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1966-Apr-12 - KCA/MIN - Kansas City Athletics vs Minnesota Twins - 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 April 12, 1966,
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  the Kansas City Athletics faced the Minnesota
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  Twins at Metropolitan Stadium in Minneapolis
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  for the opening day of the 1966 season. The A's
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  were managed by Al Dark, who was in his first
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  game as skipper of the team. Dark had previously
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  led the Giants to four consecutive winning seasons,
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  including an NL pennant as manager from 1961
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  to 64. The Twins, managed by Sam Mell in his
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  seventh year, were coming off a 102 -win season
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  and an AL pennant in 1965, although they lost
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  to the Dodgers in Game 7 of the World Series.
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  This audio recording is from the Kansas City
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  Radio broadcast, featuring announcers Monty Moore
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  and Lynn Ferris. Two years, Tony Oliva. Tony
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  batted 321 to win the batting championship in
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  a close down to the last week race with Carl
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  Jastrzemski, the newly elected... Team captain
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  of the Boston Red Sox. Tony Oliva, left -handed
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  batter, and quite a player he is. Tony won the
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  American League batting championship in his very
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  first year in the big leagues as a rookie. Nobody
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  down in the first inning. No score. He's a bitch.
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  There's a drive to center field. Jose Charneval
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  moving after the ball, and he has got it. That
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  retires the Twins. So on the first inning for
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  Minnesota, no runs, hits or errors. Nobody left
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  on after one full inning of play. It's the A's
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  nothing, the Twins nothing. Hi, fans. This is
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  Lynn Ferris. It's a red -letter day. Today marking
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  the beginning of another great athletics baseball
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  season, and thanks to the friendly folks at GFC,
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  we're here to bring you the A's 1966 game. So
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  remember, for lots of baseball fun and excitement
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  every day, tune in here on KCMO for the A's game.
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  Grand 15373. GFC Loan Company. Four offices in
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  Kansas. One is located in Overland Park and one
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  in Mission in the Mission Shopping Center. Leading
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  off with the Athletics, in the top half of the
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  second inning, the A's catcher Bill Bryant. Manny
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  Jimenez, whom we mentioned a little while ago,
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  has not come to financial terms with the Athletics
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  front office, is sitting with A's owner Charlie
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  Finley in a box seat. Charlie has made him an
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  offer, and... Manny says I have to think it over,
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  so Jimenez is not in uniform today in the most
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  startling development of opening day of 1966.
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  Here's the pitch to Bryant. Sharp breaking curve
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  is inside a low ball one. Bill Bryant, who will
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  be playing behind the plate and at first base
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  for the Athletics this year, is catching today.
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  Bill has really hit the ball solidly all spring.
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  The pitch. pop -up on the left side of the infield.
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  The shortstop, Versailles, is calling for the
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  ball. Now Val Espino runs him off coming in towards
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  the infield and Sandy makes the catch. One away.
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  With Versailles going out and Val Espino coming
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  in and both owning tremendous speed, they're
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  going to cover a lot of ground out of that area
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  this year. One down in the second, here is the
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  A's first baseman, Ken Harrelson, who led the
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  Athletics in home runs and runs batted in last
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  year. Ken had five home runs to lead the A's
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  in home runs this spring. The pitch doing. Fastball,
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  strike, it's called. Veteran American League
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  umpire and one of the best ball and strike umpires
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  in pro baseball, Larry Knapp, is working behind
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  the plate this afternoon. Here's the best curveball
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  pitches outside. and Hunter, we are seeing two
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  of the fastest working pitchers in the American
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  League this afternoon. They're fast for several
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  reasons. They like to get the ball and throw
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  it, and they also usually throw strikes pretty
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  consistently. There's a curve fouled off. One
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  ball, two strikes. Fielding the ball over in
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  foul territory, the A's third base coach, Luke
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  Epling, who was our pregame warm -up show guest
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  today. Luke would like to have $100 for every
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  professional season opener he's ever seen. Played
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  with the White Sox 20 years. Here's a one -and
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  -two pitch. Curveball to Harrelson. Misses low.
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  It's two -and -two now. Well, it's been a long,
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  hard grind since the late part of February for
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  these baseball players in spring training. They
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  took it fairly slowly and finished fast and are
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  in top shape. Here's a pitch. Curve. Strike three
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  is called. Harrelson goes down. Another two away
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  is Mudcat Grant. Just broke off a major league
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  curveball over the outside corner. Here's left
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  -handed swinging Larry Stahl, the A's left fielder,
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  who has made one great play already. With the
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  big league season underway and not yet an inning
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  and a half old, we have already seen two spectacular
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  defensive plays. Larry Stahl has pretty good
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  power. Here's the pitch. Low and away ball one.
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  He has hit seven big league home runs. Five of
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  them have been hit against the Minnesota Twins.
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  He has played very little in the big leagues,
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  so his home run production is really an outstanding
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  thing. Here's a pitch, curve ball high. Two balls
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  and a strike. The Athletics will open their 1966
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  season at home at Municipal Stadium next Tuesday
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  night against these same twins. Here's a 2 -0
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  pitch. Low and a wave all three. On deck for
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  Kansas City, Dick Green. Three balls, one strike.
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  Grant got a late start. In spring training, he
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  was a holdout. He and Kyle Griffith really had
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  a battle on their hands before they came together.
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  On contract terms, 3 -1 pitch. Stahl hits it
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  up in the air down the third baseline. Foul territory.
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  Harmon Killebrew runs Luke Affleck out of the
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  coaching box and makes the catch. And that retires
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  the Appotics here in the second inning of play.
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  Let's get Grant. has mowed down the first six
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  Kansas City batters after an inning and a half.
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  The score, the A's nothing, the Twins nothing.
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  Well, let's check in on scores of other games.
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  In the American League, after three innings of
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  play, the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees,
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  no score. That's Mickey Lulich dueling Whitey
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  Ford. Boston Red Sox have taken a 3 -2 lead over
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  Baltimore after three full innings. Barber versus
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  Wilson. Brooks Robinson homered in the first,
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  nobody on. The California Angels and Chicago
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  White Sox scoreless after one. That's Dean Chance
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  versus Tommy John. In case you missed it yesterday,
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  Cleveland Indians, using their pitch -hitting
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  strike off the bench, beat Washington Senators
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  5 -2. McDowell over Pete Rickard. Frank Howard
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  hit his first homer of the year. In the National
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  League, the Mets and Cincinnati already have
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  been rained out for the second day in a row.
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  Nothing in yet on the Cubs, San Francisco, Pittsburgh,
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  Atlanta, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Houston
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  and Los Angeles. All will be playing tonight.
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  So one rain out and three night games. Here's
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  Harmon Killebrew to lead off now for the Minnesota
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  Twins. Harmon had quite a year last year. He
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  had 269. 125 home runs, knocked in 75 runs. He's
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  a right -handed batter. Jimmy Hunter throws a
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  fastball right by a swinging Killebrew strike
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  one. Well, there's no excitement, I don't think,
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  outside of maybe the World Series or the All
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  -Star Game, like opening day of the baseball
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  season every year. Here's the 0 -1 bet. Hunter
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  tries a fastball again, and he bets it inside,
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  trying to jam Harmon. It's one ball and one strike.
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  Mencher and Hall are scheduled for the Twins
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  here in the second. No score in our game. Hunter's
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  pitch. Inside. Ball two. He has thrown three
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  straight fastballs to Killebrew. Going to really
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  take a blast to hit a home run into the left
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  field seats here today. Here's the bench. Curve.
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  Over the plate with Lowe. Ball three. Hunter
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  and Bryant. is the coach at third for the twins,
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  and Bob Lemon at first. Hatter gets the side
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  from Bryant. Swings into action. Here's the bench.
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  Curveball bounced on the ground to the left side,
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  causing a shortstop hazard. There's his throw
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  to Harrelson in the dirt, but Kenny digs it out,
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  and there's one away. The batter now is Don Mincher,
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  who hit 251 for the twins last year with 22 home
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  runs. Big Don knocks in 65 runs. His emergence
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  as a consistent hitter against both right and
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  left -handed pitching allows the Twins to move
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  Killebrew off first and put him at third base.
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  Here's a pitch. High and outside, ball one. Boy,
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  it's great to see those Major League scoreboards
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  again all lit up indicating scores of other games
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  around the country. and just in general to get
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  the baseball season underway, here's the bench
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  outside Ball 2. Lynn and I will be traveling
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  right with the athletics through 162 games starting
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  today, broadcasting every day on the same radio
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  station throughout Mid -America, and we're so
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  happy that you've decided to join us today. Be
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  sure to let all your friends know the stations
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  that are carrying the A's games and to which
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  you are listening. We'll have a lot of fun this
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  summer. Here's the 2 -0 pitch. Curveball. Double
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  for Don Venture. So Don Venture hits a drive
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  between Carnival and Hershberger in right center
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  field for a two -base hit, the first hit of the
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  1966 season. And now here's Jimmy Hall, who hit
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  two... .285 for average last year for the Twins.
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  Jimmy had 20 homers, knocked in 86 runs. He had
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  a great year. The A's infield swung around a
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  bit to the right. Tarnable playing over in right
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  center field from his regular center field spot.
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  Hunter's pitch on the way. Outside. Ball one.
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  at second base. One out. Last half of the second
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  inning. No score between the A's and the Twins.
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  Hunter pitches. A strike on the outside corner.
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  One ball and one strike. The wind is definitely
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  a factor in this game today. It has already made
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  some easy plays rather tough. The wind blew that
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  ball away from Tarnable just then as he chased
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  it into right center field. Mentor hit it hard.
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  There's no doubt about it, but Tarnable was being
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  hindered by that wind. Here's a pitch. Way out
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  to that ball, too. The same two teams play right
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  here again tomorrow afternoon, and pitching for
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  Kansas City will be Raleigh Sheldon and pitching
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  for the Twins, Camilo Pascual. Our airtime for
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  our baseball warm -up show, 115 on many of these
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  same stations, and for the broadcast itself,
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  125. Hunters 2 -1 pitch coming. Hunter, who is
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  basically a control -type pitcher, has been at
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  the 3 -1 level on two different batters here
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  in the setting. Killebrew, who went for a curveball
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  on 3 -1 and crowded out. And out of Jimmy Hall.
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  Bryant calls for a pitch. Hunter acknowledges.
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  He walks in to all four. in a second inning.
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  And that plays to the plate. Earl Batty, right
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  -handed batting catcher who hit just short of
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  300 last year. Earl hit 297, and I'll tell you,
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  it's a big 297 when Batty hits it because of
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  this. He is very slow, possibly one of the slowest
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  runners in the American League, which means he
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  doesn't get many infield hits during the course
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  of the year. Earl has to hit that ball between
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  fielders and infielders. Mighty fine player.
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  This guy knocked in 60 runs last year. Hunter
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  pitches. Fastball hit on the ground to Wayne
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  Cozy. He's got it down the green for one out.
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  Over to first base. An easy double play and that
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  retires the side. Fanny. An easy double play,
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  Mark, if he hits the ball on the ground with
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  anybody else on. In the second inning. No runs.
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  One hit. No errors. One man left on base. After
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  two innings at the Met Stadium in the Twin Cities
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  to score, Kansas City nothing, Minnesota nothing.
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  Now, KCMO Confidential. 60 seconds inside a great
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  radio station. It's 5 a .m. at KCMO Radio. A
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  slight figure hunched against the morning breeze
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  enters the front door. In the background, the
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  faint screams of flattened struts. Splendid old
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  special can be heard as the all -night milk dickie
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  show fades slowly into limbo. The studio door.
