1986 MLB All Star Baseball Game Roger Clemens Dwight Gooden

lost our game live from the Astrodome in Houston Texas the 1986 Major League Baseball all-star game for the 57th time the American League taking on the nationally [Music] and will the domination continue Al Michaels with Jim Palmer Jim for many seasons you were in the American League all-star Clubhouse the American League has now dropped 13 of the last 14 unbelievably to be 21 out of 23 fluke or is there a reason for it well you look for a plausible reason and I've only been able to come up with one if you talk to both of the teams they say we're equal until the game starts and then the American League constantly loses as you said 21 out of the last 23 times the Elias Sports Service did a book called the base of the Elias baseball analyst book and in that book I think it just discusses an age-old question in baseball does good pitching stop good hitting and it really doesn't as far as average is go they did a statistical analysis of the 85 season took the top 12 American national league pitchers against the 1985 National League all-star team and what they found is the batting averages are about the same 258 versus 260 so the averages came down two points but we're the big difference lies out is in homeruns doubles and triples in other words translating into runs sport I think that's really a difference between the national and the American League the American League sits backs they wait for the big innings they got one in 1971 they won they got one a seven-run inning in 1983 they won for them to win they're gonna have to be more aggressive and in 1983 when they did when the final was 13 to 3 Fred Lynn had a grand slam home run in that seven run third ending off Atlee hammaker well that's Jim Palmer's summation Tim McCarver of course spent most of his career in the National League loop or is there a reason in your estimation well I think the big reason that the NL the National League is dominated really since 1962 was a said they've won 21 of 23 that was the year not coincidentally that Mauri will stole 104 bases then came Lou Brock the National League of course kept that momentum going in the all-star game and that's they've been running wild they do have a a spirited group of guys I will say this that the the Yankees if they can keep Ricky Henderson in the lineup for the full game and give him four or five at-bats then I think they have a better chance to win because Rickey Henderson is one catalyst that the American League has not have had and giving him a chance to really break out and run and de cáncer has put Henderson in the number two spot and he'll bat behind Kirby Pucket of the Minnesota Twins so it's Herzog in the National League Howser and the American League in the sold-out Astrodome the game begins when we come back 1986 all-star game this ABC Sports exclusive is brought to you by two all-star program the same one sold at the ballpark the all-star program is a collector's item with 112 pages of all-star action past and present since check or money order for $6 to all-star program filled with white Gooden going to the mound at the Astrodome moments ago the ceremonial first pitch no stranger in these parts the vice-president of the United States George Bush who is the captain of the Yale baseball team in 1948 and played in the College World Series getting the honors tonight defensively for the National League Keith Hernandez gets the start at first base it's the first time he has started an all-star game and ryne sandberg is becoming a fixture the Chicago Cubs second baseman Ozzie Smith is making his fourth consecutive all-star game start at shortstop and nostalgia as I mentioned before maybe taking a back seat with some but not with that man Mike Schmidt as usual at third in the outfield and this is the third consecutive year these three have started Tony Gwynn is in left the centerfielder is the two-time MVP of the Atlanta Braves Dale Murphy and the right fielder is Darryl Strawberry who put on an unbelievable show in batting practice yesterday hitting one off a speaker Gary Carter of the New York Mets who's back of the plate it was bigger was quite good and on the mound that there would be and should be four New York Mets in the lineup at a total of five overall Sid Fernandez being the other because the Mets have been the dominant team through the first half of the season and have a 13 game lead in the National League East now the American League lineup again Puckett with Henderson batting second and then Boggs is starting in place of the injured George Brett who had been elected by the fans parish joiner and Ripton Winfield hit 7 Whitaker and Clemens and for Dave at least he knows he's in the starting lineup he's not so sure when he plays with the Yankees the umpires bruce fremming in his 16th season calls of balls and strikes the flambeaux of the American League at first Paul Runge of the National at 2nd Rick Reed American third Eric Craig the National League down the left-field line and Tim McClelland of the American League is down the line and right so here we go with Dwight Gooden facing kirby puckett of the Minnesota Twins and the all-star game is underway with a bouncer toward the middle for a base hit so pucketts aren't things with a single to center and now quickly the ascendency where players begins as puck it bounces one through the middle those two first faced each other in 1982 in the Appalachia knee at Kirby Pucket of course a free swinger the fastball down Kirby has walked only 16 times this year unusual foreign leadoff man so you have an idea that ball actually hit the seam and bounced over the club Havas he spent otherwise he has he'll have a play on that ball so Puckett at first base and in just four years Puckett facing Gooden in the Appalachian League facing each other in the all-star game is Rickey Henderson stands in he goes after the first pitch it's a faster down to Sandberg and all they get is one you're not going to double Henderson on the ground ball like that but Puckett is forced out a second so they go after Clinton's first two pitches and it will bring up Boggs and that's the big difference between Dwight Gooden and 1986 and 1985 not striking out as many batters and not leading the National League in strikeouts one of the other National League all-star pitchers Mike Scott is a lot of ground balls he's got two one would have been an out as Tim said except it hit the dirt and came up otherwise you have to ground balls in two outs that is the difference between quite good last year and this year Wade Boggs who leads the majors in hitting batting 363 Henderson almost got caught going the other way Ricky is stolen 51 bases and this isn't a bad combination to steal against it's about the only negative thing you can say about Goodman Carter as a matter of fact of 16 tries Gary Carter is thrown out only three with white Gooden pitching of course the reason for that is that white is six-four six-five elongated wind-up takes a little bit longer and they say you're talking about a guy right here Ricky Henderson in 1980 tools to 130 bases once again leading the American League in steals with 51 one two wait I have an unusual boy by dick Houser manager of the net of the American League's leading off with Kirby Pucket a familiar role for him but I think most experts would agree that Rickey Henderson the best leadoff man in baseball Bowser asked about that basically felt they were interchangeable did a lot of the same things it was perhaps better suited for the number 2 spot and there is the cows er whose team is having its problems this year and I don't have to tell you about the manager and the other dugout Whitey Herzog whose team is out of the race and who would have believed that at the all-star break certainly not the st. Louis players and after the year they had last year his spikes fun and that's a ball can automatic walk and that's one of the few blocks that you will actually see these most are invisible well that's something it's very embarrassing but in durably happens and then again this is a I think something that Tim alluded to is you take another look at it he's aware that Henderson's over there the quick move and he catches his spike like he caught his right foot and the wise decision because if he does throw the ball at us and Aaron toss you're talking about a runner third-base Henderson now at second with one out and here's the 1 1 pitch and it's 2 & 1 we flocked wouldn't at 96 miles per hour as you see Henderson to the Yankees take his lead at second box at the plate with Lance Parrish on deck [Music] don't watch wouldn't think he's having a mediocre year Tim you seen him pitch every day how is he now compared to the way he was a year ago well I think that's one of the problems everybody is comparing him to a year ago when he was 24 and for two 1.53 Anderson goes and it's fouled away so Ricky got a good jump was on his way to third but retraces his steps and his expectations not Ricky Henderson's but white goods I think everybody is viewing Dwight from his first two years and after all he's ten and four Randy Niemann who was sent down the other day a pitcher on the Mets staff said I wish we could all struggle with a tenant for record falls into that everything is relative category keep in mind too he is still the youngest pitcher in the National League as box tiles it away matter of fact he was a youngest player until the Reds recalled Curt Stillwell last week when David concepción went on the DL button also said of mark you'll recall two years ago by becoming the youngest all-star performer ever at Candlestick Park in San Francisco [Music] all he did was strike out the side in the first inning [Music] two and two on box who not only hits but walks a lot Wade's on-base percentage is 468 something he does so well hitting with two strikes last year 240 base hits over 180 singles 124 of those hits came with two strikes so it's a comfortable position maybe not as comfortable with a guy with the velocity of a 97 mile-per-hour fastball Smith sneaking in behind Henderson as of last week anyway box had not popped out this season he popped out only twice last season three in through the counter it's a perfect illustration of why he is such a disciplined hitter normally hitters expand the strike zone I think a key to pitching we're not only quite good but four years that I pitched is try to get into the hitters and have them expand the strike zone right there's a borderline pitch box says huh you're gonna have to throw me a strike so with Henderson the second the 3-2 pitch is lifted in the air to left field and it's windy the corner has room makes the catch Henderson tags but he's not going anywhere there are two now Logan gets clogs and now he faces Lance Parrish [Music] Parrish was one of those he struck out when he struck out the side of candlestick in his first inning of work in 84 pardon me I let ball the Wade box hit would have probably been a home run over the Green Monster in Boston at Fenway at least a double yeah no cheapies in this part the distances are honest and the ball just does not carry very well here right on talking to Davey Johnson who is coaching third-base today for the national a talking about the manager of the Mets and I asked him really what is the difference between Dwight Gooden you pointed out the record the expectation level he said that he has just not been consistent within the strike zone he throws strikes but they're not we see a curveball just miss they're not as quality type pitches as they were in 1985 plus you saw Wayde box lay off that high fastball