Retro Sports Radio: Classic Games from History

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  1976 - Baseball Clip - Cincinnati Reds Greatest Hits - Highlights 08.10.2026 47p

  Announcers - Marty Brennaman - Joe Nuxhall - The 1976 Reds completed a second consecutive World Series title, sweeping the New York Yankees in four games after having swept the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLCS — the first team in the League Championship Series era to go through an entire postseason undefeated. The roster, known by then as the Big Red Machine, was built around Joe Morgan, who won his second straight NL MVP award that year, and Johnny Bench, already a two-time MVP himself from earlier in the decade. Pete Rose, at 35, was in his 14th full season and still an everyday presence at third base, while Tony Perez anchored the middle of the lineup as the team's most established veteran run producer.Manager Sparky Anderson was in his seventh season running the club, a tenure that had already produced four pennants and two titles by this point. The supporting cast included George Foster, who broke out with a career year in 1977 but was already an everyday outfielder by 1976, and shortstop Dave Concepcion, a fixture on both ends of the field. If this recording carries period broadcast audio, the Reds' booth at the time was led by Marty Brennaman, then in his third season with the club, alongside former pitcher Joe Nuxhall — though without a transcript I can't confirm who's actually speaking on this particular piece.#BigRedMachine #1976Reds #JoeMorgan #JohnnyBench #WorldSeries1976
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  1981 - Baseball Clip - 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers - Vin Scully Highlights 01.10.2026 29p

  The 1981 Dodgers season was split into two halves by the players' strike that wiped out roughly two months of the schedule in June and July. Los Angeles won the National League West outright in the first half under manager Tom Lasorda, then qualified again as a division half-season winner, which meant an extra postseason round — the first National League Division Series — was added against the Houston Astros, who'd won the second half. The Dodgers took that series in five games. The season is also remembered as the year of Fernando Valenzuela, a 20-year-old left-hander who opened the year with eight straight wins, five of them shutouts, and went on to win both the Cy Young Award and Rookie of the Year, a combination no pitcher had achieved before.From there, Los Angeles beat the Montreal Expos in the NLCS on Rick Monday's ninth-inning home run in the deciding Game 5 — a moment still referred to in Montreal as Blue Monday — and went on to face the Yankees in the World Series. The Dodgers dropped the first two games in New York before winning four straight, giving the franchise its first title since 1965 and its first over the Yankees since 1963, following World Series losses to New York in 1977 and 1978. Veterans Steve Garvey, Ron Cey, and Steve Yeager were in their final years together as an infield/battery core that had been intact since the mid-1970s, while Valenzuela, Fernando-mania aside, was in just his first full big-league season.#1981Dodgers #Fernandomania #BlueMonday #WorldSeries1981 #MLBHistory
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  1977-Jun-23 - NYY/NYM - New York Yankees vs New York Mets - Exhibition Mayors Trophy Game - Classic Baseball Radio Broadcast 25.09.2026 2ó 36p

  The Mayor's Trophy Game was a charity exhibition born out of civic pride and old-fashioned New York baseball rivalry — a way to let the city's teams settle bragging rights in a low-stakes summer game while funneling gate proceeds into sandlot baseball for city kids. It started in 1946 as a Yankees-Giants series for a trophy named after Mayor William O'Dwyer, with the Dodgers joining in occasionally, and it carried real stakes for fans even if teams often didn't send their best arms (rosters were frequently padded with Triple-A call-ups to spare the real staffs). The series died when the Giants and Dodgers left for California after 1957, had a quiet interlude of occasional Yankees exhibitions against out-of-town clubs, then found new life in 1963 once the Mets arrived to become New York's "other" team. It ran with real regularity through 1979, went dark for two years when the two clubs just wrote checks to charity instead, came back briefly in 1982-83, and then died for good — a casualty of dwindling attendance and, fittingly, a 1983 finale so troubled that regular umpires refused to work it and college umps had to fill in. Throughout, the game's charm was its low-stakes, oddball nature: rain delays that pushed dates around, home run derbies as a preliminary event, players who'd have brief and otherwise forgettable careers becoming the story of the day, and moments of real civic sentiment (the 1948 game paused for news of Babe Ruth's death; the 1960 Dodgers-Yankees game benefited an injured Roy Campanella). The 1977 game specifically: Played at Shea Stadium on June 23 (rescheduled from a rained-out May 9 date), it drew just 15,510 fans — by far the smallest crowd since the Mets-Yankees version of the series resumed in 1963, a sign of how much air had gone out of the event by the late '70s. The Mets won 6-4, with home runs from Joel Youngblood and Ron Hodges providing the offense. Fittingly for a series that often saved its regulars, both pitchers of record were Triple-A farmhands rather than established major leaguers: Tom Makowski took the win for the Mets, and Roger Slagle took the loss for the Yankees — a small, forgettable footnote of a game that nonetheless captured exactly what the series had become by then: a charity obligation more than a real rivalry showcase.
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  1964 - Baseball Clip - 1964 St Louis Cardinals - Highlights 24.09.2026 32p