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  A brief gaze at the material is plunged carefully
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  under the chair. A coat draped over what appears
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  to be an empty, gluttonous handlebar. A body
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  slumps into the chair with a sigh. And suddenly...
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  Good morning, world! The day takes on a bright
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  new sheen on the Jack Elliott Show. Five hours
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  of fun and fun. Special features of the Jack
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  Elliott Show include agri -news, sports, weather,
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  and the important news. 981 PCMO for Jack Elliott.
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  This has been KCMO Confidential. 60 seconds inside
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  a great radio station. Kansas City Athletics
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  to lead off the third inning. Here's Dick Green,
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  the second baseman. He'll be followed by Ed Charles
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  and the pitcher, Jimmy Hunter. Green last year
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  for Kansas City batted .232. He hit 15 home runs,
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  knocked in 55 runs. Grant pitches. Green takes
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  a look at a strike. It cost him. The ball's one
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  strike. We're underway in the third inning of
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  the first game of the 1966 season. In the fourth
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  inning, Boston leads Baltimore 3 -2. The Yankees
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  and Detroit scoreless in the fourth. Bouncing
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  ball hit by Green to Armand Killebrew. The Twins'
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  third baseman throws him out. Went away. Mudcat
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  Grant, who did not get his first start for the
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  Twins last season until three weeks into the
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  season, is the opening day pitcher here in 1966.
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  And he feels that he won 21 games last year,
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  not starting until three weeks after the season
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  got underway. This should give him about three
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  or four extra starts, and he might be a 25 -game
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  winner this year. Here's a pitch to Charles.
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  And the A's third baseman takes a curve outside.
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  Ball one. The California Angels and the Chicago
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  White Sox playing today in Chicago. No score
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  in the third inning. The bench. Again, a curve
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  ball misses outside. Kansas City nothing, Minnesota
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  nothing. One out, third inning. Today at the
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  Big Cats, one newspaper bill this day. The pitch.
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  High fly ball. Hits behind the plate. Earl Batty
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  coming back. May have a play on it right in front
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  of the screen. It hits on the screen, protecting
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  the stand behind the plate. So Ed Charles is
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  still alive. The count, two balls and one strike.
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  Yes, the papers were saying it's a battle between
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  cats. Mudcat. And Catfish. And to continue along
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  the veins of nicknames, Mudcat Grant has a brother
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  by the name of Swampfire Grant, who used to be
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  a pitcher. Do one pitch. Knocks him down, ball
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  three. Good to see some colorful names back in
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  baseball for a while. Baseball became a little
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  bit staid in that respect. As you and I were
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  growing up, most of us used to remember quite
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  well the nicknames. Here's a bit. Charles takes
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  it inside and high in the eighth half there.
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  First baserunner of the afternoon. As Ed Charles
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  works Mudcat Grant for a walk. The eighth pitcher,
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  Jimmy Hunter, comes up. Quite a story this young
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  fella has given the baseball world. Baseball
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  scouts had given up on him because part of his
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  foot had been shot off. Here's the pitch. He
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  busts it right out in front of the plate. It
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  kicks off foul to the first base side. Hunter
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  still to this day has quite a few fuck shots
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  in his foot despite an operation that removed
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  some 27 of them. That's the Mayo Clinic up here
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  in Minnesota, by the way, right after he signed
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  the contract with the Athletics. Charles leads
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  off first. Here's the bench. He busts the ball
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  hard out towards the mound, and it's bobbled
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  momentarily by Grant. He hustles, picks it up,
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  throws the first. He got his man on a flat, scrambling
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  play. That Grant is quite an athlete. He went
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  over to his left that time, trying to pick up
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  a funny ball by Hunter. The ball bounced off
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  his glove. He fell down, but scrambled it while
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  still on his knees. Through the first base, to
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  Bernie Allen's covering, and he got Hunter. But
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  Ed Charles advances to second on the sacrifice,
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  and back to the top of the A's order we go for
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  Jose Tarnable. Base hit now could give the Athletics
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  the lead in the ballgame, as Charles is at second
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  base. Tarnable, skied out to right field his
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  first trip. There's a curveball, bounced out
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  towards first base. Fair territory, fielded by
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  Mitchell, he steps on the bag, and the A's don't
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  score this inning. No runs are hit, the man left
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  on, and after two and a half innings, the score...
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  Well, baseball in the air and on the air. What
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  a treat it is for Monty and me to be here in
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  the home of the 1965 American League champions.
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  And fans, the important thing you want to remember
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  is that we'll be facing this same ball club back
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  at beautiful Municipal Stadium in Kansas City.
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  And we hope you'll be with us in person, 7 o
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  'clock starting time, April 19th. Why don't you
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  get your tickets at the Plaza, 4628 Werno, Townhouse,
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  Kansas City, Kansas, Macy's Downtown, the Blue
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  Ridge Mall, Center Office, and the Caps Drug
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  Stores, North Kansas City, 1914 Swift. And 75th
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  and Metcalf. Now, both of those cash drugstores
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  have tickets all day, every day, seven days a
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  week. So get your tickets and be on hand with
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  us and welcome the athletics back to Kansas City,
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  won't you? Against these same twins. We start
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  the last of the third inning. Bernie Allen, the
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  Twins' second baseman who made a spectacular
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  play robbing Wayne Causey of a base hit. Here's
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  the leadoff banner against Jimmy Hunter. Here's
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  the bench. Inside at half -all -one. Bernie last
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  year was about ready to give up baseball. He
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  had had a knee operation the year before. The
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  Twins, after spring training, sent him to the
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  minor leagues to Denver, and he decided to give
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  up baseball. Here's the ball hit foul out of
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  play. But the Twins front office talked him into
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  staying in the game and playing for a while at
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  Denver, seeing if he could get his knee into
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  shape. He never did really get back in top shape
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  last year. Bernie had a great year with the Twins,
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  his rookie season in 1962. He hit .269 that year.
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  The one -on -one bench, curveball, rips into
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  the right field corner, a base hit. Herzberger
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  chasing the ball and goes. Hands on here in the
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  third inning. The pitcher, Grant, is at the plate
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  now. He's looking for the bunt. Grant does not
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  bunt. He hits the ball foul. Out of play. The
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  Twins have had two base hits so far in the ballgame.
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  Nobody down here in the third. The bench. There's
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  the button. Down the first baseline and it stays
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  right over the chalk line. Picked up by Harrelson.
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  He tags his man out as he goes by. But Grant
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  moves out and over to third base with only one
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  away. Back to zone oversize. Both pitchers have
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  been called upon to sacrifice runners down and
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  they've both successfully done so. popped up
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  to third base this first trip. And now we're
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  getting a first look of the official 1966 season
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  at the Kansas City Athletics. Defensive infield
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  pulled in on the grass in the early innings to
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  try to cut off a run. Al Dark plans to do this
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  a lot. Hunter winding. Here's the pitch to Versailles.
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  The curveball hit right back towards the mound.
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  Hunter's got it. Holds the runner at third. Throws
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  the first. He got it. What a curveball Hunter
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  threw. Let's pause right here for station identification.
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  This is the Kansas City A's baseball network.
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  This is KCMO Radio Dial 81, Kansas City, Missouri.
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  Currently 44 degrees with light rain and haze
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  in Kansas City. Four minutes past two. At the
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  Met Stadium in Minneapolis, St. Paul, this is
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  Monty Moore with Lynn Ferris. Happy to have you
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  join us today, and we hope that you'll make it
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  a regular habit to keep your radio dial set right
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  where it is throughout. The 1966 baseball season.
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  Here's Sandy Valespino with two down. The infield
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  can go back now, except for Ed Charles, the third
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  baseman, who will play right about the line.
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  An attempted bluff down the line by Bernie Allen
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  as Hunter went into a full windup. And Hunter
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  threw the ball and was fouled off. It looked
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  for a moment as if Bernie Allen might be coming
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  towards the plate. Ed Charles is over talking
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  with Hunter now on the mound as Ed had tried
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  to fluff the runner back into third base with
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  a couple of slaps of the glove. Ernie has always
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  been quite fast. I don't know if he's that fast
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  that he could steal home with two down like this.
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  Now the 0 -1 pitch. Hit the ball right by Ed
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  Charles. It actually hit Charles' glove. As Charles
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  made a dive to his right. So Val Despino gets
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  credit for a base hit, a run batted in. The Twins
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  lead 1 -0, 2 down, and here's Tony Oliva. The
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  runner at first gets the lead. Ryder steps off
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  the rubber and drives him back in. The Twins,
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  defending American League champions, not being
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  picked by many of the riders or broadcasters
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  to repeat. There's a bench. Foul out of play.
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  Strike one. But here in the Twin Cities area,
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  all their broadcasters and riders think the Twins
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  can do it again. And the Twins players do a man
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  feel they have a better ball club this year than
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  the club that won the pennant last year. We'll
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  see lots of them in the next week or so. The
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  throw to first. Val Espino is back in. Our first
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  11 games of the 1966 season will be with the
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  teams who finished first and second last year.
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  The Twins and the White Sox. The A's have their
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  work cut out for them. Pitch. Bounce right back
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  to the mound on one hop. Hunter's got it. Throw.
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  the first and down go the twins. In the third
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  inning, one run, two hits, one big error, and
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  one left on. After three innings of play at the
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  Met Stadium, the score, Minnesota 1, Kansas City
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  a division of KCMO Broadcasting. The leadoff
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  batter for the Athletics in the top half of the
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  fourth inning, Mike Hershberger, who grounded
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  out to the first base with his first trap. Grant
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  starts him off with a ball in the dirt. One ball
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  and 0 strikes the count. Well, Cleveland and
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  Washington got the baseball season underway yesterday,
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  and the Indians rallied for four runs in the
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  ninth inning to beat Washington 5 -2. Batting
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  heroes of that game yesterday, Calavito had three
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  hits for the Indians. Ball two to Hershberger.
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  Max Alves had three hits. And Sam McDowell was
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  the winning pitcher in that game. He led the
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  American League in strikeouts last year and started
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  off pretty strongly again this year. by striking
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  out nine yesterday. And Lynn has a note here
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  on that Baltimore -Boston ball game about the
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  Robinson guys. To steal a phrase from Batman,
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  Marty, the Robinson dynamic duo has struck. Brooks
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  homered in the first, nobody on. And Frank Robinson
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  has just homered in the fifth, nobody on. Those
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  guys are going to score lots of runs this year,
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  Baltimore. They're being picked by a lot of people.
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  It's ball three to Mike Hershberger. Frank Robinson,
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  a great new star in the American League. Long
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  time, great in the National League. Here's a
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  pitch. Strike to Hershberger, 3 -1. Mike was
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  taking all the way. Three balls, one strike count.
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  The Twins 1 -0. Hershberger gets back into the
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  plate. Ball hit deep in the right center field.
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  Way back goes Tony Oliva. He's at the fence.
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  He can't get it. It's off the fence. Hershberger
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  on the way to second. He's digging around second,
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  going to third. Here comes a throw across the
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  infield, and Hershberger is in there with a triple.
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  Tony Oliva crashed hard into the fence in right
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  field. He got up off the ground, chased the carom,
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  and made a strong throw all the way to third
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  base. But Hershberger is in there. the year for
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  the Kansas City Athletics. And here's Wayne Causey.
