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The Dodger Legacy: Steve Garvey and Mark Whicker on Baseball's Golden Era · WGBB Sports Talk New York

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  First,
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  to
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  one
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  of
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  the
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  great
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  first
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  basemen
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  of
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  our
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  Steve
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  Garvey
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  will
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  join
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  the
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  of
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  a
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  at
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  Books
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  in
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  Chicago.
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  The
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  is
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  a
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  biography
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  of
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  the
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  late
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  great
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  up
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  In.
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  The
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  Mark
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  Wicker.
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  The
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  Steve
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  Garvey.
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  kind
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  a
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  distinct
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  Dodger
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  flavor
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  tonight,
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  so
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  we'll
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  go
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  with
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  that.
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  Sit
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  relax,
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  pour
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  yourself
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  get
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  relax,
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  get
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  enjoy
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  the
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  National
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  Gold
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  Glover.
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  And
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  his
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  roots
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  extend
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  all
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  the
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  back
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  here.
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  And
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  we're
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  going
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  to
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  find
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  out
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  about
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  Welcome
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  to
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  Sports
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  Talk
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  New
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  York
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  tonight,
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  Steve
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  Garvey.
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  Steve,
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  good
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  evening.
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  It's
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  great
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  to
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  be
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  with
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  you
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  and
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  hear
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  those
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  wonderful
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  Long
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  island
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  towns,
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  you
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  know,
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  like
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  Merrick
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  Free,
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  of
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  You
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  know,
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  you
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  and
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  I
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  have
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  talked
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  before
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  that
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  my
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  family
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  roots
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  are
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  in
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  Glen
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  Cove
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  and
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  Hempstead,
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  Wanton,
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  Uniondale.
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  And
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  Grandpa
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  Joe
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  Garvey
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  was
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  A
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  Brooklyn
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  used
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  to
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  travel
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  in
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  walk
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  the
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  streets
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  of
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  Brooklyn
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  near
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  Evans
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  Field.
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  So
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  it's
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  like
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  being
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  at
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  home
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  tonight.
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  There
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  you
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  go,
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  folks
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  to
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  be
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  back
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  with
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  you.
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  Yes,
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  we
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  got
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  our
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  old
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  boy
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  Steve
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  Garvey
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  with
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  us.
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  Now,
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  you
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  were
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  born,
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  though,
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  in
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  Tampa,
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  and
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  your
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  parents
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  had
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  recently
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  relocated
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  from
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  Long
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  island
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  and
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  your
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  father's
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  roots
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  come
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  from
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  County
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  Cork.
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  Absolutely.
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  But
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  just
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  an
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  addendum.
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  Mom's.
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  My
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  mother's
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  family
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  was
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  in
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  Baldwin.
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  Grandpa
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  Winkler
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  had
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  a
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  gas
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  station
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  on.
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  Was
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  it
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  Route
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  27
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  there?
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  And
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  so
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  American
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  Road,
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  so
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  the
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  routes
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  go
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  to
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  County
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  Cork
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  and
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  a
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  little
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  over
• 3:35
  to
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  Clare.
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  And
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  my
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  great
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  great
• 3:38
  grandparents
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  were
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  engineers,
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  so
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  they
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  came
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  around
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  when
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  the
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  Panama
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  Canal
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  was
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  being
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  built
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  and
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  they
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  got
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  jobs
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  there.
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  And
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  of
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  course,
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  it
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  was
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  obviously
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  very
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  dangerous
• 3:50
  there.
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  And
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  they
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  sent
• 3:51
  my
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  grandfather
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  Joe
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  to
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  New
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  York
• 3:53
  where
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  two
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  of
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  his
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  uncles
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  were
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  detectives
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  in
• 3:56
  New
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  York
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  City.
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  And
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  unfortunately,
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  my
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  great
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  great
• 4:00
  grandparents
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  passed
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  away
• 4:02
  there.
• 4:02
  They
• 4:02
  got
• 4:02
  malaria,
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  which
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  I
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  think
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  there
• 4:04
  were
• 4:04
  8,000
• 4:05
  people
• 4:05
  who
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  died
• 4:06
  building
• 4:06
  the
• 4:06
  Panama
• 4:07
  Canal.
• 4:07
  But.
• 4:08
  But
• 4:09
  Grandpa
• 4:09
  made
• 4:09
  it
• 4:09
  back
• 4:09
  to
• 4:10
  New
• 4:10
  York
• 4:10
  and
• 4:10
  grew
• 4:11
  up
• 4:11
  there.
• 4:11
  And
• 4:12
  then
• 4:12
  his
• 4:13
  son,
• 4:13
  Joe
• 4:13
  Garvey
• 4:13
  was
• 4:14
  a
• 4:14
  prominent
• 4:15
  high
• 4:15
  school
• 4:15
  football
• 4:16
  player
• 4:16
  on
• 4:16
  the
• 4:16
  island
• 4:17
  with
• 4:17
  my
• 4:18
  Uncle
• 4:19
  Ferraro.
• 4:20
  And,
• 4:21
  you
• 4:21
  know,
• 4:22
  one
• 4:22
  thing
• 4:22
  led
• 4:22
  to
• 4:22
  another.
• 4:22
  I
• 4:23
  grew
• 4:23
  up
• 4:23
  in
• 4:23
  Tampa,
• 4:24
  and.
• 4:25
  Great
• 4:25
  place
• 4:25
  to
• 4:26
  grow
• 4:26
  up,
• 4:26
  obviously.
• 4:27
  You
• 4:27
  know,
• 4:28
  warm
• 4:28
  weather
• 4:28
  and
• 4:29
  great
• 4:29
  baseball
• 4:29
  in
• 4:29
  the
• 4:29
  Tampa
• 4:30
  Bay
• 4:30
  area.
• 4:30
  It's
• 4:30
  probably,
• 4:31
  you
• 4:31
  know,
• 4:31
  there's
• 4:31
  probably
• 4:32
  five
• 4:33
  or
• 4:33
  six
• 4:33
  hall
• 4:33
  of
• 4:34
  Famers
• 4:34
  and
• 4:34
  another
• 4:35
  seven
• 4:35
  or
• 4:35
  eight
• 4:36
  guys
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  in
• 4:36
  that
• 4:36
  Tampa
• 4:37
  Bay
• 4:37
  area
• 4:37
  that
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  could
• 4:38
  make
• 4:38
  up
• 4:38
  a
• 4:38
  pretty
• 4:38
  good
• 4:39
  All
• 4:39
  Star
• 4:39
  team.
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  Yeah,
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  you
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• 4:40
  Wade
• 4:40
  Boggs
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  and
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  a
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• 4:41
  of
• 4:41
  guys
• 4:42
  living
• 4:42
  in
• 4:42
  the.
• 4:43
  In
• 4:43
  the
• 4:43
  Tampa
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  Bay
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  area.
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  And,
• 4:44
  of
• 4:44
  course,
• 4:45
  I
• 4:45
  used
• 4:45
  to
• 4:45
  talk
• 4:45
  to
• 4:46
  Monty
• 4:46
  Irvin,
• 4:47
  and
• 4:47
  I
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  tell
• 4:48
  Monty,
• 4:48
  you
• 4:48
  and
• 4:48
  Ted
• 4:49
  Williams
• 4:49
  are
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  not
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  the
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  only
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  guys
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  from
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  Citrus
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  county
• 4:52
  in
• 4:53
  the
• 4:53
  Baseball
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  hall
• 4:54
  of
• 4:54
  Fame.
• 4:54
  He
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  said,
• 4:54
  what
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  do
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  you
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  mean,
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  we're
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  the
• 4:55
  only
• 4:56
  ones
• 4:56
  here?
• 4:56
  I
• 4:56
  said,
• 4:56
  no,
• 4:57
  Dazzy
• 4:57
  Vance
• 4:58
  is
• 4:58
  buried
• 4:59
  in
• 4:59
  Homosassa.
• 5:01
  So,
• 5:01
  yeah,
• 5:01
  he
• 5:01
  was
• 5:02
  happy
• 5:03
  to
• 5:03
  get
• 5:04
  relayed
• 5:05
  that
• 5:05
  piece
• 5:05
  of
• 5:05
  information,
• 5:06
  but,
• 5:06
  yeah,
• 5:06
  the
• 5:06
  Dazzler,
• 5:07
  another
• 5:07
  Dodger.
• 5:08
  Now,
• 5:09
  my
• 5:10
  folks
• 5:10
  are
• 5:10
  from
• 5:10
  County
• 5:10
  Kerry,
• 5:11
  Steve,
• 5:12
  so
• 5:12
  they
• 5:12
  say,
• 5:13
  you
• 5:13
  know
• 5:13
  what
• 5:13
  the
• 5:13
  best
• 5:14
  thing
• 5:14
  out
• 5:14
  of
• 5:14
  County
• 5:14
  Cork
• 5:15
  is,
• 5:15
  don't
• 5:15
  you?
• 5:17
  I
• 5:17
  don't
• 5:17
  know.
• 5:18
  Tell
• 5:18
  me.
• 5:18
  The
• 5:18
  road
• 5:18
  to
• 5:19
  Kerry.
• 5:20
  That's
• 5:21
  funny.
• 5:22
  You
• 5:22
  know,
• 5:22
  over
• 5:23
  the
• 5:23
  years,
• 5:23
  you
• 5:23
  know,
• 5:23
  once
• 5:23
  your
• 5:24
  career
• 5:24
  starts
• 5:24
  to
• 5:24
  grow,
• 5:25
  and
• 5:25
  obviously,
• 5:26
  you
• 5:26
  know,
• 5:26
  the
• 5:26
  Dodgers
• 5:27
  and
• 5:27
  the
• 5:27
  Yankees,
• 5:27
  I
• 5:27
  think,
• 5:27
  two
• 5:28
  great
• 5:28
  histories.
• 5:28
  And
• 5:29
  all
• 5:29
  the
• 5:29
  Irishmen
• 5:30
  see,
• 5:30
  you
• 5:31
  know,
• 5:31
  Stephen
• 5:31
  Patrick
• 5:31
  Garvey
• 5:32
  playing.
• 5:33
  And
• 5:33
  I
• 5:33
  used
• 5:33
  to
• 5:33
  get
• 5:33
  a
• 5:34
  couple
• 5:34
  pieces
• 5:34
  of
• 5:34
  mail
• 5:34
  from
• 5:35
  Ireland
• 5:35
  every
• 5:35
  year.
• 5:36
  And
• 5:36
  one
• 5:36
  time
• 5:37
  I
• 5:37
  got
• 5:37
  a
• 5:37
  piece
• 5:37
  with
• 5:37
  a
• 5:37
  Picture
• 5:38
  on
• 5:38
  it,
• 5:38
  and
• 5:39
  it
• 5:39
  was
• 5:39
  the
• 5:39
  side
• 5:40
  of
• 5:40
  a
• 5:40
  big
• 5:40
  barn.
• 5:41
  It
• 5:41
  said,
• 5:41
  garvey,
• 5:42
  go
• 5:42
  home.
• 5:43
  And
• 5:43
  I'm
• 5:44
  thinking,
• 5:44
  oh,
• 5:45
  no,
• 5:46
  it
• 5:46
  wasn't
• 5:46
  a
• 5:46
  distant
• 5:47
  uncle,
• 5:47
  but
• 5:48
  wrote
• 5:48
  me
• 5:48
  a
• 5:48
  nice
• 5:48
  letter
• 5:49
  about,
• 5:50
  you
• 5:50
  know,
• 5:50
  watching
• 5:51
  me
• 5:51
  over
• 5:51
  the
• 5:51
  pond,
• 5:52
  so
• 5:52
  to
• 5:52
  speak,
• 5:53
  and
• 5:53
  that
• 5:54
  there
• 5:54
  was
• 5:54
  somebody
• 5:54
  by
• 5:55
  Garvey
• 5:55
  running
• 5:55
  for
• 5:57
  constable
• 5:58
  there.
• 5:59
  And
• 5:59
  it
• 5:59
  was
• 5:59
  a
• 5:59
  divided
• 6:00
  audience,
• 6:00
  obviously.
• 6:01
  Sounds
• 6:01
  like
• 6:02
  America
• 6:02
  does.
• 6:02
  Yeah,
• 6:03
  I
• 6:03
  was
• 6:03
  going
• 6:03
  to
• 6:03
  say
• 6:04
  that's
• 6:04
  my
• 6:04
  household,
• 6:05
  Steve.
• 6:05
  Yeah,
• 6:05
  we're
• 6:06
  on.
• 6:06
  My
• 6:06
  wife
• 6:07
  is
• 6:07
  on
• 6:07
  one
• 6:07
  side
• 6:08
  and
• 6:08
  I'm
• 6:08
  on
• 6:08
  the
• 6:08
  other.
• 6:08
  I
• 6:09
  won't
• 6:09
  tell
• 6:09
  you
• 6:09
  which
• 6:09
  side,
• 6:10
  but
• 6:11
  we'll
• 6:12
  talk
• 6:12
  later.
• 6:12
  She's
• 6:13
  on
• 6:13
  the
• 6:13
  other
• 6:14
  side,
• 6:14
  if
• 6:14
  you
• 6:14
  know
• 6:14
  what
• 6:14
  I
• 6:15
  mean.
• 6:17
  Who
• 6:18
  were
• 6:18
  your
• 6:18
  favorite
• 6:18
  teams
• 6:19
  when
• 6:19
  you
• 6:19
  were
• 6:19
  a
• 6:19
  kid?
• 6:19
  I
• 6:20
  know
• 6:20
  you
• 6:20
  were
• 6:20
  a
• 6:20
  bat
• 6:20
  boy
• 6:21
  for
• 6:21
  the
• 6:21
  Brooklyn
• 6:21
  Dodgers
• 6:22
  during
• 6:23
  spring
• 6:23
  training
• 6:24
  down
• 6:24
  there.
• 6:24
  Who
• 6:25
  were
• 6:25
  your
• 6:25
  favorite
• 6:25
  teams
• 6:26
  and
• 6:26
  players
• 6:26
  when
• 6:26
  you
• 6:26
  were
• 6:27
  a
• 6:27
  boy?
• 6:28
  Well,
• 6:28
  mom
• 6:29
  was
• 6:29
  a
• 6:29
  Yankee
• 6:29
  fan.
• 6:30
  Dad
• 6:30
  was
• 6:30
  a
• 6:31
  Brooklyn
• 6:31
  Dodger
• 6:32
  fan
• 6:32
  because
• 6:32
  of
• 6:34
  his
• 6:34
  dad
• 6:35
  being
• 6:35
  that
• 6:35
  Brooklyn
• 6:35
  policeman.
• 6:36
  So
• 6:37
  it
• 6:37
  was
• 6:37
  a
• 6:37
  house
• 6:38
  divided.
• 6:38
  But,
• 6:39
  you
• 6:39
  know,
• 6:39
  growing
• 6:40
  up
• 6:40
  in
• 6:40
  the.
• 6:40
  In
• 6:40
  the
• 6:40
  50s
• 6:41
  and
• 6:41
  60s,
• 6:41
  mom
• 6:42
  gloated
• 6:42
  a
• 6:42
  lot,
• 6:43
  you
• 6:43
  know,
• 6:44
  until
• 6:44
  55,
• 6:45
  when
• 6:45
  the
• 6:45
  Dodgers
• 6:45
  won
• 6:46
  their
• 6:46
  first
• 6:46
  world
• 6:46
  championship
• 6:47
  in
• 6:47
  seven
• 6:48
  games
• 6:48
  with
• 6:49
  the
• 6:49
  Padres.
• 6:49
  Pitched
• 6:50
  a
• 6:51
  pretty
• 6:51
  good
• 6:51
  game.
• 6:51
  They
• 6:52
  went
• 6:52
  two
• 6:52
  to
• 6:53
  nothing.
• 6:53
  And,
• 6:54
  you
• 6:54
  know,
• 6:54
  that's
• 6:55
  the
• 6:55
  first
• 6:55
  world
• 6:55
  championship,
• 6:56
  and
• 6:56
  everybody
• 6:57
  talks
• 6:57
  about
• 6:57
  it.
• 6:57
  I
• 6:58
  remember
• 6:59
  all
• 6:59
  the
• 6:59
  old
• 7:00
  Dodgers
• 7:00
  talking
• 7:01
  about
• 7:01
  that
• 7:01
  first
• 7:01
  one.
• 7:01
  You
• 7:02
  know,
• 7:02
  you
• 7:02
  never
• 7:02
  forget
• 7:02
  the
• 7:02
  first
• 7:03
  one.
• 7:03
  But
• 7:03
  a
• 7:04
  year,
• 7:04
  about
• 7:04
  a
• 7:04
  year
• 7:05
  later,
• 7:05
  the
• 7:05
  next
• 7:06
  spring,
• 7:06
  my
• 7:06
  dad,
• 7:07
  driving
• 7:07
  a
• 7:07
  bus
• 7:07
  for
• 7:07
  Greyhound,
• 7:08
  came
• 7:08
  home
• 7:09
  late
• 7:09
  in
• 7:09
  March
• 7:10
  and
• 7:10
  he
• 7:10
  said,
• 7:11
  son,
• 7:11
  I've
• 7:11
  got
• 7:11
  a
• 7:12
  charter
• 7:12
  tomorrow.
• 7:12
  And
• 7:13
  I
• 7:13
  said,
• 7:13
  oh,
• 7:13
  dad,
• 7:13
  who
• 7:14
  do
• 7:14
  you
• 7:14
  have?
• 7:14
  He
• 7:14
  said,
• 7:15
  I
• 7:15
  got
• 7:15
  the
• 7:15
  Brooklyn
• 7:16
  Dodgers
• 7:16
  tomorrow.
• 7:16
  I'm
• 7:16
  picking
• 7:17
  him
• 7:17
  up
• 7:17
  at
• 7:17
  the
• 7:17
  Tampa
• 7:17
  airport.
• 7:18
  We're
• 7:18
  going
• 7:18
  to
• 7:18
  take
• 7:18
  him
• 7:18
  to
• 7:19
  St.
• 7:19
  Pete
• 7:19
  to
• 7:19
  play
• 7:19
  the
• 7:19
  Yankees
• 7:20
  in
• 7:20
  exhibition
• 7:21
  game.
• 7:21
  You
• 7:22
  know,
• 7:22
  why
• 7:22
  don't
• 7:22
  you
• 7:22
  miss
• 7:23
  school
• 7:23
  tomorrow?
• 7:23
  I
• 7:23
  said,
• 7:24
  my
• 7:24
  desk.
• 7:25
  This
• 7:25
  is
• 7:25
  going
• 7:25
  to
• 7:25
  be
• 7:25
  quite
• 7:26
  the
• 7:26
  day.
• 7:26
  And,
• 7:27
  you
• 7:27
  know,
• 7:27
  the
• 7:27
  next
• 7:27
  day
• 7:28
  we
• 7:28
  drove
• 7:29
  to
• 7:29
  the
• 7:29
  tarmac
• 7:30
  of
• 7:30
  Tampa
• 7:30
  International
• 7:31
  Airport,
• 7:31
  and
• 7:32
  the
• 7:32
  Dodgers
• 7:32
  were
• 7:32
  the
• 7:32
  only
• 7:33
  team
• 7:33
  to
• 7:33
  have
• 7:33
  their
• 7:33
  own
• 7:33
  plane.
• 7:34
  And
• 7:34
  the.
• 7:34
  The
• 7:35
  K.
• 7:35
  O'Malley
• 7:35
  one,
• 7:36
  which
• 7:36
  was
• 7:37
  Walter
• 7:37
  O'Malley's
• 7:39
  wife's
• 7:39
  name,
• 7:40
  landed
• 7:40
  at
• 7:40
  the
• 7:40
  airport
• 7:41
  and
• 7:41
  the
• 7:41
  plane
• 7:42
  taxied
• 7:42
  up
• 7:42
  near
• 7:42
  the
• 7:43
  bus
• 7:43
  and
• 7:44
  off
• 7:44
  came
• 7:44
  Alston
• 7:45
  and
• 7:45
  Reese
• 7:46
  and
• 7:46
  Hodges
• 7:46
  and.
• 7:47
  And
• 7:48
  Snyder
• 7:48
  and
• 7:49
  the
• 7:49
  boys
• 7:49
  of
• 7:49
  summer.
• 7:50
  And
• 7:51
  I
• 7:51
  think
• 7:51
  I
• 7:51
  got
• 7:51
  a
• 7:51
  chance
• 7:52
  to.
• 7:52
  To
• 7:52
  be
• 7:52
  the
• 7:53
  bad
• 7:53
  boy
• 7:53
  and
• 7:54
  carry
• 7:54
  the
• 7:54
  heavy
• 7:54
  bats
• 7:55
  and,
• 7:56
  you
• 7:56
  know,
• 7:56
  get
• 7:56
  patted
• 7:56
  on
• 7:57
  the
• 7:57
  head.
• 7:57
  I
• 7:57
  had
• 7:57
  one
• 7:57
  of
• 7:57
  those
• 7:58
  great
• 7:58
  flat
• 7:59
  tops
• 7:59
  back
• 7:59
  then
• 7:59
  with
• 8:00
  the
• 8:00
  butch
• 8:00
  wax,
• 8:00
  so
• 8:00
  the
• 8:00
  guys
• 8:01
  wondering
• 8:02
  how
• 8:02
  it
• 8:02
  could
• 8:02
  be
• 8:02
  so
• 8:02
  spiked,
• 8:03
  but
• 8:04
  I
• 8:04
  had
• 8:04
  my
• 8:04
  blue
• 8:04
  jeans
• 8:05
  on
• 8:05
  and
• 8:05
  my
• 8:05
  new
• 8:06
  Converse
• 8:07
  tennis
• 8:07
  shoes
• 8:07
  and
• 8:08
  I
• 8:08
  got
• 8:08
  to
• 8:09
  pick
• 8:09
  up
• 8:09
  the,
• 8:10
  the
• 8:11
  pine
• 8:11
  tar
• 8:11
  rag
• 8:12
  and
• 8:12
  getting
• 8:13
  gooey
• 8:13
  stuff
• 8:13
  on
• 8:13
  my
• 8:14
  hands
• 8:14
  for
• 8:14
  the
• 8:14
  first
• 8:14
  time
• 8:15
  and
• 8:15
  to
• 8:15
  put
• 8:15
  on
• 8:16
  Campanello's
• 8:16
  brand
• 8:17
  new
• 8:17
  Heart
• 8:17
  of
• 8:18
  the
• 8:18
  Hide
• 8:18
  Rawlings
• 8:18
  mitt
• 8:19
  and
• 8:19
  just
• 8:19
  smell
• 8:20
  that
• 8:20
  beautiful
• 8:20
  leather.
• 8:20
  And
• 8:21
  you
• 8:21
  know,
• 8:21
  back
• 8:21
  then,
• 8:22
  baseballs
• 8:22
  were
• 8:22
  made
• 8:22
  out
• 8:22
  of
• 8:23
  horsebide,
• 8:23
  right?
• 8:24
  So.
• 8:25
  And
• 8:25
  then
• 8:26
  after
• 8:26
  the
• 8:26
  horses
• 8:26
  started
• 8:27
  to
• 8:27
  go
• 8:27
  away,
• 8:27
  they
• 8:27
  went
• 8:27
  to
• 8:27
  cows,
• 8:28
  I
• 8:28
  guess.
• 8:29
  But
• 8:29
  it
• 8:29
  was
• 8:29
  smells
• 8:30
  of
• 8:30
  baseball.
• 8:31
  And
• 8:31
  that
• 8:31
  first
• 8:31
  day
• 8:31
  I,
• 8:33
  I
• 8:33
  went
• 8:34
  to
• 8:34
  bed
• 8:34
  that
• 8:34
  night
• 8:35
  and
• 8:35
  started
• 8:35
  dreaming.
• 8:36
  And
• 8:37
  eventually
• 8:38
  that
• 8:38
  was
• 8:38
  my
• 8:38
  passion.
• 8:39
  And
• 8:40
  you
• 8:40
  know,
• 8:40
  for
• 8:40
  six,
• 8:40
  seven,
• 8:41
  eight
• 8:41
  years
• 8:41
  after
• 8:42
  that.
• 8:42
  The
• 8:43
  Dodgers
• 8:43
  loved
• 8:44
  the
• 8:44
  job.
• 8:44
  My
• 8:44
  dad
• 8:44
  did.
• 8:45
  So
• 8:45
  every
• 8:45
  time
• 8:45
  they
• 8:45
  came
• 8:46
  to
• 8:46
  the
• 8:46
  west
• 8:46
  coast,
• 8:47
  they
• 8:47
  usually
• 8:47
  spent
• 8:48
  about
• 8:48
  three
• 8:48
  days
• 8:48
  and
• 8:48
  I
• 8:49
  got
• 8:49
  a
• 8:49
  chance
• 8:49
  to
• 8:49
  bat
• 8:49
  boy
• 8:50
  for
• 8:50
  my
• 8:50
  idols.
• 8:51
  And
• 8:51
  of
• 8:51
  course
• 8:51
  that
• 8:52
  was
• 8:52
  a
• 8:52
  transition
• 8:52
  between
• 8:54
  Brooklyn
• 8:55
  and
• 8:55
  Los
• 8:55
  Angeles.
• 8:56
  So
• 8:56
  growing
• 8:57
  up
• 8:57
  with
• 8:57
  my
• 8:57
  idols
• 8:58
  and
• 8:58
  then
• 8:58
  all
• 8:58
  of
• 8:58
  a
• 8:58
  sudden,
• 8:59
  12
• 8:59
  years
• 8:59
  after
• 8:59
  that
• 9:00
  first
• 9:00
  day,
• 9:00
  getting
• 9:01
  drafted
• 9:01
  in
• 9:01
  the
• 9:01
  first
• 9:02
  round
• 9:02
  out
• 9:02
  of
• 9:02
  Michigan
• 9:02
  State
• 9:03
  by
• 9:03
  the
• 9:04
  Los
• 9:04
  Angeles.
• 9:05
  Now
• 9:06
  you,
• 9:06
  you
• 9:07
  have
• 9:07
  some
• 9:07
  history
• 9:08
  with
• 9:08
  a
• 9:08
  guy
• 9:08
  I
• 9:09
  met
• 9:09
  down
• 9:09
  in
• 9:09
  Florida.
• 9:10
  He
• 9:10
  was
• 9:10
  retired,
• 9:11
  but
• 9:11
  I
• 9:11
  went
• 9:12
  to
• 9:12
  his
• 9:12
  home.
• 9:12
  I
• 9:12
  believe
• 9:13
  he
• 9:13
  was
• 9:13
  in
• 9:13
  Palm
• 9:14
  Harbor.
• 9:14
  Danny
• 9:15
  Lindweiler.
• 9:16
  Who
• 9:16
  folks,
• 9:16
  you
• 9:16
  Google
• 9:17
  his
• 9:17
  name.
• 9:18
  He
• 9:18
  was
• 9:18
  a
• 9:18
  pretty
• 9:19
  good
• 9:19
  ball
• 9:19
  player
• 9:19
  in
• 9:20
  his
• 9:20
  day,
• 9:20
  wasn't
• 9:20
  he,
• 9:21
  Steve?
• 9:21
  Oh,
• 9:22
  absolutely.
• 9:23
  I
• 9:23
  think
• 9:23
  he
• 9:23
  set
• 9:23
  a
• 9:24
  record.
• 9:24
  He
• 9:24
  played
• 9:25
  for
• 9:25
  the
• 9:25
  Cardinals,
• 9:25
  I
• 9:25
  think
• 9:26
  about
• 9:26
  10,
• 9:26
  11
• 9:26
  years.
• 9:27
  Very
• 9:28
  good
• 9:28
  outfielder.
• 9:29
  He
• 9:29
  had
• 9:29
  the
• 9:29
  first,
• 9:29
  I
• 9:29
  think,
• 9:30
  airless
• 9:30
  season
• 9:31
  for
• 9:31
  over
• 9:32
  so
• 9:32
  many
• 9:33
  put
• 9:33
  outs
• 9:33
  and
• 9:33
  assists.
• 9:35
  But
• 9:35
  he
• 9:35
  was
• 9:35
  a
• 9:35
  great
• 9:35
  innovator.