  Announcers- Jack Buck- Harry CarayThe Cardinals' 1964 pennant race and World Series win, presented as a season-ending recap by the club's radio team of Harry Caray and Jack Buck. Caray had already been the voice of the Cardinals for close to two decades by 1964, having joined the broadcast in the mid-1940s; Buck, who would go on to call Cardinals baseball into the 2000s, was roughly a decade into that partnership. The pair narrate a collapse-and-recovery pennant race — the Cardinals trailed by as many as 13 games at midseason, then caught both the Phillies (who lost 10 straight down the stretch) and the Reds on the final weekend of the season, clinching on October 4th.The roster referenced reflects a team in transition. Lou Brock, acquired from the Cubs in a June trade that summer, was just beginning the run that would carry him to Cooperstown, while Bob Gibson — three years from his historic 1.12 ERA season in 1968 — worked as a workhorse starter on short rest through both the pennant clincher and multiple World Series starts. Ken Boyer, the NL MVP that year, and rookie Bill White are heard alongside Tim McCarver and Curt Flood. The World Series itself went seven games against the Yankees, New York's last pennant of the Mickey Mantle/Whitey Ford era before a long decline; the Cardinals' Game 7 win gave the franchise its first title since 1946.#1964WorldSeries #HarryCaray #JackBuck #BobGibson #CardinalsHistory
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  1969-Aug-31 - PHI/LAD - Philadelphia Phillies vs Los Angeles Dodgers - Classic Baseball Radio Broadcast 23.09.2026 2ó 2p

  - 1969 MLB Standings- Sunday, August 31, 1969- Start Time: 1:00 p.m. Local- Attendance: 19,357- Venue: Dodger Stadium-- Radio Announcers- Vin Scully- Jerry Doggett-- Managers- George Myatt- Walt Alston-- Starting Lineups- 1969 Philadelphia Phillies- 1 - SS - Terry Harmon- 2 - CF - John Briggs- 3 - 1B - Dick Allen- 4 - RF - Johnny Callison- 5 - 3B - Deron Johnson- 6 - LF - Ron Stone- 7 - C - Dave Watkins- 8 - 2B - Cookie Rojas- 9 - P - Rick Wise-- 1969 Los Angeles Dodgers- 1 - SS - Maury Wills- 2 - LF - Manny Mota- 3 - CF - Willie Davis- 4 - 1B - Wes Parker- 5 - RF - Willie Crawford- 6 - 3B - Bill Sudakis- 7 - C - Tom Haller- 8 - 2B - Ted Sizemore- 9 - P - Bill Singer-
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  1978-Aug-16 - CLE/DET - Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers - Classic Baseball Radio Broadcast 20.09.2026 2ó 15p

  - 1978 MLB Standings- Wednesday, August 16, 1978- Start Time: 8:00 p.m. Local- Attendance: 15,819- Venue: Tiger Stadium-- Radio Announcers- Herb Score- Joe Tate-- Managers- Jeff Torborg- Ralph Houk-- Starting Lineups- 1978 Cleveland Indians- 1 - CF - Rick Manning- 2 - 3B - Buddy Bell- 3 - LF - Johnny Grubb- 4 - 1B - Andre Thornton- 5 - C - Gary Alexander- 6 - DH - Bernie Carbo- 7 - RF - Jim Norris- 8 - 2B - Duane Kuiper- 9 - SS - Tom Veryzer- - P - David Clyde-- 1978 Detroit Tigers- 1 - CF - Ron LeFlore- 2 - 2B - Lou Whitaker- 3 - DH - Rusty Staub- 4 - LF - Steve Kemp- 5 - C - Lance Parrish- 6 - 3B - Aurelio Rodríguez- 7 - 1B - Mickey Stanley- 8 - RF - Tim Corcoran- 9 - SS - Alan Trammell- - P - Jack Billingham-
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  1961-Jun-18 - NYY/DET - New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers - Classic Baseball Radio Broadcast 18.09.2026 2ó 32p