that's another thing the national league hitters are not swimming at that pitch anymore they're making him bring the ball down and he's much more effective up than down one ball one strike first ending with no score Rickey Henderson the runner at second and perished oxidized Ozzie Smith in front of second base makes the catch for a time by puppet after a half the American League nothing in the nationally coming up [Music] in the minors he must have called it all the thousand times then one day [Music] here's to you beechwood aged for that clean crisp taste that says me [Music] bread [Music] we need a truck to lean on nothing works like a Chevy truck and not knowing if they'll start for the Yankees this coming Thursday yeah that's kind of ridiculous if I can play for this team I could play for anybody but what can I say it's political it's political they should just put me in the lineup and let me play and there are no excuses about an average I'm not really making any excuses my productivity is there the hustle is there the contributions on the field and in the locker room are very important part of the team and when the players even question why am I not playing I really don't want to get into it I assume that I will be in the starting lineup and just there for the rest of the year and for those of you who don't know Winfield has not been starting recently against right-handers he's involved in a long-distance feud with George Steinbrenner long distance meaning not face to face but through the media as you look at the defensive alignment and those were Winfield's remarks about the fact he's voted to the all-star team but doesn't know if he'll be in the lineup when the Yankees resume regular season play on Thursday not exactly a one-dimensional player even if you're not hitting for an average certainly went a lot of games for you with his glove and even his bass running only is ridiculous that's amazing Tony Gwynn who leaves the National League and hitting in 341 and he's already won a batting title takes high for a ball Roger Clemens on the mound Clemens who was born in Dayton Ohio grew up in this area went to Springwood High School hometown is Katy Texas and a man who somehow had to procure 50 tickets for friends and relatives in there the count wanted one at the press luncheon yesterday Roger said that in Boston I said how you doing and down here they say how y'all doing and that's the big difference in pitching in the Astrodome that in the dimensions there's a bigger difference then way hasn't bothered very few park savvy was 14 a know that he lost to Toronto and he had his only real bad outing of the year last Monday night against Oakland but he rebounded to beat the Angels Saturday so he's working on a couple of days rest and he comes a baseball bike win - a good idea right there our Alice did you look at the dimensions here at the Astrodome right there Tony to win and she said leading the league the national league in hitting knows the fast balls coming swings right through it you don't see that very often in the gap toward left-center field but moving over as Henderson to make the play [Music] fielder flies out to the other for the first out of the first inning when is gone and that brings ryne sandberg to the plate most of the national leaguers those in the starting lineup have been in slumps of late Sandburg hitting 272 so far I'm not a spectacular year by any stretch of the imagination and a bad year for us for the Cubs and just about anybody else outside of the Mets of Montreal in the East but Ryan the MVP a couple of years back and the fans remember in there for a strike on one [Music] Clemens consistently in the mid-nineties 96 and up to 97 thus far on the gun here's the old one pitch fouled away Sandberg in the month of July to illustrate the national league slump amongst the starters is hitting 184 and the starting 8 - Gooden through the month of July is hitting just 213 his slump mirrors that of the Cubs even when they do hit their homeruns usually nobody's on they've struggled both offensively and defensively and especially with their pitching a lot of injuries last year all five cup starters were at one time or another on the DL this year Ryan Sandberg takes called strike three so the first strikeout of the all-star game excuse me ow rich Gedman talks about and Lance Parrish receives his pole look where it is right on the corner 97 miles per hour tough to get the bat off your shoulder two down bases empty with no score and now Keith Hernandez of the Mets it's his fourth all-star game but his first start and it's been difficult for just about any other first baseman outside of Steve Garvey to start for the National Eagle in the face decade in there on one heed the course all the way down from really hitting about season-high of 338 spent in another prolonged slump but again another one of those more than one dimensional as we see the excellent curveball can help you with a glove he's won eight straight Golden Gloves down at first base you've seen him play just a little bit tired not concentrating with a big lead the mess f2 well he has a slow fat but as you said he can help you with the glove [Music] still owing to that's how the Hat fitting started with the talking head of Dave Winfield Dave Winfield also can help you with where the glove the only thing is Winfield sitting 70 points lower than Hernandez the Yankees are trying to catch the Red Sox and the Mets are comfortably 13 games ahead of the Expos that's the reason Hernandez is playing in Winfield is playing sparingly the last two weeks [Music] now the way again Whitey Herzog can't believe what has happened to his team this season and whitey one manager who has lost all-star game for the National League in the last 14 yep he was there in 83 at Comiskey Park as Hernandez is a chopper so we played one in Houston with no score it is clocked at 95 plus in the first setting Clements airing it out 11 times and good a total of 8 and when you talk about airing it out there's no better place to do it than in an all-star game where you know you can't be done the bound for the three innings I think the big tendency Allen I started four and pitched in five is that you have a tendency to over throw and it seems like Gooden he threw a little bit harder when he got a runner in scoring position turned it up he faces Wally Joyner here Wally Joyner the first rookie to ever be elected a starter in the all-star game by the fans and of course it's the first time that rookies have been included on the ballots so that obviously helped they get off to a sensational start and he's the man who took rod carew spot at first base for California that has become an instant sensation second and home runs with 22nd and RBIs behind Canseco in both departments he has 72 RBIs what a nice stroke e heads there is the man who figures to be in next for the National League Fernando Valenzuela starting to get loose with Gooden on the mound in the second inning look at Wally Joyner and I think of Freddy Lynn back in 1975 nice sweet stroke where's wally they pitched him a little differently he went down hitting well over 300 to 313 went down to 277 has only hit one home run in the last 25 games so at 19 almost a month ago popped up and Ozzie Smith goes out with wind coming in and it's the wizard one away and Cal Ripkin comes up gives you an idea of good ins high fastball the last three batters for the American League have been retired on fly balls all high fastball for the all-star game as you see the D H rule not in use all starters except pitchers must play three innings unless you're injured and if the last capture becomes injured the removed catcher may re-enter is ripped in takes low for a ball want to go the model of consistency [Music] Cal Ripken hitting 297 consecutive game streak still alive 690 consecutive inning streak still alive in there in the catwoman one as you look around the astrodome ironic in this game you've got Dale Murphy and Center for the National League who came out of the lineup so they would take some of the pressure of that consecutive game streak off he missed a game last week in Philadelphia but Ripken keeps on rolling chopper in the count 1 & 2 you talked to Cal about the streak Jim is it a big thing with him does he want to continue well he just doesn't feel that a lot of people feel that playing every ne of every ball game is counterproductive you get tired he said what's an inning off here and there I would just rather play every inning it I don't really think it's her time a lot of times you think you with a little bit tired this year early in the year I think a lot of people felt he played too many innings he's in July he's been up 47 times for 20 hits so at a time when you think you need a rest he's playing as well as you can play he's sort of downplays it when he's interviewed about it but I guess the longer it goes the prouder you have to become well he's quite an athlete he was an all-state soccer player he's a type of basketball player that can two-hand jams over his head I think most people look at him he's a you take a look he's almost 6 5 or maybe a little bit bigger than that weighs about 225 pounds and they said a guy that's that big and play shortstop the position he had the very mobile it's got to get tired yeah I certainly can't tell from his performance that he's tired as he spits been a busy man he now has three foot ups in one assist two down bases empty and out Nev Winfield down at 232 it's the lowest average any of the starters 13 homers and 56 runs batted ax and for a Winfield this is all-star game number ten six times in the American and for the National while with San Diego want to know I think was very interesting what he said about it's all political very proud man going back to 1984 they said he could hit for an average all he did was hit 340 it was after a year where he had about 35 home runs and one of the toughest right-handed hitters Park in baseball of course he was edged out on the last day of the season by Don Mattingly they talk about the recession here in Houston the oil and gas recession maybe Clemens and Gooden to the answers to that recession some gas we were up in Boston a week ago and standing around on the lobby of the hotel and a man said I abscess tickets I need another six that all I had to do is pay an extra $200 a ticket to see Clemens fish so obviously there's not a recession in Boston he's not for this fellow no recession in the standings there either no recession in the standings here as the Astros have surprised everyone by staying in the race for the most part they've been in first place for the first half of the season though at the all-star break they trailed the Giants by one one two two Winfield the right-field corner and it's a fair ball and strawberry gets it back in his Winfield pulls in a second with a one of the reasons that Dave Winfield can hit for a high average of Yankee Stadium because he does use the right side of the field those guys if Curt Flood used to talk about spray hitter with power raise them over the right you talked about the night basketball it's good and been throwing and there is really not too many better high fastball hitters in Dave Winfield especially fastball just throw it up there and straight he's gonna have a home run swing and that was one of them if everything's achieves to pitch around somebody this is it wall start game number eight hitter and first base open chopper foul and the count all at one that's an intelligent move right there by Lou Whitaker he knows Roger Clemens on deck that he might see a breaking ball no doubt and