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1964 - Baseball Clip - 1964 St Louis Cardinals - Highlights · Retro Sports Radio: Classic Games from History

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This is Retro Sports Radio. Visit RetroSeasons
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.com for more sports history. There's a drive
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right back! It might be! It could be! It is!
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A home run! Hello again, everybody. This is Harry
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Carey. With Jack Buck, I was behind the microphone
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as Gas House Baseball and the nationally pennant
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returned to St. Louis for the first time in 18
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years. Harry, I know we weren't as sure as you
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sounded with that prediction. You made it in
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April on a cool, windy Friday night in Frisco
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during the Cardinals' third game of the year.
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And it wasn't until October and the last day
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of the season that it all came true. A team that
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at midseason had trailed by as many as 13 games
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battled back to win it all in as thrilling and
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hectic a climax as baseball has ever known. Perhaps
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thrills as great as those of summer 64 can never
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be completely recaptured, Jack. But we've tried.
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And you're about to hear what we feel are some
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of the highlights of the season as they sounded
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when the action took place. Maybe we'd like to
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change a few words now after hearing them again,
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but this is what was heard on the Cardinals baseball
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network as the Redbirds fought their way to the
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flag. Jack, it was a season in which every victory
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was awfully important and every defeat a real
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tragedy. But in looking back, now that the heat
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of battle has abated, one of the games that looms
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large in my mind is the come -from -behind victory
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we registered against Sandy Koufax and the Dodgers
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on a sultry midseason Friday night in St. Louis.
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That was a dandy, all right. We trailed 7 -1
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early in the ballgame, but instead of riding
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it off, the Redbirds came bouncing back, and
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after 3 hours and 15 minutes of baseball, we
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had moved to within a run, had runners at 2nd
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and 3rd with 2 out on the 9th. and had Bob Skinner
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at the plate against ex -Cardinal Bobby Miller.
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End of the line to be goes. Here it is. A base
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hit. One run is in. Here's the winning run. The
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Cardinals win. The Cardinals win. The Cardinals
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win. Holy cow. The Cardinals win it. Eight to
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seven. Without that one, who knows where our
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guys would have spent mid -October. One of my
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most vivid memories of the 64 season also occurred
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in July in Pittsburgh. It was our first and best
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rhubarb with the men in blue. Here's Harry. There's
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a stretch. A pitch. A bouncing ball to the first
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baseman. Here's Brock trying to score. He knocks
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the catcher over and he's safe. I couldn't either,
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Jack, but it felt a little bit better when we
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went on to win that ball game. I remember National
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League president Warren Giles sent you season's
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greetings before we finished rehashing that one.
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We had good days and bad ones as the season rolled
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along, and perhaps the lowest point of all occurred
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the evening of June 5th in Cincinnati as Glenn
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Hobby, just acquired from the Chicago Cubs, made
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his first Cardinal start. At the start of the
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evening, things looked wonderful. Not only did
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Hobby's arm appear to be good... But so did his
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bat. Now the pitch on the way. There's a drive.
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Deep left field. Way back. It might be out of
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here. Harper near the fence. It could be. It
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is! A home run for Hobbies. We had a 4 -1 lead
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in the ninth when Hobby ran out of gas. Roger
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Cray came striding out of the bullpen to face
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Tommy Harper. The bases were loaded. There was
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one out. Cray gets set. Here's the windup. Here's
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the pitch on the way. He didn't mean to swing.
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A little roller down the third. Right through
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Boyer's leg. One run in. Two runs in. Another
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man goes to third. Harper didn't even want to
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swing. The ball was hit that softly. He fell
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away. The ball hit his bat. Rolled down the third
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baseline. How it ever got through Boyer, he himself
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will never be able to tell you. He must have
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looked up to see. what play he would have, and
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two runs score on it. And the tying runs now
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at third, and still only one out. After that,
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Pinson was intentionally passed, and Bobby Shantz
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came on to face left -handed hitting Gordy Coleman.
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But instead it was a right -handed hitter, Darren
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Johnson, who stepped in, and Redbird fortunes
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were about to sink to a new low. There's the
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line, here's the pitch. There's a base hit up
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the middle, and the Reds are going to win the
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ball game. Here's the winning run scoring, the
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throw to the plate. The Reds win. Darren Johnson,
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single to center. Five. I don't know how you
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can lose some of these ballgames, but we do.
