Jim Essian

Holding Armas at third, he throws out Newman, and there are two away.

And the batter will be Jim Essian, the catcher, batting 263 with four home runs, 20 runs batted in.

Right-hand hitter.

The set and the pitch to him.

Wayne Gross will be at third base batting eighth and batting ninth.

And doing the catching, former White Sox catcher Jim Essian.

And as we look down into the Oakland Ath- Athletic dugout, Jack McKeon down in the right corner with Charlie Finley, the owner of the Oakland Athletics, who's out at the ballgame.

Danny, what's that little kid's name? The 13-year-old vice president of the Oakland Athletics.

Right-hander delivers.

Here's the pitch, and it's outside of all.

Dave Reverend down at first, Steve Stagg's at second, Mario Guerrero at shortstop, and Wayne Gross at third for the A's with Jim Essian doing the catching.

Outfield with Mitchell Page in left, Gary Thomason in right.

Chet Lemon will be in center field, and he'll bat eighth.

And doing the catching, Jim Essian batting ninth.

And the White Sox take the field.

[crowd cheering] We mentioned about Essian doing the catching.

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Checking the defense for the White Sox, Jim Spencer down at first, George Orta at second, Alan Bannister at shortstop, and Eric Soderholm, Harry's guest, at third base.

Behind the plate, Jim Essian.

In the outfield, Royal Stillman in left field, Chet Lemon in center field, and Richie Zisk in right field.

Mm-hmm.

It was a good throw by Essian, and, uh, somehow Edwards just shied away from Leflore as he came into the bag.

Now here's the wind up and the pitch.

He swings and fouls it away again.

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Wilcox ready to go to work now.

The third inning coming up with Essian leading off for the Oakland team.

Tigers got, uh, one in the first inning and then another one in the third on a home run by Trammell.