Swingin' A's 1974 World Series Gm. 3 vs. Dodgers

going to have a ceremonial first pitch thrown out by Karl Malden and the temperatures are already warming up. It's going to be a five game winner tonight against a 25 game winner Jim Catfish Hunter for the dolphins that goes for them and for the badgers they're going with experience and a fellow West an impressive late season performance and Al Downey. That's the setup as most of you know the series is tied one game all and anybody might have to think that tonight you don't win with the race. They're going to be in serious trouble in this World Series the same way if the Dodgers had not won Sunday whether a Sutton. I think that's true because the Dodgers in essence are going with their number three starter tonight and if the A's can't beat him with their number one starter then the Dodgers will come back with their number two man it'll be tough. What do you think. Well I think we're going to see a change in the complexion of the World Series more runs going to be scored I think starting with tonight. Hard to say with a hundred pitching but I think they're going to be some bonafide around. It has been an excellent World Series pitcher is not lost. He's won three and lost none. Al Downing pitched in the World Series 10 years ago. In fact your team made about 60 through 64 World Series three years on the eight ball Lavine at one time was a very hard thrower with control problems. Now he's become the finest pitcher changes a little bit of a curve ball and spots the fastball. Tony you said we have a third more scoring we talk to the players. They agree with you later in the game but they say the first two is pointing at twilight. Maybe rough to see the ball. Money. We were out here for the workout yesterday right at game time which was scheduled for five thirty and the sun was blaring in the center Peter's eyes and also glaring off the stand that my country might not be as much of a factor now with a little bit later start we have been at their side here in Oakland and in the part train transportation system here in the Bay Area has been pulling up beyond the better field bleachers and hundreds of people that point out that park train the territory of the Coliseum is just a country boy in his own words for North Carolina. Jim Catfish Hunter Charlie they gave him the nickname catfish. He's one of the very best in the Major League three years and really won 21 games this year. He won twenty five. He is a pressure pitcher. And even though he lost the opening game of the playoffs to the Baltimore Orioles he usually does his best job when the A's have to win and the money is on the line under is as good a one game thank. You're one of the major league. He is a receiving pitcher. He doesn't strike out any batters and he looks terrible for his fans. And you could grab the bat or run out there and hit him. But he has marvelous control. And if he is up high he will be in trouble. He's a low ball pitcher especially a fastball that he tries to pitch low in a way most of the hitters turn 90 I talked to a pitching coach w stock before the ball game about Catfish Hunter. And let's listen to his capsule report. What his greatest asset is he has great control and when he does have problems before he starts he starts swinging his leg instead of picking his legs up and he starts swinging and he starts rushing to bat and causes him to drop his elbow. This is when he gets his pitches high. They talk about his dropping his elbow. The players refer to that as pushing the ball instead of actually throwing it under is also a good hitter the designated hitting rule doesn't go on a World Series and the A's will lose much with a bat with him hitting number nine. The first three Dodgers you're going to see up will be Dave Lopez. Bill Buckner and Jim Wynn Lopes the second baseman leading off Buckner and left Bill went in centerfield. Steve Garvey's the a man at first Willie Crawford and right Bill. The only lineup change outside of the pitcher for today's game Ferguson is a catcher. He replaced that Yegor say as a third base batting seventh. Bill Russell the shortstop hitting eighth and downing a pitcher batting ninth and after the first pitch of game three And down goes Dave load bubblegum and all incidentally the baseball world. Joe Garagiola was not seen tonight because of the president's address. Joe has a great show tomorrow night at 8:00. The world bubble gum blowing contest among Major League Baseball players Lopes might be right in the running all to hundreds up high on the first two pitches. It was shelled out by Baltimore because he was up high. Lopes up to 66 during the regular season and the drive in a better bill for a base that goes hunters no hitter lobs on first leadoff batter the game. Bill Buckner is the next man up blockers two out of nine. That's Lopes his first hit of this world series. He died overnight Marty what kind of move Catfish Hunter to first base with his speedy runners. Just very average. He depends basically on changing the time that he holds the ball. He'll set and make the runner comes. He'll never let a runner get a running start on him. But as far as the quick turn and throw the first he doesn't really have it. What's an outstanding base runners got 59 bases in a season. Jim Gilliam is the coach but his hands on his knees. Tennis is holding at first against Lopes drives him backs and goes a third in the infield cap and Arizona shortstop. Green of second tennis playing first Beal is Rudy and left north and center Jackson right the catcher Ray posse banjos playing tight a third against the left handed batter Buckner and playing him all series in that manner while back and is ahead of him Tuesday as Jim Hunt his wife Mary observing I guess Ellen is your name. MICHAEL HUNTER not like her husband not too emotional at his high pitch high fly ball out in the deep right. Jackson is backing up for it. Reggie hasn't had one game when the toy Cannon coming up here to seventy one in the regular season smashed out 32 homers knocked him over 100 runs in a world series he's had one Homer is 1 out of 7 Hunter is the kind of pitcher that after a bat against him you say I should have had a hit. You go up again. Now you're off to the third time up. You may be up for three against you. You keep going back to the dugout so I should Eddie Lopes the first one down of the first inning are just underway here in Game 3. They're playing win as a pole hit in the left field Lopes is going to the high drive deep to left that ball is a foul ball while running on a pitch at a good job will hit it a long ways a foul early in the ballgame as we look at Davey Lopes you'll see these Dodger base stealers when they do not know a pitcher very well take what they call a one way lead it's a Dodger trademark they will get off the base a long ways with the intention of going back now let's see this particular one has seen one hundred move the crossover step start for the good job Jimmy Lin jumped all over that hanging slider and pulled a foul and he found out something else that Gruden will cover when when is it back that one strike delivery breaking delivery has him went badly full no balls and two strikes Catfish Hunter never pitched in the minor leagues sign his first pro contract in 1964 two strikes the count ropes is going blown away he'll be in there bowling bays and the jump and the pitch lawn outside had a horse race possibly out there and raise up to make the throw good I've seen lobs get better jumps than this but could have been a better pitch to steal on what looked like a breaking ball all the way. As we watch Davey Lopes green covering once again getting to be more and more that you see the base stealer gonna no ball to strike out Tony and Kurt I know the A's runners north and Kevin Harris both do it a lot because they figured that that pitch is going to be a waste because that one was right there and not only that they're going when they're behind in game here's the attempt to pick up getting back as well. We've seen games this year in the game of the week money where they're behind four runs five runs and they're out stealing a scouting report on the Dodgers says that they will run at any time despite what the game conditions score might be one ball two strikes that Jim win breaking this law to him to and to clean up batter Steve Garvey is on deck and he's been the best Dodger hitter so far in history lots of second one out of the first inning brand took out Charlie Finley maybe a controversial man but one thing is not he's not afraid many clubs were after. There he is with his green Karl Malden next to him and a bear Bryant had his green jacket signing something he's going to call the president tonight invite him to the World Series at the high pop in the left field campaigners when milling his arm signaling he's got it in high school his brother and an accidental hunting accident PART OF HIS FOOT OFF AND A The Club backed up but not family he went ahead and signed him for a big bonus and then sent him to the Mayo Clinic to have 32 shotgun pellets removed from his blood and told him he said look you know I may be damaged property and then he says we're going with you all the way it was a great investment. Steve Garvey has been red hot in recent games two down first pitch of the ball to him in his last seven games the playoffs World Series last game of the season he's at nearly 500 he is the leading hitter so far in his world series of four hits and nine times up he's the only player with four hits the last game of the playoffs with the Dodgers clinched the National League better with a pass he had two homers he was doing one thing that Dixie Walker is trying to get his teammates to do right handed batter will go to right field goes and in the third it looks bad to seal that with a foul ball Loeb steals third boy stolen second in stolen third play much of a surprise with two out he was able to score on a base hit anyway but they're trying to be a little more aggressive it appears right now he goes on this. That's right. Now to Garvey for some reason FRC have thought it ticked his back. I do not know why he didn't throw it got stuck in the webbing of his glove. I was waiting for the sign from the home plate umpire Doug Harvey if it was a foul here. One ball one strike looked the third to down first getting no score Harvey will pop out of the shallow center north of Has Frank Robinson the new manager of the Cleveland Indians with general manager Bill Ziggy the telecast presented by authority of major league baseball and tennis solely for the private noncommercial use of our audience any publication reproduction retransmission or other use of the feature descriptions and a half of this game without the express written consent of the commissioner of baseball is prohibited Al Downing 33 years old it was quite a World Series competition this for the New York Yankees. Best in 10 games for Oakland. The first part of the 1970 season. You look good in the last few games for the Dodgers. Bell north has been moving into the leadoff spot tonight and subscribe to the north is not hitting. He's 0 for 6 he hasn't had the ball out of the infield in the world series and 0 for 19 he hasn't had a hit since the first game of the American League playoffs with Baltimore plus the affects of the ball one in one the Dodgers had Booker and left win and center property right say up there Russell short lots of second guarding the first baseman Ferguson is catching tonight and downing a pitcher on one base iron away at his last seven appearances restart for relief job downing allowed only three or in runs that record along with his experience earns him the starting shot tonight on the corner Captain Harris is on deck and then Sal Bando you just saw on the top of the first inning by opponents like to keep Lopes off the bases the same way with North and campaign errors when the A's are back to account to build more swinging at a high fastball. Now Tony you you play behind Danny a shortstop and in the outfield as it compare not 10 years ago a lot different he was a hard at one time even threw the fastball high and while the Times now he's become a pitcher that changes speed. You saw the last pitch to north he turned it over almost looks like a screw ball. Here's the 2 2 pitch and he struck out a little bit of one down. A pause briefly for station identification. This is the NBC Television Network campaigner who had 290 90 for the year and his