Forbes Field
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Oct 8, 2026
CratchitHOST
My, uh, I...
CratchitHOST
So my parents, I don't know how they got it or what the story is behind it, uh, have a men's room sign from Forbes Field in Pittsburgh that was torn down in, like, the early '60s or, or, or late '60s, early '70s, I think.
CratchitHOST
Uh, why do they have a men's room sign from the stadium? I don't know, but they do.
Midnight MikeHOST
I don't know.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Welcome to another National League game brought to you by Rheingold Extra Dry and Viceroy Cigarettes.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Well, tonight the Mets meet the Pittsburgh Pirates here at Forbes Field.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy, and I are on hand to bring you all the action.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
This broadcast is authorized under radio rights granted by the New York Mets solely for the entertainment of our audience.
5 MINS LATER
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He won a total of 15 games and lost only 10.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He'll be opposed by Al Jackson.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Forbes Field, a big ballpark.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's 300 feet down the right field line, a very high screen down the line extending to 375 feet in straightaway right field.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Ellis with a record of four wins and eight losses.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The Mets in winning the first ball game won their first game at Forbes Field.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They have a record of one and two here, and overall they have won three of seven games played with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
In that first ball game, Cleon Jones had three hits in five times up to maintain his league lead in the National League with a .358 average.
27 MINS LATER
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
This is the New York Mets Baseball Network.
speaker_11ADVERTISER
You're listening to New York Mets baseball on WKHA-FM, 102.3 megacycles on your FM dial in Saratoga Springs, New York.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Ralph Kiner, along with Lindsey Nelson and Bob Murphy from Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The Mets leading 5-1, two men out in the bottom of the first.
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Playing a high foul pop back, and it'll be in the seats and out of play.
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
In the National League at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, the Pirates have scored five runs in the bottom half of the first inning against the Atlanta Braves.
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Denrillamas is starting.
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Arnie Umbach has relieved him in the first inning.
8 MINS LATER
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Jack Fisher reading the sign of Johnny Stephenson.
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And the pitch is swung on and missed for strike one.
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
In that game at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Eddie Matthews has hit a grand slam home run for the Atlanta Braves at the top of the second to make it now Pittsburgh five and Atlanta four.
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The pitch to Nadasvarg here, swung away for a ball.
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And so Seaver and Godey came out together and have just begun to warm up pitches now.
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So in the National League, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh at the end of four innings, the Dodgers two and the Pirates nothing.
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Lado Steen seven and four against Steve Glass two and seven.
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And the Montreal Expos, who have lost 10 in a row at the Astrodome tonight, and going to the bottom of the second, it is Houston four, Montreal nothing.
Matt WilliamsonHOST
But, like, my parents would be like, "Oh, Three Rivers is too cookie cutter.
Matt WilliamsonHOST
I remember Forbes Field." You know, like, I was old enough-
Wes UhlerHOST
That's what my grandpa would always say
Matt WilliamsonHOST
... yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly.
Matt WilliamsonHOST
Like, my, you know, "Forbes Field was better than this.
Matt WilliamsonHOST
I used to watch Klemenzi here." You know, that kind of thing.
Matt WilliamsonHOST
But my, I, I guess I did party and be a fan a little at Heinz Field, in that when I was at Pitt, I remember this vividly because the year I was with the Browns, there was like five or six of us, it was kind of the off-season, "Let's go grab a beer after work." You know, I'm getting to know these dudes.
speaker_4ADVERTISER
[crowd cheering]
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
From Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the New York Mets meet the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Rheingold Beer brings you National League Baseball with the New York Mets.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Rheingold, New York City's largest-selling beer, and what a remarkable thing that is.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Not too strong, not too light.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Viceroy's got the filter for the taste that's right.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Well, hi, everybody, Bob Murphy with Ralph Kiner and Lindsey Nelson from Forbes Field.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Play-by-play broadcast of tonight's game, the second of the five-game series between the Mets and the Bucs.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It will be either Jack Fisher or Rob Gardner.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
When Pittsburgh defeated the Cardinals yesterday at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, it broke quite a string.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The Cardinals had downed the Pirates 18 straight times at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Had it not been for St. Louis, Pittsburgh could have won the pennant last year.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But the Cardinals have really had the whammy on the Pirates.
18 MINS LATER
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
At the end of three, Philadelphia two, Cincinnati one.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That's Carl against Chris Short.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
At the end of three, Pittsburgh three, St. Louis nothing, as Pittsburgh finally beat the Cardinals at home after losing 18 straight games to the Cardinals in Forbes Field.
Vin ScullyHOST
And no Thompson to bat it.
Vin ScullyHOST
When Rowe hit that home run in Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, the Dodgers laid towels out from the dugout all the way to home plate, trying to give him the red carpet.
Vin ScullyHOST
Were you catching it? Yeah, I was.
Vin ScullyHOST
You
2 HRS 6 MINS LATER
Vin ScullyHOST
Five strikeouts for Oral Hershiser.
Vin ScullyHOST
And Milt Thompson the batter.
Vin ScullyHOST
When Rowe hit that home run in Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, the Dodgers laid towels out from the dugout all the way to home plate, trying to give him the red carpet treatment.
Vin ScullyHOST
Were you catching that game? Yeah, I was.
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The batter will be Bob Skinner, big, tall, left-hand hitting left fielder.
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Boy, he did knock that apple down at, uh, Forbes Field in Pittsburgh on a recent visit in there.
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It was off a swing of the Duke Snider made a tremendous catch in deep right center field, climbing the corrugated gate.
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Bob Skinner up to shortstop in the second inning.
1 HR 7 MINS LATER
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Oh and two.
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
With two strikes on Mazeroski, Walter Alston is calling his outfield, in particular Duke Snider, to come up and play a little more shallow.
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Mazeroski beat Brooklyn a ballgame at Forbes Field, looping one into center.
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Strike two pitch.
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