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  The Twins center fielder Jimmy Hall was just
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  over talking with Oliva, and their manager Sam
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  Neely stood up on the top step of the dugout
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  to find out if Tony O were okay, and he is. So
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  we'll continue now. The Twins in field will play
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  halfway. They will not come in. The early innings
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  to try to cut off the tying run. Here's the pitch
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  to cause it. Foul ball. It's out of play. The
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  Twins, of course, have all the mashers. They
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  can hit the long ball. They're expected to score
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  a lot of runs. Alvin Dark thinks it's foolish
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  for a club that he doesn't think will score a
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  lot of runs this year to give up runs easily
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  in the early innings, which has long been something
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  that many of us have wondered about. to Causey.
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  One ball and one strike. So many times you'll
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  see a club early in the innings when a runner
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  gets a third base do as the twins are doing.
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  Back up, of course, they're trying to cut off
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  what could be a big inning and they'll give up
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  the one run. 1 -1 fetch. Causey takes it high.
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  Ball two. And Hershberger might be bothering
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  Mudcat Grant a little bit with a mad dash about
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  40 feet down the foul line as Grant goes into
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  the windup. Wayne Causey. In a number of years,
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  played with the Kansas City A's, the veteran
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  of the ball club. 2 -1 pitch. Grab ball hit out
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  towards the shortstop. Versailles picks it up.
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  Holds Hershberger at third and throws it out.
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  So Causey is out at first base, and Hershberger
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  did have to hold on because the ball was hit
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  to the left side of the infield. Though their
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  infield was playing, not shallow, they were not
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  playing too deep either, and of course Versailles
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  has that great arm. Now here's Bill Bryant. a
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  fly ball to the shortstop his first trip. Went
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  leading 1 -0. The A's have Hershberger at third.
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  Brad Wise pitches to Bryan inside and high. He
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  really cut that one loose. Ball one. Mudcat Grant
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  gets the sign from Batty. Throws. Bryant looks
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  at a strike over the outside corner. One ball
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  and one strike. A well -placed pitch by Mudcat
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  Grant. Joe Pepitone has just hit a home run for
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  the New York Yankees in the fifth inning with
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  nobody on. So the score there is at least the
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  Yankees 1 and the Tigers nothing. Pitch to Bryant.
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  sideline, I think, and a rather surprising one,
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  I think, within the last couple of days developed
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  in the Yankee camp when Mickey Mantle announced
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  as the Yankees broke spring training camp that
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  he was going to be the starting center fielder
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  for the Yankees. He said, I'm ready after his
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  operation, and he is in the starting lineup for
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  the Yankees today. Fetch to Bryant, way outside,
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  ball three. And Grant is obviously trying to
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  keep that ball away from Bill Bryant's pulling
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  car. Wind is a favoring wind for a left -handed
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  batter today. If Bryant could get one up into
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  the air, it could carry deep enough in right
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  field easily to knock in Hershberger from third.
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  3 -1 pitch. Changeup. Bryant swings a miss and
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  he had a good kind of a changeup. A mighty fine
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  pitch for Mudcat Grant. He threw a straight change
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  off his fastball when Bryant had to be looking
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  for a fastball right now. Now Mudcat Grant really
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  needs a strikeout. Bryant digs in. Here's the
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  pitch. Bounce ball out to the first base side.
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  That's going to knock in Hershberger. Bryant
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  is out as Mincher steps on the bag at first.
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  But the ball game is all tied up at one and one.
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  And Bill Bryant gets a run batted in. So Bill
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  hung in there against Mudcat Grant. And knocked
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  in the run. Here's Ken Harrelson who was called
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  out on strikes his first trip to the plate. the
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  fourth inning of this ball game between the A's
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  and the Twins. Last year we had a lot of great
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  games with Minnesota. The pitch to Harrelson,
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  a snap curveball. A little high ball one. The
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  Twins, who won the championship last year, only
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  beat the A's ten times. We beat them eight times.
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  So we played the pennant winners pretty closely
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  last year. Here's one offense. Inside to the
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  Hawks. Ball two. The A's under new manager Al
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  Dark. A highly spirited group as they left spring
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  training with 14 victories this year. Two offense.
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  Curveball to Harrelson is high. Ball three. Larry
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  Stahl on deck. There are two down here in the
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  fourth. And the A's return home next Tuesday.
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  Tuesday night to play these same Minnesota Twins.
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  Game time, 7 o 'clock. Debbie Bryant, Miss America,
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  will be there to throw out the first ball for
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  the A's. Three -0 pitch. Ground ball hit in the
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  hole between third and short. Cut off nicely
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  by Killebrew. Great play. Throws him out. In
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  the fourth inning, the A's get one run. One hit.
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  In the middle of the fourth, the score, the A's
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  won and the Twins won. Opening day for the 1966
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  baseball season. A day filled with all the excitement
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  and pageantry that is baseball. For our Kansas
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  City A's, it isn't quite the same as opening
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  day at Municipal Stadium, but nonetheless, it
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  is the first game. And in addition to those of
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  you listening to this broadcast presented by
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  Ham's Beer, there are plenty of A's fans right
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  here at Metropolitan Stadium. It is fitting that
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  this first game is played here because Met Stadium
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  is in the heart of the land of Sky Blue Waters
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  because today's game and every A's game is brought
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  to you by Ham's Beer, brewed in the land of Sky
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  Blue Waters. From waters best for brewing, lots
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  of fans across the country call Ham's the baseball
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  beer. Ham's also presents the play -by -play
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  of all Minnesota Twins games. On the West Coast,
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  San Francisco fans gather around bottles of Ham's
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  to follow the action of all the Giants games.
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  Ham's is the baseball beer, but the reason you
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  should try Ham's is because you'll like Ham's.
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  It refreshes you best. Mighty fine words, Len
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  Farris, and certainly that's true. We are right
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  here in the heart of America, where the Ham's
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  Beer Main Brewery is located. Just a few miles
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  from the ballpark. Ready to go now with Harmon
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  Killebrew. Last half of the fourth inning. Harmon
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  grounded out Dwayne Causey. His first trip to
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  the plate. Jimmy Catfish Hunter throws a fastball.
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  Swinging track one. He threw his sinker that
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  time. Jimmy holds his fastball differently when
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  he wants it to sail and when he wants it to sink.
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  He can turn that ball over when he wishes to.
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  Here's the old one bench. Outside. One ball,
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  one strike. The A's won and the Twins won. There's
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  the curve to Killebrew and it's fouled off. Strike
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  two. Tomorrow, Raleigh Sheldon will pitch for
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  Kansas City and on Thursday against the Twins,
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  Brett Talbot. Camilo Pascual tomorrow for the
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  Twins and Jim Cotton on Thursday. Andrew hits
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  a sharp ground ball to Wayne Causey. Wayne throws
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  him out. One away in the fourth inning. Here's
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  Don Mincher, who doubled his first trip to the
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  plate. The A's have some new ticket locations
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  this year and certainly some very well -placed
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  ticket locations for the convenience of our fans
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  all around the greater Kansas City area. We'll
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  give you the locations where you can buy tickets
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  to all future Kansas City A's games. One of our
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  new ticket offices is on the Blue Ridge Mall,
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  the center office number 55. Out in the Independence
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  area, here's a fit to venture. Fastball tails
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  off away from him, ball one. The A's have a ticket
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  outlet in the Cat's Drugstore in North Kansas
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  City at 1914 Swift Avenue. Open regular hours.
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  You can buy A's tickets there almost any hour.
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  Here's a fit. Outside, ball two. Another catch
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  drugstore with a great big A's ticket -selling
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  sign out on their billboard. 75th and Metcalf.
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  More of the people in the Johnson County area.
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  Here are the two old vets. Metcher takes a whack
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  at it and hits it up into the air behind the
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  shortstop position. The wind is bringing it back
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  out of the dirt part of the infield, and Causey
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  stays right with it to make the catch. So there
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  are two out in the fourth, and here's Jimmy Hall.
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  The Athletics have a ticket office in downtown
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  Kansas City. If you happen to be in that area,
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  we'd like to buy tickets for opening night next
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  Tuesday at Macy's. And out in Kansas City, Kansas
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  at the Townhouse Hotel. And the Plaza ticket
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  office at 4628 Warnall Road. As well as the ticket
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  office at the stadium. Oh, it's a fly ball. Foul
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  territory. Here are the A's dugout. Ed Charles,
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  A's third baseman over there. He's got it. And
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  the signage retired in order here in the fourth
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  inning of the ballgame. So the Twins don't score,
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  and it remains the same. Kansas City 1, Minnesota
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  1. Well, Monty, let's once again check in on
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  our A scoreboard. In the American League, after
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  five innings, the New York Yankees lead the Detroit
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  Tigers 1 -0 on Joe Pepitone's home run at Ford
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  against Lulich. Baltimore and Boston now after
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  six is tied up. 3 -3. Barber versus Wilson. The
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  Robinson boys have struck. Brooks in the first
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  with nobody on. Frank hitting a fifth inning
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  homer. No, no. California -Chicago. No score
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  after three and a half. Chance fueling John.
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  Yesterday, Cleveland bested Washington 5 -2.
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  McDowell over Rickert, Frank Howard a home run.
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  In the National League, there's only one game
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  that will be played this afternoon. The Cubs
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  in San Francisco, Brolio versus Marichal, Houston,
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  Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, and Philadelphia,
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  St. Louis, all will play tonight. Jack Fisher
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  and Milt Pappas will have to wait another day.
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  The Mets in Cincinnati have been rained out for
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  the second time now, and it's the first time
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  since the year 1913 Cincinnati has been rained
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  out. for the athletics here in the fifth inning
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  of the ballgame. If you'd like to know more about
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  Larry Stahl, a rookie with the A's this year,
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  and all the other Kansas City A's players, a
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  reminder that the A's yearbook is off the presses
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  now, and fans who have ordered these books by
• 41:46
  mail should be receiving them this week. Here's
• 41:48
  a pitch to Larry Stahl, and it's a strike from
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  Mudcat Draft. If you fans have not ordered as
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  yet, do so soon by sending your check or money
• 41:56
  order for 75 cents to yearbook, Kansas City A's
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  Municipal Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri. Dark
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  breaking curveball, swung on and missed by Stahl.
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  No balls, two strikes. That yearbook this year
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  is a dandy. Got some new features in it that
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  you've never seen in an A's yearbook before,
• 42:15
  plus lots of pictures of the A's players and
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  families, complete backgrounds of all the Kansas
• 42:21
  City players. The 0 -2 pitch, wasted outside
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  ball one. Fifth inning on a beautiful day in
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  Minnesota. I say beautiful, it's clear, it is
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  cold. The high is forecast 50 degrees. 1 -2 pitch,
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  curve. High ball two. The A's worked out here
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  in Minnesota yesterday in temperature 42 degrees.
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  They had a short batting practice. Two -two pitch.
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  Larry hits a drive to right field. Right straight
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  at Tony Oliva, who makes the grab. One away.
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  A's second baseman Dick Green comes up now. Twins
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  1 and the Athletics 1. Twins flying the pennant
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  of the American League champions. Green at the
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  sharp ground ball past third base. Foul. Strike
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  one. American League President Joe Cronin is
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  here today. He was here to help with the pennant
• 43:45
  raising ceremonies. Somewhere in the neighborhood
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  of 20 ,000 fans. The Twins have never had a crowd
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  opening the season of over 24 ,000. Of course.