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So the Reds, almost unbelievable. And it's all
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over. The Reds score four in the ninth and beat
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the Cardinals five to four. That was the second
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of a four -game losing streak. But about that
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time, as the Cardinals sputtered and faltered,
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unable to gain momentum, another acquisition
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from the Cubs, Lou Brock, began to assert himself
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in all phases of the game. He was a consistent
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.300 hitter. Not a great outfielder, but a fellow
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with a flair for making the big play. Slow ball,
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swung on, and drive, back to left. Way back at
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Brock, he jumps. Holy cow, did he make the catch
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or not? And oh, how he could run. There's the
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stretch. And the pitch to Dick Gross. There goes
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a runner. Low into the dirt. There'll be no play.
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A stolen base for Brock. A curveball that broke
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into the dirt. So Brock has now stolen 16 bases
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already this year. And his blinding speed seemed
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to ignite the spark as suddenly Gas House Baseball
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came back to Bush Stadium. The pitch to Skinner.
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Swung on and a bouncing ball to first base. I
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don't think they'll get two. Out at second. Safe
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at first and the run scores. And the Phillies
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charge out and argue about the call. Now another
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man trying to score, and Brock is safe at the
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plate. Now Boyer's going to third, and the ball's
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thrown into left field. Boyer rounds third base.
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Yes, gas house baseball was back. And suddenly
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the Cardinals were making an amazing drive. And
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the season moved into that final hectic week.
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Remember how it was? You fans opened your morning
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paper on September 28th. Cincinnati led by one
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over the fading Phillies and by one and a half
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over the onrushing Cardinals. An ironic twist
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was developing in St. Louis as the Cardinals
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got ready to host the Phillies. One year earlier,
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nearly to the day, St. Louis had opened a crucial
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homestand on a Monday night, that time against
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the Los Angeles Dodgers, who led us by a game.
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We lost all three on that occasion, and the Dodgers
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breezed home to win it all. This time... Another
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homestand was opening on a late September Monday
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night, and again, in the clutch. The way things
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started for the Cardinals, you had horrible visions
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of a rerun. Bouncing ball, he's got a chance
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to beat it out. Hey, Boyer and Grote collide,
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and it goes for a hit. But this was a different
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year. Bob Gibson shook that one off as rookie
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of the year Richie Allen stepped in. There's
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the double play ball to Grote. Javier won. First
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base, two. From Groot to Javier to White. It
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was scoreless in the second when Bill White,
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a first -half flop and a second -half sensation,
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stepped to the plate. Here's Bill White. There's
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a shot to right, a base hit. He might have to
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hold it first, and he does. The first cardinal
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hit by White is a solid single to right. Next,
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it was Julian Javier. Javier digs in. The stretch.
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And the pitch. Ground ball up the middle. Center
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field. Base hit. Right around second. On his
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way to third. The Cardinals have runners at first
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and third. Veteran Chris Short got ahead of young
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Mike Shannon. Two strikes, no balls. Here's the
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stretch. And the pitch. There's a high fly ball.
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Deep left field. Way back. It's going to be caught.
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A run scored. Sacrifice fly. The Cardinals never
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lost that lead. It was 5 -1 in the ninth before
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the Phillies made their move. The first two men
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reached base against a tiring Gibson, and out
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of the bullpen came 41 -year -old Barney Schultz.
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Harry Carey was at the microphone as Schultz
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faced Clay Dalrymple. There's the pitch. Hot
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shot to White. He's got it. Second base, one.
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First base, two. Double play. Johnny Herrnstein
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faced the veteran knuckleballer next. Barney
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Schultz winds. Here it is. Popped up. We got
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this ball game. Bill White waiting. And the Cardinals
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win. The Redbirds are only one game out of first
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place. So, Jack, we had passed Philadelphia,
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but the idle Cincinnati club still led. The Cardinals
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simply couldn't afford to lose. Young Ray Sadecki
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got the pitching assignment the next night, and
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after the Cardinals had scrambled to a 3 -2 sixth
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inning lead, it was again Bill White who provided
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the insurance. The pitch is made by Boozer, and
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there's a drive to deep right center field. Way
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back, way back, near the clock. Home run! He
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got a fastball and he drilled it into the pavilion
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seats just below the clock, beyond the .354 mark,
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and back about five rows to put the Cardinals
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out in front 4 -2. And again, the call went out
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to Barney Schultz. And Jack, what a job he did
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in those final few days. On that occasion, he
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worked beautifully through the 7th and 8th. We
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were spotting our ball game out and keeping an
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eye on the Reds as Schultz towed the rubber in
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the 9th. Pete Rose is the hitter with a runner
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on first and two out on the bottom of the ninth
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at Cincinnati. Three balls, two strikes. Here's
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the signal given. Barney Schultz winds. Here's
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the pitch to Triandas now. He stuck him out,
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swinging. Triandas goes down swinging. Two more
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and it'll all be over. Johnny Callison was next.