you saw an excellent curveball good he's looking for that pitch now the problem is that goodness curve balls as good as his past Whitefield at second with two down and the old one to Whittaker is a bad ball foul back bola two on the Tigers second baseman who's making his third all-star start in a row in 21 homers last year and you might recall in Minnesota last year he forgot to bring his uniform left it in the trunk of his car they had a buy one at a souvenir stand and with a marking pencil walking his number number one [Applause] [Music] tourism the case in Detroit [Music] in his last regular-season game Thank You mm it's the curveball up in the strike zone Owen - you want to get it down [Music] second time he's seen that pitch and he gets all you have to do that here in the Astrodome no teepees as we talked about earlier [Applause] two out a double by Winfield a homer by Whitaker and now Clemens chops it foul and so much for pitching around Lou Whitaker as you look at his wife and kids daughter said I'm glad I guess so so is Dick Howser the whole perceptive young daughter you might think about wide hidden pitch around moon Whitaker but one of the reasons is he got a quick strike on him and then you kinda can that theory about pitching around the guy once you get that quick strike on everything fouls the other one back he's Owen too in the hole all star he gets Clemens but a little late after the homer by Whitaker the American League leads outrageousness [Applause] outrageousness nothing more than a way to wake people up especially yourself like the bird been rich exploded onto the baseball scene and was named the American League starting pitcher in 1976 his rookie year today he fills swimming pools with a friend near his home in North Laurel Massachusetts a reminder Monday night baseball resuming this coming Monday two games for you so check your local listings the Mets go to Cincinnati to take on the resurging Reds and the giant may be the biggest surprise of all this year against the Cardinals in st. Louis at 8:00 Eastern Time next Monday Lou Whitaker's home ron has made it two nothing American League as we go to the bottom of the second inning in the 57th all-star game and Gary Carter Darryl Strawberry and Mike Schmidt to face Roger Clemens Carter fouling you've noticed that the National League has Hernandez partner and strawberry batting three four five it's the first time any all-star team has had three men from the same team hit in those slots since 1960 as you can see it right there Maris mantle and scouring the Yankees this partner hits a flyball into centerfield and for emphasis back in 1960 Yogi Berra hit sixth they saw Kirby Pucket been there one the most typical banks in the astrodome is too sometimes followed by ball back first time ever played here in 1965 he played we won 12 to 9 puh-pow played left field we won the game because we hit more fly balls Mickey Mantle hit the first home run that day right well the night before on Friday night my driving to the center field seats are up the chute on the subject of all-bran strawberry had a shot yesterday that had to be seen to be believed in the home run hitting contest as part of the pre all-star workout he fouls it away he hit a speaker in deepest darkest right-center field and if he does that during the game it's in play there it is and as we pull back that's how far that ball travel a monster shot [Music] and he's only the second man to have done it in the astrodome the other was Mike Schmidt back in 74 in a game and it wound up as a single in his face that's his second strike down and speaking of Schmidt he comes up next Glenda's doesn't throw very many bad past boss look where Lance Parrish is sitting look where the ball ends up that's one of the reasons for a success 97 miles per hour and more times - naughty hits the club and again it was a fastball that was up in the strike zone both of these fine young pitchers highball pitchers unless of course they throw the breaking ball high gas it's tough to catch up with it as we said one of the reasons that Gooden has not been as successful this year he's been getting the ball down Clemens throwing it by spit the catalan one Schmidt in two home runs in this park Sunday to lead the Phillies duel went over the Astros and it took the day off from the workout yesterday and played golf Wallace [Applause] here that's Kirby Pucket six down still two nothing American League into to a brought to you by exceptionally smooth nickel old it could make tonight the best part of your day the American League and Rickey Henderson and Wade Boggs the Americans on top - nothing is puckett fouls it back and the count on Kirby is Owen too Puckett in his first two big league seasons at a total of four homers none his first year for his second and already 16 Midway this year they made a change to moved him up on the plate you can see him on top of the plate and I think the pitchers have adjusted now because early in the year he was we looked at two old-timers Vice President George Bush on your right and rusty Staub saab is the honorary captain and one of the original Houston Colt 45 as he dons the replica of a uniform and Don Drysdale is with us tonight we'll be talking with a vice president in the next half inning fouling it away one or two with Henderson waiting on deck and then box to follow and Fernando Valenzuela who will follow good loosens up in the bullpen [Music] it with a shot of the batting title this year fox leaves the league in hitting Mattingly is second and the kirby third at 338 he came up as basically a contact hitter just tried to hit it down on the turf in Minnesota this year Oliva did change him if you look at his build you can see that he get the ball a long way bring it to the Cal this all-star team for this all-star game it has a lot of players that are so well-rounded good defensively good offensively Kirby Pucket Brest is looking good in Kirby Pucket led the American League in assists two years ago second last year to shallow right field and it's strawberry putting it away well-rounded on both ends a lot of gold clubs consecutive games played the hardest rhythm gets concerned with a lot of strikeouts with that man right there update on the speed comparison Gooden is now throwing 27 at 95 plus he's also thrown a lot more pictures than Clemens he's retired the six man he is finished Henderson who bounced into a force good curve for a strike and if you're not used to see them good I guess that's easy to do you've been back and the pitch breaks over I guess it's easy to do if you've seen them 100 seconds [Music] all the media the big question what's the difference between white footed Roger Clemens we've seen tonight they both throw with the same velocity just right around 96 97 miles per hour I think over a course of a season least looking at Dwight Gooden last year in the year before as the better of the curveballs tonight you couldn't tell a difference both of them with the exception of the hanging curveball to Whitaker both of them had an excellent curveball lemons of course has a slider and a changeup even though white throws a changeup he's in a situation again what you said expectations if he throws a changeup and gets hurt with it people are saying he's not using his best pitch himself and that's an for wrecking here's the fastball tight to Henderson after two curveballs a fastball looks like it was thrown about 200 miles an hour that's why you get a check swing in that situation two down and Wade Boggs who flied the left to deep left in the first inning justice is served in a way and there is Tom Lasorda the manager of the Dodgers and one of whitey Herzog's coaches the National League George Brett was voted the starter at third and Brett after a very slow start has really picked it up but George has a bad shoulder so he can't play the knife and box having a great season rightfully gets a spot in the lineup and it's inserted into the three hole another example of one of those players that was a somewhat one-dimensional when he came up she learned how to run moved up by running on his toes become a much better defensive third baseman will eventually hit more home runs look at George Brett in uniform though unable to play tonight strained rotator cuff box toward the middle Sam Urick knocks it down recover but doesn't get him [Applause] it's a bored Samberg making a nice play to get there unable to hold on and box is safe with two down and perish coming up what an infielder tries to do when he backhands the ball whenever he has to go to his right tries to catch the ball in the webbing and that ball hit the heel of the glove of Sandburg he actually went too far and that's why the ball just popped out and no chance to get Bob and give it a man error great southpaw undoubtedly they score never played on astroturf the ball a lot of people say the ball picks up speed I don't think it picks up speed that's probably physically impossible but what it doesn't do is slow down a lot of times that second hop is just as as fast as the first hop there the first hop is over spin on marriage it's a fly ball McMurphy and that's that so Sandburg there [Music] the American League to the National League nothing the vice-president of the United States George Bush and mr. vice president first of all an honor to have you with us and I know that this is extra special to you being down here in Texas for the all-star game well it's a great treat and I've only got one real blessing and that is that I never had to go up against dries down mr. vice president when we talked about your baseball career before going on the air a special thing happened to you by the Bambino Babe Ruth well babe came up to Yale University in 1948 brought his papers he was dying a cancer and of course he was the key figure in baseball and I'll never forget it it's just as alive and experience as it was yesterday and it made a great impact standing there shaking his hand and just the memories flooded back and I've thought about it a lot what a what a great ballplayer and what assembly was for the whole country well in you too mr. vice president thank you so much for being with it's delighted to be here done let's go right up to the booth in L Michaels all right Thank You Don as Dale Murphy he starts things off for the National League in the bottom of the third to nothing the Americans on top as Murphy hits it to the hole backhanded by Ripken Lance [Music] [Applause] well you know about his bad for those of you who don't watch him play a lot even though it's a disputed call at first take a look at his arm we talked earlier about his mobility you get a chance to see it here playing up the middle mixes play a little more difficult now you get to see the arm who does anybody's in baseball when he needs it and he needs it right here Joyner with the tag Clement says now sit down the 70s face and Ozzie Smith of the Cardinals takes high ball one back to what we talked about earlier out they talked about Cal Ripken and they said you know how can you play shortstop when you're that big you can't have good range we saw the arm right there do you see if you know how to play the hitters you can be a good short Whitaker throws Smith out now one better away of the Houston Astro [Applause] [Music] [Applause] he's a man who in spring training really didn't know exactly where he fit into the lineup way some regarded him as the fourth outfielder instead he winds up as the fourth astral on the all-star team and goes after the first pitch and hits it down to Whitaker and Roger Clemens it is three perfect innings and at the end of it's the American