highest average Doug Harvey home plate umpire. And Don then King or the first based umpire having a conference. And he also the umpire second round Luciano a third. Tom Foreman umpiring left the line the National League Bill Kunkle of the American League the right feel like six umpires in the world series. We have no scored one. Nobody on the A's batting first any ball when the cavernous carbonara is being played as a poor hitter to laugh. He's had two hits six times up in this series oh he's had a hit on every game so far. He's the second one out now Pando a captain of that group forty three hitter during the year but he brought in 100 and we run two home runs in the playoff against Baltimore can't be second. They tried the same thing that lofted in the first inning that side half an hour. All 34 bases in the season Charles Bentley the owner the A's is right now talking to the president Gerald Ford in Kansas City and he's inviting him to come to the World Series. Ford accepts Dalio is going to raise his hand and give them up. The president turned down the world's greatest salesman. He is describe with all that go down with the A's he has to be some kind of a salesman at a wedding Oh we'll work it out. Jim thanks a lot of one big slice of the pie All right Bill this is a difficult time of day to hit. You know what it is riding in the twilight. The lights are on. Batting in the twilight One ball two strikes half an hour as the second one out love the shading second base against the right and a batter the campaigners are not getting a huge lead. Volunteers right Al Downing born in Trenton New Jersey. Live now in Santa Monica California. He attended Muhlenberg College in Allentown Pennsylvania and writer college and Brent sporting professionals here letter pitches without turning it over. He's not only changing speeds but he's turning the ball over to make it a screwball window had a few made this year down the right lane in Garvey's playing and barely pulled over at first base. But there's a big hole between him and hopes and no hit quite a few balls over though he doesn't kind of go to right. But just when he landed he did on that ball right there. He looked that way with power. Let's see what he does. Money one ball off his back has a salamander and another foul ball. Al Downing is called gentlemen Al very relaxed also a 1963 the first World Series game he ever appeared in 15 minutes before game time when he was to be warming up. He was asleep on the training day he was going to say hey don't tell me he was asleep at the ready 70 right one ball this guy grab off stroke George got Bill Russell the in without a second I do that Reggie Jackson Reggie is in the paper every day was something yesterday blasted a writer what he thought was an unfair story in front of all the other writers and we understand Mr. McCune is Warden Jackson had to do that anymore Al Gore last of the first getting paid Oh well you see Joe Ferguson wearing out number 13 the Dodgers are fortunate they're blessed with two capsules too young with Yegor and Ferguson host left that feeling of finding wonder when Yegor catches Ferguson go play the outfield and you saw him do so well in Los Angeles tonight they wanted a left handed batter and against that ball better so they play with a proper bat Ferguson moves him from my field behind the plate Niger's a moving day he looks around a little bit he was way over in the hole between first and second base and Jackson really doesn't pull that many ground balls that way he hits the ground ball many times at right over the right edge of the pitcher's mound and they've got a big hole right there I know he'd been going a left field in this area he hit a home run to left center now to check swing a dribble a double butter sped away for him and left in the gap in the outfield the less than one ball. No strike that occurred in the back who doing nothing. Jackson hit a home run over any fan left or right. Yeah that much power. I'm surprised but playing him that much hard line. He has a lot of balls left center owes me money and hard to do. They put him there. How's the back two on one. He takes one of the hardest cuts in baseball. Sometimes he'll swing the hard or get down on his knees. Reggie is wearing an Oakland A's World Series pin on his uniform it looks like that one right there on his head. Here is the belt buckle would be. That's what they pass out with all the press people here really shamrock. The balls one strike might put a box did play for downing any of or guidance at the end of the first inning we have no score. Got Benny the president of the National League asked the league headquartered right here in San Francisco. He used to be the general manager of the San Francisco Giants in the second inning. The Dodgers end up Willie Crawford Joe Ferguson and Ron say eleven homers 61 RBI 1 4 1 and a World Series Jim Hunter and Jim Hunter Pence away bite those voters inside outside eating a ball down watch. Very few men act as controls his main asset. Those guys blowing away on two pitch you didn't give him anything. He doesn't believe in wasting pitchers. A bouncing ball hit to the right side the green with a flip the first Joe Ferguson has a two run homer on Sunday. He's one out of six. Sparky Anderson manager of the Cincinnati Reds whose team gave the Dodgers a battle right down to the last week. He knows the A's he's played against him in a world series here before last. No score second inning Ferguson now with a slider I heard this really broke for him. Now we're going to one Ron sails on deck. I would ask money someday. Hunter you saw him in the last few years and he's pissed a lot of innings. Has he shown signs late in ballgames hiring and losing a little velocity and control. Not consistently really Tony. He's had some awfully strong negatives. I got one ball two strikes that Joe Ferguson. He's won hundred and five games the last five years. I say this guy beat gets into the ninth inning with very much trouble rally fingers of bailing out his pitchers more like what he probably would call a slur halfway between a curve and a slider a true slider he throws breaks oh six inches or so add a little more of a break but he sure has good location of his pitches from say one hit six times up in the series. Those are a seasonal averages down but I know star handheld camera that's moving around the open Coliseum mausoleum of the A's players call it they're the long live ball the left not far enough though it holds up and go really puts it away. Three up three down sellout crowd tonight in the open Coliseum Yo Rudy Team Tennis Ray posse Yo Rudy the leading hitter for the A's and the variance he's had three hits eight times up at a two ninety three on the regular season twenty two homers and just missed 100 RBI Al Downing gave up a hit the first and he struck out one no one right handers in a row for the aid Oh on the go Rudy as you look out at that outfield I see Jimmy Webb playing hard left center field and Rudy money most Cubs play them play in park right center field I think as they do and as a matter of fact a little more made out because the first pitch was outside away from Joe and again downing this was outside two balls and strikes to Rudy as tennis he'll be up next past may have something to do with Downing throwing a lot of change ups that may be his plan going into this game make Rudy pull the ball high by three or nothing. Bobby Wakil on a 3 0 back dining average for a walks every nine innings this season and average a little over buys back up every night. He doesn't have outstanding control. Reno he was taking three and one Alvin dart and Bobby Winkle manager to the third base coach under the batter free balls in his stride. Rudy looking down Rudy has locked him up locked only thirty five times during the year that's men who have walked the line. Gene Dennis Brown ball hit the shortstop Russell Crowe is there one down Gene Dennis is in a slump. Take a look at Bill Russell a converted outfielder very graceful he knows the speed of his base runners. He had a little bit more time with gritty running from the right side and that saw more elbow he didn't show on that throw the ball took off. Game tennis has had one hit in six times in the series and only 211 for the year but hit 26 homers and let the American League in walks. How many hits but it gets on Charley Pride great westerns there who sang the national anthem God it was on with us here before last at NBC he was a former minor league baseball player and he stepped in the batting cage and I grabbed Reggie Jackson the baton took his car after the couple is weighing popped it up and they ran him out of there as Ray possibly on deck two balls and no strikes the tennis our downing went gray and order roadie. Now it's 3:00 a.m. Tenet and Denis watch down for a hit or take sign. One of his nicknames is steamboat only his wife Olga and him going in the green light and free all three and one to tennis. They don't give him any take signs. He takes a nap on his own he has a good eye and a figure he's going to get fastballs only when he's behind and when the pitcher is behind so they just let him go. Here's one hit in this area. Not a fastball I think round at the left field or single at Dodger Stadium. He's got one hit these last twenty five times up that was it. Another power packed body heat haven't hit much the last but have no as a matter of fact. And it's really been a pitching victory for the A's this year in the American League. The defense has been not quite as good as it had been in other years and the offense this year has been really hurting I don't know what the answer is. But they haven't scored much greater Pat balls on through one greater part of the reason is as we look at John Brody football color analyst with the theaters following Jeanne tennis all hitting 200 or less. Tennis doesn't get much good to have money. That's one of the reasons he walked a lot this year. People don't realize that they say why would you walk a guy hitting 211 but he can hurt you. He's at twenty six home runs and he's shown in the world series the last couple of years. He can break the game open and as you say nobody behind him really hitting high Dodgers and A's no score. The A's batting the defending world champs for the last two seconds right past the ball at first base. Jean Jennings one down playing positive for the left field. He had a neck operation crushed vertebrae those Galbraith body got involved in that fight between Bill north and Reggie Jackson to break it up. Oh he got out of surgery about two months you can actually hear the drive to right field when the was going to be picked up by Willie Crawford and scooting back to first base of Team Tennis party lines to write badly hit by the runner and get him over to down and is still up first. Dick Green is the next better. He's had no hits and five times up in recent weeks hurt adding to the fact that it hasn't done much even in the American League where they have the designated hitter the A's this year have not had a designated hitter at anytime during the year. Who is hot or really hitting the ball well here's batting under two hundred and postseason play at pitcher a strike by donning a good bit nothing a one on deck as Jim Hunter and for the A's pitcher the chorus of screams roll come up the bat American League they don't get the bat for the designated hitter rule James Dennis the first two down coast guard down his fastball tail over that outside corner nothing and it there's been a lot of superb game pitch by men over the world serious competition that hasn't been the age of the stars not to come into glad you for the Dodgers on to remember what empty started a surprise Dr. Connie Mack pitched a great ball game that broke the world series back record after the design of the letter and broken throw basket came on and a fantastic relief job. In a 76 series the Baltimore as the Orioles swept the Dodgers for game one ball two strikes 0 hit. The man left at the end of to know for they've already announced the attendance at forty nine thousand three forty seven which is a sellout and for the Dodgers in the third inning. Bill Russell batting number eight will lead it off doubting a pitcher will follow them to the top of the order for Dave load job hunters allowed one hit leadoff single by day Lopes at the Pop Up coming on board as tennis the first baseman that he gives way to Hunter the pitcher to show you something 100 Darcy pitches