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  And it will be played this afternoon. The Cubs
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  in San Francisco, Brolio versus Marichal, Houston,
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  Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, and Philadelphia,
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  St. Louis, all will play tonight. Jack Fisher
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  and Milk Pappas will have to wait another day.
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  The Mets in Cincinnati have been rained off for
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  the second time now, and it's the first time
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  since the year 1913 Cincinnati has been rained
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  off. leads off for the Athletics here in the
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  fifth inning of the ballgame. If you'd like to
• 44:32
  know more about Larry Stahl, a rookie with the
• 44:35
  A's this year, and all the other Kansas City
• 44:36
  A's players, a reminder that the A's yearbook
• 44:39
  is off the presses now, and fans who have ordered
• 44:41
  these books by Mayo should be receiving them
• 44:43
  this week. Here's a pic to Larry Stahl, and it's
• 44:46
  a strike from Mudcat Grass. If you fans have
• 44:49
  not ordered as yet, do so soon by sending your
• 44:52
  check or money order for 75 cents to yearbook.
• 44:55
  Kansas City A's Municipal Stadium, Kansas City,
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  Missouri. Sharp, breaking curveball, one run
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  and missed by Stahl. No balls, two strikes. That
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  yearbook this year is a dandy. It's got some
• 45:09
  new features in it that you've never seen in
• 45:10
  an A's yearbook before, plus lots of pictures
• 45:13
  of the A's players and families, complete backgrounds
• 45:17
  of all the Kansas City players. The 0 -2 pitch,
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  wasted outside ball one. It's a beautiful day
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  in Minnesota. I say beautiful, it's clear. It
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  is cold. The high is forecast 50 degrees. One
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  -two pitch, curve high, ball two. The A's worked
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  out here in Minnesota yesterday in temperature
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  42 degrees. They had a short batting practice.
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  Two -two pitch. Larry hits a drive to right field.
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  Right straight at Tony Oliva, who makes the grab.
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  One away. A second baseman, Dick Green, comes
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  up now. Wins one and the Athletics won. Twins
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  flying the pennant of the American League champions.
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  Green hits a sharp ground ball past third base.
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  Foul. Strike one. American League President Joe
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  Cronin is here today. He was here to help with
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  the pennant raising ceremonies. Somewhere in
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  the neighborhood of 20 ,000 fans. The Twins have
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  never had a crowd opening the season of over
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  24 ,000. Of course, that's highly attributable
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  to the bad weather they ordinarily have up here
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  this time of year. Before the year's over, they'll
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  make up for what they don't have on opening day.
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  One strike pitch to Green, shortened up on the
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  bat, faked a bun, and took it outside. One and
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  one now. We're certainly highly encouraged about
• 47:14
  the great ticket sale we had in Kansas City for
• 47:16
  our athletics, and the A's will be coming home
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  to start a series against the Twins and another
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  against the White Sox next Tuesday night. 1 -1
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  pitch. Fly ball hit on the infield to the right
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  side. First baseman Don Metcher calling for it
• 47:31
  as it comes down about five feet from first base.
• 47:33
  Two away. And that brings to the plate third
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  baseman Ed Charles. The Athletics have had only
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  one base hit. Got tripled by Hershberger in the
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  fourth inning. He was knocked in by Bill Bryant
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  who grounded out the first base. The Twins have
• 47:51
  had only three hits, so the pitchers have taken
• 47:53
  over here this afternoon. Here's a pitch. Charles
• 47:57
  hits one high up into the air in a short right
• 47:59
  center field. Tony Oliva calling for it. Having
• 48:02
  to move to his left now. He's got it. So the
• 48:05
  first half of the ball game is over. And the
• 48:08
  score in the middle of the fifth inning. The
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  age one and the twins one. And now, fans, just
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  for a moment, why don't you close your eyes and
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  wrap your hand around a cold hams beer and bend
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  an ear to this. Listen. The land of sky blue
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  waters is calling. From the land of sky blue
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  waters comes the water best for brewing hams
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  beer, refreshing hams beer. The beer that's brewed
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  with water best. Tastes best, refreshes you best.
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  Only Ham's has that refreshing sky blue waters
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  flavor. Every Ham's has it. Glass after glass
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  after glass. The one right beer for those who
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  want another. Ham's tastes so right, it bears
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  repeating. the first ball game of the 1966 season,
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  and the guy is going to give you lots of pleasure
• 49:26
  doing lots of home stretches this year, our new
• 49:28
  baseball broadcasting partner, a mighty fine
• 49:30
  fellow from down in New Orleans recently, Chicago
• 49:32
  originally, but let's turn him loose right now.
• 49:34
  Here's Len Ferris. Thank you very much, Monty.
• 49:37
  Hello again, everybody. Earl Fatty will lead
• 49:39
  off. I guess my cat, our cat fish hunter, takes
• 49:42
  a ball. I knew we were going to get those fish
• 49:44
  mixed up. Press making quite a bit of a fish
• 49:48
  element here. Catfish versus Mudcat. Batty has
• 49:51
  been up one time and hit into the only double
• 49:53
  play in the game. Next pitch. Smashing the ground
• 49:55
  in a hole. Foggy backhand and he's going to have
• 49:58
  a long throw. He got him. What a scoop out of
• 50:01
  the dirt by our first -place win, Haroldson.
• 50:05
  Because he made an outstanding play. And it was
• 50:10
  a tough one from the well. And in fairness to
• 50:13
  the Twins, perhaps a faster man. But the outs
• 50:22
  always look good, don't they? One gone. Ernie
• 50:25
  Allen will come up to the plate now. One gone
• 50:28
  of a 1 -1 ball game. Allen is one for one. Here's
• 50:32
  the pitch. There's a drive and a little center
• 50:33
  field in the alley. This could be real trouble.
• 50:35
  Tartable running to his right and gloves it.
• 50:39
  Fine running grab by Jose Tartable as the A's
• 50:42
  continue to show that speed and defensive ability.
• 50:46
  And Alvin Dark has been so emphatic on starting
• 50:50
  back in spring training from the very first day.
• 50:56
  It was Allen who started the little uprising
• 50:59
  there in the third inning when he got a swing
• 51:01
  on the right field. When Hershberger let it go
• 51:03
  by for an error, Allen went to second. It was
• 51:06
  sacrificed to third by Grant after Versailles
• 51:08
  grounded off Al Espino, brought him in with a
• 51:10
  swing on the left, and the Twins led 1 -0. And
• 51:13
  Villiers tied it up on the fourth on a triple
• 51:15
  by Hershberger. And an infield out by Bryan.
• 51:17
  Now the batter is Whatcat Grant. Takes a called
• 51:20
  strike. Nice breaking pitch right at the knees.
• 51:24
  A's won. And the Twins won. The curtain raiser
• 51:29
  of 1966. Youngster is all ready. He deals. Called
• 51:33
  strike again. Outside corner. Temperature 52
• 51:38
  degrees at game time. The wind out of the east
• 51:41
  at 13 miles per hour. Now Hunter is ready. The
• 51:47
  pitch, low. The wind is coming out of the left
• 51:54
  field corner, blowing over the double deck stands
• 51:58
  and left. It's changed a little bit since before
• 52:00
  game time. Curve hit on the ground towards third.
• 52:03
  Scooped up nicely by Charles. The throw, in time.
• 52:08
  And the A's shut down the Twins. Hunter now has
• 52:11
  retired seven in a row. Three up, three down.
• 52:14
  Nothing a cause. And the score after five full
• 52:17
  innings of play remains. Minnesota Twins won.
• 52:20
  The Kansas City A's won. Now. KCMO Confidential.
• 52:28
  60 seconds inside a great radio station. It's
• 52:32
  early afternoon. The morning has melted away.
• 52:36
  Where does the time go? The neighbor lady drops
• 52:38
  in for coffee. A phone call from the cub master
• 52:41
  pleading for den mothers. A 45 -minute conversation
• 52:44
  with an old high school chum just passing through
• 52:47
  town who you never liked in the first place.
• 52:49
  A visit from your minister asking you to take
• 52:51
  over the entire vacation church school. A trucker
• 52:54
  unloads a cord of wood ordered in the dead of
• 52:57
  winter on your newly planted tomato bushes and
• 52:59
  it's 70 degrees. And your husband has just called
• 53:02
  and said he's bringing the boss home for dinner
• 53:04
  and the house still needs... and you're frantic
• 53:07
  and you don't know how you're going to make it
• 53:08
  through the day. Hi, welcome to the Dan Ronald
• 53:11
  Show. Ah, there's help. Dan Ronald and his velvet
• 53:15
  voice from 2 to 5 every afternoon. This has been
• 53:20
  KCMO Confidential. 60 seconds inside a great
• 53:24
  radio station. Next inning, we'll pause 10 seconds
• 53:28
  for station identification. This is the Kansas
• 53:31
  City Athletics Baseball Network. This is KCMO
• 53:34
  Radio 81, Kansas City, Missouri. Mid -America's
• 53:37
  important news station. 44 degrees, now 231.
• 53:45
  At Metropolitan Stadium in the Twin Cities, this
• 53:48
  is Lynn Ferris with Marty Moore. Hopefully you're
• 53:50
  enjoying our broadcast, fans, wherever you are,
• 53:53
  whatever you're doing. This game and all athletics
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  games are brought to you by Ham's Beer. Have
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  a ham. Pitcher versus pitcher. Catfish Hunter
• 54:01
  pops one up on the left side of the infield.
• 54:03
  Versailles is there. He's got it. So Hunter,
• 54:08
  who had sacrificed his only previous trip in
• 54:10
  the third inning, is the first out here in the
• 54:13
  top of the sixth. And this ball game is really
• 54:15
  sailing. Out of the top of the batting order,
• 54:18
  Jose Tartavale. 0 for 2. He's flying to center
• 54:20
  and grounded out. The A's have one hit, but it
• 54:24
  was a big one, a triple by Hershberger, who came
• 54:26
  in on an infield out by Bill Bryan. 1 -1 ball
• 54:29
  game. The speedster, Tartable, at the plate.
• 54:34
  Fans here seeing an outstanding pitcher's duel.
• 54:37
  There's a called strike on the outside corner,
• 54:39
  says Larry Knapp, calling the balls and strikes.
• 54:42
  John Rice at first base, Al Salerno at second,
• 54:45
  Jim Odom at third. Those are your American League
• 54:47
  umpires for this series. Outside and wall ball.
• 54:56
  Killebrew at third, Versailles at short, Allen
• 54:58
  at second, Mincher at first, Val Espino at left,
• 55:01
  Paul in center, Oliva in right, Earl batting
• 55:03
  back of the plate, and Grant on the mound. The
• 55:05
  pitch curve is going on, and a liner down the
• 55:07
  right field line, fair ball! And it's going into
• 55:09
  the corner, look at Tartable go around first.
• 55:11
  Ball fielded by Oliva, and Jose has a double.
• 55:14
  He goes in standing up, and that's only the second
• 55:16
  hit of Mudcat Grant. Tartable laced up beauty,
• 55:21
  just inside the line. Don't expect to hear too
• 55:28
  many cheers when the A's do something outstanding.
• 55:35
  I don't have to tell you the rabid followers
• 55:37
  here in the Twin Cities. Now the batter, Mike
• 55:41
  Hershberger. He owns the only other hit off Graham.
• 55:46
  Pitch is swung on and a pop foul. Back of first
• 55:48
  out of play. Landis Hershberger has really had
• 55:51
  a fine spring with the bat. He has taken it very
• 55:54
  slowly with his arm. He has, of course, not extended
• 55:57
  it any since he did have the operation on the
• 55:59
  winter on his throwing elbow. But he has really
• 56:01
  had a great swing down there. And, you know,
• 56:03
  some have said that maybe his protecting his
• 56:06
  arm a little bit has made him cut down on his
• 56:07
  swing and develop a better swing at the plate.