League - and the National League nothing do you figure in what's been a real rough year for the Dodgers especially injury-wise meanwhile three perfect innings Jim Bunning our colleague Don Drysdale spun and bunting again antenna McLain Steve stone did it in 1980 and Roger Clemens joins that select list nine up nine down and hats off to you Roger with a two nothing lead Mattingly mean law comes up two teams in here in the fourth inning he'll bat for Wally Joyner and then stay in the game Joyner came up once and popped out in the second so last year's American League MVP facing Valenzuela and taking this drive Ripken do up next and then Winfield and what you'll see from here on out not only pitching changes but a lot of other position changes in pinch hitters and there's a great story about Don Mattingly who's not using his bed he is using the bat of Mike Fishman a utility infielder for the New York Yankees Mike asked him he said I'll probably never get to an all-star game but we at least used my back so he's used in Fishman's back probably teddie to kiss their bridges Betty hey Guerra sorry Mike in the American League bullpen is Mattingly fouls it away the official ins got a good enough sense of humor take a tremendous rash of injuries hey what a frontrunner though he couldn't have picked a better guy to let him use his bat he's already won a batting championship he's already won an MVP award 3:41 this year as you see the fish after the logo a changeup excuse me screwball and that's a posture that many have taken against Fernando Valenzuela he's got so many pitches you see the screwball right here he's got a fastball he can spot I see Manny lay out on his front foot something that's not easy to do it you're a pitcher try to reduce them to take that bat a swing we said he's hitting 341 get hit with power two years ago to 140 over 140 RBIs quite a hitter and made him look bad last fall the rep had taken for a strike Fernando six years in the big leagues and six times on the all-star team never won 20 games and that's the amazing thing 11 and 6 on a team that's 40 and 48 eight games under 500 that hasn't caught the ball very well hasn't scored a whole lot of runs as a matter of fact you take these two pitching staffs believe I'm correct when I say this there's only one guy that's won 20 games and that's Dwight Gooden last season twenty four and four [Music] so as you said there is a changing of the guard very much so and very much simplified by the pictures by the young players accentuated to by joiners selection is the first rookie 2 & 1 the count on Rifkin one of the reasons for Valenzuela success also he'll throw any pitch on any count he's got several different kinds of screwballs curveball and a fastball away bujji there in the counter - and he'll also as you saw with Mattingly throw the screwball to the left-handed hitter and that's what also makes him stand head and shoulders above most most left-handers that throw screwballs most up won't throw it to the left hand Mike Weir for years pitch rhythm for the Orioles would not throw it it just was not effective it comes into the left-hander but when you have a control that Fernando has you can throw it almost any time any word any hitter and he doesn't 3 & 2 the count one of the National League coaches is Davey Johnson whose New York Mets are in very comfortable shape than the National League East leading by 13 at the break in their strike three so Fernando and you saw the graphic he struck out in succession Winfield Reggie Jackson and bred in 84 has got Mattingly and ripped in here you could see us you said Tim said the quality of the screwball that's almost right in the middle of the plate yet he's totally full don't know where to look for the fastball or the curveball or the screwball and you also saw two types of screwballs the screwball on the outside corner on the 2-1 pitch and then he struck him out with the screwball inside now Jesse Barfield of the Toronto Blue Jays bats for Winfield and takes a strike Blue Jays have struggled so far field hasn't gotten some of the acclaim that he deserves 21 homers and 65 RBIs liova this 296 mark in what has to be considered the best overall outfield in baseball as you've got Barfield Lloyd Mosby who's also here and you could certainly make a case for the left fielder George Bell having been named to the team but there's just so much room [Music] wanted to [Music] there's one area that I thought Jesse Barfield would Excel a little bit Morris and base-stealing only three this year first Mosby makes up for it excellent base dealer and center fielder up in Toronto but you don't take extra bases these guys can throw they can get to the ball and hit with power down just enjoyed the curveball up the little Whitaker and that's all it took that's all it took it on that's been my problem all year just you know one mistake pitch and then take them out of the game and for the second half hope I can learn from that what about pitching here in the Astrodome do you like it yeah I love pitch and here's the pitchers ballpark and a night we got a nice hot my own and I hopes the curveball the New York Mets going into the break 13 ahead what do you do to keep up the good things that are going to with you now what these been going great I hope that three day you know lay off ain't heard nothing but it's got a state could keep everybody healthy and taking a game at a time and keep playing we played the first half Roger Clemens was here just a moment ago and you told me that you weren't too thrilled going against him no you know those my turn to hit I didn't want to face them at all okay pitchers thoughts and right now let's go back up to L Michaels all right Thank You Donna is Tony Gwynn leads off and Teddy hug era is on two picks mogera from the Milwaukee Brewers and it means right now you have two Mexican born left-handers pitching in the all-star game Valenzuela and Pajero with a mark of 10 and seven win get away one-on-one Ernie Banks used to say good day for two and of course tonight a good night for to their two Smith's in the game to Hernandez to Fernandez and also to valenzuela's Fernando and Teddy Valenzuela mogera that was his idol growing up in Mexico Fernando the right guy deddi might be Fernando's Idol one of these days hey Garrett has pitched some gyms already in his brief career well then he has he had five pitches last year at herm sûreté pitching coach up in Milwaukee got him down to three a little changeup he turns over he throws a little bit harder than Fernando and he has a kind of a slider curveball which they call a slurve which you saw right there three and two meanwhile Mattingly stays in the game at first base and Barfield stays in the game in right field Mattingly hitting fifth at Barfield hitting seventh three into the cap nobody out bottom of the fourth and a breaking pitch is over strike three so the National League has said ten men to the plate with nary a baserunner something you don't see very often a called third strike talked about Valenzuela throwing any pitch any time and fouled off about four or five fast balls and that all sudden three two fall inside part of plate frozen Ryne Sandberg struck out of the first inning Clemens with three perfect things had two strikeouts he got Sandberg in the first then he got strawberry the second the scoring Winfield a two-out right-field double in the second and then Whitaker a home run after Gooden had gotten ahead or two one in one account this game really all the characteristics of the game played here in 1968 it wound up 1-nothing the only one nothing game in history all-star history as Sandberg hits a flyball to shallow left and Rickey Henderson takes charge isn't used to playing center but knows what it's like to play left because that's where he played as an aide with Murphy incentive for so many years the golden only plays center field up in New York now for the Yankees but I think his best position is left field I've never seen anybody played as well Keith Hernandez at the plate figured as Tim said to be a low scoring game it's a prototypical Astrodome game in a way you know we've had the whole run by Whitaker [Music] from the American League pitching standpoint Rodolphe encounter and this will make for perfect innings as Puckett takes care of Hernandez four quick ones the Americans lead to nothing to everything going right for you right here at home kitty Texas it's another page in the in the history of Roger Clemens this year well it has been it's been like a fantasy camp this year and the Red Sox are playing well and I'm pitching pretty good so far this season right now I'm just looking down the road getting ready for a second half but you know this was a big day for me and a lot of family was here to see it so I'm very happy and of course the Red Sox as you mentioned on top you've got to feel as though that you can be there to stay you are for real this year well I think we are we got a lot of young guys and we got a few pitchers that need to come off the disabled list to help us out in the second half but hopefully we'll get rolling and just keep on rolling Roger good luck thank you thank you let's go back upstairs Dale Michaels all right Don Whittaker comes up and it's Lou who's the difference in this one right now two out Winfield at second second inning to deep right field and out of here into the seats for Whitaker who has 12 during the regular season and we mentioned three homers in his last five games last week and the difference in tonight's encounter with the Americans on top to nothing in the fifth Whitaker and the antenna Kagera to come up next the pitcher by kirby puckett Fernando Valenzuela who struck the sign out in the fourth deels 1 1 and it's one and two wife Linda among voters here at the dome [Applause] Steve sax representing the Dodgers in the all-star game in there strike graves in 84 and his worth noting again he got Winfield Jackson and Brett has now taken care of Mattingly Ripken Barfield and Whitaker Tagus shades of caramel humble back in 1934 he struck out five in a row to lead off the game not too shabby a hitter's that he got now a figure said Garrow would break the string doesn't it own one he was hoping that Lou Whitaker got a hit so he could fun [Music] one countryman faces the other and he would tie Karl Hubble's work here with another strike all you have his Babe Ruth and then he had Lou Gehrig and then Jimmie Foxx and then Al Simmons the Joe Cronan at the time you think it was they thought it was that great a thing [Music] history [Applause] endo has struck a cat5e space and after B Puckett comes up everyone he first came up at 80 he looks so overweight and his mannerisms were so unusual in everybody said he's a flash in the pan Valenzuela wouldn't have had a chance to start were it not for an injury to Jerry Royce opening day [Music] American League - National League nothing 1986 all-star game brought to you by the new cigar Bert Don Drysdale born happenings gone the American League leading to nothing and Gary Carter to leave things off against Milwaukee's Teddy McGarrett in the bottom of the fifth Gardner flied out for a stripper takes outside there's Fernando who's faced six retired all and struck out five looking for a bat hopeful he'll get up he's a good hitter the chances are slim they'll get to his spot hit three home runs one year we talked about the dimensions this park used to be the best pitching Park in the National League now it's about the third best they brought the fences in just about really 10 to 12 to 6 feet around depending which part of the park you go to but also I think