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One ball, no strike. Here's the pitch on the
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way. A high fly ball. Deep left center field.
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Flood going out. Brock is there. Lose. Got it.
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Two out. That's two gone. And it all ended on
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a high note. Here's the pitch. A bouncing ball
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to Boyer. He's got it. Here's the throw. Cardinals
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win it. And look at those Redbirds bouncing around.
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The Cardinals have won their ballgame, 4 -2.
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Pittsburgh has won! Pittsburgh won its ballgame!
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2 -0, it's over! Pittsburgh has just beat the
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Reds, 2 -0! The National League race is in a
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tie! Holy cow! Never has it been a more thrilling
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moment. Within 15 seconds after the Cardinals
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won... Mazeroski threw out Ruiz, and the Pirates
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shut out the Reds 2 -0. The National League race
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is all tied up. And the Phillies in third place
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stay only a game and a half out. That set the
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scene for Wednesday night, with Kurt Simmons
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opposing Jim Bunning as our Cardinals went for
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the sweep. The honorary mayor of Memphis, Tennessee,
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Tim McCarver, gave us a second -inning lead.
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Two balls and a strike. Here's a pick. There's
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a drive right back! Cardinals lead 2 -0. And
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that lead stood up. Another lefty, rookie Gordon
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Richardson, relieved Simmons when the Phillies
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threatened mildly in the late going. Here's how
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it ended. Two balls, two strikes. From the belt
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to pitch. Here it is. A bouncing ball. They should
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do it. The Cardinals are in first place. The
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Redbirds win it 8 -5, Gordon Richardson being
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congratulated. As Bobby Wine bounced the groan
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who tossed to Javier for the foreside. And now
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the pressure has been put on by the Cardinals.
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The Cardinals have taken over first place pending
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the outcome of the Cincinnati game. That one
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really did some pending until past 1 a .m. as
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Harry and I sat in a darkened and deserted Bush
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Stadium. We were receiving direct reports from
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Cincinnati on the progress of that game. It was
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in the top of the 16th. Still a scoreless duel.
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A rookie catcher named Jerry May was hitting
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for the Pirates. And we, like you, heard this
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good news. Harry Carey was his usual calm and
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collected self as we listened to the bottom of
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the 16th. and it was off the bag but turned in
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and grabbed and tagged him. One out. Two more.
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Let's go. One, two, three, and out. No thrills.
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You've worked a tremendous job, Jim. The ground
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ball hit the school field. The duck is up. Throw
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to first. Two outs, Harry. One more, baby. Two
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men out. One more out, and your Redbirds will
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be in first place. You can see the pressure on
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the Bucs. I mean, Verdon is walking around in
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circles out in center field. Moda was doing the
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same thing in right. And Mazeroski drawing little
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designs with his feet down at second base. No
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balls, two strikes on Pinson. McBean is ready.
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Here comes the pitch to Veda. It's a ground ball
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to the right side. Mazeroski has it. You're in
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first place, Harry. Hooray! Excited we all were,
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Jack. And now the Cardinals led by one. But Thursday
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the Reds bounced back, and the lead was down
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to a slim half game as the last place New York
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Mets came to town for the final three games of
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the season. On Friday, everybody lost. Gibson
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was shut out 1 -0 by Al Jackson, and the Phillies
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came out of their trance and beat Cincinnati.
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Saturday? Well, we'd rather not talk about Saturday.
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The Reds tied things while taking the day off
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as a supposedly inept Mets bombed the Cardinals
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15 -5. So we were right back where we started
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on opening day, April the 14th, tied for the
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lead. And it all boiled down to October the 4th,
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1964. And so the whole season had come down to
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one day, one game. Still hopeful, trailing by
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one, the Phillies went at it again in Cincinnati.