from the third base side of that rubber he hits that outside corner pretty consistently with a pass on slider and it gives him just a little bit angle better angle on the right handed hitters the ball moving away from them just a slight degree and he takes advantage of everything Al Downing not much of a hitter one out nobody on no score third inning don't know retired seven in a row that's a strike it down as Anita Bryant will sing the national anthem tomorrow night lovely girl makes your home in Florida a good fisher woman do a very good friend of Alvin Dark and his wife Jackie they're THEIR GUEST Well they're here this weekend strikes the downing look at this I feel how shallow they are at the Papa Doc shallow north is the center and Jackson's almost playing second base I want to bet darling we've got a piece of the possibly up one away. Nobody on the Dodgers batting in the third no score see that protective helmet as we look at this replay again that always catches upon to how that hurt one ball two strikes the pitcher Al Downey to the back of the order and Dave Danilo Lopez open the game with a single goal seconds stall third it was left the third when Darby popped up the center talking to Dixie Walker tonight you're batting tonight you've worked hard they work out at five o'clock yesterday to simulate the lighting and the condition they've been playing under tonight and Walker said if I can get this man to go to right field more he's going to hit 270 and 280 and he's going to be on pace more to steal more bases maybe he still likes the feeling of getting a pitch inside and pulling it to the left feel good and nobody on no score third inning Giles Bentley's telephone call to the president invited President Ford to come out tomorrow night or Thursday. President Ford's schedule will not allow it. We understand that President Ford is looking at the World Series game right now and he asked to get a rain check for next year we hope we'll be at the World Series next year. The one that two in his back to love lobster Two down nobody on is on deck. Get a real education from this shot right here. What makes hunters successful. He is always near that target all that time but not too much is never very far out of his right zone. He just nibbled away at you or something and every pitch usually right about where he wants it. Want that. I watch Loch Ness the man he didn't want to walk two down lobster down first. I remember he stole twice his first time up I left down a barrel step out under a flag right. He's two out of 10. He is a hard out. The next contact he had 300 in the minors he history hundreds of majors he just gets a piece of the ball. Most of the time wolves also go three bases in the National League playoffs. It's probably their hair apparent heir apparent to Lou Brock as the base stealing king of the National League. Look at what a great year lows said and how many is stole and consider he had a great year and then look what Brock did. Remarkable achievement by Brock at his age 35. I think that's when the great records of all time and reports 35 year old man do what he did. Dan Lopes at first NASCAR and slash the first baseman after receiving an ovation at his fans in one of the better hitting pitchers in baseball when he gets the hit. Yeah that hit the last two years not a first pitch strike. He did not bat and 74. He had only one regular time at bat and 73 got a double header to 27 lifetime batting average and six lifetime homers one season three years ago. He was paid a five thousand dollars bonus for his hitting. He was such a good hitting pitcher Hunter North and Kevin Harris is batting in the last of the third foul line and will be headed for the seat but Paul Revere as you can tell by the long run Garvey had them down at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles where they put him some seats down on the field some extra boxes advantage of course for that pitcher I was wondering when the president told Charlie Finley that he'd be at the World Series next year. Finley said he didn't all the A's would be in the World Series and Ford replied that he felt he would be in the World Series next year. He's calling things a year ahead. Last ball hunter is back to the dugout strikeout number three Brad downing Russell has a habit that may maybe a tip off as we see now. The signature is given for a breaking ball change if you can see him going to his rank as the pitcher or the hitters more likely to pull it if he does that too soon. Some of these right handed hitters are gonna catch him looking Britain ball. Bill Norris struck out his first time where the top of the open batting order raised black eyes one walk for Downing is allowed one hit that was to happen at the double in the first inning and a half. Oh right the way out of play nothing no one to bill nor really we haven't had a lot of excitement on a field and pitching has dominated it's come in spurts. Go quietly three or four innings and suddenly there will be a flurry of games one run games at exciting ninth inning the Dodgers threatening to pull out the first game and he is threatening to pull out the second game of the night. They're not bluffing a punt one ball one strike. Kirby's entitled First say I'll be in the grass aggressive third against North with implied down that line American League in stolen base in the 50 ball Alex. He goes to work 38 players we're talking wondering if Ferguson had as good an from behind the play to the head from right Bill. Well according to Tommy Lasorda the Dodgers. Both. Nobody in baseball has the arm as mediator between burgers and have a good arm but not as good a Gator down a move by North back. No score no north at first the batter here in the last of the third carbonara over the left. I have an area very efficient button down as you've seen in the last two. Good or not with an exceptional move to first base. Many times your kick is slave type person then come home the Dodger pitchers above all other staffs in baseball because they've got somebody based there's no no at at home zone zone down a high with a fastball one or nothing to Carpenter had a handheld camera looked at the runner yelling go go in the background pitchers impressed by one and one the bird happened and his wife is quite an artist I see some of the paintings are very good. Martha holy balls and the strike that happened her to go to right now. He might be playing a little game here with North now. The thing he does think he'll bake a button and bring a third baseman in and bounce the ball over his head once in a while in the situation. Has the bat and ball hit very hard. You're uniting new balls and a strike at first merry go round ball. Bye bye. I'm done with it. Don't go work on the third derby day. Looks like it might have died there. Garth was going on a tour one patch and now you'll see a basement basement and he picks the ball up. He found it right then as soon as he saw they really stopped for what was five and their play more aggressive baseball I think in this game and we have the fire to ball game there body. Gunfire bowling and swings late. I think I went to a man grabbed it out his first time a bill north at third two down. No scar. LAUGHTER The third hurt Bando definitely took a shot to write that down. He shortened up on his swing a little bit there giving him the whole right side of the infield here. I looked at almost the back of something against the batter come up the line outside look at that gap in right center tremendous gap between dimwit win and the left and profit playing straight away and right. Third they blow plowed on third base of the third. Danny you are the one doing half a third and those years I had his best with men on it all right. Well North of Third Way Reggie Jackson on Dex darkness guarding the battle and now you bet. I know how badly he wants to pitch the banjo here instead of Jackson little bit. Reggie thought the third would have ran down first time either team and had to base better than playing jacks in the same way when a couple of steps in right center proper deep and in the right deal Carter Buckner straight away and left the gap as a left center. Back the hell up on his wing and they appeal at first. No a third no swing joined by another pitcher How good are the left hander the left hander up Garvey playing off the back downing behind 2 and 0 furball Doctor Bennett jump on it. The ball's in his bag now he hasn't thrown many curve balls in the right handed hitters but Jackson up it takes away that little screwball from him so we may put him on a few more the one that ran one basically I hope you're enjoying the 1974 World three twenty eighth year in a row NBC is back to the World Series. We pitch and he tapped it up in front of the plane. Burger for. The bar right like a terrible job you may have been checking out of the corner revive Jackson. What kind of job we have here from another incurred display right here shows the importance of building n great dash from first to third a minute ago. Otherwise he would have been there and also money in part it shows that Reggie Jackson seems to be running a little bit better. So now he may become a base stealing threat for this pop up from the rest of the series. He got out of the box. I thought he was ready well in Los Angeles Sunday by around first got a second double. He was really moving. Rudy tries to plan it in right field and fouls it away. Rudy ran it out his first time on Earth the charged that Joe Ferguson and the A's lead one nothing of the last to the third two down runners on first and second. This is not to make an excuse for the catcher Joe Ferguson but remember he has been playing the outfield this series and through the playoffs and it's tough to change from position to position that points point. All right to go Rudy or is that what you see him a little late. Jack would have a huge lead at birth. Rudy Grogan off they started breaking to his left the ball right over the top as far as the kind of ball. Is not a triumph but if you can kick the can. Of course not. Second they give him a base that Rudy and an RBI Jackson the third. Rudy bird down and put a bet in the dugout for drug runner and who runs rehab for the Bennett wacky third time I affected a bit hideaway. Names block you know deep down into the Great Eye of the player dangerous to get behind him in a spot like this. He's been a real good to our hitter this year for Oakland. I've got to leave with classy. Coming up next a down and going to make him in his pets even if it is true at all can't give in to a guy like this tennis with a long ball back to me with the fastball. He does and he was voted the outstanding player a few years ago. Ray balls strikes with Terrence McGraw and half of that warming up in an arguable manner already if needed. Real delivery as a strike to a real one Bobby windows the start of the season as manager of the California Angels our coaching in the world series all the stop. Come back again. Get out of it. Go read Adam. How did the first man struck out and build a single habit errors rounded out north went to third on a play and a walk. Reggie Jackson hit a top right out in front of the plate. That was followed by the catcher Joe Ferguson for an error nor scoring and Rudy's single up the middle man scoring. The bullpen huff and Brewer and you wonder if the man on the left isn't what made Raul Ralston hesitate and change his mind at knuckleball pitcher coming in half to right handed with a man on his face base facing a loaded Ray poverty line doctor I feel his birthday is a batter up the setting for the year ahead not to do nothing. Downing has walked free so far. The lead man asked for the box downing throws him out and the A's are gone in the third but they had to run on to hit. There one possibly. We left really really we see the tremendous ovation when he went out to left field. He may not be appreciated too much around the country but here in the Bay Area they know what a solid player he is. And as he went back to his position they gave him a standing ovation on the left field bleachers. Jim Winn Steve Garvey and Willie Cropper at the heart of the Dodger batting order up in the port is now two runs three hips and nowhere. The Dodgers no run one hit wonder when Pop the shorties first time Jim Hunter on the mound allowed one hit. That was the first time he faced in the game Dave Lowe under left the American League qualifiers with the lowest earning on average this year all