Archie Moore, for Mantle.
• 55:06
  Get your hands.
• 55:11
  As a matter of actual fact, in a game like this, a man such as Mickey or America or New York, they would like to be with you.
• 55:23
  Trash, grounded in the second into a double play, and grounded the second time, no pitch.
• 55:32
  Yankees leading two to nothing, it's the first half of the sixth inning.
• 55:41
  Two outs, Moore running for Mantle on first.
• 55:45
  The pitch is outside.
• 55:48
  Watching Jake Gibbs, he is learning some things about catching.
• 55:54
  It's a difficult position to learn.
• 56:00
  Now the pitch outside.
• 56:05
  I was just thinking of that little movement he made on the previous pitch.
• 56:09
  When he caught the ball, he shifted right out to the left, ready to fire down the second if the runner is doing.
• 56:15
  The catcher is blocked and you've got a left-hand hitter out there.
• 56:19
  Here's the delivery outside.
• 56:22
  Sometimes some catchers will lean back just a little, move back just enough to where they can get a look at that runner on first.
• 56:37
  Now Stottlemeyer behind on Tom Trash and the pitch.
• 56:43
  It's low outside for ball four.
• 56:47
  So with two down, a pair passes.
• 56:52
  He sets it up now for Joe Pepitone, who's flying the center, the very deep center, and grounded the first.
• 57:03
  Joe's still having a little trouble with his wrist on the left hand, and he is a wrist hitter.
• 57:16
  Two way, two on.
• 57:19
  Stottlemeyer's pitch is inside, ball one.
• 57:38
  Stottlemeyer again to the stretch and the pitch.
• 57:41
  He's gone and grounded down to first. Right along the line, and Hopke, who was guarding the line,
• 57:47
  feel it easily and Pepitone is retired.
• 57:51
  No runs for the Yankees, no hits, there were no errors and two men left on.
• 57:56
  And thus at the end of five and a half and to play, the score remains New York 2, Richmond nothing.
• 58:04
  14Z radio WOKO in Albany, New York.
• 58:30
  Last half to six pinning, two to nothing in favor of the Yankees.
• 58:44
  Stottlemeyer will be the first batter, and Ralph Terry has come in to do the pitching.
• 58:52
  We have other changes to give to you in just a moment.
• 59:01
  Here's a first pitch from Ralph, been there for a strike.
• 59:05
  Archie Moore has gone to right field, place of Maris, Trash has replaced Mantle and Center moving over from left field,
• 59:11
  and Hector Lopez has gone to left field.
• 59:15
  The third catching place of Howard, pitches low outside for a ball.
• 59:24
  Two to nothing, New York leading, it's the last of the six.
• 59:31
  Terry's next pitch is fouled off, the first out of play.
• 59:53
  Now the pitch on the way, high, a 2-2 count.
• 1:00:12
  Two balls, two strikes.
• 1:00:18
  Here's the pitch, high and inside, ball three.
• 1:00:24
  Terry wants a new ball, which gives me a chance to say that the attendance today is 12,240,
• 1:00:35
  and 12,000 approximately is capacity for this part.
• 1:00:47
  The next pitch misses the mark, ball four, and Stradlmeyer guards the wall.
• 1:00:53
  I've just double-checked in 10,000, the capacity in round figures.
• 1:01:05
  Those of you who don't like round figures, I'll give you the exact one, 9,583.
• 1:01:14
  We've got 12,240 today.
• 1:01:19
  Don Wallace, the leadoff man, the left-hand batter, takes the strike.
• 1:01:35
  The next pitch, the left-hand batter, is hit right by Boyer and through the hole in the left field for a face-off.
• 1:01:41
  Boyer was at the back, and Wallace took advantage of the positioning of the infield there and drove it by Boyer and through the gap,
• 1:01:53
  and that's the first hit for the Richmond Virginians.
• 1:02:03
  Al Downen, five innings of hitless pitching.
• 1:02:09
  Terrell Terry has come on. He's walked one man and allowed a single to another.
• 1:02:15
  I'm just on first and second.
• 1:02:17
  Harris Clark, bunch, and the play as Terry falls down is too late.
• 1:02:25
  Terry's last clock in the glass, he's dug a big divot.
• 1:02:31
  What a divot he does.
• 1:02:36
  He's got to be short to base hit.
• 1:02:42
  Now you hear some folks waking up.
• 1:02:51
  Three men on base.
• 1:02:55
  Donald Meyer on third, Don Wallace on second, Harris Clark on first, and the batter is Arch Lopez, the left-hand hitter.
• 1:03:02
  New York leading two to nothing, last of the sixth inning.