• 9:37
  He
• 9:37
  would
• 9:37
  come
• 9:37
  up
• 9:38
  with
• 9:38
  different
• 9:38
  devices,
• 9:39
  you
• 9:39
  know,
• 9:40
  to
• 9:40
  help
• 9:40
  us,
• 9:41
  whether
• 9:41
  it
• 9:42
  was
• 9:42
  a
• 9:42
  half
• 9:42
  bat,
• 9:43
  you
• 9:43
  know,
• 9:43
  to
• 9:43
  practice
• 9:43
  bunting
• 9:44
  on,
• 9:44
  or
• 9:45
  whether
• 9:45
  it
• 9:45
  was
• 9:45
  two
• 9:46
  pieces
• 9:46
  of
• 9:46
  wood
• 9:47
  on
• 9:47
  a
• 9:47
  wall
• 9:47
  at
• 9:47
  different
• 9:48
  angles.
• 9:48
  So
• 9:48
  when
• 9:48
  the
• 9:49
  pitchers
• 9:49
  threw
• 9:49
  at
• 9:51
  was
• 9:51
  a
• 9:51
  softwood
• 9:51
  and
• 9:52
  it
• 9:52
  would
• 9:52
  come
• 9:52
  out
• 9:52
  one
• 9:52
  way
• 9:52
  or
• 9:53
  the
• 9:53
  other,
• 9:53
  and
• 9:53
  the
• 9:53
  pitchers
• 9:54
  would
• 9:54
  work
• 9:54
  on
• 9:54
  their
• 9:55
  bunting.
• 9:55
  And
• 9:55
  he
• 9:55
  was
• 9:55
  really
• 9:56
  a
• 9:56
  creative
• 9:56
  guy.
• 9:57
  And
• 9:58
  coming
• 9:59
  out
• 9:59
  of
• 9:59
  high
• 9:59
  school,
• 10:00
  I
• 10:00
  had
• 10:00
  been
• 10:00
  drafted
• 10:01
  by
• 10:01
  Minnesota
• 10:02
  in
• 10:02
  the
• 10:02
  third
• 10:02
  round.
• 10:03
  And
• 10:03
  I
• 10:03
  decided
• 10:04
  I
• 10:04
  wanted
• 10:04
  to
• 10:04
  play
• 10:04
  football
• 10:04
  and
• 10:05
  baseball
• 10:05
  in
• 10:06
  college.
• 10:06
  So
• 10:07
  I
• 10:07
  got
• 10:07
  contacted
• 10:08
  by
• 10:08
  one
• 10:09
  of
• 10:09
  Danny's
• 10:09
  young
• 10:10
  disciples,
• 10:10
  who
• 10:10
  was
• 10:11
  our
• 10:11
  pitching
• 10:11
  coach
• 10:12
  at
• 10:12
  Chamberlain
• 10:13
  High
• 10:13
  in
• 10:13
  Tampa.
• 10:13
  And
• 10:14
  he
• 10:14
  said,
• 10:15
  coach
• 10:15
  Litwire,
• 10:15
  I
• 10:16
  would
• 10:16
  like
• 10:16
  to
• 10:16
  have
• 10:16
  you
• 10:16
  come
• 10:16
  up
• 10:16
  to
• 10:16
  Michigan
• 10:17
  State
• 10:17
  and
• 10:17
  take
• 10:17
  a
• 10:18
  look
• 10:18
  at
• 10:18
  the
• 10:18
  program.
• 10:19
  And
• 10:19
  we
• 10:19
  know
• 10:19
  it's.
• 10:20
  We're
• 10:20
  running
• 10:20
  out
• 10:20
  of
• 10:20
  time.
• 10:21
  I
• 10:21
  had
• 10:21
  about
• 10:21
  20
• 10:21
  offers
• 10:22
  for
• 10:22
  football
• 10:22
  and
• 10:23
  baseball
• 10:23
  and
• 10:23
  I
• 10:23
  said,
• 10:23
  no,
• 10:24
  I'm
• 10:24
  tired
• 10:25
  of
• 10:25
  the
• 10:25
  heat
• 10:25
  here.
• 10:26
  Let's
• 10:26
  take
• 10:26
  a
• 10:26
  trip
• 10:27
  up.
• 10:27
  So
• 10:27
  mom
• 10:27
  and
• 10:28
  I
• 10:28
  went
• 10:28
  up
• 10:28
  and
• 10:29
  we
• 10:29
  were
• 10:29
  in
• 10:30
  Jennison
• 10:30
  field
• 10:30
  house
• 10:31
  and
• 10:31
  Danny
• 10:31
  was
• 10:31
  showing
• 10:32
  us
• 10:32
  around.
• 10:32
  And
• 10:32
  I
• 10:33
  was
• 10:33
  so
• 10:33
  impressed
• 10:33
  with
• 10:33
  the
• 10:34
  quintessential
• 10:35
  Big
• 10:35
  Ten
• 10:35
  campus.
• 10:36
  You
• 10:36
  know,
• 10:36
  the
• 10:37
  bell
• 10:37
  tower
• 10:37
  and
• 10:37
  the
• 10:37
  inner
• 10:38
  drive,
• 10:38
  big
• 10:39
  stadium.
• 10:39
  And
• 10:40
  all
• 10:40
  of
• 10:40
  a
• 10:40
  sudden,
• 10:41
  Duffy
• 10:42
  Daugherty,
• 10:42
  the
• 10:43
  great
• 10:43
  Michigan
• 10:43
  State
• 10:44
  coach
• 10:44
  at
• 10:44
  the
• 10:44
  time,
• 10:44
  comes
• 10:45
  around
• 10:45
  the
• 10:45
  corner.
• 10:46
  He.
• 10:46
  He
• 10:46
  greets
• 10:46
  us.
• 10:47
  And
• 10:47
  I.
• 10:47
  I
• 10:47
  still
• 10:47
  think
• 10:48
  to
• 10:48
  this
• 10:48
  day,
• 10:48
  it
• 10:48
  was
• 10:48
  already
• 10:49
  prearranged.
• 10:50
  And
• 10:50
  he
• 10:51
  came
• 10:51
  up
• 10:51
  and
• 10:52
  said,
• 10:52
  danny,
• 10:52
  is
• 10:52
  this
• 10:52
  the
• 10:53
  boy
• 10:53
  from
• 10:53
  Florida?
• 10:53
  And
• 10:54
  Danny
• 10:54
  said,
• 10:55
  yeah,
• 10:55
  Duffy.
• 10:56
  And
• 10:56
  Mr.
• 10:57
  Daugherty
• 10:57
  said,
• 10:57
  well,
• 10:58
  son,
• 10:58
  we
• 10:58
  heard
• 10:58
  you
• 10:58
  play
• 10:59
  football
• 10:59
  and
• 10:59
  baseball
• 11:00
  and
• 11:01
  would
• 11:01
  love
• 11:02
  to
• 11:02
  have
• 11:02
  you
• 11:02
  come
• 11:02
  up
• 11:02
  here.
• 11:03
  And
• 11:03
  you
• 11:03
  know
• 11:04
  what?
• 11:04
  And
• 11:04
  I
• 11:04
  said,
• 11:04
  yes,
• 11:04
  sir,
• 11:05
  what's
• 11:05
  that?
• 11:05
  He
• 11:05
  said,
• 11:06
  we've
• 11:06
  got
• 11:06
  over
• 11:06
  20,000
• 11:07
  coeds.
• 11:08
  You're
• 11:08
  bound
• 11:08
  to
• 11:08
  get
• 11:08
  a
• 11:08
  date
• 11:09
  on
• 11:09
  Friday
• 11:09
  night.
• 11:10
  And
• 11:11
  Millie
• 11:11
  Garvey
• 11:12
  hearing
• 11:12
  this,
• 11:12
  and
• 11:13
  mom
• 11:13
  was
• 11:13
  tough.
• 11:14
  She
• 11:15
  was
• 11:15
  a
• 11:15
  businesswoman
• 11:16
  and
• 11:17
  executive
• 11:17
  secretary
• 11:18
  for
• 11:19
  the
• 11:19
  CEO
• 11:19
  of
• 11:20
  an
• 11:20
  insurance
• 11:20
  company.
• 11:21
  And
• 11:21
  she
• 11:21
  looked
• 11:21
  at
• 11:21
  him,
• 11:21
  she
• 11:21
  said,
• 11:22
  Mr.
• 11:22
  Doherty,
• 11:23
  my
• 11:23
  son's
• 11:23
  coming
• 11:24
  here
• 11:24
  for
• 11:24
  an
• 11:24
  education.
• 11:25
  If
• 11:25
  he
• 11:26
  has
• 11:26
  time,
• 11:26
  he'll
• 11:26
  play.
• 11:27
  He'll
• 11:28
  play
• 11:28
  sports.
• 11:29
  And
• 11:29
  you
• 11:29
  know
• 11:29
  what
• 11:29
  happens
• 11:30
  when
• 11:30
  you
• 11:30
  find
• 11:30
  out
• 11:30
  that
• 11:30
  you
• 11:31
  said
• 11:31
  the
• 11:31
  wrong
• 11:31
  thing
• 11:32
  and
• 11:32
  you
• 11:32
  got.
• 11:32
  You
• 11:33
  got
• 11:33
  to
• 11:33
  start
• 11:33
  talking
• 11:33
  to
• 11:34
  the
• 11:34
  CEO
• 11:34
  of
• 11:34
  the
• 11:35
  family.
• 11:36
  And
• 11:36
  he
• 11:36
  goes,
• 11:36
  now,
• 11:37
  Millie,
• 11:37
  you
• 11:37
  know,
• 11:38
  I
• 11:38
  was
• 11:38
  just
• 11:39
  kidding.
• 11:39
  And
• 11:39
  he
• 11:40
  took
• 11:40
  her
• 11:40
  arm,
• 11:40
  and
• 11:40
  they
• 11:41
  walked
• 11:41
  around,
• 11:41
  and
• 11:42
  that
• 11:42
  pretty
• 11:42
  much
• 11:42
  closed
• 11:43
  the
• 11:43
  deal.
• 11:43
  So
• 11:44
  I
• 11:44
  was
• 11:44
  very
• 11:44
  blessed
• 11:45
  to
• 11:45
  go
• 11:45
  there
• 11:45
  and
• 11:45
  for
• 11:45
  two
• 11:46
  years
• 11:46
  play
• 11:46
  football
• 11:46
  and
• 11:47
  baseball
• 11:47
  and
• 11:47
  then
• 11:47
  sign
• 11:47
  with
• 11:48
  the
• 11:48
  dodgers
• 11:49
  in
• 11:49
  the
• 11:49
  first
• 11:49
  round
• 11:50
  of
• 11:50
  the
• 11:50
  secondary
• 11:50
  draft
• 11:51
  in
• 11:51
  68.
• 11:52
  Yeah,
• 11:52
  68.
• 11:53
  Folks
• 11:53
  look
• 11:53
  up
• 11:54
  that
• 11:54
  draft
• 11:54
  because
• 11:55
  the
• 11:55
  Dodgers
• 11:55
  picked
• 11:56
  just
• 11:57
  some
• 11:57
  guys
• 11:57
  by
• 11:57
  the
• 11:58
  name
• 11:58
  of
• 11:58
  Bill
• 11:58
  Buckner,
• 11:59
  Ron
• 11:59
  say,
• 12:00
  Tom
• 12:01
  Pachoric,
• 12:02
  Joe
• 12:02
  Ferguson,
• 12:03
  Bobby
• 12:04
  Valentine,
• 12:04
  Jeff
• 12:05
  Zahn,
• 12:05
  and
• 12:05
  Doyle
• 12:06
  Alexander.
• 12:07
  That's
• 12:07
  it.
• 12:07
  What
• 12:07
  a
• 12:07
  draft.
• 12:08
  That
• 12:08
  was
• 12:08
  one
• 12:08
  of
• 12:08
  the
• 12:09
  greatest
• 12:09
  drafts
• 12:09
  in
• 12:10
  major
• 12:10
  league
• 12:10
  history,
• 12:11
  Steve.
• 12:12
  Yeah,
• 12:12
  arguably
• 12:13
  the
• 12:13
  greatest.
• 12:13
  I
• 12:13
  think
• 12:14
  there
• 12:14
  were.
• 12:14
  Ended
• 12:14
  up
• 12:15
  to
• 12:15
  be
• 12:15
  seven
• 12:15
  or
• 12:15
  eight
• 12:16
  in
• 12:16
  that
• 12:16
  draft
• 12:17
  that
• 12:17
  played
• 12:18
  over
• 12:18
  eight
• 12:19
  or
• 12:19
  nine
• 12:19
  years
• 12:19
  in
• 12:19
  the
• 12:19
  majors.
• 12:20
  And
• 12:21
  the.
• 12:21
  And
• 12:21
  coming
• 12:21
  out
• 12:22
  of
• 12:22
  that,
• 12:22
  two
• 12:22
  years
• 12:23
  later,
• 12:23
  in
• 12:23
  1970
• 12:24
  in
• 12:24
  Spokane,
• 12:25
  I
• 12:26
  think
• 12:26
  there
• 12:26
  were
• 12:26
  10
• 12:26
  or
• 12:27
  11
• 12:27
  guys
• 12:27
  that
• 12:27
  played
• 12:28
  over
• 12:28
  10
• 12:28
  years
• 12:28
  in
• 12:28
  the
• 12:28
  majors.
• 12:29
  So,
• 12:29
  you
• 12:29
  know,
• 12:29
  the
• 12:30
  Dodgers
• 12:30
  are
• 12:30
  always
• 12:30
  known
• 12:31
  for
• 12:31
  the
• 12:31
  Dodger
• 12:32
  way
• 12:32
  to
• 12:32
  play
• 12:32
  baseball
• 12:33
  and
• 12:33
  for
• 12:33
  developing
• 12:34
  players
• 12:34
  and
• 12:34
  a
• 12:34
  great
• 12:35
  scouting
• 12:35
  system.
• 12:36
  And
• 12:37
  of
• 12:37
  course,
• 12:38
  you
• 12:38
  know,
• 12:38
  Billy
• 12:38
  Russell
• 12:39
  and
• 12:39
  Davey
• 12:40
  Lopes,
• 12:40
  who,
• 12:41
  with
• 12:41
  Ron
• 12:41
  say,
• 12:42
  and
• 12:42
  I
• 12:42
  made
• 12:43
  up
• 12:43
  the
• 12:43
  greatest
• 12:43
  infield
• 12:44
  in
• 12:44
  history,
• 12:44
  you
• 12:44
  know,
• 12:44
  playing
• 12:45
  together
• 12:45
  eight
• 12:45
  and
• 12:45
  a
• 12:45
  half
• 12:45
  years.
• 12:46
  They
• 12:46
  were
• 12:46
  great
• 12:47
  center
• 12:47
  fielders,
• 12:48
  and
• 12:48
  the
• 12:48
  Dodgers
• 12:49
  needed
• 12:50
  interior
• 12:51
  infielders,
• 12:53
  and
• 12:53
  they
• 12:54
  took
• 12:54
  those
• 12:54
  two
• 12:54
  great
• 12:55
  athletes
• 12:55
  and
• 12:56
  ended
• 12:56
  up
• 12:56
  with
• 12:56
  those
• 12:57
  guys
• 12:57
  playing
• 12:57
  15,
• 12:58
  16
• 12:58
  years.
• 12:59
  So
• 13:00
  we
• 13:00
  give
• 13:00
  the
• 13:00
  Dodgers
• 13:01
  all
• 13:01
  the
• 13:01
  credit.
• 13:02
  So
• 13:02
  your
• 13:03
  first
• 13:03
  at
• 13:03
  Bat,
• 13:04
  Steve,
• 13:04
  you
• 13:04
  remember
• 13:05
  that?
• 13:05
  It
• 13:05
  was
• 13:06
  in
• 13:06
  1969,
• 13:08
  I
• 13:08
  think
• 13:08
  it
• 13:08
  was
• 13:08
  against
• 13:09
  the
• 13:09
  Mets,
• 13:09
  right?
• 13:10
  Yep,
• 13:10
  yep,
• 13:11
  yep.
• 13:11
  First
• 13:12
  at
• 13:12
  bat,
• 13:13
  you
• 13:13
  know,
• 13:13
  they
• 13:13
  bring,
• 13:14
  you
• 13:14
  bring
• 13:14
  up
• 13:14
  three
• 13:15
  or
• 13:15
  four
• 13:15
  guys
• 13:15
  from
• 13:15
  the
• 13:16
  minor
• 13:16
  leagues
• 13:16
  and
• 13:16
  Valentine
• 13:17
  Buckner
• 13:17
  for
• 13:18
  sure
• 13:18
  and
• 13:18
  I
• 13:18
  were
• 13:18
  brought
• 13:19
  up,
• 13:20
  it
• 13:20
  was
• 13:20
  on
• 13:20
  a
• 13:20
  Sunday
• 13:21
  and
• 13:22
  I
• 13:22
  came
• 13:22
  in
• 13:22
  from
• 13:23
  Albuquerque
• 13:23
  and
• 13:23
  the
• 13:24
  guys
• 13:24
  came
• 13:24
  in
• 13:24
  from
• 13:25
  other
• 13:25
  places
• 13:26
  and
• 13:26
  we
• 13:26
  got
• 13:27
  the
• 13:27
  stadium
• 13:27
  about
• 13:27
  10
• 13:27
  in
• 13:28
  the
• 13:28
  morning
• 13:28
  and
• 13:28
  Novi
• 13:29
  Kawana,
• 13:29
  the
• 13:30
  great
• 13:30
  clubhouse
• 13:30
  man,
• 13:32
  came
• 13:32
  in
• 13:32
  first
• 13:33
  and
• 13:34
  they
• 13:34
  had
• 13:34
  heard
• 13:34
  about
• 13:35
  this,
• 13:35
  this
• 13:36
  kid
• 13:36
  who
• 13:36
  was
• 13:36
  used
• 13:36
  to
• 13:36
  be
• 13:37
  a
• 13:37
  bat
• 13:37
  boy
• 13:37
  by
• 13:38
  the
• 13:38
  name
• 13:38
  of
• 13:38
  Stevie
• 13:39
  Garvey,
• 13:39
  you
• 13:39
  know,
• 13:40
  and
• 13:40
  he
• 13:40
  said,
• 13:40
  we
• 13:41
  were
• 13:41
  waiting
• 13:41
  for
• 13:41
  you.
• 13:41
  So
• 13:42
  took
• 13:42
  my
• 13:42
  locker
• 13:42
  down
• 13:43
  at
• 13:43
  the
• 13:43
  end
• 13:43
  of
• 13:43
  the
• 13:43
  row
• 13:44
  and
• 13:44
  there
• 13:44
  was,
• 13:45
  it
• 13:45
  was
• 13:45
  a
• 13:45
  uniform
• 13:46
  and,
• 13:46
  and
• 13:47
  I'm
• 13:47
  looking
• 13:47
  at
• 13:47
  it,
• 13:47
  it's
• 13:48
  got
• 13:48
  Dodgers
• 13:48
  on
• 13:48
  the
• 13:48
  front.
• 13:49
  I'm.
• 13:49
  Oh
• 13:49
  my
• 13:49
  gosh,
• 13:50
  you
• 13:50
  know,
• 13:50
  I've
• 13:51
  made
• 13:51
  it
• 13:51
  to
• 13:51
  the
• 13:51
  starting
• 13:52
  line.
• 13:52
  And
• 13:52
  he
• 13:52
  said,
• 13:53
  turn
• 13:54
  the
• 13:54
  jersey
• 13:54
  around.
• 13:55
  And
• 13:55
  I
• 13:55
  turned
• 13:56
  it
• 13:56
  around,
• 13:56
  it
• 13:56
  was
• 13:56
  number
• 13:56
  six.
• 13:57
  You
• 13:57
  know,
• 13:58
  no
• 13:58
  youngster
• 13:58
  gets
• 13:59
  anything
• 13:59
  under
• 13:59
  50
• 14:00
  or
• 14:00
  60.
• 14:00
  No,
• 14:00
  right.
• 14:01
  And
• 14:01
  I
• 14:01
  said,
• 14:01
  this
• 14:02
  is
• 14:02
  for
• 14:02
  me?
• 14:02
  And
• 14:02
  he
• 14:03
  said,
• 14:03
  yeah.
• 14:03
  He
• 14:03
  said,
• 14:04
  you
• 14:04
  know,
• 14:05
  we,
• 14:05
  we
• 14:06
  know
• 14:06
  you're
• 14:06
  part
• 14:06
  of
• 14:06
  the
• 14:06
  family.
• 14:07
  And
• 14:07
  they
• 14:07
  gave
• 14:07
  me
• 14:07
  number
• 14:08
  six
• 14:08
  and
• 14:09
  you
• 14:09
  know,
• 14:09
  I
• 14:09
  was
• 14:09
  blessed
• 14:10
  to
• 14:10
  wear
• 14:10
  it
• 14:10
  well
• 14:10
  for
• 14:11
  20
• 14:11
  years.
• 14:11
  You
• 14:11
  did.
• 14:12
  I
• 14:12
  was
• 14:12
  gonna
• 14:12
  ask
• 14:12
  you
• 14:13
  how
• 14:13
  you,
• 14:13
  how
• 14:13
  you've
• 14:14
  chose
• 14:14
  number
• 14:15
  six,
• 14:15
  Steve,
• 14:16
  I
• 14:16
  thought
• 14:16
  you
• 14:17
  might
• 14:17
  have
• 14:17
  picked
• 14:17
  14
• 14:18
  or
• 14:18
  a
• 14:18
  storied
• 14:19
  number
• 14:19
  like
• 14:19
  that,
• 14:19
  but
• 14:21
  they
• 14:21
  just
• 14:21
  gave
• 14:21
  it
• 14:22
  to
• 14:22
  you.
• 14:22
  Oh,
• 14:23
  yep,
• 14:23
  they
• 14:23
  gave
• 14:23
  me
• 14:24
  six
• 14:24
  and
• 14:24
  I
• 14:24
  took
• 14:25
  it
• 14:25
  gladly.
• 14:26
  I
• 14:26
  put
• 14:26
  it,
• 14:26
  I
• 14:27
  rushed
• 14:27
  to
• 14:27
  get
• 14:27
  the
• 14:27
  jersey
• 14:28
  on.
• 14:28
  So
• 14:28
  they
• 14:28
  didn't
• 14:29
  change
• 14:29
  their
• 14:29
  mind,
• 14:29
  as
• 14:30
  they
• 14:30
  say.
• 14:30
  But
• 14:31
  you
• 14:31
  know,
• 14:31
  about
• 14:31
  the,
• 14:32
  it
• 14:32
  was
• 14:32
  the
• 14:32
  end
• 14:32
  of
• 14:32
  the
• 14:33
  eighth
• 14:33
  inning,
• 14:33
  I
• 14:34
  think,
• 14:34
  and
• 14:34
  we
• 14:34
  were
• 14:34
  down
• 14:34
  by
• 14:35
  three
• 14:35
  runs.
• 14:35
  And
• 14:36
  my
• 14:36
  dad
• 14:36
  always
• 14:37
  said,
• 14:37
  sit
• 14:37
  in
• 14:37
  the
• 14:37
  front
• 14:37
  of
• 14:37
  the
• 14:38
  bus
• 14:38
  and
• 14:38
  sit
• 14:38
  next
• 14:39
  to
• 14:39
  the
• 14:39
  coach
• 14:39
  or
• 14:39
  manager.
• 14:40
  And
• 14:41
  I
• 14:41
  was
• 14:41
  sitting
• 14:41
  there
• 14:41
  and
• 14:42
  there's
• 14:42
  two
• 14:42
  outs.
• 14:43
  The
• 14:43
  pitcher
• 14:43
  was
• 14:43
  about
• 14:43
  to
• 14:43
  get
• 14:44
  up
• 14:44
  and
• 14:44
  Waldoffson
• 14:45
  looked
• 14:45
  at
• 14:45
  me
• 14:45
  and
• 14:45
  he
• 14:45
  said,
• 14:46
  you
• 14:46
  ready,
• 14:46
  son?
• 14:47
  I
• 14:47
  said,
• 14:48
  gosh,
• 14:48
  yes
• 14:49
  sir,
• 14:49
  yes,
• 14:49
  sir.
• 14:49
  Often,
• 14:50
  Austin,
• 14:50
  he
• 14:51
  said,
• 14:51
  well,
• 14:51
  get
• 14:51
  up
• 14:51
  there,
• 14:51
  get
• 14:52
  ahead.
• 14:53
  So
• 14:53
  I
• 14:53
  grabbed
• 14:54
  a
• 14:54
  bat
• 14:54
  and
• 14:54
  a
• 14:54
  helmet
• 14:55
  and
• 14:55
  I
• 14:56
  got
• 14:56
  to
• 14:56
  the
• 14:57
  on
• 14:57
  deck
• 14:57
  circle
• 14:58
  and
• 14:58
  put
• 14:58
  a
• 14:58
  little
• 14:59
  pintar
• 14:59
  on.
• 15:00
  I'm
• 15:00
  walking
• 15:00
  up
• 15:01
  and
• 15:01
  I'm
• 15:01
  looking
• 15:01
  at
• 15:01
  the
• 15:02
  left
• 15:02
  handed
• 15:02
  pitcher
• 15:02
  and
• 15:03
  it
• 15:03
  was
• 15:03
  Jack
• 15:03
  Delora,
• 15:04
  right?
• 15:04
  It
• 15:04
  was
• 15:05
  a
• 15:05
  good
• 15:05
  lefty
• 15:05
  for
• 15:06
  the
• 15:06
  Mets
• 15:06
  and.
• 15:07
  But
• 15:07
  I
• 15:07
  was
• 15:07
  him
• 15:08
  walking
• 15:08
  up,
• 15:08
  I'm
• 15:08
  looking
• 15:09
  across
• 15:09
  and
• 15:10
  sitting
• 15:10
  in
• 15:10
  the
• 15:10
  visiting
• 15:10
  dugout
• 15:11
  with
• 15:11
  his
• 15:11
  legs
• 15:12
  crossed
• 15:12
  was
• 15:12
  Gil
• 15:12
  Hodges.
• 15:14
  And
• 15:14
  for
• 15:15
  a
• 15:15
  second
• 15:15
  I'm
• 15:16
  looking
• 15:16
  at
• 15:16
  it
• 15:17
  and
• 15:17
  it's
• 15:17
  like.
• 15:18
  And
• 15:18
  I
• 15:19
  remember
• 15:19
  Gil
• 15:19
  Hodges,
• 15:20
  my
• 15:20
  first
• 15:20
  game
• 15:21
  playing
• 15:21
  catch
• 15:22
  with
• 15:22
  me,
• 15:22
  he
• 15:22
  came
• 15:22
  out
• 15:23
  first
• 15:23
  and
• 15:23
  he
• 15:23
  said,
• 15:23
  son,
• 15:24
  you
• 15:24
  want
• 15:24
  to
• 15:24
  play
• 15:24
  cat?
• 15:25
  So
• 15:25
  the
• 15:25
  first
• 15:25
  player
• 15:26
  I
• 15:26
  ever
• 15:26
  had
• 15:26
  interaction
• 15:27
  was
• 15:27
  with
• 15:27
  Gil
• 15:28
  Hodges.
• 15:28
  And,
• 15:29
  and
• 15:30
  of
• 15:30
  course,
• 15:30
  he
• 15:30
  was
• 15:30
  one
• 15:30
  of
• 15:31
  my
• 15:31
  idols,
• 15:31
  along
• 15:31
  with
• 15:31
  Peewee
• 15:32
  and
• 15:33
  Jackie
• 15:34
  and
• 15:34
  Roy.
• 15:35
  And
• 15:35
  I
• 15:35
  thought,
• 15:36
  oh
• 15:36
  my
• 15:36
  gosh.
• 15:37
  And
• 15:37
  so
• 15:38
  I
• 15:38
  got
• 15:38
  up,
• 15:38
  you
• 15:38
  know,
• 15:38
  I
• 15:38
  wasn't
• 15:39
  nervous.
• 15:39
  I
• 15:39
  was
• 15:39
  ready.
• 15:40
  And
• 15:40
  Dolores,
• 15:41
  a
• 15:41
  little
• 15:41
  cutter
• 15:42
  inside.
