Brooks Robinson

Booth Powell bats clean up and plays first base.

Brooks Robinson, who had a great day of field yesterday, bats fifth and third.

Dave Johnson is at second base.

Here's the one change in the lineup Andy Echebaran will catch today against the left-hander Kuzma.

And the Baltimore Orioles

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in Frank Robinson, Boog Powell, and Brooks Robinson with the bat did not win the ball game.

It was the 6, 7, and 8 batters.

For the Dodgers a do or die effort by Don Drysdale.

Drysdale you remember in his first inning of World Series competition against Baltimore gave up a walk to Russ Schneider and back to back home runs by Frank Robinson and Brooks Robinson.

Drysdale has had many an effort spoiled this year because of home runs and the home run, the World Series and the name Drysdale have gone together for this reason.

Drysdale has allowed seven home runs in World Series competition.

0-1 in the series.

The vice president of the United States, Honorable Hubert Humphrey just tossed out the first ball, and the Orioles take the field.

In a moment, batting order-wise, Aparicio at short, Schneider in center field, Robinson, Frank Robinson in right, Brooks Robinson at third, Boog Powell at first base, Kirk Bleffery in left.

Johnson, Dave Johnson will be the second baseman.

Cash loves those left handers as we said one for four against McNally but hit all four pitches very hard and this one was just inside the bag at third.

The fabulous Brooks Robinson had no chance to put those right together.

Now Oliver the left handed hitting center fielder hitting at 167.

The batter left handers we said against the left handed Cuellar but Oliver and Hebner not on the lineup did do well against left handers all year long.

Maybe they're still trying to get in.

Fastball is low, and Hendricks draws the walk.

And the Orioles have their first baserunner, and here comes Brooks Robinson hitting .571.

Robinson had that great play against San Guillen yesterday.

The Big Bats, Jim, have been just choked off by the fine New York pitching.

And the likes of Blair, Frank Robinson, Powell, and Brooks Robinson have only picked up nine base hits off met pitching in 59 official plate appearances.

So this Baltimore Ball Club, representing the American League in the 1969 series, as Detroit did a year ago, is faced with a similar situation going into Game 5.

A year ago at this time, the Tigers were down to the St. Louis Cardinals, three games to one.

The relief pitching by the Orioles, especially by Eddie Watt, has been good.

So from a pitching standpoint, Oriole baseball fans who are here at Shea Stadium are not discontent.

They are discontent with the lack of power and base hits that as yet has not been supplied by Blair, Frank Robinson, Powell, and Brooks Robinson, Jim.

Now, Mickey Maddow, who has played in 13 World Series and has seen a number of fine catches, and may I add has made a number of fine catches himself, said this morning that Svoboda's catch off the line drive of Brooks Robinson in the ninth inning of the fourth game of this 1969 World Series is the best catch, the best defensive play he has seen in a World Series in his lifetime.

A couple of changes were made since that lineup.

There's a ball hit toward third, and a bad huff, and a fine play by Brooks Robinson throws him out.

A sharply hit ground ball by Dave Cash, pointed down there by Brooks Robinson.

Now, Gene Kline stands in.

On the regular season, batted at .308.

And he wore the yoke, as they say, or the collar against Blass.

Most everybody did.

Mike Robinson only got two of the three hits, a home run and a single, and Brooks Robinson the other one.

A couple of changes were made since that lineup.

There's a ball hit toward third and a bad hop and a fine play by Brooks Robinson throws him out.

A sharply hit ground ball by Dave Cash, pointed down there by Brooks Robinson.

Now, Gene Kline stands in.

On the regular season, battered at .308.

And he wore the yoke, as they say, or the collar against Blass.

Most everybody did.

I think Robinson only got two of the three hits, a home run and a single, and Brooks Robinson the other one.

I'm talking about the courage of staying in there.

The Reds versus Brooks Robinson at third base.

This boy's not going to let like a little old thing like a hit in the mouth keep him out of there.

Don't get that many chances to play.

And now they're going to put Johnson on and pitch to the rookie, Dave Johnson.

The Orioles are handicapped.

Three of their key players, Brooks Robinson, last year's most valuable player, Sam Bowen, their regular right fielder, and Jerry Adair, their regular second baseman, all out of the lineup.

Well, the benches for the Yankees and the Orioles have had to come forth in this series.

A lot of people would think the other way, but because he's so used to playing shortstop, he told me that he really didn't have enough time to position himself at third base.

I found something after Brooks Robinson retired.

You never worried about where he played in the 18 years he was with the Orioles.

The minute you get a younger third baseman,

A turf came out the loser after a couple of Colts football games in the rain the last two Sundays.

Veteran third baseman Brooks Robinson calls the field, in a word, awful.

He says he'd like to say everything will be okay for the playoffs, but if he said it, he wouldn't believe it.

The head groundskeeper, Pat Santorini, directed a crew of two dozen men who worked for 48 straight hours to get the field in shape for Tuesday's doubleheader against Boston.