another thing as a former pitcher is that again we [Music] you look at Fernando obviously the pressure doesn't bother him nor does the American League hitters look at charter grounds it 2/3 where boggs picks it up and that's 13 up and 13 down to the and in shades of 1980 when the game was played in LA the first 14 national leaguers went out in order and then ken griffey hit a two-run homer or hit a homer long Tommy John animations fp9 for the National League on the win the game 4-2 - you just saw one of the differences and a third baseman playing on natural surface and artificial surface you saw Bob's first step to his right and then he adjusted back to his left ball gets on you in a hurry on the artificial surface of course [Music] want to know the count on strawberry field and bar field [Applause] [Music] [Applause] the throat Darryl Strawberry a breaking ball you speed up is bad a little bit but see the long arms the extension then you see the topspin Barfield first step is really didn't a lot of topspin falls right below [Music] awfully good outfielder that play could be bait he's usually going to make it Mike Schmidt flied to Center in the second day American League plays in straight away and he lays off a high baseball one ago the calendar of course off a hot game on Sunday he had two home runs in this ballpark for the Phillies at first Mason save the game with a diving staff is not a lightweight in 137 he struck out 115 batters fastball over 90 miles per hour Jim we were talking about it between innings he throws like Valenzuela maybe a little harder he is very very impressive first time ever the seen him pitch and if you talk to American League hitters they say he paints in other words he's on the corners excellent control ago with really overpowering stuff and really a thought that I was trying to get to earlier was it we take a look at the mound characteristic of a good pitching wall part is the pitching mound very high mount here good call we've seen those all night [Music] bring in one house poor thing though right here too you have a tendency to overthrow and you're looking at a guy named Mike Schmidt who has 477 fight they'll work [Applause] thanks good [Applause] it's worth 72 brother he goes to second with one down and here is mercy for him 273 average in 36 RBIs coming off a shoulder injury to his right shoulder a story we heard he was only been played three innings and I guess this is what you talked about the spirit of the National League players once the game starts you don't want to come out and also one of the reasons that he played in 740 consecutive games he by the way told me on the plane down here to Houston from New York Ted Simmons had a lot to do with his deciding not to play last Wednesday and set him down to the locker and he said you're the one who has to make this decision how long do you want to keep it up Ted Simmons of course a veteran Ketchum to the Atlanta Braves from the Milwaukee Brewers this spring [Music] an easy play for Kirby Pucket taggi was not going anywhere and there are two down Daryll is still a second and Mike Smith is at first and with two away Ozzie Smith is due up but whitey we'll look for the three-run homer and he'll send you B Brooks of the Montreal Expos to the plate and in Brooke to stay in the game George stop an interesting thing about the three run home run al you have to go all the way back to 1964 Johnny Callison last time a nationally ever hit home run so they have won without the Earl Weaver three-run home run so to speak we said 21 out of the last 23 ballgames and here's a guy very capable of hitting a home run even though is coming off a thumb injury and he's not hit a home run in a in a long time well you be Brooks went to Montreal in the Gary Carter deal and need a team I would imagine would turn that one down Carter's been a lot to the Madson they have no gripes when they look at the standings and the Expos among others picking up UV Brooks who has developed into one of the premier shortstops in baseball also in that trade floyd yeoman supplying young right-handed pitcher of herm Winningham and Mike Fitzgerald and all around the 20 [Music] and Brooks all of a sudden has developed into an adequate shortstop and a guy especially with two outs he is one of the most victorious to that's the situation right here with two out of two on the American league-leading - nothing the big advantage though a lot of all-star game said if you can't throw strikes Walker Smith newbie Brooks doesn't know how you throw chances are he is not seated I always felt the pitcher had an advantage it's against Aaron and me when I ran into problems when I could get the ball over the plate or when I got behind go back to 1977 where I served up three long ones in Yankee Stadium one to the crooks is a basketball [Music] Valenzuela would be do up Dex but would pin and let Davis of the Astros is out on deck if crooks keep seeing it going [Music] Brooks it's an off the hands down a second and what occur later on either side rally is squashed it still do nothing going to the 6th I'm David Marvin tomorrow morning highlights from tonight's all-star game in Houston we'll meet Vanna White as I was warming up in the bullpen in Detroit Reggie Jackson off the transport total silence at the ballpark as everybody else watched it too what a smash that was like a golf ball as Ricky Henderson starts things in the six inning Anderson has grounded out and struck out he'll be followed by Boggs and Parrish in a couple of changes for the National League is it's fouled straight back for the national league the new third baseman is Chris Brown of the San Francisco Giants and the new right fielder Dave Parker of the Cincinnati Reds Walker backs Brownback sixes Henderson take subscribe this wouldn't bite for that overly humble shot which with a three solid hitch does it matter yeah they are now I'll tell you that [Music] the other change for the National League is that Brooke stays in the game you now playing shortstop with Ozzie Smith out [Music] Cooper back of third Brown is calling but he's waived away by Brooks so Henderson is now old for three and wait pods will be coming to the play a reminder ABC's Wide World of Sports there are the times in the comic industry standard a feature in the World Bank spectacular including Torvill and Dean between appearance and the Harlem Globetrotters and the week after Mike Tyson back in action the heavyweight takes on Marvis Fraser and Barry McGuigan and the rematch with Steve proves Wade Boggs look to the strike boxers flied to left and reached on an error it softly in the center for a basic so Boggs is on and it will bring up Paris I think I mentioned rematch of McGuigan and Cruz which is news to those guys who will have for you is the tape of their recent money so predictable here box with a lifetime batting average over 325 he's old for two you know he's going to get a hit this fights it off good pitch by Valenzuela but Boggs won the war just fisted it into centerfield what was that amazing stat last year with the count oh and two after that box hit 390 on the year and lifetime he's over 400 against Ray needed pitching at home box it first with one away Parrish into play [Music] - swing shallow flyball former FIFA they out and we'll see mattingly one other thing worth mentioning about box for those of you who don't really follow the game he's having a great year and he's doing it under extreme duress whose mother was tragically killed in an auto accident about a month ago so he was gone for a week and he's been able to come back and we talked to him in Boston last week and he says hey this is the best thing play baseball every day so he's a man carrying quite a burden magnificently [Music] mattingly now who pinch-hit for joiner and struck out in the fourth inning [Music] ha [Music] Valenzuela it is final inning of work and if he does not allow that'll make seven and two-thirds innings in his lost our career without allowing a run [Music] one-on-one the basic problem is it's my first night and he's doing hip okay runs and then that's when the problem started I got older the lineups got better one or two Mattingly who I think a couple of weeks ago was voted the number one player by his peers oh love about 419 players said what he wants to do is should take another look at the screwball way out in front again did she struck out on last time said he wants to improve every time every year he plays the game of baseball to Sandberg is over and at the end of five and a half of the answer Whitakers homer it's two nothing American League IBM presents you make the call a batter hits a sinking line drive it bounces directly off a fielder's leg the ball then goes straight up in the air before coming down in the fielder's glove is the batter out you make the call computers who's got time to figure out how to use them that's how the owners of a clothing stole a father and son felt about personal computers until they got one and the catering business until they got we're IBM and we've seen some very skeptical people become very enthusiastic and that makes us proud because we have more computers helping more small businesses a banner is considered out if a ball is caught before it touches the ground even if it hits off of fielder's body first so if you said the banner was out then you made the right call fancy restaurant Bob Feller now 67 years old a long time ace of the Cleveland Indians and still pitching he tours the country for charity visiting minor league ballparks like this one in Peoria Illinois and for a donation you can take your cuts against the hall-of-famer [Music] coming up this week and a British open Saturday third-round action beginning into the Eastern and then Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. Eastern final round turn great British Open this weekend on ABC Tim Raines of the montréal Expos will pinch-hit for Fernando Valenzuela who work three innings allowed no runs one hit and struck out five and those were in succession to tie an all-star game record and now Tim Raines having a great season at 333 41 steals [Music] the birds now emerging as a true superstar a guy who's been around long enough and he's just about been consistent most amazing tribute plays in Montreal doesn't have the exposure a lot of American teams yet over 900,000 boats in the all-star so the fans are aware of it who said a switch-hitter hit 320 last season amazing base stealer for not only amount of basis but percentage which is the most important thing to straightaway centerfield Kirby Pucket is right there tapping his glove went away five foot outs for the twin centerfielders range is gone and Tony Quinta the Padres there's over Zuko one change for the American League Lloyd Mosby is in the game now Mosby of the Blue Jays in left field as Rickey Henderson is finished for the night when fouls it away one [Music] teddie higuera of Milwaukee and relief of Roger Clemens who was perfect if you joined us late the only scoring in the second inning Dave Winfield with two-out double to right and then Lou Whitaker with first base open the number even went into the seats in right field and exponet to nothing American League [Music] interesting thought earlier George Brett you talked about the fact that he was voted to the team but because of the rotator cuff injury is not playing when asked to explain why the national ego always wins or at least 21 out of 23 times as Gwyn grams to Mattingly for the op she's talked basically that every time the national ink has been given a chance to win the ballgame they've taken advantage of it tonight not too many