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1964-Apr-11 - NYM/BAL - New York Mets vs Baltimore Orioles - Classic Baseball Radio Broadcast · Retro Sports Radio: Classic Games from History

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This is Retro Sports Radio. Visit RetroSeasons
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.com for more sports history. On April 11, 1964,
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the New York Mets faced the Baltimore Orioles
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in an interleague exhibition game at Lawrence
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Stadium in Portsmouth, Virginia. New York was
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managed by Casey Stengel, who was trying to avoid
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a third consecutive 100 -loss season for the
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Mets. The O's were managed by Hank Bauer in his
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first season with Baltimore after managing the
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Kansas City Athletics in 1961 and 62. This audio
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recording is from the radio broadcast featuring
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announcers Bob Murphy, Lindsay Nelson, and Ralph
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Kiner. From Portsmouth, Virginia, the New York
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Mets are on the air. Today the New York Mets
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meet the Baltimore Orioles in their final exhibition
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game, brought to you by Rheingold Extra Dry and
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Cool Cigarettes. Well, hi, everybody. This is
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Bob Murphy with Lindsey Nelson and Ralph Kiner.
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Our engineer, Poppy Durkin, all set to bring
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you today's game between the New York Mets and
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the Baltimore Orioles. You'll enjoy today's game
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livelier. Rain gold after rain gold. Now we're
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approaching game time here in Portsmouth. A good
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time for you to light up a cool. Fans enjoy extra
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coolness you can feel in your throat. Smoke cool
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with a pure white filter. The weather today in
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Portsmouth, absolutely beautiful for the final
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exhibition game. Not a cloud in the sky, a brilliant
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blue sky, a sunny day and the temperature in
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the 60s. Right now, Casey Stengel and Hank Bauer
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at home plate getting together with the umpires
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to exchange the batting order slip. The lineups
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and batting orders for today's game. The New
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York Mets, the visiting team, will have Dick
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Smith at first base. He will lead off. Rod Keneal
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in center field hitting second. Ron Hunt flying
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third base, batting third. Jim Hickman, the left
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fielder, will be the cleanup hitter. Bob Taylor
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behind the plate hitting number five. Joe Christopher
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in right field hitting sixth. Sammy Samuel playing
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second base and hitting seventh. Al Moran will
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be at shortstop batting eighth and on the mound
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hitting ninth, Tracy Stoller. In front of field
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leading off for the birds will be fleet -footed
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Jackie Brandt. Louie Aparicio, the shortstop,
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hitting second. Big John Powell, the left fielder,
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hitting third. Norm Siebern, the first baseman
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to hit cleanup. John Orsino, behind the plate,
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he will hit number five. Willie Kirkland in right
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field hitting sixth. Brooks Robinson, the brilliant
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Orioles' third baseman, hitting seventh. Jerry
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Adair, the second baseman, batting eighth. And
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on the mound, hard -throwing left -hander and
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20 -game winner, Steve Barber. Barber pitching
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and hitting ninth. The batteries then for today's
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game. For the New York Mets, Tracy Stallard on
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the mound and Bob Taylor behind the plate. For
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the Baltimore Orioles, Steve Barber will handle
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the pitching and John Orsino working behind the
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plate. The umpires, Luther Muro of the American
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League behind the plate, Ed Sudol of the National
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League will be at first, and Paul Crawford of
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the Stanley League will call the plays around
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third. Following today's game, the New York Mets
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will be flying to New York. Tomorrow, they will
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be given a day off by Casey Stengel as they prep
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for the opening of the National League season
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against the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday
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night. And right now, ladies and gentlemen, here
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in Portsmouth, which is just across the river
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from Norfolk, Virginia, the Marine Corps Color
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Guard is coming on the field, and the fans here
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in Portsmouth are watching today's ballgame.
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We'll be standing in a moment for the playing
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of our national anthem and a moment of silence
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in respect of the memory of the General of the
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Army, Douglas McGrath, who went to his final
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resting place this morning in nearby Norfolk,
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Virginia. So we'll be waiting for a moment until
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the Marine Corps color guard reaches the flagpole
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for the ceremony. Over 300 ,000 people crowded
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the streets for the procession. The burial of
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General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, who, as
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everyone connected with sports realizes, was
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such a tremendous friend of sports throughout
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his entire life. Following the game, the Mets
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will fly back to New York. They are estimated
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to get back to Idlewild around 7 .30 this evening.
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They will have tomorrow off. They open the National
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League season on Tuesday night against the Phillies,
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and the pitchers in the Tuesday night opener
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will be Dennis Bennett for Philadelphia and Al
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Jackson for the New York Mets, a battle of left
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-handers. Bennett, an outstanding young left
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-hander, missed the first half of last year due
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to an automobile injury, but came back to pitch
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very well the second half of the season. Al Jackson
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has paced the Mets pitching staff in victories
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over their first two years of existence and has
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the honor of opening the season for the New York
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Mets on Tuesday night. The Mets and Phillies
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play again on Wednesday night. Next Thursday
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will be an off day. And then next Friday, the
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historic opening of beautiful new Shea Stadium,
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which will seat 55 ,300 with 96 % of the seats
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within the foul line and every seat an individual
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seat. Weather permitting, it should be a tremendous
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occasion when the Mets and the Pirates open the
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new stadium next Friday afternoon in Flushing.
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By the way, on Monday, the Jamaica Chamber of
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Commerce will honor the New York Mets ball club
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with a parade leading the Sadler's Motel at 10
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.15 in the morning, parading through Flushing
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and Jamaica, and then a luncheon in honor of
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the New York Mets at the Whitman Hotel in Jamaica
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on Monday noon. So a lot has been planned, and
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everything is just about set now for the opening
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of the National League season. We will have the
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traditional early openers on Monday. Houston
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will be opening in Cincinnati in the traditional
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early opening for the National League in Cincinnati.
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Right now, Steve Barber. has completed his pregame
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warm -up tosses, and everyone now here at the
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ballpark is waiting for the national anthem and
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a tribute to General MacArthur. Here, ladies
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and gentlemen, our national anthem. anthem and
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the tribute paid to General of the Army Douglas
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MacArthur, we approach game time here in Portsmouth,
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Virginia with Steve Barber on the mound for the
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Oilers. You know, back home in the most spectacular
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new Shea Stadium, everything is mighty impressive.
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Perhaps the most impressive piece of equipment
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is that big Ryan Gould scoreboard. You're going
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to really enjoy seeing it. You'll not only see
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the score, of course, exactly where the game
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stands, but a picture of the batter and where
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he stands, his average. And on this scoreboard,
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there's another reminder. It says... Rheingold
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is as good to your taste as it is to your thirst.
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And isn't that exactly what you want a beer to
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be? The secret of Rheingold is a very special
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way of brewing. Rheingold is brewed extra dry.
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Smoother, crisper, livelier. We hope you've got
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some Rheingold around right this minute, wherever
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you are along the Rheingold Beach. If you do,
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well, we don't have to tell you that Rheingold
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is as good to your taste as it is to your thirst.
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Rheingold after Rheingold. Now, hard -throwing
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Steve Barber, a 20 -game winner with the Birds
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a year ago, is all set to go, and leading off
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in the ballgame against the South Ball will be
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Dick Smith. Putting up the Orioles defensively,
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Norm Seaburn is at first, Jerry Adair at second,
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Louie Amparicio at short, and Brooks Robinson
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at third. Now, Barber out of his windup, the
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game's first delivery, a slow grounder right
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back to the mound, taken by Barber. He throws
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to first, one away. In the outfield for the Orioles,
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John Powell is the left fielder, Jack Brand in
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center, and around and right, Willie Kirkland.
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Barber pitching, and Orsino behind the plate.
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As the ballplayers say, when they have to go
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up and hit against Steve Barber, he'll put bees
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in your bat. He really throws hard, and he has
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a great sinker. Outfield, the Tacoma Park left
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-hander fires. Knee -high fastball for a call
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strike. Well, you can tell that the Mets' home
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opener in Shea Stadium is just around the corner.
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No finer or higher bigger could you hope to detect
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than a giant Mets banner up in the top of the
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center field bleachers here in Portsmouth. Inside
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and low, one ball and one strike. Yes, sir, it's
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just about banner time again, and a group of
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youngsters here in Portsmouth have a banner that
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stretches, oh, I'd say a good 40 feet long, saying,
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we love the Mets. On the coaching line for the
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New York Mets, Wes Westrom at first base and
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Don Hefner at third. Now, Keneal cocks the bat,
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leans in and takes. It's outside, 2 -1. Casey
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getting his ball club tomorrow off after the
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long spring training grind. Probable workout
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on Monday and then the opening game Tuesday night
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with Jackson pitching against Dennis Bennett.
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2 -1 delivery. Ground ball bounced on the right
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side of the diamond. Jerry Adair is up with it,
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throws on to Sebring, two down. Anytime Barber
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has that good finger ball going, you can tell
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right off the bat because what comes off the
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bat are ground balls. Now two outs and nobody
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on. Well, we're delighted to have our statistician
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Matt Winnick in our broadcasting booth today.
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Matt again this year will be with us, game in
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and game out, home and away, night and day across
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the land, chronicling the facts and figures of
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the New York Mets. who has been shifted over
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to third base, batting third in the order, stepping
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in against Steve Barber. It's thrown outside
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and high, one ball and no strike. Actually, when
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the Braves first signed Ron Hunt to a pro contract,
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they signed him with the idea of his being a
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third baseman. And he played third that first
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season. Ron, aggressive tight hitter, right -hand
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batter who hit .272 last year. Line drive down
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the right field line. A face hit for Ron Hunt.
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It's going down into the corner. Being chased
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by Willie Kirkland. Ron's on his way to second.
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He'll go in standing up with a double down the
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right field line. Barber throws hard. A very
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difficult pitcher to pull. Ron Hunt's hand to
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swing just right. It hit the outside fastball.
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A hard line drive right down the right field
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line for a double. Now here is Jim Hickman. While
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the New York Mets will open the National League
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season Tuesday night against the Phillies, the
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Orioles will be opening their American League
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season against the White Sox in Chicago. Big
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banner out in the center of the field says, We
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love the Mets. Swing and a miss on a sinker,
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strike one. We love EA the Mets. Thank you for
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having that banner. We hope we'll see you around
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Jay Stadium all summer long. Banner Day last
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year in the polo grounds was an amazing sight.
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Now the pitch on the way by Barbara Lowe outside.
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Orsino has to dig it out. No one can ever accuse
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the Mets baseball fans of not being ingenious.
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They came up with more slogans, more poems to
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back their ball club. and probably helped the
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heat industry more than anybody else. Now Hickman
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was tied up, but it holds up, and the pitch is
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taken out of the strike zone. Two balls and a
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strike to Jim Hickman. Jim in left field, batting
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cleanup. One of my favorites of the programs
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last year among the banners was shortly after
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Carmel joined the ball club, Casey then had Duke
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Snyder and Duke Carmel. The banners simply said,
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Casey, put up your Duke. Ron Hunt is on second
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base, two men down. Now Barber off the stretch.
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Down comes the left arm, foul ball. He tried
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to hold up on the swing and fouled it away. So
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the count is even at two balls and two strikes.
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Next Friday at Shea Stadium, Guy Lombardo and
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his Royal Canadians will provide the pregame
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musical entertainment. When the time arrives
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for the singing of the national anthem, that
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magnificent Metropolitan Opera star Robert Merrill
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will sing the anthem. Now Barber up in pitching
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position deals two and two, a high fastball,
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and the string is out three and two. Nine Hall
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of Famers will be on hand for the opening of
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Shea Stadium on Friday, including the four new
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inductees. By the way, when the new members of
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the Hall are inducted in late July this season,
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the New York Mets will have the honor of playing
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the annual third rematch to the Hall of Fame
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against Washington that day. Swing and a miss,
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he's struck him out. Hickman goes down swinging
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on a high breaking ball. No runs, one hit, no
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errors, and one left on. Now the score in the
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middle of the first, the Mets nothing, and the
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Birds are coming to bat. Last half of the first
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inning here in Fort Smith on the mound for the
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New York Mets, Tracy Stallard, Bob Taylor behind
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the plate. Setting up New York defensively, Dick
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Smith will be at first. Sammy Samuel playing
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second, Al Moran at short, and playing at third,
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Ron Hunt. In the outfield, Jim Hickman is the
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left fielder. In center field for the New York
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Mets, Rod Keneal and around and right, Joe Christopher.
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On the coaching lines for the Orioles, Sherm
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Lawler on the lines at first and on the lines
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at third, Bill Hunter. Well, last year, both
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Dick Wurtz and Sherm Lawler were still playing
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Major League Baseball. Both retired at the end
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of last year. Now only one player remains active
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of the old St. Louis Browns. He'll be in action
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against the New York Mets in the opener on Tuesday
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night. Mr. Roy Seavers. Breaking ball on the
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outside corner. Don Larson would have to go into
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that category, beg your pardon. Larson still
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working as a bullpen pitcher for Alvin Dark and
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the San Francisco Giants. Here's the pitcher
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on the way. He holds up on a slow breaking ball
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that's outside. One ball and one strike. Brad
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having a good spring, batting at 316. He's an
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exciting ball player. He hits the ball through
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an infield about as fast as anybody in the majors.
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Foul ball off to the right, no play. Well, this
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is some kind of a day, I want to tell you, that
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you couldn't ask for a better one. We'd like
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to have it for the opener next Friday. We understand
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the weather in the New York area is just as good.
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A swing and a miss, he's struck him out. Tracy
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Stallard strikes out Jackie Brandt, one away.
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One of the most impressive things about Stallard
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this spring has been the psychological development,
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the mental improvement, so to speak, and the
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confidence that Stallard has gained. He has suddenly
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become more or less an elder statesman on the
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ball club, assured of a starting position, and
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it has given him a tremendous shot in the arm,
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a great deal more confidence, and you can see
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the way he pitches, he's pitching with more confidence.
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Fastball inside, one ball and no strike. Little
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Louie Aparicio, speedy right -hand hitter, wins.
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Strike on the outside corner, one ball and one
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strike. For the last eight years, Little Louie
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has led the American League in stolen bases.
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For the birds, he pilfered 40 a year ago. Ron
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Hunt plays him in close at third, even with the
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bag wide at the line. Shortening up the stride
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on the left side of the diamond is Al Morano.
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Line drives, stays fifth. Yep, down the left
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field line by Aparicio. Little Louie around first.
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He'll hold there as Hickman takes the ball back
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in. He's throwing that one. Hard line drive beyond
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the reach of Hunt and on into left field. That
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brings up Johnny Boog Powell. Powell has a six
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home runs this spring. As they say, he is big
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enough to go bear hunting with a buggy whip.
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He checked into spring camp weighing 251 pounds,
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but Hank Bauer has him melted down to about 234
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now. Now the stretch by Tracy, and he steps up.
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This fellow is just big and strong. Reminds you
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a great deal when he hits of Johnny Myers. Inside
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and low, one ball and no strike. Last year, at
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the age of 22, he led the Orioles in the power
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department, home runs, and runs batted in. One
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out and one on, no score, last half of inning
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number one. Game being sent to you with the best
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wishes of Ryan Gold Extra Drive. We hope you'll
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enjoy it. Now Tracy Ives, the runner, throws
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to first, not in time. Little Louie had to slide
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back. Anytime Aparicio's on, a pitcher really
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has to go to work. He has to throw over to first
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base four, five, maybe six times if he's going
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to keep him close. Throw to first, and he gets
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back. The main thing, you have to mix it up.
