Dick Williams

Frank Howard is coaching first base, Monte.

He must have gotten permission from, uh, Dick Williams and also league president Joe Cronin, because Dick Radatz had to go home.

Uh, his dad is in a coma and very seriously ill.

Here's Dick McAuliffe, the Tigers shortstop.

With Mickey Lolich due to bat next, Rodriguez is at the plate now, and they're gonna set, throw to first, figuring that Taylor missed first base.

He did not.

Now Dick Williams is coming out to talk to Hunter.

Well, you got a choice here to make of pitching to Rodriguez, who so far in this series has been up 11 times without a hit, or to try to get him here and have Lolich start off the next inning.

Pitching and batting ninth, Mike Kekich.

And as the men in blue come out, the umpires, along with Dick Williams, the skipper of the Oakland A's, and Ralph Houk will be out there.

There he is, right in the middle of the umpires.

It'll be Ron Luciano calling balls and strikes.

Pitch by Eck, it's low and outside.

2-2.

You know, the way Dick Williams talks, uh, Oakland might use one of these catchers, either Tenace or Duncan, as part of a deal.

Hmm, they have two pretty good catchers.

No, just getting a drink.

Unless we get a pinch hitter, that's been a move that, uh, Dick Williams has been making from time to time.

It'll be Manuel to come into that for him.

So Williams, he used a fluid platoon system at his second base position.

[crowd cheering] Here's Al Bando.

Jackson, as you know, with all the equipment, great speed, good bat, great arm.

But, uh, referring to that speed, keep an eye and see what Dick Williams might have in mind with this combination, with, uh, Jackson at first base and Bando at the plate Fly to left and fly to center.

Swing and a foul tip back into the middle of the div.

The umpires for the game, Bob Engel behind home plate, Jerry Dale, the umpire at first base, the umpire at second base, John McSherry, and the umpire at third, Paul Runge.

Manager Dick Williams and Joe Torre going over the grounds rules here.

They have changed one part of this ballpark from last season.

They have moved the fence in in left field and right field in order to take away some of the problems that were created by the fact that when the ball went over the orange line in home run territory, it was very difficult for the umpires to tell whether or not it was over or under the orange line, and whether or not it was a home run or a ball in play.

Foul ball off to the left side.

Ossie Virgil on the coaching lines at third goes over to retrieve it.

Billy Gardner is the coach on the lines at first base for manager Dick Williams of these Montreal Expos.

Now again, Koosman kicks and fires.

Open things up against Montreal tomorrow night.

Freddie Norman will be coming back to start against Dick Williams' club, and the Expos will counter with twelve-game winner Ross Grimsley.

Pitch bounces up there into the glove of Bench for a ball.

Tuesday night, it'll be Tom Seaver against either Hal Deus or Rudy May.

You know, it's just about the best thing to happen to Cincinnati since Tom Seaver.

Oh, Tom.

Tomorrow night, it'll be game one of a two-game set with Dick Williams' Montreal Expos, a club that before today's play occupied position number three in the Eastern Division, with a 43 and 47 record, seven and a half games behind the division-leading Philadelphia Phillies.

And they'll be sending the best they have to offer against us tomorrow night in 12-game winner left-hander Rod Grimsley, while the Reds will be going with a pretty good left-hander in his own right in Freddie Norman, who is one, eight, and loss five.

And that surprised me, too.

Well, we're set to go now in the first of this brief two-game set with Dick Williams' ball club.

Dave Cash will lead things off of the Expos.

Cash batting .272 with two homers and 21 RBIs.

And they're letting Satch Davidson know about it.

Be that as it may, a super play by Pete.

And now manager Dick Williams is coming out.

That's one of those plays where you either do it or you don't do it because Pete picked that ball off the carpet barehanded and threw in one motion.

No, Vince, but I think that Montreal's ball club really has to be congratulated.

Here's a ball club that Dick Williams took, was a young club.

Last year they came along, but this year they just surprised everybody.

And then everybody said, "Well, it's one good thing Montreal didn't win.

Kansas City beat Cleveland in the first of two, three to two, Herbert the win, Locke the lose of.

Williams home in the fourth with one on.

That's Dick Williams.

And Locke and Newcombe combined to pitch the two hitter and yet lost.

Chicago leads Detroit five-three at the end of four and a half.

Kansas City beat Cleveland three to two.

Herbert beat Locke, even though the A's only got two hits, if that's correct.

Williams homered in the fourth, uh, with one on.