• 1:03:06
  Three runners lead away to wind up the pitch. It's low, ball one.
• 1:03:16
  Cuppet zone playing the toughest steps behind the runner at third.
• 1:03:20
  Three men lead away to wind up the pitch.
• 1:03:23
  One on nine and the high field is off of a base hit. Lawrence Downen on third, and the ball comes through Glantz at the end of the pitch.
• 1:03:32
  And the game is back up.
• 1:03:35
  The coach united the Glantz.
• 1:03:39
  He couldn't handle it. He had a chance on the second runner, that is Don Wallace, coming home.
• 1:03:46
  But all he did was jab and tag the man without the ball.
• 1:03:53
  So Arch Lopez lifts a solid single to center for two runs, scoring Donald Meyer and Wallace, sending Harris Clark to second.
• 1:04:06
  The tie ball game now, 2-2, and the Virginians have awakened.
• 1:04:15
  Now the batter is Jake Gibbs, who replaced Bob Smith in left-hand batter.
• 1:04:28
  Ralph Cherry to the stretch. The pitch is high, ball one.
• 1:04:36
  Now you can hear the hubbub of the crowd.
• 1:04:44
  You know that's helpful to a hamster, some of the other things.
• 1:04:48
  You do a game and they're all sitting down in this quiet, you start getting as quiet as they do.
• 1:04:54
  Runners lead away from first and second. The pitch to Jake Gibbs, one on, there's a high fly ball in the short left, could be trouble.
• 1:05:01
  Now Lopez comes on to grab it, and then he's going out.
• 1:05:05
  It's near the left field line.
• 1:05:09
  The runners hold up, one bounce, and here's Fred Hoppe.
• 1:05:17
  First baseman, another left-hand hitter.
• 1:05:23
  Foul out to the catcher and struck out.
• 1:05:27
  These left-hand hitters started picking on some right-hand pitching after looking at downing left-hand pitching for a while.
• 1:05:33
  The delivery inside for a ball. Each team is about to step into that pitch.
• 1:05:42
  Hoppe is a big fellow.
• 1:05:47
  Runners on first and second.
• 1:05:51
  Mark and Lopez of the pitch. Outside and high, ball two.
• 1:06:12
  Now the pitch. One on, a down ball, hits Richardson backhand, it over to Linds. Linds world close to first for a good double play.
• 1:06:21
  He did a complete circle. 180-degree turn after taking the toss from Richardson, who first of all made a sparkling draft almost behind second base.
• 1:06:34
  It was behind second base because as he tossed to Linds, Linds had to do a complete circle around to get in position to throw the first base.
• 1:06:47
  That's why pitchers do love good infielders.
• 1:06:51
  Two runs, three hits, no errors, one left on.
• 1:06:58
  And so at the end of six innings of play, the total is identical. Two runs, three hits, and no errors.
• 1:07:07
  In order to watch some batting practice, but particularly infield practice.
• 1:07:12
  And the infield just put on a show finger.
• 1:07:18
  No better show could have been put on in the execution of that double play.
• 1:07:23
  Now the Richardson race over, backhand of the ball, kind of flipped it sidewise with the glove.
• 1:07:29
  I mean he kept the glove, but I mean the end ball flipped it over.
• 1:07:33
  Here's Johnny Blanchard takes the strike.
• 1:07:36
  That's why Linds was facing center field when he took the toss and had to come all the way around to turn to throw the first.
• 1:07:44
  Johnny Blanchard takes it outside.
• 1:07:50
  It has slowly changed, but it's true. Many years ago, before my time, I never saw a piece coming forward.
• 1:07:56
  What show did he put on? There's a pitch that fouled on the right field line.
• 1:08:03
  There was a policeman with his back to the play talking to one of the attendants at the ballpark.
• 1:08:12
  And the attendant at the ballpark came close not to having anybody to talk to.
• 1:08:21
  Here's the pitch, low and inside, 2-2.
• 1:08:35
  Donald Meyers' pitch is flung on, hits hard on the ground to second. It's parked up, but it flips on to first, to Fred Hocky, and it's won away.
• 1:08:49
  Police Boyer, flying to right, flying to center.
• 1:08:56
  Tom Metcalfe, who showed so well for the Yankees' spring training.
• 1:09:01
  The pitch is low for the ball, is warming up for Richmond.
• 1:09:09
  Bob Meyer, warming up for New York.
• 1:09:14
  The next pitch is in there for the Tigers, 1-1. Yankees 2, Richmond 2.
• 1:09:28
  Now the delivery, hung on and missed.