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You can't throw over there the same way every
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time. Sometimes a slow stretch, then you throw
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over, sometimes you wheel and throw. Way inside,
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and he goes behind on the count, two balls but
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no strikes. Norm Seaborn is the on -deck hitter,
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and then John Orsino. The Orioles in the spring
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have won 15, lost 11. 2 -0 delivery. An off -speed
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pitch that is fouled off to Pat Hamlin. The Cavs
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2 -1. For the Orioles, they'll be opening Memorial
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Stadium in Baltimore after their opener in Chicago.
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They come back home to have a weekend series
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against the New York Yankees. Let's have the
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odds feel deep for Powell. This is quite a hitter's
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ballpark. If you can't hit him out of this park,
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you can't hit him out of any park. A throw to
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first. Close, but he's back. Down the right field
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line for the left -hand hitters is only 315 feet,
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and the ballpark really carries. The ball really
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carries in this park. Down the left field line,
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330. Flider on the inside corner of Goodwin -Bastala,
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two balls and two strikes. 365 feet to the center
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field bleachers, and it's not too difficult on
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a good day to hit them up in those bleachers.
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Last year when the Mets played here in Portsmouth,
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Eddie Crane, who already put the frosting on
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the cake of an outstanding spring and nailed
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down an opening day job by hitting free home
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runs. Two off Robin Roberts and one off Stu Miller.
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The 2 -2 delivery with the runner going is fouled
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off the end of the bat and no play. Hank Bauer,
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who of course played for Casey when Casey had
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the Yankees, the new Oriole manager. And he has
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as his coaches, Sean Waller. Billy Hunter, Gene
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Woodling, and his pitching coach is Harry the
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Cat for team. The Cat has been in Baltimore through
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the reigns of Paul Richards, Billy Hitchcock,
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and now Hank Bauer. Swing and a miss, he struck
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him out. Bauer strikes out foul. He got him with
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a high hard one. Now two outs and one on, Norm
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Seaborn coming on to hit. Norm hitting .276 for
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the spring. He came to the Orioles. In the swap
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with Kansas City for Jim Gentile. Well, a lot
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of interest in today's ball game here in Fort
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Smith. The public address system now asking if
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the fans would mind moving a little bit closer
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together so that those who are still outside
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trying to get in can get in to see the game.
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Breaking ball over at the knees. A call strike
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on Norm Seaver. Well, in one respect, we'll be
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driving back home following today's game. Our
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timing was a little bit off. They are building
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probably the world's largest, longest tunnel
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and bridge and causeway going across the Chesapeake
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Bay. A span of over 17 miles is going to open
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next Wednesday. We had thought we would be able
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to drive through going home tonight, but we'd
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have to hang around until Wednesday, and I don't
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want to miss that opener in Philadelphia. One
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and one to count on Norm's fever, but it's going
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to be one of the real engineering miracles of
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the times when it is completed and opened on
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Wednesday. Throw to first, not on time. We were
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always fascinated in spring training with that
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trip across the Sunshine Skyway across Tampa
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Bay. It was a little over 12 miles. This one
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will be over 17 miles. Hopped up off the first
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and foul ground. Bob Taylor is under it waiting,
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and the Hawk puts it away. The side is out. Strong
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pitching by Tracy Schaller. No runs, one hit,
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no errors, and one left on at the end of one
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inning. The score, the Mets nothing and the Orioles
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nothing. Well, if you're out for a leisurely
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drive today or you have some extra time on your
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hands, we suggest if you haven't done so that
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you take a drive and go by Chase Stadium. The
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ticket office is open. It also will be open for
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your convenience tomorrow to get your tickets
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for the big opening day game next Friday afternoon.
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Everything is just about in readiness. The stadium
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looks absolutely beautiful. The steel boxes,
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the loges, the mezzanine, the upper deck. The
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box seats are painted a little deeper shade than
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the reserved, and the reserved a little deeper
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than the unreserved. Burley and I are feeling
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the stadium the most modern sports plan in America,
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and you'll be a part of it. Only 55 ,300 people
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in this land of ours will be on hand for that
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very first game ever to be played in the stadium.
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Nine members of the Hall of Fame will be there,
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including the living ex -members of the Giants
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and Dodgers, plus the four new inductees, Luke
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Appling, Heine Mnuch, Red Faber, and Burley Grant.
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Robert Merrill sings the National Anthem. Guy
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Lombardo, musical entertainer before the game.
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Music for the National Anthem by the Department
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of Sanitation Band. All in all, one tremendous
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day. Next Friday at the Mets and the Pirates
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in Shea Stadium. Now with Barber on the mound,
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Hawk Taylor is up for the Mets as the game moves
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into the second inning. We're counting the youngsters
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up in the top of the center field bleachers that
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have that long banner. Pass ball over for a call
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strike. There are seven of them. They have a
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banner and they stretch it out. It goes maybe
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30 or 40 feet and we love the Mets. And a minute
25:53
ago they had that familiar cry of the last two
25:55
years, let's go Mets. Barber with a one -strike
26:03
count, winds and pitches. Ground ball hit down
26:05
to third, fielded by Brooks Robinson. He strides
26:08
and throws, and they have him by a few running
26:09
strides. One away, nobody on. On the hit now,
26:14
the right fielder, Joe Christopher. Throughout
26:20
spring training, with the exception of George
26:22
Altman and Ron Hunt, Casey has been platooning
26:27
elsewhere on his ball club and... This may be
26:30
fairly close to the opening night lineup in Philadelphia
26:33
since Gene Mock has already announced that he
26:35
will open the National League season against
26:37
the Mets with the left -hander Dennis Bennett.
26:42
Here's the pitcher on the way. It's over at the
26:44
knees for a called strike. It will be touch and
26:48
go as to whether or not George Altman will be
26:50
ready for the opening game on Tuesday night.
26:52
Trainer Gus Mott is hopeful and feels that, since
26:55
it is only a bruise despite the fact that it's
26:57
quite sore today, but he still may be able to
27:00
open on Tuesday. One ball and one strike. George
27:05
did not come to the ballpark today. He was advised
27:07
by Gus to remain back at the hotel and take heat
27:10
treatments and rest as much as possible. Carl
27:14
Willey and Frank Thomas are both back in New
27:16
York. Now Barbarana is lined up. The pitch, swing,
27:20
and a miss on a fastball thrown in tight. One
27:23
ball and two strikes. Now Jack Fisher is starting
27:29
to warm up easily in the bullpen. Casey wants
27:31
to give Stallard, Fisher, and Bernard all some
27:34
work. Final tune -up work in this ballgame today.
27:37
Outside and high. For Hank Bauer, his pitching
27:40
plans are quite different because he is not planning
27:43
to use Barber until the opener at home in Baltimore
27:47
against the Yankees next Friday. And since Barber
27:50
will not be pitching then until next Friday,
27:52
he may have him go as far as seven innings. Fisher
27:56
and Stallard figure to work games two and three
27:58
for the Mets. Line drive, base hit through the
28:00
hole going to right field. That's base hit number
28:05
two. Both have been to right field by right -hand
28:07
hitters, and it brings up Sammy Thornwell. Game
28:32
being held up just for a moment by Umpire Lou
28:36
DeMuro, who noticed that they need a doctor in
28:38
the right field bleacher. So someone obviously
28:43
in need of attention in the right field bleachers,
28:45
and the game is being held up. Very alert work
28:48
on the part of Umpire Lou DeMuro, who detected
28:50
that there was a disturbance over in the right
28:52
field bleachers, and in a small ballpark such
28:54
as this, he was able to tell that someone was
28:57
in need of attention, and so they have asked
28:58
for the doctor. Good crowd on a perfect day for
29:07
a ball game. Every seat taken in the grandstand.
29:11
The bleachers comparatively empty, but now we
29:13
see a lot of the fans are headed toward the bleachers,
29:15
unable to get a seat. Ground ball hit down to
29:17
first, knocked down by Seaburn. He makes the
29:19
unassisted play getting found well, and Christopher
29:21
moves on to second. Now there are two away here
29:30
on the top of the second. Al Moran comes up.
29:41
Al Moran batting right -handed. Al has done quite
29:46
a bit of experimenting during the spring, trying
29:48
to improve his hitting. Bill Dickey worked with
29:50
him quite a bit, trying more than anything to
29:52
get him to hit down on the ball. Al Barber up
29:57
in pitching position. Delivers outside and high.
30:01
One of the great hitters in the history of the
30:02
game, Paul Wainer. Big boys have always said
30:06
that the... Top half of the ball belongs to the
30:09
hitter. The bottom half of the ball belongs to
30:11
the pitcher. If you hit under, you're going to
30:13
pop up. If you hit down on it, you might come
30:15
up with a base hit. Now Barber makes the stop,
30:22
then delivers to Moran. Over on the outside corner
30:25
of the knees for a strike. One ball and one strike.
30:40
Joe Christopher on second, two men down, top
30:42
of the second, no score. Foul tipped. Pops out
30:48
of the middle of John Orsino, no damage done.
30:51
One ball and two strikes. Mets with two night
30:56
games in Philadelphia, Tuesday night and Wednesday
30:58
night, Thursday the off day and the big opener
31:01
on Friday. Monday will be a big day for the New
31:04
York Mets. As we mentioned earlier, they will
31:06
be honored with a parade starting at 10 .15 from
31:09
the Travelers Motel, winding through Fletching
31:11
and Jamaica, and winding up with a luncheon in
31:13
the Whitman Hotel in Jamaica. Foul. Hit down
31:17
the right field line. Out of play. Hard -throwing
31:31
young right -hander that means so much to the
31:33
Baltimore Orioles, Chuck Estrada made the catch
31:35
on that one over the bullpen. Talking to Jack
31:40
Fisher about Estrada, they were very close friends
31:42
when Jack was with the Orioles, and he says that
31:44
Estrada says he no longer, and for the first
31:47
time in over a year, does not feel pain when
31:49
he throws. He's been throwing hard. The one -two
31:52
pitch, outside and high. Did you notice where
31:56
the St. Louis Cardinals are leaving Ray Weinspern
31:58
with their Jacksonville Fire Club in order that
32:00
they can keep him out of the cold weather and
32:03
not run the risk of him re -injuring that arm
32:05
in the first couple of weeks of the season? Also
32:07
give him a chance to strengthen his arm in the
32:09
sunshine before coming up to join St. Louis.
32:13
The 2 -2 delivery. Swing, and a Murphy struck
32:16
him out with a sinker down around the ankle.
32:19
Brad retired, no runs, one hit, no errors, and
32:21
one left. At the end of an inning and a half,
32:23
the score in Portsmouth... The New York Mets,
32:26
nothing, and the Baltimore Orioles, nothing.
32:28
And let's hear how a baseball fan makes up for
32:31
an error in his choice of a cigarette. Oh, I
32:36
don't believe it. Not another error. Boy, I sure
32:41
made an error. Huh? Trying this new menthol cigarette.
32:45
What do you mean? It just doesn't make it. Well,
32:49
here's one that does. Try it cool. Cool? Okay.
33:00
This is more like it. Your cigarette's not tasting
33:04
cool enough till you come up to cool. With rich
33:08
tobacco's pure white filter, extra coolness too.
33:12
Feel extra coolness in your throat as cool comes
33:16
through for you. You'll be smoking cool, cool
33:21
all the time when you come up to cool. For the
33:27
most refreshing coolness you can get. In any
33:30
cigarette, smoke cool with the pure white filter.
33:38
Last half of the second, John Orsino comes up
33:41
against Tracy Stallard. After coming to the Orioles
33:44
in the deal with San Francisco, last year Orsino
33:49
knocked in 56 runs and batted 272. He did a good
33:52
job for them. John Arfino, right -hand hitter
34:00
out of Teaneck, New Jersey. Tracy Stallard on
34:07
the mound for the New York Mets. Last half of
34:10
the second, no scores. Tracy winds. The pitch
34:13
breaks too far outside. One ball and no strike.
34:23
The Orioles and Giants made a big deal during
34:26
the winter before last season. Breaking ball,
34:29
and he lays off. Two balls and no strikes. Sue
34:34
Miller and Mike McCormick, along with John Orsino,
34:36
came to the birds for Billy Heft, Jack Fisher,
34:39
now with the Mets, and Jim Coker. All three of
34:42
those players, Billy Heft, Jack Fisher, and Jim
34:44
Coker, have now gone to other ball clubs. Inside.
34:48
Ball 30, it's 3 -0. Coker has just gone in a
34:51
deal involving the Los Angeles Dodgers. I'll
35:03
check that involving the Philadelphia Bills,
35:04
thank you, partner. Pitchers outside in Stallard,
35:07
Watson, or Fino are in four pitches. Now the
35:22
right fielder, Willie Kirkland, hitting for the
35:24
first time. Willie during the spring, hitting
35:26
.227. Now Tracy off the stretch. Delivers, bounce,
35:36
foul. He barely got a piece of it. One strike
35:39
count on Willie Kirkland. Outside and high. I
36:00
remember he was playing tricks on me. Ralph was
36:01
freaking me out on the trade. Gary Kolb and Jim
36:07
Coker leaving the Cardinals for Bob Euchre and
36:11
the Braves. Off -speed delivery that's over for
36:15
a called strike. Good pitch by Stallard. One
36:17
ball and two strikes. The deal involving the
36:19
Dodgers was the Dodgers and the Detroit Tigers.
36:24
Larry Sherry going to Detroit for Lou Johnson.
36:33
I trace the up and pitching position, the 1 -2
36:35
delivery. I drive and the air sinking rapidly
36:37
in short center field at the base hit, played
36:39
on the hop by Rod Caneo. And now the birds have
36:42
runners on first and second, nobody out. Right
36:44
here we pause for station identification. This
36:48
is the New York Mets baseball network. WGY and
36:51
WGF fans connect today. The beautiful... And
36:58
New York, 10 -5. Bob Murphy with Ralph Kiner
37:03
and Lindsey Nelson from Fort Smith, Virginia.
37:06
Now Brooks Robinson is up with runners on first
37:09
and second, nobody out. The Mets here will be
37:11
defensing against the possibility of a bunt.
37:13
Jerry Adaris, the on -deck batter, and then Steve
37:16
Barber. Now Tracy off the stretch. Delivers.
37:21
Just inside. One ball and no strike. Brooks has
37:35
not hit for a high average during the spring
37:37
games, but he has been hitting with power. He's
37:39
hit four home runs, and he leads the Orioles
37:41
in RBIs for the spring. Runners on first and
37:47
second, nobody out. Pitch to Robinson. Full swing
37:50
and a foul ball back into the screen. One ball
37:52
and one strike. Hank Bauer has Robinson swinging
37:56
away with a dare of the number eight hitter on
37:59
deck to be followed by the pitcher, Steve Barber.
38:13
Tracy slowing himself down a little bit, trying
38:15
to pitch out of a jam here in the second. The
38:17
birds have the table set, two on and nobody out.
38:21
Here's the pitch underway. Inside and high, two
38:24
balls and a strike. Baltimore a year ago got
38:32
off to a flying start. They were really winging.
38:36
But they fell victims to a June swoon. They had
38:39
a stress during June when the roof really fell
38:41
in on them and knocked them right out of the
38:42
front of race. 2 -1 on Brooks Robinson. The lead
38:55
runner on second is John Orsino. Willie Kirkland
38:57
is on first. Now the pitch thrown. Line drive
39:02
hit hard down the left field line at phase fifth.
