You Could Look It Up

That line drive was fouled just by inches. Bugs court may can certainly clobber that ball. Well, here we are. First of the night, two men out, two on base, and the count on bugs, three balls, two strikes, score nothing to nothing.

This is Dell Charbert at Ringo Stadium in St. Louis. You know if St. Louis wins today, it'll be a clean sweep, having won a double header seven to two and 10 to nothing yesterday. Looks like the league leaders are fading pretty fast, and St. Louis might take over.

Now the outfield is moved back into position and here's the pitch. Ball four! Bugs walks, filling the bases. Now up comes their slugger. Hank Metters! Hey, wait a minute. There's a terrific rhubarb. It looks like a youngster coming up to the plate.

Hey, Trekker's playing. And at the youngster, he has a big cigar in his mouth. Little bat and a big cigar. Well, here's the scoop on the rhubarb. For the first time in Big League Baseball, We have banning in the clean up position for the League-leaning champs, Pearl de Montel, a midget!

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and to the institution of baseball, a slice of Americana that quickens the pulse of the nation with the battle cry, Playball. Our efforts today are directed to their little leaguers with stars in their eyes, to the players and the miners hoping for that call which will take them to the majors and their big chance, to the players and the majors who this day are