• 56:12
  Grant steps off the slab, and Hershberger is
• 56:14
  tired of waiting. Action here in the same ballpark
• 56:20
  tomorrow and on Thursday. Friday is an off day,
• 56:22
  and then the A's invade White Sox Park, Chicago.
• 56:25
  Single game Saturday, a twin bill on Sunday.
• 56:29
  Now here's Hershberger with a chance to drive
• 56:31
  and a run. The pitch. There's a bouncer towards
• 56:33
  short. Versailles is going to his right. Juggles
• 56:35
  the ball, and Hershberger is on. It's a base
• 56:40
  hit. Part of all. Did not try to lead second,
• 56:44
  and I think Versailles took his eye off the ball.
• 56:47
  He was very concerned about Pardable at second
• 56:49
  base. And in so doing, juggled the baseball,
• 56:53
  but they ruled it a base hit. Since it went into
• 56:56
  the hole, and the shortstop had to go to his
• 56:57
  right. Runners at first and second now, hit number
• 57:00
  three off Grant, and Wayne Crossey's at the plate,
• 57:03
  0 for 2. Takes a strike call to the knee. Grant
• 57:19
  peers in to get his sign from Batting. Deals.
• 57:24
  Low of all. The count is 1 -1. One man out. The
• 57:29
  game is tied 1 -1. We're playing in the top half
• 57:31
  of the sixth inning. Hayes did very well against
• 57:39
  this ball club last year. Better than Minnesota's
• 57:41
  fans would like to recall. Here's the stretch
• 57:44
  and the pitch. There's a low liner towards short.
• 57:47
  Grabbed by Versailles. It's over to second. Out
• 57:49
  back into the first inning. And the stepping
• 57:54
  double play gets the Twins out of trouble here.
• 57:59
  Oh, the A's in the top of the sixth. No run.
• 58:02
  Two hits. No errors. One left. The score after
• 58:05
  five and a half innings of play remains Kansas
• 58:07
  City A's one, the Minnesota Twins one. When your
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• 59:20
  half of the sixth inning now. Wayne Causey hitting
• 59:23
  into that inning -ending double play. And the
• 59:27
  A's had a chance to score. Each side now has
• 59:32
  three hits in the ballgame. Top of the batting
• 59:34
  order, Versailles is up to a slow inside of all.
• 59:37
  He'll be followed by Val Espino and Tony Oliva.
• 59:41
  Hits in this game for the twins owned by Val
• 59:44
  Espino, Mincher, and Allen. Hunter has already
• 59:49
  deals a curve. A little low roller back to the
• 59:52
  mound over the first he got him. A's hits, double
• 1:00:01
  by Tartable, the triple, and single by Hershberger.
• 1:00:08
  Now Val Despino comes up. He flies to left field.
• 1:00:11
  That was a great catch, Larry Stormy. Gee, that
• 1:00:14
  was a beauty. And he's made so many of them in
• 1:00:18
  spring training. I can't recall him dropping
• 1:00:20
  one yet throughout spring training. And a sensational
• 1:00:24
  catch today. Al Despino is one for two. Takes
• 1:00:28
  low, a ball. It was his single that brought in
• 1:00:31
  Allen with the first run of the ball game in
• 1:00:33
  the third inning. It's one and one. Here are
• 1:00:36
  the Twin Cities in the sixth. Ryan flashes the
• 1:00:42
  sign. Here comes the pitch. Fly ball. Left field.
• 1:00:46
  Stahl is there, drifting to his right. He has
• 1:00:48
  it. Two gone will bring up Tony Oliva, who has
• 1:00:52
  flied to center and grounded out. The Mo Drabowski,
• 1:01:04
  former Kansas City A's pitcher, who was drafted
• 1:01:06
  by Baltimore over the winter, has just gone into
• 1:01:08
  the ballgame in the eighth inning for Agbar Baltimore
• 1:01:10
  Orioles in relief against Boston. Now Hunter
• 1:01:21
  taking his time. It's all set. Wines and deals.
• 1:01:24
  Swing and a miss. Catfish says the only way to
• 1:01:28
  pitch to Oliva is just throw the ball and hope.
• 1:01:30
  He says you've got to move it around on this
• 1:01:32
  guy. American League batting champion of 1965.
• 1:01:39
  He hit .262 against Kansas City pitching last
• 1:01:43
  year. Fifteen runs batted in. And four homers.
• 1:01:50
  The pitch on the way. Hot smash on the ground.
• 1:01:52
  What a stop by Green as he goes to his knees.
• 1:01:54
  Over to first. He got it. Three up and three
• 1:01:59
  down. And the 20 -year -old youngster continues
• 1:02:01
  to sail along. He's now retired the last ten
• 1:02:04
  minutes of whom he's faced. The score after six
• 1:02:07
  full innings of play remains Kansas City A's
• 1:02:10
  one and the Minnesota Twins one. The first game
• 1:02:15
  of the season. No matter how many baseball games
• 1:02:17
  you watch or listen to, there's something special
• 1:02:19
  about opening day. Everybody starts all even
• 1:02:22
  again, and hope runs high for players and fans
• 1:02:24
  alike. Today, our good friends at Traders National
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  Bank welcome the A's in baseball back to action.
• 1:02:31
  During the season, we'll be bringing you regular
• 1:02:34
  messages from Traders, so we hope all you fans
• 1:02:37
  will get acquainted real soon with Traders National,
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  the service bank of Kansas City, Grand at 12.
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  For fans of Kansas City Athletics, return back
• 1:02:48
  home to Municipal Stadium in Kansas City. We'll
• 1:02:50
  play these Twins at 7 o 'clock next Tuesday night.
• 1:02:53
  Plenty of good choice seats are available. We'd
• 1:02:55
  love to have that ballpark completely filled
• 1:02:57
  up to start off our season. The show days will
• 1:02:59
  be behind them all the way. We'll play the Twins
• 1:03:02
  again on Wednesday night, the 20th. Then the
• 1:03:04
  Chicago White Sox are in town for a weekend series
• 1:03:06
  on Friday night, the 22nd, Saturday night, the
• 1:03:08
  23rd, and Sunday afternoon, the 24th. Here are
• 1:03:17
  the six -inning totals on the ballgame. The Kansas
• 1:03:19
  City A's have one run on three hits. They've
• 1:03:23
  committed one error and left two men on base.
• 1:03:28
  The Minnesota Twins, one run, three hits, no
• 1:03:31
  errors. They've left two men on base. You know,
• 1:03:36
  talking about Oliva as we were a moment ago,
• 1:03:39
  it's interesting to note... But he had a rough
• 1:03:42
  time against Kansas City pitching. There's only
• 1:03:45
  one ball club against which he had a worse time,
• 1:03:47
  and that was the California Angels. He hit just
• 1:03:50
  .228 against them and .262 against the A's. First
• 1:03:56
  pitch is on its way, a called strike. And the
• 1:03:58
  batter is Bill Bryant. He's 0 for 2. He drove
• 1:04:00
  in a run. And that's unusual because the year
• 1:04:03
  before, Tony's first year in the American League,
• 1:04:05
  he hit right at .500. I think it was .484 or
• 1:04:07
  .485 against us for the year. Next pitch, lower
• 1:04:11
  ball. Well, you know, Marty, he hit the Boston
• 1:04:14
  Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, and
• 1:04:19
  the New York Yankees and Senators like he owned
• 1:04:21
  them. That is 4 -0 -3 against Boston. Now the
• 1:04:26
  1 -1 pitch to Bryant. Swing and a miss! He'll
• 1:04:32
  be followed to the plate by Harrelson and Larry
• 1:04:34
  Stahl. One and one here in the Twin Cities. Bryan
• 1:04:37
  is 0 for 2, but he drove in an important run
• 1:04:39
  in the fourth after Hershberger had tripled.
• 1:04:47
  Now Grant is ready. He delivers. There's a bouncer
• 1:04:49
  hit into the hole, and on the right side, Mincher
• 1:04:52
  cuts it off over to the pitcher on a nice play.
• 1:04:54
  They got him. Allen started for the ball. Mincher
• 1:04:57
  cut in front of him and made the play. One out,
• 1:05:03
  Ken Harrelson has struck out and grounded out.
• 1:05:11
  Grant was beaten twice last year by the Athletics.
• 1:05:16
  He was able to win only once, and that was in
• 1:05:19
  Kansas City when he beat John O'Donoghue 3 -1
• 1:05:21
  on July 2nd. Catch on his way, low ball. Both
• 1:05:27
  of the games he lost was right here. Boswell
• 1:05:35
  and Ragenberg working in the bullpen for the
• 1:05:38
  Twins. There's a ball. It's the outside corner,
• 1:05:45
  just below the knees. The A's have activity out
• 1:05:48
  there now. That bullpen is in deep right center,
• 1:05:50
  behind the fence, and just in front of the scoreboard.
• 1:05:55
  Dixon and Lindblad are throwing. Or Dodson, that
• 1:05:59
  is. That's Chuck Dodson. Pop -up foul territory
• 1:06:01
  between third and... And home. Killebrew's there.
• 1:06:04
  So is Batty. Batty has it. So Harrelson popped
• 1:06:12
  foul. We're on number two. And it will bring
• 1:06:14
  up Larry Stahl. He's over two. He's lined to
• 1:06:17
  right. And popped out to Killebrew. Both of those
• 1:06:27
  games, Grant lost to the A's last year. We're
• 1:06:30
  right here in this ballpark. He started four
• 1:06:33
  games against Kansas City, was able to complete
• 1:06:35
  only one. There's a line drive down the right
• 1:06:37
  field line. Curving foul. Stahl laid the wood
• 1:06:41
  to it. Kansas City marksman tagged Grant for
• 1:06:54
  24 hits in 23 innings. Better than a hit in any.
• 1:06:58
  And they nailed him for a three -home run. Now
• 1:07:03
  the one -strike pitch outside, 1 -1. Score of
• 1:07:07
  the ball game. Nobody on, two away. We're in
• 1:07:17
  the top of the seventh. Wind up in the pitch
• 1:07:20
  outside. Camilo Pascual, 9 -3 last year. Slater
• 1:07:27
  to go tomorrow against Raleigh Sheldon, who is
• 1:07:29
  10 -8. And on Thursday, expected to be 18 -game
• 1:07:32
  winner Jim Cott against Fred Talbot, who is 10
• 1:07:38
  -12. And a miss and a let -up curveball. Grant
• 1:07:43
  gave him a lot of motion. The count is 2 -2.
• 1:08:00
  Brisk wind continues to blow across the field
• 1:08:04
  left to right. Here it comes. Outside. That is
• 1:08:08
  3 -2. Mudcat Grant, native of Ohio, offers the
• 1:08:25
  3 -2 pitch. It's fouled off to the left. The
• 1:08:37
  pitcher of the year, 1965, 21 wins, 7 losses.
• 1:08:43
  Six of those 21 victories were shutouts. The
• 1:08:46
  3 -2 pitch again. Inside! He walked in. We have
• 1:08:51
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  Green is the batter. Here comes the pitch. Inside
• 1:09:30
  and high. Ball one. Larry Stoll at first base.
• 1:09:34
  Two men out here in the top of the seventh inning.