39:05
Hickman racing over to the line to play at around
39:07
third heading in. The score is John Orsino and
39:10
the birds lead 1 -0 on the run scoring single
39:12
to left by Brooks Robinson. Willie Kirkland goes
39:15
from first to third. Jerry Adair, the second
39:33
baseman. Two years ago, Jerry had a real good
39:36
year. Last season, he fell off at the plate.
39:38
He was tampered several times during the season
39:41
with minor hurts that had him in and out of the
39:43
lineup. Mets set up, hoping for a shot at the
39:48
double play. A line drive to right field, a base
39:50
hit by Adair. Kirkland comes in to score. Robinson
39:53
will hold his second. and the Mets nothing on
40:07
the single to right by Jerry Adair. Now Steve
40:10
Barber comes up. With Barber hitting, runners
40:13
on first and second, nobody out. Now the Mets
40:15
will be defending against the Bucs. Barber batting
40:20
left -handed. First four men up have reached
40:25
safely against Ballard here in the last half
40:27
of the second. Fisher still cranking up down
40:33
in the bullpen. He's around to Brunt. Brunt,
40:35
fair ball. Stallard coming off the mound. The
40:37
play goes to third. Out at third. They get Robinson.
40:41
Close play at third, but Stallard threw just
40:43
in time to Ron Hunt. To fourth, Brooks Robinson.
40:56
Now runners on first and second, one man down.
40:59
Top of the batting order for the center fielder,
41:01
Jackie Brandt. Pratt was struck out in the first
41:04
inning by Stallard. Baltimore 2, New York nothing,
41:15
last half of the second. Tracy walked the first
41:19
man up, John Orsino. Willie Kirkland singled
41:23
a center with a sinker off the end of the bat.
41:27
Now the pitcher on the way. Leiter on the outside
41:29
corner of strike. Last year, Jackie hit .248
41:47
as the bird's center fielder. Ground ball left
41:50
to shortstop. Moran to Fomwell. There's one on
41:53
the first. Double play on the side is out. Baltimore,
42:00
two runs on three hits, no errors, and one left
42:03
in the last of the second. Now at the end of
42:05
two innings, the score of the Orioles 2 and the
42:07
New York Mets, nothing. Well, for those of you
42:12
who are making your ticket plans now, not only
42:14
for opening day, but all the home games of the
42:16
New York Mets and beautiful new Shea Stadium,
42:18
we'd like to remind you that again of this year
42:21
for your convenience in Midtown Manhattan, ticket
42:24
outlets are located at Grand Central Station
42:26
near the foot of the 42nd Street Vanderbilt ramp,
42:30
along out in the waiting room of Penn Station.
42:33
The ticket office will be open today and tomorrow
42:35
for your convenience at Shea Stadium. And also
42:38
this year, a brand new ticket outlet for those
42:40
who live near the Nassau -Support County line.
42:45
The ticket outlet is located in Macy's in the
42:48
Walt Whitman Shopping Center in Huntington. Remember,
42:51
too, you may order your tickets by mail. Simply
42:53
address your correspondence to Ticket Manager.
42:56
The New York Mets, Shea Stadium, Flushing, New
42:58
York. We'll be waiting for you on Friday for
43:02
the opener of the beautiful stadium. Right here
43:06
we go along to the third inning with Steve Barber
43:08
pitching for the Orioles against the New York
43:10
Mets. And all set now to follow the action for
43:13
you, Ralph Kainer. Thank you, Bob. And once again,
43:16
hello, everybody. Steve Barber going for the
43:18
Orioles has worked through two innings. He has
43:20
given up no runs, allowed two hits, struck out
43:23
two, and walked none. Steve will pitch against
43:25
here in the top of the third. The pitcher, Tracy
43:31
Stallard. who is scheduled up, but we'll have
43:33
a pinch hitter for him, and then Dick Smith and
43:36
Rod Knievel, assigned to be Larry Elliott, pinch
43:40
hitting for Tracy Stollard. That'll mean that
43:48
Jack Fisher, who has been warming up, will come
43:50
in the ballgame to pitch in the bottom half of
43:53
the third. Stollard going out, giving up two
43:56
runs and four hits, striking out two and walking
43:58
one. First pitch to Larry Elliott, a left -hand
44:01
batter, is taken low, ball one. Larry started
44:04
the season as more or less a player on the Buffalo
44:10
roster. He has more or less earned himself a
44:12
job in the regular roster in center field. Next
44:16
pitch back to the plate, a fastball in the outside
44:17
corner. Got one ball, one strike. Larry has been
44:23
used in center field against right -hand pitching
44:26
throughout the latter part of spring training.
44:30
He makes his home in San Diego, California. And
44:35
now Steve Barber into the windup and back again,
44:38
and he moves Elliott away from the plate and
44:39
on down to the ground with a fastball inside.
44:42
So they count two balls, one strike. Barber wearing
44:51
number 13 in his uniform, one of the few pitchers
44:54
in baseball to do so, and that is the number
44:56
of losses he had last year. And his pitch came
44:58
back, and it was hit slowly on a check swing
45:01
down the third. Robinson picks it up, flips quickly
45:03
to first base for the out. One man out here in
45:06
the top of the third. Score is 2 -0 in favor
45:09
of the Baltimore Orioles, and the batter will
45:12
be Dick Smith. Dick's the leadoff batter for
45:16
the Mets. Up for the second time. His first time
45:18
up, he bounced back to the mound on the very
45:20
first pitch of the ballgame. Smith, the right
45:27
-hand batter, playing at first base. And now
45:33
the left -hander to work against Smith with a
45:35
breaking pitch, a fast slider that's in on the
45:37
inside corner, strike one. Barber is scheduled
45:43
to go against the New York Yankees when they
45:45
open the season against the Baltimore Oil in
45:48
New York. Next pitch back is a fastball moving
45:53
outside. One ball, one strike. That game will
46:00
be in Baltimore. Orioles open the season against
46:07
the White Sox in Chicago. Now the 1 -1 pitch.
46:12
Foul down the right field line. No chance for
46:14
a play. It goes as a long strike. Mets, of course,
46:17
open their season against the Philadelphia Phillies
46:20
the 14th on Tuesday night. They play on Wednesday
46:22
night also. Open at home on Friday afternoon
46:26
at Chase Idiom. All of us very interested to
46:36
hear how the stadium is coming along as quite
46:38
a few of the people came down from New York for
46:40
this game, and the reports are great. It's back
46:43
as low. Two balls, two strikes. Flying field
46:52
condition, supposedly in perfect shape, and that's
46:57
understandable as the Mets have the top groundskeeper
46:59
in baseball. Johnny McCarthy doing a good job
47:06
there again. Barber comes back and bounces the
47:09
pitch in the dirt. It bounces over the shoulder
47:11
of the catcher Johnny Orsino. And the count fills
47:14
to three and two. Conference at the mound by
47:25
Steve Barber and Johnny Orsino. Orsino, if you
47:29
remember, had something happen to him last year
47:31
that should happen to every hitter. He had five
47:33
consecutive home runs in spring training. It
47:37
didn't come all in one game, but he still had
47:39
five in a row. That's something that's rather
47:41
unusual, to say the least. This spring, he hasn't
47:49
been quite that fortunate. Now 3 -2, it's Barber
47:52
back again, and he misses outside ball four.
47:55
So Steve walks his first man here in the top
47:57
of the third. Orioles lead 2 -0, one out. That'll
48:01
bring up Rod Kinneal, who bounced to second base
48:03
his first time up. Rod playing in center field,
48:06
batting from the right -hand side. Rod has been
48:17
used in the outfield also at second and third
48:20
base this spring. He's been filling the same
48:23
role he filled last year as utility ball player.
48:28
And his first pitch is hit off the handle and
48:30
foul into the stands along the right field side.
48:33
Strike one. Norm Sebring coming over to talk
48:40
to Steve Barber at the mound now. Norm has sort
48:48
of followed Hank Bauer, the manager of the Baltimore
48:50
Orioles, around. He went from the Yankees' whip
48:52
bar to Kansas City on a trade. And when Bauer
48:55
moved from Kansas City to the Orioles as a coach
48:57
and then later on became manager, he got Seaburn
49:00
right over with him. One strike down to Rod Keneal.
49:06
The score, 2 -0 Orioles lead with one out in
49:08
the top of the third. Runner at first base and
49:10
the pitch is swung on. A slider, a hard swing
49:13
by Rod Keneal. He didn't get it. Strike two.
49:17
Barber has a very, very good slider and a very
49:20
good fastball. The fastball sinks and moves away
49:22
from a right -hand batter. The slider, of course,
49:26
moving right into the hand. He likes to work
49:27
the slider inside. The fastball outside, the
49:29
right -hander. Now two strikes. He comes in again
49:35
with the slider, down low around the knees, and
49:37
Keneal strikes out. That is the third strikeout
49:41
for Steve Barber. He now has two out here in
49:43
the third. And it brings up Ron Hunt, who doubled
49:46
down the right field line his first time up.
49:49
Ron and Joe Christopher with the two hits in
49:52
the ballgame by the Mets. Ron has been playing
50:00
at third base in the last few ballgames, and
50:02
he's been doing better there all the time. He
50:04
played there his first year in ball and has played
50:06
there before. And he has shown a very good arm
50:10
throwing from third, and he also has shown a
50:13
very good like for the position. He's been very
50:16
impressive at the plate this spring. First pitch
50:20
to him is high, a fastball. One ball, no strike.
50:28
One thing about Ron, at third base, he might
50:30
live a little longer. At second base, he gets
50:32
hit quite often on double plays because he just
50:34
likes to stay in there. Now the 1 -0 delivery
50:41
with the runner going is taken inside. The throw
50:44
down to second, not in time, and a stolen base
50:46
for Dick Smith, and he stole it all away. It
50:49
wasn't even close. Mitch was inside. Osino had
50:52
to move to his left, and by the time he came
50:54
out throwing, it was no contest. So the Mets
50:58
now have their second runner at second base with
50:59
two out here in the top of the third, and the
51:02
count on Ron Hunt is 2 -0. big man Smith can
51:12
fly down the line. Hunt stepping out of the batter's
51:18
box. Time called by home plate umpire Lou DeNiro.
51:27
Now time is in. Barber back to work in the pitch.
51:31
Bounce foul. Flatter in tight. Bounce down in
51:34
the dirt. Count now two balls and one strike.
51:42
Final game of the spring for the Mets. Their
51:47
28th of the spring training season. It's been
51:52
a good spring. The Mets were not rained out once.
51:54
In fact, they never did have a bad day. Two balls,
51:59
one strike. The pitch by Barber back to Hunt.
52:01
Haken high and outside. Ball three. So Ron has
52:05
the count in his favor. Three balls and one strike
52:07
with Jim Hickman on deck. Hasn't been a good
52:13
spring for the Mets as far as injuries. They've
52:15
had three players receive broken bones, Al Jackson,
52:18
Juju Coleman, and Carl Willey. Then they've had
52:21
injuries to Altman, Hickman, Thomas, and Powell.
52:25
Next pitch is low and inside ball four, and Barber
52:28
walks his second man. Dick Smith on at second
52:32
base as a result of a walk in a stolen base,
52:35
and now Ron Hunt at first. Bob Murphy just informed
52:47
me one other player the Mets had had a broken
52:49
bone, and that's right. Craig Anderson had his
52:51
hand broken. So they've had four players that
52:53
came up with broken bones this spring. That's
52:56
way over par. Runners now at first and second
52:59
with two out and Jim Hickman in. Jim struck out
53:04
swinging his first time up, and he hits the first
53:06
pitch right back to the mound. A comebacker on
53:08
one hop to throw to first base, and that does
53:10
it. For the Mets, no runs. There were no hits.
53:15
No errors. Two walks, two men left on base. And
53:18
the score at the end of two and a half innings.
53:20
The Orioles two to match nothing. Well, it's
53:24
almost over as far as spring training is concerned,
53:27
and it's been quite a spring, as we mentioned
53:29
before. And spring training has become quite
53:32
a tradition. In fact, it goes all the way back
53:35
to 1884 when the Boston Nationals limbered up
53:37
with a few games in New Orleans. And to a fan,
53:40
why, beer is a baseball tradition, too. Yes,
53:44
sir? There's no better way to enjoy a ball game
53:47
than with a cool, refreshing glass of beer. And
53:49
there's no better beer to have than Rheingold
53:52
Extra Dry. Rheingold is as good to your taste
53:55
as it is to your thirst because it's brewed extra
53:58
dry. Brewed very specially with a smooth, crisp
54:01
liveliness that, well, it just can't be matched.
54:05
That's why when you enjoy the ball game with
54:07
a refreshing Rheingold Extra Dry, you're sharing
54:10
a great tradition with the millions along the
54:12
Rheingold B2K. Rheingold is as good to your taste
54:15
as it is to your thirst. Rheingold after Rheingold.
54:20
New pitcher in the ballgame for the Mets, Jack
54:22
Fisher, now replacing Tracy Stallard. Stallard
54:25
worked the first two innings in his tune -up
54:27
for the Major League opener. Not necessarily
54:30
the first game of the season. It's scheduled
54:32
to be Al Jackson to be the first pitcher against
54:34
the Phillies, but this will be the last chance
54:36
Tracy will have to work until he starts in the
54:39
official 1964 season. He went two hands, gave
54:43
up two runs, allowed four hits, struck out two
54:45
and walked one. Now Jack Fisher, right -hander,
54:49
formerly with the Baltimore Orioles. Jack has
54:52
had a good spring, and he'll be working to Louie
54:54
Aparicio, John Powell, and Norm Seaborn here
54:56
in the third. And Fisher's first pitch, a slider
54:59
outside ball one. Louie had a base hit to left
55:02
field his first time up, hitting a slider on
55:05
the line to left. Fisher, right -hander, back
55:15
to Aparicio, and there's one popped up in foul
55:17
territory on the first base side. Mitch is running
55:20
down after it, and he can't get through it. He
55:23
was fighting the front all the way and had trouble
55:24
finding the ball in spite of the fact that he
55:26
had his glasses down. Pretty tough chance for
55:30
first baseman Dick Smith. No error on the play.
55:34
And Aparicio now with a count of one ball and
55:37
one strike. Fisher acquired from San Francisco.
55:54
Basically a breaking ball pitcher. He likes to
55:56
work the spot. Not exceptionally fast. Uses a
56:00
slider quite often. Also throws the slip pitch.
56:03
Now he sets and the 1 -1 pitch is the slip pitch.
56:06
It's low on the dirt. Two balls, one strike.
56:12
The Orioles with two runs in the second inning.
56:15
A walk to John Orsino. A single by Willie Kirkland,
56:18
a single by Brooks Robinson to drive and a run,
56:20
and a single by Jerry Adair to drive and a run,
56:23
leading the ball game 2 -0. Fisher back again,
56:31
and a check on the swing in time by Aparicio,
56:34
and the count goes to three balls and one strike.
56:37
Lurie checking with Billy Hunter, the third base
56:39
coach, as to whether or not he'll be hitting
56:41
the wave. Coaching at first base, Sherm Lawler.