to qualify you have to pinch at least 162 innings and the catfish had the lowest earned run average his best previous ranking was third merely a fastball pitcher Garvey's on deck that many baseball drills and he always remember the night he pitched a perfect game here and he often Coliseum anymore broadcasts that game the two to delivery grand to that must have been quite a thrill. Yes it was a bit against Minnesota here Kurt and I'm think about that as he went to Minnesota and got his next start gave up nine runs in the first inning. They stayed in the ball game and won the game prior to the GM win win. It's about a ball I just kept on glove reboot. It was late. They kept off the victim's glove might have destroyed the timing of green. Exactly what worked and Curtis started to write a little deeper and that he had to come in and got that in between hop try to smother the ball gets two up front of them and when he runs well how they scored an error on the green we've seen the jack Herman the president of the baseball writers association for the St. Louis globe Democrats one of the stars Gordon Barrow of the long beach independent and Ron Bergman of the open video three official scorers for the series ball is Steve Garvey. He played a century's first time some of you may have heard at the beginning of the show over the slow motion of catfish Hunter stock the pitching coach said watch his knee. You can tell when he loses it starts going high. Maybe he picked up that block he was swinging his leg instead of picking it up in Wednesday all 18 bases say that he's the first garbage man to go to right. He's the one young player that idea. They say that is going to right feel with outside pressures and is learning to use that part of the field. One wonders what made him a good hitter. It's been a very consistent hitter all year longest Hitler streak. He had three games I wound up hitting over 300 he used to hit the towering drive. Now everything's aligned right. He slaps it down on third base line just found he has four line drive over now and he does a lofty job. One ball two strikes. The Steve Garvey steel is an excellent condition. We walked a field yesterday during the workouts and the grass is great. A better employee with two bounces than the one down at Chavez Ravine. Not as pretty a ballpark as a half mile back in the States. This is a county facility where the umpires were late coming on here didn't get a chance to get up there. Doug Harvey of the National League behind the plate. Don didn't hinder any American League of First. Andy opened a second line Luciano the American League a third time Berman left the alliance. Hunkered down. I feel like I want to pitch that's driven deep down the right the and that means foul wanted to the Garvey while our stage manager Jim Garvin got a pretty good practice of any ballpark is pretty when his ball. That's right. This ballpark Curt is known as kind of a drag as you said mausoleum but it only looks that way when there's nobody in it. When both of these guys are doing it right on the left feel that the second group has the ball. Now the Dodgers have threatened the ball when the second garbage the first garbage that is does it. Yeah heard many more tell you the secondary part of the Dodgers deal one any two runs down. We also saw some exceptional back control on the part of Steve Garvey the ball up at the end. It was actually a ball maybe a foot inside and high. But he's still got the barrel of a bat on it. We weren't checking the outfield positioning. Willie Crawford is up now. Runners on first and second nobody out. The Dodgers are trailing two to nothing in the fourth but Crawford is one of the three Dodgers with previous World Series experience with one or two in the sixty five World Series. During a pinch hitter Downing is the other Dodger with experience and Jim Brewer who's been in the Fall Classic line goes back at when a double after row Garvey got back in time. He ready to throw right there. He was thinking three all the way the Dodgers now have two down Garvey the at first he had a big jump on that line drive Joe Ferguson's struck out his first time in the fourth inning the A's are leading to nothing. The ball was really stunned by Cropper though hardest hit ball of the game. One ball now strikes blow in inside to an 0 run say on Dec. playing Ferguson deep and don't laugh. How to play the balls and to strike around Ferguson. Even two balls and no strikes. Catfish has movement on the ball is still around the corner. It's coming up on the way when you bat against him. It looks good looks good until the last. And there's always that movement at the end. I asked gunner. He wanted to stay with a he said yes. Inside I want to stay in baseball what other job can you work. Five months have a month in Arizona or Florida then go hunting and fishing and rest of the year. It's not a bad life. One page letter the knees do hurt the first time Ferguson faced Jim Hunter was in that big ninth inning in Game 1 100 came out of the bullpen and they showed him nothing but fastball threw him for fastballs I believe it was in Ferguson said that he was looking for something else that was Hunter's first relief job in five years three ball off his back two down Garvey I'll be going away and Ferguson the most good boy could in this kitchen area in the front row Joe Cronin retired President American League in the back of the Committee is putting his hand up with a glass of liniment the vice president of NBC Sports he Lee MacPhail there the new president the American League. And here we are in the last of the fourth inning. Dick Green struck out his first night. Many of the old timers when we had that double play and Katherine Harris was ready to throw the first no thought about the only triple play a World Series history now I pull up by Bill Williams game. The second baseman on the Cleveland against the Dodgers in 1920 and unassisted triple plays at the line right. He stepped on second to retire Kilduff and tag Miller coming in from first really got to play you know outing against green it was against the Brooklyn Dodgers at that time at the shutter. DREW up next Downing Street delivered the slip to strike in the green days ahead. The last of the board to all hurt Bobby Winkle his third base coach came over and talked to Alvin Dark after that ball for he's real good about that. He says that if there is any danger of him missing one he'd rather go find a job hunters up say that if they're looking for a bunt Darby ready to charge him first. Jan Brewer is throwing in the dagger bullpen moved the first green it back. Hunter swinging the bat at home plate. You've got a lot of possibilities. He's a pretty good hitter he can bunt they can try a button run would try a hit and run a lot of do kite runner going this is Curt Gowdy Tony Novak of NBC and money Mark Hayes broadcaster ran a fourth aide now have Dick Green a second one out Bill north is up his truck out and single he scored a run leading north northeast better right hand to the left and has more power right. This is a shade inside Rabaul he came over here the trade between open and Chicago was destined to be a utility player and wound up with a regular center fielder and infections all tied again. It all turned out to be one of Charlotte really good trades. Net low Senator Phil Campbell we put in for this world championship series what it looks like almost ground level over the center fielder shoulder high drive and a deep lift but goes back almost to the back not quite replays of halfway and goes back to second down North standing along flat in left field the next batter Oakland half an hour. He double the left is rounded it out Kurdish north and hit the ball the first inning it might have been right against the wall the ball really carries much better before the sun goes down here it really gets heavier out here this time and I and a slight breeze blowing right now from third to first Devin Harris again play to the ball header green if I get you down here to make that NFL tackling a third with Katherine Harris foul everyone knows the sky Hajime when has a bad l well may require surgery young clerks what looks like a pretty strong pro he said he has one or so. And Ferguson knew immediately that Al Gowdy was not backing up a play the ball got by camp he was allowed to go all the way to third base. Here comes when he overthrows Gabi the cut off man and no al Downie backing up the play. He thought there might have been a throw of third Jimmy win throwing here is going to have his elbow operated on. I asked him before the series there's he's. Ferguson had to come out of the deal owner through the cut out man Downing was just standing here. I asked Wynne if he could uncork a hard throw. He said maybe one. And after that I'll have a lot of pain for the next few days. He has a loose chip in his growing elbow and going to have to have surgery done on him. Jim Brewer is coming on to relieve Al Downing oh we have a break in the action here in the fourth inning with a score Oakland 3 and Los Angeles nothing. This is Jim Brewer now on the pitch. He's facing Sal Bando as was Brewer like a line up with a stretch Katherine Harris the third defensive side. Tomorrow night world series game number four from open Joe Garagiola show is not seen tonight. And he has a great win for you tomorrow night featuring the bubble gum Sure. The major league All-Star at 8:00 Eastern time basketball right by one and one an error on that last play was given to the badger catcher Joe Ferguson. Here it has to take care. He ran up there trying to save the throw and definitely left to play about 15 feet half an hour as a third down. He's ahead bring nothing. Watch campy Yankees relief and those grounded out a walk a half mile back of the play. Ferguson coming back. That's not a play. The Dodgers have not played good defensive ball tonight. Larry Bird those surprising I think to me and probably to man though he's thrown in three straight back balls and he's known of course of a screwball pitcher but he's come right at him with three straight pitches keep an eye on Brewer as he takes his windup one of the pitcher's best weapons against that speedy run around 30 I'll look him back first before he starts there he goes Evan Harris made a slight bluff dash up the line and that's why Brewer backed off the rubber one ball to his right hand to Bando like a screwball that's his pitch he missed outside with a 2 and 2 to Sal Bando was getting third in the lineup happened Ariza third two down tomorrow night and he misses Smith this for the Dodgers he started game one and can hope and comes back for the A's match up the two opening day pitchers right hander Mr. Smith a left hander Holtzman the three two pitch to handle it out in a one run one hit was one error one left at the end. For three nothing open. Really got a full plate Reno running against green and it was against the Brooklyn Dodgers at that time. Catfish Hunter drew up nets Downing Street delivered the slip to strike in the Green Bay they had the last of the ball to go at the boardwalk give it up by Downing who's been behind the header tonight doing all three and all hurt Bobby went to a third base coach came over and talked to Alvin Dark after that ball bought but he's real good about that he says that if there's any danger of him missing one you'd rather go find the right runners up say that a third looking for a bunt Gary ready to charge him first Jan Brewer is throwing an inaccurate bullpen move the first Green is back Hunter swinging the bat at home plate you've got a lot of possibilities he's a pretty good hitter he can bunt they can try a button run would try a hit and run a lot of decline runner going off perfectly by higher without a factor by agreeing to set the bar quickly for patient identification. This is the NBC television network this is purgatory. Tony Kovak of NBC and money more aid broadcaster rather for the A's now have Dick Green of second one out Bill north is up his truck out and single. He scored a run lying north north he's better right hand to the left that has more power right. This is a shade inside of all who came over here afraid to we that in Chicago who was destined to be a utility player and wound up with a regular center fielder and especially the tide again. Oh that turned out to be one of Charley Finley really good trades. Net low center Phil Campbell we put in for this world championship series what it looks like almost