• 15:42
  I
• 15:42
  turn
• 15:43
  on
• 15:43
  it
• 15:43
  and
• 15:44
  hit
• 15:44
  a
• 15:44
  good
• 15:44
  shot
• 15:45
  down
• 15:45
  line.
• 15:45
  Just
• 15:45
  missed
• 15:46
  a
• 15:46
  foul
• 15:46
  pole
• 15:46
  by
• 15:46
  about
• 15:47
  10ft
• 15:48
  and
• 15:48
  get
• 15:49
  back
• 15:49
  in.
• 15:49
  Took
• 15:49
  a
• 15:49
  little
• 15:49
  lefty
• 15:50
  and
• 15:50
  now
• 15:50
  he
• 15:50
  throws
• 15:50
  a
• 15:50
  little
• 15:51
  fader
• 15:51
  away
• 15:51
  and
• 15:51
  I
• 15:52
  get
• 15:52
  a
• 15:52
  piece
• 15:52
  of
• 15:52
  it
• 15:52
  down
• 15:53
  the
• 15:53
  right
• 15:53
  field
• 15:53
  line
• 15:54
  and
• 15:55
  a
• 15:55
  little
• 15:55
  bit
• 15:55
  farther,
• 15:56
  but
• 15:56
  just
• 15:56
  missed
• 15:56
  the
• 15:56
  foul
• 15:57
  ball.
• 15:57
  So
• 15:57
  I
• 15:57
  stepped
• 15:58
  back
• 15:58
  and
• 15:58
  I
• 15:58
  go,
• 15:59
  this
• 16:00
  is
• 16:00
  too
• 16:00
  hard.
• 16:01
  You
• 16:01
  know,
• 16:01
  two
• 16:01
  pitches,
• 16:02
  almost
• 16:02
  had
• 16:02
  two
• 16:03
  home
• 16:03
  runs.
• 16:03
  What's
• 16:03
  tough
• 16:04
  about
• 16:04
  the
• 16:04
  major
• 16:04
  leagues?
• 16:05
  Yeah,
• 16:06
  And
• 16:06
  I
• 16:06
  got
• 16:06
  in
• 16:06
  the
• 16:07
  batter's
• 16:07
  box
• 16:07
  and
• 16:07
  I'm
• 16:07
  looking
• 16:08
  for
• 16:08
  probably,
• 16:08
  you
• 16:09
  know,
• 16:09
  something
• 16:10
  up
• 16:10
  and
• 16:10
  away.
• 16:11
  Oh,
• 16:11
  two.
• 16:12
  And
• 16:12
  he
• 16:12
  winds
• 16:13
  up
• 16:13
  and
• 16:13
  he
• 16:13
  lets
• 16:14
  go
• 16:14
  of
• 16:14
  that
• 16:14
  ball
• 16:14
  and
• 16:15
  it's
• 16:15
  as
• 16:15
  if
• 16:15
  the
• 16:15
  air
• 16:16
  came
• 16:16
  out
• 16:16
  of
• 16:16
  it.
• 16:16
  And
• 16:17
  I,
• 16:17
  I
• 16:18
  started
• 16:18
  to
• 16:18
  stride
• 16:19
  and
• 16:19
  my
• 16:19
  hands
• 16:19
  come
• 16:19
  forward
• 16:20
  and
• 16:20
  it
• 16:20
  was
• 16:20
  the
• 16:20
  first
• 16:21
  screwball
• 16:21
  I
• 16:21
  ever
• 16:21
  saw.
• 16:22
  And
• 16:22
  it's
• 16:23
  fading
• 16:23
  away
• 16:23
  and
• 16:23
  I'm
• 16:24
  thinking,
• 16:24
  oh,
• 16:24
  my
• 16:24
  Lord,
• 16:25
  I
• 16:26
  can't
• 16:26
  strike
• 16:26
  out.
• 16:27
  And
• 16:27
  I
• 16:27
  swing
• 16:28
  and
• 16:28
  the
• 16:28
  bat
• 16:29
  comes
• 16:29
  out
• 16:29
  of
• 16:29
  my
• 16:30
  hands
• 16:30
  and
• 16:30
  goes
• 16:31
  over.
• 16:31
  Was
• 16:31
  it
• 16:32
  Wayne
• 16:32
  Garrett?
• 16:32
  Wayne
• 16:33
  Garrett,
• 16:33
  third
• 16:33
  baseman
• 16:35
  and
• 16:35
  almost
• 16:35
  javelin
• 16:36
  in
• 16:36
  the
• 16:36
  outfield.
• 16:37
  And
• 16:38
  you
• 16:38
  know,
• 16:38
  I'm
• 16:39
  wide
• 16:39
  eyed
• 16:39
  and
• 16:39
  I
• 16:39
  strike
• 16:40
  out
• 16:40
  and
• 16:41
  I
• 16:41
  walk
• 16:42
  back
• 16:42
  with
• 16:42
  kind
• 16:42
  of
• 16:43
  a
• 16:43
  quick
• 16:43
  taste
• 16:43
  of
• 16:44
  the
• 16:44
  dugout
• 16:44
  and
• 16:44
  there's
• 16:45
  Walt
• 16:45
  Olson
• 16:46
  at
• 16:46
  the
• 16:46
  top
• 16:46
  of
• 16:46
  the,
• 16:47
  of
• 16:47
  the
• 16:47
  steps.
• 16:48
  And
• 16:49
  he
• 16:49
  looks
• 16:49
  at
• 16:49
  me.
• 16:49
  Well,
• 16:50
  son,
• 16:50
  it's
• 16:50
  pretty
• 16:50
  auspicious
• 16:51
  start.
• 16:52
  He
• 16:52
  broke
• 16:53
  a
• 16:53
  record
• 16:53
  for
• 16:53
  a
• 16:53
  Dodger
• 16:54
  Stadium
• 16:54
  bathroom
• 16:55
  fair.
• 16:56
  And
• 16:57
  you
• 16:57
  just
• 16:58
  missed
• 16:58
  two
• 16:58
  home
• 16:58
  runs.
• 16:59
  And
• 16:59
  he
• 16:59
  said,
• 16:59
  but
• 16:59
  you
• 17:00
  know
• 17:00
  what?
• 17:00
  You'll
• 17:00
  probably
• 17:00
  end
• 17:00
  up
• 17:01
  with
• 17:01
  a
• 17:01
  couple
• 17:01
  thousand
• 17:01
  hits.
• 17:02
  Keep
• 17:02
  swinging.
• 17:03
  And
• 17:03
  I
• 17:03
  said,
• 17:03
  yes,
• 17:03
  sir,
• 17:04
  and
• 17:05
  ended
• 17:05
  up
• 17:05
  with
• 17:05
  just
• 17:06
  about
• 17:06
  2600.
• 17:07
  And
• 17:07
  I
• 17:07
  kept
• 17:07
  swinging.
• 17:08
  And
• 17:09
  that
• 17:10
  kid,
• 17:10
  little
• 17:10
  bad
• 17:11
  boy
• 17:11
  at
• 17:11
  the
• 17:11
  age
• 17:11
  of
• 17:12
  eight,
• 17:12
  growing
• 17:12
  up
• 17:12
  in
• 17:13
  Florida,
• 17:13
  was
• 17:14
  very
• 17:14
  blessed
• 17:14
  to
• 17:15
  play
• 17:15
  with
• 17:15
  his
• 17:16
  childhood
• 17:16
  team
• 17:17
  and
• 17:17
  grow
• 17:17
  up
• 17:17
  around
• 17:17
  his
• 17:18
  idols
• 17:18
  and,
• 17:19
  and
• 17:19
  still
• 17:19
  come
• 17:20
  back
• 17:20
  to
• 17:20
  New
• 17:20
  York
• 17:20
  and
• 17:21
  remember
• 17:21
  the
• 17:21
  island
• 17:22
  fondly.
• 17:22
  And,
• 17:23
  and
• 17:23
  my,
• 17:24
  my
• 17:24
  grandfather,
• 17:25
  we
• 17:25
  used
• 17:25
  to
• 17:25
  come
• 17:25
  up
• 17:25
  for
• 17:26
  Thanksgivings.
• 17:27
  His
• 17:27
  beat
• 17:28
  was
• 17:28
  a
• 17:28
  couple
• 17:28
  blocks
• 17:28
  from
• 17:29
  Evans
• 17:29
  Field.
• 17:29
  He
• 17:30
  used
• 17:30
  to
• 17:30
  take
• 17:30
  us
• 17:30
  over
• 17:30
  to
• 17:30
  Evertsfield.
• 17:31
  He
• 17:31
  knew
• 17:31
  guys
• 17:32
  there
• 17:32
  and
• 17:32
  we'd
• 17:33
  walk
• 17:33
  in
• 17:33
  and,
• 17:33
  and
• 17:34
  the
• 17:34
  pigeons
• 17:35
  were
• 17:35
  flying
• 17:35
  around
• 17:36
  and
• 17:36
  it
• 17:36
  was
• 17:36
  cold.
• 17:36
  But
• 17:37
  I
• 17:37
  got
• 17:37
  a
• 17:37
  chance
• 17:37
  to
• 17:38
  see
• 17:38
  the
• 17:38
  field
• 17:38
  where
• 17:39
  my
• 17:39
  idols
• 17:40
  played.
• 17:40
  Yeah,
• 17:41
  well,
• 17:41
  that's
• 17:41
  one
• 17:41
  thing
• 17:42
  that
• 17:42
  I
• 17:42
  regret.
• 17:43
  Steve
• 17:43
  is
• 17:43
  not
• 17:44
  being
• 17:44
  old
• 17:44
  enough
• 17:44
  to
• 17:45
  see
• 17:45
  Evans
• 17:45
  Field.
• 17:46
  And
• 17:47
  that
• 17:47
  would
• 17:47
  have
• 17:47
  been
• 17:48
  something.
• 17:48
  Your
• 17:49
  first
• 17:49
  hit,
• 17:50
  by
• 17:51
  the
• 17:51
  way.
• 17:51
  The
• 17:51
  Dodgers
• 17:52
  won
• 17:52
  that
• 17:52
  ball
• 17:53
  game
• 17:53
  that
• 17:54
  Steve
• 17:54
  appeared
• 17:54
  in.
• 17:55
  Jack
• 17:55
  Delaro
• 17:56
  and
• 17:56
  the
• 17:56
  69
• 17:57
  Mets
• 17:57
  dropped
• 17:58
  that
• 17:58
  game
• 17:58
  to
• 17:59
  the
• 17:59
  Dodgers.
• 17:59
  I
• 17:59
  believe
• 18:00
  it
• 18:00
  was
• 18:00
  10,
• 18:00
  six,
• 18:01
  but
• 18:01
  that's
• 18:02
  a
• 18:02
  story
• 18:02
  for
• 18:02
  another
• 18:03
  day.
• 18:03
  Your
• 18:03
  first
• 18:03
  hit
• 18:04
  is
• 18:04
  off
• 18:04
  Denny
• 18:04
  LeMaster.
• 18:05
  I
• 18:05
  had
• 18:05
  his
• 18:06
  card
• 18:06
  as
• 18:06
  a
• 18:06
  kid.
• 18:07
  Yeah,
• 18:08
  yeah,
• 18:08
  really
• 18:09
  good
• 18:09
  picture.
• 18:09
  Yeah,
• 18:10
  really
• 18:10
  good
• 18:10
  picture
• 18:10
  in
• 18:11
  the
• 18:11
  Astrodome
• 18:11
  and,
• 18:12
  and
• 18:13
  I
• 18:13
  kept,
• 18:13
  kept
• 18:14
  that
• 18:15
  one
• 18:15
  fair.
• 18:15
  I
• 18:16
  think
• 18:16
  I
• 18:16
  got
• 18:16
  a
• 18:17
  hit
• 18:17
  in
• 18:17
  the
• 18:17
  gap
• 18:17
  and,
• 18:18
  and
• 18:19
  that
• 18:19
  was
• 18:19
  the
• 18:19
  beginning.
• 18:19
  I
• 18:19
  was
• 18:20
  one
• 18:20
  for
• 18:20
  three
• 18:20
  in
• 18:21
  September.
• 18:21
  You
• 18:21
  know,
• 18:22
  they,
• 18:22
  they
• 18:22
  like
• 18:22
  to
• 18:23
  bring
• 18:23
  the
• 18:23
  young
• 18:23
  guys
• 18:24
  up
• 18:24
  and
• 18:24
  even
• 18:25
  though
• 18:25
  the
• 18:25
  Dodgers
• 18:25
  weren't
• 18:26
  in
• 18:27
  the
• 18:27
  race,
• 18:28
  just
• 18:28
  get
• 18:28
  a
• 18:28
  few
• 18:29
  of
• 18:29
  bats
• 18:29
  and
• 18:29
  take
• 18:30
  a
• 18:30
  couple
• 18:30
  of
• 18:30
  trips,
• 18:31
  prepared
• 18:31
  us
• 18:32
  for
• 18:32
  1970.
• 18:34
  You
• 18:34
  talk
• 18:35
  about
• 18:35
  that
• 18:35
  infield,
• 18:36
  Steve,
• 18:36
  and
• 18:36
  you
• 18:36
  guys
• 18:37
  were
• 18:37
  together
• 18:37
  for
• 18:37
  about
• 18:38
  almost
• 18:38
  nine
• 18:38
  years
• 18:39
  with
• 18:39
  Ron
• 18:40
  say,
• 18:40
  Bill
• 18:41
  Russell
• 18:41
  at
• 18:41
  short,
• 18:42
  Ron
• 18:43
  say
• 18:43
  at
• 18:43
  third,
• 18:44
  Davey
• 18:44
  Lopes
• 18:45
  at
• 18:45
  second.
• 18:47
  Definitely
• 18:47
  one
• 18:47
  of
• 18:48
  the
• 18:48
  most
• 18:48
  enduring
• 18:49
  in
• 18:49
  baseball
• 18:50
  history,
• 18:51
  the
• 18:52
  Dodgers.
• 18:52
  What
• 18:52
  do
• 18:52
  you
• 18:53
  attribute
• 18:53
  that
• 18:53
  to?
• 18:53
  Just
• 18:54
  the
• 18:54
  drafting?
• 18:54
  Well,
• 18:56
  yeah,
• 18:57
  significant
• 18:58
  scaring,
• 18:58
  you
• 18:59
  know,
• 18:59
  goes
• 18:59
  back
• 18:59
  to
• 18:59
  Branch
• 18:59
  Rickey
• 19:00
  and
• 19:00
  then
• 19:00
  the
• 19:00
  O'Malleys
• 19:01
  and
• 19:01
  then
• 19:02
  Alcantaras
• 19:03
  and,
• 19:05
  and
• 19:06
  the
• 19:06
  passing
• 19:06
  the
• 19:07
  torch
• 19:07
  down
• 19:07
  to
• 19:08
  good,
• 19:08
  good
• 19:08
  baseball
• 19:09
  men
• 19:09
  to,
• 19:10
  you
• 19:10
  know,
• 19:10
  beat
• 19:10
  the
• 19:11
  bushes
• 19:11
  of
• 19:11
  America
• 19:12
  looking
• 19:12
  for
• 19:12
  talented
• 19:13
  young
• 19:13
  men
• 19:13
  and
• 19:13
  a
• 19:13
  certain
• 19:14
  kind
• 19:14
  of
• 19:14
  guy
• 19:14
  to
• 19:14
  the
• 19:15
  Dodgers
• 19:15
  look
• 19:15
  for
• 19:15
  somebody
• 19:16
  that,
• 19:16
  you
• 19:16
  know,
• 19:17
  I
• 19:17
  think
• 19:17
  was.
• 19:18
  Were
• 19:18
  good
• 19:18
  young
• 19:18
  men
• 19:19
  from
• 19:19
  good
• 19:19
  families,
• 19:19
  good
• 19:20
  American
• 19:20
  families.
• 19:21
  You
• 19:21
  know,
• 19:22
  a
• 19:22
  lot
• 19:22
  of
• 19:22
  us
• 19:22
  were
• 19:23
  church
• 19:23
  going,
• 19:24
  as
• 19:24
  they
• 19:24
  say,
• 19:25
  and,
• 19:26
  and
• 19:26
  who.
• 19:27
  Just
• 19:27
  kids
• 19:27
  who
• 19:28
  wanted
• 19:28
  to
• 19:28
  play
• 19:28
  baseball
• 19:29
  and
• 19:29
  wanted
• 19:29
  to
• 19:30
  play
• 19:30
  team
• 19:30
  baseball.
• 19:31
  And
• 19:31
  I
• 19:31
  think
• 19:31
  that's,
• 19:32
  that
• 19:32
  was
• 19:32
  the
• 19:32
  key.
• 19:33
  And
• 19:33
  you
• 19:33
  know,
• 19:34
  that
• 19:34
  group
• 19:34
  that
• 19:34
  signed
• 19:34
  in
• 19:35
  68,
• 19:36
  I
• 19:36
  was
• 19:36
  the
• 19:36
  first
• 19:37
  one
• 19:37
  up
• 19:37
  in
• 19:38
  70.
• 19:38
  I
• 19:38
  won
• 19:38
  the
• 19:38
  third
• 19:39
  base
• 19:39
  job
• 19:39
  in
• 19:40
  spring
• 19:40
  training
• 19:41
  along
• 19:41
  with
• 19:41
  Bill
• 19:42
  Buckner.
• 19:42
  The
• 19:43
  team
• 19:43
  wasn't
• 19:43
  very
• 19:43
  good.
• 19:44
  And
• 19:44
  we
• 19:44
  started
• 19:45
  slowly
• 19:46
  and
• 19:46
  by
• 19:46
  the
• 19:46
  end
• 19:46
  of
• 19:47
  April
• 19:47
  we
• 19:47
  went
• 19:47
  down
• 19:48
  to
• 19:48
  Spokane
• 19:48
  and
• 19:48
  Tommy
• 19:49
  Lasorda
• 19:49
  was
• 19:50
  waiting
• 19:50
  for
• 19:50
  us.
• 19:50
  And
• 19:51
  he
• 19:51
  picked
• 19:52
  us
• 19:52
  up
• 19:52
  at
• 19:52
  about
• 19:52
  11
• 19:53
  in
• 19:53
  the
• 19:53
  morning
• 19:53
  and
• 19:53
  we
• 19:54
  went
• 19:54
  to
• 19:54
  the
• 19:54
  ballpark
• 19:54
  and
• 19:54
  he
• 19:55
  threw
• 19:55
  two
• 19:55
  and
• 19:55
  a
• 19:55
  half
• 19:55
  hours
• 19:55
  of
• 19:56
  batting
• 19:56
  practice.
• 19:57
  And
• 19:57
  he
• 19:57
  said,
• 19:58
  how
• 19:58
  they
• 19:58
  get
• 19:58
  me
• 19:58
  out?
• 19:59
  You
• 19:59
  know,
• 19:59
  and
• 19:59
  that
• 19:59
  was
• 19:59
  Tommy.
• 20:00
  You
• 20:00
  know,
• 20:00
  he,
• 20:01
  he
• 20:01
  loved
• 20:01
  to
• 20:02
  pitch
• 20:02
  and
• 20:02
  teach
• 20:03
  and
• 20:03
  they
• 20:04
  say
• 20:04
  he,
• 20:05
  he
• 20:05
  coached
• 20:05
  the
• 20:05
  game
• 20:06
  and
• 20:06
  taught
• 20:06
  us
• 20:06
  life
• 20:07
  skills.
• 20:07
  And
• 20:08
  of
• 20:08
  course
• 20:08
  he
• 20:08
  was
• 20:08
  a
• 20:08
  P.T.
• 20:09
  barnum
• 20:09
  of
• 20:09
  baseball
• 20:10
  and
• 20:10
  we
• 20:10
  all
• 20:10
  miss
• 20:11
  him.
• 20:11
  But
• 20:11
  that
• 20:12
  group
• 20:12
  of
• 20:12
  70,
• 20:13
  like
• 20:13
  I
• 20:13
  said,
• 20:14
  you
• 20:14
  know,
• 20:14
  10,
• 20:14
  11
• 20:15
  guys
• 20:15
  over
• 20:15
  10
• 20:16
  years
• 20:16
  in
• 20:16
  the
• 20:16
  majors
• 20:17
  and
• 20:18
  we
• 20:18
  won
• 20:18
  the
• 20:19
  Pacific
• 20:20
  Coast.
• 20:21
  I
• 20:21
  think
• 20:21
  it
• 20:21
  was
• 20:21
  the
• 20:21
  Southern
• 20:22
  Division
• 20:22
  by
• 20:22
  27
• 20:23
  games,
• 20:24
  played
• 20:24
  Hawaii
• 20:25
  in
• 20:25
  the,
• 20:26
  in
• 20:26
  the
• 20:26
  championships,
• 20:27
  beat
• 20:27
  them
• 20:27
  four
• 20:28
  straight
• 20:29
  and,
• 20:29
  and
• 20:30
  that
• 20:30
  was
• 20:30
  the
• 20:30
  beginning
• 20:31
  of,
• 20:32
  you
• 20:32
  know,
• 20:32
  next
• 20:32
  spring
• 20:33
  up
• 20:33
  there
• 20:33
  for
• 20:33
  the
• 20:33
  full
• 20:33
  time
• 20:34
  and
• 20:34
  yes,
• 20:34
  that's
• 20:35
  a
• 20:35
  quick,
• 20:35
  quick
• 20:35
  story.
• 20:36
  So
• 20:36
  it's
• 20:36
  game
• 20:37
  one
• 20:37
  and
• 20:37
  we're
• 20:37
  in
• 20:37
  Spokane
• 20:38
  and
• 20:38
  I
• 20:38
  hear
• 20:38
  this
• 20:39
  voice,
• 20:40
  you
• 20:40
  know,
• 20:40
  because
• 20:40
  it
• 20:40
  was
• 20:41
  all
• 20:41
  wooden,
• 20:42
  you
• 20:42
  know,
• 20:42
  stands
• 20:42
  and
• 20:43
  so
• 20:43
  forth,
• 20:43
  and
• 20:44
  I'm
• 20:44
  saying,
• 20:44
  gosh,
• 20:45
  they
• 20:45
  sent
• 20:46
  Vin
• 20:46
  Scully
• 20:46
  up
• 20:46
  here
• 20:47
  for,
• 20:47
  for
• 20:47
  the
• 20:48
  first
• 20:48
  game.
• 20:48
  This
• 20:48
  is
• 20:49
  really
• 20:49
  neat.
• 20:49
  You
• 20:49
  know,
• 20:50
  they
• 20:50
  think
• 20:50
  a
• 20:50
  lot
• 20:50
  of
• 20:51
  us.
• 20:51
  Yeah.
• 20:51
  And
• 20:52
  I'm
• 20:52
  hearing
• 20:52
  this
• 20:52
  voice
• 20:53
  and
• 20:53
  boy,
• 20:53
  that's,
• 20:54
  boy,
• 20:55
  it's
• 20:55
  great
• 20:55
  to
• 20:55
  have
• 20:55
  been
• 20:56
  doing
• 20:56
  it.
• 20:56
  Well,
• 20:57
  I
• 20:57
  hit
• 20:57
  a
• 20:57
  two
• 20:57
  run
• 20:57
  home
• 20:57
  run
• 20:58
  and
• 20:58
  we
• 20:58
  win
• 20:59
  the
• 20:59
  game.
• 20:59
  And
• 21:00
  fellow
• 21:01
  from
• 21:01
  the
• 21:01
  Islanders
• 21:02
  comes
• 21:02
  over
• 21:02
  and
• 21:02
  says,
• 21:02
  garvey,
• 21:04
  I'd
• 21:04
  like
• 21:04
  to
• 21:04
  do
• 21:05
  an
• 21:05
  interview
• 21:05
  with
• 21:05
  you
• 21:06
  afterwards.
• 21:06
  And
• 21:07
  I
• 21:07
  said,
• 21:07
  oh
• 21:08
  great.
• 21:08
  So
• 21:08
  I
• 21:08
  go
• 21:08
  over
• 21:09
  and
• 21:09
  I
• 21:09
  sit
• 21:09
  down
• 21:10
  and
• 21:10
  the
• 21:10
  man
• 21:10
  introduced
• 21:11
  himself
• 21:11
  and
• 21:11
  he
• 21:12
  said,
• 21:12
  steve,
• 21:12
  I'm
• 21:12
  Al
• 21:13
  Michaels
• 21:14
  and
• 21:14
  I'm
• 21:15
  really
• 21:15
  impressed
• 21:15
  with
• 21:15
  how
• 21:16
  you
• 21:16
  play.
• 21:16
  And
• 21:17
  that
• 21:17
  was
• 21:17
  a
• 21:17
  great
• 21:17
  home
• 21:17
  run.
• 21:18
  Like
• 21:18
  to
• 21:18
  do
• 21:18
  interview
• 21:19
  for
• 21:19
  the
• 21:19
  Hawaii
• 21:19
  Islander
• 21:20
  fans
• 21:21
  and,
• 21:22
  and
• 21:22
  there
• 21:22
  was
• 21:23
  two
• 21:23
  basic
• 21:23
  rookies
• 21:25
  who
• 21:26
  got
• 21:27
  a
• 21:27
  chance
• 21:27
  to
• 21:27
  spend
• 21:28
  the
• 21:28
  post
• 21:28
  game
• 21:28
  together.
• 21:29
  And
• 21:29
  now
• 21:29
  it's
• 21:29
  a
• 21:29
  dear
• 21:29
  friend
• 21:30
  of
• 21:30
  mine,
• 21:30
  of
• 21:30
  course,
• 21:30
  he's
• 21:30
  a
• 21:31
  Hall
• 21:31
  of
• 21:31
  Famer
• 21:31
  in
• 21:32
  at
• 21:32
  least
• 21:33
  two
• 21:33
  sports.
• 21:33
  I
• 21:34
  know,
• 21:34
  right.
• 21:34
  And
• 21:35
  it's
• 21:35
  a
• 21:36
  journey
• 21:36
  in
• 21:36
  life,
• 21:36
  journey
• 21:37
  in
• 21:37
  baseball,
• 21:37
  journey
• 21:38
  in
• 21:38
  sports
• 21:38
  that
• 21:39
  has
• 21:40
  really
• 21:40
  becomes,
• 21:40
  and
• 21:40
  I've
• 21:41
  always
• 21:41
  said
• 21:41
  we're
• 21:41
  in
• 21:41
  the
• 21:41
  memory
• 21:42
  business
• 21:42
  and
• 21:43
  on
• 21:43
  that
• 21:43
  way
• 21:43
  we
• 21:44
  meet
• 21:44
  people
• 21:44
  and
• 21:45
  we
• 21:45
  have
• 21:45
  moments
• 21:46
  that
• 21:46
  are
• 21:46
  indelible.
• 21:47
  And
• 21:47
  I
• 21:47
  think
• 21:47
  that's
• 21:47
  why
• 21:48
  I
• 21:48
  love
• 21:48
  the
• 21:48
  game
• 21:48
  so
• 21:48
  much
• 21:49
  and
• 21:49
  so
• 21:49
  many
• 21:49
  people
• 21:49
  do
• 21:50
  that.
• 21:50
  Those
• 21:51
  memories,
• 21:51
  fond,
• 21:52
  fond
• 21:52
  memories.
• 21:52
  The
• 21:52
  greatest
• 21:53
  currency
• 21:53
  we
• 21:53
  have
• 21:53
  in
• 21:53
  life.
• 21:54
  Al
• 21:54
  Michaels,
• 21:55
  folks.
• 21:55
  That
• 21:55
  is
• 21:56
  the
• 21:56
  gentleman
• 21:56
  from
• 21:57
  Lake
• 21:57
  Placid
• 21:58
  that
• 21:59
  famous
• 21:59
  night,
• 22:00
  do
• 22:00
  youo
• 22:00
  Believe
• 22:00
  in
• 22:01
  miracles?
• 22:01
  With
• 22:02
  the
• 22:02
  1980
• 22:03
  US
• 22:03
  hockey
• 22:04
  team.
• 22:04
  So
• 22:05
  there's
• 22:05
  two
• 22:06
  future
• 22:06
  legends.