56:47
Now 3 -1. The pitch is swung on. A slider and
56:50
miss. Full count now as Louie Aparicio leads
56:54
off here in the third. Pitcher into the windup
57:05
and here's the pitch. And a check swing foul
57:08
ball. Ball going over the top of the roof and
57:10
out of play. Aparicio tried to hold off that
57:12
ball. It was out of the strike zone. Couldn't
57:14
keep the bat off the ball and he gets... They
57:17
count to remain at 3 -2. Louie last year led
57:23
the American League in total bases with 40. That's
57:27
at him with Maury Wills for the Major League
57:29
League. Now again at 3 -2. And the pitch is bounced
57:35
in the hole, dug out by Ron Hunt. He goes across
57:37
with a good throw. Out number one. That'll bring
57:44
up... John Boog Powell, big, strong left fielder.
57:51
And this part's got to be built to order for
57:53
him. It's 315 down the right field line, 365
57:55
in center field. He looks like a very menacing
58:00
batter in the batter's box with that big size.
58:02
He weighs about 230. Struck out swinging his
58:06
first time up. Tracy Stallard got him on a fastball,
58:09
and he takes the fastball high, ball one. Tracy
58:17
had two strikeouts in the first inning, hitting
58:20
Jackie Brandt and John Powell. But now Jack Fisher
58:24
has replaced him, and there's a ball hit softly
58:26
down the short right off the handle. Picked up
58:28
by Al Moran, and the throw to first base to Dick
58:30
Smith brings about out number two. Powell is
58:33
jammed with a flyer right on the fifth. So with
58:37
two down, Norm Seaborn will give it a try. Norm
58:40
fouled out his first time. Up he is 0 for 1,
58:42
left -hand batting first baseman. Don't forget
58:52
to visit Langlois' little old New York at the
58:54
World's Fair opening April 22nd. Enjoy this authentic
58:57
corner of New York City as it was back in 1904.
59:01
First pitch to the first baseman is fouled down
59:04
in the dirt. Strike one. Jack Fisher with a slider
59:07
in tight, right on the hands of the left -hand
59:10
batter. Now Fisher into the lineup and back again.
59:18
And he misses low with a slip pitch. Change of
59:21
pace. One ball, one strike. Well, Casey did it
59:28
again last night. He was on, and he was really
59:30
on. Now the 1 -1 pitch. A swing and a change
59:34
of pace. A good slip pitch. Strike two. Casey
59:37
said no speeches now as he went to a banquet
59:40
that was staged by the Portsmouth Ball Club here.
59:43
Then he got up and talked for about 29 minutes,
59:46
and he had everybody in the aisle. The 1 -2 pitch
59:54
to Seaburn has taken high ball, too. He was really
59:57
putting it on for his former teammate and very
1:00:00
close friend, Al Lopez, who was there, the manager
1:00:03
of the Chicago White Sox, also Tony Cuccinella,
1:00:06
who coaches for the White Sox, and also a player
1:00:09
who had played for him. And he was funny. Now
1:00:14
2 -2. The pitchers had fouled on the line. That
1:00:20
holds with two balls and two strikes with two
1:00:22
outs in the bottom half of the third. The Orioles
1:00:25
lead 2 -0. Time. call for a moment as Seaburn
1:00:41
backed out of the batter's box. Now time is in,
1:00:43
and Fisher comes back to the plate. And it gets
1:00:46
him looking on the inside corner with a slider.
1:00:48
First strikeout for Jack Fisher, and that retires
1:00:51
the side. No runs, no hits. No errors. No one
1:00:55
left on base, and the score at the end of three,
1:00:58
the Orioles two, the Mets nothing. Well, I don't
1:01:02
want to tell you this, but I guess I should.
1:01:04
It's only four more days left to... April 15th,
1:01:07
and you know what that means. That's income tax
1:01:09
return time. One of ours showed, while he came
1:01:14
across a news story that really might amuse you,
1:01:16
talking about it before, but you might not have
1:01:18
heard it. It seems that there was a sheep rancher
1:01:20
who recently listed his nine -year -old monkey
1:01:22
as a tax deduction. And this monkey herds sheep
1:01:26
and actually drives a tractor. Since a rancher
1:01:29
provides free room and board for the monkey,
1:01:31
the government allowed a tax deduction. but it
1:01:34
didn't happen here in the United States. It happened
1:01:36
in Australia, so I don't think you can get away
1:01:39
with it. Don't be jealous, though, because there's
1:01:42
plenty of benefits right here along the Rheingold
1:01:43
Beach, like the new tax cuts, the Mets, the World's
1:01:47
Fair, and the best of beers. That's Rheingold
1:01:50
Extra Dry. Rheingold is as good to your taste
1:01:53
as it is to your thirst because it's brewed extra
1:01:56
dry, smooth and crisp, and completely quenching.
1:02:00
Yes, it's the wide world, and you won't find
1:02:02
a better beer. Rheingold is as good to your taste
1:02:05
as it is to your thirst. Rheingold after Rheingold.
1:02:10
You got your tax on made out, Mr. Murphy? I didn't
1:02:14
have any problem making it out, Ralph. The problem
1:02:15
was getting the money to pay him with. It sort
1:02:18
of does create some sort of a problem every now
1:02:20
and then, doesn't it? I haven't even finished
1:02:22
mine. I'm going to spend all day Monday on it.
1:02:27
Now we're all set to go here in the top of the
1:02:29
fourth. As Steve Barber continues to work on
1:02:32
the mound, the first pitch is a strike call.
1:02:35
Bob Taylor the batter and Taylor taking as a
1:02:39
curveball broke over at the knee. Bob bounced
1:02:41
the third his first time up. He'll be followed
1:02:43
by Joe Christopher and Sammy Samwell. Score 2
1:02:47
-0 Baltimore. And the next pitch back is hit
1:02:51
to deep right field. Moving back. Waiting now
1:02:54
is the right fielder, Willie Kirkman, and he
1:02:56
makes the catch. And while we wait for the next
1:02:57
batter to come to that, we'll pause for station
1:02:59
identification. This is the New York Mets Baseball
1:03:02
Network. You're listening to WGY and WGFM, your
1:03:08
New York Mets stations connected. along with
1:03:18
Bob Murphy and Lindsey Nelson from Portsmouth,
1:03:21
Virginia. The Mets playing their last game of
1:03:23
the season, the spring training season. And now
1:03:26
with one man out here in the fourth as the Mets
1:03:28
trail 2 -0, the batter will be Joe Christopher.
1:03:30
Joe has one of the two hits off Steve Barber.
1:03:35
He's single to right field, a right -hand batter.
1:03:37
There's one in the center field, a ball hanging
1:03:39
up in the air, coming strong as brand. He can't
1:03:41
get to it. It bounces off his glove. Christopher
1:03:43
holds his first base, and the throw comes in,
1:03:45
gets away from the second baseman. But no error
1:03:49
on the play as Christopher saves it first. A
1:03:51
looping line drive into center field, and Jackie
1:03:55
Brandt tried to shoestring it, and the ball hit
1:03:57
right in front of his glove and bounced off the
1:03:59
top of it, but held close enough so Brandt could
1:04:02
make the play back in. A base hit for Joe Christopher,
1:04:04
his second in the ballgame, the third by the
1:04:06
Mets off Steve Barber, and it will bring up Sammy
1:04:09
Samwell. Sammy hit a hard ground ball down the
1:04:13
first and was retired in a good play by Norm
1:04:15
Siebern his first time up. Right -hand batter
1:04:22
playing at second base, and the first pitch is
1:04:24
taken outside, a fastball. One ball, no strike.
1:04:31
Larry Bernice warming up in the bullpen for the
1:04:33
Mets. Casey, on the bench today, said there's
1:04:38
a good chance that Bernice might become a starting
1:04:40
pitcher. And the next pitch set is thrown to
1:04:44
Zamora's foul out of play. One ball, one strike.
1:04:49
He said it was some reservation, though, because
1:04:51
he said, now what happens if he starts in the
1:04:53
ballgame and I need somebody to come in to relieve
1:04:55
him that I got nobody to go to? That means that
1:04:58
he likes Bernard as his number one relief pitcher,
1:05:00
too. 2 -0 game, Baltimore. Here's the pitch to
1:05:07
Sam Wallace. Bounce back through the mound. Backhanded
1:05:10
by Adair. He goes over to the bag. Then throws
1:05:12
the first base and... The play at first base
1:05:15
is in time. Also, Adair did step on at second
1:05:18
base, so it's a double play. We hesitated on
1:05:21
the play at second base because it didn't appear
1:05:24
as though Adair got to the bag. The umpire gave
1:05:27
a late call, and then the throw to first base
1:05:29
was not in time, and Samwell is now safe at first.
1:05:33
So they get the fourth play and a good play by
1:05:35
Adair at second base as he backhanded that ball
1:05:37
right near the bag in back of it, and the throw
1:05:39
to first base was not in time. Two men out, the
1:05:46
batter now is Al Moran. Say, now's a good time
1:05:49
to light up a cool Thriller King. Get the most
1:05:51
refreshing coolness in cigarette smoking today.
1:06:01
First pitch to Moran is low for Paul Watson.
1:06:13
Next pitch back is Luke in the center field.
1:06:15
Brad is moving to his left, and he makes the
1:06:17
catch to retire to side. In the inning for the
1:06:21
Mets, no runs. They had one hit. Oils made no
1:06:24
errors. One man was left on base. The score at
1:06:27
the end of three and a half. The Mets trail by
1:06:33
a two -nothing score. The Oils out in front.
1:06:36
Let's listen while a baseball fan learns about
1:06:38
a cigarette that makes a hit every time. Another
1:06:45
pop -up. We haven't had a hit all day. Here.
1:06:48
Let this cigarette know it was me. What's the
1:06:51
matter? Oh, lost their taste lately. Well, here,
1:06:54
Joe. Have a cool. Cool? I think you'll like them.
1:07:02
See what I mean? Yeah. Not bad. Not bad at all.
1:07:08
Your cigarette's not tasting good. For the most
1:07:34
refreshing coolness you can get in any cigarette,
1:07:38
smoke cool with the Pure White Filter. It's the
1:07:47
bottom half of the fourth with the Orioles in
1:07:49
front 2 -0 as they come to bat against Jack Fisher.
1:07:52
Fisher is in the game in the third, and he fits
1:07:55
perfect ball to his first three batters. He'll
1:07:58
now work to John Orsino, Willie Kirkland, and
1:08:00
then Brooks Robinson. Orsino, the catcher in
1:08:03
the ballgame, walks his first time up and scored
1:08:05
the first run. He's a right -hand batter. And
1:08:09
the first pitch to Orsino is looped into right
1:08:11
center field off of the handle, a broken bat.
1:08:13
It drops in for a base hit, and Sam Wild couldn't
1:08:15
get back to it. The Orsino with a broken bat
1:08:18
base hit. The first hit given up by Fisher, and
1:08:21
the Orioles now have a runner at first base with
1:08:23
no one out. The Orioles scored their two runs.
1:08:28
They had four men up without an out against Tracy
1:08:31
Schaller. Tracy worked the first two innings,
1:08:33
gave up the two runs. Now the batter is Willie
1:08:36
Kirkland, left -hand batting right fielder. He
1:08:38
singled the center field his first time up. And
1:08:45
the first pitch is lined down the line. It is
1:08:47
a foul ball. Ball fouled by about a foot. Right
1:08:51
over the top of the first baseman's head and
1:08:53
curving into foul territory. That ball was well
1:08:55
hit. Orioles now have a total of five base hits
1:09:03
off the combined pitching of Tracy Saladin and
1:09:05
Jack Fisher. Willie Kirkland back. In the batter's
1:09:15
box. He started his career with the Giants. And
1:09:21
now the next pitch is a fastball. It's high.
1:09:25
One ball, one strike. For the Mets, they have
1:09:28
Dick Smith at first base, Sammy Samwell at second,
1:09:31
Al Moran at short, and Ron Hunt at third base.
1:09:36
This could be their starting infield on opening
1:09:38
night, Tuesday night against Philadelphia. Next
1:09:42
pitch back by Fisher, a changeup. It's outside
1:09:45
ball two. In the outfield, it's Jim Hickman in
1:09:48
left field, Rod Camille in center field, and
1:09:51
Joe Christopher in right. George Altman was not
1:09:54
even brought up to the ballpark. He has an injured
1:09:58
muscle in his shoulder, and he has remained back
1:10:00
at the hotel to get heat treatment in order to
1:10:03
get him ready for opening day. Pitch back is
1:10:07
his foul. Ball going out of play. Count now,
1:10:11
one ball, two strikes. As we mentioned earlier,
1:10:14
the Mets have had a real tough spring in the
1:10:17
casualty department. Altman has an injured shoulder.
1:10:20
Hickman was out for a while with a sprained ankle.
1:10:23
Thomas is out at the moment with a bad arm, and
1:10:26
Grover Powell was sent to the minors because
1:10:28
of an arm, and they want him to throw as much
1:10:30
as he can, and they hope to get him back. Now
1:10:36
Fisher sets and is picked back to Kirkland. Bounce
1:10:38
back to the mound. A chance for two. The throw
1:10:40
to the shortstop at second base is in time. The
1:10:42
throw to first base is in the dirt. It's backhanded
1:10:45
and dug up by Smith. So the Mets have turned
1:10:47
in their second double play. And that one, the
1:10:49
quick one, 1 -6 -3 is destroyed. And now with
1:10:54
two out, the batter will be Brooks Robinson.
1:11:04
Brooks singled the left fielder his first time
1:11:05
up and drove in the first run of the ballgame.
1:11:07
The Orioles lead 2 -0 with two out here in the
1:11:10
bottom half of the fourth. And the first pitch
1:11:13
to the right -hand batter is inside. A fastball.
1:11:16
Robinson takes the pitch inside by about four
1:11:18
inches. At 1 -0, the right -hander comes back
1:11:29
with a changeup inside. Ball two. Two balls,
1:11:31
no strike. Hawk Taylor, the catcher for the Mets.
1:11:40
With a slight argument on that last call by Lou
1:11:43
DeMiro. American League umpire. Now it's Fisher
1:11:49
at 2 -0. And he misses for ball three. Three
1:11:53
balls, no strikes. Beyond egg batter is Jerry
1:11:57
Adair. 3 -0 pitch. A called strike, a fastball
1:12:07
in the outside corner. Fisher back again, this
1:12:18
time at 3 -1. And the pitch is fouled away, strike
1:12:22
two. Fisher with a fastball actually had the
1:12:25
ball by Brooks Robinson. So after falling behind
1:12:29
3 -0, the cat now is full of three balls and
1:12:31
two strikes. Baltimore two, the Mets nothing.
1:12:38
Two out, bottom half, the fourth. And the pitch,
1:12:41
it off the hands into center field. Moving in
1:12:44
is the center fielder, Rod Caneel. And he makes
1:12:47
the catch every time at the side. No runs, one
1:12:50
hit, the hit erased by the double play. No errors
1:12:53
and no one left on base. And the score at the
1:12:56
end of four, the Orioles two, the Mets nothing.
1:13:08
On opening day next Friday when the New York
1:13:11
Mets meet the Pittsburgh Pirates, nine members
1:13:16
of the Hall of Fame will be on hand. The four
1:13:19
new members of the Baseball Hall of Fame will
1:13:21
be inducted in late July at Cooperstown, Red
1:13:23
Faber and Burley Grimes, O 'Reason Payne, the
1:13:27
great White Sox shortstop Luke Appling, and one
1:13:29
of the great hitters of our time, Heine Mnuch.
1:13:32
Also to be there at Shea Stadium on Friday will
1:13:35
be the old Flash, Frankie Frisch, Zach Wheat
1:13:38
and Max Carey, King Carl Hubble, and Bill Terry.