• 1:09:38
  1 -0, the count on Green. That walk to stall
• 1:09:43
  was the second. The hard -throwing right -hander
• 1:09:45
  is issued. Here it comes. It's up high again.
• 1:09:48
  And now the shortstop, Versailles, trots in toward
• 1:09:50
  the mound to say a few words to his pitcher.
• 1:09:55
  You know, the only guys able to beat this fella
• 1:09:57
  last year were Cleveland's Teot, the Yankees'
• 1:10:00
  Whitey Ford, Kansas City's Diego Segui, and Catfish
• 1:10:04
  Hunter, Yankees' Mel Stottlemyre. John Buzzhart
• 1:10:08
  of the White Sox and Aubrey Gatewood of the Angels.
• 1:10:17
  2 -0 the Cops. Stahl is an important man over
• 1:10:21
  there at first base. Ran into the stretch. Here
• 1:10:24
  it comes. Swung on and a drive into left center
• 1:10:26
  field. Val Espino going to his left. Paul to
• 1:10:28
  his right. It falls in. A base hit. Stahl around
• 1:10:30
  second. Turing for third. And he goes in standing
• 1:10:33
  up. The pro comes in. And it's cut off just back
• 1:10:38
  of the mound. Boy, talk about the reinforcement.
• 1:10:43
  Batty was there. Grant. Boy, talk about the reinforcement.
• 1:10:47
  Batty was there. Grant was there. Minter there.
• 1:10:50
  Of course, that's Minter's position. Come in
• 1:10:52
  and cover on that play. That's only the fourth
• 1:10:56
  hit. The A's take the lead in that category.
• 1:11:02
  The Twins have just three hits off Hunter. Now
• 1:11:04
  the A's have runners at first and third, and
• 1:11:06
  it brings up Ed Charles who has walked and flied
• 1:11:08
  to right. Charles waits at the plate. Here's
• 1:11:20
  the 50. Started to go and held up a ball. Ed
• 1:11:27
  batted .245 against this ball club last year.
• 1:11:31
  He has 13 hits and 53 trips. One homer and eight
• 1:11:35
  RBIs. Grant has slowed up a little bit now. He's
• 1:11:42
  moving around in that mound. Taking a little
• 1:11:45
  more time. Peers in for a sign. Deal. Smash on
• 1:11:48
  the ground. Sort short. Versailles has it over
• 1:11:50
  the second for the fourth play. So an opportunity
• 1:11:55
  is lost in the top of the seventh. No run score.
• 1:12:00
  One hit. No error. and two are left. And after
• 1:12:03
  six and a half innings of play, the score, Minnesota
• 1:12:06
  Twins won, the Kansas City A's won. In an action
• 1:12:10
  -packed game like baseball, it takes only seconds
• 1:12:13
  for the ball to leave the bat and swiftly wing
• 1:12:15
  its way over the outfield fence. It takes you
• 1:12:18
  only seconds to reach into your refrigerator
• 1:12:20
  for another hands beer. Have a hands right now
• 1:12:24
  before play gets underway. Hands is the one right
• 1:12:27
  beer for those who want another. And that's because
• 1:12:29
  hands is drooled from water that's for brewing.
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  So go ahead, have a hand, and how about a little
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  music to wing you on the way to the kitchen?
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  From the land of sky blue waters, comes the water
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  hands up here refreshing. Capturing for you the
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  coolness of the length and touch that breathes.
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  Well, the fans here in the Twin Cities getting
• 1:13:14
  a big kick out of the musical accompaniment from
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  the organ. And they're foot stomping. And Harmon
• 1:13:25
  Killebrew, Don Minter, and Jimmy Hall face...
• 1:13:28
  20 -year -old catfish hunter. The youngster has
• 1:13:31
  been most impressive today. Here's a fish outside
• 1:13:33
  in the wall. We talked a lot in Florida about
• 1:13:37
  his opening night assignment, about which he
• 1:13:40
  knew, oh, some two and a half weeks ago. He was
• 1:13:44
  eagerly awaiting it. Here it comes, outside the
• 1:13:49
  F .C. Curve. A guy like Chillebrew, that's the
• 1:13:59
  way you've got to pitch him or try to jam him.
• 1:14:01
  The count is 2 -0. 1 -1 ball game. We're in the
• 1:14:05
  seventh. Here it comes. Oh, right. Nice curveball.
• 1:14:08
  Boy, he's had a great curveball today, Larry.
• 1:14:10
  It has really been his savior. He's had a good
• 1:14:12
  fastball, but he's had that curveball. Breaking
• 1:14:15
  so sharply several times, they've hit it right
• 1:14:17
  off the end of the pad, right back to him. He's
• 1:14:19
  really had a break. Now Hunter is set, and the
• 1:14:23
  2 -1 pitch is on its way. Foul back against the
• 1:14:25
  green. Al Espino, Mincher, and Allen own the
• 1:14:31
  only three bases off the native North Carolinians.
• 1:14:37
  It was retired the last ten men whom he's based.
• 1:14:41
  The 2 -2 pitch. Bouncer foul on the third baseline.
• 1:14:47
  Billy Martin made a half -hearted effort to stop
• 1:14:49
  it. Decided he wouldn't take a chance on injuries
• 1:14:53
  to his knuckles, so he just let it sail by. Metropolitan
• 1:14:56
  Stadium today is Gailey decked out in red, white,
• 1:15:02
  and blue punting. Here's a 2 -2 pitch. He got
• 1:15:05
  him! A pretty curveball letter high, and Killebrew
• 1:15:08
  knew it. That breaking pitch again, just not
• 1:15:12
  thrown hard on the half -speed variety. Laney
• 1:15:16
  really caught him looking that time. That's the
• 1:15:17
  first time today Catfish has dropped down sidearm.
• 1:15:19
  And he went sidearm and Killebrew went back on
• 1:15:21
  his heels. That was through on the bench and
• 1:15:23
  knew it. That's his first track out of the game,
• 1:15:25
  but it was a big one. Yes, and he picked a good
• 1:15:28
  spot. Forget it. Minter, one for two. At the
• 1:15:31
  plate now. Back left -handed. It's a fly ball
• 1:15:34
  into left center field. Going to his left is
• 1:15:36
  Stahl, waiting. He has it. Two gone. And it will
• 1:15:43
  bring to the plate Jimmy Hall, who has walked
• 1:15:45
  and fouled out. Checking the Kansas City A's
• 1:15:49
  American League scoreboard, the Detroit Tiger
• 1:15:52
  -New York Yankee game is still tied up 1 -1 after
• 1:15:55
  six and a half. Pepitone is homered for the Bombers,
• 1:15:57
  Ford versus Woolwich. Baltimore -Boston knotted
• 1:16:02
  up a 3 -3 at the end of seven. Barber against
• 1:16:04
  Wilson, the Robinson boys are homered. Here's
• 1:16:07
  the pitch. Blow a ball. He started to go, checked
• 1:16:11
  his swing. Drabowski is in relief of Barber.
• 1:16:14
  Angels got a run in the fifth. They lead the
• 1:16:15
  White Sox 1 -0. That came on Adcock's homer.
• 1:16:18
  Now, wait a minute. Adcock has homered in the
• 1:16:20
  sixth with nobody on, so California leads by
• 1:16:23
  at least 2 -0. The Vets foul back against the
• 1:16:27
  screen. Cleveland, Washington have the day off.
• 1:16:31
  In the National, Houston and the Dodgers, Pittsburgh,
• 1:16:35
  Atlanta, Phillies and the Cardinals playing at
• 1:16:38
  night. The Mets and Cincinnati have been rained
• 1:16:40
  on for the second day in a row. Only the Cubs
• 1:16:42
  and Giants are playing the San Fernando. Now
• 1:16:46
  the 1 -1 pitch. There's a drive and it's deep
• 1:16:48
  right center field. Hershberger going way back
• 1:16:51
  and so is Pardable and Jose's got it on the warning
• 1:16:54
  pass. All tied well. Now nothing across. And
• 1:17:03
  the score after seven full innings for Maine,
• 1:17:05
  Kansas City A's won, and Minnesota Twins won.
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  to go for action in the top half of the eighth
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  inning. Hunter, Tartable, and Hershberger will
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  lead away against one Chad Grant. Mentioning
• 1:18:21
  that rainout Cincinnati had. I said earlier it's
• 1:18:25
  the first time since they've been rained out,
• 1:18:26
  or the first time since the year 1913 I've met,
• 1:18:29
  of course, on opening day. And now they've got
• 1:18:31
  another one today. Here's the first pitch. Inside
• 1:18:36
  and all of all. Yes, indeed, 19 -13. Sits in.
• 1:18:55
  There's a drive into right center field. It's
• 1:18:57
  falling in, a base hit. And Catfish Hunter helps
• 1:19:00
  his own cause, getting a base hit, which is number
• 1:19:03
  five off Grant. So we'll bring up Jose Tarnable
• 1:19:09
  as the A's have another opportunity here now
• 1:19:12
  in the eighth inning. Boy, what a pitcher's duel
• 1:19:16
  this is. The leader of the twin bullpen has just
• 1:19:26
  gotten up and gone to work for the first time.
• 1:19:27
  Lutkamp did not go this far in any spring game,
• 1:19:29
  so since he did get down there a couple of weeks
• 1:19:32
  late, he may be tiring a little. Now Tarnable
• 1:19:36
  at the plate drives a buck. It goes far off to
• 1:19:38
  the left. Strike one. And Hunter, who now has
• 1:19:40
  donned his green jacket, was all the way to second.
• 1:19:44
  Jose is one for three in the game. I might point
• 1:19:49
  out, talking about that Cincinnati game, it was
• 1:19:51
  not a regularly scheduled game. It was rescheduled
• 1:19:54
  from yesterday. Those Mets and Reds will play
• 1:20:05
  tomorrow night. Take over the first base. It's
• 1:20:07
  close. He got it. Hunter was diving back in.
• 1:20:16
  Al Vincent hollering about it the first base.
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  One step on the, or one foot on the dugout steps
• 1:20:23
  is not moving. And that's a big play, Monty.
• 1:20:25
  A pickoff, a runner by Jim Grant. Grant has about
• 1:20:30
  as good a motion as any right -hander, but I'll
• 1:20:32
  tell you this, it is, just as you said, a mighty
• 1:20:35
  big play. One strike count on Tartable. Pitch
• 1:20:42
  is one out and far, a lot to the left. You've
• 1:20:46
  got a psych ball game like this in a very close
• 1:20:49
  picture to you all. And those plays become the
• 1:20:52
  big ones because they can open things up. Speaking
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  of opening things up, fans, how about having
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  at Home and Away. The pitch is outside and low
• 1:21:15
  a ball. The count is one and two on Pardable.
• 1:21:19
  One out. Eighth inning, one -one game. There's
• 1:21:21
  a liner towards short and grabbed by Versailles.
• 1:21:26
  Two out. We'll bring up Hirschberger, who's two
• 1:21:29
  for three with a single and a triple. He scored
• 1:21:31
  the eighth only run in the fourth inning when
• 1:21:32
  Bryant brought him in on an infield out. The
• 1:21:42
  pickoff play changes the whole complexion of
• 1:21:44
  the inning. Charlevoix was all out going to try
• 1:21:47
  to sacrifice. Of course, Jimmy got caught cheating
• 1:21:49
  a little bit trying to get a little head start
• 1:21:50
  on the punt and just got shot down. Changes the
• 1:21:54
  strategy, as you point out. Every batsman coming
• 1:21:56
  up now has to do things differently. That's fouled
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  back into the screen. Strike one. I'll be on
• 1:22:06
  following this game, fans. With a complete wrap
• 1:22:10
  -up of the scores of all the other games in both
• 1:22:12
  the National and American League. That's high,
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  a ball. Don't forget that every A's ball game
• 1:22:24
  is preceded by Monty's pregame show. Today, he
• 1:22:28
  had on the Georgia Peach, Lucius Luke Appling.