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While in St. Louis, a grim group of Redbirds
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behind Kurt Simmons again faced a loose, relaxed
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bunch of Stengalites who knew they were going
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nowhere but home when it ended. But nobody in
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our club had done any packing. A second inning
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Mike Shannon single and a fourth inning Charlie
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Smith homer. had things knotted at one -to -one
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as the Cardinals batted in the fourth. Dick Grote
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led off with a double, but McCarver and Shannon
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were unable to move him along. That brought Dal
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Maxfield to the plate. He was hitting only .222,
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and in the lineup only because of an injury to
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Javier. Too bad the youngster had to be hitting
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in the clutch. There's the stretch. And the pitch
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to Maxville. Here it is. Line drive. Base hit.
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Here's a man going to try to score. Here's Jim
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Hickman up with the ball. And he scores. The
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Cardinals lead 2 -1. The Phillies led Cincinnati
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4 -0, and the Cardinals had a slim lead. It didn't
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hold up. With a runner at second and one away
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in the fifth, Simmons appeared to get Bobby Klaus
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on an easy pop fly. But wait a minute. The delivery
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on the way. There's a high pop fly. That should
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be caught by somebody. Maxville is there. He's
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under the ball. Oh, he lets it drop. And here's
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the runner on third holding up. Klaus winds up
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at second base. Shannon could have caught the
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ball. But Maxville had called for it. And the
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wind grabbed it. Come on, Mike. Take those kinds.
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Gee, an easy pop fly. Now they have the leading
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run at second. The tying run at third. They put
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those runners elsewhere in a hurry, thanks to
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a tough little competitor named Roy McMillan.
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Infield in. Can Simmons pitch out of this? He's
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behind the hitter, two balls and nothing. Now
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he's ready. Into the windup he goes, and here's
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the pitch on the way. Line drive's going to score
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both, and the Mets have taken the lead. Into
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the corner, McMillan's on his way to second base.
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A double to left. And the Cardinals trail 3 -2.
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McMillan, a tough hitter. And now both of the,
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two of the teams, right now, if everything would
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end the way it is now, there'd be a triple tie
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starting tomorrow in Philadelphia. And so the
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Cardinals had to come from behind. But that was
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nothing new for our club. They'd been doing it
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all year. Lou Brock started it all with a walk.
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Bill White singled him to second. And then Kenny
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Boyer came to the plate. Have you ever heard
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anyone say about Boyer, oh, well, he can't get
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the big hit? Now the stretch. And the pitch to
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Boyer. A hot shot. Left field. Base hit. The
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tying run is in. Here's another man racing for
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third. There goes Boyer to second with a double.
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The Cardinals have tied it up. The Mets changed
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pitchers at this point, bringing ex -Cardinal
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farmhand Bill Wakefield into the fray. And while
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all this was going on in St. Louis, the Phillies
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wrapped things up against Cincinnati as Richie
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Allen hit his second homer of the day and the
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Phillies jumped into an insurmountable 9 -0 lead.
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Grote bounced out as the tie -breaking run scored.
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McCarver walked and Shannon fanned. But Maxville
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again came through with a single. That drove
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in the run that put us ahead 5 -3. Bob Gibson
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was on the mound, pitching with only one day's
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rest. He had staggered through the sixth, walking
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home the run that made it 5 -4. He was pitching
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with more heart than stuff. It was obvious the
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Cardinals needed more runs. After Flood went
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out to start the bottom of the inning, Lou Brock
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stepped up. The wind -up now, the pitch is on
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the way. A line drive base hit in the left center.
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He might be able to get a double out of it. He's
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around first. He's going to try for second. Here's
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Altman's throw. He is safe. So Brock doubles
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in the left center. He just took advantage of
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Altman's weak throwing arm. Here now is Bill
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White. A man in scoring position with one out.
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The Cardinals leading by a run 5 -4. The stretch.
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And the pitch. There's a drive. Way back. It
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might be. It could be. It is. A home run. Listen
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to the crowd. Look at those Redbirds in that
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dugout. Everybody's standing up. And the Cardinals
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lead 7 -4 now. Oh, is that a happy dugout. Gibson
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did the job in the 7th and again in the 8th.
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It was now 9 -4 as the Mets came up for their
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9th inning cuts. They KO'd Bob Gibson, who had
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gone as long and as hard as he could. With two
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outs and a run -in, Barney Schultz was again
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in the ballgame, pitching to Ed Cranepool. Harry
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was working from a field box next to the Redbird
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dugout and with the Cardinals' official family.