• 22:07
  Steve
• 22:07
  Garvey,
• 22:07
  Al
• 22:08
  Michaels
• 22:08
  talking
• 22:09
  right
• 22:09
  there.
• 22:09
  Now
• 22:10
  you
• 22:10
  spoke
• 22:10
  about
• 22:11
  Tommy
• 22:11
  Lasorda,
• 22:12
  Steve.
• 22:12
  Steve
• 22:13
  Garvey
• 22:13
  with
• 22:13
  us
• 22:13
  tonight
• 22:14
  on
• 22:14
  the
• 22:14
  program.
• 22:16
  Illustrious
• 22:16
  managers
• 22:17
  you
• 22:17
  played
• 22:17
  for,
• 22:17
  you
• 22:18
  played
• 22:18
  for.
• 22:18
  Walter
• 22:18
  Alston,
• 22:19
  Dick
• 22:20
  Williams,
• 22:20
  Tommy
• 22:21
  Lasorda,
• 22:22
  all
• 22:23
  Hall
• 22:23
  of
• 22:23
  Famers
• 22:23
  right
• 22:24
  there.
• 22:24
  Who
• 22:25
  had
• 22:25
  the
• 22:25
  greatest
• 22:25
  impact
• 22:26
  on
• 22:26
  your
• 22:26
  career
• 22:27
  of
• 22:27
  some
• 22:27
  of
• 22:27
  the
• 22:27
  managers
• 22:28
  you
• 22:29
  played
• 22:29
  before
• 22:29
  on
• 22:30
  the
• 22:30
  way
• 22:30
  up.
• 22:31
  Well,
• 22:32
  it's
• 22:32
  interesting.
• 22:32
  Tommy
• 22:33
  was
• 22:33
  my
• 22:33
  first
• 22:33
  manager
• 22:34
  in
• 22:34
  Ogden,
• 22:35
  Utah
• 22:35
  when
• 22:35
  I
• 22:35
  signed
• 22:36
  68.
• 22:37
  And
• 22:38
  Guy
• 22:38
  Wellman,
• 22:38
  the
• 22:39
  great
• 22:39
  Midwest
• 22:39
  scout
• 22:39
  who
• 22:40
  had
• 22:40
  watched
• 22:40
  me
• 22:40
  play
• 22:40
  Mission
• 22:41
  State,
• 22:42
  when
• 22:42
  he
• 22:42
  signed
• 22:43
  me,
• 22:43
  he
• 22:43
  said,
• 22:44
  you
• 22:44
  know,
• 22:44
  we
• 22:44
  can
• 22:45
  either
• 22:45
  send
• 22:45
  you
• 22:45
  to
• 22:45
  Daytona
• 22:46
  beach,
• 22:46
  but
• 22:47
  you
• 22:47
  know,
• 22:47
  you,
• 22:48
  you
• 22:48
  played
• 22:48
  in
• 22:48
  Florida,
• 22:49
  but
• 22:49
  I
• 22:49
  think
• 22:49
  we'll
• 22:49
  send
• 22:50
  you
• 22:50
  to
• 22:50
  Ogden.
• 22:50
  We
• 22:51
  got
• 22:51
  a
• 22:51
  great
• 22:51
  manager
• 22:52
  of
• 22:52
  young
• 22:52
  men
• 22:52
  there
• 22:53
  by
• 22:53
  the
• 22:53
  name
• 22:53
  of
• 22:53
  Lasorda.
• 22:54
  And,
• 22:55
  and
• 22:55
  he
• 22:56
  said,
• 22:56
  we're
• 22:56
  going
• 22:56
  to
• 22:56
  send
• 22:56
  you
• 22:56
  there.
• 22:57
  So
• 22:57
  the
• 22:57
  next
• 22:57
  day
• 22:57
  I
• 22:58
  went
• 22:58
  From
• 22:58
  Tampa
• 22:58
  to
• 22:59
  St.
• 22:59
  Louis
• 23:00
  to
• 23:00
  Salt
• 23:01
  Lake
• 23:01
  City,
• 23:01
  little
• 23:02
  puddle
• 23:02
  jumper
• 23:02
  to
• 23:03
  Ogden,
• 23:03
  got
• 23:03
  a
• 23:03
  cab,
• 23:04
  got
• 23:04
  down
• 23:04
  to
• 23:05
  the
• 23:05
  Ben
• 23:05
  Lomond
• 23:05
  Hotel
• 23:06
  on
• 23:06
  Main
• 23:06
  Street.
• 23:06
  It
• 23:06
  was
• 23:07
  like
• 23:07
  the
• 23:07
  Plaza,
• 23:08
  Plaza
• 23:09
  Hotel
• 23:09
  of
• 23:10
  Ogden.
• 23:10
  And
• 23:11
  I
• 23:11
  walked
• 23:11
  in,
• 23:12
  is
• 23:12
  palm
• 23:12
  trees,
• 23:13
  old
• 23:13
  hotel
• 23:13
  built
• 23:14
  in
• 23:14
  the
• 23:14
  20s.
• 23:14
  And
• 23:15
  as
• 23:15
  I'm
• 23:15
  getting
• 23:15
  close
• 23:15
  to
• 23:16
  the
• 23:16
  desk,
• 23:16
  there's
• 23:16
  a
• 23:16
  man
• 23:17
  and
• 23:17
  talking
• 23:18
  and
• 23:18
  looks
• 23:18
  like
• 23:19
  a
• 23:19
  bunch
• 23:19
  of
• 23:19
  guys
• 23:20
  my
• 23:20
  age.
• 23:20
  And
• 23:20
  he
• 23:20
  turns
• 23:21
  around,
• 23:21
  he
• 23:21
  comes
• 23:22
  walking
• 23:22
  towards
• 23:22
  me,
• 23:22
  says,
• 23:23
  you
• 23:23
  must
• 23:23
  be
• 23:23
  the
• 23:24
  Garvey
• 23:24
  kid.
• 23:24
  I
• 23:25
  said,
• 23:25
  yes
• 23:26
  sir,
• 23:26
  I
• 23:26
  am.
• 23:26
  He
• 23:27
  said,
• 23:27
  well,
• 23:27
  son,
• 23:28
  he
• 23:28
  said,
• 23:28
  welcome
• 23:29
  to
• 23:29
  the
• 23:29
  Dodgers
• 23:29
  and
• 23:30
  your
• 23:30
  life
• 23:30
  changed
• 23:30
  forever.
• 23:31
  And
• 23:31
  I
• 23:31
  thought,
• 23:31
  oh
• 23:31
  my
• 23:31
  gosh,
• 23:32
  who
• 23:32
  is
• 23:32
  this
• 23:32
  guy?
• 23:33
  And,
• 23:34
  and
• 23:34
  from
• 23:34
  that
• 23:34
  day
• 23:35
  on,
• 23:35
  you
• 23:35
  know,
• 23:35
  he,
• 23:36
  we
• 23:36
  built
• 23:37
  a,
• 23:37
  a
• 23:38
  wonderful
• 23:38
  relationship,
• 23:40
  really
• 23:40
  a
• 23:40
  father
• 23:41
  son
• 23:41
  relationship
• 23:42
  that
• 23:42
  carried
• 23:43
  all
• 23:43
  the
• 23:43
  way
• 23:43
  until
• 23:44
  his
• 23:44
  passing
• 23:45
  a
• 23:45
  couple
• 23:45
  of
• 23:45
  years
• 23:45
  ago.
• 23:46
  But
• 23:46
  he
• 23:47
  was,
• 23:47
  I
• 23:47
  always
• 23:47
  said
• 23:47
  he
• 23:48
  was
• 23:48
  the
• 23:48
  P.T.
• 23:48
  barnum
• 23:49
  of
• 23:49
  managing
• 23:50
  baseball.
• 23:50
  Walter
• 23:51
  Olson
• 23:51
  was
• 23:51
  the
• 23:52
  stoic
• 23:53
  21
• 23:54
  year
• 23:54
  contract.
• 23:56
  But
• 23:57
  when
• 23:57
  he,
• 23:57
  when
• 23:57
  he
• 23:57
  talked,
• 23:58
  you
• 23:58
  listened
• 23:58
  because
• 23:58
  he
• 23:59
  had
• 23:59
  been,
• 23:59
  he'd
• 24:00
  been
• 24:00
  watching
• 24:00
  you.
• 24:00
  And
• 24:01
  then
• 24:01
  of
• 24:01
  course,
• 24:01
  Dick
• 24:01
  Williams
• 24:01
  is
• 24:02
  one
• 24:02
  of
• 24:02
  a
• 24:02
  drill
• 24:02
  sergeant.
• 24:03
  So
• 24:03
  three
• 24:03
  different
• 24:03
  styles
• 24:04
  of
• 24:04
  managing,
• 24:04
  three
• 24:05
  different
• 24:05
  hall
• 24:05
  of
• 24:05
  Famers.
• 24:06
  And
• 24:06
  I
• 24:06
  learned
• 24:07
  from
• 24:07
  all
• 24:07
  of
• 24:07
  them.
• 24:08
  Yeah,
• 24:08
  as
• 24:09
  we
• 24:09
  said
• 24:09
  folks,
• 24:10
  three
• 24:10
  famous
• 24:11
  hall
• 24:11
  of
• 24:11
  Fame
• 24:11
  managers.
• 24:12
  Dick
• 24:12
  Williams
• 24:13
  of
• 24:13
  course,
• 24:13
  with
• 24:14
  the
• 24:14
  Impossible
• 24:14
  Dream
• 24:15
  and
• 24:15
  the
• 24:15
  Oakland
• 24:15
  A's.
• 24:16
  Tommy
• 24:16
  with
• 24:16
  the
• 24:17
  Dodgers
• 24:17
  and
• 24:18
  Walter
• 24:18
  Alston,
• 24:19
  he
• 24:19
  was
• 24:19
  the
• 24:19
  guy
• 24:19
  who
• 24:20
  won
• 24:20
  the
• 24:20
  55
• 24:21
  world
• 24:21
  championship
• 24:21
  with
• 24:22
  those
• 24:22
  Brooklyn
• 24:22
  bums.
• 24:24
  Pitchers
• 24:25
  that
• 24:25
  you
• 24:26
  owned,
• 24:26
  Steve,
• 24:27
  that
• 24:27
  you.
• 24:27
  Hit
• 24:28
  well,
• 24:30
  well,
• 24:30
  I
• 24:30
  respected
• 24:31
  everybody,
• 24:31
  but
• 24:32
  some
• 24:32
  of
• 24:32
  them
• 24:32
  hit
• 24:32
  my
• 24:32
  bat
• 24:33
  more
• 24:33
  than
• 24:33
  others,
• 24:34
  obviously.
• 24:35
  But
• 24:36
  you
• 24:37
  know,
• 24:37
  I
• 24:37
  went
• 24:37
  through,
• 24:38
  you
• 24:38
  know,
• 24:38
  you
• 24:38
  can
• 24:38
  go
• 24:38
  online
• 24:39
  and,
• 24:40
  and
• 24:40
  come
• 24:41
  up
• 24:41
  with
• 24:41
  all
• 24:41
  the
• 24:41
  pictures
• 24:41
  you
• 24:42
  faced.
• 24:43
  And
• 24:44
  I
• 24:44
  wanted
• 24:44
  to
• 24:45
  figure
• 24:45
  out
• 24:46
  hall
• 24:46
  of
• 24:46
  Famers
• 24:47
  I
• 24:47
  faced
• 24:47
  and
• 24:47
  I
• 24:48
  faced
• 24:48
  probably
• 24:49
  14,
• 24:50
  15
• 24:50
  maybe
• 24:51
  and
• 24:51
  ended
• 24:51
  up
• 24:52
  with
• 24:52
  about
• 24:52
  almost
• 24:53
  a
• 24:53
  270
• 24:54
  average.
• 24:54
  I
• 24:54
  think
• 24:54
  it
• 24:54
  was
• 24:54
  268,
• 24:55
  which
• 24:56
  is
• 24:57
  take
• 24:57
  a
• 24:57
  lot
• 24:57
  of
• 24:57
  pride
• 24:58
  in
• 24:58
  because
• 24:58
  those
• 24:59
  guys
• 24:59
  were
• 24:59
  the
• 24:59
  very
• 24:59
  best,
• 25:00
  right?
• 25:01
  And
• 25:01
  then
• 25:02
  after
• 25:02
  that
• 25:02
  you've
• 25:02
  got
• 25:03
  some
• 25:03
  guys
• 25:03
  that
• 25:03
  like
• 25:04
  you
• 25:04
  just
• 25:04
  owned,
• 25:05
  you
• 25:05
  know.
• 25:05
  And
• 25:08
  you
• 25:08
  know
• 25:09
  I
• 25:09
  always
• 25:09
  say
• 25:10
  I
• 25:10
  love
• 25:10
  left
• 25:10
  handed
• 25:11
  pitching,
• 25:11
  but
• 25:12
  obviously
• 25:12
  70%
• 25:13
  of
• 25:13
  the
• 25:13
  time
• 25:13
  right
• 25:13
  handers
• 25:14
  throw
• 25:14
  and
• 25:15
  30%
• 25:15
  lefties.
• 25:16
  But
• 25:16
  you
• 25:17
  know,
• 25:17
  I,
• 25:17
  I
• 25:17
  was
• 25:17
  an
• 25:18
  opposite
• 25:18
  field
• 25:19
  guy.
• 25:19
  I
• 25:19
  thought
• 25:20
  about
• 25:20
  line
• 25:20
  drives
• 25:21
  to
• 25:21
  right
• 25:21
  and
• 25:22
  that
• 25:22
  way
• 25:22
  I
• 25:22
  covered
• 25:22
  the
• 25:22
  whole
• 25:23
  field.
• 25:23
  And
• 25:24
  you
• 25:24
  know,
• 25:24
  there
• 25:24
  was
• 25:25
  a
• 25:25
  stretch
• 25:25
  there
• 25:25
  where
• 25:26
  six
• 25:26
  out
• 25:27
  of
• 25:27
  seven
• 25:27
  seasons
• 25:27
  I
• 25:28
  hit
• 25:28
  200.
• 25:28
  200
• 25:29
  hits
• 25:29
  or
• 25:29
  more
• 25:30
  so
• 25:30
  I
• 25:30
  took
• 25:30
  a
• 25:30
  lot
• 25:30
  of
• 25:31
  pride
• 25:31
  in
• 25:31
  making
• 25:31
  contact.
• 25:32
  And
• 25:33
  you
• 25:33
  know,
• 25:34
  there
• 25:34
  were
• 25:34
  those
• 25:34
  times
• 25:35
  when,
• 25:35
  you
• 25:36
  know,
• 25:36
  it
• 25:36
  was,
• 25:37
  it
• 25:37
  was
• 25:37
  the
• 25:37
  battle
• 25:38
  between
• 25:38
  the
• 25:38
  great
• 25:38
  pitcher
• 25:39
  and,
• 25:40
  and
• 25:41
  me
• 25:41
  at
• 25:41
  the
• 25:41
  plate.
• 25:41
  People
• 25:42
  say,
• 25:42
  what
• 25:42
  do
• 25:42
  you
• 25:42
  miss
• 25:42
  much?
• 25:42
  I
• 25:43
  said,
• 25:43
  it's
• 25:43
  the
• 25:43
  competition
• 25:44
  of
• 25:45
  doing
• 25:45
  the
• 25:45
  single
• 25:46
  great,
• 25:46
  toughest
• 25:46
  thing
• 25:47
  in
• 25:47
  sports
• 25:47
  and
• 25:47
  that's,
• 25:48
  that's
• 25:49
  facing
• 25:50
  a
• 25:50
  man
• 25:50
  60ft
• 25:51
  6
• 25:51
  inches
• 25:51
  away
• 25:52
  who
• 25:52
  knows
• 25:53
  the
• 25:53
  speed,
• 25:53
  angle
• 25:53
  and
• 25:54
  location
• 25:55
  and
• 25:55
  he
• 25:55
  takes
• 25:56
  that
• 25:56
  round
• 25:56
  bat
• 25:56
  and
• 25:56
  tries
• 25:57
  to
• 25:57
  put
• 25:57
  it
• 25:57
  there
• 25:57
  and
• 25:57
  you've
• 25:57
  got
• 25:58
  a
• 25:58
  round
• 25:58
  ball
• 25:58
  rather,
• 25:59
  and
• 25:59
  you've
• 25:59
  got
• 25:59
  to
• 25:59
  round
• 25:59
  that,
• 26:00
  try
• 26:00
  to
• 26:00
  hit
• 26:00
  squarely.
• 26:01
  So
• 26:02
  greatest
• 26:03
  challenge
• 26:04
  and
• 26:04
  fortunately,
• 26:05
  over
• 26:05
  my
• 26:05
  long
• 26:05
  career
• 26:07
  playing
• 26:07
  with
• 26:07
  great
• 26:07
  players
• 26:08
  and
• 26:08
  coaching
• 26:08
  and
• 26:09
  like
• 26:09
  you
• 26:09
  said,
• 26:09
  great
• 26:09
  managers.
• 26:10
  I
• 26:10
  was
• 26:10
  in
• 26:11
  five
• 26:11
  World
• 26:12
  Series,
• 26:12
  10
• 26:13
  All
• 26:13
  Star
• 26:13
  Games
• 26:14
  and
• 26:15
  like
• 26:15
  I
• 26:15
  said,
• 26:15
  very
• 26:16
  blessed
• 26:16
  to
• 26:16
  have
• 26:16
  a
• 26:17
  long
• 26:17
  career.
• 26:17
  2700
• 26:18
  hits,
• 26:19
  folks.
• 26:19
  Not
• 26:19
  too
• 26:19
  shabby.
• 26:20
  Now,
• 26:20
  which
• 26:20
  pitchers
• 26:21
  gave
• 26:21
  you
• 26:21
  fit?
• 26:22
  Steve,
• 26:22
  you
• 26:23
  said
• 26:23
  you
• 26:24
  faced
• 26:24
  about
• 26:25
  14
• 26:26
  hall
• 26:26
  of
• 26:26
  Famers.
• 26:27
  Who
• 26:27
  did
• 26:28
  you
• 26:28
  walk
• 26:28
  up
• 26:29
  there
• 26:29
  and
• 26:29
  not
• 26:30
  want
• 26:30
  to
• 26:30
  see
• 26:30
  out
• 26:31
  there?
• 26:32
  Well,
• 26:33
  you
• 26:33
  know,
• 26:33
  people
• 26:33
  say
• 26:34
  who's
• 26:34
  the
• 26:34
  type
• 26:34
  of
• 26:34
  pitcher?
• 26:35
  And
• 26:35
  they,
• 26:35
  you
• 26:35
  know,
• 26:35
  they
• 26:36
  think
• 26:36
  I'm
• 26:36
  going
• 26:36
  to
• 26:36
  say
• 26:37
  Seaver
• 26:37
  or
• 26:37
  Marichell
• 26:38
  or,
• 26:39
  or
• 26:39
  Gibson
• 26:40
  or
• 26:40
  any
• 26:40
  of
• 26:40
  these.
• 26:40
  And
• 26:41
  I
• 26:41
  always
• 26:41
  say
• 26:41
  it's
• 26:41
  Phil
• 26:41
  Negro,
• 26:42
  people.
• 26:42
  Phil
• 26:42
  Negro
• 26:43
  knuckleball
• 26:43
  fish.
• 26:44
  I
• 26:44
  said,
• 26:44
  yeah,
• 26:45
  because
• 26:45
  he
• 26:45
  didn't
• 26:46
  know
• 26:46
  it
• 26:46
  was
• 26:46
  going.
• 26:46
  The
• 26:47
  catcher
• 26:47
  didn't
• 26:47
  know
• 26:47
  he
• 26:47
  was
• 26:48
  going.
• 26:48
  And
• 26:48
  we're
• 26:48
  supposed
• 26:48
  to
• 26:49
  hit
• 26:49
  it
• 26:49
  with
• 26:49
  this
• 26:49
  round
• 26:49
  bat
• 26:50
  and,
• 26:51
  and
• 26:52
  he
• 26:52
  was
• 26:52
  always
• 26:53
  tough
• 26:53
  and
• 26:54
  you
• 26:54
  know,
• 26:54
  knuckleball
• 26:55
  pitcher
• 26:55
  always
• 26:56
  wants
• 26:56
  the
• 26:56
  wind
• 26:56
  blowing
• 26:57
  out,
• 26:57
  which
• 26:57
  hitters
• 26:57
  love
• 26:58
  because,
• 26:58
  you
• 26:59
  know,
• 26:59
  ball
• 26:59
  that's
• 26:59
  not
• 27:00
  turning
• 27:00
  over
• 27:01
  really
• 27:01
  dances.
• 27:02
  So
• 27:02
  that's
• 27:02
  why
• 27:03
  the
• 27:03
  humidity
• 27:03
  in
• 27:03
  Atlanta
• 27:04
  was
• 27:04
  perfect
• 27:05
  for
• 27:05
  him
• 27:06
  a
• 27:06
  little
• 27:07
  bit
• 27:07
  better,
• 27:07
  you
• 27:08
  know,
• 27:08
  at
• 27:09
  Chavez
• 27:09
  Ravine
• 27:10
  and
• 27:10
  Dodger
• 27:10
  Stadium.
• 27:11
  But
• 27:11
  there
• 27:11
  were
• 27:12
  nights
• 27:12
  where
• 27:13
  I
• 27:13
  just
• 27:13
  get
• 27:14
  on
• 27:14
  top
• 27:14
  of
• 27:14
  the
• 27:14
  plate
• 27:14
  and
• 27:15
  hope
• 27:15
  he
• 27:15
  hit
• 27:15
  me
• 27:16
  because
• 27:17
  I'd
• 27:17
  consider
• 27:18
  a
• 27:18
  hit.
• 27:19
  But
• 27:19
  you
• 27:20
  know,
• 27:20
  again,
• 27:20
  I
• 27:20
  was
• 27:21
  a
• 27:21
  contact
• 27:21
  hitter
• 27:21
  and
• 27:22
  couldn't
• 27:22
  play
• 27:22
  and
• 27:23
  I
• 27:24
  probably
• 27:24
  batted
• 27:25
  maybe
• 27:25
  250
• 27:26
  against
• 27:26
  him,
• 27:27
  but
• 27:27
  I'll
• 27:27
  take
• 27:27
  it.
• 27:27
  Yeah,
• 27:28
  but
• 27:29
  the
• 27:29
  Seavers
• 27:29
  were
• 27:29
  always
• 27:30
  tough
• 27:30
  and,
• 27:31
  and
• 27:33
  you
• 27:33
  know,
• 27:33
  the
• 27:33
  guys
• 27:34
  that
• 27:34
  perennial
• 27:35
  get
• 27:35
  to
• 27:35
  the
• 27:35
  hall
• 27:35
  of
• 27:36
  Fame,
• 27:36
  even
• 27:36
  Knights,
• 27:36
  when
• 27:37
  they,
• 27:37
  they
• 27:37
  always
• 27:37
  say
• 27:37
  they
• 27:37
  didn't
• 27:38
  have
• 27:38
  it,
• 27:39
  their
• 27:40
  competitiveness
• 27:41
  is
• 27:41
  the
• 27:41
  thing
• 27:41
  that
• 27:42
  I
• 27:42
  like
• 27:42
  the
• 27:42
  challenge
• 27:43
  of
• 27:43
  it.
• 27:44
  So.
• 27:45
  But
• 27:46
  you
• 27:46
  know,
• 27:46
  again,
• 27:47
  I
• 27:47
  was,
• 27:47
  back
• 27:48
  then
• 27:48
  we,
• 27:48
  we
• 27:49
  did
• 27:49
  different
• 27:50
  things
• 27:50
  in
• 27:50
  the
• 27:50
  batter's
• 27:50
  box.
• 27:51
  We
• 27:51
  had
• 27:51
  closed
• 27:51
  stances
• 27:52
  or
• 27:52
  parallel.
• 27:52
  Now
• 27:53
  the
• 27:53
  stances
• 27:53
  are
• 27:54
  open.
• 27:54
  We
• 27:54
  got
• 27:55
  close
• 27:55
  to
• 27:55
  the
• 27:56
  plate.
• 27:58
  We
• 27:58
  didn't
• 27:58
  have
• 27:58
  launch
• 27:59
  angles.
• 27:59
  You
• 27:59
  know,
• 28:00
  we
• 28:00
  were
• 28:00
  taught
• 28:00
  to
• 28:00
  get
• 28:01
  down
• 28:01
  through
• 28:01
  the
• 28:01
  ball,
• 28:02
  you
• 28:02
  know,
• 28:02
  Hit
• 28:02
  line
• 28:02
  drives
• 28:03
  with
• 28:03
  a
• 28:03
  little
• 28:03
  backspin.
• 28:04
  Previous
• 28:05
  people
• 28:05
  come
• 28:05
  up
• 28:06
  to
• 28:06
  me
• 28:06
  now,
• 28:06
  say
• 28:06
  the
• 28:06
  last
• 28:07
  15,
• 28:07
  20
• 28:07
  years,
• 28:07
  hey,
• 28:08
  do
• 28:08
  you
• 28:08
  have
• 28:08
  a
• 28:08
  launch
• 28:09
  angle?
• 28:09
  I
• 28:09
  said,
• 28:09
  well,
• 28:10
  you
• 28:10
  know,
• 28:10
  I
• 28:10
  had
• 28:11
  to
• 28:11
  hit
• 28:11
  a
• 28:12
  270
• 28:13
  home
• 28:13
  runs.
• 28:14
  I
• 28:14
  said,
• 28:14
  but
• 28:15
  most
• 28:15
  of
• 28:16
  the
• 28:16
  time,
• 28:16
  and
• 28:17
  like,
• 28:17
  you
• 28:17
  know,
• 28:17
  it's
• 28:18
  interesting,
• 28:18
  I,
• 28:19
  I
• 28:19
  learned
• 28:19
  how
• 28:19
  to
• 28:20
  hit
• 28:20
  and
• 28:20
  run.
• 28:20
  So,
• 28:21
  so
• 28:21
  being
• 28:22
  a
• 28:22
  fourth
• 28:22
  place
• 28:23
  hitter,
• 28:23
  when
• 28:23
  you
• 28:23
  had
• 28:23
  Billy
• 28:24
  Russell
• 28:24
  in
• 28:24
  front
• 28:24
  of
• 28:24
  you
• 28:25
  or
• 28:26
  Reggie
• 28:26
  Smith
• 28:27
  or
• 28:27
  somebody
• 28:27
  like
• 28:27
  that,
• 28:28
  the
• 28:29
  guys
• 28:29
  we
• 28:29
  get
• 28:29
  on,
• 28:29
  Davey
• 28:30
  Lopes,
• 28:30
  the
• 28:30
  great
• 28:30
  basket
• 28:31
  base,
• 28:31
  Steeler,
• 28:31
  so
• 28:32
  the
• 28:32
  ability
• 28:32
  hit
• 28:32
  the
• 28:32
  ball
• 28:32
  the
• 28:32
  other
• 28:33
  way
• 28:33
  was,
• 28:33
  you
• 28:34
  know,
• 28:34
  was
• 28:34
  something
• 28:34
  that
• 28:34
  I
• 28:35
  did
• 28:35
  pretty
• 28:35
  well.
• 28:35
  And
• 28:36
  I
• 28:36
  think
• 28:36
  I'd
• 28:37
  get
• 28:38
  eight
• 28:38
  or
• 28:38
  nine
• 28:38
  10
• 28:38
  bun
• 28:38
  hits
• 28:39
  a
• 28:39
  year,
• 28:39
  which
• 28:39
  was
• 28:39
  another,
• 28:40
  you
• 28:40
  know,
• 28:40
  20
• 28:40
  points
• 28:41
  on
• 28:41
  the
• 28:41
  average.
• 28:41
  So
• 28:42
  I
• 28:42
  learned
• 28:42
  how
• 28:42
  to,
• 28:43
  how
• 28:43
  to
• 28:43
  use
• 28:43
  the
• 28:43
  bat
• 28:44
  and
• 28:44
  put
• 28:44
  the
• 28:44
  ball
• 28:44
  in
• 28:44
  play.