ground level over the center fielder Sean a high five and a deep left that goes back almost to the back. Not quite green flags of half halfway and goes back to second to down North standing along blind a left field the next batter broken he double left it round it out Curtis north it hit the ball the first inning it might have been right against the wall. The ball really carries much better before the sun goes down here it really gets heavier out here this time and I had a slight breeze blowing right now from third to first Devin Harris again play to the ball header green and get you down there the base NFL game of Devin Harris the third focused on the catcher went out to meet that ball and nobody was backing up and tackling a third with Kevin Harris while everyone knows each other's value reportedly when has a bad elbow may require surgery young clerks what looks like a pretty strong draw is that he has one or so. And Ferguson knew immediately that Al Gowdy was not backing up a fight the ball got by camp he was allowed to go all the way to third base. Here comes when he overthrows Gabby the cut off man and no doubt packing up the play. He thought there might have been a third a third Jimmy when throwing here is going to have his elbow operated on. I asked him before the series Irsay brought Ferguson at to come out of me the deal went through the cut man. Downing was just standing there. I asked Winn if he could uncork a hard throw. Is that maybe one. And after that I'll have a lot of pain for the next few days. He has a loose Chip and his growing elbow and are going to have to have surgery done on him. Jim Brewer is going on to relieve Al Downing. We have a break in the action here in the fourth inning with the score Oakland 3 and Los Angeles. This is Jim Brewer now on the pitch. He is facing Sal Bando as was Brewer it looks like a line up with a stretch. Katherine Harris the third time. Tomorrow night World Series game number four from Oakland Joe Garagiola show is not seen tonight. And he has a great one for tomorrow night featuring a bubble gum Sure. The major league All-Star at 8:00 Eastern time basketball right by him one one was an error on that last play was given to the Dodger catcher Joe Ferguson Tamir to have to take care. He ran up there trying to save the throw and definitely left a play about 15 feet have an error as a third down. He's ahead bring nothing. Watch campy Yankees relief and those grounded out of what a half foul and back to the play Ferguson coming back to play. The Dodgers have not played good defensive ball tonight. Larry Bird those surprising I think to me and probably the man though he's thrown in three straight fastballs and he's known of course of a screwball pitcher but he's come right at him with three straight Ryan Brewer as he takes his wind up one of the pitcher's best weapon against that speedy run around 30. Looking back first before he starts. There he goes have an errors made a slight bluff dash up the line and that's why Brewer backed off the rubber one ball two strikes can't handle it like a screwball that's his pitch he missed outside with a 2 and to the Sal Bando was getting third in the lineup at Benares the third to down three balls and strikes tomorrow night and a message Smith pitches for the Dodgers he started Game 1 and can hope and comes back with a match up the two opening day pitcher right hander Mr. Smith a left hander Holtzman the three two pitch to handle broken out in a fastball one run one hit with one everyone left at the end the fourth three nothing Oakland appreciating and ask what was burning for the public service by Major League Baseball. Hunter and the fifth inning face Ron say Bill Russell and Jim Brewer they play it off the left side looks at a strike the Dodgers out hit the A's for the season by twenty five points. Dodgers have seven more homers They outscored the A's playing in two different leagues the A's at 15 more stolen bases and the pitching was about even the A's pitching staff to point nine by the Dodgers two point nine seventy two very evenly matched D Bill Russell the on deck batter. Some folks get the A's the edge on World Series experience and it is an asset base that does first out Hunter and an edge might be given to the A's on a third starter Holzman blue and Hunter Mr. Smith and Sutton for the Dodgers and fourth the Dodgers had a rough break the last Tommy John but when he went out with an arm ailment was the best pitcher on the Dodgers that he won 13 and lost three when he came up with a bad arm of all Russell's up to the pitcher is first time Joe Ferguson has two errors tonight that tie the record I catch you in a series game at the fly ball right out the north down scouting report come in to a great degree positioning defensively. Where does a man hit. What kind of power does he have. He did not have Russell listed as having exceptional powers so they played a more shallowly like Lacy. Coming out now Lee Lacy will bat Brewer Joe Hunter is not a strikeout pitcher the average just for strikeouts every nine innings this year he has struck out three in his world series game as Charlie huff over coming on the pitch in the last of the fifth inning bringing the knuckleball met with him yeah big soft flexible meant that Joe Ferguson will put on behind the plate the better handle a butterfly pitch waiting for lead Lacy areas the way how are you feeling Ray's former Dodger Captain shortstop gentlemen great job with us here at NBC telecast I never met a finer person in baseball Wow wait a minute I forgot to back to back I got a kick out of watching Peewee and Maury will throw out the first ball the other day in tandem and they cross throws to the two Dodger catches all Dodgers better run a great shortstop Peewee for years Maury Wills now young Bill Russell seems destined to be a great win for the future Two down nobody on Lee Lacy batting that's a strike hundreds I have to strike a heart fist working with a three run lead I give you a quick guess who's before Pee Wee Reese Leo Rozier was a bad level they eloped on deck a ball and two strikes the camp easy adding that I Dodgers go quietly in a bell tower halfway through the game for a story and the Dodgers nothing about halfway through. We're going to switch now the money more. This is the third world series in a row. Money more work with us he's writing a winner. The Oakland A's right now are sitting on top of this game three nothing. Amani What do you think. Now the rest of the way look at this pretty tough for any athlete Kurt. But the Dodgers have proven over the year that they can score a lot of runs so it's certainly a long long ways from over here tonight. Tony what about your comments the first half of this game. I just think the ball game is being played much more aggressively on both sides and the person they seem to settle down. Well there is pressure on baseball the rest of the way back now at least in the play by play anymore. Okay. Thank you very much curt and here's Reggie Jackson lead it off in the last half of any number five. Joe Rudy and Gene Terrence will follow against the knuckleball. Charlie half the A's have been tough on knuckleball pitchers over the years. You've seen a lot of them in the American League from Hoyt Wilhelm. Eddie Fisher rather is now Bruce Duncan in Kansas City. Wilbur would have seen a lot of knuckleball pitching Jackson takes the ball to Jackson's longest running ever hit in this ballpark. He hit off a left in Knuckleball or Wilbur would. Here's a look at that big catcher's mitt and you notice the catcher with his finger outside the. Lot of the infielders and some outfielders are doing that now to ball three. Paul Richards was the first man to have his team utilized that meant he had Hoy Wilhelm and Baltimore and just beyond us behind the plate there was nothing in the rulebook at halftime they cut it down. Now though everything I have read I was just looking into the dugout scouting report. I will throw a fastball on three and all they can get an answer is sign language wasn't too subtle was it. Here's his answer though. It's a fastball and he messed with a ball. For now we might find out here how well Reggie feels that his leg is failing. As Tony mentioned he was running well and you know that play Ferguson made a little while ago or didn't make. I think that a factor there was that Ferguson probably was surprised to look over his shoulder and see Jackson running as hard as he was running down a line because Fergie came out away from the plate. I'm sure thinking Jackson was going to be running as he'd done the whole playoffs in Syria. Jackson says he's only 80 percent right the way he's been running. I have to believe he's close to maybe 90 95 percent right with his legs. He was really running a lot for the last month of the season before he got that leg hurt. Reggie wanted to steal 30 bases and hit 30 home runs he didn't get either one because of the ball hamstring nothing here he goes and a catcher dropped the ball in Jackson scale second take a look at him I'm sure the man an angle here that tells just how well he was running there was no contest. He started moving for Charlie Huff made his first move in with a knuckleball it made it more difficult for Ferguson with a big love of the ball get stuck in the webbing and you can't get it out. Big man with power. Quite a player Twenty 25 out of 30 in the regular season gets home runs knocks and runs all around star Joe Rudy's wife Sharon she's from Modesto see that term around her neck that's the world series John from 1972. Joe bunch at the ball and Jackson is back in a second. She has more to say about her husband Joe is gonna be a quiet man except with a bad out of the Dodger bullpen. Jeff Zhan a left hander got no balls two strikes and Joe already whose natural way to hit the ball is to right and right center. And I'm sure he'll be trying to move Jackson over some way here by hitting the ball on the right side of the NBA. Nobody down Fifth inning the A's lead three nothing got him. Here's a big strikeout so there's one out in the fifth inning and GM tennis. The A's working man comes up he led the American league in free passes and has walked twice tonight so far. You got to watch the action here he may get a big enough jump that he would try to steal third base with the right hand Batter up. I'm surprised that he's running on a day away on a modified one. He was telling me he's going to change his style of play that he evidently can't run hard anymore and take chances as Dennis's wife Linda. You're going to keep pulling his leg muscles if he does strangle one and one. Well you know the national television cameras and big crowds have a way of turning Reggie Jackson on but we've seen that before he is a not an iPod rep there but any time you have that ball hanging down by side in the knuckleball grip you set his hand on the fingers and the same the way he wants them then put the knuckleball in the glove. So it is set and ready to go just the way he wants to grip it. How does his knuckleball break basically all different directions. He has trouble at times body when he throws it too slowly keeping it in the strikes or the breaks that much he has to speed it up and that at times gets him in trouble. One ball one strike when asked just any Ferguson backhanded that ball it must be tough enough to come out of right field and go behind the plate against an easy pitcher against let alone a knuckleball. It seems to try pretty hard. Three balls and a strike. Well game tennis might be looking for baseball here on three and one he gets it I should be surprised with that latter part of the batting order. Coming up he didn't get it. It was a strike that will go as a fast ball. Boy you talk about a ball jumping that thing really twisted in dive that will give you an example of how tough a knuckleball is. The club is open and look how much that ball job. Probably a lot of last couple of feet as it was on his way to home plate. I did a hula hoop with Dan Rather to play the skirt on it and everything. Well they say that catcher should try to get in front of every ball. But how you're going to get in front of one like that great to Canada. Dodgers bring their infield in now right on the grass. Strike three called a great pitch by Charlie have you gave him one that he couldn't handle. Tennis was looking for a ball it could drive right there and that knuckleball just dive down and away and it shows something about Ferguson. I think here