• 1:09:32
  I couldn't help but think of the old Satchel Page saying among his many things,
• 1:09:43
  the pitch is into the dirt.
• 1:09:46
  When that ball almost hits the place and not hits.
• 1:09:50
  When you're running, don't look back, because somebody's out there gaining on you.
• 1:10:03
  Here's the pitch, inside, ball 3, 3-2.
• 1:10:16
  He had a whole list of things, wonderful.
• 1:10:22
  Now the pitch, and it's low and inside for a ball.
• 1:10:27
  Then I get ready to pitch while I warm up. I just stand there and just jangle my arms down by the side.
• 1:10:34
  Just keep jangling them, because that gets the juices going in your body.
• 1:10:40
  Then I have to warm up.
• 1:10:43
  Ralph Terry, the batter.
• 1:10:46
  There's the puck.
• 1:10:48
  Fred Hopke, first baseman plays it to second baseman, Harris Clark, to sacrifice.
• 1:11:03
  Here comes Phil Lynn, who singles to right center, lines it short and grounded to first.
• 1:11:22
  Donald Meyer to the stretch, here's the pitch, swung on, grand ball hits the short, the play will have to be the first base in time.
• 1:11:40
  The side is retired, no runs, no hits, no errors, one left on.
• 1:11:47
  And at the end of the 6 1 half innings, the score remains the Yankees 2 and the Virginians 2.
• 1:11:54
  This is W.O.K.O. in Albany, New York.
• 1:11:57
  Mr. Pour Yourself a Ballantine Beer.
• 1:12:00
  Ballantine is the beer that gives you a smile every time, the beer that won't fill you up, won't let you down.
• 1:12:05
  So go ahead, pour yourself a crisp, lively Ballantine, pour yourself a smile.
• 1:12:11
  Harris pitches in there for a strike.
• 1:12:15
  You know, as we've been broadcasting this game, it's been a little thing running through your mind.
• 1:12:22
  Here's the pitch, high for a ball.
• 1:12:25
  In terms of translation, the Richmond Virginians are wearing Yankee uniforms with the NY taken off and their own insignia on.
• 1:12:33
  And you keep wanting to speak of the home team in terms of Yankees.
• 1:12:45
  Here's the pitch.
• 1:12:46
  Swung on as a time to take my field and it is going foul.
• 1:12:52
  It's kind of funny, it's that.
• 1:13:04
  That would put the Virginians ahead and the ball went over a sign that puts you in the driver's seat.
• 1:13:11
  Now the pitch, swung on, went for a low outside pitch, a little anxious.
• 1:13:34
  Jack Matheson coming up, Yankees two, Virginians two.
• 1:13:45
  Ralph Terry, who succeeded Al Downing, delivers pitch one on and head out into right center.
• 1:13:53
  Round track station, two away.
• 1:13:57
  Don't forget opening day at Yankee Stadium, day after tomorrow, with a Boston Red Sox.
• 1:14:02
  Welcome home to Yankee.
• 1:14:08
  I know there's so many people out there, you can give them a stand on the back.
• 1:14:14
  We can't do it verbally, we'll do it with the clap of the hands.
• 1:14:18
  It'll be quite a big day, a historic day.
• 1:14:21
  Big Tegel takes inside and high, ball one.
• 1:14:26
  Red Sox are also there.
• 1:14:30
  On Thursday, they're left Wednesday open in the event of a weather possibility so they can have the opening day the next day.
• 1:14:38
  Here's the pitch, low and outside.
• 1:14:43
  Two balls, no strikes.
• 1:14:52
  Ralph Terry's delivery, high and inside, ball three.
• 1:14:58
  Bill Cooper was remarking earlier, we hadn't seen too much of Ralph Terry this spring.
• 1:15:03
  The pattern that the yogi devised in order to get pitchers more work with their rookie camp just a few miles from the base camp.
• 1:15:13
  Here's the pitch in their first track.
• 1:15:16
  They would send a lot of the pitchers down there to work.
• 1:15:22
  So in a sense, they got more work than actual game.
• 1:15:27
  Now the delivery, swung on and popped up to Joe Capitone, the mozova in the foul ground and one-handed.
• 1:15:36
  The side is retired.
• 1:15:38
  No runs, no hits, no errors, no one left on.
• 1:15:42
  And that's at the end of seven innings of play, two runs, three hits and no errors.
• 1:15:48
  Those are the totals for each team.
• 1:15:51
  Don Seeger running with Fred Muriel towards the dressing room and Stan Williams.
• 1:15:57
  Don Seeger was the trainer here and so was Joe Thoris at one time.
• 1:16:02
  We pause for station identification.