• 28:45
  And
• 28:45
  you
• 28:45
  know,
• 28:46
  rough
• 28:46
  year
• 28:46
  for
• 28:46
  me
• 28:46
  was
• 28:47
  60
• 28:47
  strikeouts
• 28:48
  and
• 28:49
  for
• 28:49
  a
• 28:49
  lot
• 28:49
  of
• 28:49
  guys
• 28:50
  now,
• 28:50
  as
• 28:50
  you
• 28:50
  know
• 28:51
  that
• 28:51
  in
• 28:51
  a
• 28:51
  month,
• 28:51
  probably
• 28:52
  the
• 28:52
  first
• 28:52
  two
• 28:52
  months,
• 28:53
  right?
• 28:54
  Yeah.
• 28:55
  Oh,
• 28:55
  you
• 28:56
  know,
• 28:56
  I
• 28:56
  used
• 28:56
  to
• 28:56
  take
• 28:56
  it
• 28:57
  personally
• 28:57
  if
• 28:57
  I
• 28:57
  struck
• 28:57
  out
• 28:58
  and
• 28:58
  I'd
• 28:58
  come
• 28:58
  in
• 28:58
  and,
• 28:58
  you
• 28:59
  know,
• 28:59
  I'd
• 28:59
  never
• 28:59
  threw
• 28:59
  a
• 29:00
  bat
• 29:00
  or
• 29:00
  anything
• 29:00
  but
• 29:01
  just
• 29:02
  talk
• 29:02
  under
• 29:03
  my
• 29:03
  breath
• 29:03
  and
• 29:03
  Losor
• 29:04
  would
• 29:04
  say,
• 29:04
  take
• 29:05
  it
• 29:05
  easy,
• 29:06
  yeah,
• 29:06
  you'll
• 29:06
  get
• 29:06
  them
• 29:07
  next
• 29:07
  time.
• 29:07
  And
• 29:07
  I
• 29:08
  said,
• 29:08
  no,
• 29:08
  I
• 29:08
  can't
• 29:09
  believe
• 29:09
  I
• 29:09
  struck
• 29:09
  out
• 29:09
  on
• 29:10
  that.
• 29:10
  And
• 29:11
  so,
• 29:11
  I
• 29:11
  mean,
• 29:12
  that's
• 29:12
  the
• 29:12
  competitiveness,
• 29:13
  you
• 29:14
  know,
• 29:14
  we,
• 29:14
  I
• 29:15
  had
• 29:15
  it
• 29:15
  when
• 29:15
  I
• 29:15
  first
• 29:16
  came
• 29:16
  up
• 29:16
  and
• 29:16
  I
• 29:16
  think
• 29:16
  I
• 29:17
  had
• 29:17
  it
• 29:17
  my
• 29:17
  last
• 29:18
  season.
• 29:18
  And
• 29:19
  you
• 29:20
  know,
• 29:20
  I
• 29:20
  did,
• 29:21
  I
• 29:21
  did
• 29:21
  color
• 29:22
  for,
• 29:22
  you
• 29:23
  know,
• 29:23
  not,
• 29:23
  not
• 29:24
  one
• 29:24
  team,
• 29:24
  but
• 29:25
  I
• 29:25
  used
• 29:25
  to
• 29:25
  do
• 29:25
  it
• 29:25
  for
• 29:26
  ESPN
• 29:27
  for
• 29:27
  the
• 29:27
  College
• 29:27
  World
• 29:27
  Series,
• 29:28
  the
• 29:28
  liberal
• 29:28
  Series
• 29:28
  and
• 29:29
  so
• 29:29
  forth.
• 29:29
  And
• 29:30
  I
• 29:30
  talked
• 29:31
  about
• 29:31
  that
• 29:31
  competitiveness
• 29:32
  and
• 29:32
  how
• 29:32
  important
• 29:33
  it
• 29:33
  is
• 29:33
  and
• 29:34
  never
• 29:34
  giving
• 29:34
  up
• 29:34
  on
• 29:35
  and
• 29:35
  at
• 29:35
  that,
• 29:36
  much
• 29:36
  less,
• 29:36
  you
• 29:37
  know,
• 29:37
  being
• 29:38
  0
• 29:38
  for
• 29:38
  3.
• 29:39
  And
• 29:39
  you
• 29:39
  know,
• 29:39
  a
• 29:40
  lot
• 29:40
  of
• 29:40
  guys
• 29:40
  will
• 29:40
  say
• 29:40
  it's
• 29:41
  not
• 29:41
  my
• 29:41
  night.
• 29:41
  Well,
• 29:42
  I
• 29:42
  wanted
• 29:42
  to
• 29:42
  get
• 29:42
  that
• 29:43
  fourth
• 29:43
  at
• 29:43
  bat
• 29:43
  and
• 29:44
  get
• 29:44
  a
• 29:44
  hit.
• 29:44
  So
• 29:44
  I
• 29:44
  was
• 29:44
  one
• 29:44
  for
• 29:45
  four.
• 29:45
  So,
• 29:46
  you
• 29:46
  know,
• 29:46
  you
• 29:46
  keep
• 29:47
  adjusting
• 29:47
  your,
• 29:48
  your
• 29:48
  goals
• 29:49
  and
• 29:49
  your
• 29:49
  challenges
• 29:50
  and
• 29:50
  I
• 29:50
  think
• 29:50
  that's
• 29:50
  what
• 29:50
  drives
• 29:51
  us,
• 29:51
  you
• 29:51
  know,
• 29:51
  both
• 29:51
  on
• 29:52
  the
• 29:52
  field
• 29:52
  and
• 29:52
  off
• 29:52
  the
• 29:52
  field
• 29:53
  and
• 29:53
  in
• 29:53
  life.
• 29:54
  There
• 29:54
  you
• 29:54
  go.
• 29:55
  Steve
• 29:55
  Garvey,
• 29:56
  been
• 29:56
  a
• 29:56
  pleasure.
• 29:56
  I
• 29:57
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• 29:57
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• 29:57
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• 29:57
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• 29:57
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• 29:58
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• 29:58
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• 29:59
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• 29:59
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• 30:00
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• 30:00
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• 30:00
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• 30:00
  back
• 30:01
  home
• 30:01
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• 30:01
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• 30:01
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• 30:02
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• 30:03
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• 30:04
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• 30:04
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• 30:04
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• 30:04
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• 30:05
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• 30:06
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• 30:06
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• 30:06
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• 30:06
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• 30:06
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• 30:07
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• 30:07
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• 30:08
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• 30:08
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• 30:09
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• 30:09
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• 30:09
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• 30:09
  Steve.
• 30:10
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• 30:11
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• 30:11
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• 30:11
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• 30:12
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• 30:14
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• 30:14
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• 30:15
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• 30:15
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• 30:15
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• 30:15
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• 30:15
  Garvey,
• 30:16
  ladies
• 30:16
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• 30:17
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• 30:21
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• 30:21
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• 30:22
  Mr.
• 30:23
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• 30:23
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• 30:23
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• 30:24
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• 31:44
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• 31:46
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  pitchers
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• 31:56
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• 31:57
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• 31:58
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• 31:58
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  along.
• 32:00
  How
• 32:00
  we
• 32:01
  doing,
• 32:01
  Brian?
• 32:01
  We're
• 32:01
  looking
• 32:01
  good.
• 32:02
  Okay,
• 32:02
  our
• 32:02
  next
• 32:03
  guest,
• 32:04
  he
• 32:04
  began
• 32:05
  his
• 32:05
  career
• 32:05
  as
• 32:05
  a
• 32:05
  sports
• 32:06
  writer
• 32:06
  in
• 32:06
  1974
• 32:08
  and
• 32:09
  worked
• 32:09
  for
• 32:09
  Southern
• 32:10
  California
• 32:10
  News
• 32:11
  Group's
• 32:11
  newspapers
• 32:12
  from
• 32:12
  87
• 32:13
  till
• 32:13
  his
• 32:13
  retirement
• 32:14
  in
• 32:14
  2022.
• 32:16
  He
• 32:16
  was
• 32:16
  selected
• 32:17
  for
• 32:17
  induction
• 32:18
  to
• 32:18
  the
• 32:18
  US
• 32:19
  Basketball
• 32:19
  Writers
• 32:20
  hall
• 32:20
  of
• 32:20
  Fame
• 32:20
  in
• 32:21
  2020.
• 32:22
  He
• 32:22
  has
• 32:23
  a
• 32:23
  new
• 32:23
  book
• 32:23
  due
• 32:24
  on
• 32:24
  February
• 32:25
  18th.
• 32:25
  Mark
• 32:26
  that
• 32:26
  down,
• 32:26
  folks.
• 32:27
  It's
• 32:27
  from
• 32:27
  our
• 32:27
  good
• 32:28
  friends
• 32:28
  at
• 32:28
  Triumph
• 32:28
  Books
• 32:29
  in
• 32:29
  Chicago.
• 32:30
  The
• 32:30
  subject
• 32:31
  of
• 32:31
  the
• 32:31
  book
• 32:31
  is
• 32:32
  the
• 32:32
  legendary
• 32:32
  hall
• 32:33
  of
• 32:33
  Famer
• 32:33
  Don
• 32:33
  Drysdale.
• 32:35
  The
• 32:35
  title
• 32:36
  up
• 32:36
  and
• 32:37
  the
• 32:37
  Life
• 32:37
  of
• 32:37
  a
• 32:38
  Dodgers
• 32:38
  Legend.
• 32:39
  I
• 32:39
  welcome
• 32:39
  to
• 32:39
  Sports
• 32:40
  Talk
• 32:40
  New
• 32:40
  York
• 32:40
  tonight,
• 32:41
  Mark
• 32:41
  Wicker.
• 32:42
  Mark,
• 32:42
  good
• 32:42
  evening.
• 32:44
  Hi.
• 32:44
  How
• 32:44
  are
• 32:44
  you?
• 32:45
  We're
• 32:45
  doing
• 32:45
  great.
• 32:45
  Mark,
• 32:46
  I
• 32:46
  just
• 32:46
  want
• 32:46
  to
• 32:47
  start
• 32:47
  off
• 32:48
  by
• 32:48
  asking
• 32:48
  you
• 32:49
  a
• 32:49
  wonderful
• 32:50
  topic,
• 32:51
  well
• 32:51
  deserved
• 32:52
  bio
• 32:52
  of
• 32:52
  Don
• 32:53
  Drysdale.
• 32:53
  How
• 32:53
  did
• 32:54
  you
• 32:54
  decide
• 32:54
  to
• 32:54
  write
• 32:55
  about
• 32:55
  Drysdale
• 32:56
  and
• 32:56
  why
• 32:56
  now?
• 32:58
  Well,
• 32:58
  I
• 32:58
  knew
• 32:59
  him
• 32:59
  somewhat
• 33:00
  when
• 33:00
  he
• 33:00
  was
• 33:00
  a
• 33:01
  Dodger
• 33:01
  broadcaster,
• 33:02
  and
• 33:02
  about
• 33:03
  10
• 33:03
  years
• 33:03
  ago
• 33:04
  I
• 33:04
  was
• 33:04
  gathering
• 33:05
  stuff
• 33:05
  to
• 33:06
  hopefully
• 33:06
  write
• 33:06
  a
• 33:06
  book
• 33:06
  about
• 33:07
  him.
• 33:07
  But
• 33:07
  the
• 33:07
  project
• 33:08
  fell
• 33:08
  through
• 33:08
  and
• 33:08
  then
• 33:10
  and
• 33:10
  then
• 33:11
  it
• 33:11
  came
• 33:11
  up
• 33:11
  again
• 33:13
  a
• 33:13
  couple
• 33:14
  years
• 33:14
  ago
• 33:14
  and
• 33:15
  I
• 33:15
  wrote
• 33:15
  it
• 33:16
  and
• 33:17
  most
• 33:17
  of
• 33:17
  it
• 33:17
  I
• 33:17
  wrote
• 33:18
  in
• 33:18
  2023.
• 33:19
  And
• 33:19
  I
• 33:20
  just
• 33:20
  felt
• 33:20
  like
• 33:21
  there's
• 33:22
  I
• 33:23
  felt
• 33:23
  like
• 33:23
  he
• 33:23
  was
• 33:23
  a
• 33:23
  symbolic
• 33:24
  figure
• 33:25
  in
• 33:25
  the
• 33:25
  60s
• 33:25
  of
• 33:26
  the
• 33:26
  way
• 33:26
  baseball
• 33:26
  was
• 33:26
  played
• 33:27
  back
• 33:27
  then.
• 33:27
  And
• 33:27
  I
• 33:27
  thought
• 33:28
  he
• 33:28
  was
• 33:29
  a
• 33:29
  very
• 33:29
  essential
• 33:30
  part
• 33:30
  of
• 33:30
  a
• 33:30
  lot
• 33:30
  of
• 33:31
  really
• 33:32
  good
• 33:32
  Dodgers
• 33:33
  teams.
• 33:33
  And
• 33:34
  I
• 33:35
  think
• 33:35
  the
• 33:35
  holdout
• 33:36
  that
• 33:36
  he
• 33:36
  staged
• 33:37
  with
• 33:37
  Sandy
• 33:37
  Koufax
• 33:38
  did
• 33:38
  a
• 33:38
  lot
• 33:38
  to
• 33:38
  change
• 33:39
  the
• 33:39
  economics
• 33:39
  of
• 33:40
  baseball,
• 33:40
  too.
• 33:40
  And,
• 33:41
  you
• 33:41
  know,
• 33:42
  there's
• 33:42
  just
• 33:42
  a
• 33:42
  lot
• 33:42
  of
• 33:42
  facets
• 33:43
  to
• 33:43
  his
• 33:43
  life
• 33:43
  and
• 33:44
  he
• 33:45
  had
• 33:45
  a
• 33:45
  big
• 33:45
  impact
• 33:46
  on
• 33:46
  a
• 33:46
  lot.
• 33:46
  Of
• 33:46
  people,
• 33:47
  rightfully
• 33:48
  so,
• 33:48
  yes.
• 33:49
  Now,
• 33:49
  who
• 33:50
  did
• 33:50
  you
• 33:50
  speak
• 33:50
  with,
• 33:51
  Mark,
• 33:51
  in
• 33:51
  putting
• 33:51
  together
• 33:52
  your
• 33:52
  research
• 33:52
  for
• 33:53
  this
• 33:53
  book?
• 33:53
  How
• 33:54
  many
• 33:54
  people
• 33:54
  did
• 33:55
  you
• 33:55
  contact?
• 33:56
  Some
• 33:57
  of
• 33:57
  the
• 33:57
  names
• 33:57
  you
• 33:57
  had
• 33:58
  to
• 33:58
  speak
• 33:58
  with?
• 33:58
  Because,
• 33:59
  as
• 33:59
  we
• 33:59
  know,
• 34:00
  Don's
• 34:00
  been
• 34:00
  gone
• 34:01
  for
• 34:01
  a
• 34:01
  while.
• 34:03
  Name
• 34:03
  us
• 34:03
  some
• 34:03
  of
• 34:03
  the
• 34:04
  people
• 34:04
  that
• 34:04
  you
• 34:04
  talk
• 34:04
  to.
• 34:06
  Well,
• 34:06
  fortunately,
• 34:07
  I
• 34:07
  was.
• 34:07
  I
• 34:07
  interviewed
• 34:08
  Vince
• 34:08
  Kelly
• 34:08
  about
• 34:08
  this
• 34:09
  before
• 34:09
  Ben
• 34:10
  passed
• 34:10
  away.
• 34:10
  Oh,
• 34:11
  nice.
• 34:11
  Okay.
• 34:12
  And
• 34:13
  back
• 34:13
  when
• 34:14
  I
• 34:14
  first
• 34:15
  started
• 34:15
  working
• 34:15
  on
• 34:15
  it,
• 34:15
  before
• 34:16
  it
• 34:16
  fell
• 34:16
  through,
• 34:16
  and
• 34:17
  then
• 34:18
  Ann
• 34:18
  Meyers
• 34:19
  was
• 34:19
  a
• 34:19
  key,
• 34:19
  obviously
• 34:20
  his
• 34:20
  wife.
• 34:21
  And.
• 34:22
  And
• 34:22
  then,
• 34:23
  you
• 34:23
  know,
• 34:23
  Ken
• 34:24
  Harrelson,
• 34:24
  who
• 34:24
  worked
• 34:24
  with
• 34:25
  him
• 34:25
  in
• 34:25
  the
• 34:25
  White
• 34:25
  Sox
• 34:26
  broadcast
• 34:26
  booth,
• 34:26
  was
• 34:27
  very
• 34:27
  helpful
• 34:27
  as
• 34:27
  well.
• 34:28
  And
• 34:28
  a
• 34:28
  lot
• 34:29
  of
• 34:29
  his.
• 34:29
  A
• 34:29
  lot
• 34:29
  of
• 34:30
  his
• 34:30
  old
• 34:30
  teammates.
• 34:31
  And,
• 34:31
  you
• 34:31
  know,
• 34:32
  Bill
• 34:32
  Babaisey,
• 34:32
  whose
• 34:33
  father,
• 34:33
  Buzzy,
• 34:34
  was
• 34:34
  the
• 34:34
  general
• 34:34
  manager
• 34:35
  of
• 34:35
  the
• 34:35
  dodgers,
• 34:35
  and
• 34:36
  Peter
• 34:36
  O'Malley,
• 34:37
  who
• 34:38
  owned
• 34:38
  the
• 34:38
  team.
• 34:38
  And,
• 34:39
  you
• 34:39
  know,
• 34:39
  just
• 34:39
  a
• 34:39
  lot
• 34:39
  of
• 34:40
  people
• 34:40
  around
• 34:40
  baseball
• 34:41
  who,
• 34:42
  you
• 34:42
  know,
• 34:42
  Joe
• 34:43
  Tory,
• 34:43
  for
• 34:43
  instance,
• 34:44
  was
• 34:44
  very
• 34:44
  helpful
• 34:45
  talking
• 34:45
  about,
• 34:45
  you
• 34:46
  know,
• 34:46
  being
• 34:46
  in
• 34:46
  the
• 34:47
  opposing
• 34:47
  dugout
• 34:48
  and
• 34:49
  just
• 34:50
  a
• 34:50
  lot
• 34:50
  of
• 34:50
  some
• 34:51
  family
• 34:51
  members,
• 34:51
  too,
• 34:52
  that
• 34:52
  are
• 34:52
  still
• 34:52
  surviving.
• 34:54
  And,
• 34:55
  you
• 34:55
  know,
• 34:55
  I
• 34:55
  think
• 34:55
  probably.
• 34:56
  I
• 34:56
  don't
• 34:56
  know
• 34:56
  how
• 34:56
  many
• 34:57
  people
• 34:57
  I
• 34:57
  interviewed,
• 34:58
  probably
• 34:58
  about
• 34:58
  50.
• 34:58
  And
• 34:59
  then
• 34:59
  did
• 34:59
  a
• 34:59
  lot
• 34:59
  of
• 35:00
  research
• 35:00
  in
• 35:00
  the
• 35:01
  archives,
• 35:01
  you
• 35:01
  know,
• 35:02
  with
• 35:02
  his
• 35:02
  games
• 35:03
  and
• 35:04
  his
• 35:04
  actual
• 35:04
  career.
• 35:05
  Yeah.
• 35:05
  Certainly
• 35:06
  shows
• 35:06
  in
• 35:06
  the
• 35:06
  book,
• 35:07
  that
• 35:07
  is
• 35:07
  for
• 35:08
  sure.
• 35:08
  Mark.
• 35:08
  Now,
• 35:09
  Don
• 35:10
  Drysdale,
• 35:10
  he
• 35:11
  quickly
• 35:11
  established
• 35:12
  himself
• 35:13
  as
• 35:13
  a
• 35:13
  pitcher
• 35:14
  who
• 35:15
  was,
• 35:15
  we'll
• 35:15
  just
• 35:15
  say,
• 35:16
  not
• 35:16
  afraid
• 35:16
  to
• 35:16
  come
• 35:16
  up
• 35:17
  and
• 35:17
  in,
• 35:17
  as
• 35:18
  in
• 35:18
  the
• 35:18
  book's
• 35:18
  title.
• 35:19
  Was
• 35:19
  he.
• 35:21
  Yeah,
• 35:22
  I
• 35:22
  think
• 35:22
  he
• 35:22
  grew
• 35:22
  up.
• 35:23
  He
• 35:23
  had
• 35:23
  a
• 35:23
  lot
• 35:24
  of
• 35:24
  influences
• 35:24
  growing
• 35:25
  up
• 35:25
  in
• 35:25
  the
• 35:25
  Dodger
• 35:25
  organization.
• 35:26
  The
• 35:26
  Dodgers
• 35:26
  were
• 35:27
  that
• 35:27
  way
• 35:27
  anyway.
• 35:28
  They
• 35:29
  had
• 35:29
  kind
• 35:29
  of
• 35:30
  forged
• 35:30
  a
• 35:30
  reputation
• 35:31
  as
• 35:32
  a
• 35:32
  pitching
• 35:33
  staff
• 35:33
  who
• 35:33
  would
• 35:33
  come
• 35:33
  inside
• 35:34
  and
• 35:34
  really,
• 35:34
  all
• 35:35
  of
• 35:35
  them,
• 35:35
  every
• 35:36
  pitcher
• 35:36
  back
• 35:36
  then
• 35:37
  did.
• 35:37
  I
• 35:37
  know
• 35:37
  that
• 35:38
  several
• 35:38
  people
• 35:38
  say
• 35:38
  that,
• 35:39
  you
• 35:39
  know,
• 35:40
  when
• 35:40
  you
• 35:40
  broke
• 35:40
  into
• 35:41
  the
• 35:41
  big
• 35:41
  leagues,
• 35:41
  you
• 35:41
  were
• 35:42
  going
• 35:42
  to
• 35:42
  get
• 35:42
  pitched
• 35:42
  inside
• 35:44
  and
• 35:44
  knocked
• 35:45
  down
• 35:45
  early
• 35:46
  just
• 35:46
  to
• 35:46
  see
• 35:46
  what
• 35:46
  you're
• 35:47
  made
• 35:47
  of
• 35:47
  and
• 35:47
  to
• 35:47
  see
• 35:47
  if
• 35:48
  you
• 35:48
  could
• 35:48
  take
• 35:48
  it.
• 35:49
  I
• 35:49
  think
• 35:49
  Drysdale,
• 35:52
  I
• 35:52
  think
• 35:53
  the
• 35:53
  way
• 35:53
  he
• 35:53
  pitched
• 35:54
  and
• 35:54
  the
• 35:54
  way
• 35:54
  he
• 35:54
  looked
• 35:54
  and
• 35:55
  he
• 35:55
  was.
• 35:55
  He
• 35:56
  said
• 35:56
  he
• 35:56
  always
• 35:56
  pitched
• 35:57
  angry.
• 35:57
  And
• 35:58
  I
• 35:58
  think
• 35:58
  that
• 35:58
  his
• 35:59
  reputation,
• 35:59
  plus
• 36:00
  his
• 36:00
  size,
• 36:00
  you
• 36:00
  know,
• 36:00
  he
• 36:01
  was
• 36:01
  six
• 36:01
  foot
• 36:01
  six.
• 36:02
  And
• 36:03
  the
• 36:03
  fact
• 36:03
  that
• 36:04
  he
• 36:04
  would
• 36:04
  knock
• 36:05
  down
• 36:05
  Frank
• 36:05
  Robinson,
• 36:06
  he
• 36:06
  would
• 36:06
  knock
• 36:06
  down
• 36:06
  Willie
• 36:07
  Mays,
• 36:07
  Hank
• 36:07
  Aaron,
• 36:08
  I
• 36:08
  mean,
• 36:08
  any
• 36:09
  of
• 36:09
  the
• 36:10
  top
• 36:10
  guys,
• 36:11
  you
• 36:12
  know,
• 36:12
  he
• 36:12
  was
• 36:12
  not
• 36:12
  afraid
• 36:13
  of
• 36:13
  doing
• 36:13
  that.
• 36:13
  And
• 36:13
  I
• 36:14
  think
• 36:14
  that's
• 36:14
  probably
• 36:14
  one
• 36:15
  of
• 36:15
  the
• 36:15
  reasons
• 36:15
  that
• 36:15
  he
• 36:17
  got
• 36:17
  a
• 36:17
  big
• 36:18
  reputation
• 36:18
  for
• 36:18
  doing
• 36:19
  that.
• 36:19
  He
• 36:19
  certainly
• 36:19
  deserved
• 36:20
  it.
• 36:20
  But,
• 36:20
  you
• 36:20
  know,
• 36:21
  Sandy
• 36:21
  Kopak's
• 36:21
  fits
• 36:22
  inside,
• 36:22
  too.
• 36:24
  And
• 36:24
  really
• 36:24
  a
• 36:24
  lot
• 36:24
  of
• 36:24
  people
• 36:25
  did
• 36:25
  back
• 36:25
  in
• 36:25
  that
• 36:26
  time.
• 36:26
  That
• 36:26
  was
• 36:26
  just
• 36:26
  the
• 36:26
  ethic
• 36:27
  of
• 36:27
  the.
• 36:27
  Game,
• 36:27
  as
• 36:28
  you
• 36:28
  Say
• 36:28
  it
• 36:28
  was
• 36:29
  the
• 36:29
  thing
• 36:29
  to
• 36:29
  do
• 36:29
  back
• 36:30
  in
• 36:30
  that
• 36:30
  day.
• 36:31
  And
• 36:31
  one
• 36:31
  of
• 36:31
  the
• 36:32
  mentors
• 36:32
  of
• 36:32
  Don
• 36:33
  Drysdale,
• 36:33
  I
• 36:34
  read,
• 36:34
  Mark,
• 36:35
  was
• 36:35
  Sal
• 36:36
  Magley.
• 36:37
  People
• 36:37
  can
• 36:37
  Google
• 36:38
  Sal
• 36:38
  Magley.
• 36:39
  His
• 36:39
  nickname
• 36:40
  was
• 36:40
  the
• 36:40
  Barber.
• 36:40
  And
• 36:41
  it
• 36:41
  wasn't
• 36:41
  because
• 36:41
  he
• 36:42
  gave
• 36:42
  haircuts.
• 36:42
  It's
• 36:43
  because
• 36:43
  of
• 36:43
  the
• 36:43
  close
• 36:43
  shave
• 36:44
  he
• 36:44
  gave
• 36:45
  batters
• 36:45
  in
• 36:45
  the
• 36:45
  batter's
• 36:46
  box.
• 36:46
  And
• 36:47
  he
• 36:47
  was
• 36:47
  one
• 36:47
  of
• 36:47
  the
• 36:47
  guys
• 36:48
  who
• 36:48
  helped
• 36:49
  Don
• 36:49
  through
• 36:50
  the
• 36:51
  early
• 36:51
  part
• 36:51
  of
• 36:51
  his
• 36:51
  career.
• 36:52
  Now,
• 36:53
  Don
• 36:54
  Drysdale
• 36:55
  sort
• 36:55
  of
• 36:56
  played
• 36:56
  in
• 36:56
  the
• 36:56
  shadow
• 36:57
  of
• 36:57
  Sandy
• 36:57
  Koufax.
• 36:58
  Mark,
• 36:59
  how
• 36:59
  did
• 36:59
  he
• 37:00
  deal
• 37:00
  with
• 37:00
  that?
• 37:02
  Well,
• 37:02
  they
• 37:02
  were
• 37:02
  good
• 37:03
  friends,
• 37:03
  and
• 37:03
  I
• 37:03
  think.
• 37:04
  I
• 37:04
  don't
• 37:04
  think
• 37:05
  he
• 37:05
  minded
• 37:06
  it
• 37:06
  at
• 37:06
  all.
• 37:06
  I
• 37:06
  mean,
• 37:07
  he
• 37:07
  was,
• 37:08
  you
• 37:08
  know,
• 37:08
  he
• 37:08
  knew
• 37:08
  that
• 37:09
  how
• 37:09
  great
• 37:10
  Sandy
• 37:10
  was,
• 37:10
  you
• 37:11
  know,
• 37:11
  once
• 37:11
  Sandy
• 37:12
  overcame
• 37:12
  his.
• 37:13
  His
• 37:14
  control
• 37:14
  problems
• 37:15
  early
• 37:15
  in
• 37:15
  his
• 37:15
  career.