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And in a jam -packed Bush Stadium, 18 years of
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frustration was about to be swept away. in one
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thrilling, dramatic, unforgettable moment. Listen
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to this crowd. Come on. Let's go. Get him out.
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Gussie Bush wasn't excited, was he? Now the stretch.
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Ready. Everybody standing up. The pitch. A high
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pop foul. The corner's there. The Cardinals won
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the pennant. The Cardinals won the pennant. The
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Cardinals won the pennant. Everybody out. Johnny.
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Everybody congratulating everybody. I don't know
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if they'll ever get here. I don't know if they'll
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ever get here. The Cardinals have just won the
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pennant. Mayhem on the field. Joe Schultz congratulating.
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Hey, Ray Washburn. Bob Skinner. Hey. Oh, hey,
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Tim. Timmy. Hey, Tim. Timmy. Hey, Tim. Come here.
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How about it, boy? It was great to see. That
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clubhouse was as wild as the impromptu on -the
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-field celebration you just heard. The first
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guy you got to, Harry, was the veteran up from
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Jacksonville who handled the bullpen heroics
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in those final frantic weeks, Barney Schultz.
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Ronnie, you can talk a little more now. How are
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you feeling? Harry, I'm feeling great. Great.
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What a thrill, huh? Well, Harry, not so much
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a thrill as getting them out in the ninth inning.
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After all, we had a seven -run lead. But the
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fact that it was a pennant riding on every pitch,
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regardless of the lead that we had, was the greatest
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ball game I ever completed in my life. Then Cardinal
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coach and now Redbird manager, Red Cheney was
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a happy fellow, too. What a thrill, huh? Great,
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great. It's a good thing we won it this way.
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Of course, Cincinnati got beat today, but it
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wasn't like if we'd have won the first game here
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and got beat today and walked in it. This is
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more exciting, I think, Harry. How about this
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ball cup in the World Series? What do you think?
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Well, we got a good chance. Bill White took the
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honors as the calmest Cardinal. And you feel
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so cool, man. Well, we won. We lose, and I don't
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feel too good. How do you feel about the World
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Series, Bill? Well, we play them just like we
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played this season, Harry, one at a time. And,
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of course, we played the Yankees before spring
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training. And I think we know most of ourselves.
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I think they know most of ours. So it should
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be a good series. Bill, it's something for a
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team to bounce back after losing two ballgames
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like you did to the Mets. The pressure, the chips
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are really down today, and they really banged
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out of it. Well, we hadn't gotten too many hits
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in the other series. scored so many runs, so
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the law of averages said, we've got to get some
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runs. And we were forced to get good pitching
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from Gibson for a while, and then Barney Jones
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came in, and it was just a good victory and a
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good win. Congratulations on a great year, Bill.
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Thank you, Harry. Which isn't over yet, though.
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No, we've still got another week. Jack, although
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most of it is unintelligible, my favorite chat,
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the one I think best depicts the hilarious frenzy
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at that Cardinal dressing room, is this interview
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with Mike Queller and Bob Euchre. I talk to Mike
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without an interpreter. This takes a... Hey,
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congratulations. Thank you, thank you, thank
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you. Why, what are you... Mucho dinero. Yeah,
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mucho, mucho dinero. Hey, you... Bob! Where is
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he? Bob Bucher, who's got everybody here. What
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do you got? You going to paint a house? Here
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we are in the Cardinal Clubhouse. Along with
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Jack Buck. Isn't it beautiful, Harry? Beautiful.