1:13:42
400 hitters, a real oddity in the history of
1:13:45
baseball, and of course one of the great ones,
1:13:47
Hall of Famer Bill Terry. So we'll all be looking
1:13:50
forward to seeing all nine of them on opening
1:13:52
day next Friday at Chase Stadium. Now Jack Fisher
1:14:10
is due to lead off in the fifth inning, but Jack
1:14:12
has worked his two innings since. Johnny Stevenson
1:14:15
is coming out to hit for him. This is the final
1:14:21
exhibition ballgame in case he wants to give
1:14:23
the pitchers that will be going early in the
1:14:25
National League finish line for the Mets a final
1:14:28
tune -up. So here is young Johnny Stevenson who's
1:14:32
had less than one full year of baseball on his
1:14:34
way north with the New York Mets. Pitch is over
1:14:38
for a call strike. He's quite a handyman. He's
1:14:40
a catcher by trade. But when he got hurt last
1:14:43
year when he broke a finger, then he went to
1:14:45
the outfielder. He developed into quite a defensive
1:14:47
outfielder, and now the Mets are working him
1:14:48
out at third base. The left -hand hitter swings,
1:14:51
and Mets are strength, too. Casey and the coaches
1:14:57
have really liked what they have seen of young
1:14:59
John Stevenson. Last year, his first year in
1:15:04
baseball, and actually only a half year, he was
1:15:06
at Auburn where he hit .261. A foul ball, it
1:15:10
wafted back upstairs and out of play. But actually,
1:15:13
Johnny Stephenson, I should say, beg your pardon,
1:15:16
was hitting .342 when he suffered the broken
1:15:18
finger behind the bat. In order to help the ball
1:15:21
club, as soon as he could with his hand on his
1:15:23
flinter, he went to the outfield. He attended
1:15:28
William Carey College in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
1:15:35
Stevenson, 5 '11", weighs 180, bats out of an
1:15:39
open stance, looks it over, and the fastball
1:15:41
by Barber is low, one ball and two strikes. Last
1:15:47
winter, he worked as an assistant basketball
1:15:49
coach at William Carey College. Pitched by Barber,
1:15:54
outside and low in the count, even, two balls
1:15:56
and two strikes. So John Stevenson, starting
1:16:07
his second, or rather actually his first full
1:16:10
year in pro ball, his second year, is on his
1:16:13
way north with the Mets. A ground ball lands
1:16:15
on the right side of the diamond, fielded by
1:16:16
Jerry Adair. Adair across to Norm Seaburn, one
1:16:19
away in the fifth inning. One away and nobody
1:16:25
on top of the fifth. Now the leadoff hitter,
1:16:28
Dick Smith. Dick has drowned it out, drawn a
1:16:31
walk, and stolen a base. Dick right -hand hitter
1:16:45
with fine running speed has been used throughout
1:16:48
the spring against the left -handers. Originally
1:16:51
an outfielder, now being plated first. Round
1:16:53
ball bounced to short. Up with his Louis Aparicio.
1:16:56
He strides and throws two men down. Barber has
1:17:02
that good sinking fastball working for him, and
1:17:05
the Mets are hitting the ball on the ground.
1:17:09
He turns that sinker over, and it sinks so much
1:17:11
that when you see it from up in the stands, it
1:17:13
looks more like a curveball than a fastball.
1:17:16
Rod can heal the hitter. Rod has drowned it out
1:17:18
and struck out. Rod is 0 for 2. Inside at the
1:17:25
knees. One ball and no strike. Larry Bernard
1:17:33
warming up down on the sidelines. Larry comes
1:17:35
in to pitch. The last of the first inning. Swing
1:17:40
and a miss. Farber took something off on that
1:17:42
one. One ball and one strike. With Carl Willey
1:17:47
sidelined with a fractured jaw, it puts Casey
1:17:49
in quite a dilemma as to whether to leave Larry
1:17:51
Banas in the bullpen or make a starter out of
1:17:54
him. Larry is the number one release pitcher
1:17:57
in how important they are. Pass ball over for
1:18:00
a call strike. Still, you have to have four solid
1:18:03
starters. Mets are hoping that Grover Powell's
1:18:08
arm will respond and that he can join the ball
1:18:10
club before too long. Casey does not want to
1:18:14
have to open the season with only one left -hander.
1:18:16
Low and outside. Count even now at 2 -2. The
1:18:24
only other left -hander on the staff has now
1:18:26
been sent to Buffalo. Actually, for a further
1:18:30
assignment, he'll be working out with the Buffalo
1:18:32
Club, a waiting assignment, and that's young
1:18:33
Ron Locke. Locke is the designated player by
1:18:37
the New York Mets. Now Barber with a 2 -2 delivery.
1:18:42
Low inside, down around the shoot top, 3 -2.
1:18:53
Johnny Stevenson, a first -year player, but he's
1:18:55
coming north with the ball club. Now the pitch
1:18:59
underway. Ground ball hit down to first baseline.
1:19:02
Foul, no play. And so, too, is hard -throwing
1:19:05
young right -hander Jerry Hensley. Although Jerry
1:19:08
didn't get in a ball game as a pitcher last year,
1:19:10
nonetheless, he was on the roster of the Kingston
1:19:13
Barclays and the Pirates system. Three and two
1:19:22
on hot rod, two outs, and nobody on top of the
1:19:25
fifth inning. Barber the flamethrower from Tacoma
1:19:30
Park winds and pitches. Lofted foul off to the
1:19:33
right. No play. Count remains 3 -2. Steve Barber,
1:19:38
one of the few pitchers in the history of this
1:19:40
game to make the jump from Class D to the Major
1:19:42
League. From a losing season in Class D, he jumped
1:19:48
all the way to the American League and made his
1:19:50
first year a winning year. He won 10 and lost
1:19:52
7. Now Barber over the head. Down comes the arm.
1:20:00
And it's popped up towards short right field.
1:20:02
Maybe tough to reach Kirkland going for it. So
1:20:04
is Seaburn. And it's Seaburn who makes the catch
1:20:06
and foul round to retire the side. Good play
1:20:09
by Norm Seaburn. He had to take that one over
1:20:11
his shoulder. Side retired. No runs, no hits,
1:20:14
no errors, and none left on. Throw has come halfway
1:20:17
at the end of four and a half to score here in
1:20:19
Portsmouth. The Baltimore Orioles, too, and the
1:20:21
New York Mets, nothing. Last of the fifth inning,
1:20:30
Larry Benares now moves out for his two -inning
1:20:32
spin. Jack Fisher, in two innings, allowed no
1:20:36
runs, gave up one hit, walked none, struck out
1:20:38
one. Jerry Adair, or Casper the Friendly Ghost,
1:20:42
as his teammates call him, will be leading off
1:20:44
in the last half of the fifth inning. It'll be
1:20:46
Jerry Adair, Steve Barber, and then the top of
1:20:48
the batting order for Jack Brandt. Well, it's
1:20:52
a tremendous day here in the Norfolk -Portsmouth
1:20:55
area. You couldn't ask for a more beautiful day
1:20:57
for this time of the year. And the baseball fans
1:21:00
of the area certainly are turning out in wonderful
1:21:02
numbers for today's exhibition game. The ballpark
1:21:05
is jammed. The only vacant seats are out in the
1:21:09
center field bleachers. The grandstand proper
1:21:10
itself is a complete sellout. One ball and no
1:21:14
strikes on Jerry Adair. Now, but not into his
1:21:19
windup. Here's the pitch. Final tip. One ball,
1:21:23
one strike. Larry has a real good sinker, which
1:21:26
makes him a fine relief pitcher. This year, he
1:21:30
has added to his repertoire a slider that he
1:21:32
now has confidence in, and it's become a very
1:21:34
important pitch to him. So picking up the extra
1:21:37
pitch should help him even that much more. Good
1:21:39
slider on the outside corner, one ball and two
1:21:42
strikes. Larry, a very intelligent young man,
1:21:48
and he takes coaching extremely well. The one
1:21:53
-two delivery reached for and fouled back of
1:21:56
stairs and out of play. Last year, starting his
1:21:59
first full year in pro ball, he made the Mets,
1:22:01
came north, and was with them all year long.
1:22:04
The early part of spring training, Roger Craig,
1:22:06
a real veteran with one of the great pickoff
1:22:08
moves in baseball, worked with Larry Banas showing
1:22:10
him how to hold a runner and how to try to pick
1:22:12
a runner off, and Banas picked it up in a hurry.
1:22:16
Line drive hits the right. This will be a base
1:22:18
hit. Racing toward the line, Joe Christopher,
1:22:20
and Adair takes the turn and holds with a single
1:22:22
to right field. He hit a curve ball. Hit the
1:22:25
ball right where it was pitched and into right
1:22:27
field. Now Barber coming up in the infield now
1:22:32
will be looking for the bunt. The birds two and
1:22:35
the Mets nothing, bottom half of the fifth inning.
1:22:43
Now Ron Hunt comes in close at third. Dick Smith
1:22:46
holding against the runner Jerry Adair. Adair
1:22:48
runs very well. He was a real backcourt star
1:22:53
during his college days. for Henry Iver, the
1:22:55
man who will be coaching the Olympic basketball
1:22:57
squad for America. Butting down the first baseline,
1:23:01
Smith up with it, throws to second. He's out
1:23:03
at a close play at second base. Fast fielding
1:23:06
by Dick Smith and a strong throw to Al Moran
1:23:08
covering, and Adair has taken off the line. Now
1:23:24
Russ Snyder is coming after it for Jackie Brant.
1:23:33
Russ Snyder had a good year for the Orioles last
1:23:39
season. A real speedster and one of the outstanding
1:23:42
runners in the game today. Well, now take over
1:23:45
the last half of the ball game in center field
1:23:47
for Jackie Brant. Snyder, a left -hand hitter.
1:23:50
Pitch is over at the knees for a call strike.
1:23:52
His first year out in baseball in the Yankee
1:23:54
farm system, playing in McAllister, Oklahoma.
1:23:57
He hit something like 432. That's a bunch of
1:24:03
hitting. Now the pitcher on the way, just off
1:24:07
the outside corner. He likes to bunt down the
1:24:16
third baseline. He tries to pin it close to the
1:24:18
line. Probably four out of six times you'll bump
1:24:21
the ball foul, but the two times it goes safe,
1:24:23
there's nothing you can do. It's a base hit.
1:24:26
Fly ball into the air to short left field. Coming
1:24:28
in is Jim Hickman. Now Jim slows up and he puts
1:24:31
it away for the out. You're a McAllister when
1:24:36
he hit 432. It was no fluke. He went to bat 556
1:24:40
times. He had 240 base hits. Last year, we were
1:24:48
talking about that bunting. Last year, he beat
1:24:49
out 16 bunts for base hits. By trying to catch
1:24:54
a puff of smoke. Now, Louie Aparicio is the hitter.
1:24:58
Two outs and one on. Barber is the base runner.
1:25:01
Birds two, Mets nothing. Bottom half of inning
1:25:03
number five. Larry Bernard pitching for the New
1:25:10
York Mets. The blonde right -hander comes over
1:25:14
the top of the fastball inside and high, one
1:25:16
ball and no strike. Barbara and Larry Benares,
1:25:22
during the winter, bought a new home out in Huntington.
1:25:26
And during the off -season, Larry worked as a
1:25:28
substitute school teacher in the Huntington system.
1:25:35
Next pitcher on the way goes through a curve
1:25:38
that bends too far away. Two balls and no strikes
1:25:41
on little Louie. Aparicio, right -hand hitter,
1:25:51
standing well back from the plate. Rod Caneel
1:25:54
striding toward left center against him. Slider
1:25:57
over for a strike, 2 -1. While the New York Mets
1:26:05
will have tomorrow up and be spending the off
1:26:07
day in New York, the Orioles have an exhibition
1:26:10
game, their final exhibition game, against the
1:26:12
Philadelphia Phillies in Philadelphia. A let
1:26:16
-up hit on the ground down a third baseline foul.
1:26:21
Change -up fouled off, 2 -2 to Aparicio. Tuesday
1:26:30
night, opening night for the New York Mets in
1:26:32
Philadelphia. The left -handers going, Dennis
1:26:34
Bennett and Al Jackson. Dennis Bennett's younger
1:26:38
brother was down at Clearwater in camp this year
1:26:40
with the Philadelphia Phillies. They feel he
1:26:42
has a chance to develop and perhaps make the
1:26:44
Major League. Low outside, 3 -2. One of the most
1:26:51
promising youngsters in the entire Philly camp
1:26:54
was a pitcher by the name of Dwight Sutherland.
1:26:57
The reason was about two weeks ago, Gene Mock
1:27:00
was very seriously considering keeping him with
1:27:02
the big ball club in order that he could be protected
1:27:04
from the first -year player draft. Now the pitcher
1:27:07
on the way, just off the outside corner, ball
1:27:10
four. But the Phillies decided that since they
1:27:14
are a pennant contender, they could ill afford
1:27:15
to have too many players sitting around in the
1:27:18
dugout. So they tried to get waivers on him,
1:27:21
and Dwight Sutherland was claimed by the New
1:27:23
York Mets. Runners on first and second, Barber
1:27:29
moving over to second on the walk by Benarth.
1:27:31
The hitter now is Boog Powell. Out of stretch,
1:27:38
picked by Benarth. Gets away from Hawk Taylor,
1:27:40
no advance. He recovers in a hurry. Inside and
1:27:43
low, one ball and no strike. Last half of any
1:28:00
number five 2 -0 ball game. Right after the game,
1:28:04
the New York Mets will be packing up and flying
1:28:06
to New York. Next pitch on the way, breaking
1:28:17
ball down low 2 -0. It's been a long spring training
1:28:20
for a number of people with the ball club. Several
1:28:24
of the players you'll remember came down to the
1:28:26
early camp. So they left after the first week
1:28:29
of February. They've been gone about 67 days.
1:28:34
People who are so important to the ball club
1:28:37
like Herb Norman, the equipment manager and the
1:28:38
trainer, just watch. A long drive, it beats the
1:28:42
right field, but it's still being gone. A three
1:28:45
-run homer for Goodfell. Home run this spring
1:29:01
for John Boog Powell, the massive young left
1:29:04
fielder of the Baltimore Orioles. He pulled that
1:29:07
one and easily hit it over the right field fence.
1:29:11
Five to nothing, birds in front. That brings
1:29:16
up the spectacle's Norm Siebert. One swing of
1:29:22
the bat by Boog Powell and three runs can end.
1:29:28
Pitch is over for a call strike. Baltimore, five
1:29:39
runs on seven hits. Now Banas with a full windup.
1:29:45
In comes the pitch. Breaking the ball inside
1:29:47
and low. One ball and one strike. A two -out,
1:29:51
three -run homer. Next pitch on the way. That's
1:30:00
over for a called strike. Steve Barber, the Oriole
1:30:06
pitcher in today's game, is without a doubt one
1:30:08
of the toughest pitchers in all of the major
1:30:11
leagues to hit a home run. He rarely gives up
1:30:16
many home runs in the course of a year. Strangely
1:30:18
enough, if he gives up about 10 a year, it seems
1:30:20
like Detroit gets about 8 out of the 10. 1 -2
1:30:26
delivery, it's fast foul. Well, they say every
1:30:28
pitcher has a voodoo club, a club he can just
1:30:30
do nothing with. and every hitter has circumstances
1:30:33
he has trouble with. Detroit's been a voodoo
1:30:35
club for the Mets this year. Four broken bones,
1:30:40
four different injuries for the Mets this year,
1:30:42
and three against Detroit, three of the four.