• 1:16:05
  This is 1460 Radio in Albany, New York, WOKO.
• 1:16:10
  Joe Cronin, president of the American League, will be at the stadium Tuesday.
• 1:16:30
  He'll give the award to you through Elton Howard, the most famous player.
• 1:16:35
  Gallimbado and his Royal Canadians will be on hand to entertain, a souvenir for all the folks who are there.
• 1:16:43
  And Phil Rizzuto has just gotten a job with Gallimbado for the day.
• 1:16:50
  How do you mean, cleaning the horns or a finger?
• 1:16:53
  Finger, oh, okay.
• 1:16:56
  Bobby Richardson leads off and Count now has two balls, no strikes on Bobby.
• 1:17:05
  I heard you.
• 1:17:07
  He's singing and playing the pick-a-lo.
• 1:17:13
  Bobby started to try to duck out of the way, goes right back to the pitcher, throws to first Richardson, still hasn't left the batter.
• 1:17:19
  Bobby trying to duck out of the way, actually sat on the ground, the ball hit his back, and it was an easy out, one to three.
• 1:17:27
  Here's Hector Lopez up to the first time.
• 1:17:30
  Bob Damaris while he was in there, had one single in three times at bat and a run batted in.
• 1:17:37
  Down my assist is over, strike call.
• 1:17:49
  Pitch is low.
• 1:17:51
  One on one, I'm Decker Archie Moore.
• 1:18:01
  Next pitch is on the inside corner, strike two call, one ball, two strikes.
• 1:18:12
  I think he's opening this game like he's going to have a big day against Richardson.
• 1:18:18
  Third strike, three balls.
• 1:18:27
  Now here's Archie Moore up for the first time at bat.
• 1:18:31
  Maybe Maddow was over too, got a base on balls while he was in the game.
• 1:18:37
  On deck, Cleve Boyle.
• 1:18:40
  No, on deck, Tom Thresh.
• 1:18:44
  First pitch is inside, ball one.
• 1:18:56
  Two out, nobody on it, two, two ball games.
• 1:18:59
  Curve is low, two balls, no strikes.
• 1:19:14
  Right hander back with a fastball hit, right back to the box, he's got on one hot close to first for the out.
• 1:19:21
  Nice hand for Stoudelmeyer, as he ties the Yankees in order here in the top of the eighth
• 1:19:26
  and at the end of seven and a half innings it's the Yankees two to the Juniors two.
• 1:19:40
  Getting ready to go in the bottom of the eighth inning, a tie ball game, two-two.
• 1:19:46
  That's Harry's on the mound.
• 1:19:52
  And we're going to have a pinch hitter for Meryl Stoudelmeyer.
• 1:20:00
  Wearing uniform number two, he's got the left-hand batter, Ike Butch.
• 1:20:13
  He's going to turn it around his box.
• 1:20:21
  But Hoppe, as quoted in the fair, this is a coach at first base.
• 1:20:24
  The first pitch is inside, ball one.
• 1:20:29
  Now, Stoudelmeyer, the Indians only have I think 14 men up here right now.
• 1:20:33
  A lot of them are still in Hollywood, a lot will be sent down.
• 1:20:36
  There they drive to center field, coming on fast, Tom Thresh coming on fast and he can't get it.
• 1:20:41
  A deep spin and a tentatively single for the pinch hitter.
• 1:20:50
  That's the fourth hit of a proud Harry and all four hits by the Virginians.
• 1:20:54
  What Harry is now down in with five innings without giving up a hit.
• 1:20:58
  Here's Ed John Wallace who's got the first pitch of the ball game for the Virginians in his seventh inning, a 10-to-the-left field.
• 1:21:04
  Boy, a move to the third now with a short side two-two.
• 1:21:07
  They are looking for the possible bunch.
• 1:21:09
  They throw to first, not in time.
• 1:21:17
  There's the stretch.
• 1:21:18
  Boy is coming in, a 50-quid round bunch at high in the air.
• 1:21:21
  Kyle Pepperstone has got it on a fly.
• 1:21:23
  Let's get back to first base.
• 1:21:37
  Ike Clark who beat out a bunch single in the sixth inning also fly to center bounce to second.
• 1:21:44
  A left-hand batter.
• 1:21:52
  Boy is still in on the infield grass.
• 1:21:55
  Runner leads away at first.
• 1:21:57
  There he goes and the pitch is low.
• 1:21:58
  The throw is wide and not in time.
• 1:22:02
  He takes a good pitch to steer line, a third ball that was low inside.
• 1:22:07
  An advantage hurry throw was wide at the back.