• 1:22:32
  I bet you could have talked with him for five
• 1:22:34
  hours, Monty. You could have listened that long.
• 1:22:38
  Outside and low ball on a slow -breaking pitch.
• 1:22:43
  Boy, this guy has stories. 10 ,000 miles long,
• 1:22:49
  it seems, and they're all colorful. 2 -1 the
• 1:22:55
  Cubs. H -1, the Twins won. We're playing in the
• 1:22:59
  eighth inning. The pitch, a drive hit out on
• 1:23:00
  the left center field. Could be trouble. Val
• 1:23:02
  Luchino going to his left. Reaches up and down.
• 1:23:20
  Kansas City A's won, and the Minnesota Twins
• 1:23:23
  won. Now here's the story of a land of magic
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  enchantment, a land where refreshment rules supreme.
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  The town sounds echoing, tell you, a sky blue
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  water dribbling coolly by you. They're singing,
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  the land of sky blue water, come the water best
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  best. And only Ham's has that sky -blue water's
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  That's why it wins one. We're playing in the
• 1:24:06
  eighth inning. The pitch, a drive hit out on
• 1:24:08
  the left center field. Could be troubled. Now
• 1:24:10
  the speed is going to his left. First burger
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  gets robbed. And a fine running grab by Val Espino.
• 1:24:22
  No runs, not one hit. No errors and one left.
• 1:24:25
  And the score after seven and a half innings
• 1:24:27
  remains Kansas City A's one and the Minnesota
• 1:24:30
  Twins one. Now here's the story of a land of
• 1:24:34
  magic enchantment. A land where refreshment rules
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  supreme. From the land of sky blue waters, comes
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  land of sky blue water comes the water best for
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  brewing. of the eighth inning. And it will be
• 1:25:43
  Earl Batty, Bernie Allen, Mudcat Grant. You're
• 1:25:46
  up. We could get a pinch hitter for him. Batty
• 1:25:51
  has hit into a double play and grounded out.
• 1:25:53
  He's 0 for 2. Hunter looks him over. Deal. Wow.
• 1:25:57
  Back against the screen. Strike one. You possibly
• 1:26:06
  heard that. Today's paid attendance here at Metropolitan
• 1:26:11
  Stadium for the home opener, 21 ,658. Next pitch
• 1:26:17
  is low. Sakata's 1 -1. That's an outstanding
• 1:26:19
  crowd. As I recall, the record here for a home
• 1:26:24
  opener is 24 ,000. So that's just three short
• 1:26:27
  for our A's here to open the season. Now the
• 1:26:30
  1 -1 pitch inside. Gee, this has been a tight
• 1:26:34
  ball game. The A's are ahead in hits. They have
• 1:26:38
  five off Grant, including two for extra bases,
• 1:26:41
  the double by Tarnable, the triple by Hershberger.
• 1:26:44
  Hunter has allowed just three hits to the Twins.
• 1:26:50
  Now the 2 -1 offering. Way inside. Hunter has
• 1:26:57
  retired 13 men in a row. The last man to get
• 1:27:00
  on base was Valdez -Spino in the third inning.
• 1:27:11
  Here's the 3 -1 pitch. There's a bouncing court
• 1:27:14
  short. It's grabbed by Fonzie, the peg. He got
• 1:27:18
  it. Now we'll pause 10 seconds for station identification.
• 1:27:21
  This is the Kansas City Athletics baseball network.
• 1:27:25
  This is KCMO Radio 81, Kansas City, Missouri.
• 1:27:29
  Now four minutes past 3 o 'clock, 45 degrees
• 1:27:32
  under cloudy skies. The batter is Bernie Allen.
• 1:27:40
  He scored Minnesota's only run. He's one for
• 1:27:43
  two. Here's the pitch. Called strike to the left
• 1:27:46
  -handed batter. They're making the announcement
• 1:27:49
  that this is the third largest crowd for opening
• 1:27:51
  day in Twins history. What up? Allen at the plate.
• 1:27:57
  The pitch. There's O 'Neal. Look out. A drive
• 1:27:59
  and a deep right center. Way, way back. Hershberger
• 1:28:01
  going back. He's got it. in the first inning
• 1:28:09
  and gone to second when Hershberger let that
• 1:28:11
  ball get by him for an error. Mike Kane through
• 1:28:14
  this time. Two gone. Grant is due up. He will
• 1:28:19
  bat. 1 -1 ball game. Pitcher faces pitcher. Here
• 1:28:35
  it comes. Call strike it on a Jesus Hunter. He
• 1:28:38
  has been tremendous today. Well, we hope you're
• 1:28:43
  enjoying the broadcast, wherever you are, whatever
• 1:28:45
  you're doing this afternoon. Now the next pitch,
• 1:28:49
  foul off to the right. Remember that we'll be
• 1:28:50
  home on April 19th to open against these same
• 1:28:53
  Minnesota Swans. We hope you'll plan to be with
• 1:28:55
  us at Municipal Stadium. The A's have... Charles
• 1:29:06
  at third, Causey at short, Green at second, Harrelson
• 1:29:10
  at first. Stahl in left, Carnival in center,
• 1:29:13
  Hershberger in right, Bill Bryant back at the
• 1:29:14
  plate, and 20 -year -old Jim Hunter on the mound.
• 1:29:18
  All nine men started, and they're in there now.
• 1:29:27
  I can't think of any better idea right now than
• 1:29:30
  to have a hand from the land of sky -blue waters.
• 1:29:34
  Side arms him outside. You know, in a tense ball
• 1:29:39
  game like this or at any other time of the year,
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  day or night, hands refreshes you best. Here's
• 1:29:46
  the one -two pitch outside. Hunter's coming in
• 1:29:51
  with that great big curveball. For those of you
• 1:30:01
  who joined us late, we've made mention of this
• 1:30:03
  a couple of times. We don't want to jinx this
• 1:30:05
  boy, but the Twins have never beaten Hunter.
• 1:30:08
  The pitch. He got him on a called strike three.
• 1:30:13
  And that strikeout number two. Sixteen men in
• 1:30:18
  a row. He's now retired. Three up, three down,
• 1:30:20
  nothing across. After eight full innings of play,
• 1:30:22
  the score, Twins won the A's one. No. MCMO Confidential.
• 1:30:31
  60 seconds inside a great radio station. You're
• 1:30:35
  in your car. All day long, you've been at work,
• 1:30:38
  out of touch. Traffic is terrible. You're wondering
• 1:30:41
  what's been going on. How are things in Vietnam?
• 1:30:43
  What's the latest quotation on your stock? The
• 1:30:46
  score of last night's big game. If you find the
• 1:30:48
  time, how's the fishing? What's going on in Kansas
• 1:30:50
  City News? These questions are driving you insane.
• 1:30:53
  What to do? Suddenly, there's relief. Blessed
• 1:30:57
  and comforting relief. Has the deep tones of
• 1:31:00
  Dan Lott whacked from your car radio? KCMO Buzzer
• 1:31:04
  to Buzzer News Time, 4 .55. John Flynn, KCMO
• 1:31:07
  News Service. Financial Edition, Don Johnson,
• 1:31:10
  KCMO News Service. Sportsbook with Bruce Wright.
• 1:31:13
  5 .30, here's Harold Inslee. Hi again, everybody.
• 1:31:16
  Isn't it good to know? Someone cares. This has
• 1:31:20
  been KCMO Confidential. 60 seconds inside a great
• 1:31:25
  radio station. Ready to go in the top half of
• 1:31:29
  the ninth inning. The plot thickens in its pitcher's
• 1:31:32
  duel. Vin Ferris with Monty Moore. An opening
• 1:31:36
  day of 1966. Wayne Crosby, Bill Bryan, and Ken
• 1:31:39
  Harrelson face Mudcat Grant. Here's the first
• 1:31:41
  pitch. Strike call. Causey has not been able
• 1:31:46
  to get the ball up in the air today. He's grounded
• 1:31:48
  out three times, once for a double play. Each
• 1:31:51
  side has a twin killing. Grant looks him over
• 1:31:55
  and delivers. There's a liner to center field.
• 1:31:56
  Face hit. Grabbed on one hop by Hall. Well, Monty,
• 1:32:04
  there's a case where people say, you say things
• 1:32:06
  like he's retired the last 16 men in a row and
• 1:32:08
  the 17th man gets a base hit, you jinx them.
• 1:32:11
  You can do that from up here. Let me know. We
• 1:32:15
  can use you this spring. There's going to be
• 1:32:17
  some times when we want to jinx somebody. Well,
• 1:32:22
  Wayne hasn't been able to get a ball up in the
• 1:32:24
  air or out of the infield, and he just now did,
• 1:32:26
  and it's hit number six. Bob Grant, the A's allowed
• 1:32:29
  hit this ball club 6 -3, but the score is tied
• 1:32:32
  1 -1. Bill Bryan at the plate, he's driven in,
• 1:32:35
  the A's only run. Infield in tight. Grant stretches
• 1:32:37
  and deals. Bunt, fouled off to the right. 21
• 1:32:48
  ,658. The plate attendance, and it was 52 degrees
• 1:32:55
  at game time. So the twins come up with just
• 1:33:21
  that, a twin killing, and it's their second of
• 1:33:23
  the afternoon. The A's have had men on base now
• 1:33:30
  in every inning except the fifth. from the fourth
• 1:33:34
  inning on. In other words, the fourth, sixth,
• 1:33:36
  seventh, eighth, and here are the ninths. Batter
• 1:33:39
  is Harrelson. Pop fouls one off to the right.
• 1:33:41
  It's going out of play. But the opportunity in
• 1:33:55
  the sixth was won out after Carnival's double
• 1:33:58
  and Hershberger's single was erased by Crosby's
• 1:34:01
  hitting into the double play. There's another
• 1:34:04
  pop file off to the right, and they won't be
• 1:34:07
  able to get this one. That was two gone and a
• 1:34:09
  seventh stall walked in green single, but Charles
• 1:34:12
  entered the inning, hitting into a forced play.
• 1:34:15
  Hunter led off the eighth with a single, but
• 1:34:17
  got picked off at first. Here in the ninth, causey
• 1:34:20
  single, but Brian hits into the double play.
• 1:34:24
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  those ham trucks down in Mid -America to work
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• 1:34:33
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  back in Mid -America on those big ham trucks.
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  There's a bouncer toward short. Versailles charging
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  his back. Hands it over to first. He got it.
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  A great play by Versailles on a tough ball. and
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  a frank scoop up by Minter. No runs, one hit.
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  No errors, none left. After eight and a half
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  innings of play, the score, the Twins won, the
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  pages under Farmer's Insurance Group. Have a
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  nice day. And Oliva up to face Gaffish Hunter.
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  And you really have to admire this youngster.
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  What a job he's done this afternoon. For science
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  is 0 for 3. Here's the lineup and the pitch.
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  Low of all. Hunter has retired the last 16 men
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  in a row. Here's the next pitch. Curve misses,
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  breaking too soon to the right -handed batter.