1:30:47
The 1 -2 delivery, hip foul high in the air,
1:30:50
deep down the left field line, out of play. 2
1:30:59
-2 Coleman, Craig Anderson. Carl Willey all hurt
1:31:04
against Detroit. But now for the 1 -2 delivery,
1:31:10
it's over, strength recall. Siebernitz called
1:31:12
looking. Three runs, there were two hits. No
1:31:17
errors, none left on. Now five innings complete.
1:31:22
Baltimore, five runs, seven hits. They've had
1:31:24
two left. For the New York Mets, no runs, three
1:31:28
hits. They've had five left on. And on Friday,
1:31:32
when the Mets open the beautiful new Shea Stadium,
1:31:34
which seats 55 ,300, they'll be opening a seven
1:31:38
-game homestand. Seven consecutive day games,
1:31:42
the weekend series of Pittsburgh, the big opener
1:31:44
Friday, the ladies' day game Saturday, and a
1:31:47
Sunday afternoon game on the 19th of April. Then
1:31:50
the Philadelphia Phillies come to New York and
1:31:52
the Shea Stadium for a two -game series, both
1:31:54
day games on Monday and Tuesday, the 20th and
1:31:58
21st. After the Phillies leave town, Bob Kennedy
1:32:02
and the Chicago Cubs come in. It'll be the first
1:32:04
time we've seen them since they trained in Arizona.
1:32:06
The Cubs will be in on Wednesday and Thursday,
1:32:09
April 22nd and April 23rd. Tickets are on sale
1:32:13
for the seven -game homestand at all the 81 home
1:32:15
games of the New York Mets. At the ticket office
1:32:18
at Shea Stadium, also Midtown Manhattan at Grand
1:32:22
Central Station near the 42nd Vanderbilt Ramp,
1:32:25
along on in the waiting room of the Penn Station,
1:32:27
and in... Suffolk County at Macy's and the Walt
1:32:31
Whitman Shopping Center in Huntington. Now for
1:32:38
the Orioles, Sam Bowens is going to right field,
1:32:40
and Dick Brown takes over behind the plate. Russ
1:32:45
Snyder goes to center field. So those are the
1:32:47
three changes for the Orioles. For those of you
1:32:50
scoring along with us, Russ Snyder is in center
1:32:52
field, Sam Bowens replaces Willie Kirkland in
1:32:54
right field, and Dick Brown takes over behind
1:32:57
the plate. Replacing John Orsino. Ron Hunt leading
1:33:14
off against Barber in the sixth inning. Birds
1:33:16
now with a 5 -0 lead after a three -run homer
1:33:19
by John Powell. Ron doubled to right and has
1:33:22
drawn a walk so far. Outside and high, one ball
1:33:26
and no strike. Nobody warming up as yet. Hank
1:33:30
Bauer planning to go at least seven innings with
1:33:32
Steve Barber. Now Galen Sisco starts to warm
1:33:38
up for the New York Mets. Foul pop -up behind
1:33:41
the plate. Back comes Dick Brown. He hopes he
1:33:44
has a play. Up against the screen. It's out of
1:33:46
his reach. And just barely out of his reach.
1:33:56
No workout tomorrow for the Mets. Casey giving
1:33:58
the ball club the day off after some 65 days
1:34:01
of a spring training grind. It'll give them a
1:34:02
chance to get unpacked and send their laundry
1:34:05
out. Fabby Durkin, our engineer, is heading north,
1:34:12
but he's got this thing all beat because he sent
1:34:14
his laundry out the day before we left. Of course,
1:34:17
his laundry's still in Florida. Now the pitcher
1:34:19
on the way, a ground ball banged towards short.
1:34:21
Backhand play by Aparicio, the long peg not in
1:34:23
time, and Hunt beats it out for a base hit. Throw
1:34:26
around is two for two and a walk and three -fifths
1:34:29
to the plate. Right here, we pause for station
1:34:32
identification. This is the New York Mets baseball
1:34:35
network. WGY -WGFN is connected. Weather time
1:34:39
is eight minutes past seven, and the temperature
1:34:42
is 49 degrees. Bob Murphy with Lindsey Nelson
1:34:49
and Ralph Kanner. We're in the sixth inning here
1:34:51
in Fort Smith. Baltimore 5 and New York nothing.
1:34:54
Ron Hunt has just led off here in the sixth inning
1:34:56
with a base hit to deep short. That is the fourth
1:35:00
hit given up by Steve Barber. Ground ball slowly
1:35:05
hit towards second. Adair charges in, flips the
1:35:07
ball to second one. On to first, not in time,
1:35:10
but what a flashy fielding play. Jerry Adair
1:35:13
with a backhand flip got rid of the ball lightning
1:35:15
fast to Aparicio. Louie came racing across the
1:35:18
bank and flew on to Seaburn, but not in time
1:35:21
to get Jim Hickman. Quite a play by Jerry Adair
1:35:26
and Louie Aparicio. Now one out and one on, the
1:35:32
batter is Bob Taylor. The Hawks have grounded
1:35:34
out and fly to right, nothing for two. When he
1:35:42
came out of high school, Milwaukee gave him one
1:35:44
of the biggest bonuses ever offered to a youngster.
1:35:50
He received over $100 ,000 to sign. He is a hard
1:35:55
-working, very determined young athlete. The
1:36:01
1 -1 delivery bounced foul back towards the screen,
1:36:04
no play. Marcus had his share of bad breaks and
1:36:08
now figures that everything is straightening
1:36:09
out for him. Last year in the spring, he broke
1:36:12
his collarbone. Two years prior to that, he was
1:36:15
on the service. And in the last three years,
1:36:18
has played less than 60 ballgames. So he played
1:36:22
this winter in Latin America and played every
1:36:24
day and had a real good year. The 1 -1 pitch
1:36:29
by Barber, taken under the knees, two balls and
1:36:31
a strike. 2 -1 the count, the pitch thrown by
1:36:49
Barber. Hit off the end of the bat, a foul ball.
1:36:52
Steve Barber's story has not been unlike that
1:36:55
of Bob Taylor. Barber also had a couple of stretches
1:36:58
in the service. As a matter of fact, he pitched
1:37:02
on weekends on leave from the Army the year before
1:37:04
last. When he came out of the service, he had
1:37:07
mononucleosis that weakened him and sent him
1:37:10
to the sidelines and put him on the disabled
1:37:12
list. And then bounced back to become a 20 -game
1:37:15
winner last year. Pitching 2 -2. Foul ball, no
1:37:22
play. Barber has always defied baseball superstition
1:37:30
by wearing number 13. Nothing spectacularly new
1:37:36
over the years, the number of ballplayers in
1:37:38
the big leagues have worn 13. How many hotels
1:37:41
have you ever been in that had a 13th floor?
1:37:47
2 -2 delivery. Foul ball back, no play. Count
1:37:59
even now, two and two on Bob Taylor. One out
1:38:02
and one on in the top of the sixth inning. Now,
1:38:11
Bobber slowing himself up a little bit. Galen
1:38:13
Frisco warming up for the New York Mets. Last
1:38:16
exhibition ball game for New York in case he
1:38:18
wants all the pitchers that will be working in
1:38:20
that first week to get a little bit of tune -up.
1:38:26
Now the pitcher on the way. A smash back through
1:38:29
the box. The base hit for Bob Taylor. Jim Hickman
1:38:32
turning his second. He'll hold there as Snyder
1:38:34
plays the ball back in. So this is the first
1:38:37
time that Barber has given up more than one hit
1:38:39
in any inning. Mets now have runners on first
1:38:42
and second, one out, and Joe Christopher coming
1:38:44
up. Two for two. Must now have a total of five
1:38:54
hits off Barber. Ron Hunt and Joe Christopher
1:38:56
have picked up four of the five. Now the Orioles
1:39:14
with the infield at double play depth straight
1:39:15
away and the outfield just about straight away.
1:39:19
And the enthusiasm from the top of the wagers
1:39:21
now starts with a cry, let's go Mets. Here's
1:39:26
the pitcher on the way. Sends it right in for
1:39:29
a call strike one. For the Orioles, in all probability,
1:39:36
at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Milt Pappas will
1:39:38
pitch their opener, followed by Rob and Robert.
1:39:41
Then the Orioles come back to Baltimore for the
1:39:43
home opener, where they'll have Steve Barber
1:39:45
going against the Yankees. Al Barber in the prep
1:39:57
position delivers to Christopher and his pals
1:39:59
back toward the press box, no play. Mentioning
1:40:04
the press box, you can well imagine how happy
1:40:06
the baseball writers following the message throughout
1:40:08
spring training will be to get back home. They
1:40:10
have been gone for over two months. Gus Mott
1:40:24
and his assistant, Joe Deere, Herb Norman, the
1:40:26
home equipment manager, and Nick Trauman, who
1:40:28
will handle the visiting clubhouse, they've all
1:40:30
been in spring training since the first day.
1:40:33
Swing and a miss. Barber strikes out Joe Christopher.
1:40:38
Two men down now in the sixth inning, and Sammy
1:40:40
Samwell comes up. That is the fourth strikeout
1:40:48
by Steve Barber. Brown -Well has drowned it out
1:40:53
to first, reached on a fourth play, nothing for
1:40:55
two. Sammy, a right -hand hitter. Now Barber
1:41:08
with two outs and two on. Fires a swing and a
1:41:10
miss on a letter -half fastball, strike one.
1:41:18
Anytime Barber is around the plate, he's a tough
1:41:20
pitcher to hit. Actually, while winning 20 last
1:41:24
year, he gave up more hits per inning since than
1:41:26
any previous year, and he says he's bound and
1:41:30
determined this year not to give up as many hits
1:41:32
as he did last year. It was the first year he'd
1:41:34
ever given up very many hits. Final ball hit
1:41:37
back toward the crowd and out of play. So it
1:41:38
was a very successful year for him. Here's the
1:42:04
pitcher on the way by Barbara. A slow roller
1:42:06
hits his shortstop. Aparicio digs it out of the
1:42:08
dirt. Throws to Adair in time to get the fourth
1:42:11
play to erase the side. Tried to retire to the
1:42:14
sixth. A miss threatened but failed to get a
1:42:16
run home. No runs, two hits, no errors, two left.
1:42:19
Now at the end of five and a half, the score,
1:42:21
the Baltimore Orioles five and the New York Mets
1:42:23
nothing. And here's music to think of Ryan Gold
1:42:26
in any language by. In any language, it's easy
1:42:49
to understand why Rheingold is as good to your
1:42:52
taste as it is to your thirst. Extra dry brewing
1:42:55
makes the difference. Makes each Rheingold so
1:42:58
smooth, so crisp, so satisfying. Rheingold after
1:43:03
Rheingold. It's as good to your taste as it is
1:43:06
to your thirst. of the sixth inning, right fielder
1:43:36
Sam Bowens will lead off for the Orioles. A check
1:43:40
that is going to be catcher Dick Brown, followed
1:43:43
by Sam Bowens. Brown took over for John Orsino.
1:43:48
Orsino drew a walk and singled a right center
1:43:50
in two times left. Dick Brown leading off for
1:43:55
the Orioles, last of the sixth inning, Larry
1:43:57
Bernard on the mound. Tracy Stallard worked the
1:43:59
first two, Jack Fisher then worked two, and now
1:44:02
Bernard starts his second inning. Galen Frisco
1:44:04
is getting warm, and he'll take over for a couple.
1:44:08
Foul tip, strike one. Well, tomorrow the Mets
1:44:15
are back in New York enjoying an off day. Monday
1:44:19
they will be attended to parade by the Jamaica
1:44:22
Chamber of Commerce. Our next broadcast will
1:44:25
be on Tuesday night, the National League opener
1:44:27
from Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia. Brown
1:44:33
standing straight up. Now Cox is about high behind
1:44:35
his ear. Looks at a sneaky fastball over for
1:44:39
a call strike, but I heard he sneaked that one
1:44:41
in on him. Now a two -strike count on Dick Brown.
1:44:47
Well, Dick's old high school buddy who broke
1:44:49
in so sensationally and then suffered a tragic
1:44:51
accident is now a baseball broadcaster. Off the
1:44:55
outside corner, Herb's score this year will be
1:44:57
helping on the broadcast of the Cleveland game.
1:45:01
During the high school days, the battery was
1:45:03
score pitching and Brown catching. One ball and
1:45:17
two strikes to Dick Brown. Now Larry Menard is
1:45:25
over the head. The pitch fouled off. He went
1:45:27
for an inside delivery. Folded foul back over
1:45:29
toward the... Mets dugout. Perfect day, a marvelous
1:45:35
crowd. Final exhibition game for New York. Mets
1:45:37
flying back home after the game today. Pitching
1:45:48
one and two. Ground ball hit right back to the
1:45:51
mound. Taken by Benares. He flips the first one
1:45:53
down. One away and nobody on. Up to hit now will
1:45:59
be the right fielder, Sam Bowen. Last year at
1:46:07
Rochester, Sam Bowen's at 285 with 70 RBIs. He
1:46:13
has good size. He packs about 195 pounds on a
1:46:16
6 '2 inch frame. Right hand hitter with an overly
1:46:19
closed set. Foul ball off the bat handle, slithering
1:46:23
on the ground straight back. Outfield, a fan
1:46:35
to round toward left, figuring Bowens as a full
1:46:37
hitter with good power. The infield, a way around
1:46:42
to the left. Apatow tries to pitch away from
1:46:46
him. That's outside. One ball and one strike.
1:46:57
1 -1 delivery. Changeup inside and low. Two balls
1:47:01
and a strike. Ron Hunt flying at third, protecting
1:47:14
the line against Sam Bowens. Final tip, into
1:47:17
the glove of Hawk Taylor, and the count is even
1:47:19
now, two balls and two strikes. Fans remember
1:47:27
that Guy Lombardo provides the musical entertainment
1:47:29
preceding the opening game on Friday at Shea
1:47:32
Stadium. The national anthem will be sung by
1:47:35
that great Metropolitan Opera star, Robert Merrill.
1:47:38
The 2 -2 delivery. Outside and high, it's ball
1:47:41
three. Full count now, three and two. So the
1:47:50
string is out, three and two on Sam Bowens. One
1:47:52
out and nobody on. Now the pitch underway. An
1:47:55
inside delivery, full foul. Down past the television
1:47:58
camera and out of play. Our next broadcast will
1:48:03
be on Tuesday night out of Philadelphia. Game
1:48:05
will be both broadcast and televised back to
1:48:07
New York. 3 -2. Fouled again. Soap and Art having
1:48:17
quite a duo here with Sam Bowen. Larry came on
1:48:24
to pitch in the fifth inning with two outs and
1:48:26
two uns. John Powell hit a home run over the
1:48:29
right field fence to drive in three. 3 -2 delivery.
1:48:35
And he pops it up on the right side towards shallow
1:48:38
right field, trailing out of Samwell. He's there,
1:48:40
and he makes the catch two men down. Now two
1:48:45
outs and nobody on, Brooks Robinson coming on
1:48:48
to hit. Brooks single to left, driving in the
1:48:51
first run of the afternoon, and then fly to center,
1:48:54
one hit and two times up. Brooks has led the
1:48:57
Orioles in RBIs during the spring game. He covers
1:49:05
third base like a vacuum cleaner. Little bit
1:49:11
of high, one ball and no strike. and the Mets
1:49:25
nothing. We're in the last half of the sixth
1:49:26
inning. Now Bernard out of his windup delivers
1:49:36
a little bit high with it. Two balls and no strike.
