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1972-Jun-04 - NYY/CHW - G2 - New York Yankees vs Chicago White Sox - Classic Baseball Radio Broadcast · 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. On Sunday, June
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  4, 1972, the New York Yankees faced the Chicago
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  White Sox at White Sox Park for the second game
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  of a Sunday afternoon doubleheader. The Yankees
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  were a last -place team in the American League
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  East and were managed by Ralph Houck. The White
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  Sox were a second -place team in the American
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  League West and were led by third -year manager
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  Chuck Tanner. This audio recording is from the
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  radio broadcast featuring announcers Frank Messer
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  and Bill White. along with Bill White and Bill
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  Rizzuto as the Yankees try to come back in this
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  second game after losing the opener to the Chicago
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  White Sox by a score of 6 -1. And the Yankees
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  faced a young pitcher, Tom Bradley, who was just,
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  well, unbeatable this afternoon. He struck out
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  eight men in the ballgame. In fact, a total of
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  19 men went down on strike. Mel Sottleby was
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  the stuttering loser for the Yankees. He also
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  struck out eight men. And the relief pitcher,
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  Rob Garner, pitched one inning and struck out
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  eight men. The White Sox lead the series 2 -1,
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  and the Yankees will try to even it up here in
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  the second game behind Mike Jekic. And the Yankee
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  lineup has been changed around just a little
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  bit, and Bill White, we were a little surprised
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  to find out that Richie Allen will not be starting
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  in the second game for the Chicago White Sox.
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  Back with the starting lineup for the second
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  game in just one minute. So the Yankees return
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  home from this, the longest road trip of the
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  season. They'll be home Tuesday night, June 13th,
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  with the same contending Chicago White Sox. Chuck
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  Tanner's exciting team, which features buggers
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  like Dick Allen, with eight home runs and 34
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  runs batted, and Bill Melton, who hit his fifth
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  home run of the year in the first ball. be in
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  the thick of things in the American League West.
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  Good seats are available at all Yankee ticket
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  outlets. A good crowd here at White Sox Park.
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  If you weren't with us for the first game, this
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  crowd is over 40 ,000. I would have to think
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  it's that big. And it's going to bring the weekend
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  series total up above the 100 ,000 mark for the
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  series between the White Sox and the... and Mother
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  Nature in the ballgame. Although that didn't
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  cut down Bill Melvin's home run in the first
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  one. And Bill White, you have the lineup for
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  the second half. National North Carolina. This
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  left -hander, Dave Lovins, is from about 120...
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  Starts on Sunday. Torres up there right -handed.
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  Takes the pitch down. Low ball one. Torres didn't
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  get the ball out of the infield in the opener.
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  Struck out twice. Grounded out twice for the
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  second baseman. But he's had a good week. Why
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  not Bobby Mercer? Bobby Mercer's had three excellent
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  days. Run over the course of the week. He's got
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  to be rusty. He steps out. He's got some kind
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  of a problem. May be a lucky recipient. A lot
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  more things in a baseball. He's like the base
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  runner. And he's more on the top end of a double
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  seal here this afternoon. He can throw first
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  and third on you. He can also throw you with
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  the glove. Come on out and see a relaxed Dick
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  Allen in the Chicago White Sox. Three night games
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  at Yankee Stadium, June 13th, 14th, and 15th.
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  All right, Frank. I'll do my best to be there.
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  Time called as third base umpire Ron Luciano
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  had gone out in left field to get something,
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  rather. Fell out of the stands, looked like a
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  big cardboard box. Ready to go. Walter Williams
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  is batting .228. He's a right -hand hitter. Mike
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  Decker, get to the windup. Great left -hander.
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  WGY, a general electric broadcasting station
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  in Schenectady, New York. by Mike Andrews. He
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  comes off the field okay. And DeVay said DeVay
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  is out. 9 -6. Tories to A. Michael. The side
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  is retired. And at the end of one, destroyed.
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  Yankees nothing and the White Sox coming. I'll
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  keep it. Ellis is batting two. Chicago nothing.
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  Back on the bench right now, sitting down. 3
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  -2 pitch coming. Here it is. Hit a knee on the
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  right field. Runs to Torrey. Start it back. Now
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  he's got to come in. But he gets there and makes
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  the catch. Fires into second base. Not in time.
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  It was close. Belton just didn't get back. Working
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  his leg back in shape. He had a leg injury. so
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  did Melton for Chicago. No score in this one
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  here in the second. Package delivers. Third ball
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  for a strike three call, and Melton just stood
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  there, or rather Morales stood there with the
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  bat on his shoulder. The side is retired. No
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  runs, no hits, no errors, a walk and a man left,
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  and at the end of two, the score, White Sox nothing
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  and the Yankees nothing. At the Getty Oil Company,
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  we sell premium gasoline for a few cents less
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  per gallon than most other major premiums. That's
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  a cow, son. Down through Charleston, South Carolina.
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  Look at all the spots on that cow, Dad. That's
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  a horse, son. And into the Sunshine State, Florida.