  - 1961 MLB Standings - Sunday, June 18, 1961 - Attendance: 44,459 - Venue: Tiger Stadium - - Radio Announcers - Mel Allen - - Managers - Ralph Houk - Bob Scheffing - - Starting Lineups - 1961 New York Yankees - 1 - 2B - Bobby Richardson - 2 - 3B - Clete Boyer - 3 - RF - Roger Maris - 4 - CF - Mickey Mantle - 5 - LF - Yogi Berra - 6 - 1B - Bill Skowron - 7 - C - Johnny Blanchard - 8 - SS - Joe DeMaestri - 9 - P - Whitey Ford - - 1961 Detroit Tigers - 1 - 2B - Jake Wood - 2 - CF - Bill Bruton - 3 - RF - Al Kaline - 4 - LF - Rocky Colavito - 5 - 1B - Norm Cash - 6 - C - Dick Brown - 7 - SS - Chico Fernández - 8 - 3B - Ozzie Virgil - 9 - P - Frank Lary -
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  1969 - Baseball Clip - 1969 New York Mets Album - Highlights 17.09.2026 46p

  Announcers- Lindsey Nelson- Bob Murphy- Ralph Kiner -SummaryThe 1969 Mets came into the season as a franchise that had never finished higher than ninth place in its seven years of existence, going back to a 120-loss debut in 1962. Manager Gil Hodges, a former Dodgers and Mets first baseman then in his second season running the club, had the team in third place and nine and a half games out as late as mid-August. From there Los Angeles's rebuild is not part of this story — the Mets instead won 38 of their final 49 games, a stretch that included a 10-game September winning streak, to overtake the Chicago Cubs, who had led the NL East for most of the summer.Tom Seaver, in his third major league season, won 25 games and the NL Cy Young Award that year; Jerry Koosman won 17. Nolan Ryan, still primarily a reliever/spot starter years before his strikeout records with the Angels, Astros, and Rangers, appears in a lesser roleThe Mets swept the Atlanta Braves in the first-ever National League Championship Series, then beat the heavily favored Baltimore Orioles — a 109-win club with future Hall of Famers Frank Robinson, Brooks Robinson, and Jim Palmer — in five games to win the franchise's first World Series title.#1969Mets #TomSeaver #GilHodges #MiracleMets #WorldSeries1969
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  1970-Jun-28 - NYM/MON - New York Mets vs Montreal Expos - Classic Baseball Radio Broadcast 13.09.2026 2ó 26p

  - 1970 MLB Standings - Sunday, June 28, 1970 - Start Time: 8:05 p.m. Local - Attendance: 27,154 - Venue: Parc Jarry - - Radio Announcers - Lindsey Nelson - Bob Murphy - Ralph Kiner - - Managers - Gil Hodges - Gene Mauch - - Starting Lineups - 1970 New York Mets - 1 - CF - Tommie Agee - 2 - SS - Bud Harrelson - 3 - LF - Ken Singleton - 4 - 1B - Art Shamsky - 5 - RF - Dave Marshall - 6 - 2B - Ken Boswell - 7 - 3B - Joe Foy - 8 - C - Jerry Grote - 9 - P - Ray Sadecki - - 1970 Montreal Expos - 1 - LF - Don Hahn - 2 - 2B - Gary Sutherland - 3 - RF - Rusty Staub - 4 - CF - Adolfo Phillips - 5 - 3B - Coco Laboy - 6 - C - John Bateman - 7 - 1B - Ron Fairly - 8 - SS - Bobby Wine - 9 - P - Carl Morton -
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  1950-Jun-11 - CLE/PHA - G1 - Cleveland Indians vs Philadelphia Athletics - Classic Baseball Radio Broadcast 11.09.2026 2ó 23p