that he wasn't afraid to go with the best fix that the pitcher had despite the banker was a runner at third in the early draft pick up that last pitch. In fact the last you almost hit in the dirt so you can imagine as it crosses home plate if it's a strike in the opinion the umpire how parks got to go down before you reach that catcher's glove. Oh one two down Fifth Inning open three Dodgers nothing there been only six hit there Dick Green waiting for a chance to bat here in Ferguson. Year before last year actually last year not this season and the best defensive record any catcher ever had in the National League that balls fouled off. The only made three errors all years of catcher Reggie Jackson got on award. Those second and the third on a baseball cap struck out Rudy and Dennis two and one that came back inside that time he's guarding report on have mentioned the fact that most of knuckle balls will go down and away from the right hand batter those were the big ones he threw the tenants they were going down anyway but he's been back inside on Ray passing now for a couple pitchers runs a tough play he made it and that's all for the Oakland A's in the fifth inning it's free nothing Oakland at the Oakland Coliseum we go to the top after the sixth inning and there the man on television with our pick your radio with pictures that's Vin Scully on the left of your screen and in bases Jim Simpson doing his sixth straight World Series like his marriage I mean tell me you guys were looking for him the other day couldn't find him in the booth Davey loads it up and here's the first pitch in the center Beal evasive. Well every scouting report the A's have says that Lopez is a first ball fastball hitter and he has yet to first fastballs the center field in this game for singles. It'll be interesting to see what he does. Now the Dodgers three runs down but it doesn't seem to make any difference to him what the score that he gets the jumpy go is Dolan to bases tonight. He's been on free time. Bill Buckner has one of the most amazing statistics that I think any of the Dodgers have spoken on in 1969. But back that he went no longer than two games at any time without a base hit this year. That's a matter of consistency. NICK GREEN And to talk with catfish Hunter Dodgers have been a good couple behind team all year conference that green I think had with Hunter is where you're going to pitch him you're going to make him pull the ball away you're going to come inside of the breaking pitcher he might hit it in the hole on my left are the sinker away we'll go over athlete a little even though the A's lead three nothing is great mentioned the Dodgers will run at any time and Catfish Hunter well aware of that I just tossed back over the first ball hit well but too high in the right field Reggie Jackson right there and there's one away in the sixth inning you know by running no matter what the score is if he runs somebody has got to move and the Dodgers got a big run the other day and a ball game because Dick Green was covering second base and Jean tennis couldn't get back out into right field to get the ball the Buckner hit there and that happened just because the Dodgers were a running team one of the most one of the best I think is positioning himself he has lost some speed the tech green you're going to give the signals you control it Jimmy Wynn takes a wrecking ball Oh green chips quite a bit defensively he gets the signs he knows the hitters in the American League much better than in all these but he really moves around and he sees the ball is gonna be a breaking ball he'll move all to one of the best that we didn't have any speed that was always there was little Boudreaux He played shortstop or India Joe MacDougall won our sixth inning both had a big lead at first now he's not going when it's in the air and the left center field not great a Billy North run really off the play and threw down a curve I believe you were in the New York area and now in darkness playing shortstop what kind of a defensive shortstop was a homeless guy. He was a smart player he positioned himself also good hitter handle a bat well let the right deal play the three World Series. He was a champion. You just saw him whistle right there and one of the best blisters I've ever seen. He can get the attention of any player on the field no matter how big the crowd it with a shrill whistle he is remarks Sunday and you know more than anyone about this. He probably had the toughest managerial job in baseball this year. I don't think there's any doubt about that. And I think he's done as well as any human could have done this year. He's a very patient man. He's a Christian man and that's been a big virtue for him this year. It's taken that because he's gotten it from all sides the press and the players he set out in spring training to get this team into the World Series and here they are Steve Garvey the better for the Dodgers and Garvey ran up on that ball trying to get behind him and the right side of the infield was empty for him. Lopez goes back. Pitchers do not like to have any hitter no matter how good you are. Step up in the batter's box and takes away that breaking ball or think you're trying to get it before the break on it. And I I've no pitchers who come inside after something like that. Is then he definitely went after catfish that time it took a couple of steps up there going after the ball got to be guessing where the ball is and guessing right. Right now I feel sad Garvey hit the ball well the other way ball just jumped off his bat is so strong everything he hits is live at the popular infield drives the ball hard Davey Lopes he's fast he ran on out from under two caps his regular baseball cap which he wears under his batting helmet that's something the Dodgers started I think before anyone else wearing those protective caps on the base pass Gary Joe Garagiola during one of our games with the Dodgers he brought that point up somebody had gotten hit by a thrown ball mandatory in the American League now the National two strikes that can no second on his guard earlier tonight hundred been going outside to Garvey and the reason is obvious he can pull the inside pitch right out of the ballpark and a hundred doesn't want to have to run against him real quickly he came and sat on him and his fellow at once in awhile can muscle up and throw the ball by a lot of people underrate his fastball the Carolina kid Hayes field to a man that if they have a big game to win and they hand the ball to him they've got a better than average chance of winning. Bando is going to short wrap for the final out of the green for the first play player hopes and the for any measures with pitches for the Dodgers tomorrow night. But before that he'll be showing his bubblegum talons on the baseball world of Joe Garagiola. A lot of great bubble gum. Well you get chewed up like I say it takes a good three depends on what dummy is and if you're using a lot of commentators of course along the strip and then you can imagine around then you get it kind of flat like this Stephen and put some slip off. You got a light light left. All right Andy it's going to be tough tomorrow night. I haven't seen the show but who are you picking up pitcher. That's not bubble gum. All right. I like the way you view my deck great against the knuckleball. Charlie have its balance back when you know maybe measures missed like at the center catfish never chews tobacco on the mound it is bubble gum all the time but the second he gets out of a game into the dressing room a coach's job back inside it's a ball one at one and he looked at it Mr. Smith was enjoying something other than bubble gum in the dugout there is the catfish all that sad thing about the A's since they've been in open they've usually had a better record on the road than they've had at home but this year the A's have been very tough at home 149 and lost only 32 at home. That was the best home record in the American League. Blood green bell just before the A's on the road this year with just one game over 500 at 41 and 40. The amazing thing about the Dodgers is they were just as good on the road as they were at home 152 at home and 50 on the road. It's a great record of showing his best move odd twist about the fact you meant a little while ago cared about Bobby Winkler's opening the season as manager of the angels. There is the fact that he is now with the Oakland A's and the World Series and the man who managed the A's in the World Series last year is now manager of the angels all three. Another twist is Winkler's coach Sal Bando. Reggie Jackson in college at Arizona State has the record of the. The money we're talking about and the fourth best record in the league away with the best at home at. He went to a best ball and it looked like he doesn't want to walk. NICK GREEN getting on at 212 now but most of the season really was up around 250 around 65 at times even having fun tonight. So that knuckleball is one of the funniest guys that you've ever been around. He really keeps everybody loose looting himself. Yes. He uh he announced his retirement at the end of last season and then arbitration came along and he saw that big money all his teammates were getting he said I can't make that kind of money and moving business in Rapid City South Dakota. He came out for a good salary and he has been piled up here. He held up another one up and just ran back and throwing fastballs. Now another knuckleball Breaking Bad. The Penguin makes the catch and there's one out and that's pretty good pitching. You got three ball Cannon no matter who keeps bailing them off and pulling them off. The pressure is on the pitcher. He doesn't have any room to make any bad out of the Oakland crowd which along with a great crowd in Dodger Stadium recent games are going to make this the richest player pool I believe in World Series history which blocks away you and knocking down the knuckleball. But knuckleball we look at it again. Start it up. We're inside a back yet and you wonder why I catch him a lot of knuckleball. It moves along. Another reason that big love. Many times you put it right in front of your face and block your vision away one and one you this person doesn't give him a target either he told them and he stays lucid again and up on his feet he's ready to move in that direction. The Spanish stay in the ballpark. Take a story that you see him. We mentioned his finger out of the middle a moment ago. We'll tell you a story. Two of the Oakland A's players this year were hurt as a result of their fingers being out of the glove at the back. The only two I've ever heard of. I'm sure there have been others. But Joe Rudy came in and tried to shoestring a ball and left field and he played with his finger out of the glove and just laid it tried to shuttering it dragged along the ground and laid his left index finger right back up against his wrist. He struck him out. Good low knuckleball and Tyler took down and the green with the other open player to be out of the lineup as a result of an injury with the finger out of the glove. He had a runner in Anaheim and the runner spikes came in tagging with the back of the glove up and took about 18 stitches in his fingers. In this situation he gets the knuckleball and they try it out but then we may see those legs that'll work on the base pass that is successful and say he's looking for the whole infield has come in several steps. The first baseman back kind of angle right go not that much of a surprise North. Very rarely has dragged the ball even though yesterday in batting practice. See like the infield soccer guarded way back north of working on Greg money yesterday one and one shot. Here are the National League umpire works left hander up on the inside government to hurry or you could hear him I believe in our field microphone and yell you heard from Doug Harvey the next one might have been from Billy north the second world 310 guys like northern campaigners Lopez the good runners really try to get on base against the knuckleball is easy to steal on the speed of that knuckleball is very important and sometimes a knuckleball early in the ballgame when he first comes in has difficulty finding the right speed for that day he'd like to throw it into the wind more than with the win the break has taken off got him Charlie Harper step after six running the score in the opener is great the Los Angeles Dodgers nothing Sunday. We have world series game number seven. We'll