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  A total of about 1 ,000 extra miles. rule, Michael
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  scores on an error by the third base. On the
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  back of each game is a valuable money -saving
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  coupon for Carol's Quality First Boot. Hurry,
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  get your free Family Fun game book with any purchase.
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  One for family while the supply lasts. It's exclusive
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  at Carol's. Every time that you are going to
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  use your motorcycle, you must be wearing an approved
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  helmet and goggles or face shield, even if your
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  bike is equipped with a windscreen. This is Commissioner
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  Vincent L. Toffany of the New York State Department
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  of Motor Vehicles. The use of a helmet by both
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  you and your riders on the motorcycle is for
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  your safety and protection. Also, any time of
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  the day or night that the bike is in motion,
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  you must have your lights on. This will help
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  ensure a safe journey for you and your riders.
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  The Yankees return from this long trail road
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  trip for three night games with the Chicago White
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  Sox. Just happens he tried Eddie Brinkman. Broadcasting
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  Station in Schenectady, New York. He lost it.
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  72 Mustang 2455. We do it for a very... White
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  Sox be safe. White Sox. The breaking ball is
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  swung on and fouled off by Ellis. So the count's
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  all even 2 -2. That Acosta was the guy they brought
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  up to replace Mark Johnson. Had 13 saves down
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  at Tucson. Yeah, I saw that. The right hand called
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  up from Mexico. Breaking ball again fouled off
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  by Ellis. That was a high break. White Sox and
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  they... Passed Felipe Alou. Fielded by the ball
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  boy down the right field line. Down south. Sidearm.
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  But they hung in and pulled the ball foul. All
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  the way back to the... Mercury of Saratoga. Ed
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  Trice and Bill Juran. Always there personally
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  to see that you get the best buy on a great 72
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  car. Always there in the service shop to see
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  that you get personalized attention. For Ed Trice
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  and Bill Juran, it's good business to protect
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  your car business. No S &D ownership here. You
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  deal direct. Drive right in for an old -fashioned,
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  low -pressure deal on a brand -new Ford or Mercury.
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  Selection is huge. Service is steady, dependable.
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  through replacement vehicles. 51 ,000. GY, a
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  general election. be much better off. can get
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  someplace with a Navy. The original reason I
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  picked the Navy for enlistment was I just liked
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  the way that the Navy operated. School benefits
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  were very, very good, and travel was my main
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  reason. You can really get a well -rounded look
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  at the whole world. The way the Navy's set up
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  now with advanced pay grades for certain high
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  school graduates, you don't have to wait. See
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  your Navy man soon about getting someplace soon.
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  Today's Navy helps you be what you want to be
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  right now. 840. He's got the double... This is
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  Henry Diamond, Commissioner of the New York State
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  Department of Environmental Conservation. Air
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  pollution is one of the major threats to environmental
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  quality. We'll continue to enforce the laws,
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  but we need everyone's help, and spring is a
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  good time for a personal air pollution checkup.
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  First, keep your car well -tuned, or better yet,
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  when you can, walk or ride a bike. Don't burn
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  leaves or cuttings from the yard. Build a compost
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  pile instead. And don't have a smoky home furnace.
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  A clean furnace is cheaper to run. It doesn't
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  pollute the air. This is Richard Randell. Something
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  special happens when a combat disabled veteran
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  talks with another disabled veteran. They really
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  communicate. That's why it services the disabled
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  American veterans. The DAV has been effective.
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  Dedicated to the cause of the disabled veteran,
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  DAV has provided free service. If you're a combat
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  disabled needing help, contact a DAV National
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  Service officer in any Veterans Administration
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  regional office or write. DAV, Washington, D
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  .C. They're on that foot. All right, that ball
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  was... warming up in the kickback there. And
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  that was followed by the whole length of that
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  second foul line down there where the keepers
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  and runners kept going out of the baseline. They've
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  taken both those gadgets. Thank you. to left
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  single I've been told that... That's a duck.
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  But now for the White Sox and... Service programs
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  of the Disabled American Veterans, the DAV, have
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  greatly expanded since the start of the 70s.
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  This is Richard Randell. New assigned National
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  Service officers have been hired from the ranks
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  of returning Vietnam combat disabled. They have
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  been professionally trained to help the disabled
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  veteran in his compensation, hospital, and job
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  problems. If you're a disabled veteran, No one
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  that is combat disabled needing help, contact
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  the DAV National Service Officer at once. He
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  can be reached in any Veterans Administration
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  regional office. Or you can write DAV in Washington,
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  D .C. And then back home. And the best hitter
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  is... Here's the confrontation right now with
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  this game hanging in the balance, Bill. All right,
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  Frank, you set up a very dramatic moment in this
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  game. As Frank Messer mentioned, the top three
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  -league pitcher in the American League, Sparky
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  Lyle, the top hitter in the American League,
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  Richie Allen. Frank, as one of the fastest men
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  in the American League, has now been inserted.
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  on second and a devastating finish as far as
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  the Yankees are concerned. They came within two
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  outs of splitting the doubleheader and the series.
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  And Bill Hite, short of a World Series, I've
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  never seen a demonstration like that from the
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  Dodgers.