Babe Pinelli

Umpire Dusty Hodges of the National League will be at first base.

Larry Knapp of the American League will be at second base, and Babe Pinelli, the veteran of the National League, will be at third.

Tom Gorman of the National League will be down the right field foul line, and Ed Runge of the American League will be down the left field foul line.

Foul lines for your information, down the left field line here in Ebbets Field, it's three hundred and forty-eight feet.

Their efficiency has been a thing of beauty to watch throughout this series.

Babe Pinelli of the National League is to be the umpire-in-chief this afternoon and will call the balls and strikes, working with the indicator and with the tools on back of the plate.

Bill McGowan, the senior umpire of the American League duo, is stationed back of first.

Beans Reardon, who is the senior umpire of the National League duo, is at second.

There's a beautiful curveball, a nice slow one that he throws up there, and a pretty good hopping fastball.

There's that fastball right around the knees, and Berger swung and missed it.

Babe Pinelli is back at the plate.

Beans Reardon is umpiring at second.

Outfield for the Dodgers straight away with Sandy Amoros in left and Duke Snider in center, and in right field is Carl Furillo.

Hank Bauer has asked umpire Babe Pinelli to look that ball over, and he has.

No scuff marks.

Back out it goes to Sal Maglie.

Wind blowing out towards right field.

Roy Campanella decides to go out and have a little chat with his pitcher, Sal Maglie.

Umpire Babe Pinelli, a veteran of many years in the National League, dusting off the plate.

Tom Gorman of the National League is the umpire out along the left field foul line.

at third.

And incidentally, Babe Pinelli played third base here in Detroit 1920.

So he's starting this all-star game as umpiring at the same spot.

I will check up on this official batting order.

Two umpire crew tonight.

Al Barlick is gonna be behind home plate and calling the balls and strikes, and Babe Pinelli is gonna be out there running the field.

He remembers there's a little slope going out center left to left field, Crosley Field's terrace.

If you know how to play it, you have a slight advantage there, knowing that you're gonna be a little bit closer to the sky, and the ball is gonna just hit the ground just that little bit faster.

1-2.

Line, fast grounder, bounces once in front of Vedeleman at short, takes a moment, throws it over to Tobin, and it's not in time.

[crowd cheering] Babe Pinelli gives us a little bit extra, beater two as the umpire makes sure on that call.

Lane fires up a fast grounder.

And he's single in the fourth and rode home on Willie Mays' home run.

Umpire Charlie Berry working the plate, representing the American League, and at the end of four and a half innings, he will switch with umpire Babe Pinelli.

Ed Hurley of the American League at second, Artie Gore of the National League at first.

All right, the pitch is on the way to Boyer.

However, Kell has motioned to trainer John Fadden, who is the American League trainer from the Boston Red Sox, to come out and look at Yogi Berra.

So inspection is going on right now.

At home plate with the umpire, Babe Pinelli, also looking on to see if Barrow is all right to stay in the ballgame.

Trainer Fadden of the Boston Red Sox asking Vera, who says he's all right, and Yogi stays in there as the trainer goes back to the dugout off on the right-hand side.

Tommy Holmes is standing just outside the left-handed batter's box.

The umpires, as Mel Allen told you a moment ago, will be George Barr of the National League staff at the plate, Summers at first base, Stewart at second, Grieve at third, Paparella down the left field line, and Babe Pinelli down the right field line.

Billy Southworth, wearing his traveling gray uniform, is stationed in the third base coach's box, and the first base coach for the Boston Braves today will be Johnny Cooney.

He and Freddie Fitzsimmons have been alternating throughout the series, and at appears at the moment at least, and we're not too capable when it comes to estimating crowds here in this unfamiliar Cleveland Municipal Stadium, but it appears that this will be the largest World Series crowd.

Uh, Bill was telling you about the umpires, and I'll tell them just who they are again right now.

At the plate today will be Babe Pinelli of the National League.

At first base, Umpire Grieve of the American League.

At second base, Umpire Goetz of the National League.

One ball, two strikes.

Thrown high and on the outside from the right-hander to a left-hand batter.

Babe Pinelli of the National League working balls and strikes back at the plate.

Chandler stretches, kicks, throws.