Danny Murtaugh

Well, while the attention of the National League has been focused squarely on the Dodgers and Giants...

Danny, Danny Murtaugh's Pittsburgh Pirates have been silently winning just about every day.

The Pirates are a team just steaming in confidence.

They really feel they can win it.

Night game of the Giants Monday night.

Tuesday will be off.

Danny Murtaugh's red-hot Pittsburgh Pirates coming in for two doubleheaders Wednesday in the afternoon and Thursday a twilighter.

Fans, light up a viceroy and find out what we mean when we say...

He's 55 today.

And, uh, former Pittsburgh Pi- this is for Buck from Iroquois, former Pirate manager Danny Murtaugh.

Danny Murtaugh.

Born on this date in 1917.

So those are your birthdays.

They'll entertain five different National League ballclubs on the next homestand.

Danny Murtaugh brings Pittsburgh in for the first time this year.

He busts it foul, coming right straight back into count two and two.

Johnny Keene and the Cardinals will be in on that next home stand.

Superstar Dick Allen is expected to be back in uniform tonight when the National League East-leading Philadelphia Phillies host the New York Mets.

And of course, as we mentioned earlier, in Pittsburgh, Danny Murtaugh has announced his retirement, and for the fourth time, and Danny is stepping down along with Joe Brown, who retired a couple of days ago.

Let's check out the National League scorecard for you right now, and in that New York-Philadelphia game, Philly is leading one-nothing after three innings of play.

Jerry Koosman going for the New York Mets, and Tom Underwood for the Philadelphia Phillies.

Alley, playing at shortstop today, has a little trouble with it, but up in plenty of time to throw Rettenmund.

Jackie Hernandez not at shortstop today, and Rich Hebner, according to Danny Murtaugh, has a sore foot.

To be quite frank about it, according to Rich Hebner, the left-handed hitting third baseman, he feels he should be playing today, and nobody likes to be platooned.

Here is Boog Powell hitting 125.

That's why they play him straight away.

Here is José Pagan, 0 for 4 in the first game.

Danny Murtaugh, the Pittsburgh manager, said that he was gonna start Hebner at third and Oliver in center regardless of what.

Today, he came up with Pagan at third base.

So that's just how things stand now and how the results fared on Thursday in Major League Baseball.

"Sure, it's a tough loss," Pittsburgh manager Danny Murtaugh said Thursday night.

"We have to win these next three now and hope the Mets lose." Murtaugh's philosophical comments followed the Pirates' 3-2 loss to the Phillies in that 13th inning, a defeat that dropped the Pirates a game behind the Mets.

Chris Zachary, the last of six Pittsburgh pitchers, wild pitched home that winning run, as we told you.

But, uh, we talked with, uh, quite a few people today about the rain out in Chicago in which now they're faced with a double header tomorrow and a double header on Sunday.

And before I tell you, Nellie, what, uh, certain people told me, uh, well, I'll name the people.

Gene Mauch was one, and Danny Murtaugh was another, uh, as to which team got the benefit with regard to today's rain out.

If, uh, you had to make a selection right now, and they got to play a double header tomorrow and a double header Sunday, the delayed game today in Chicago, which means two on Saturday, two on Sunday, which of the two teams would you think in your own mind, uh, this rain out would favor?

The manager from the National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers, Walter Alston.

[trumpets play] [cheering] The National League coaches, from the Pittsburgh Pirates, their manager, Danny Murtaugh.

[trumpets play] [cheering] From the St. Louis Cardinals, their manager, Red Schoendienst.

[trumpets play] [cheering] Batting first and playing right field, nine times an All-Star and three times the National League's batting champion, from the Cincinnati Reds, Pete Rose.

Red Schoendienst is coaching at third for the National League, and-

For the American League, the cantankerous-

The canny Irishman, Danny Murtaugh, over at first

[laughs] He's some piece of work, isn't he?

It's a big important out for him to be getting, too.

Danny Murtaugh calls for time and pops off the Pirate bench as he goes, uh, on a trot out to the mound to talk to Klein.

Sandy Koufax will be the Brooklyn batter.

Charlie Neal will be the fourth on at first.

Roy Campanella is the Brooklyn base runner at first.

Whatever, uh, Danny Murtaugh had to say to his pitcher, the message has been transmitted, and he's on his way back to the Pirate bench.

Elston King, Johnny O'Brien, a couple of right-handers.

One tall and skinny.