• 37:16
  Now,
• 37:16
  Drysdale
• 37:16
  was
• 37:17
  probably
• 37:17
  a
• 37:17
  better
• 37:17
  pitcher
• 37:18
  early
• 37:19
  than
• 37:19
  Sandy,
• 37:20
  but
• 37:20
  then
• 37:20
  Sandy
• 37:20
  had
• 37:21
  those
• 37:21
  tremendous
• 37:21
  years
• 37:22
  in
• 37:22
  the
• 37:22
  mid-60s,
• 37:22
  and
• 37:23
  Don
• 37:24
  had
• 37:24
  a
• 37:24
  Cy
• 37:25
  Young
• 37:25
  season
• 37:25
  as
• 37:25
  well
• 37:26
  in
• 37:26
  there
• 37:26
  as
• 37:26
  well.
• 37:27
  And
• 37:27
  then,
• 37:27
  of
• 37:27
  course,
• 37:27
  in
• 37:27
  1968,
• 37:28
  he
• 37:28
  had
• 37:28
  that
• 37:29
  long
• 37:29
  shutout
• 37:29
  streak
• 37:30
  which
• 37:30
  really
• 37:30
  kind
• 37:30
  of
• 37:30
  distinguished
• 37:31
  his
• 37:31
  career.
• 37:32
  But
• 37:32
  they
• 37:32
  were
• 37:33
  very
• 37:33
  good
• 37:33
  friends.
• 37:33
  Of
• 37:34
  course,
• 37:34
  they
• 37:34
  teamed
• 37:34
  up
• 37:34
  on
• 37:35
  a
• 37:35
  holdout
• 37:36
  during
• 37:36
  spring
• 37:36
  training
• 37:37
  in
• 37:38
  1966.
• 37:39
  That
• 37:40
  was
• 37:41
  kind
• 37:41
  of
• 37:41
  the
• 37:41
  talk
• 37:42
  of
• 37:42
  baseball
• 37:42
  back
• 37:42
  then,
• 37:43
  because
• 37:43
  guys
• 37:43
  didn't
• 37:44
  do
• 37:44
  that.
• 37:45
  They
• 37:45
  didn't
• 37:46
  hold
• 37:46
  out,
• 37:46
  and
• 37:46
  they
• 37:46
  certainly
• 37:47
  didn't
• 37:47
  hold
• 37:47
  out
• 37:47
  together.
• 37:48
  And
• 37:48
  they
• 37:48
  were
• 37:48
  asking
• 37:48
  for
• 37:49
  a
• 37:49
  colossal
• 37:49
  amount
• 37:50
  of
• 37:50
  money
• 37:50
  back
• 37:50
  then.
• 37:52
  You
• 37:52
  know,
• 37:52
  I
• 37:52
  think.
• 37:53
  I
• 37:53
  think
• 37:53
  they
• 37:54
  ended
• 37:54
  up
• 37:54
  getting
• 37:54
  125
• 37:55
  and
• 37:56
  $110,000
• 37:57
  out
• 37:57
  of
• 37:58
  it
• 37:58
  that
• 37:58
  year.
• 37:58
  But
• 37:58
  that
• 37:59
  was,
• 37:59
  you
• 37:59
  know,
• 37:59
  that
• 38:00
  was
• 38:00
  a
• 38:00
  lot
• 38:00
  of
• 38:00
  money
• 38:00
  back
• 38:00
  then
• 38:01
  for
• 38:01
  baseball.
• 38:02
  The
• 38:02
  reserve
• 38:03
  clause
• 38:03
  was
• 38:03
  still
• 38:04
  in
• 38:04
  effect,
• 38:05
  and,
• 38:05
  you
• 38:06
  know,
• 38:06
  players
• 38:06
  couldn't
• 38:06
  become
• 38:07
  free
• 38:07
  agents,
• 38:07
  so
• 38:08
  they
• 38:09
  were
• 38:09
  threatening
• 38:09
  to
• 38:09
  become
• 38:10
  actors.
• 38:10
  And
• 38:10
  I
• 38:10
  think
• 38:11
  when.
• 38:12
  When
• 38:12
  the
• 38:12
  Dodgers
• 38:13
  finally
• 38:14
  signed
• 38:14
  them,
• 38:15
  Buzzy
• 38:15
  Buvasi
• 38:16
  said,
• 38:16
  you
• 38:16
  know,
• 38:16
  Hollywood
• 38:16
  really
• 38:17
  owes
• 38:17
  me
• 38:17
  a
• 38:17
  debt
• 38:17
  of
• 38:17
  gratitude
• 38:18
  because
• 38:18
  you
• 38:18
  don't
• 38:18
  want
• 38:19
  those
• 38:19
  two
• 38:19
  guys
• 38:19
  on
• 38:19
  the
• 38:20
  screen.
• 38:20
  They're
• 38:21
  acting
• 38:21
  back
• 38:21
  20
• 38:22
  years.
• 38:23
  And
• 38:23
  Sandy
• 38:23
  was
• 38:24
  extremely
• 38:25
  relieved
• 38:26
  when
• 38:26
  he
• 38:26
  didn't
• 38:26
  have
• 38:26
  to
• 38:26
  be
• 38:26
  in
• 38:27
  a
• 38:27
  movie.
• 38:27
  But
• 38:28
  they
• 38:29
  were
• 38:29
  friends.
• 38:29
  They
• 38:29
  were
• 38:29
  good
• 38:29
  friends
• 38:30
  long
• 38:30
  into
• 38:30
  their
• 38:31
  retirement.
• 38:31
  And,
• 38:32
  you
• 38:32
  know,
• 38:33
  and
• 38:33
  I
• 38:34
  think,
• 38:34
  you
• 38:34
  know,
• 38:35
  it's
• 38:35
  one
• 38:35
  of
• 38:35
  the
• 38:35
  few
• 38:35
  things,
• 38:36
  you
• 38:36
  know,
• 38:36
  Sandy
• 38:36
  doesn't
• 38:36
  do
• 38:37
  many
• 38:37
  interviews.
• 38:37
  And.
• 38:39
  And
• 38:40
  I
• 38:40
  did
• 38:40
  get
• 38:40
  a
• 38:41
  few
• 38:41
  minutes
• 38:41
  with
• 38:41
  him
• 38:43
  because
• 38:43
  of
• 38:43
  the
• 38:43
  subject
• 38:44
  matter,
• 38:44
  because
• 38:44
  of
• 38:45
  Don
• 38:45
  Drysdale.
• 38:46
  Nice.
• 38:46
  Yes.
• 38:48
  I
• 38:48
  also
• 38:48
  read,
• 38:48
  Mark,
• 38:49
  that
• 38:50
  Drysdale
• 38:51
  went
• 38:51
  to
• 38:51
  high
• 38:51
  school
• 38:52
  with
• 38:52
  Robert
• 38:52
  Redford.
• 38:53
  There's
• 38:53
  a
• 38:53
  side
• 38:54
  note
• 38:54
  for
• 38:54
  you
• 38:54
  folks,
• 38:55
  a
• 38:55
  little
• 38:55
  nugget.
• 38:56
  Van
• 38:56
  Nuys
• 38:57
  High
• 38:57
  School
• 38:57
  it
• 38:57
  was.
• 38:58
  And
• 38:59
  going
• 38:59
  to
• 38:59
  school
• 38:59
  with
• 38:59
  Robert
• 39:00
  Redford
• 39:00
  and
• 39:00
  Don
• 39:01
  Drysdale,
• 39:02
  a
• 39:02
  nice
• 39:03
  experience.
• 39:03
  He
• 39:04
  Was
• 39:04
  also
• 39:04
  a
• 39:04
  great
• 39:05
  header.
• 39:05
  Mark
• 39:06
  65.
• 39:07
  As
• 39:08
  a
• 39:08
  matter
• 39:08
  of
• 39:08
  fact,
• 39:08
  he
• 39:08
  was
• 39:08
  the
• 39:09
  Dodgers
• 39:09
  only.300
• 39:10
  hitter
• 39:12
  one
• 39:12
  year.
• 39:12
  He
• 39:12
  was.
• 39:12
  That's
• 39:13
  true.
• 39:13
  And
• 39:14
  he
• 39:14
  had
• 39:14
  a
• 39:14
  lot
• 39:14
  of
• 39:14
  home
• 39:15
  runs.
• 39:15
  He
• 39:15
  had
• 39:15
  a
• 39:15
  lot
• 39:15
  of
• 39:15
  triples.
• 39:16
  I
• 39:16
  mean,
• 39:16
  I
• 39:16
  think
• 39:17
  he
• 39:18
  was.
• 39:18
  It
• 39:18
  was
• 39:19
  kind
• 39:19
  of
• 39:19
  amazing.
• 39:19
  He
• 39:19
  never.
• 39:20
  And
• 39:20
  that's
• 39:20
  one
• 39:20
  reason
• 39:21
  he
• 39:21
  was
• 39:21
  able
• 39:21
  to
• 39:21
  win
• 39:21
  a
• 39:22
  lot
• 39:22
  of
• 39:22
  games,
• 39:22
  because
• 39:22
  they
• 39:22
  very
• 39:23
  rarely
• 39:23
  pitch
• 39:23
  it
• 39:24
  for
• 39:24
  him.
• 39:24
  In
• 39:25
  fact,
• 39:25
  he
• 39:25
  pitch
• 39:25
  it
• 39:26
  sometimes
• 39:26
  for
• 39:26
  other
• 39:26
  Dodgers,
• 39:27
  which
• 39:27
  is,
• 39:28
  when
• 39:28
  you
• 39:28
  look
• 39:28
  back
• 39:29
  on
• 39:29
  it,
• 39:29
  it's
• 39:29
  hard
• 39:29
  to
• 39:29
  believe,
• 39:30
  but
• 39:30
  he
• 39:31
  was
• 39:31
  a
• 39:31
  very
• 39:31
  good
• 39:31
  hitter.
• 39:32
  He
• 39:32
  was
• 39:32
  very
• 39:32
  proud,
• 39:33
  very
• 39:33
  dangerous.
• 39:33
  And.
• 39:34
  And
• 39:35
  that's
• 39:35
  one
• 39:35
  of
• 39:35
  the
• 39:35
  things
• 39:36
  he
• 39:36
  was
• 39:37
  good
• 39:37
  at.
• 39:37
  He
• 39:38
  had
• 39:38
  a
• 39:38
  great
• 39:38
  pickup
• 39:39
  move,
• 39:39
  too.
• 39:40
  And,
• 39:41
  you
• 39:41
  know,
• 39:42
  he
• 39:42
  was
• 39:42
  very
• 39:43
  well
• 39:43
  schooled
• 39:43
  in
• 39:44
  all
• 39:44
  the
• 39:44
  little
• 39:44
  things.
• 39:45
  We're
• 39:45
  speaking
• 39:45
  with
• 39:46
  Mark
• 39:46
  Rickard
• 39:46
  tonight
• 39:46
  on
• 39:47
  Sports
• 39:47
  Talk
• 39:47
  New
• 39:48
  York.
• 39:48
  He's
• 39:48
  got
• 39:48
  a
• 39:48
  new
• 39:48
  book
• 39:49
  coming
• 39:49
  out
• 39:49
  on
• 39:49
  February
• 39:50
  18th
• 39:51
  on
• 39:51
  the
• 39:51
  Great
• 39:52
  hall
• 39:52
  of
• 39:52
  Famer,
• 39:52
  Don
• 39:53
  Drysdale.
• 39:53
  Now,
• 39:54
  one
• 39:54
  of
• 39:54
  the
• 39:54
  great
• 39:55
  stories,
• 39:55
  Mark,
• 39:56
  and
• 39:56
  you
• 39:57
  can
• 39:57
  tell
• 39:57
  it
• 39:57
  for
• 39:57
  us,
• 39:59
  centers
• 39:59
  around
• 40:00
  Sandy
• 40:00
  Koufax
• 40:01
  declining
• 40:02
  to
• 40:02
  pitch
• 40:03
  in
• 40:04
  the
• 40:04
  World
• 40:04
  Series
• 40:05
  because
• 40:05
  it
• 40:05
  fell
• 40:05
  on
• 40:05
  Yom
• 40:06
  Kippur.
• 40:07
  Tell
• 40:08
  us
• 40:08
  that
• 40:08
  story.
• 40:13
  Did
• 40:14
  we
• 40:14
  lose,
• 40:14
  Mark?
• 40:17
  Mark,
• 40:17
  you
• 40:17
  with
• 40:17
  us?
• 40:18
  We
• 40:18
  did.
• 40:20
  Okay,
• 40:21
  we'll
• 40:21
  give
• 40:21
  Mark
• 40:22
  a
• 40:22
  call
• 40:22
  back.
• 40:25
  Let
• 40:25
  me.
• 40:26
  Hold
• 40:27
  on
• 40:27
  a
• 40:27
  second,
• 40:27
  folks.
• 40:30
  I
• 40:30
  lost.
• 40:30
  Oh,
• 40:31
  here
• 40:31
  we
• 40:31
  go.
• 40:32
  Thank
• 40:32
  you
• 40:32
  for
• 40:33
  holding.
• 40:34
  We
• 40:35
  just
• 40:35
  have
• 40:35
  to
• 40:35
  get
• 40:35
  Mark
• 40:35
  back
• 40:36
  on
• 40:36
  the
• 40:36
  line.
• 40:37
  What
• 40:37
  I
• 40:37
  was
• 40:38
  talking
• 40:38
  about
• 40:39
  was
• 40:39
  a
• 40:40
  story
• 40:40
  about
• 40:41
  Drysdale
• 40:42
  and
• 40:42
  Koufax.
• 40:44
  The
• 40:44
  World
• 40:44
  Series
• 40:45
  game
• 40:45
  fell
• 40:45
  on
• 40:46
  Yom
• 40:46
  Kippur,
• 40:47
  which,
• 40:47
  as
• 40:47
  we
• 40:47
  know,
• 40:48
  is
• 40:48
  the
• 40:48
  holiest
• 40:49
  day
• 40:49
  in
• 40:49
  the
• 40:49
  Jewish
• 40:50
  calendar.
• 40:51
  And
• 40:51
  Koufax
• 40:52
  didn't
• 40:53
  pitch
• 40:54
  true
• 40:54
  to
• 40:54
  his
• 40:55
  religion,
• 40:56
  and
• 40:56
  instead
• 40:57
  Don
• 40:57
  Drysdale
• 40:59
  took
• 40:59
  that
• 40:59
  ball
• 41:00
  game.
• 41:01
  Is
• 41:01
  do
• 41:02
  we
• 41:02
  have
• 41:02
  Mark
• 41:02
  back
• 41:03
  on
• 41:03
  the
• 41:03
  phone?
• 41:05
  We
• 41:05
  got
• 41:06
  him.
• 41:06
  All
• 41:06
  right.
• 41:06
  Sorry
• 41:07
  about
• 41:07
  that,
• 41:07
  Mark.
• 41:07
  I
• 41:08
  don't
• 41:08
  know
• 41:08
  what
• 41:08
  happened,
• 41:08
  friend,
• 41:09
  but
• 41:10
  glad
• 41:10
  to
• 41:11
  have
• 41:11
  you
• 41:11
  back
• 41:11
  with
• 41:11
  us.
• 41:13
  Sure.
• 41:13
  What
• 41:13
  happened
• 41:13
  there?
• 41:13
  I'm
• 41:14
  sorry.
• 41:14
  That's
• 41:14
  okay.
• 41:15
  Now,
• 41:16
  what
• 41:16
  I
• 41:16
  was
• 41:16
  speaking
• 41:16
  about,
• 41:17
  Mark,
• 41:17
  was
• 41:18
  the
• 41:19
  famous
• 41:19
  story
• 41:19
  about
• 41:20
  Drysdale
• 41:20
  and
• 41:20
  Koufax
• 41:21
  during
• 41:22
  the
• 41:22
  World
• 41:22
  Series
• 41:23
  in
• 41:23
  1965.
• 41:24
  The
• 41:25
  game
• 41:25
  falls
• 41:25
  on
• 41:26
  Yom
• 41:26
  Kippur.
• 41:26
  Of
• 41:27
  course.
• 41:27
  We
• 41:27
  know
• 41:27
  the
• 41:27
  holiest
• 41:28
  day
• 41:28
  in
• 41:28
  the
• 41:28
  Jewish
• 41:29
  calendar.
• 41:29
  Tell
• 41:30
  us
• 41:30
  that
• 41:30
  story.
• 41:32
  Yeah,
• 41:32
  he
• 41:32
  was
• 41:33
  1965
• 41:33
  in
• 41:34
  Minnesota.
• 41:34
  Sandy
• 41:35
  was
• 41:35
  going
• 41:35
  to
• 41:35
  pitch
• 41:35
  game
• 41:36
  one,
• 41:36
  and
• 41:36
  he
• 41:37
  made
• 41:37
  it
• 41:37
  pretty
• 41:37
  clear
• 41:37
  he
• 41:37
  wasn't
• 41:38
  going
• 41:38
  to
• 41:38
  pitch
• 41:38
  because
• 41:38
  of
• 41:39
  Yonker
• 41:39
  Corso.
• 41:39
  They
• 41:40
  pitched
• 41:40
  Drysdale
• 41:41
  instead.
• 41:42
  And
• 41:42
  the
• 41:43
  Twins
• 41:43
  really
• 41:43
  lit
• 41:44
  Drysdale
• 41:44
  up
• 41:45
  that
• 41:45
  day.
• 41:45
  And
• 41:45
  Walter
• 41:46
  Austin
• 41:46
  went
• 41:46
  to
• 41:46
  the
• 41:46
  mound
• 41:47
  to
• 41:47
  take
• 41:47
  him
• 41:47
  out
• 41:47
  of
• 41:47
  the
• 41:47
  game.
• 41:48
  And
• 41:48
  he
• 41:48
  expected
• 41:49
  Drysdale
• 41:49
  to
• 41:49
  be
• 41:49
  angry,
• 41:50
  as
• 41:50
  he
• 41:50
  always
• 41:50
  was
• 41:50
  in
• 41:51
  those
• 41:51
  situations.
• 41:52
  And
• 41:52
  instead
• 41:52
  Drysdale
• 41:53
  was
• 41:53
  laughing
• 41:53
  and
• 41:54
  he
• 41:54
  said,
• 41:54
  hey,
• 41:54
  I
• 41:54
  bet
• 41:55
  you
• 41:55
  wish
• 41:55
  I
• 41:55
  was
• 41:55
  Jewish.
• 41:58
  Yeah.
• 41:59
  But
• 41:59
  the
• 41:59
  Dodgers
• 42:00
  did
• 42:00
  go
• 42:00
  on
• 42:01
  to
• 42:01
  win
• 42:01
  that
• 42:02
  series.
• 42:02
  And
• 42:03
  the
• 42:03
  Koufax,
• 42:04
  Sandy
• 42:04
  Koufax
• 42:05
  was,
• 42:05
  Of
• 42:05
  course,
• 42:06
  the
• 42:06
  MVP,
• 42:07
  and
• 42:08
  Drysdale
• 42:09
  won
• 42:09
  Game
• 42:09
  4
• 42:09
  at
• 42:10
  Dodger
• 42:10
  Stadium.
• 42:10
  But
• 42:11
  just
• 42:11
  a
• 42:11
  classic
• 42:12
  story
• 42:12
  about
• 42:12
  those
• 42:13
  two
• 42:13
  guys
• 42:13
  there.
• 42:13
  Now,
• 42:14
  we
• 42:14
  talked
• 42:15
  about
• 42:15
  the
• 42:15
  famous
• 42:16
  holdout
• 42:16
  mark.
• 42:17
  It
• 42:17
  was
• 42:17
  1966.
• 42:20
  They
• 42:21
  had
• 42:21
  a
• 42:21
  combined
• 42:22
  total
• 42:22
  of
• 42:23
  592
• 42:24
  strikeouts
• 42:25
  between
• 42:25
  them.
• 42:26
  I
• 42:26
  think,
• 42:26
  as
• 42:27
  you
• 42:27
  said,
• 42:27
  they
• 42:27
  were
• 42:27
  looking
• 42:28
  for
• 42:28
  a
• 42:28
  half
• 42:28
  a
• 42:28
  million
• 42:29
  dollars
• 42:29
  over
• 42:30
  three
• 42:30
  seasons.
• 42:31
  Each
• 42:31
  of
• 42:31
  them
• 42:31
  wanted
• 42:32
  that.
• 42:32
  Buzzy
• 42:33
  Bavasi
• 42:33
  said,
• 42:34
  no.
• 42:34
  They
• 42:34
  ended
• 42:35
  up
• 42:35
  with
• 42:35
  110,000,
• 42:38
  or
• 42:39
  Drysdale
• 42:40
  had
• 42:40
  110,000.
• 42:41
  Koufax
• 42:42
  ended
• 42:42
  up
• 42:42
  with
• 42:42
  125,000.
• 42:44
  They
• 42:44
  became
• 42:45
  the
• 42:45
  first
• 42:45
  pitchers
• 42:46
  to
• 42:46
  earn
• 42:47
  more
• 42:47
  than
• 42:47
  $100,000.
• 42:49
  Yeah,
• 42:50
  that
• 42:50
  was,
• 42:51
  you
• 42:51
  know,
• 42:51
  and
• 42:51
  I
• 42:51
  think
• 42:52
  a
• 42:52
  lot
• 42:52
  of
• 42:52
  it
• 42:52
  kind
• 42:52
  of
• 42:53
  accelerated
• 42:56
  the
• 42:56
  realization
• 42:57
  among
• 42:57
  players
• 42:57
  that,
• 42:58
  you
• 42:58
  know,
• 42:58
  there
• 42:58
  was
• 42:58
  a
• 42:58
  lot
• 42:58
  of
• 42:58
  money
• 42:59
  out
• 42:59
  there,
• 43:00
  a
• 43:00
  lot
• 43:00
  more
• 43:01
  money
• 43:01
  than
• 43:01
  they
• 43:01
  were
• 43:01
  making.
• 43:02
  Of
• 43:02
  course,
• 43:02
  like
• 43:02
  I
• 43:02
  said,
• 43:03
  the
• 43:03
  reserve
• 43:04
  clause
• 43:04
  was
• 43:04
  lifted
• 43:05
  a
• 43:05
  few
• 43:05
  years
• 43:05
  later
• 43:06
  thanks
• 43:06
  to
• 43:06
  some
• 43:06
  court
• 43:07
  action,
• 43:07
  and
• 43:07
  they
• 43:08
  really
• 43:08
  hit
• 43:08
  it
• 43:08
  big
• 43:09
  after
• 43:09
  that.
• 43:09
  But
• 43:10
  yeah,
• 43:10
  that
• 43:11
  was,
• 43:11
  I
• 43:11
  think
• 43:12
  Ginger
• 43:12
  drive.
• 43:13
  Don's
• 43:13
  wife
• 43:13
  at
• 43:13
  the
• 43:14
  time
• 43:14
  was
• 43:14
  the
• 43:14
  one
• 43:14
  that
• 43:14
  she
• 43:15
  guess
• 43:15
  that
• 43:15
  they
• 43:15
  worked
• 43:15
  together
• 43:16
  and
• 43:17
  they
• 43:17
  hired
• 43:17
  an
• 43:18
  agent,
• 43:18
  which
• 43:18
  was
• 43:19
  also
• 43:19
  very
• 43:20
  unusual
• 43:20
  at
• 43:20
  that
• 43:20
  time.
• 43:21
  He
• 43:21
  was
• 43:21
  a
• 43:21
  guy
• 43:21
  named
• 43:21
  J.
• 43:22
  William
• 43:22
  Hayes,
• 43:22
  who
• 43:23
  was
• 43:23
  a
• 43:23
  show
• 43:23
  business
• 43:24
  agent.
• 43:25
  And
• 43:26
  they
• 43:26
  really
• 43:27
  put
• 43:27
  the
• 43:27
  Dodger's
• 43:28
  feet
• 43:28
  to
• 43:28
  the
• 43:28
  fire
• 43:29
  for
• 43:29
  about
• 43:30
  a
• 43:30
  month
• 43:30
  and
• 43:30
  a
• 43:30
  half
• 43:30
  there.
• 43:31
  And
• 43:31
  they
• 43:31
  weren't
• 43:31
  in
• 43:31
  spring
• 43:32
  training.
• 43:32
  And
• 43:35
  everybody
• 43:35
  in
• 43:36
  baseball
• 43:36
  was
• 43:36
  chattering
• 43:37
  about
• 43:37
  this
• 43:37
  and
• 43:38
  what
• 43:38
  were
• 43:38
  the
• 43:38
  Dodgers
• 43:38
  going
• 43:38
  to
• 43:39
  do?
• 43:39
  And
• 43:40
  I
• 43:40
  think,
• 43:40
  you
• 43:41
  know,
• 43:42
  Carl
• 43:42
  Osteen
• 43:43
  was
• 43:43
  the
• 43:43
  third
• 43:43
  starter
• 43:44
  on
• 43:44
  that
• 43:44
  team.
• 43:44
  And
• 43:44
  I
• 43:44
  think
• 43:44
  he
• 43:45
  said
• 43:45
  playing
• 43:45
  with
• 43:45
  those
• 43:46
  two
• 43:46
  guys
• 43:46
  would
• 43:46
  be
• 43:46
  like,
• 43:47
  you
• 43:47
  know,
• 43:47
  trying
• 43:47
  to
• 43:47
  have
• 43:47
  a
• 43:47
  car
• 43:48
  without
• 43:48
  a
• 43:48
  steering
• 43:48
  wheel.
• 43:49
  I
• 43:49
  mean,
• 43:50
  unthinkable
• 43:51
  that
• 43:51
  they
• 43:51
  were
• 43:51
  going
• 43:51
  to
• 43:51
  go
• 43:52
  into
• 43:52
  the
• 43:52
  ceiling
• 43:52
  without
• 43:53
  those
• 43:53
  two.
• 43:53
  And
• 43:54
  at
• 43:54
  the
• 43:54
  end,
• 43:54
  the
• 43:54
  Vezi,
• 43:55
  who
• 43:55
  was
• 43:55
  closer
• 43:56
  to
• 43:56
  Don
• 43:56
  than
• 43:57
  he
• 43:57
  was
• 43:57
  to
• 43:57
  Sandy,
• 43:59
  ended
• 43:59
  up
• 44:00
  eating
• 44:00
  dinner
• 44:00
  with
• 44:01
  him
• 44:01
  or
• 44:01
  eating
• 44:01
  lunch
• 44:02
  with
• 44:02
  him
• 44:02
  in
• 44:02
  a
• 44:02
  restaurant
• 44:03
  near
• 44:03
  the
• 44:03
  stadium
• 44:04
  in
• 44:04
  la.
• 44:04
  And
• 44:06
  they,
• 44:06
  they
• 44:07
  made
• 44:07
  the
• 44:07
  deal
• 44:09
  pretty
• 44:09
  quickly,
• 44:09
  I
• 44:09
  mean,
• 44:10
  without
• 44:10
  much
• 44:10
  of
• 44:10
  a.
• 44:11
  Without
• 44:11
  much
• 44:11
  ado
• 44:12
  once
• 44:12
  it
• 44:12
  got
• 44:12
  to
• 44:12
  that
• 44:12
  point
• 44:13
  and
• 44:14
  right
• 44:14
  before
• 44:15
  the
• 44:15
  season.
• 44:15
  And
• 44:16
  what
• 44:16
  happened
• 44:16
  was
• 44:17
  Andy
• 44:19
  started
• 44:20
  pitching
• 44:20
  like
• 44:20
  he
• 44:20
  hadn't.
• 44:21
  He
• 44:21
  didn't
• 44:22
  need
• 44:22
  spring
• 44:22
  training.
• 44:22
  He
• 44:22
  was
• 44:23
  having
• 44:23
  another
• 44:23
  great
• 44:23
  year.
• 44:23
  Don
• 44:24
  really
• 44:24
  did
• 44:24
  need
• 44:25
  spring
• 44:25
  training,
• 44:25
  and
• 44:25
  he
• 44:25
  struggled.