have a football baseball doubleheader beginning at 1 o'clock Eastern Time. And football you'll see Baltimore against the Jets Cleveland and Pittsburgh. New England a buffalo his teams lost only one game. They won four out of five. I see the papers read a bit in Buffalo won four out of five. If the world series is completed it will have a football doubleheader one o'clock. Baltimore New York Lee the Pittsburgh Buffalo at 4:00. San Diego versus Denver Kansas City Miami Cincinnati and open right here at the Oakland Coliseum. It'll all be on NBC Sports. Number one in live coverage of major sports events all year round going out of the seventh inning and again anymore. All right Kurt here is Willie Crawford against Catfish Hunter and get Mrs. Lowe Pro Bowl and the Dodgers have no run three hits the A's three runs four hits proper good speed and man as he built my ball the center north make this case he's going to go across it very many times you have the ball down around and a run on the uniform play shout as money very shallow he and Paul Blair in the American League play very very shallow they both can go back on the ball extremely well north and the playoffs just outran a ball hit by Mark Verlander that might have turned the second game around as one of the best catches we've seen all year ball both definitely buying and he just ran it down and got it that's from right behind Billy from the left of center field camera mounted right over the fence here's Ferguson he struck out twice tonight. Ball strike under now struck him at the only three times we've seen him Ferguson hit that home run over the center field wall in Los Angeles the north is still early shallow point where's the camera right behind it the slogan this year and once more in seventy four And here's a shot Brown in Ferguson bounded on Hunter today like so many times you've seen him with that perfect control he's like a surgeon out there performing an operation when he goes for the outside corner if he misses he misses a way off the plate not toward the center of the play. We saw one playoff game against Baltimore where he missed quite a few pitches I remember one that Brooks Robinson wanted to go. Well he busted that one missile with it. Have an interesting banner out left field catfish. Say it ain't so. Yeah I saw that. They talking about of course the speculation that Catholic might leave the wrecking ball and with the Three balls two strikes. There it is. They say it ain't so he says he will leave you'll be William himself said yesterday. What do you think he'll be furious at wearing green and gold and who else in the Major League jammed him and its bell up behind the blade a decoy Ferguson passes that uptown law and the way he tapped that club high inside and catfish hit it the way the set plan a goal for themselves by World Championships in a row to match the great Yankee teams Green to camp and he took a shot at that low outside corner he had him two quick strikes and lost him. That doesn't happen one hundred two but it does look like he's tied one bet we'll show you again slow motion is motion has not changed at all. See that hide any conceal the ball well with the glove while we're shooting the corner always passing the ball turning current I think is fingers getting up in the open I think Jim hundred thrown fewer breaking balls tonight than any game I've seen him in a long time he had one game toward the end where he threw almost all fastballs but he usually throws a lot more breaking balls and tonight he still doesn't have a goodman outside. Either that or he feels he has an exceptionally good fastball. The times we've seen at the center you see the bar putting almost all of his games but he goes it stays with what's working best from a particular night. Ryan saying one account to him is yanked out by Tommy Lasorda at third base often the A's bullpen area to third base coaches in a series of very colorful and very personable people. Tommy Lasorda Mr. enthusiasm had him miked up on Sunday for the World Series. Bill tell me some of it won't get on the film a little low for a ball two and one. He got a little upset at one of the umpire. There is Yogi Berra with Casey Stengel read Cheney right behind him two balls on a strike and Sal Bando goes in to talk to one hundred now a steadying influence on that bill is almost like having an assistant manager out there Mike Marshall is up in the open for the Dodgers happy got manhandled on that little bouncer he started to come in and then he stomped on a Tony looked as if he couldn't make up his mind whether to come after it or not he got caught in between hops you see right there and then he decides it goes up the heel of his glove and just mother get one green while he does not throw a spurt it comes in hard what did he get the short one with this kind of lead. Bill Russell comes on makes his home in Broken Arrow Oklahoma as does Jim Brewer. What are the odds that two men from Broken Arrow Oklahoma would be in a World Series foul on strike one Mike Marshall on deck as Bond Joshua as they move down to the pitcher's part of the batting order the Dodgers have an outstanding bench. Here's a little looping base hit in left field and the Dodgers now will bring the tying header to the plate with two men on and two down and a seventh inning. Joshua comes up and Bill Russell now is the only player who's up safely in all seven postseason games in the National League playoffs and in the World Series West stack the pitching coach who never makes the changes on the mound and goes out to talk to you the shelter and there might be another reason why Hunter hasn't thrown it wrecking ball very much he dropped that breaking ball right on the inside corner against a man down in the batting order that you ordinarily wouldn't be living on like their own a Charlie Bill is responsible for having some pretty good pitching coaches around Bill pulls it out and a lot of these kids were stuck pick them up as Dick Williams last year about Phillies baseball knowledge he said is very good especially on pitching bond. Joshua lt banner with the 234 batting average for the Dodgers. He had one homerun this year and had 16 runs batted in the last couple of years. The Dodgers have got excellent excellent results from their pictures off the bench by ball up center field that is going to take some running but really should get there. He's got it. And the Dodgers don't score again off the canvas. The score in the middle of a seventh inning is greater than nothing. NBC has excellent coverage of happily ever after the third year in a row. It will start January 5th. NBC Sports. No one in live coverage that you're around. Now we have Mike Marshall making his third appearance in three games. He cannot break a record but he can tie the world's great record. And Darrell knows that two years ago for the A's when he appeared in every world last year there are no longer questions such Marshall wrote back the night leading off at Byrd Cavaliers in the last half of the seventh innings now banned on Reggie Jackson and Charlie Huff. Mr. Campbell is vomiting money. He did no hits. He struck out for a walk only one with a knuckleball and it was close. Here's a tough little out right here. Be camping there. He's had two hits tonight. Drag on the inside corner. Boy Marshall is an amazing picture. A's don't yet know what he has. He hasn't been in the game long enough for them to really have had a good look at him. Scribble they know he has one of those national leaguer who have seen him often don't know what he had. Let's take a look at that screwball a campy once again we told you before. He has several different kinds. There you can see that one goes on a stripped down lab again. Kevin Harris hits the ground in a wrestle and he throws him out in one way. Well it's an offbeat pitch and it goes down real well and obviously he's mastered the art of keeping it down screwball pitchers and hanging letter high get hurt Mando hit against him by Marshall fishing with Seattle and has one year in the American League banner said Marshall was just starting to come up with his pro at year blocker a pitcher with the A's who injured right now has been disabled all year long with Marshall in Seattle and he said he would really love to talk to Marshall now because he saw a lot of life those kind of quitting ball Bando hits it Iran say on two hops and he throws him out. He has kind of a funny way of throwing a ball and kind of putting funny right straight up as he throws it with his time than anything else. No one he has everything he does. The arm on Marshall many times during the course of the year. The number of appearances he's made over 100 in the regular season one of the reasons he has that kind of consistency I think is because he does not blow it out of the ball. He knows how to warm up properly. Is Reggie Jackson to our seventh inning Kramer fastball and Reggie hit it right over the bag and further goes by he puts it on the foul ball and he admits it is always on stage I say you enjoy the center stage I get a kick out I made a tremendous fan no I follow the national league American League old timers you know the averages of everybody the great baseball but I tell you what the first month and a half two months of this season it was the best baseball player I've ever seen. He was doing everything hitting the ball out of the park. He was stealing bases playing great me out Dale and he pulled a hamstring muscle in Texas going from first to third Marshall goes with the bath ball and this is Lois one and one and then Reggie had some ups and downs the rest of the year but it's hard to maintain the pick that he attained last year the MVP unanimously voted zone in regularly once you're on target practice day they're Marshall listed another best ball and there is one and two. No. That was in the scouting report I know they talked about his screwball but he gets a lot of hitters not with a fastball stand up there in the back of your mind thinking screwball in his fastball by only thrown Reggie fastballs here he is turning real good knee high fastball is another one with a high turnover to outs seventh inning the score the Oakland A's three the Los Angeles Dodgers nothing. Each club has only four hits. This was expected to be a pitching dominated series and it certainly has been there but the last two series for the Oakland A's have been just that kind. They just do not score big right. They call it a fastball right down the middle and Marshall comes in and set the A's down in order. After seven full innings if nothing Oakland Walter O'Malley chairman of the board the Los Angeles Dodgers gets a welcome from the opening of the big message board. Oakland has a new right fielder now a ball game. Washington is under a picture today below him after the strike. But in Washington a great deal in the place of Reggie Jackson the reason he is there other than the fact he's a good defensive outfielder is that Jackson was still a tender leg nearly not going deep and he makes the catch. He could go back to the slightly inconsistent at times. This was a very difficult play on a straight back and we see from that center of your camera with five run running catch by North End he throws well to Manny. Yeah I don't know who might have made a scouting report that he's a bad center fielder because I've been watching I've seen every game he is played over here and he has given the A's sensational job and center Bailey has made some some errors and throwing errors but he's not afraid to dive after the ball he's not afraid to climb the wall he's just been a very very fine center fielder broken. The thing about it is he's playing center field late in the year when he was not hitting. He hasn't gotten down on himself defensively. You're getting something off the outfield but Hunter has been stung here at a single and a long way off by Joshua the. Now does long drive by Lopes in the eighth and Curt that was off a high hanging slider right there with that began to get hit out of the ballpark and immediately rally fingers started pumping harder out in the open bullpen. He's joined there by a left hander Paul in play you can't be sure it's coming up. They to get him out of there usually. Here's Billy Buckner I tried to show everybody was that bat ball he still has some zip left on it. He's been almost without a breaking ball tonight. I'd be interested in hearing what he had to say after the game but watching from here it looked