opportunities so far I mean they have been shut down Roger Clemens and now Teddy who Europe they have not had a lot of good pitches to hit and this is not a bad lineup that you gara and Clemens is facing Ryne Sandberg struck out flied to left the guy they're going to be facing for the American wake in the seventh [Music] McGarrett tahaafe three totally different pictures Sanford thousand away we talked earlier about the fact that the National League all-stars as a starting unit anyway and a pretty good collective slump in the month of July and its continued tonight you're looking at a kind that could put you into a slump son that to a lot of American League hitters Tim and we have really haven't gotten a radar reading but Clemens was around 97 I know on Milwaukee's radar gun which one of those slow guns which is three to five miles per hour a little bit slower than the normal jugs gun now they don't like you to say that he's right around 90 miles per hour so he gets it up there in a hurry 1 & 2 and Charlie huffed at the age of 38 his first all-star appearance come on up [Applause] we are told Jim that you gara has thrown the ball 91 92 miles an hour Sandberg on so the end of six it's still two nothing American on the same lines with Fernando Valenzuela five strikeouts in her own Fernando congratulations different names in that order the last one being Ted of Europe but it's still there yeah I'm very happy for for the record you know like oh say I know everybody know who is Kerala's yeah okay your star and I'm very happy for Tyler's record and of course you've got the bed right here you couldn't convince Whitey Herzog that you wanted to hit now you know but I take say we have a real hit it you know and it's because in shape for me I drool training's I took this okay Fernando congratulations okay thanks all right let's go back down Michaels all right you got a love Fernando as you look at Mike Scott hand the other night he's a pinch hitter went from first to third on a nice base running play but then tired himself out to the point where Orel Hershiser had to go in to run for him Mike Scott who leads the majors in strikeouts starts the seventh inning with a fastball to Cal Ripken that's in foul toward the bullpen and Hernandez runs out of room now other changes for the National League he arranged stays in the game in left field and chili Davis is in center with Steve sacks at second and we'll give you the American League changes as well or a look right now at the lineup in case you're keeping score it should look like that and they'll replace Pajero because he's gone three and mosby has already replaced Henderson in left field 1 & 1 the count on Ripken Mike Scott who's thrown that split fingered fastball and some will say something else as well on his route to success this season what might that be James [Music] and we'll have to open that mr. Palmer is Mike I think Scott probably cut you off well that was the split-finger fastball which is and there you see the what he calls it that pitch effective is running through before a little more pressure on the middle finger what's the ball sale away Ripken doesn't see that pitch too often of course when you thrown the ball around 96 miles per hour it's going to make it even more effective but going back to what you said early this an Francisco Giants Roger Craig has been the advocate of that split finger fastball and has made all the difference in the world for Mike Scott wonder what his record would be if the Astros here in Houston had scored a lot of runs had supported it well he's pitched brilliantly nearly every time out last year 18 and 8 this year similar record want to know on Barfield planning for the second time in the game and there was the pension it's more than one that was that split finger fastball and I'm wondering what Roger Craig is thinking now when he taught it to Mike Scott he was a scout for the Detroit Tigers now he's a manager with the San Francisco Giants and their game ahead of the Astro [Music] [Applause] and their main competitors best pitcher I think Roger is one of those that think Scott has thrown that other pictures well yes complained about on Buck Rogers have a mantra all vide first he said the other day though he thinks he's gotten honest [Applause] [Music] 161 pathologist the bottom falls that if you do hit the ball you hit the top half of the ball and it's a grounder very effective pitch Jim his Mike Scott has told me that that pitch is not that difficult to throw it that's the case and a lot of pitchers see the success that most pitchers are handling with that pitch wired more than throwing it well first of all I think you have to have an overhand delivery and Mike Scott has that secondly have to have long fingers which he has number three you have to have the right guy teach you and Roger Craig did it in ten days [Music] takes us right crowd coming to life as they sense Scot striking the side out he's got Ripken he's got Barfield and white is hitting for Whittaker [Applause] additionally the game [Applause] [Music] [Applause] white makes contact and good deep contact the center field [Applause] with the designed to be struck [Applause] and the American League these three tonight [Applause] was the cleanup hitter in the World Series for Kansas City last year we've seen two home runs tonight for the American League they're both the no two pitches they're both what you would call mistakes was supposed to be one of those fast balls that didn't cut a little bit too much of the paint white as you said has become [Music] this year thrills at the left-center 3-nothing and Harold Baines now batting for mogera will see Hough in the bottom of the seventh inning as Baines of the White Sox the sole representative of the White Sox stands in to face sky [Music] James 3:16 [Music] a quiet type with a solid and very steady player [Music] and he grounds it to the right side where his facts is his first answer the game leaves [Music] the 1986 all-star game there's brought to you by me and my ability I don't want anything interfering with the way I play the game cocaine's no way to believe in yourself it can kill you if you're into cocaine get off it you're living a lie get off it while you still have a life cocaine the big lie call 1 800 662 help furnished by Major League Baseball in cooperation with the US Department of Health and Human Services bottom of the seventh here's all the scoring in the game 2nd inning Winfield at 2nd base two out oh and two on Lou Whitaker over the wall - nothing American League and it stays that way until the seventh inning with two out and again an old two-count Mike Scott working and Frank white it's one out and so it's three nothing American League the American League has not won an all-star game in a National League ballpark in 24 years the last time was 1862 at Wrigley Field in Chicago that was one of the years in which they played two all-star games first one was in Washington and the second one at Clark and Addison [Music] Charlie Huff who throws the knuckleball the Texas Rangers Hernandez it's a swamp fly ball to right field and Warfield dan has taken care of and Gary Carter coming up quite a story Charlie Huff broke his pinky finger on his pitching hand shaking hands and a messing around with a guy early in the season was brilliant spring training one nine games kind of wonder if he had been there all year where the Rangers would be only a game and a half out in the American League West the biggest question I had now was to Lance Parrish who is catching the knuckleball have you ever done it before he said yeah I did it a triple-a level and I said how do you go about doing it you wait for the ball to get to you or he had tried to go out and snag it he said first him you know about this he said you can't wait for the ball to get to you because it sometimes doesn't well as you see Carter up there I'll tell you the best explanation that I have ever heard about how to hit the knuckleball and it was told to me by Duke Snider we used to play catch on the sidelines with Gil Hodges who had an excellent knuckleball and Duke who hit the knuckleball very well learned how to hit it because he waited to catch it [Music] and that's what you have to do to hit it you have to wait until the last minute and that's the same formula you have to take into it when you take into consideration when you try to catch the ball you wait till the last minute and you snare it there's a look at the national league lineup the way it is at the moment and where they're hitting was Scott now on the number 2 spot [Music] - Wanda Carter is in the air to right field and Barfield has another play and that's two knives of the squirrel up here in the seventh inning I still think the best explanation was Bob Uecker how to catch the knuckleball weighting it up when it stops rolling exactly wailing stops rolling and pick it up there's an example of waiting a little bit law with Gary Carter he waited waited got the ball in on him and fly ball to right field by waiting when you're trying to catch it and I caught three knuckleballers among whom were Bob chief and our and Barney Schultz back in 1964 who came the Cardinals but by waiting on it your arms relaxed and that's how you catch it most effectively with relaxed arms Parker hits it foul Walker batting for the first time in the game Walker of the resurgent Reds in what's a true sixteen battle in the National League West you go figure or not anybody can win Activision and the Reds playing very well just prior to the all-star break Mattingly snares it makes the play on the system and as the sixth time in seven innings the Nationals have gone out one two three as you look at Ralph Kiner and Kathleen Sullivan hello it's three nothing in the all-star game and a new battery it's in Fernandez the winningest pitcher in the National League 12 and 2 the hawaiian born left-hander comes out of the bullpen to work the 8th and his new battery mate is Jody Davis of the Chicago Cubs who takes over for Gary Carter as Kirby Pucket leads things off Puckett has played the whole game the starting centerfielder Fernandez misses low for a ball want to know well it took 27 years since the state of Hawaii what 1959 and the pitcher now Sid Fernandez and Charlie Hough both from the state of Hawaii and they're the first two pictures ever to pitch from the state of Hawaii Ron darling was a member of the National League team last year he's from Hawaii but he did not pitch last year laughs left only was young and Fernandez not only born there grew up there and still lives there great story Kaiser high school and a one-time Dodger and when the Dodgers had their problems in the bullpen a couple of years back and having go to the Mets to pick up the reliever Carlos Diaz they had to part with Fernandez has really turned out to backfire on la do it too in a very deceptive wind up very long Longstride hides the ball well furball basically a two pitch pitcher comes come up a little bit of a changeup late in the National League in wins with 12 see him miss with a curveball last year I think the incredible thing only 9:00 at 9:00 but had the most it's allowed per nine innings in the nationally even lower than white good which one criticism he needs to throw more strikes 57 walks in 118 innings this year and he's still won 12 games runs a lot of full counts as he does here and Puckett draws a walk is only in a second walk in the game take a look at Sid Fernandez in very deceptive motion which the Longstride uses our body very well see the good follow-through they're going to teach somebody how to throw a pitch that would be