1:49:54
2 -0 delivery. This was over and Robbie was taking
1:49:56
all away. The pitch is a strike on the outside
1:49:59
corner. Two balls and one strike. Inside, Brooks
1:50:09
had to jump back and the count goes to 3 -1.
1:50:12
Two outs and nobody on here in the last of the
1:50:15
sixth inning. Baltimore five runs on seven hits.
1:50:18
New York no runs on five hits. Barber has kept
1:50:21
the hits scattered in only one inning as he's
1:50:23
given up more than one hit. Ground ball hammered
1:50:25
towards short. Fielded by Al Moran. He hurries
1:50:28
to peg across, and Smith on the side is out.
1:50:31
No runs, no hits, no errors, and none left on.
1:50:34
Now six innings complete, and Fort Smith, Virginia,
1:50:36
the score. The Baltimore Orioles 5 and the New
1:50:39
York Mets. We're going now to the top half of
1:50:42
the seventh inning, and shortstop Al Moran is
1:50:44
up to lead off for the New York Mets, facing
1:50:46
Steve Barber, who started and he's come all the
1:50:48
way. The Orioles leading by a score of 5 -0 in
1:50:53
this, the last exhibition game for the Mets.
1:50:56
The Orioles have one more. They go to Philadelphia
1:50:58
tomorrow. A left -hander with the pitch and it's
1:51:02
low for ball one. They've seen the first Mets
1:51:11
banner of the season here in Portsmouth, Virginia,
1:51:13
so the season has indeed begun. By the pitch
1:51:18
and it's in there for a called strike. 1 -1.
1:51:24
The banner saying, we love the Mets, has been
1:51:27
sung across the top of the center field bleachers.
1:51:31
And a group there from Connecticut, Yonkers,
1:51:34
and Brooklyn. Here's a pitch swung on. It's a
1:51:36
ground ball to second base. Gilead there over.
1:51:39
Underhand's on to first in time. And Al Moran
1:51:41
has grounded out second to first. There's one
1:51:43
away. Larry Benares is due up at Chris Cannizzaro.
1:51:47
It's going to bet for Larry Benares. Chris. Camisero.
1:51:54
The North has completed his two -inning stint,
1:51:57
during which he gave up three runs on two hits.
1:52:02
Struck out one and walked none. Jalen Sisco will
1:52:13
be the next pitcher. for the New York Mets next
1:52:16
inning. He has just now completed his warm -ups
1:52:18
and is walking on in toward the dugout area.
1:52:23
Canizaro is a catcher by trade, a right -hand
1:52:25
batter, left -hander. Steve Barber fish -mitches
1:52:27
everybody, including Dick Brown, and bangs up
1:52:30
against the screen behind the plate. So it is
1:52:34
ball one to Canizaro. The Mets right now are
1:52:37
carrying four catchers. They figure to platoon
1:52:41
Jesse Gonder and Hawk Taylor. Now they have Canazaro
1:52:45
and John Stevenson. Stevenson can be used in
1:52:48
the outfield or at theory base. Has been the
1:52:51
worst out both places. Played part of one exhibition
1:52:55
game in left field. Bring the ground ball to
1:52:57
short. Taken by Aparicio and the throw on the
1:53:00
first in time and he's out. Two men down. And
1:53:05
that will bring up Dick Smith, the first baseman.
1:53:09
Let's have three first basemen. Ed Crane Poole,
1:53:12
Tim Harkness, Dick Smith. Last year, here at
1:53:17
this ballpark, Frank D. Lawrence Stadium in Portsmouth,
1:53:19
Crane fool hit three home runs. Of course, he
1:53:22
did not get into the lineup today, hasn't been
1:53:24
in, because of the fact that he is a left -hand
1:53:26
batter, and Casey Singer wanted to keep his right
1:53:29
hand hitting first baseman, Dick Smith, in the
1:53:31
lineup. Fronted foul. Smith trying to use his
1:53:38
speed as he found Brooks Robinson playing a deep
1:53:40
third base. but just tipped it off, and it's
1:53:43
a strike. Dick Hall is now loosening up in the
1:53:51
bullpen for the Orioles. Barber again with the
1:53:59
pitch, and it is swing on and miss. Two strikeouts.
1:54:03
Steve Barber's schedule to go seven innings,
1:54:05
and we're in the top half of the seventh here
1:54:07
now, with the Orioles leading by a score of 5
1:54:09
-0. Previously this spring, the Mets and the
1:54:12
Orioles played a two -game set in Miami, both
1:54:14
night games and split the two games. Swing and
1:54:19
a miss, and Barber finishes up with a strikeout.
1:54:21
As he got Smith, he set the side down in order
1:54:23
in the top of the seventh with no runs, no hits,
1:54:26
no errors, none left. And the score at the end
1:54:27
of six and one half innings is the Orioles five
1:54:30
and the Mets nothing. It'll be Jerry Adair coming
1:54:35
up now to lead off for the Orioles in the bottom
1:54:38
half of the seventh inning. And Lou Jackson is
1:54:40
swinging a bat in the on -deck circle, preparatory
1:54:43
to batting for Steve Farber, due up second in
1:54:45
this inning. Galen Sisko is the pitcher in the
1:54:47
ballgame for the Mets, and Jerry Hensley has
1:54:49
gone down to the bullpen now. Right -hand batter,
1:54:54
Jerry Adair, two for two this afternoon. In and
1:54:57
waiting is Sisko, winds and fires, and the pitch
1:54:59
is swung. It's a ground ball toward the hole,
1:55:01
backhanded off the glove of Moran, all out in
1:55:03
the left field for a base hit. Retrieved by Hickman
1:55:06
and fired back in. It is three straight base
1:55:09
hits for Jerry Adair as he opens up the bottom
1:55:11
of the seventh with a single at left. Now Lou
1:55:16
Jackson is batting for Steve Farber. Last year
1:55:29
at Toronto, Jackson hit 315, including 31 home
1:55:34
runs. We're getting a pinch runner now. Now Savarin
1:55:45
is running for Jerry Adair at first base. Savarin
1:55:49
an infielder by trade. There is nobody out. The
1:55:59
Orioles lead 5 -0. Bottom half of the seventh.
1:56:05
Jalen Sisko up and set now. Savarin leads it
1:56:08
first. And if it's Lou Jackson, if it's deep
1:56:11
to the right field corner, it's going to carry
1:56:13
four and out. Stays in, and it is a home run
1:56:16
for Lou Jackson. Way out of the ballpark and
1:56:20
beyond. Over the fence and on the rooftop of
1:56:23
a house beyond. Casey Stengel talks about ballplay
1:56:27
that hit him over buildings, and that's what
1:56:28
Lou Jackson did. A two -run homer. Savarene scores
1:56:31
ahead of Lou Jackson as he swung on the first
1:56:33
pitch that he got from Galen Fisco and gave it
1:56:36
the long ride. Second home run for the Orioles.
1:56:39
Boots on a three -run homer earlier, and the
1:56:41
Orioles are out in front by a score of seven
1:56:43
to nothing. Still nobody out, and Russ Snyder
1:56:51
is the batter. Left -hand batter. And the pitch
1:57:00
is high for a ball. Anytime Snyder is up there,
1:57:02
you have to protect against the possibility of
1:57:04
the butt. For that reason, Ron Hunt is on the
1:57:07
edge of the grass at third. Disco again winds
1:57:13
and fires, and the pitch is low for a ball. 2
1:57:17
-0 to the Orioles' center fielder. Young Jerry
1:57:21
Hensley continues to warm up in the net bullpen.
1:57:33
Disco with the pitch. And it's low for a ball.
1:57:38
So it has run out 3 -0 now to Snyder. 3 -0 pitch,
1:57:51
and it's in there for a call strike. He was taking
1:57:53
all the way, and it's 3 -1. Now the 3 -1 delivery.
1:58:04
Hit on the ground. And it is taken by Samuel.
1:58:07
He plays to Fisco, and he got him in time. A
1:58:10
six -minute made a run at the ball in step and
1:58:12
went on over in front of Samuel. Made the backhand
1:58:14
step, didn't come up with it. Samuel did, and
1:58:16
Fisco got over the cover in time. So if you're
1:58:20
scoring, the play goes 4 -1. One away, and that
1:58:22
brings up Lou Aparicio. He is one for two in
1:58:26
a walk, and he has scored one run. Let's go.
1:58:39
Wines and fires. And it's outside for a ball.
1:58:44
One man out, nobody on base. Orioles 7, the Mets
1:58:47
nothing. Right after this game, the Mets will
1:58:53
be flying into New York. Here's a pitch in there
1:58:56
for a call strike. It's 1 -1. The Mets are expected
1:59:00
to arrive at John F. Kennedy International Airport
1:59:02
approximately three and a half hours after the
1:59:05
conclusion of this game. The 1 -1 pitch, and
1:59:09
it's low for a ball. Luis Separicio. Drew Powell
1:59:17
is waiting around on deck. Disco looks for the
1:59:28
sign. And the pitch is high and away. Try to
1:59:37
slip pitch. It's Aparicio at play. We'll be on
1:59:46
the air Tuesday night at 8 p .m. New York time
1:59:48
from Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia. Pitch
1:59:53
is in there. He's starting to go held up. Call
1:59:55
strike. This ballpark is the home of the Tidewater
2:00:06
Tides of the Carolina League. They have a working
2:00:08
agreement with the Chicago White Sox, who played
2:00:10
here yesterday against the Reds. And here's a
2:00:15
drive down the right field line. A Tommy Hawk
2:00:18
swinging a fair ball. It'll go for extra bases
2:00:20
as it is being run down in the right field corner
2:00:22
by Joe Christopher. And Aparicio's on his way
2:00:24
to third. As the throw comes in, he holds up
2:00:26
with a triple right down the right field line.
2:00:29
He Tommy Hawks it and kept it in fair territory
2:00:31
so that... The ball scams in, off in the foul
2:00:34
down back of the right field corner, and Christopher
2:00:36
had to run it down while the speedy Luis Aparicio
2:00:39
pulled up his period with a triple. And that's
2:00:46
going to bring up Boog Powell, who is one for
2:00:49
three, but the one was a big one, a home run
2:00:51
over the right field fence. We're in the bottom
2:01:01
of the seventh. You're in Portsmouth, Virginia.
2:01:09
This coach pitch is whipped into center field
2:01:12
for a base hit. That's George Aparicio. Can he
2:01:14
lift with the ball? Plays it back in. Boog Powell
2:01:16
is on it first with a single to right and a run
2:01:19
batted in. It is the Orioles' eighth and the
2:01:21
Mets' nothing. And right now, we pause for station
2:01:24
identification. This is the New York Mets Baseball
2:01:27
Network. This is Lindsey Nelson with Ralph Kiner
2:01:32
and Bob Murphy at Frank D. Lawrence Stadium in
2:01:35
Fort Smith, Virginia. The final exhibition game
2:01:38
of this spring for the New York Mets against
2:01:40
the Baltimore Orioles. The Orioles are leading
2:01:42
by a score of 8 -0. Norm Seaborn is coming up
2:01:46
with a runner at first and one man out. Seaborn
2:01:50
is nothing for three. Pitch is inside for a ball.
2:02:00
Sebring came into this afternoon's game with
2:02:02
an average of 276 for the spring, but it's a
2:02:04
little deceptive because he has had only one
2:02:07
extra base hit all spring. One double. Throw
2:02:14
over and not in time. Powell takes a short lead.
2:02:23
Pitches in there for a call strike to Sebring.
2:02:28
Sebring obtained. From the Kansas City A's in
2:02:31
exchange for first baseman Jim Gentile, Steven
2:02:36
played with the Yankees as a teammate of Hank
2:02:39
Bauer, his first manager, and then, of course,
2:02:41
Bauer managed him in Kansas City. This goes,
2:02:50
checks and deals, swung out and missed. The Orioles
2:03:05
have three runs in this inning. Cisco's pitch,
2:03:14
a little tight. Popped out of the glove of Hawk
2:03:16
Taylor, he retrieved and returned it. Leading
2:03:22
hitter for the Orioles during their exhibition
2:03:25
season in Florida was utility infielder Bob Johnson,
2:03:29
who hit .370, followed closely by catcher Dick
2:03:31
Brown, who hit .362. 2 -2 pitch. Hit on the ground
2:03:38
toward second. Samwell over to Moran. He can't
2:03:42
find the handle and steps on the bag himself.
2:03:44
Apparently he got a finger cut in the webbing
2:03:46
of his own glove. And they got the force at second,
2:03:48
but no other play. So there is no error charge.
2:03:52
But it looked like an easy double play ball.
2:03:54
Samwell started to scoop and somehow got mixed
2:03:56
up and the ball dropped out of the glove. And
2:03:58
he's looking at the index finger of his right
2:03:59
hand. Looks as though he got it caught in the
2:04:01
webbing. And he finally picked up the ball and
2:04:03
steps on the bag at second himself. So, Steven
2:04:08
is on, two men out, and Dick Brown is coming
2:04:12
up. He's been up one time, down to .60 to first.
2:04:18
But a .362 batting average for the stay in Florida
2:04:21
of the Orioles. Right -hand batter. Here's a
2:04:25
swing and a miss for a strike. The Orioles 8
2:04:30
and the Mets nothing. You're in the bottom half
2:04:32
of the seventh inning. Galen Fisker steps off
2:04:45
the rubber. And as he does, Dick Brown steps
2:04:47
out of the batter's box. Again, we're set. The
2:04:54
seaman leaves it first. Pitch to Brown is high
2:04:56
for a ball. Galen Fisker, one -time captain and
2:05:02
linebacker of Ohio State football team. Cisco
2:05:16
checked. And the pitch is outside for a ball.
2:05:23
Galen Cisco and Frank Howard were baseball teammates
2:05:27
at Ohio State. And as undergraduates, they took
2:05:32
a trip to Japan under the sponsorship of the
2:05:36
State Department. Pitch is low, blocked by Taylor.
2:05:42
Rolls a two -peat out in front of the plate.
2:05:43
There is no advance by Steven at first base.
2:05:50
Two men out. Gun, Cisco, check and deal. Pitch
2:06:05
is swung on and pulled foul. On the ground, back
2:06:07
of Therese. Continuing on down the left field
2:06:10
line in foul territory. Billy Hunter coaching
2:06:14
there at third. Sherm Lawler is coaching at first.
2:06:18
As Gene Woodling was given the day off. Throughout
2:06:22
the season, he will be stationed at first for
2:06:25
the Orioles. Now the pitch to Brown. swung on
2:06:34
and fouled off right off the protector of umpire
2:06:37
Lou DeMuro. So Big Brown is still alive. Disco
2:06:54
looks under Taylor. And the pitch swung on and
2:06:58
fouled off off the screen this time. Mets arrived
2:07:10
last night. Having worked out yesterday, then
2:07:15
they left, actually, the Tampa airport about
2:07:18
4 p .m., arrived here around 7. Here's a pitch
2:07:22
from on top of the foul, coming back now to play.
2:07:25
Taylor starts to give it a run and gives up.