as if he's almost been without here the long drive to write but Washington can't get that one it is go that's going to be all for catfish Hunter had two balls in a row really drilled for the right hand and rally fingers Captain kind of dropping that arm down a little bit coming up the side fastball in right now. And once again not have a complete game for 16 so how many is that. Seventeen consecutive World Series Game 1. How did it go down. He is undefeated a world series a bigger than the take a look and see this last home you can see past the catcher setting up down along the way look because all this right down the middle maybe a little bit the outside part of the plate but higher than most pitches hundreds thrown today Jimmy ran the first man and rally fingers pacers win tag team for a home run in the first game of the series fingers a high fastball missing as Peter O'Malley is the president of the Dodgers rained on the low minor league gone up to the big job which he's doing a very capable job fingers missed it again it's two balls and no strikes if three to one you know that in the last sixteen World Series game the A's have played in seventy two seventy three in the first two games this year. The A's have scored more than three runs only three times and they lost two of those ballgames outscored both the Cincinnati and Mets Series and won both series win and a good college it's one it brings up an interesting observation have Steve Garvey about his impression of the A's tonight he said they don't get many hits but they're winners they know how to win Jimmy wins Why. Taking a look. Fingers one by in about two balls two strikes and then Sal Bando said about the Dodgers a very fine game I'm surprised they play with such poise at twenty four twenty five years of age there where we were two or three years ago they're on their way to the Jimmy win Ground ball right side of his head. That was on a good day. Fingers get that ball probably within an inch or two of exactly where he wanted it. And Marty as we started this city you mentioned the defensive replacement in right field court in Washington and he is going to be a good player. But I've got to wonder as the Badgers poster about taking Reggie taxes matter in the lineup this game gets tied up. Well here's a man who could tie it up with one swing of the bat. The Dodgers top RBI man Steve Garvey is one for three tonight. One out one run in South Bend those guarding the line at third so they're getting Garvey a little ground to his left. You want to keep the tying run out of scoring position so Bando is almost standing on the foul line. Right. The Green a throwback the first a couple of it like shot but he was right there. Very quickly to get the plate footage anyway three to one here at the open Coliseum as we go to the last half of inning number eight. This is the second double play the Dodgers have hit into the night with a vicious line drive. That's a win. Here's green in the corner of your picture. Look at that snap throw underhand sweeps snap and he's got it. All right quick reaction by Dick Green near Green in the dugout it had to be two because he actually had his head down and was making sure he had the ball before he threw it in. When did his best to get back into a headlong dive with the ball just nailed him. Here's Joe Rudy against Mike Marshall. He's had two hits off Marshall so far in the world series. He doesn't this time next year a comeback here and throws him out. Oh shortstop Mike Marshall for years the tiger team had to quit their position because his back bothered him bending down so much good thing he didn't learn phraseology about the back before now here's Jeanne. Tennis the first baseman one out eight winning a three to one open over the Dodgers game three of the 1974 World Series like a curve ball then sprinkle. The Dodgers have hit some shots tonight. They have only one run another fastball it's one on one pitch prior to this last one the one that looked like a curve ball. That's that crazy screwball that breaks away. Sounds impossible. Not so from the right handed hitter with one out there. Went on for the A's in the last half of any number eight. Ray Hussey is the batter for the Oakland A's. We're gonna have a pinch runner now. Game tennis is being taken out of the game and hurricane her Washington who was picked up by Mike Marshall in the last World Series game in Los Angeles. And you know Kurt the press made a lot out of that as if it were the biggest play of the ballgame and he was picked up by the Asian and other runners at second base in the game and had still not gotten him home and they were down at the final of the batting order Dennis didn't throw a helmet tonight is really agonizing. He was mad in Bolívar when they took him out for the first runner Great pass he is up hurricane hurt Washington track man who stole twenty nine bases for the A's this year and a fastball passes right. I tell you he didn't get one step up that bag against Marshall. He was about six feet shorter than the other ballgame. Lesson learned is a little bit if you don't put your hand in the cookie jar twice if you get caught the first damn thing about him though with that great speed he does not need too big of a lead. He just out runs the baseball pass he pops it up not behind second base if they're smart they'll let that ball drop and get Washington off they're not going to do it. Looks good to drop that ball and cut it in and of course play a second and gotten Washington off the bases but he had a gag around the batting cage and I went with the president to speak about and he said to pick off play Lady Well I got to hand it to her watching and he'd been a good natured guy. He's taking a lot of ribbing from his own teammates but he really fit in well with the ball club they after realizing that he was going to be around all tried to help the guy and his condition right back and when he felt part of the team he's kind of doing just that. And with two outs I think that and let him take a shot at get the scoring position for green how many times a shilling was picked up he'd make it successfully to second base. Well the A's had to play with left hand pitcher where eight times he was picked off. He tried to get picked up and just kept going to second. He made it eight times pitches high for a ball particularly with a left hand pitcher in the right hand and throwing a first baseman who would have to make a little pivot. Herb would get off about 16 or 17 feet right out in there just keep going and make the pitcher raises put up in a second. The pitcher would put the foot up. He's gone to second base and it takes a good throw to get him. Let they get your verdict. He helped his ballclub or not. Well I think he did hurt hurt because he was the 25th man on a 25 man roster. There goes green swing and hits at the left field day. There are two down and Herbie stopping in second base. He doesn't know how many are out and this is what they talk about not having the baseball sense. He could have been gone and should have been going with two down but he stopped in second. After eight innings the score three to 1. Well he's a new first baseman. He's Jim Holt acquired from the Minnesota Twins a little after midseason by the A's so it's up to Riley fingers now. He'll have Crawford Ferguson and say in the top half of the ninth inning Tommy hope that good fielding first baseman. He has a very good feeling first baseman and Alvin Dark feels that the A's are not weakening themselves all that much at first base when tennis comes out other than Geno probably knows the hitters much better in the American League wrecking ball misses this one ball and one strike. Here the drive deep right center Billy north not going to get to that one it is gone all right for Willie proper Willie Crawford just crashed that ball that was a low land drive and Billy north the center fielder hardly even took a step towards the wall. Here at swing again looks like sinker ball not quite loaded up and not quite on the outside part of the plate. He got all of it. Here's Ferguson. He'll be trying to hit one out of here. It's three to two now open leading by only around 3 2 3 2 2 3 to 2 3 in a row. This was not over yet though Inglis later missed that side of the ball on a. Dodgers have hit the 75 Wrecking Ball again doing one to Ferguson and Alvin Dark gonna be having some anxious moments now. Walter Alston realizing what a big game this one is. David Hager with the glasses conceivably to rattle his smiling bouncing ball a short on that call immediately. He might still have had a chance. Alvin. Is going to come out happy you played so brilliantly in the World Series last year along with Buddy health and has had problems a little shakier this year his second there has been OK games Iraq along with not much action but the ninth innings have all been exciting every game. Let's look at it again. Ferguson runs. He does not run well he took his time going got after it and then he realized hey that's a slow runner take a look at it from another angle to this is run behind Kevin Harris It came right back up to him that's where he took his time money they're gonna have a pinch runner for Ferguson now guys with a good bench Rick Auerbach is going to come out. I think that may be one of the stronger points of the two teams the Dodgers with a little edge off the bench. Well in a similar situation over in Los Angeles the other day the A's did not bunt. Do you think the Dodgers will hear or will they try to play to win. I think I can say take a crack at it. Joe is a left hander Odom the right hander. Nobody down in the ninth inning a change in something now. He steps out Verizon and let's take a look at where Bando is a third base almost down the line even with the bag. We get a Jack face buried to brunt but took a low ball one watch band cover that line now first two games of a World Series were played early relaxed mood. But now it's almost like a playoff championship series. It's best three out of five from here on in one ball one strike and these three games are back going back to first the Dodgers now about hit the A's 24 17 and they've got Homer the A's for homers to 1 wrecking ball and take a look at this by Allen the one above was not high fastball wrecking ball a little bit easier most of the time even more than likely loosen up a little bit now with two strikes on say and back maybe three or four more steps fingers after that wrecking ball for straight dude came in with a very live fastball and an away from Ron say Salas went out in the ninth inning the batter is Russell the shortstop who's had one base hit Dodgers have a pinch hitter on deck one of many they have got him that's Manny Moto now they're standing on the Oakland A's dugout step Jackson moving caught out Washington in more shallow and right deal Sal Bando ask for time from the umpire Sal can't get caught on Washington's attention everybody in the ballpark I think know they're trying to get hold of him but him round ball Dick Green goes the second they got him there over the first got late night line drive played Nick Green got a report on him wasn't even to be a very good second baseman he played brilliantly tonight and it brings up the brilliant pennants he gave under Miss California the MBA candidate standing there and the people in Southern California have got to wonder now Miss California can be fired well in spite of all game 3 to two for the third game in a row and everybody said the series was going to be an even serious curse. Well it can be much more even than that. We'll be back in just one minute. Gem hunters the winner is born on our world series competition Al Downing the loser Fingers gets to save our third consecutive one run game all final score three to two and in each game the losing team came on strong with a rally in the ninth inning that just fell short tomorrow night is going to be Don Sutton pitching for the Dodgers a check out Mr. Smith for the Dodgers and husband for the A's so we bid you good night from the Oakland Coliseum. Game three of the seventy four World Series has been brought to you by the Gillette track to shaving system. It's the closest thing to a perfect shape and buy your Chrysler Plymouth. Dealers invite you to see Cordoba the new small Chrysler tomorrow night. World Series game number four from Oakland restated by the baseball world of Joe Garagiola right here on end B. Steve.

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