• 1:22:10
  Throw to stolen base and it puts the lead run at second base.
• 1:22:16
  Pitch to the ball through Irish clock.
• 1:22:24
  Stretch by Terry.
• 1:22:27
  He's got a ground over half-back throw by right here.
• 1:22:32
  Down he's got it coming on the floor as the floor is low off.
• 1:22:36
  Nice touch from the beginning one-way three-to-two.
• 1:22:41
  Boy, Pepperstone just had a deep pitch.
• 1:22:43
  Oh, then he's touching on that too.
• 1:22:46
  He's got a lot of work done down in spring training.
• 1:22:49
  Very proud of his lead team.
• 1:22:52
  Almost lost a couple there and a hard bouncing ball that bounced right over his right shoulder.
• 1:22:57
  Throw, run, battered in.
• 1:22:58
  Second hit for Irish clock.
• 1:23:00
  And the Virginia's now lead three-to-two.
• 1:23:03
  Here's Art Lopez bounce to second.
• 1:23:05
  Walks and single to center.
• 1:23:08
  Very pitchy.
• 1:23:09
  Starts to butt-pick for the first strike.
• 1:23:20
  Pepperstone holding fast, holding first against Irish clock.
• 1:23:29
  First throw to first.
• 1:23:30
  Walk inside.
• 1:23:33
  Lopez drove in two runs with his single to center field in the sixth inning.
• 1:23:38
  First is a changeup hitting the air to left center field.
• 1:23:40
  That's going to be trouble.
• 1:23:41
  And it's just coming up.
• 1:23:43
  And Lopez, the first hit to the side just, and that was Lopez.
• 1:23:50
  They're waving him in all the way.
• 1:23:52
  He loses, throw to the plate.
• 1:23:53
  While he's throwing from, he's got it to play on a beautiful relay.
• 1:23:56
  From Lopez to Linz to Blanton.
• 1:23:59
  And that second base for the double is Art Lopez.
• 1:24:02
  And it's just coming from, he's got it to play just, and that was Lopez.
• 1:24:07
  They're waving him in all the way.
• 1:24:08
  He loses, throw to the plate.
• 1:24:10
  From Lopez to Linz to Blanton.
• 1:24:13
  And that second base for the double is Art Lopez.
• 1:24:17
  The wind kept blowing that ball away from Tom Sessions.
• 1:24:20
  He tried to backhand it.
• 1:24:28
  Linz made a beautiful relay.
• 1:24:30
  One hopper right, two gunnybugs.
• 1:24:33
  Now to bring up Jake Yidd, now with two outs.
• 1:24:38
  And that second base, Art Lopez.
• 1:24:47
  Richmond leading 3-2 in the bottom of the eighth.
• 1:24:51
  Stretched by Terry.
• 1:24:53
  Touches and high foul by Al Finner at a county branch that is under.
• 1:24:59
  And Blanton takes it just in front of the stand.
• 1:25:02
  For Richmond in the bottom of the eighth, one run on three-base hit.
• 1:25:06
  No Yankee errors, one man left.
• 1:25:08
  At the end of eighth quarter, Richmond 3, the Yankees 2.
• 1:25:15
  Hey, you hear about John and Mike and Steve?
• 1:25:18
  Isn't that a word? What did they do?
• 1:25:20
  And Phil and Jack and Mary Lou.
• 1:25:22
  Come on, tell me, what did they do?
• 1:25:24
  They've all changed to Winston, every one.
• 1:25:26
  Oh, that's nothing new. I'll just tell you.
• 1:25:29
  How did you?
• 1:25:31
  Yes, just thinking of changing to a thousand changes.
• 1:25:35
  Changing to a filthy cigarette.
• 1:25:38
  Change to Winston.
• 1:25:40
  Because Winston, they showed up like a thousand cigarettes chosen.
• 1:25:45
  A modern filter and exclusive filter blend up front.
• 1:25:49
  Now you know why Winston is America's largest selling filter cigarette by far.
• 1:25:54
  Join the swing to Winston.
• 1:25:56
  Yes, just thinking of changing to a filthy cigarette.
• 1:26:00
  Change to Winston. Because Winston, they showed up like a thousand cigarettes chosen.
• 1:26:06
  Winston, they showed up like a thousand cigarettes chosen.
• 1:26:10
  Change to Winston.
• 1:26:16
  Well, don't forget, it'll be opening day Tuesday, April the 14th.
• 1:26:19
  And by the way, how many openings does that make it feel now?
• 1:26:22
  As the voice of the Yankees.
• 1:26:24
  Well, I'd have to go back and count on my sisters in the 39s.
