Rick Dempsey
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Sep 12, 2026
Paul CareyHOST
We're going to get a pinch hit, a pinch runner for Crowley.
Paul CareyHOST
Rick Dempsey has gone in to run.
Paul CareyHOST
Dempsey becomes a runner at first base.
Paul CareyHOST
Most of the time, you're not going to see a catcher put in as a pinch runner, but Dempsey runs very well.
Paul CareyHOST
And in this one, Martinez entered and got three straight outs.
Paul CareyHOST
He got a double play on one pitch to Jerry Morales and then got Walkenbuss to line up.
Paul CareyHOST
We've got Rick Dempsey moving in behind the plate.
Paul CareyHOST
Shaggs was pinch hit for by Terry Crowley, and then Dempsey ran for Crowley, so he stays in the game now as the catcher.
Ross PorterGUEST
He had to leave.
Ross PorterGUEST
So Rick Dempsey came in to catch.
Ross PorterGUEST
Rick Dempsey comes to the plate in the 22nd inning.
Ross PorterGUEST
He looks out on the mound, and who's going to throw to him but his former battery mate in Baltimore for 10 years, Dennis Martinez, who at that time was something like 13-3.
Ross PorterGUEST
Dempsey had hit one home run all year.
Ross PorterGUEST
He had to leave.
Ross PorterGUEST
So Rick Dempsey came in to catch.
Ross PorterGUEST
Rick Dempsey comes to the plate in the 22nd inning.
Ross PorterGUEST
He looks out on the mound, and who's going to throw to him but his former battery mate in Baltimore for 10 years, Dennis Martinez, who at that time was something like 13-3.
Ross PorterGUEST
Dempsey had hit one home run all year.
Ken StrodeHOST
Not Don McLean.
Tim McKernanHOST
"Hey, can you sign this? And can you sign?" He hands, he hands, like, a player, uh, uh, Rick Dempsey.
Tim McKernanHOST
I think it was a World Series MVP once.
Ken StrodeHOST
Oh, the Orioles catcher.
Fran HealySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Rich Dauer, second baseman with the Orioles, will bat eight.
Fran HealySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And batting ninth, the catcher, Rick Dempsey.
Fran HealySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And Dempsey also knew Thurman Munson very well when Dempsey was Munson's backup here in New York.
Fran HealySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And Phil Rizzuto will be back short- And to be absolutely honest with you, Phil Rizzuto is emotionally upset, and I can't blame him.
25 MINS LATER
Fran HealySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Te'on goes to the set position, looks at Decente on second base.
Fran HealySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The three-oh pitch, up high, ball four to Rich Dauer.
Fran HealySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So Dauer goes down to first base, and it'll bring to the plate Rick Dempsey.
Fran HealySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Dempsey batting 255, 17 doubles, no triples, five home runs, and 29 RBIs.
Tony KubekSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So they will be taking a lot of false starts.
Tony KubekSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
In fact, Joe Altabelli has even caught Rick Dempsey against a right-handed.
Tony KubekSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So the threat of a steal is in the mind of the Orioles.
Tony KubekSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
As far as a pivotal figure, how about Carlton Fisk, the way he's caught over the last four months and the way he's hit?
Tony KubekSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
All right, the defense behind Scotty McGregor.
Tony KubekSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We'll show you how they'll set up.
Tony KubekSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Rick Dempsey catching today because of the speed of the White Sox.
Tony KubekSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Eddie Murray, the switch hitter, as good as there is defensively at first base.
Mike FlanaganSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
As, uh, with eight players behind me, it, uh, it, it just seems to be a better percentage to try to throw the ball over the plate.
Frank MesserSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Just as you and the other members of this Oriole pitching staff have matured and improved, Mike, I think the young man behind the plate has done the same thing, Rick Dempsey.
Mike FlanaganSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Rick has come a long way.
Mike FlanaganSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Uh, when Rick first came over here, of course, it was his first full-time starting, uh, catching duties.
14 MINS LATER
Phil RizzutoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They, they've won 74 and lost 35 ball games, and yet it's the kind of team that Earl Weaver thrives on, where he can do a lot of manipulating, which he loves to do.
Bill WhiteSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Well, Earl mentioned, uh, the fact that they had made some key trades, uh, he's talking about in the past, with Ken Singleton was a key trade for him.
Bill WhiteSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Rick Dempsey he felt was a key trade for him.
Phil RizzutoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Yeah, absolutely.
Frank MesserSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Kept by shaking up a bit.
Frank MesserSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The Glacier at home plate during the Baltimore series with Rick Dempsey when he got cut down at the plate.
Frank MesserSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Tried to bowl Dempsey over.
Frank MesserSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Ran into a lot of plastic and other catching gear equipment.
CraigHOST
So he had a huge second wind in Colorado, and – But I don't think the numbers got him to any serious Hall of Fame consideration, I don't think.
RexHOST
So last up, we've got Dodgers catcher Rick Dempsey.
CraigHOST
Rick Dempsey, he's at the end of the road too here.
CraigHOST
He was born in 49, so he's caught a long time.
CraigHOST
In fact, he's caught over 1,600 games by the time this card comes out.
Frank MesserSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Grounded foul outside of third.
Frank MesserSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Rick Dempsey in the Yankee clubhouse before the ballgame greeting former teammates.
Fran HealySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Did he have his contract?
Frank MesserSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Yep.
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