the way you want to do it just go with your arm use your body now lloyd Mosby bats for the first time in the game the Blue Jays centerfielder taking low ball one [Music] it at first base and nobody out Mike Krukow throwing in the National League bullpen [Music] so he's in arrears to hell National League trying to give chef Feenie another going away president there's Krukow throwing job is the retiring president of the league with the Yale president a Bartlett Giamatti taking over after the season [Music] the Americans have other ideas tonight Fernanda is behind a three and Oh boy pose B hangs in there against lefties and he's willing to take a walk he's walk 41 times already this year you're gonna walk it he'll take it so he went seven innings he would walk in the game that was Schmitt who was walked by mogera in the fifth and now Puckett walks on a 3-2 pitch and Mosby walks on four pitches and Hernandez goes to the mound to visit with Fernandez and not on common sight during the regular season and so did Jody Davis and in an all-star game as a catcher you really don't know what to tell the picture you met him in the clubhouse and usually faced him with a bat in your hand you know you go out there I mean what are you going to the village stay on top of me there's nothing you can't just go out for show give them the ball Frank yeah Rostron this case does it meanwhile here is Brooke Jacoby batting for Wade Boggs the Cleveland third baseman comes up with runners at first and second and he bunts foul normally in an all-star game you're not going to see very much bunting with Puckett at second and Mosby at first but in a situation like this and the way things have gone for the American League they're a little sensitive to the way they've been beat up on through the years and they're looking for those extra runs here I suppose you're right but you know here's Jacobi's first at-bat and the all-star competition is called upon to sacrifice yeah we also had 20 home runs last year this is not a normal situation for him wired 83 by the Indians for Len Barker the phrase that they've made over the last years that have really made them the surprise team in the American lake record of 46 and 39 presently in third place right behind the Yankees [Music] there you can see graphically the Americans dominate early on in the series has started 33 in the Nationals when 11 of the 16 that the real domination began as Jacoby goes down on strikes so they sent him up there to bunt took one shot at dad and then strikes out sleep and as is the case off times with Fernandez you can get a lot of walks and a lot of strikeouts you got two blocks in 1k deceptive high fastball and I think the one thing that I when you talk to hitters what makes them Timmy you see him all year is that he throws the ball on so many different planes a lot of balls up in the strike zone but yet he can make the pitch down in the strike zone so you really don't know where to look yeah he's one of those types of pitchers where just throw the jug gun away that radar gun you don't even worry about it he rarely breaks ninety miles an hour the radar gun important for pitchers like Clemens and Gooden but not for a guy like Fernandez Jim Rice now of the Boston Red Sox who's having a good year even though he's hitting few home runs hitting for a high average this season at 334 nine homers that's on release like what 60 RBIs but he can hit home run that's what is in the back of your mind in the 60 RBIs this year means he's hitting with men on base rice batsmen perish with two on and one out of the eighth inning three nothing American League one-on-one [Music] almost like the gym has made a conscious effort to hit the ball the other way one of the strongest hitters in baseball and do that very well last year 35 double plays is going the other way staying out of double play situation is this most Fernandez basketball so if you haven't seen him he probably can't believe how quickly it gets up there this foot hits the ground before his arm comes around and usually when the foot hits the ground the hitter has to commit himself and then the arm comes to know and that was a typo you're exactly right that indicated the type of fastball that Fernandez grows most off [Music] 1 2 pitch the runners go rice strikes out the english's go [Applause] but Davis's throw was in the dirt and the inning is still alive with Mattingly coming up one of the problems a catcher has with the right-handed hitter up he does have that impediment up the right-handed hitter and Jody Davis threw the ball behind rice and into the dirt Chris Brown couldn't find the ball initially and Puckett come up and just taking off for home I think he would have made it look at Brown Brandon know whether the balls Danny was trying to hold his glove down he might have had ahold of Kirby's foot instead of Paul Mattingly who has struck out and grounded out tonight he didn't start the game Wally Joyner did what old for one as Mattingly takes outside he's finding out what life in the all-star game is all about twice against Fernando head again Fernandez - easy pushers to hit off [Music] you're a pitcher in the American League and you happen to be left-handed you realize that mr. manalese here I think 17 or 18 of his 35 home runs we're off left-hander one of those strange stats New York Yankee hitters against met pitchers were hitless before Dave Winfield got the double back in the third inning or the second inning Don Mattingly tried to do the same thing obviously unaware of it one ball two strikes the count on him this was Petros at the plate you even know this oh yeah Noah yeah know who the pitchers were and who the hitters Zach over three over four whatever [Music] what to pitch to attune runners at second and third with two down there's mosby first base open and Ripken on deck his strikes out the side [Music] back after this from your local station we lived a fear scoring summary now pretty brief Dave Winfield the two-out double in the second and Lou Whitaker hit a home run to make it to nothing and Frank white hit a two-out own two home run in the seventh inning three nothing the American League pitching has been brilliant and Charlie Hough works on a crisp round the Giants in the bottom of the 8th inning Chris Brown having a great season as the Giants they finished dead last last year brought Roger Craig in to manage and as the saying goes you got to like these kids Brown is one of the kids chili Davis is not a kid anymore he's been around but he's having a fine year and Mike Krukow is the other giant here in Houston [Applause] in his second year the [Applause] we talked about waiting for the knuckleball and watch Chris Brown wait for the knuckleball Pop's it over the head of Lloyd Mosby and left field and that is the first extra-base hit the National League this evening of course they only have to hit what all great hitters do committed himself but kept his hands back and enough to go to talk to anybody they say what's the difference between Chris Brown 1985 in 1986 he's cut down on his strokes last year they saw the finest beaver in the National League for thorough basements one of the reasons while they're close to really leading the National League West on top by a game with chili Davis one of the few who wears his first name on the back of his uniform by the blue of the Giants will be another as its fouled away the new catcher for the American League is rich Gedman and there he is Dedmon of the Red Sox batting in the four spot and Brooke Jacoby has stayed in the game [Music] [Applause] the conditions at candlestick you won't want a spelling bee with if you get the idea fouled away in the cat one answer that kind of chilly supposed to be [Music] right now that and wouldn't you know that whitey Herzog's the manager I mean the Cardinals haven't hit all season so what else is new for whitey he must feel right at home tonight as Davis strikes out [Applause] [Music] think about the on-deck circle as well growing in one motion watch Kidman off with a mass latest didn't run right away but chili Davis can run Getman making a very quick play over there obviously with first base occupied then on the third strike the kitchen but must catch it get the maid of [Music] and you begrudge who comes up now wasn't exactly given him any no rush was in the on-deck circle and Gibbon had to think about throwing around Brooks as well infield plays back it's a strikeout of the wild fish Brook takes his time [Applause] gone again [Applause] around here chanting I believe we want Davis Glen Davis the Astro who was out earlier and a prior inning continued on [Applause] here for the national leg as you look at Charlie Hoffman honesty they are hitting the ball rather crisply Dick Howser with Dave Righetti and Don Asti leading the major leagues for 22 saves and Willie Hernandez down the bullpen has chosen not to get anybody up I'll tell you a lot of times you can tell apprehension in a catcher by what his right hand does and watch rich Gedman just before he receives the knuckleball that hand goes out it's rigid and what he's trying to do is just to protect anything he's got it call for the knuckleball and watch his right hand [Applause] see it open up like that that's an apprehensive catcher he couldn't believe me trust me [Music] all anything you can but the balls down dancing around where they call those butterfly catches of left lepidopterist right we already got you think they're working with another strikeout it gets away from Gedman who throws home and covers [Applause] but the place should have gone to first base watch his right hand come out see how stiff it is remember we talked about waiting for the knuckleball to relax the arms and Edmunds plays his first face at first base into three one ball game bottom of the 8th inning that's exactly what Charlie Hough is thinking is he slate hovering home plate gentleman makes the wrong place so does huh around scores remember the one-hitter earlier in the year when Charlie huh [Music] from second base and that was the night that came within a couple of apps of a no-hitter right Wally Joyner was the runner at second base and ended up the one hitter he lost to the one debatable thing ho here is that you have three of the premier relievers in the throw a knuckleball you have a catcher that obviously is having difficulty they heard you because there goes Righetti as range it's a bouncer foul so hop in the end it gives up the double he has two strikeouts but Devon has to make a great play to get one out at first that last strike out is also a pass ball tries to get them to allow the run to score it's three to one with Brooks at birthdays [Music] the game Charlie huh thirty-eight years old a long career finally makes it to an all-star game and as Jim mentioned started the season on the disabled list with that weird DJ he was actually shaking hands with a circuit court judge in Florida good buddy in his and they went through a pinkie shake and the shake said the banks [Applause] chopper foul and I still own food obviously it's a terrible situation for rich Gedman I mean here's his first experience knowledge at handling enough of all Lance Parrish in handle I know that yet Minh hasn't been handled all our it didn't weigh this year it also presents another problem a knuckleballer ballers and get there quicker talking about somebody throws 60 miles per hour time had been cool by bruce fremming the play-doh fire because they bought had been called he's not the lead and now a boy I think he called it on the stop you got to come to a 1001 one second stop but no knuckleballer that I've ever