  - 1950 MLB Standings - Sunday, June 11, 1950 - Venue: Shibe Park - First game of doubleheader, see Second game. - Radio Announcers - Al Helfer - Art Gleason - - Managers - Lou Boudreau - Jimmy Dykes - - Starting Lineups - 1950 Cleveland Indians - 1 - RF - Bob Kennedy - 2 - LF - Allie Clark - 3 - 1B - Luke Easter - 4 - CF - Larry Doby - 5 - 3B - Al Rosen - 6 - SS - Lou Boudreau - 7 - 2B - Bobby Ávila - 8 - C - Jim Hegan - 9 - P - Bob Lemon - - 1950 Philadelphia Athletics - 1 - 3B - Bob Dillinger - 2 - RF - Wally Moses - 3 - LF - Paul Lehner - 4 - CF - Sam Chapman - 5 - 1B - Ferris Fain - 6 - SS - Eddie Joost - 7 - 2B - Billy Hitchcock - 8 - C - Joe Astroth - 9 - P - Bobby Shantz -
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  1959 - Baseball Clip - Dodgers with Vin Scully - Highlights 11.09.2026 31p

  - 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers - Announcers - Vin Scully - Ira CookThe 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers captured their first World Series title since moving west from Brooklyn, marking a pivotal moment in franchise history. Just two years removed from their relocation, the Dodgers overcame a turbulent, injury-riddled season to finish 88–68, tying with the Milwaukee Braves atop the National League. They won a best-of-three playoff series against Milwaukee to clinch the pennant, setting the stage for a World Series matchup with the Chicago White Sox.- CF-RF - Duke Snider- LF-RF - Wally Moon- 1B - Gil Hodges- 2B - Charlie Neal- 1B-LF - Norm Larker- 3B - Jim Gilliam- CF - Don Demeter- C - John Roseboro- SS - Don Zimmer- SP-RP - Roger Craig- SP - Johnny Podres- SP-RP - Danny McDevitt- SP-RP - Sandy Koufax- SP - Don Drysdale- RP - Clem Labine
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  1978-Jun-18 - KCR/CHW - G2 - Kansas City Royals vs Chicago White Sox - Classic Baseball Radio Broadcast 09.09.2026 2ó 22p

  - 1978 MLB Standings - Sunday, June 18, 1978 - Attendance: 40,598 - Venue: Comiskey Park I - Radio Announcers - Lorn Brown - Harry Caray - Jimmy Piersall - - Starting Lineups - 1978 Kansas City Royals - 1 - CF - Willie Wilson - 2 - LF - Tom Poquette - 3 - 3B - George Brett - 4 - 1B - Clint Hurdle - 5 - DH - Hal McRae - 6 - C - Darrell Porter - 7 - RF - Al Cowens - 8 - SS - Freddie Patek - 9 - 2B - Jerry Terrell - - P - Paul Splittorff - - 1978 Chicago White Sox - 1 - LF - Alan Bannister - 2 - RF - Claudell Washington - 3 - CF - Chet Lemon - 4 - C - Wayne Nordhagen - 5 - 1B - Lamar Johnson - 6 - DH - Bill Nahorodny - 7 - 3B - Eric Soderholm - 8 - SS - Don Kessinger - 9 - 2B - Greg Pryor - - P - Ron Schueler -
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  1985-Jun-11 - NYM/PHI - New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies - Classic Baseball Radio Broadcast 08.09.2026 3ó 19p

  - 1985 MLB Standings - Tuesday, June 11, 1985 - Attendance: 22,591 - Venue: Veterans Stadium - Radio Announcers - Andy Musser - Chris Wheeler - - - Starting Lineups - 1985 New York Mets - 1 - 2B - Wally Backman - 2 - 3B - Howard Johnson - 3 - 1B - Keith Hernandez - 4 - C - Gary Carter - 5 - CF - Danny Heep - 6 - LF - George Foster - 7 - RF - Clint Hurdle - 8 - SS - Rafael Santana - 9 - P - Tom Gorman - - 1985 Philadelphia Phillies - 1 - LF - Von Hayes - 2 - 3B - Rick Schu - 3 - 2B - Juan Samuel - 4 - 1B - Mike Schmidt - 5 - RF - Glenn Wilson - 6 - C - Bo Díaz - 7 - CF - Garry Maddox - 8 - SS - Luis Aguayo - 9 - P - Charles Hudson -
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  1972-Jun-04 - NYY/CHW - G2 - New York Yankees vs Chicago White Sox - Classic Baseball Radio Broadcast 06.09.2026 2ó 26p