• 44:27
  And
• 44:27
  he
• 44:28
  took
• 44:28
  a
• 44:28
  real
• 44:28
  licking
• 44:29
  from
• 44:29
  the
• 44:29
  media
• 44:29
  and
• 44:30
  fans
• 44:30
  for
• 44:30
  a
• 44:30
  long
• 44:31
  time
• 44:31
  in
• 44:31
  that
• 44:31
  season
• 44:31
  because
• 44:32
  he
• 44:32
  really
• 44:33
  wasn't
• 44:33
  performing.
• 44:33
  And
• 44:34
  everybody
• 44:34
  said,
• 44:34
  you
• 44:34
  know,
• 44:35
  he
• 44:35
  was
• 44:36
  riding
• 44:37
  on
• 44:37
  Sandy's
• 44:37
  coattails
• 44:38
  and
• 44:38
  that
• 44:39
  he
• 44:39
  was,
• 44:40
  you
• 44:40
  know,
• 44:40
  that
• 44:40
  he
• 44:40
  didn't
• 44:41
  have
• 44:41
  any
• 44:41
  right
• 44:41
  to
• 44:41
  think
• 44:41
  of
• 44:41
  himself
• 44:42
  in
• 44:42
  the
• 44:42
  same
• 44:42
  class
• 44:43
  as
• 44:43
  Koufax.
• 44:44
  And
• 44:44
  then
• 44:44
  near
• 44:44
  the
• 44:44
  end
• 44:44
  of
• 44:45
  the
• 44:45
  season,
• 44:45
  he
• 44:45
  had
• 44:45
  a
• 44:45
  very
• 44:46
  good
• 44:46
  month
• 44:46
  and
• 44:46
  a
• 44:46
  half
• 44:46
  or
• 44:47
  so,
• 44:47
  and
• 44:47
  they
• 44:47
  ended
• 44:48
  up
• 44:48
  winning
• 44:48
  the
• 44:48
  National
• 44:49
  League
• 44:49
  Senate
• 44:49
  again.
• 44:49
  But
• 44:50
  it
• 44:50
  was
• 44:51
  quite
• 44:51
  a
• 44:51
  year
• 44:52
  in
• 44:52
  a
• 44:52
  lot
• 44:52
  of
• 44:52
  respects
• 44:53
  for
• 44:53
  the
• 44:53
  Dodgers.
• 44:54
  It
• 44:54
  was
• 44:55
  the
• 44:55
  end
• 44:55
  of
• 44:55
  that
• 44:56
  run
• 44:57
  that
• 44:57
  they
• 44:57
  had.
• 44:59
  They
• 44:59
  weren't.
• 44:59
  They
• 45:00
  kind
• 45:00
  of
• 45:00
  went
• 45:00
  into
• 45:01
  the
• 45:01
  doldrums
• 45:02
  a
• 45:02
  little
• 45:02
  bit
• 45:02
  after
• 45:02
  that.
• 45:04
  But
• 45:06
  that
• 45:06
  was
• 45:06
  the
• 45:06
  type
• 45:07
  of
• 45:07
  thing
• 45:07
  where
• 45:07
  L.
• 45:07
  A
• 45:07
  was
• 45:08
  just
• 45:08
  having
• 45:08
  a
• 45:08
  nervous
• 45:09
  breakdown,
• 45:09
  wondering
• 45:10
  if
• 45:10
  these
• 45:10
  two
• 45:10
  guys
• 45:10
  were
• 45:10
  going
• 45:11
  to
• 45:11
  fit.
• 45:11
  Exactly.
• 45:12
  That
• 45:12
  is
• 45:12
  true.
• 45:13
  Now,
• 45:13
  another
• 45:14
  great
• 45:14
  fact,
• 45:15
  Mark,
• 45:15
  about
• 45:15
  Don
• 45:16
  Drysdale
• 45:16
  was
• 45:17
  the
• 45:17
  record
• 45:18
  that
• 45:18
  he
• 45:18
  set
• 45:18
  was
• 45:18
  a
• 45:19
  record
• 45:19
  at
• 45:19
  the
• 45:19
  time,
• 45:20
  58
• 45:20
  and
• 45:21
  2/3
• 45:22
  consecutive
• 45:22
  scoreless
• 45:23
  innings,
• 45:24
  which
• 45:24
  was
• 45:25
  then
• 45:26
  broken
• 45:26
  by
• 45:26
  Oral
• 45:27
  Hershiser
• 45:28
  later
• 45:28
  on.
• 45:29
  The
• 45:29
  thing
• 45:29
  about
• 45:30
  Don
• 45:30
  Drysdale's
• 45:31
  performance
• 45:32
  was,
• 45:32
  though,
• 45:33
  he
• 45:33
  had
• 45:34
  six
• 45:34
  consecutive
• 45:35
  complete
• 45:36
  game
• 45:36
  shutouts
• 45:37
  which
• 45:38
  Orel
• 45:38
  could
• 45:39
  not
• 45:39
  match.
• 45:39
  That
• 45:40
  was
• 45:40
  some
• 45:40
  tremendous
• 45:41
  streak.
• 45:43
  When
• 45:43
  you
• 45:43
  look
• 45:43
  at
• 45:44
  the
• 45:44
  pitchers
• 45:44
  that
• 45:44
  he
• 45:45
  faced
• 45:45
  too.
• 45:45
  I
• 45:45
  mean,
• 45:45
  he
• 45:46
  had
• 45:46
  one
• 45:46
  of
• 45:46
  them
• 45:46
  against
• 45:47
  Bob
• 45:47
  Gibson,
• 45:47
  he
• 45:48
  had
• 45:48
  Another
• 45:48
  against
• 45:49
  Mike
• 45:49
  McCormick,
• 45:50
  he
• 45:50
  had
• 45:50
  another
• 45:50
  against
• 45:50
  Larry
• 45:51
  Durker.
• 45:52
  You
• 45:53
  know,
• 45:53
  he
• 45:53
  was
• 45:54
  pitching
• 45:54
  against
• 45:54
  some
• 45:54
  of
• 45:54
  the
• 45:55
  best
• 45:55
  pitchers
• 45:55
  in
• 45:55
  the
• 45:55
  National
• 45:56
  League.
• 45:56
  And,
• 45:57
  you
• 45:57
  know,
• 45:57
  he
• 45:57
  had
• 45:57
  to
• 45:57
  go
• 45:57
  nine
• 45:58
  innings.
• 45:58
  He
• 45:58
  couldn't
• 45:59
  give
• 45:59
  up
• 45:59
  any
• 45:59
  runs.
• 46:00
  You
• 46:00
  know
• 46:00
  how
• 46:00
  easy
• 46:00
  it
• 46:00
  is
• 46:01
  to
• 46:01
  give
• 46:01
  up
• 46:01
  a
• 46:01
  run
• 46:01
  on
• 46:02
  a
• 46:02
  wild
• 46:02
  pitcher.
• 46:02
  Error,
• 46:03
  fastball,
• 46:04
  none
• 46:04
  of
• 46:04
  that
• 46:04
  ever
• 46:04
  happened.
• 46:05
  Most
• 46:06
  of
• 46:06
  the
• 46:06
  games
• 46:06
  were
• 46:06
  very
• 46:06
  close.
• 46:08
  He
• 46:08
  actually
• 46:09
  had
• 46:09
  a
• 46:10
  hand
• 46:10
  in
• 46:10
  winning
• 46:10
  a
• 46:11
  couple
• 46:11
  of
• 46:11
  those
• 46:11
  games
• 46:11
  as
• 46:11
  a
• 46:12
  hitter.
• 46:12
  And
• 46:13
  it
• 46:13
  was.
• 46:14
  It
• 46:14
  was
• 46:14
  an
• 46:14
  amazing
• 46:14
  streak.
• 46:15
  I
• 46:15
  mean,
• 46:16
  he
• 46:16
  broke
• 46:16
  Walter
• 46:17
  Johnson's
• 46:17
  record.
• 46:17
  I
• 46:18
  mean,
• 46:18
  that's
• 46:18
  how
• 46:18
  long
• 46:18
  it
• 46:19
  had
• 46:19
  lasted.
• 46:19
  And,
• 46:21
  you
• 46:21
  know,
• 46:21
  it
• 46:21
  went.
• 46:22
  It
• 46:22
  went
• 46:22
  58,
• 46:23
  2
• 46:23
  3rd.
• 46:24
  And
• 46:24
  he
• 46:24
  was.
• 46:25
  He
• 46:25
  was
• 46:25
  exhausted
• 46:26
  at
• 46:26
  the
• 46:26
  end
• 46:26
  of
• 46:27
  it.
• 46:27
  And
• 46:27
  the
• 46:28
  next
• 46:28
  year
• 46:28
  he
• 46:29
  ended
• 46:29
  up
• 46:29
  having
• 46:29
  arm
• 46:30
  problems
• 46:30
  and
• 46:30
  retired.
• 46:31
  And
• 46:31
  that's
• 46:31
  probably
• 46:32
  one
• 46:32
  reason,
• 46:33
  the
• 46:33
  exertion
• 46:33
  that
• 46:33
  he
• 46:34
  put
• 46:34
  forth.
• 46:34
  But.
• 46:35
  And
• 46:36
  then
• 46:36
  Oral
• 46:37
  broke
• 46:37
  it
• 46:37
  in
• 46:37
  1988,
• 46:39
  you
• 46:39
  know,
• 46:39
  only
• 46:39
  22
• 46:40
  years
• 46:40
  later.
• 46:41
  And
• 46:41
  Don
• 46:41
  was
• 46:41
  in
• 46:42
  the
• 46:42
  dugout
• 46:42
  as
• 46:42
  a
• 46:43
  broadcaster
• 46:43
  when
• 46:44
  Oral
• 46:45
  did
• 46:45
  break
• 46:45
  it.
• 46:45
  And
• 46:46
  Oral,
• 46:46
  you
• 46:46
  know,
• 46:46
  Don
• 46:47
  was
• 46:47
  all
• 46:48
  for
• 46:48
  Oral
• 46:48
  breaking
• 46:49
  and
• 46:49
  he
• 46:49
  wasn't
• 46:49
  possessive
• 46:50
  about
• 46:50
  the
• 46:50
  record
• 46:51
  at
• 46:51
  all.
• 46:51
  He
• 46:51
  said
• 46:51
  it
• 46:51
  made.
• 46:52
  He
• 46:52
  said
• 46:52
  he
• 46:52
  was
• 46:52
  glad
• 46:53
  that
• 46:53
  Oral
• 46:53
  kept
• 46:53
  it
• 46:54
  in
• 46:54
  the
• 46:54
  family.
• 46:54
  Right.
• 46:55
  He
• 46:55
  was
• 46:55
  most
• 46:55
  gracious
• 46:56
  about
• 46:56
  Oral
• 46:57
  Hershiser
• 46:57
  taking
• 46:58
  over
• 46:58
  the
• 46:59
  reigns
• 46:59
  of
• 46:59
  that
• 46:59
  record.
• 47:00
  He
• 47:00
  definitely
• 47:01
  was
• 47:01
  a
• 47:02
  class
• 47:02
  act.
• 47:02
  Don
• 47:03
  Drysdale.
• 47:03
  Now,
• 47:04
  as
• 47:04
  you
• 47:04
  said,
• 47:04
  recurring
• 47:05
  shoulder
• 47:06
  injuries
• 47:06
  slowed
• 47:07
  Don
• 47:08
  down
• 47:09
  in
• 47:09
  his
• 47:09
  final
• 47:10
  years.
• 47:10
  He
• 47:11
  had
• 47:11
  a
• 47:11
  torn
• 47:11
  rotator
• 47:12
  cuff.
• 47:13
  He
• 47:13
  retired
• 47:14
  after
• 47:14
  the
• 47:15
  or
• 47:15
  during
• 47:16
  the
• 47:16
  69
• 47:17
  season.
• 47:18
  At
• 47:18
  the
• 47:18
  time
• 47:19
  of
• 47:19
  his
• 47:19
  retirement,
• 47:20
  he
• 47:20
  was
• 47:20
  the
• 47:21
  last
• 47:21
  active
• 47:22
  player
• 47:22
  on
• 47:23
  the
• 47:23
  Dodgers
• 47:23
  who
• 47:23
  played
• 47:24
  for
• 47:24
  them
• 47:24
  in
• 47:24
  Brooklyn.
• 47:26
  Right,
• 47:26
  exactly.
• 47:27
  And
• 47:27
  he,
• 47:28
  you
• 47:28
  know,
• 47:28
  most
• 47:28
  of
• 47:28
  the
• 47:29
  Dodgers
• 47:29
  didn't
• 47:29
  want
• 47:29
  to
• 47:29
  leave
• 47:30
  Brooklyn
• 47:30
  because
• 47:31
  they
• 47:31
  were
• 47:31
  part
• 47:32
  of
• 47:32
  the
• 47:32
  community
• 47:32
  there.
• 47:34
  You
• 47:34
  know,
• 47:34
  they
• 47:34
  knew
• 47:35
  that.
• 47:35
  They
• 47:35
  knew
• 47:35
  the
• 47:35
  Wall.
• 47:36
  Andrew
• 47:36
  Mad.
• 47:36
  They
• 47:36
  knew
• 47:36
  the
• 47:37
  guy
• 47:37
  at
• 47:37
  the
• 47:37
  Queens,
• 47:37
  they
• 47:37
  knew
• 47:38
  the
• 47:38
  guy
• 47:38
  at
• 47:38
  the
• 47:38
  restaurants.
• 47:39
  They
• 47:39
  knew
• 47:39
  the
• 47:39
  guy
• 47:39
  who
• 47:40
  fixed
• 47:40
  their
• 47:40
  cars.
• 47:40
  They,
• 47:41
  you
• 47:41
  know,
• 47:42
  they
• 47:42
  all
• 47:42
  lived
• 47:43
  around
• 47:43
  Brooklyn
• 47:43
  and
• 47:43
  in
• 47:44
  Brooklyn
• 47:44
  and
• 47:44
  now
• 47:44
  they're
• 47:44
  moving
• 47:45
  to
• 47:45
  LA
• 47:45
  and
• 47:45
  they're
• 47:46
  living
• 47:46
  30
• 47:46
  miles
• 47:47
  away
• 47:47
  from
• 47:47
  the
• 47:47
  ballpark.
• 47:48
  And
• 47:48
  nobody
• 47:49
  knew
• 47:49
  where
• 47:49
  to
• 47:49
  go,
• 47:50
  nobody
• 47:50
  knew
• 47:50
  what
• 47:50
  to
• 47:50
  do.
• 47:51
  Don,
• 47:52
  even
• 47:52
  being
• 47:53
  from
• 47:53
  Southern
• 47:53
  California,
• 47:54
  did
• 47:54
  not
• 47:55
  want
• 47:55
  to
• 47:55
  leave.
• 47:55
  You
• 47:55
  know,
• 47:55
  he,
• 47:56
  he
• 47:56
  loved
• 47:56
  Brooklyn
• 47:57
  and,
• 47:57
  but,
• 47:58
  you
• 47:58
  know,
• 47:58
  once
• 47:58
  they
• 47:58
  came
• 47:59
  out
• 47:59
  and
• 47:59
  they
• 48:00
  were,
• 48:00
  they
• 48:00
  were
• 48:00
  such
• 48:00
  a
• 48:01
  sensation
• 48:01
  when
• 48:01
  they
• 48:01
  did
• 48:02
  come
• 48:02
  out,
• 48:02
  you
• 48:02
  know,
• 48:02
  Los
• 48:03
  Angeles
• 48:03
  just
• 48:03
  went
• 48:03
  nuts
• 48:04
  for
• 48:04
  the
• 48:04
  team
• 48:04
  and
• 48:05
  had
• 48:05
  some
• 48:06
  amazing
• 48:06
  crowds
• 48:06
  in
• 48:07
  the
• 48:07
  Coliseum,
• 48:08
  you
• 48:08
  know,
• 48:08
  when
• 48:08
  they
• 48:08
  started
• 48:09
  there
• 48:09
  in
• 48:09
  1958,
• 48:10
  and
• 48:10
  then
• 48:10
  they
• 48:10
  won
• 48:10
  the
• 48:11
  World
• 48:11
  Series
• 48:11
  in
• 48:11
  1959
• 48:12
  and,
• 48:13
  and
• 48:13
  became
• 48:13
  an
• 48:13
  institution
• 48:14
  after
• 48:14
  that
• 48:15
  in
• 48:15
  the
• 48:15
  city.
• 48:16
  But
• 48:16
  he,
• 48:17
  you
• 48:18
  know,
• 48:18
  Brooklyn
• 48:19
  meant
• 48:19
  a
• 48:19
  lot
• 48:19
  to
• 48:19
  him
• 48:19
  and
• 48:20
  the
• 48:20
  fact
• 48:20
  that
• 48:20
  he
• 48:21
  was,
• 48:21
  you
• 48:21
  know,
• 48:21
  he
• 48:21
  broke
• 48:21
  in,
• 48:22
  he
• 48:22
  did
• 48:22
  his
• 48:23
  first
• 48:23
  pitching
• 48:23
  there
• 48:23
  in
• 48:23
  1956
• 48:24
  and
• 48:25
  was,
• 48:26
  was
• 48:26
  he
• 48:27
  knew
• 48:27
  a
• 48:27
  lot
• 48:27
  of
• 48:27
  those
• 48:27
  boys
• 48:28
  of
• 48:28
  summer,
• 48:28
  you
• 48:28
  know,
• 48:28
  I
• 48:28
  mean,
• 48:29
  Campanello
• 48:29
  was
• 48:29
  his
• 48:30
  catcher,
• 48:31
  you
• 48:31
  know,
• 48:31
  he
• 48:31
  knew
• 48:32
  all
• 48:32
  those
• 48:32
  guys
• 48:32
  and
• 48:33
  Will
• 48:33
  Hodges
• 48:33
  was
• 48:34
  his
• 48:34
  first
• 48:34
  roommate.
• 48:35
  And
• 48:35
  he
• 48:35
  really
• 48:35
  showed
• 48:36
  him
• 48:36
  a
• 48:36
  lot
• 48:36
  of
• 48:36
  the
• 48:36
  ropes
• 48:37
  about
• 48:37
  to
• 48:37
  act
• 48:37
  like
• 48:37
  a
• 48:38
  big
• 48:38
  leader.
• 48:39
  He
• 48:39
  knew
• 48:39
  Dick
• 48:39
  Snyder,
• 48:40
  Carl
• 48:40
  Erskine
• 48:40
  and
• 48:41
  all
• 48:41
  of
• 48:41
  that.
• 48:42
  And
• 48:42
  so
• 48:43
  he
• 48:43
  was
• 48:43
  very
• 48:43
  much
• 48:45
  a
• 48:45
  Dodger,
• 48:45
  you
• 48:46
  know,
• 48:46
  I
• 48:46
  mean,
• 48:46
  he,
• 48:47
  it
• 48:47
  wouldn't
• 48:47
  have,
• 48:48
  even
• 48:48
  if
• 48:48
  he
• 48:48
  had
• 48:48
  had
• 48:48
  a
• 48:49
  chance,
• 48:49
  I
• 48:49
  don't
• 48:49
  think
• 48:49
  he
• 48:50
  would
• 48:50
  have
• 48:50
  ever
• 48:50
  occurred
• 48:50
  to
• 48:51
  him
• 48:51
  to
• 48:51
  pitch
• 48:51
  someplace
• 48:52
  else.
• 48:52
  Even
• 48:52
  though
• 48:53
  he
• 48:53
  and
• 48:53
  Buzzy
• 48:54
  had
• 48:54
  their
• 48:55
  disputes
• 48:55
  about
• 48:55
  things
• 48:56
  over
• 48:56
  the
• 48:56
  years.
• 48:57
  Right
• 48:58
  now
• 48:58
  Mark
• 48:58
  Wicker
• 48:59
  is
• 48:59
  with
• 48:59
  us
• 48:59
  tonight
• 49:00
  talking
• 49:00
  about
• 49:01
  his
• 49:01
  book
• 49:01
  about
• 49:02
  the
• 49:02
  great
• 49:02
  Don
• 49:02
  Drysdale.
• 49:04
  Now,
• 49:04
  as
• 49:04
  we
• 49:04
  spoke
• 49:04
  about
• 49:05
  earlier,
• 49:05
  Mark,
• 49:06
  Sal
• 49:07
  Magley,
• 49:08
  who
• 49:09
  himself
• 49:09
  is
• 49:09
  known
• 49:09
  for
• 49:10
  brush
• 49:10
  back,
• 49:11
  taught
• 49:11
  Drysdale
• 49:12
  sort
• 49:12
  of
• 49:13
  how
• 49:13
  to
• 49:13
  pitch
• 49:13
  aggressively.
• 49:14
  We'll
• 49:14
  say
• 49:14
  with
• 49:15
  both
• 49:15
  were
• 49:15
  teammates
• 49:16
  back
• 49:17
  with
• 49:17
  the
• 49:17
  Dodgers,
• 49:18
  he
• 49:18
  led
• 49:19
  the
• 49:19
  National
• 49:19
  League,
• 49:20
  did
• 49:20
  Drysdale
• 49:21
  in
• 49:22
  hit
• 49:22
  hit
• 49:22
  batsman
• 49:23
  for
• 49:24
  four
• 49:24
  straight
• 49:24
  seasons.
• 49:26
  That's
• 49:26
  got
• 49:26
  to
• 49:27
  tell
• 49:27
  you
• 49:27
  something
• 49:27
  right
• 49:28
  there.
• 49:30
  Well,
• 49:30
  he
• 49:30
  was,
• 49:31
  the
• 49:31
  years
• 49:31
  that
• 49:32
  he
• 49:32
  pitched
• 49:32
  in
• 49:32
  the
• 49:32
  Coliseum,
• 49:33
  he
• 49:33
  really
• 49:33
  hated
• 49:34
  it
• 49:34
  because
• 49:35
  there's
• 49:35
  a
• 49:36
  girl
• 49:36
  fence,
• 49:36
  all
• 49:37
  right,
• 49:37
  and
• 49:38
  he,
• 49:38
  and
• 49:38
  he,
• 49:39
  he
• 49:39
  just,
• 49:39
  it
• 49:39
  just
• 49:40
  drove
• 49:40
  him
• 49:40
  crazy.
• 49:40
  He
• 49:41
  would,
• 49:41
  he
• 49:41
  would,
• 49:41
  you
• 49:41
  know,
• 49:42
  somebody
• 49:42
  would
• 49:42
  have
• 49:42
  a
• 49:42
  fly
• 49:43
  ball,
• 49:43
  it
• 49:43
  would
• 49:43
  go
• 49:43
  out
• 49:43
  and
• 49:44
  he
• 49:44
  was,
• 49:44
  he
• 49:44
  was
• 49:44
  young
• 49:45
  and
• 49:45
  you
• 49:46
  know,
• 49:46
  a
• 49:46
  Little
• 49:46
  bit.
• 49:47
  A
• 49:48
  little
• 49:48
  bit
• 49:48
  explosive,
• 49:49
  personally.
• 49:49
  And
• 49:50
  he
• 49:50
  would,
• 49:50
  he
• 49:50
  just
• 49:51
  hated.
• 49:51
  He
• 49:51
  hated
• 49:52
  pitching
• 49:52
  there.
• 49:52
  And
• 49:52
  he
• 49:53
  would
• 49:53
  tell
• 49:53
  everybody
• 49:54
  he
• 49:54
  knew
• 49:54
  that
• 49:54
  he
• 49:54
  hated
• 49:55
  pitching
• 49:55
  there.
• 49:55
  And
• 49:56
  those
• 49:56
  were
• 49:56
  the
• 49:56
  years
• 49:56
  that
• 49:57
  he
• 49:57
  really
• 49:57
  drilled
• 49:57
  a
• 49:57
  lot
• 49:58
  of
• 49:58
  guys
• 49:58
  because
• 49:58
  he
• 49:58
  was
• 49:58
  just
• 49:59
  bad
• 49:59
  anyway.
• 49:59
  And
• 50:00
  once
• 50:01
  they
• 50:01
  moved
• 50:01
  to
• 50:01
  Dodger
• 50:02
  Stadium,
• 50:02
  which
• 50:02
  was
• 50:02
  a
• 50:02
  totally
• 50:03
  different
• 50:03
  place
• 50:03
  to
• 50:03
  pitch,
• 50:04
  his.
• 50:05
  His
• 50:05
  hit
• 50:05
  batsman
• 50:06
  total
• 50:07
  went
• 50:07
  down
• 50:08
  because
• 50:08
  he
• 50:09
  was
• 50:09
  a
• 50:09
  little
• 50:10
  bit
• 50:10
  more
• 50:10
  at
• 50:10
  peace
• 50:10
  with
• 50:10
  himself
• 50:11
  pitching
• 50:11
  there.
• 50:12
  But.
• 50:14
  And
• 50:14
  the
• 50:15
  numbers
• 50:15
  actually
• 50:15
  show
• 50:16
  that
• 50:16
  he
• 50:16
  didn't
• 50:16
  pitch
• 50:17
  much
• 50:17
  worse
• 50:17
  in
• 50:17
  the
• 50:17
  Coliseum
• 50:18
  than
• 50:18
  he
• 50:18
  did
• 50:18
  on
• 50:18
  the
• 50:18
  road.
• 50:19
  So
• 50:19
  it
• 50:19
  was
• 50:19
  kind
• 50:19
  of
• 50:19
  in
• 50:19
  his
• 50:20
  head,
• 50:20
  but
• 50:21
  he,
• 50:22
  you
• 50:23
  know,
• 50:23
  he
• 50:23
  was.
• 50:24
  The
• 50:24
  way
• 50:24
  he
• 50:24
  pitched.
• 50:24
  I
• 50:25
  mean,
• 50:25
  he
• 50:25
  came
• 50:25
  from
• 50:26
  around
• 50:26
  third
• 50:26
  base.
• 50:26
  If
• 50:27
  you
• 50:27
  were
• 50:27
  a
• 50:27
  right
• 50:27
  handed
• 50:27
  hitter,
• 50:28
  the
• 50:28
  ball
• 50:28
  looked
• 50:28
  like
• 50:28
  it
• 50:29
  was
• 50:29
  coming
• 50:29
  right
• 50:30
  for
• 50:30
  your
• 50:30
  ear.
• 50:30
  And
• 50:31
  you
• 50:32
  know,
• 50:32
  he
• 50:32
  had
• 50:32
  a.
• 50:33
  And
• 50:33
  on
• 50:34
  top
• 50:34
  of
• 50:34
  that,
• 50:34
  he
• 50:34
  liked
• 50:35
  to
• 50:35
  load
• 50:35
  it
• 50:35
  up,
• 50:35
  too.
• 50:36
  He
• 50:36
  had
• 50:36
  a
• 50:36
  pretty
• 50:36
  good
• 50:36
  grease
• 50:37
  ball
• 50:37
  going.
• 50:37
  And
• 50:38
  so.
• 50:40
  But,
• 50:40
  you
• 50:40
  know,
• 50:41
  I
• 50:41
  think
• 50:41
  more
• 50:41
  than
• 50:42
  anything
• 50:42
  it
• 50:42
  was,
• 50:43
  you
• 50:43
  know,
• 50:43
  this
• 50:43
  whole
• 50:44
  attitude
• 50:44
  about,
• 50:45
  you
• 50:45
  know,
• 50:45
  the
• 50:46
  Dodgers
• 50:46
  had
• 50:46
  back
• 50:47
  when
• 50:47
  he
• 50:48
  broke
• 50:48
  in,
• 50:48
  you
• 50:48
  know,
• 50:48
  it
• 50:48
  was,
• 50:49
  you
• 50:49
  know,
• 50:50
  if
• 50:50
  you
• 50:50
  hit
• 50:50
  one
• 50:50
  of
• 50:50
  our
• 50:51
  guys,
• 50:51
  we're
• 50:51
  going
• 50:51
  to
• 50:51
  hit
• 50:51
  two
• 50:52
  of
• 50:52
  your
• 50:52
  guys.
• 50:52
  Right.