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Bonita. The proud Cardinal owner, August A. Bush
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Jr., made a prediction following the clinching
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of the pennant. Mr. Bush. Congratulations. How
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do you feel? I never was happier in all my live
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long life, Harry. And by gosh, after 18 years,
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we're now able to return to our fine fans, a
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real pennant team, and we're going to win the
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World Series. The Cardinals set about trying
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to do that when the series opened October the
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7th in St. Louis. The Cardinals routed Whitey
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Ford, pounded out 12 hits, and with Ray Sadecki
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getting relief help from Barney Schultz, went
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on to a 9 -5 victory. The hero of the day was
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young Mike Shannon, who belted a homer off the
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scoreboard with a man on. It wasn't so pleasant
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on Thursday, as the Yankees evened things up
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with an 8 -3 victory behind rookie right -hander
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Mel Stottlemyre. A disputed call by umpire Bill
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McKinley. gave the Yankees a big sixth -inning
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run and set up more. But Gibson ran out of gas
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in that sixth, and Redbird relievers just didn't
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have it. Sharing honors with Stottlemyre was
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harmonica -playing shortstop Phil Lins, who chipped
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in with three hits, one of them a homer. Saturday,
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October the 10th, marked the third game of the
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series and the first in Yankee Stadium. Kurt
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Simmons for the Cardinals and Jim Boughton for
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the Yankees. Both worked effectively. Termites
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seemed to have invaded the Cardinal bat rack
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in critical situations. Simmons drove in our
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only run, and we had a man reach third in the
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sixth, seventh, and ninth. In each of those situations,
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we failed a score. Simmons was lifted for a pinch
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hitter in the ninth, and Mickey Mantle hit what
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Boynie Schultz called a non -knuckling knuckleball
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into the seats on the first pitch of the bottom
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of the ninth to give the Yankees a 2 -1 victory
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and a 2 -1 series lead. The way the Yankees pounced
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on Ray Sedecky in the first inning of the fourth
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game, it appeared the series would not return
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to St. Louis. Ray faced four men, they all reached
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base, and we trailed Al Downing 3 -0 through
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the first five innings. Carl Warwick started
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the sixth with a record -tying pinch single,
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and Flood also ripped a base hit. Then after
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Brock went out, Bobby Richardson couldn't get
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rid of a potential double play ball. It was an
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error, and the bases were loaded. But only for
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a moment. On downing second pitch to him, Ken
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Boyer smacked a grand slammer to give us a 4
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-3 lead that we never relinquished thanks to
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great relief pitching from Roger Craig and Ron
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Taylor. The series was tied again. The fifth
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game was the most thrilling of the series, Jack.
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On a sunshiny Monday in New York, Gibson and
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Stadelmeyer hooked up again, but with better
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results for Cardinal fans. Gibson was great.
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He led 2 -0 as the Yankees batted in the ninth.
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An error put a runner on first with one away,
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but Gibson made the defensive play of the World
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Series to throw out Joe Pepitone. Tom Tresh,
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however, hit a high fastball into the right center
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field bleachers to tie things up. In the 10th,
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Tim McCarver became the hero, belting one out
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of the ballpark, scoring Boyer and White ahead
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of him, giving Gibson a 5 -2 complete game victory
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and bringing the Cardinals home with a 3 -2 series
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lead. Everyone in St. Louis seemed confident
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the Cardinals would wrap it up on Wednesday,
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October 14th in the sixth game. Everybody, that
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is, except Yankee right -hander Jim Boughton
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and his teammates. Joe Pepitone hit a grand slammer.
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Marison Mantle belted back to bag homers. And
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Boughton, utilizing a sharp curve to go with
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his good fastball, was never in serious trouble
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as the Bronx Bombers romped to an 8 -3 victory.
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And again, Cardinal hopes are back to one day,
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one game, October 15, 1964, 18 years to the day
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since Enos Slaughter raced home with a run that
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won the Cardinals the 1946 World's Championship.
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Again, the call went to Bob Gibson for St. Louis
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and Mel Stottlemyre for New York. And again,
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it was gas house baseball that made the difference
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for the Cardinals. Hooked up in a nothing -nothing
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fourth -inning tie, the Cardinals got a run when
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the Yankees messed up another double playgrounder.
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This one hit by Tim McCarver. Tim moved to third
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on a Mike Shannon single and scored when a missed
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hit -and -run sign turned into a Cardinal double
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steal. A third run subsequently scored on another
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solid single by Dal Maxville. Boyer and Brock,
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both later homered, as Gibson, again working
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with two days rest, was hit hard in the late
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innings, but battled his way to a complete game
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9 -5 win that ended at 3 .41 p .m., sending St.
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Louis into its most delirious frenzy since the
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end of World War II. The St. Louis Cardinals
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were again champions of the world. It has a good
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sound, Harry, and no team deserved victory more.
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I hope the fans have enjoyed our recap of the
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big ones. I hope so too, Jack. But you know,
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the more I think about 1964, the more one point
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sticks out in my mind. The World Series was fine,
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a great one to win, of course. But I'm sure you'll
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agree that when many years from now we get together
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and reminisce about baseball and the talk swings
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around to 1964, one fact will mean more than
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all the rest. 1964, the year... The Cardinals
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won the...