2:07:27
This one comes on back. When the Mets arrived
2:07:32
at their hotel, their motor hotel, the Chicago
2:07:34
White Sox still were there. And before either
2:07:38
team left, the Baltimore Orioles came in. So
2:07:40
there was one point last night, and we had three
2:07:41
major league teams in one lobby in Norfolk. Let's
2:07:54
go check Sebring. And the pitch is high. Ball
2:07:57
four. Big Brown goes to first with the base on
2:08:00
ball. Sebring moves to second. Sam Bowens is
2:08:03
coming up. And up one time and he popped out
2:08:06
to second base. Point to the right -hand batter.
2:08:24
Close stance. Swing and a foul ball top down
2:08:30
to third base coach Billy Hunter. He'll just...
2:08:33
Fires it right on back out to Galen Sisco. Owen's
2:08:39
moving around, exercising a leg as though he
2:08:41
chopped that one right off his ankle. And just
2:08:52
outside the batter's box. Now he's coming in.
2:08:55
He pitches right in for a call strike. That was
2:08:58
a slip pitch. This coach said he's had this pitch
2:09:02
for a couple of years, but it's just now that
2:09:04
it's begun to look like one. Inside football.
2:09:08
Here's a one -two pitch, and it's inside. Two
2:09:12
-two. Leave first and second. There's a pitch
2:09:15
deep to left field, way back toward the corner.
2:09:18
And it is a fair ball going over the fence for
2:09:22
a homer on for Bowen as it went around the foul
2:09:26
pole. It is being questioned by Moran, but umpire
2:09:29
Paul Crawford down the line says it went around
2:09:31
the foul pole, 330 feet away, and it is a three
2:09:35
-run homer for Sam Bowen, and the Orioles lead
2:09:38
by a score of 11 -0. The third Oriole home run
2:09:48
of this ballgame. One by Bruce Powell, one by
2:09:52
Lou Jackson, one by Sam Bowen. Nobody on base
2:09:55
and Brooks Robinson up now with two men out.
2:09:59
Probably one for three today. Started in one
2:10:01
run. Pitch is in there for a tall strike. Stacey
2:10:12
Stengel out in front of the Mets dugout. Rating
2:10:15
up and down. And the pitch is high for a ball.
2:10:26
in the home run. Swing and a ground ball deep
2:10:34
to third. One -handed by Rana. Throws on to first.
2:10:37
In time and he got him. The side is retired.
2:10:40
The Orioles got six runs on five hits. No errors
2:10:45
and none left. And the score is the end of seven.
2:10:47
Full innings of play is the Orioles 11 and the
2:10:52
Mets nothing. Opening day at Shea Stadium in
2:10:56
New York, less than a week away now. It'll be
2:10:58
next Friday afternoon, April 17th, the New York
2:11:01
Mets and the Pittsburgh Pirates. So if you have
2:11:06
not already obtained your ticket for opening
2:11:10
day, be sure and do so. And keep in mind that
2:11:19
the ticket office will be open tomorrow at Shea
2:11:22
Stadium. It is open on Sunday. Of course, the
2:11:29
ticket office at Shea Stadium will be open until
2:11:31
5 o 'clock this afternoon. Opening day, Friday
2:11:36
afternoon, April 17th. Now Dick Hall has come
2:11:45
in to pitch for the Orioles. come out swinging
2:12:02
the bat. You'll recall last year, Ed Cranfield
2:12:04
hit three home runs here. As I remember it, and
2:12:08
this is only a recollection that I would not
2:12:10
bet much on, I think he hit the first two off
2:12:12
Robin Roberts and the last one off Sue Miller.
2:12:17
Ed Cranfield is being announced now. The official
2:12:26
attendance figures have been announced, 5 ,350.
2:12:31
5 ,350 paid here this afternoon. And the pitch
2:12:46
is low for a ball. Bob Johnson is now playing
2:12:48
first base for the Orioles. And the pitch is
2:13:01
low to Cranepool. That's the plate. 2 -0. And
2:13:06
Bob Savarin is playing second base. He came out
2:13:13
as a pinch runner, stayed in. And the pitch is
2:13:15
outside for Ball. Down 3 -0 now to Ed Cranepool.
2:13:29
We're in the top half of the eighth inning, and
2:13:31
the pitch is fired in. Payne pulls just a 3 -0
2:13:33
pitch for a called strike one. Jen Hall's pitch,
2:13:43
and it's swung on and fouled off to the left
2:13:45
side and out of play, and the count is now full
2:13:47
at 3 -2. Steve Barber with seven innings, which
2:13:56
he allowed no runs on five, hit the strikeout
2:13:58
four, and walked two. And the picture's low ball
2:14:04
for Cranefool, has drawn a walk. Goes down to
2:14:11
first base, and Ron Hunt is coming up. Hunt's
2:14:22
two for two in a walk today, right -hand batter.
2:14:38
Hot batting number three today in the Met batting
2:14:41
order. Craneville leads it first, and the pitch
2:14:44
is in there for a called strike. Jim Hickman
2:14:47
is waiting on deck. The Orioles 11 and the Mets
2:15:24
nothing here in Portsmouth, Virginia. Pitches
2:15:35
in for a called strike to Jim Hickman. Dick Hall
2:15:44
again, into the motion. There is a check swing,
2:15:48
but it's in there for a strike. Two strike counts.
2:15:57
Bob Taylor moves out to the on -deck circle.
2:16:00
Here's a swing and a miss, and Hall chalks up
2:16:03
a strikeout. His first as he gets Jim Hickman.
2:16:06
For the Mets, no runs, no hits, no errors, none
2:16:09
loves. And to score at the end of seven and a
2:16:11
half innings is the Orioles 11 and the Mets nothing.
2:16:17
Have you made any plans yet? For after the game,
2:16:21
I mean. If you haven't thought, then give some
2:16:24
thought to all the great things there are to
2:16:26
see and to do and to enjoy wherever you are along
2:16:29
the Rheingold Beach. For this is the place where
2:16:33
it's easy to find the best fun, the best food,
2:16:36
and the best beer. Rheingold Extra Dry. Take
2:16:41
one taste and you'll know Rheingold is as good
2:16:44
to your taste as it is to your taste. Rheingold
2:16:47
is brewed by people who love beer for people
2:16:50
who love beer. With a crisp liveliness no other
2:16:54
beer can match. So tonight, have a big time.
2:16:57
Have a good time. Have a Rheingold and have another.
2:17:02
Rheingold is as good to your taste as it is to
2:17:05
your thirst. Rheingold after Rheingold. Jerry
2:17:11
Hensley is now in the ballgame as the pitcher
2:17:14
for the New York Mets, and Ed Cranes, who stays
2:17:16
in the game, in center field. He batted for Rod
2:17:21
Kinneal, and he is staying in the game. Jerry
2:17:31
Hensley is the young fellow who did not pitch
2:17:33
an inning of baseball last year. As the property
2:17:37
of the Pittsburgh Pirates, he and his twin brother
2:17:39
and battery mate were at Kingsport. However,
2:17:44
he was on the roster but simply worked out before
2:17:47
games and did not appear in a single game. Red
2:17:50
Murph, a Met scout, had seen him in high school,
2:17:53
saw him warm up before a ball game there, and
2:17:55
Hensley was drafted by the New York Mets. Bob
2:18:05
Savareen is up now to lead off for the Orioles.
2:18:07
And the first pitch is low for Ball. His track
2:18:10
and trade is a blazing fastball. Lou Jackson
2:18:23
is now on deck for the Orioles. Came out as a
2:18:27
pinch hitter and saved in the game. This pitch
2:18:31
is in for a called strike. Hensley getting a
2:18:48
sign from Hawk Taylor who's been behind the plate
2:18:50
all day. Here's the pitch in there. Went to the
2:18:53
breaking ball for a called strike. One and two
2:18:56
now to Savarin. Left hand at it. Ed Bowida is
2:19:06
warming up now in the bullpen for the Mets. Ed
2:19:08
Bowida. This pitch is fired high for a ball.
2:19:22
Sisko worked only one inning, which he allowed
2:19:24
six runs on five hits. Struck out none and walked
2:19:27
one. Hensley with the pitch, and it's low. A
2:19:37
full count of three and two to Bob Savarene.
2:19:51
Hensley looks for the sign, and here's the payoff
2:19:53
pitch. Swung on, and there's strike three. So
2:19:57
young Jerry Hensley chalks up a strikeout, and
2:19:59
this is Lou Jackson coming up. That is for Barb
2:20:03
and Staten again. Pinch hit, home run. His only
2:20:10
previous appearance. the pitch is low for ball
2:20:31
one to Lou Jackson. The Orioles, 11, and the
2:20:41
Mets, nothing. The Orioles, 11, and the Mets,
2:20:46
nothing. In the bottom half of the eighth inning,
2:20:48
Richmond, Virginia. The Orioles are the home
2:20:50
team. Entry six swung on and foul back into the
2:21:00
glove of Hawk Taylor. 1 -1 count. Now the pitch
2:21:20
is high off the top of the glove of Taylor and
2:21:22
continuing on back. It's 2 -1. Today, of course,
2:21:26
without the services of George Altman, who was
2:21:28
left back at the hotel where he could undergo
2:21:30
further treatment for the shoulder injury he
2:21:33
sustained on the final day in Florida. And I
2:21:37
guess March 1st, there is a good possibility
2:21:39
he may be able to play on Tuesday night, although
2:21:41
it is not a certainty. Mike Thomas is in New
2:21:44
York, where he was sent several days ago for
2:21:46
treatment of tendinitis. There's a swing and
2:21:49
a miss. All the way around for Lou Jackson's
2:21:52
2 -2 count. Tomorrow will be an off day for the
2:21:57
New York Mets in which they will visit themselves
2:21:58
with uniform fitting. Carl Willey, of course,
2:22:04
is in New York. He went directly yesterday. Flying
2:22:07
up from St. Pete with his jaw wired. With a swing
2:22:13
and a foul ball. Back and out of play. Count
2:22:15
holds at 2 -2. No man out. Nobody on base. On
2:22:27
Monday, the Mets will participate in a 10 .15
2:22:29
a .m. Flushing, Jamaica parade, followed by a
2:22:33
luncheon. Then they'll work out on the Hofstra
2:22:35
field. Swing and a foul ball off and out of play.
2:22:45
Work continues, of course, on the field at Shea
2:22:48
Stadium to get it in shape for opening day. Friday,
2:22:53
April 17th, the Mets and the Pittsburgh Pirates.
2:22:58
2 -2 pitch to Lou Jackson. Breaking ball swung
2:23:00
on, fouled off, got just enough of it to stay
2:23:02
alive. There's Hock Taylor couldn't hold on,
2:23:04
and the count continues at 2 -2. The Mets will
2:23:15
go to Philadelphia Tuesday morning. Two, two
2:23:21
pitches in there for a cold strike three. Suck
2:23:23
him out. Sir Jerry Hensley has placed too many.
2:23:25
Suck them both out. You know, people who like
2:23:28
beer best like Rheingold best of all, and I'm
2:23:31
one of them. Hope you are, too, because Rheingold
2:23:33
is as good to your taste as it is to your spirit.
2:23:42
Dress night has been up twice without a hit after
2:23:45
having replaced Jackie Brandt, who started at
2:23:47
center field. It is hit in the air to center
2:23:54
field, and Ed Greenville is coming on for his
2:23:56
first chance of the day, and he makes the catch.
2:23:59
But Jerry Hensley gets the start out in order
2:24:01
in the bottom of the eighth with no runs, no
2:24:02
hits, no errors, none left, and the score at
2:24:04
the end of eighth is the Orioles 11 and the Mets
2:24:08
nothing. Well, the year of the Mets' move into
2:24:15
Shea Stadium is upon us. Everything written about
2:24:19
this development becomes a collector's item.
2:24:20
A special dedication program has been prepared
2:24:23
for the Mets and will be on sale at Shea Stadium
2:24:25
when the season opens Friday. You can also order
2:24:29
copies of that program by mail. This book contains
2:24:33
pictures and a history of the New York National
2:24:35
League teams, Apollo Grounds, Ebbets Field, Shea
2:24:37
Stadium, and J .C. Stengel. The program will
2:24:40
be available at the stadium only during the first
2:24:43
homestand, so to get your copy in advance. and
2:24:46
$1 to dedication program Shea Stadium, Flushing,
2:24:50
New York. We're going now to the top half of
2:24:57
the ninth inning with Dick Hall on the mound
2:25:01
for the Orioles. Bob Taylor due up for the Mets.
2:25:14
Duke Snyder has a bat at the corner of the bedrock.
2:25:20
Taylor is there also. And Taylor is coming on
2:25:26
up to bat. And Snyder is following him out to
2:25:29
the on -deck circle. So apparently it's going
2:25:31
to be Taylor batting and then Snyder batting
2:25:33
statistically due up next. Mark Taylor is one
2:25:39
for three this afternoon. You'll recall that
2:25:43
last year, Duke's matter joined the Mets right
2:25:46
here at this stadium. After he was purchased
2:25:51
from the Dodgers, he flew in here and got here
2:25:54
just about game time last year. They call at
2:26:01
the pitch in the top of the ninth, and it's outside
2:26:03
for a ball. A sturdy group of New Yorkers out
2:26:11
in center field with the cry of, let's go Mets.
2:26:13
Here's the pitch. Low for a ball. Oh, looks to
2:26:23
dig Brown first time. And the pitch is swung
2:26:28
on. It's due to left if it stays there, but it's
2:26:30
curving on over and disappearing a foul ball.
2:26:40
Bob Taylor. One and one out of Taylor. Snyder
2:26:53
still there in the on -deck circle. This pitch
2:26:57
is thrown out and popped up and the short center
2:26:59
field. Bavarin is out there and Snyder is there
2:27:02
and Russ Snyder makes the catch. So there's one
2:27:07
away, and now here's Duke Snyder batting for
2:27:09
Joe Christopher, and Snyder's getting a hand.
2:27:42
Jesse Gundy is now around the back rack of the
2:27:44
New York Mets. There's one away and nobody on
2:27:47
here in the top half of the ninth. There's a
2:27:52
swing and a miss. Two strikeouts for Duke Snyder.
2:28:12
He's taken by Hall, and he plays on over to first
2:28:14
in time to Johnson. Snyder goes out 50 to first,
2:28:19
and now Jesse Gonder is coming up to bat for
2:28:21
Sonny Tomwell. Gandhi's a left -hand batter facing
2:28:44
right -hand pitcher Dick Hall, who is the second
2:28:48
Oriole pitcher of the day. Pitcher's outside
2:28:52
for a ball. Steve Barber pitched the first seven
2:28:54
innings and is the pitcher of record. Tim Harkness
2:28:57
has moved out to the on -deck circle now with
2:29:00
the hope that Gandhi can keep it alive long enough
2:29:03
for him to get a chance. This is a note of Gandhi.
2:29:17
A swing and a miss. One and two is the count.
2:29:21
Not a gander. The Orioles 11 and the Mets nothing.
2:29:36
One -two delivery. Set up outside. Two -two.
2:29:45
We'll be on the air Tuesday night from County
2:29:47
Night Stadium in Philadelphia at 8 p .m. There
2:29:52
is a swing and a miss and Gander has struck out
2:29:54
and this ball game is over. Hall getting two
2:29:57
strikeouts during his tenure as the Mets are
2:30:00
out in the top of the ninth with no runs, no
2:30:02
hits, no errors, none left. And the Orioles have
2:30:05
won it by a score of 11 to nothing. We'll be
2:30:07
back in a moment with a final summary and totals.
2:30:11
Right now the final score of the game is the
2:30:13
Orioles 11 and the Mets nothing. And now here's
2:30:17
news about a cigarette that really scores with
2:30:19
baseball fans.