  - 1972 MLB Season - Sunday, June 4, 1972 - Attendance: 51,904 - Venue: White Sox Park - Game Duration: 2:25- - Radio Announcers - Frank Messer - Bill White - - Managers - Ralph Houk - Chuck Tanner - - Starting Lineups - 1972 New York Yankees - 1 - 2B - Horace Clarke - 2 - RF - Rusty Torres - 3 - CF - Bobby Murcer - 4 - LF - Roy White - 5 - 1B - Felipe Alou - 6 - C - John Ellis - 7 - 3B - Hal Lanier - 8 - SS - Gene Michael - 9 - P - Mike Kekich - - 1972 Chicago White Sox - 1 - RF - Walt Williams - 2 - 2B - Luis Alvarado - 3 - LF - Carlos May - 4 - CF - Rick Reichardt - 5 - 3B - Bill Melton - 6 - 1B - Mike Andrews - 7 - SS - Rich Morales - 8 - C - Chuck Brinkman - 9 - P - Dave Lemonds -
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  1969-Professional-Baseball-The-First-100-Years 05.09.2026 52p

  Baseball from 1869 to 1969 transformed from a loosely organized pastime into America’s national sport, evolving through foundational rule changes, labor struggles, the rise of major franchises, and the integration of some of the game’s most enduring legends.The first professional team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings, took the field in 1869, marking the birth of organized pro baseball. The National League was founded in 1876, providing structure and legitimacy, followed by the creation of the American League in 1901. These two leagues formed the modern Major League Baseball structure and began the annual World Series in 1903.The early era was defined by pioneers like Cap Anson, King Kelly, and Old Hoss Radbourn, who played under evolving rules, often with brutal travel and rudimentary equipment. By the 1910s, Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, and Tris Speaker were among the stars dominating the dead-ball era, when low scores and small ball tactics ruled the game.In 1920, Babe Ruth’s rise ushered in the live-ball era, transforming baseball into a power-driven spectacle. Ruth’s presence helped the New York Yankees become a dominant force, supported by legends like Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, and later Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra. Rival franchises like the St. Louis Cardinals, Brooklyn Dodgers, and Detroit Tigers rose during this time, backed by stars such as Stan Musial, Hank Greenberg, and Dizzy Dean.Branch Rickey’s signing of Jackie Robinson in 1947 shattered the color barrier, marking a turning point not only for baseball but for American society. Robinson paved the way for African American and Afro-Latino stars like Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks, Roberto Clemente, and Bob Gibson, who changed the game’s competitive landscape in the 1950s and '60s.Pitching greatness defined much of the late 1960s, with Sandy Koufax, Juan Marichal, and Bob Gibson dominating from the mound. The decade ended just before the mound was lowered in 1969 to help balance the pitcher-batter dynamic.By 1969, baseball had completed its first century of professional play. The year saw the introduction of divisional play and the League Championship Series, marking the beginning of the modern postseason format. It capped a remarkable hundred-year run in which baseball grew from a gentleman’s hobby into a major cultural and commercial institution.
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  1966-Jun-10 - WAS/CLE - Washington Senators vs Cleveland Indians - Siebert No Hitter - Classic Baseball Radio Broadcast 31.08.2026 1ó 48p