• 50:53
  And,
• 50:54
  you
• 50:54
  know,
• 50:54
  and
• 50:54
  Don's
• 50:55
  thing
• 50:55
  was,
• 50:55
  you
• 50:55
  know,
• 50:56
  you
• 50:56
  know,
• 50:57
  each
• 50:57
  one
• 50:57
  of
• 50:57
  us
• 50:57
  has
• 50:58
  a
• 50:58
  piece
• 50:58
  of
• 50:58
  the
• 50:58
  plate,
• 50:59
  but
• 50:59
  I'm
• 50:59
  going
• 50:59
  to
• 50:59
  make
• 51:00
  sure
• 51:00
  I've
• 51:00
  got
• 51:00
  my
• 51:00
  piece
• 51:01
  of
• 51:01
  the
• 51:01
  plate
• 51:01
  and
• 51:01
  you're
• 51:02
  not
• 51:02
  going
• 51:02
  to
• 51:02
  know
• 51:02
  which
• 51:02
  one
• 51:02
  it
• 51:03
  is,
• 51:03
  you
• 51:03
  know,
• 51:03
  so.
• 51:04
  Right.
• 51:06
  He
• 51:06
  definitely
• 51:07
  put
• 51:07
  hitters
• 51:07
  in
• 51:07
  their
• 51:08
  place.
• 51:08
  But
• 51:09
  I
• 51:09
  think
• 51:10
  those
• 51:11
  figures
• 51:11
  about
• 51:11
  the
• 51:11
  head
• 51:12
  batsman
• 51:12
  were
• 51:13
  kind
• 51:13
  of
• 51:13
  exacerbated
• 51:14
  by
• 51:14
  the
• 51:14
  fact
• 51:14
  that
• 51:15
  he
• 51:15
  was
• 51:15
  miserable
• 51:16
  in
• 51:16
  the
• 51:16
  Coliseum
• 51:17
  and
• 51:17
  he
• 51:17
  was
• 51:18
  ecstatic
• 51:19
  when
• 51:19
  they
• 51:19
  moved
• 51:19
  to
• 51:20
  Dowderstadium.
• 51:21
  Great
• 51:21
  point,
• 51:21
  Mark.
• 51:21
  Great
• 51:22
  point.
• 51:22
  Yes.
• 51:23
  And
• 51:23
  he
• 51:24
  certainly
• 51:24
  fit
• 51:24
  the
• 51:24
  mold
• 51:26
  as
• 51:26
  one
• 51:26
  of
• 51:27
  the
• 51:27
  sportscasters
• 51:28
  here
• 51:28
  in
• 51:28
  New
• 51:28
  York
• 51:29
  calls
• 51:29
  him,
• 51:29
  the
• 51:29
  Hollywood
• 51:30
  Dodgers.
• 51:32
  We
• 51:32
  know
• 51:33
  Don
• 51:33
  from
• 51:33
  appearances
• 51:35
  with
• 51:35
  Donna
• 51:35
  Reed,
• 51:36
  with
• 51:37
  Jerry
• 51:37
  Mathers
• 51:38
  on
• 51:38
  Leave
• 51:38
  it
• 51:39
  to
• 51:39
  Beaver,
• 51:39
  the
• 51:39
  classic
• 51:40
  phone
• 51:40
  call
• 51:41
  into
• 51:41
  the
• 51:41
  Dodger
• 51:42
  locker
• 51:42
  room.
• 51:42
  The
• 51:43
  Brady
• 51:43
  Bunch.
• 51:44
  He
• 51:45
  seemed
• 51:45
  to
• 51:45
  enjoy
• 51:47
  getting
• 51:47
  in
• 51:48
  and
• 51:48
  rubbing
• 51:48
  elbows
• 51:49
  with
• 51:49
  the
• 51:49
  Hollywood
• 51:50
  elite.
• 51:51
  Yeah,
• 51:51
  he
• 51:52
  and
• 51:52
  Frank
• 51:52
  Sinatra
• 51:53
  were
• 51:53
  good
• 51:53
  friends,
• 51:54
  you
• 51:54
  know,
• 51:55
  and
• 51:55
  he
• 51:55
  knew
• 51:56
  every.
• 51:56
  He's
• 51:56
  one
• 51:56
  of
• 51:56
  those
• 51:56
  people
• 51:57
  who
• 51:57
  just
• 51:57
  knew
• 51:57
  everybody.
• 51:57
  Everybody
• 51:58
  knew
• 51:58
  him.
• 51:59
  He
• 51:59
  and
• 51:59
  Robert
• 52:00
  F.
• 52:00
  Kennedy
• 52:00
  were
• 52:01
  very
• 52:01
  close.
• 52:01
  In
• 52:02
  fact,
• 52:03
  in
• 52:03
  1968,
• 52:04
  he
• 52:04
  pitched
• 52:05
  one
• 52:05
  of
• 52:05
  those
• 52:05
  games
• 52:06
  during
• 52:06
  that
• 52:06
  streak,
• 52:06
  the
• 52:07
  night
• 52:07
  that
• 52:07
  Robert
• 52:07
  F.
• 52:07
  Kennedy
• 52:08
  won
• 52:08
  the
• 52:08
  California
• 52:09
  primary.
• 52:10
  And
• 52:10
  in
• 52:11
  that
• 52:11
  great.
• 52:11
  In
• 52:11
  that
• 52:12
  speech
• 52:12
  that
• 52:13
  everybody
• 52:13
  remembers
• 52:14
  at
• 52:14
  the
• 52:14
  Americana
• 52:15
  Hotel
• 52:15
  right
• 52:16
  before
• 52:16
  RFK
• 52:17
  was
• 52:17
  shot,
• 52:18
  he
• 52:19
  started
• 52:19
  out
• 52:19
  the
• 52:19
  speech
• 52:20
  by
• 52:21
  saying,
• 52:21
  you
• 52:21
  know,
• 52:22
  it's
• 52:22
  a
• 52:22
  great
• 52:22
  night
• 52:23
  for
• 52:23
  us,
• 52:23
  and
• 52:23
  it's
• 52:24
  also
• 52:24
  a
• 52:24
  great
• 52:24
  night
• 52:24
  for
• 52:24
  Don
• 52:25
  Drysdale,
• 52:25
  he
• 52:25
  puts
• 52:25
  another
• 52:26
  shut
• 52:26
  out
• 52:26
  tonight
• 52:26
  in
• 52:27
  Badger
• 52:27
  Stadium.
• 52:27
  And,
• 52:28
  and
• 52:28
  you
• 52:28
  know,
• 52:29
  he
• 52:30
  and
• 52:30
  Ginger
• 52:30
  both
• 52:30
  worked
• 52:31
  for,
• 52:31
  you
• 52:31
  know,
• 52:32
  they
• 52:32
  both
• 52:32
  worked
• 52:32
  on
• 52:32
  Kennedy's
• 52:33
  campaigns.
• 52:34
  And
• 52:35
  so,
• 52:35
  you
• 52:35
  know,
• 52:36
  he
• 52:36
  was
• 52:36
  just
• 52:37
  one
• 52:37
  of
• 52:37
  those
• 52:37
  guys
• 52:37
  that
• 52:37
  people
• 52:38
  gravitated
• 52:38
  to
• 52:39
  and
• 52:40
  he
• 52:40
  made
• 52:40
  people
• 52:40
  feel
• 52:41
  good.
• 52:41
  You
• 52:41
  know,
• 52:42
  he
• 52:43
  was
• 52:43
  just
• 52:43
  a
• 52:43
  fun
• 52:43
  guy
• 52:43
  to
• 52:44
  be
• 52:44
  with.
• 52:44
  And
• 52:44
  I
• 52:44
  think,
• 52:46
  you
• 52:46
  know,
• 52:47
  and
• 52:47
  that
• 52:47
  spilled
• 52:48
  over
• 52:48
  into
• 52:49
  his
• 52:49
  TV
• 52:49
  acting
• 52:50
  career.
• 52:52
  When
• 52:52
  he
• 52:52
  held
• 52:52
  out,
• 52:53
  he
• 52:53
  was
• 52:53
  going
• 52:53
  to.
• 52:54
  There
• 52:54
  was
• 52:54
  going
• 52:54
  to
• 52:54
  be
• 52:54
  a
• 52:55
  TV
• 52:55
  show
• 52:56
  called
• 52:56
  the
• 52:56
  Iron
• 52:56
  Horse
• 52:57
  with
• 52:57
  Dale
• 52:57
  Robertson.
• 52:58
  Oh,
• 52:58
  I
• 52:58
  remember
• 52:58
  that
• 52:58
  one,
• 52:59
  Mark.
• 52:59
  Yeah,
• 52:59
  I
• 52:59
  remember
• 53:00
  at
• 53:01
  a
• 53:01
  part
• 53:01
  in
• 53:01
  that.
• 53:01
  And
• 53:02
  you
• 53:02
  know,
• 53:02
  he,
• 53:03
  he
• 53:03
  was
• 53:03
  in
• 53:03
  some
• 53:04
  westerns
• 53:04
  and
• 53:04
  stuff
• 53:05
  and
• 53:06
  he
• 53:07
  always
• 53:07
  kind
• 53:07
  of
• 53:07
  played
• 53:08
  that,
• 53:09
  that
• 53:10
  stranger.
• 53:10
  He
• 53:10
  wasn't.
• 53:11
  He
• 53:11
  played
• 53:11
  the
• 53:11
  bad
• 53:11
  guy
• 53:12
  a
• 53:12
  couple
• 53:12
  times
• 53:12
  too.
• 53:13
  But
• 53:13
  he
• 53:14
  was,
• 53:14
  you
• 53:15
  know,
• 53:15
  back
• 53:15
  then,
• 53:15
  you
• 53:16
  know,
• 53:16
  especially,
• 53:18
  you
• 53:18
  know,
• 53:18
  the,
• 53:19
  the
• 53:20
  Dodgers
• 53:20
  proximity
• 53:21
  to
• 53:21
  Hollywood,
• 53:22
  you
• 53:22
  know,
• 53:23
  the
• 53:23
  people
• 53:23
  on
• 53:23
  TV
• 53:24
  and
• 53:24
  the
• 53:24
  people
• 53:24
  in
• 53:24
  the
• 53:25
  films
• 53:25
  just
• 53:25
  fell
• 53:25
  over
• 53:26
  for
• 53:26
  the
• 53:26
  Dodgers.
• 53:26
  They
• 53:27
  loved
• 53:27
  having
• 53:27
  all
• 53:27
  those
• 53:27
  guys
• 53:29
  on
• 53:30
  and
• 53:30
  it
• 53:30
  was
• 53:30
  a
• 53:31
  great
• 53:31
  opportunity
• 53:31
  for
• 53:31
  them
• 53:32
  because
• 53:32
  like
• 53:32
  I
• 53:32
  said,
• 53:32
  they
• 53:32
  weren't
• 53:33
  making
• 53:33
  a
• 53:33
  lot
• 53:33
  of
• 53:33
  money
• 53:33
  from
• 53:34
  the
• 53:34
  team
• 53:34
  back
• 53:34
  then.
• 53:34
  So
• 53:35
  that
• 53:35
  was
• 53:35
  a
• 53:35
  good
• 53:35
  way
• 53:35
  for.
• 53:36
  Them
• 53:36
  to
• 53:36
  make
• 53:37
  a
• 53:37
  little
• 53:37
  money,
• 53:37
  supplement
• 53:38
  the
• 53:38
  income.
• 53:38
  I
• 53:38
  mean,
• 53:39
  you
• 53:39
  can't
• 53:39
  beat
• 53:40
  Mr.
• 53:40
  Ed
• 53:41
  hitting
• 53:41
  off
• 53:41
  Sandy
• 53:42
  Koufax,
• 53:43
  Mark.
• 53:43
  You
• 53:43
  know,
• 53:45
  you
• 53:46
  still
• 53:46
  see
• 53:46
  that.
• 53:47
  You
• 53:47
  know,
• 53:47
  you
• 53:47
  can't
• 53:48
  go
• 53:48
  on
• 53:48
  the
• 53:48
  Internet
• 53:48
  without
• 53:49
  seeing
• 53:49
  that
• 53:49
  every
• 53:49
  couple.
• 53:50
  That
• 53:50
  is
• 53:50
  great.
• 53:51
  Now
• 53:51
  how
• 53:51
  do
• 53:51
  you
• 53:51
  feel,
• 53:52
  Mark?
• 53:52
  And
• 53:53
  what
• 53:54
  does
• 53:54
  the
• 53:54
  answer
• 53:55
  of
• 53:56
  that
• 53:56
  Don
• 53:57
  Drysdale
• 53:57
  maybe
• 53:58
  doesn't
• 53:58
  warrant
• 53:59
  Cooperstown,
• 54:00
  that
• 54:00
  you
• 54:00
  have
• 54:00
  other
• 54:01
  pitchers
• 54:01
  that
• 54:01
  are
• 54:01
  more
• 54:02
  deserving
• 54:02
  than
• 54:02
  Don
• 54:03
  Drysdale.
• 54:03
  There
• 54:03
  are
• 54:04
  people
• 54:04
  of
• 54:04
  that,
• 54:04
  that
• 54:05
  opinion.
• 54:05
  What
• 54:06
  do
• 54:06
  you
• 54:06
  say
• 54:06
  to
• 54:06
  them?
• 54:08
  Well,
• 54:08
  I
• 54:08
  think
• 54:09
  what
• 54:09
  they're
• 54:09
  looking,
• 54:10
  they're
• 54:10
  looking
• 54:10
  at
• 54:10
  209
• 54:11
  wins.
• 54:11
  And
• 54:11
  there's
• 54:12
  a
• 54:12
  lot
• 54:12
  of
• 54:12
  pitchers
• 54:13
  back
• 54:13
  then
• 54:13
  who
• 54:13
  had
• 54:13
  a
• 54:13
  lot
• 54:14
  more.
• 54:15
  When
• 54:16
  you
• 54:16
  look
• 54:16
  at
• 54:16
  all
• 54:16
  of
• 54:16
  his
• 54:17
  supplemental
• 54:17
  numbers,
• 54:18
  the
• 54:18
  close
• 54:19
  games
• 54:19
  that
• 54:19
  he
• 54:19
  lost,
• 54:21
  remember,
• 54:21
  the
• 54:21
  Dodgers
• 54:22
  were
• 54:22
  not
• 54:22
  an
• 54:22
  offensive
• 54:23
  juggernaut
• 54:23
  when
• 54:23
  he
• 54:23
  pitched
• 54:25
  back
• 54:25
  then.
• 54:26
  And
• 54:27
  they
• 54:28
  had
• 54:28
  a
• 54:28
  very
• 54:28
  small
• 54:29
  ball
• 54:29
  attack
• 54:29
  and
• 54:30
  they
• 54:30
  didn't
• 54:30
  score
• 54:30
  a
• 54:30
  lot
• 54:30
  of
• 54:30
  runs.
• 54:31
  When
• 54:32
  you
• 54:32
  look
• 54:32
  at
• 54:32
  shutouts,
• 54:33
  innings,
• 54:35
  when
• 54:35
  you
• 54:35
  look
• 54:36
  at
• 54:36
  whip,
• 54:36
  when
• 54:37
  you
• 54:37
  look
• 54:37
  at
• 54:37
  era,
• 54:39
  some
• 54:39
  of
• 54:39
  the
• 54:39
  dominant
• 54:40
  seasons
• 54:40
  that
• 54:40
  he
• 54:41
  had,
• 54:42
  I
• 54:42
  think
• 54:44
  he
• 54:44
  does
• 54:44
  deserve
• 54:45
  to
• 54:45
  be
• 54:45
  there,
• 54:45
  along
• 54:45
  with
• 54:45
  the
• 54:45
  fact
• 54:46
  that
• 54:46
  he
• 54:46
  was
• 54:46
  on
• 54:46
  winning
• 54:47
  teams.
• 54:48
  And
• 54:48
  you
• 54:48
  know,
• 54:49
  I
• 54:49
  think
• 54:49
  a
• 54:49
  lot
• 54:49
  of
• 54:49
  times
• 54:49
  in
• 54:50
  the
• 54:50
  hall
• 54:50
  of
• 54:50
  Fame,
• 54:51
  we
• 54:52
  kind
• 54:52
  of
• 54:52
  dwell
• 54:53
  on
• 54:53
  the
• 54:53
  numbers
• 54:53
  and
• 54:53
  we
• 54:53
  don't
• 54:54
  dwell
• 54:54
  on
• 54:54
  the
• 54:54
  impact
• 54:55
  and
• 54:55
  what
• 54:55
  a,
• 54:56
  what
• 54:56
  an
• 54:56
  impact
• 54:57
  a
• 54:58
  player
• 54:58
  might
• 54:58
  have
• 54:58
  had.
• 54:59
  You
• 55:00
  know,
• 55:00
  Drysdale
• 55:00
  was
• 55:00
  a
• 55:01
  star.
• 55:01
  You
• 55:01
  know,
• 55:01
  he
• 55:01
  sold
• 55:02
  tickets.
• 55:03
  He
• 55:04
  was
• 55:04
  a
• 55:04
  guy
• 55:04
  that,
• 55:05
  that
• 55:05
  was
• 55:05
  a
• 55:05
  symbol
• 55:06
  of
• 55:06
  the
• 55:06
  way
• 55:07
  of
• 55:07
  the
• 55:07
  ethic
• 55:08
  that
• 55:08
  he
• 55:08
  played
• 55:08
  baseball
• 55:09
  with
• 55:09
  back
• 55:09
  then.
• 55:09
  He
• 55:10
  was
• 55:10
  also,
• 55:11
  you
• 55:11
  know,
• 55:11
  he
• 55:11
  was
• 55:11
  super
• 55:12
  aggressive
• 55:12
  and
• 55:12
  he
• 55:12
  sort
• 55:13
  of
• 55:13
  epitomized
• 55:14
  what
• 55:14
  Los
• 55:14
  Angeles
• 55:14
  was
• 55:15
  going
• 55:15
  through
• 55:15
  back
• 55:15
  then.
• 55:15
  Los
• 55:16
  angeles
• 55:16
  in
• 55:16
  the
• 55:16
  60s
• 55:17
  really
• 55:17
  blossomed
• 55:18
  into
• 55:18
  a
• 55:19
  great
• 55:19
  international
• 55:19
  city.
• 55:20
  And
• 55:20
  he
• 55:21
  was
• 55:21
  part
• 55:21
  of
• 55:21
  all
• 55:21
  that.
• 55:22
  He
• 55:22
  was.
• 55:23
  And
• 55:23
  I
• 55:23
  think
• 55:23
  that
• 55:24
  with
• 55:24
  all
• 55:24
  that,
• 55:25
  I
• 55:25
  still
• 55:25
  don't.
• 55:26
  I
• 55:26
  don't
• 55:26
  think
• 55:26
  he
• 55:26
  would
• 55:26
  have
• 55:27
  gotten
• 55:27
  in
• 55:27
  the
• 55:27
  hall
• 55:27
  of
• 55:27
  Fame
• 55:28
  or
• 55:28
  at
• 55:28
  least
• 55:28
  I
• 55:29
  think
• 55:29
  it
• 55:29
  would
• 55:29
  have
• 55:29
  been
• 55:29
  difficult
• 55:30
  had
• 55:30
  he
• 55:30
  not
• 55:31
  had
• 55:31
  the
• 55:31
  shutout
• 55:31
  streak.
• 55:32
  I
• 55:32
  think
• 55:32
  that
• 55:32
  was
• 55:32
  his
• 55:33
  claim
• 55:34
  to
• 55:34
  fame.
• 55:34
  Everybody's
• 55:35
  got
• 55:35
  to
• 55:35
  have
• 55:35
  one
• 55:36
  distinguishing
• 55:36
  thing
• 55:36
  that
• 55:37
  they
• 55:37
  did.
• 55:38
  And
• 55:38
  the
• 55:38
  fact
• 55:38
  that
• 55:38
  he
• 55:39
  had
• 55:39
  that
• 55:39
  shutout
• 55:39
  streak
• 55:40
  at
• 55:40
  1968,
• 55:41
  I
• 55:41
  think
• 55:42
  was.
• 55:42
  Was
• 55:43
  probably
• 55:43
  the
• 55:43
  thing
• 55:43
  that
• 55:43
  put
• 55:43
  him
• 55:43
  over
• 55:44
  the
• 55:44
  top,
• 55:44
  you
• 55:44
  know.
• 55:45
  And
• 55:45
  back
• 55:45
  then,
• 55:45
  too,
• 55:46
  you
• 55:46
  know,
• 55:46
  whenever
• 55:47
  he
• 55:47
  would
• 55:47
  go
• 55:47
  in,
• 55:47
  whenever
• 55:48
  he
• 55:48
  would
• 55:48
  be
• 55:48
  eligible,
• 55:50
  you
• 55:51
  know,
• 55:51
  he
• 55:51
  was
• 55:51
  fighting
• 55:51
  a
• 55:52
  lot
• 55:52
  of
• 55:52
  great,
• 55:53
  great
• 55:53
  players
• 55:53
  who
• 55:54
  became
• 55:54
  eligible
• 55:55
  too,
• 55:55
  during
• 55:55
  that
• 55:55
  time.
• 55:56
  And
• 55:56
  back
• 55:56
  then,
• 55:57
  the
• 55:57
  baseball
• 55:57
  Tigers
• 55:58
  weren't
• 55:59
  really
• 56:00
  prone
• 56:00
  to.
• 56:01
  Like,
• 56:01
  the
• 56:02
  other
• 56:02
  day,
• 56:02
  they
• 56:03
  voted
• 56:03
  three
• 56:03
  people
• 56:03
  into
• 56:04
  the
• 56:04
  hall
• 56:04
  of
• 56:04
  Fame.
• 56:04
  That
• 56:04
  didn't
• 56:05
  happen
• 56:05
  very
• 56:05
  often
• 56:05
  back
• 56:05
  then.
• 56:06
  They
• 56:06
  would
• 56:06
  usually
• 56:06
  vote
• 56:07
  one
• 56:07
  or
• 56:07
  two,
• 56:08
  and
• 56:08
  they
• 56:09
  would
• 56:09
  really
• 56:09
  have
• 56:09
  to
• 56:09
  be
• 56:10
  superstars
• 56:10
  to
• 56:10
  get
• 56:10
  in.
• 56:11
  So,
• 56:12
  you
• 56:12
  know,
• 56:12
  I
• 56:12
  think
• 56:13
  he
• 56:13
  does
• 56:13
  deserve
• 56:13
  it.
• 56:13
  I
• 56:14
  think
• 56:14
  he,
• 56:14
  you
• 56:14
  know,
• 56:14
  just
• 56:15
  because
• 56:15
  of
• 56:15
  the
• 56:15
  impact
• 56:15
  he
• 56:16
  had
• 56:16
  on
• 56:16
  the
• 56:16
  game
• 56:17
  and
• 56:18
  as
• 56:18
  consistent
• 56:19
  as
• 56:19
  he
• 56:19
  was
• 56:19
  from
• 56:20
  start
• 56:20
  to
• 56:20
  start,
• 56:20
  I
• 56:21
  think
• 56:21
  the
• 56:21
  other
• 56:21
  thing,
• 56:21
  too,
• 56:22
  back
• 56:22
  then,
• 56:23
  wins
• 56:23
  were
• 56:23
  considered
• 56:24
  a
• 56:24
  lot
• 56:24
  more
• 56:24
  important
• 56:24
  than
• 56:25
  they
• 56:25
  are
• 56:25
  now.
• 56:25
  People
• 56:25
  don't
• 56:26
  really
• 56:26
  look
• 56:26
  at
• 56:26
  wins
• 56:27
  now.
• 56:27
  They
• 56:27
  look
• 56:27
  at
• 56:27
  the
• 56:27
  other
• 56:29
  secondary
• 56:29
  statistics.
• 56:30
  So
• 56:30
  I
• 56:30
  think
• 56:31
  if
• 56:31
  he
• 56:31
  had
• 56:32
  that
• 56:32
  same
• 56:32
  resume
• 56:32
  right
• 56:33
  now,
• 56:33
  I
• 56:34
  think
• 56:34
  he
• 56:34
  would
• 56:34
  have
• 56:34
  probably
• 56:35
  gotten
• 56:35
  in
• 56:35
  a
• 56:35
  little.
• 56:35
  Easier,
• 56:36
  understood
• 56:36
  a
• 56:37
  larger
• 56:37
  than
• 56:37
  life
• 56:38
  Persona
• 56:38
  and
• 56:39
  a
• 56:39
  legendary
• 56:39
  guy.
• 56:40
  Well,
• 56:40
  Mark,
• 56:40
  it's
• 56:41
  been
• 56:41
  a
• 56:41
  pleasure.
• 56:41
  Thanks
• 56:42
  for
• 56:42
  taking
• 56:42
  time
• 56:43
  out
• 56:43
  of
• 56:43
  your
• 56:43
  Sunday
• 56:43
  to
• 56:43
  spend
• 56:44
  it
• 56:44
  with
• 56:44
  us
• 56:44
  again,
• 56:45
  folks.
• 56:45
  The
• 56:46
  book
• 56:46
  is
• 56:46
  from
• 56:46
  our
• 56:47
  buddies
• 56:47
  out
• 56:47
  in
• 56:47
  Chicago,
• 56:48
  Triumph
• 56:49
  Books.
• 56:49
  It
• 56:49
  drops
• 56:50
  on
• 56:50
  February
• 56:51
  18th.
• 56:51
  It's
• 56:52
  called
• 56:52
  up
• 56:53
  and
• 56:53
  in
• 56:53
  the
• 56:54
  Life
• 56:54
  of
• 56:54
  a
• 56:54
  Dodgers
• 56:55
  Legend.
• 56:55
  About
• 56:56
  Don
• 56:56
  Drysdale,
• 56:57
  Double
• 56:58
  D.
• 56:58
  Thanks
• 56:59
  again,
• 56:59
  Mark,
• 57:00
  and
• 57:00
  all
• 57:01
  the
• 57:01
  best
• 57:01
  with
• 57:01
  the
• 57:01
  book.
• 57:03
  Appreciate
• 57:03
  it.
• 57:03
  Thank
• 57:04
  you
• 57:04
  very
• 57:04
  much,
• 57:04
  Will.
• 57:04
  Good
• 57:04
  luck.
• 57:05
  That
• 57:05
  is
• 57:05
  Mark
• 57:06
  Wicker,
• 57:06
  ladies
• 57:06
  and
• 57:06
  gentlemen.
• 57:07
  That
• 57:07
  will
• 57:07
  do
• 57:08
  it
• 57:08
  for
• 57:08
  me
• 57:08
  tonight
• 57:09
  on
• 57:09
  Sports
• 57:09
  Talk
• 57:09
  New
• 57:10
  York.
• 57:10
  I'd
• 57:10
  like
• 57:10
  to
• 57:10
  thank
• 57:11
  my
• 57:11
  guests
• 57:12
  Steve
• 57:12
  Garvey
• 57:12
  and
• 57:13
  Mark
• 57:13
  Wicker,
• 57:14
  my
• 57:14
  engineer,
• 57:14
  Brian
• 57:15
  Graves,
• 57:15
  and
• 57:15
  of
• 57:15
  course,
• 57:16
  you
• 57:16
  guys
• 57:16
  for
• 57:16
  joining
• 57:17
  us.
• 57:17
  See
• 57:18
  you
• 57:18
  Next
• 57:18
  on
• 57:19
  Sunday,
• 57:19
  February
• 57:20
  9th.
• 57:21
  We'll
• 57:21
  be
• 57:21
  back
• 57:21
  with
• 57:22
  more
• 57:22
  great
• 57:22
  sports
• 57:23
  talk.
• 57:23
  Till
• 57:24
  then,
• 57:24
  be
• 57:24
  safe,
• 57:25
  be
• 57:25
  well.
• 57:26
  Bill
• 57:26
  Donahue,
• 57:27
  wishing
• 57:27
  you
• 57:27
  a
• 57:27
  good
• 57:27
  evening,
• 57:28
  folks.
• 57:31
  The
• 57:31
  views
• 57:31
  expressed
• 57:32
  in
• 57:32
  the
• 57:32
  previous
• 57:32
  program
• 57:33
  did
• 57:33
  not
• 57:33
  necessarily
• 57:34
  represent
• 57:34
  those
• 57:35
  of
• 57:35
  the
• 57:35
  staff,
• 57:35
  management
• 57:36
  or
• 57:36
  owners
• 57:37
  of
• 57:37
  wgbb.