• 1:26:30
  I worked with them in the Army for three years.
• 1:26:34
  And from 46 on, I've been doing new games now.
• 1:26:39
  In fact, before the war, we used to do the home games of Giants and Yankees.
• 1:26:44
  Never traveled.
• 1:26:46
  And so we were in both leagues at that time.
• 1:26:49
  That's a lot of openings.
• 1:26:51
  Yes, sir.
• 1:26:52
  We've got Tom Metcalf coming in now.
• 1:26:57
  Metcalf has shown brittleness for the Yankees in spring training.
• 1:27:02
  The decision had to be made between him and Mickelson.
• 1:27:06
  And it wasn't so much the fact, as I said, that Metcalf didn't look so well,
• 1:27:15
  but rather the style of pitching that felt that they'd go with Mickelson,
• 1:27:18
  at least to start with, because he can throw centers.
• 1:27:22
  Whereas Metcalf's type of pitching, he had a lot of balls up in the air.
• 1:27:30
  They had quite talked with him and told him to work on that little pitch.
• 1:27:34
  He's bound to make it a very intelligent fellow.
• 1:27:36
  Here's a pitch swung on, and there's a looper out over second for a base hit.
• 1:27:41
  And on the handle, too.
• 1:27:45
  Tom Trash hit one on the handle and pushed it over the head of the second baseman,
• 1:27:55
  Harris Park.
• 1:28:00
  And that's the Yankees' first hit since the second inning.
• 1:28:07
  Joe Pepitone, nothing to agree.
• 1:28:12
  Tom Metcalf's pitch is swung on and fouled it, that one.
• 1:28:20
  Billy Muffet, who started, gave up three hits in the first two innings
• 1:28:25
  and the Yankees two runs.
• 1:28:31
  Then he pitched two score openings, and Stoudelmeier went through the eighth
• 1:28:35
  without giving up a hit.
• 1:28:36
  And that's the delivery, swung on, hit foul.
• 1:28:50
  And just the reverse, Downing didn't give up a hit for five innings.
• 1:28:55
  Sanferri gave up three in the sixth and three in the eighth.
• 1:28:59
  Metcalf's pitch to Pepitone swung on and hits right below us.
• 1:29:04
  Opening day at Yankee Stadium Tuesday.
• 1:29:10
  Connor Yogan-Barras, Elston Howard, and a host of others.
• 1:29:18
  Dignitary's presence.
• 1:29:20
  Here's the pitch swung on and bounced foul down the first base line.
• 1:29:33
  Richmond three and the Yankees two.
• 1:29:38
  It's the first half of the ninth inning.
• 1:29:45
  Tom Metcalf all set.
• 1:29:47
  The pitch swung on as it bounced to the first.
• 1:29:49
  Hopke had to throw down the second for one, back to first to Metcalf nine times.
• 1:29:55
  It was awful close.
• 1:29:59
  Hopke threw down to Wallace and they knocked off fresh.
• 1:30:06
  And the shortstop's relay to Metcalf within an eyelet of completing the double play.
• 1:30:16
  Force out at second.
• 1:30:18
  Pepitone on first, Nevada.
• 1:30:21
  Johnny Blanchard.
• 1:30:26
  Tom Metcalf's delivery.
• 1:30:29
  It bounces away from the catcher over near the barrier and Pepitone moves on to second.
• 1:30:35
  That's a wild pitch.
• 1:30:38
  You can almost see what Metcalf is doing.
• 1:30:41
  Yogi and Ford had a long talk in about a half hour before they asked him to go back down to Richmond.
• 1:30:52
  That's what I learned, to keep the ball low.
• 1:30:55
  I think I have to have a little too low.
• 1:31:00
  Three to two, Richmond leads.
• 1:31:02
  Here's the pitch to Blanchard, swung on and bowled off.
• 1:31:05
  That ball's second.
• 1:31:19
  Pepitone moving off second.
• 1:31:23
  It's up high, fastball.
• 1:31:27
  June 1 the count.
• 1:31:28
  We're in the first half of the ninth inning.
• 1:31:29
  Richmond leading by a score of three to two.
• 1:31:45
  Pepitone leading away from second.
• 1:31:47
  Metcalf's delivery is low and inside.
• 1:31:51
  Green one.
• 1:31:59
  He's trying to make him hit on the ground.
• 1:32:10
  The stretch and the three-one pitch swung on and bowled down the first base line.
• 1:32:15
  Strike two, full count.
• 1:32:35
  Tom Metcalf in release.
• 1:32:38
  Full count on Johnny Blanchard.
• 1:32:41
  Pepitone on second.