seen ever stops no pitcher ever does it he can get away with that's right and the reason he's not stopping is because the reason he doesn't stop is because it takes longer he doesn't get the ball to home plate as quickly and you can steal easier easier off knuckleballs Gedman knows that Hough knows that so does the National League [Music] three-two-one the American League won out Brookes at second and rains thousand away still wanted to Virginia raised [Music] husband representing the today in Virginia rains quite an athlete our own right down in Sanford Florida ran track down their marvelous athlete [Music] got a shot [Music] get been doing a good job just trying to battle that knuckleball back there that's what he's throwing so maybe you just don't throw as good a knuckleball and then you give a little bit of an advantage to the hitter guy doesn't need an advantage [Music] [Applause] the knuckleball and Gedman makes the tag for the out so hop is now struck out three in the still one ask Steve sax in the doctors [Music] here's that bug one more time the Deadspin Deadspin buck reaching right coming back left and it finally hits the heel of the glove I'll tell you sometimes you not a catcher when you're catching a knuckleballer you're a blocker get a lot of skate saves back there [Music] Sachs is at the plate so hopin to change to strikeout for in the inning wild shot say that that's never been done I would think so not in the all-star game regular season [Applause] it has not been done in all-star competition meanwhile we've had 19 strikeouts in the game tonight as the pitch is a fastball for a strike of the canvas two and one [Music] breakfast at second throughout [Music] Steve sax okay ironic throws the good knuckleball the hitter camp hit it and a catch her can't catch it for the same reason did you ever have a problem [Music] [Applause] so Ashley to to the crowd Vegas good knuckleball but it's down the middle of the plate [Applause] wait on it Mosby concedes the run something they should have done earlier in the inning right in the out at first base right [Applause] waiting's over Mouser comes out to the mound he's got I see in the bullpen and Dave Righetti this is something a manager really doesn't want to do in an all-star game go to the mound and get somebody but he's got to do it here with Glenn Davis coming up three two American League we'll be back rip sewell pitched in three all-star games in the 40s but is best known for serving up this whole run to ten Williams on his famous Efus pitch today despite the loss of both legs rip manages three rounds of golf a week in the Florida sunshine Dave Righetti of the New York Yankees comes out of the bullpen now to face Glenn Davis who leads the National League in home runs that's remarkable because in this ballpark it's very difficult it's almost impossible for an astro or cardinal let's say at Busch Stadium to lead the league but Davis has a good job to give you some idea he has hit nine home runs in this ball two years ago the entire Astro team hit incredible strength quick back likes the ball out over Jenny certainly has the velocity to do that the recent Dick Howser have sex with 22 stars you bring in Righetti little tougher to steal on donis he was leading the major leagues in saves his tall guy about six-four six-five easier to steal on [Applause] [Music] lack of a set up man in New York Brian Fisher the man they counted on has not done the job has been he still with the Yankees but sent out of time or two there goes sex good jump up at in Dakota second [Applause] [Music] than many times you go on the first move from the left-hander [Applause] [Music] Steve with a good jump yebin with a quick release makes a good throw but it's not in time to actually easily beats the throw Frank white with a nice stock keeping the ball from going into center field wanna go on Glenn Davis the Astro first baseman [Applause] [Music] well this is storybook time the local hero makes good he's to go ahead run opportunity talking about the American League they usually seize it [Applause] [Applause] Brook Jacobi of the Indians makes the cake [Applause] - to make it 3-2 - as we go to the ninth the heavyweight fight Mike Tyson against Marvis Frazier and look back at the recent fight between Barry McGuigan and Steve Cruz with Cruz upsetting the Irishman Mike Krukow of the San Francisco Giants thrilled to be in an all-star game having a great season for the Giants and pitching the ninth inning here going to work on Ripken in the count want to know so Cal Ripken who's played every inning for four years just keeps on rolling that's the night that he's still in there what's the old saying you rest in the wintertime right closest that streak ever kid came to ending was last year he sprained his ankle on a Monday night heist it all night fog all day long and then tape it up and went out plate [Music] Barfield and white follow takes care of Ripken who goes old for tonight without hitting the ball out of the infield 12 strikeouts will the American League tonight and the national leaguers has struck out seven times so a record has been tied and we're on the verge of a new one 19 strikeouts total in the game the all-star game marks at two years ago a candlestick with 21 bar filled at the plate [Music] when the National League bats in the bottom of the ninth inning it'll be Keith Hernandez then they go to the pitchers spot mr. trucco and then Dean Parker is due up third Brown is there first puts it away [Applause] to God and Frank white who is now the difference in the game white came up in the seventh inning two out the count went to Owen to the crowd began to rise to its feet in anticipation of the Astro Mike Scott striking the side out and then white parked went into the seats and left very big run what that run did was really make a grand slam or four runs the amount of runs that the National League needed to come up with to beat the American League it's just a classic game of baseball whether it's the World Series the all-star game a regular major league season the National League has really made two mistakes Oh to curveball by good the O to pitch by Scott both the turned out to be home runs flyball to left field Tim Raines will put it away and up come the National League in the bottom of the ninth-inning with the Americans on top later too why Wrigley Field in Chicago that's the last time the American since then have one in Detroit 71 and at Comiskey in Chicago and 83 in that's Willie Hernandez and Donna she throwing in the bullpen with Keith Hernandez coming up and Jody Davis that second in the inning as they had inserted Davis into the four spot when he came in at Parker in its third Monday night baseball back next week the Mets against Cincinnati the Giants taking on the Cardinals check your local listings for the game in your area so on the Astrodome where it's been a big year for the Houston Astros new manager Hal Lanier who president and general manager Dick Wagner and a capacity crowd of the dome looking on hopeful of a nationally come back here as Hernandez starts the bottom of the ninth inning with a chopper back of third field and in fair Toby guns and concave his whole before tonight [Music] Jody Davis jacobee on the line at third blade on third base and the all-star game you can play standard brand baseball and traditionally whenever in doubt you go to what you've been doing for years and that's guarding the line and that time it paid off excuse me we talked about that in the playoffs might not always be the right thing to do but certainly paid off then Davis takes outside one team's for the American League they finally get Cal Ripken out of a ballgame that's the significance of this Tony Fernandez brilliant young shortstop on the Blue Jays taking over Davis drection into centerfield for a base Thursday's [Applause] [Music] comes up as the winning run most likely you'll see a pinch runner here Tony painting the third catcher take a look at the fastball right down the middle next year just things at the center field so you have the tying run at first the winning run at the plate I love it Tony Pena is a pinch runner his catches can do it all [Music] let's see you 67 ulcer ganger 3 4 3 and led the National League in triples what else can we get I still can't believe that Dave Parker [Applause] well if he hit a home run would submit the MVP award of this game I'm sure that's something he's all one back in 79 with his arm the way he threw out two runners that night it came dolphins Seattle July 17 1979 to win the MVP award and he was 1 for 3 at the play to that one [Applause] tonight partner Oh having grounded out rips it Pina round second goes to third as all the time and [Music] and when you're getting a left-hander and Chris Brown [Music] I see in the bullpen this reaction by Dave Parker extending those arms and rifling one to right field [Music] very much I don't want to win too badly do they well I can smell it now Bowser says give me the right-hander not Fernandez who started it he wants us to here were the Orioles and so it comes down to Ozzy trying to slay the Giants he's got Chris Brown and then chili Davis on deck meanwhile there was Lily Hernandez thinking he was coming into the game the left-hander with a screwball thought he was coming in to face the righty and Ozzie says excuse me yes what 23 saves passing by a total of 41 saves down there those two guys well the reasons as you look at Chris Brown doubled his first time up now see is the reason the Orioles have stayed within ten ten games of the Red Sox of the American League East the infield is a double-play DEFCON it's one no so the interesting on a ground ball if they can turn it the game would be over if they get the force the game would be tied hence be a strikeout pitcher and there's a real grounder to second and white first rate double play so they play the in fee words the American League and dick Boozer all-star game internationally quark to the first time in 24 years to check swing by Chris Brown and he hit the ball too hard towards second Nick cows are gambling and the double play work the easy double play for Frank white here it is one more time watch the check swing the reason for this to me is that a slider looks like a fastball Brown thinks it's a fastball halfway commits himself the best second baseman in baseball [Music] the MVP is Roger Clemens and there were several candidates tonight the Chevrolet most valuable player for the 1986 aw star game the Boston right-hander who grew up here and used it and pitched three perfect innings Valenzuela was brilliant tonight Lou Whitaker hit a two-run homer you could make a case for him Frank whiten hit a home run in the seventh inning that turned out to be the game-winner Dada she comes out of the bullpen to induce the double play with a tying and winning runs odd base so that's the story Al Michaels Jim Palmer Tim McCarver Don Drysdale with thanks to Alan Roth and Steve hurt saying good night from Houston where the all-star game has been brought to you by Coors and Coors Light beers with the difference worth tasting by Chevrolet who invite you to drive today Chevy live today's Chevy by Goodyear you either have Goodyear Eagles or you need them and by United States Liberty coins keep liberty in mint condition with the United States Liberty coins 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Channel: 1980s Sports Home

Views: 15,728

Keywords: George Brett, Jim Rice, Mike Schmidt, Cal Ripken, Ryne Sandberg, Kirby Puckett, Tony Gwynn, Ozzie Smith

Id: okLanN6Y1-0

Length: 124min 43sec (7483 seconds)

Published: Tue Oct 08 2019