  - 1966 MLB Season - Friday, June 10, 1966 - Attendance: 10,469 - Venue: Cleveland Stadium - - Radio Announcers - Jimmy Dudley - Bob Neal - - Managers - Gil Hodges - Birdie Tebbetts - - Starting Lineups - 1966 Washington Senators - 1 - 2B - Don Blasingame - 2 - 3B - Bob Saverine - 3 - RF - Jim King - 4 - LF - Frank Howard - 5 - 1B - Dick Nen - 6 - CF - Don Lock - 7 - C - Paul Casanova - 8 - SS - Ed Brinkman - 9 - P - Phil Ortega - - 1966 Cleveland Indians - 1 - CF - Vic Davalillo - 2 - SS - Chico Salmon - 3 - LF - Leon Wagner - 4 - 3B - Max Alvis - 5 - 1B - Fred Whitfield - 6 - RF - Rocky Colavito - 7 - 2B - Dick Howser - 8 - C - Joe Azcue - 9 - P - Sonny Siebert
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  1972 - Baseball Clip - Finleys Oakland A's - Highlights 09.06.2025 51p

  - 1972 Oakland Athletics - 1972 MLB Standings - - Announcers - Monte Moore - Jim Woods - Jimmy Piersall- - Key Players- 1B - Mike Epstein- LF - Joe Rudi- CF-RF - Reggie Jackson- 3B - Sal Bando- C - Dave Duncan- CF-RF - Angel Mangual- C - Gene Tenace- SS - Bert Campaneris- 2B - Larry Brown- SP - Ken Holtzman- RP - Rollie Fingers- SP - Blue Moon Odom- SP - Catfish Hunter- SP - Vida Blue- RP - Darold Knowles
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  1981-Jun-11 - CIN/NYM - Cincinnati Reds vs New York Mets - Classic Baseball Radio Broadcast 04.06.2025 2ó 38p

  - 1981 MLB Standings - Thursday, June 11, 1981 - Attendance: 18,612 - Venue: Shea Stadium - Radio Announcers - Marty Brennaman - Joe Nuxhall - - Managers - John McNamara - Joe Torre - - Starting Lineups - 1981 Cincinnati Reds - 1 - RF - Dave Collins - 2 - CF - Ken Griffey - 3 - SS - Dave Concepción - 4 - LF - George Foster - 5 - 1B - Dan Driessen - 6 - 3B - Ray Knight - 7 - 2B - Ron Oester - 8 - C - Joe Nolan - 9 - P - Tom Seaver - - 1981 New York Mets - 1 - CF - Mookie Wilson - 2 - SS - Bob Bailor - 3 - RF - Ellis Valentine - 4 - LF - Dave Kingman - 5 - 1B - Rusty Staub - 6 - 3B - Mike Cubbage - 7 - C - Alex Treviño - 8 - 2B - Doug Flynn - 9 - P - Pat Zachry -
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  1968 - Baseball Clip - The Year of the Detroit Tigers - Highlights 02.06.2025 50p

  1968 Detroit Tigers 1968 MLB Standings- - LF - Willie Horton- 1B-RF - Al Kaline- C - Bill Freehan- 1B - Norm Cash- CF-RF - Jim Northrup- 2B - Dick McAuliffe- CF - Mickey Stanley- 3B - Don Wert- SS - Tommy Matchick- SP - Earl Wilson- SP-RP - John Hiller- SP - Mickey Lolich- SP - Denny McLain- SP - Joe Sparma- SP-RP - Pat Dobson- RP - Daryl Patterson
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  1962-May-30 - LAD/NYM - G1 - Los Angeles Dodgers vs New York Mets - Classic Baseball Radio Broadcast 30.05.2025 3ó 11p

  . - 1962 MLB Standings - Wednesday, May 30, 1962 - Venue: Polo Grounds - First game of doubleheader, - - Radio Announcers - Bob Murphy - Lindsey Nelson - Ralph Kiner - - Starting Lineups - 1962 Los Angeles Dodgers - 1 - SS - Maury Wills - 2 - 3B - Jim Gilliam - 3 - CF - Willie Davis - 4 - LF - Tommy Davis - 5 - 1B - Ron Fairly - 6 - RF - Frank Howard - 7 - C - John Roseboro - 8 - 2B - Larry Burright - 9 - P - Sandy Koufax - - 1962 New York Mets - 1 - RF - Joe Christopher - 2 - SS - Elio Chacón - 3 - 3B - Cliff Cook - 4 - LF - Frank Thomas - 5 - 1B - Gil Hodges - 6 - CF - Jim Hickman - 7 - 2B - Félix Mantilla - 8 - C - Sammy Taylor - 9 - P - Jay Hook