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  It's 2 -0. Hayes had good fortune against Versailles
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  last year. He hit just 2 -10 in 18 ballgames
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  against Kansas City pitching. That's a little
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  bit low outside for ball three. Three balls,
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  no strikes. One, one ball game. Bottom half of
• 1:37:33
  the ninth inning. Ryan gives the sign and here
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  it comes. Way inside. He walked him on four pitches.
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  So Versailles becomes the first man to get on
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  base since Val Despino back in the third inning.
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  And that's only the second walk by Hunter. Jim
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  Hall working for a base on balls in the second.
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  Well, the wind speed right now can start to show,
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  Lynn. They're right in the part of their batting
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  order where they can do some things with the
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  men they have. Versailles, for instance, is one
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  of their best base runners. Val Espino is an
• 1:38:17
  excellent runner. And with the number three hitter
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  Oliva coming up, they can operate here in the
• 1:38:23
  ninth inning. And this is the kind of work that
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  manager Sam Mealy last year won a lot of ballgames
• 1:38:30
  with. John Wyatt's going to work out in our bullpen,
• 1:38:35
  too, by the way. I was just about to say to the
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  real fan who follows this great game, this is
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  the type of situation that gives you goosebumps
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  when a leadoff man in the ninth. Get down. Particularly
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  with a walk. Here's a pitch. Call. Strike. The
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  whole infield. Pull in. Charles was almost close
• 1:38:52
  enough to shake the hand of Al Espino. Harrelson
• 1:38:58
  wasn't more than a 15 -foot punt shot. One strike
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  count. Versailles at first. He can fly. He's
• 1:39:11
  anticipating that punt now. A pitch on its way.
• 1:39:15
  Mustard foul off the plate comes back and hits
• 1:39:17
  him in the left leg. And now Hunter is out front.
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  A lot of things can happen in this situation
• 1:39:25
  with the infield being broken up like that. Val
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  Espino has all kinds of room to shoot a bouncer
• 1:39:30
  through the infield if he elects to swing. I
• 1:39:32
  don't think they'll crash with that suicide defense
• 1:39:34
  now with two strikes as they have been, but they
• 1:39:36
  still have to guard against the button. A concerned
• 1:39:41
  Alvin Dark. With his foot on the dugout steps.
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  Here's a pitch. Throws it away. It's way outside.
• 1:39:47
  And here goes Versailles racing around second.
• 1:39:49
  He's going to hold up. Ryan retrieves the ball.
• 1:39:53
  And it's a wild pitch. Now the A's have trouble.
• 1:40:13
  Waste one, and waste one he did. The pitch got
• 1:40:15
  away from him. It was outside and high to Brian's
• 1:40:18
  left. 1 -1 ballgame. Nobody out. 9th and 8th.
• 1:40:21
  Runner at second base. Brian gives the all -important
• 1:40:29
  sign. The 1 -2 pitch. And it's a great win for
• 1:40:55
  the Minnesota Twins, and it's always great to
• 1:40:56
  start off your home season, particularly when
• 1:40:58
  you're American League champions with a victory.
• 1:41:01
  So Val Espino wins the ballgame with a shot in
• 1:41:05
  the right field, which is only the fourth hit
• 1:41:07
  of Hunter. No outs in the ninth inning as Versailles
• 1:41:13
  scores the winning run. A 2 -1 ballgame, Minnesota
• 1:41:19
  winning. following the game. Once again, here's
• 1:41:27
  Monty. caused the athletics infield to have to
• 1:41:46
  start moving around a little bit, and that was
• 1:41:48
  with two strikes on Val Espino. Catfish threw
• 1:41:50
  a fastball high and away. The ball actually hit
• 1:41:52
  the mitt of Bill Bryant, and it looked as if
• 1:41:54
  he might have been able to catch the ball or
• 1:41:56
  at least knock it down, but he went on back to
• 1:41:59
  the screen. That allowed Versailles to go into
• 1:42:01
  second base, and then Val Espino got the two
• 1:42:03
  -strike pitch and drilled it into right field.
• 1:42:05
  The Twins had taken a 1 -0 lead in this ballgame
• 1:42:08
  in the third inning, scoring an unearned... When
• 1:42:11
  Richie Allen got a single, was sacrificed to
• 1:42:13
  second by Grant. Then a ball was hit by Val Despino
• 1:42:17
  into right field. It was mishandled by Mike Hershberger,
• 1:42:22
  and the runner came in to score. That made it
• 1:42:27
  a 1 -0 game. The A's tied it up in the fourth
• 1:42:28
  inning when Hershberger came back to get a triple
• 1:42:30
  and scored on the ground out. by Bill Bryan.
• 1:42:32
  That's all the scoring the A's could do, though
• 1:42:34
  they did threaten several times against Mudcat
• 1:42:36
  Grant. In the sixth inning, Causey hit into a
• 1:42:39
  double play with Tartable and Hershberger on
• 1:42:41
  to end the rally. And in the ninth inning, Bill
• 1:42:43
  Bryan hit into a double play with Wayne Causey
• 1:42:45
  on as a leadoff batter here in the ninth. The
• 1:42:47
  last score for the game for the winning twins,
• 1:42:49
  two runs, four hits, and no errors, for the Kansas
• 1:42:52
  City Athletics, one run, six hits, and one error.
• 1:42:55
  The winning pitcher, Mudcat Grant, who takes
• 1:42:57
  a... right where he left off last year, getting
• 1:42:59
  a victory. He is 1 -0 now, and Catfish Hunter
• 1:43:01
  is no wins, one loss. Both pitchers went all
• 1:43:04
  the way for outstanding performances here on
• 1:43:06
  opening day 1966 before 21 ,658 fans. So the
• 1:43:11
  final score again, the Twins 2 and the A's 1.
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  This broadcast was authorized under rights granted
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• 1:43:23
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• 1:43:25
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• 1:43:27
  us again tomorrow at 115 for the warm -up show
• 1:43:29
  and at 125 for the game when our A's once again
• 1:43:32
  beat the Minnesota Twins. Until then, Monty Moore
• 1:43:34
  with Lynn Ferris speaking, saying so long, everybody.
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  This game came to you on the Kansas City Athletics
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  of champions. This is KCMO Radio, dial 81, Kansas
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  City, Missouri. Hello from the ballpark once
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  again, everybody. It's time now for Baseball
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  Scoreboard, a wrap -up of all the scores and
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  highlights from both major leagues. Baseball
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  Scoreboard is heard after every Kansas City A's
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  and highlights of today's major league games,
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  here's Len Farris. And everybody, Lynn Ferris
• 1:45:42
  back at Metropolitan Stadium in the Twin Cities
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  with our scoreboard and our first one of the
• 1:45:48
  1966 season. Here's the way games are shaping
• 1:45:52
  up now in the American League. At Yankee Stadium
• 1:45:56
  in New York, the Detroit Tigers have gotten a
• 1:46:00
  run in the ninth inning and have taken a 2 -1
• 1:46:02
  lead over the New York Yankees. Lulich is on
• 1:46:06
  for the Tigers. Ford has been relieved by Pedro
• 1:46:08
  Ramos in the ninth inning. The Bombers now are
• 1:46:11
  batting. Joe Pepitone, Homer, in the fifth with
• 1:46:13
  nobody on. So Detroit leads 2 -1 with New York
• 1:46:17
  batting in the ninth. At Fenway Park in Boston,
• 1:46:20
  the Orioles have gotten a go -ahead run. Check
• 1:46:25
  it. They've been able to tie it up. It's a 4
• 1:46:28
  -4 ballgame now with Boston batting in the bottom
• 1:46:30
  of the ninth. Wilson started against Barber.
• 1:46:33
  But several changes since then. Drabowski now
• 1:46:35
  pitching for Baltimore in the eighth inning.
• 1:46:37
  Raddatz relieved Wilson in the ninth. Grilly
• 1:46:40
  came on for Raddatz, and Osinski now is in action.
• 1:46:42
  Homers in the ballgame, the Robinson boys struck.
• 1:46:45
  Brooks in the first with nobody on. Frank in
• 1:46:48
  the fifth, none on. Two homers by the dynamic
• 1:46:50
  duos are being called. At White Sox Park in Chicago,
• 1:46:55
  the Angels lead 2 -0 after six and a half innings.
• 1:47:00
  Tommy Agee has homered in the seventh with one
• 1:47:03
  on just now, so that means it's tied up. It's
• 1:47:06
  a 2 -2 game. Chance started against John. Locker
• 1:47:09
  now is in relief for the White Sox. Adcock homered
• 1:47:12
  in the sixth with nobody on with the second California
• 1:47:15
  run of the game. That was the only activity in
• 1:47:18
  the American League this afternoon. Yesterday,
• 1:47:20
  of course, Cleveland and Washington got things
• 1:47:22
  underway with the Indians' pinch -hitting strength
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  showing in a 5 -2 victory over the Senators.
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  McDowell got the victory over Rickert by Coward
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• 1:47:35
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• 1:48:43
  underway, and that's at Candlestick Park, where
• 1:48:45
  the Chicago Cubs go with Jackson against 22 -game
• 1:48:49
  winner Marichal. And that one, as I said, not
• 1:48:51
  yet underway. The Mets and Cincinnati Reds got
• 1:48:54
  rained out for the second day in a row, and that
• 1:48:56
  rainout was a rescheduled game from yesterday.
• 1:48:58
  It's the first time since the year 1913 that
• 1:49:01
  the Reds have not been able to play a home opener.
• 1:49:04
  Pittsburgh plays Atlanta tonight. In the Georgia
• 1:49:07
  capital, it's the first major league game in
• 1:49:09
  history, a regular season game in Atlanta. Veal,
• 1:49:13
  a 17 -game winner, goes for the Pirates, and
• 1:49:15
  24 -game victor, Tony Cloninger, for the Braves.
• 1:49:20
  Philadelphia's Phillies will shoot 19 -game winner
• 1:49:22
  Jim Bunning against the St. Louis Cardinals at
• 1:49:25
  Busch Stadium. Bob Gibson, a 20 -game victor,
• 1:49:27
  goes for the Redbirds. And at Chavez Ravine,
• 1:49:32
  ageless Robin Roberts will hurl for the Houston
• 1:49:35
  Astros. He was 5 -2 last year. And Claude Osteen
• 1:49:39
  for the Dodgers, a 15 -game winner. That's the
• 1:49:41
  National League scoreboard. Here at Metropolitan
• 1:49:44
  Stadium today, the American League champions
• 1:49:45
  got off with a flying victory. For them, a heartbreaking
• 1:49:49
  loss for Catfish Hunter. He deserved a better
• 1:49:52
  fate. With two out in the third inning, from
• 1:49:55
  that point on, he retired 16 men in a row. Allowed
• 1:49:58
  only four hits in eight full innings, walked
• 1:50:01
  two, and stuck out two. Jim Grant went all the
• 1:50:04
  way for the victory. The 1 -1 game broken up
• 1:50:07
  in the ninth inning when Versailles walked. Only
• 1:50:09
  the second pass given. since in the ballgame
• 1:50:12
  by Hunter, he walked Hall in the second. Versailles
• 1:50:17
  went to second on a wild pitch, and Val Espino
• 1:50:19
  singled a right field to bring him in. A's run
• 1:50:22
  came in the fourth when Hershberger tripled and
• 1:50:24
  brought in by a Bill Bryan infield out. Be with
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  us tomorrow now at 125 for the game between the
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  Kansas City Athletics and the Minnesota Twins.
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  Lynn Ferris saying so long, everybody. Lynn Ferris
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