• 1:32:44
  Three to two Virginians.
• 1:32:45
  And the pitch gets away from the catcher.
• 1:32:48
  He fired that one and I believe it hit.
• 1:32:51
  No it didn't.
• 1:32:52
  Blanchard sort of, yes it did.
• 1:32:55
  Pepitone had to go back to second.
• 1:32:58
  I saw Blanchard kind of bend over and back up a little and then suddenly straighten up and throw his cap.
• 1:33:04
  So the wild, what appeared to be a wild pitch, did not go to the Yankees advance because then Pepitone would have been on third where he could have scored on and out on a long fly.
• 1:33:21
  Blanchard hit by a pitch ball and here's Creek Boyer.
• 1:33:26
  One out in the ninth, three to Richmond. The pitch swung on and bowled back.
• 1:33:42
  And the batter is hit by a pitch ball, a dead ball, and the runners have to return to their bases unless by virtue of the fact that they're becoming a base runner, it courses the others along.
• 1:33:56
  Metcalf into the stretch. Here's the pitch to Boyer.
• 1:33:59
  Low outside.
• 1:34:05
  First to the ninth.
• 1:34:08
  But Daly starts to warm up for New York, Terry on deck.
• 1:34:13
  Richmond leading three to two. Pepitone leads off second. Blanchard off first and the pitch to Boyer. It's in there for a strike, a beautiful curve.
• 1:34:24
  The plate started to swing at that pitch as ever up at home plate.
• 1:34:34
  Metcalf seemed to return his own style of pitching suddenly.
• 1:34:38
  One ball, two strikes.
• 1:34:40
  The stretch and the pitch.
• 1:34:43
  That one's into the dirt going outside.
• 1:34:45
  A nice save by Jake Gibbs.
• 1:34:52
  Two balls, two strikes.
• 1:34:58
  Richmond three, New York two. First half of the ninth inning.
• 1:35:02
  One out. Pepitone leading off second. Blanchard off first and the pitch.
• 1:35:08
  It's again, it's the plate. Blanchard back is. Three and two to count.
• 1:35:17
  They're trying to keep that ball low.
• 1:35:25
  Of course hitting the ground ball or even find a hole, but the percentage is in favor of being handled by an in-theater.
• 1:35:34
  Full count one out. We'll watch the runners. Pepitone leads off second. Blanchard off first.
• 1:35:39
  They're holding the pitch. The swung on and fouled off. It's about to the plate.
• 1:35:51
  Jim Gleason looks into the dugout to see if Yogi's got any change.
• 1:35:56
  As far as the base runners are concerned.
• 1:35:59
  The dangers move in the ninth inning. Running them.
• 1:36:03
  The stretch. Runners taking their lead and then Metcalf steps off the rubber right quick.
• 1:36:10
  Sometimes you can pick up the fact of whether the runners intend to go or not.
• 1:36:15
  Pepitone leads off second. Blanchard off first. The stretch.
• 1:36:19
  Runners are holding the pitch. The swung on. It says fly a ball in to short it out.
• 1:36:23
  Art Lopez comes in under and loses it.
• 1:36:27
  And he moves.
• 1:36:31
  As Lopez picks up the ball and Pepitone is forced to third.
• 1:36:37
  Instead of playing it halfway.
• 1:36:40
  Pepitone apparently had an idea he was going to go back to second in tags.
• 1:36:44
  And Lopez who lost the ball in the sun.
• 1:36:51
  Now Boyer has left first base.
• 1:36:54
  Thinking the ball was caught but now the holler at him in the egg he's got to run back.
• 1:36:59
  But time has been called.
• 1:37:02
  Now Yuma, and that's the oddest thing.
• 1:37:04
  He thought the ball had been caught in the double play and the game over.
• 1:37:10
  Now he's laughing.
• 1:37:15
  Now I was wondering why time was called and I understand.
• 1:37:19
  The left field.
• 1:37:21
  Ostrich 2 and the Alpine fans.
• 1:37:25
  Wanted some glass.
• 1:37:27
  And he's the one that called time.
• 1:37:29
  Else the game would have been over.
• 1:37:35
  Isn't that strange Bill?
• 1:37:37
  I've never seen anything like it though.
• 1:37:39
  Boyer thought the ball was caught and Pepitone was doubled at third and he was in for home.
• 1:37:46
  And when I say home I mean where he lives in the metropolitan area.
• 1:37:53
  But the left fielder had asked for time to get glasses.
• 1:37:58
  And when they hollered at him in the egg he's done got it.
• 1:38:00
  He'd already crossed the third baseline.
• 1:38:04
  He turned around and starts running back to first.
