Dick Groat

Dick Schofield is a young man who has been hanging around in this Pirate ball club for a long time, waiting for this chance to step in and play regularly.

He got the chance briefly in September 1960 when the Pirates made their pennant run, and he performed admirably in replacing Dick Groat.

Pitch misses outside for a ball.

So this year with Groat gone to the St. Louis Cardinals, Schofield got his chance and he is in there batting over 300.

Switch hitter bats right.

There's the pitch in there for a called strike to Schofield.

Pittsburgh Pirates remade their infield this year as they traded Dick Stuart to the Boston Red Sox, Dick Groat to the St. Louis Cardinals, Don Hoak to the Philadelphia Phillies.

Slow curveball is high.

A steady performer.

He is compared by many baseball observers to Dick Groat of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the manner in which he can manipulate the bat at the plate Threw over to first, then Blasingame diving back in.

Both Blasingame and Casco saw service with the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League.

Bob Miller's into the stretch.

He's gonna pitch every four days.

I guess the best description of the feeling for Drysdale goes to Dick Groat of the Cardinals, who said, "Hitting against Drysdale is like a visit to the dentist." [laughs]

That's right.

He's a very personable individual, uh, but he's pretty grim when he gets on the mound.

At third base, hitting number two, Gene Freese.

The shortstop is Dick Groat, and hitting in the cleanup position playing left field is Bob Skinner.

Frank Thomas playing first base, hitting fifth.

Bill Mazeroski at second base.

No balls and two strikes.

The count now on Bob Clemente.

He'll be followed by Gene Freese, the third baseman, and then they'll have shortstop Dick Groat.

Sandy Koufax, as Jerry has told you, with a record of five and two.

Is tied for the third position in the National League batting race.

He trails Bill Williams of the Cubs, who's hitting 350, and Dick Groat, who's hitting 346.

Then he's tied for third with Vincent.

Jackson's first pitch, a swing and a miss.

The brilliant sunshine, the batter and the shadows, especially as the game wears on.

Dick Groat, Curt Flood, young Mike Shannon, young McCarver, different Cardinal players that we talked to before the game are complaining about the background.

Of course, center field bleachers are full here during the series.

The pitcher is just a silhouette according to them as that ball comes rocketing in out of the brilliant sunshine into the shadows.

And as Dick Groat said, "I admire these Yankee batters who have to play here the year round.

I would think you might tack 15 or 20 points on their lifetime batting averages.

This is a tough ballpark to hit in." Now let's take a look at the starting lineups if you have your pencil and scorecard handy to go right along with us here on our NBC broadcast.

The cleanup man is Ken Boyer.