• 1:38:09
  Jill didn't know what had happened.
• 1:38:11
  That's the first time I saw that.
• 1:38:16
  So even with the outfielder losing the ball in the sun, it's not a base hit.
• 1:38:21
  It's a fourth play.
• 1:38:23
  Lopez to Mephyson.
• 1:38:29
  And Boyer saved by the grace of Lopez asking for the glasses.
• 1:38:36
  And here now with two down is Pedro Gonzalez.
• 1:38:41
  Man-pending, 3-2 Virginia.
• 1:38:44
  Blanchard on second.
• 1:38:45
  Boyer on first.
• 1:38:46
  The pitch is won on.
• 1:38:47
  The last five will be for Mark Lopez.
• 1:38:49
  He's going to get under it.
• 1:38:50
  He's waiting and the ball game is over.
• 1:38:54
  And Gonzalez flies to deep left.
• 1:39:04
  No runs.
• 1:39:06
  One hit.
• 1:39:08
  No errors and two men left on.
• 1:39:11
  I'll be back in a moment for the total to highlight.
• 1:39:17
  You get a smile every time with a Valentine.
• 1:39:29
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• 1:39:33
  You get a smile every time with a Valentine.
• 1:39:37
  Wow, what a beer, that's Valentine.
• 1:39:41
  Beer at the beer, the most we're pressing around.
• 1:39:45
  Won't fill you up, won't let you down.
• 1:39:49
  So get a smile every time with a Valentine.
• 1:39:53
  Get a smile every time.
• 1:39:56
  Make a Valentine beer.
• 1:39:59
  Great ball game, great glass of Valentine.
• 1:40:20
  There's a happy combination for you.
• 1:40:22
  Hope you're enjoying a Valentine right now.
• 1:40:24
  And if not, what are you waiting for?
• 1:40:26
  Get a smile every time.
• 1:40:28
  Get crisp, lively Valentine.
• 1:40:30
  Wow, what a beer.
• 1:40:32
  And Al Downing started out and the Yankees started out against Muppet
• 1:40:37
  as if they would have a pleasant afternoon.
• 1:40:39
  When they scored runs in each of the first two innings,
• 1:40:42
  Linz singled, Richardson walked, Maris singled Linz home.
• 1:40:48
  And then Elston Howard blasted one over the left field fence in the second inning.
• 1:40:53
  There was two to nothing, but Muppet settled down,
• 1:40:55
  blanked the Yankees over the next two innings.
• 1:40:57
  Without a hit.
• 1:40:58
  In fact, the Yankees went from the second inning to the ninth inning without a base hit.
• 1:41:05
  As Muppet hurled two hit the thinning and Stoudelmeyer, who came on in the fifth,
• 1:41:10
  pitched four hit the thinnings and then came the wild ninth.
• 1:41:15
  And where two situations were involved with the runner on second thinking about tagging up
• 1:41:23
  instead of playing it halfway and then being forced its third
• 1:41:25
  when the left fielder lost the ball in the sun.
• 1:41:31
  And thus was able to force in a third, depriving the runner of a base hit.
• 1:41:37
  And of course giving the Virginians an important out.
• 1:41:40
  And Boyer who was running the first, caught the outfielder, had caught the ball,
• 1:41:45
  and there was a double play at third and a game over and had left first base
• 1:41:48
  and crossed the third baseline headed to the dugout.
• 1:41:52
  And was saved by the fact that time had been called by the left fielder who had dropped the ball
• 1:41:58
  in order to get some sun grass.
• 1:42:00
  Something I've never seen.
• 1:42:03
  And then Tom Metcalf came in and worked that while he was in there working tonight.
• 1:42:14
  And then Al Downey just to the reverse hurled five no hit innings and was taken out.
• 1:42:22
  And Ralph Terry came on and then the Virginians jumped on him.
• 1:42:28
  Stottlemeyer the pitcher got a walk.
• 1:42:31
  Don Wallace single to the left.
• 1:42:35
  Harris Park got a base hit. Art Lopez a base hit.
• 1:42:39
  The Virginians were in and then in the eighth inning, clutch hitting for Stottlemeyer, single to center.
• 1:42:46
  Harris Park singled and Art Lopez doubled to left for the third run.
• 1:42:52
  With a possible fourth run being cut down to play on a beautiful relay from Lopez to Lenz
• 1:42:58
  and Lenz's perfect throw to Blanchard at the plate.
• 1:43:01
  So that's the way the runs were scored.
• 1:43:03
  Stottlemeyer the winning pitcher and the losing pitcher Ralph Terry.
• 1:43:07
  Music