Ron Swoboda
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Oct 17, 2026
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Batting fifth at first base, Art Shamsky.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Batting sixth in right field, Ron Swoboda.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Batting seventh and playing second base, Wayne Garrett.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Batting eighth and catching, Jerry Grote.
17 MINS LATER
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I wouldn't be a bit surprised, Bob, that Gil Hodges alerted the Mets to that play because Clemente likes to throw behind the runner at first base, and the only way to beat it is to keep on going.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
If you come back, you're going to be out, and Shamsky did just that and did not fall into the trap.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Ron Swoboda takes a curve by Blass at the knees for a called strike.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Two runs are in on three hits here in the first inning off Steve Blass.
speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
In the outfield, Art Shamsky is playing left Tommy Agee in center.
speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Ron Swoboda
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
is around and right.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Leon Jones may return to the starting lineup tomorrow night.
14 MINS LATER
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The Atlanta Braves hanging tight.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They're only a half game behind the Giants playing tonight in Houston.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Now Ron Swoboda takes low.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Ball one.
Bill O'DonnellSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The Mets left fielder will be Cleon Jones.
Bill O'DonnellSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Tommy Agee will be in center field, and the right fielder will be Ron Swoboda.
Bill O'DonnellSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Jerry Grote will do the catching.
Bill O'DonnellSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Koosman on the season, and he's a 25-year-old left-hander, made 32 starts.
7 MINS LATER
Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
A 271 hitter during the regular season, has power, 26 home runs, 76 RBIs.
Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Tommy, the man that makes the Mets go, he proved it with two great catches here on Tuesday, plus the home run.
Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Yesterday's hero, Ron Swoboda and Tom Seaver.
Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
McNally out in front of Agee, one and two.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Fly ball in the air to right center.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Ron Swoboda digging for it, throws Larry Stahl, and Larry Stahl makes the catch.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[cheering] The ball hung in the air, but it was not hit very deep.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Both Swoboda and Stahl running at full tilt.
21 MINS LATER
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
At the end of an inning and a half, the Atlanta Braves one, the New York Mets nothing.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Now here's a word from Rangel.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
♪ [music] ♪ New York trailing by a run, last of the second, Ron Swoboda leads off against Ken Johnson.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Ken Johnson is riding a personal four game winning streak.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Batting fifth, at second base, Ken Boswell.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Batting sixth, in right field, Ron Swoboda.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Batting seventh, the catcher, Jerry Grote.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Batting eighth, the shortstop, Bud Harrelson.
9 MINS LATER
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Kessinger bluffing at a bunt at a fastball high, ball two.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
In the New York outfield, Art Shamsky in left field.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Tommy Agee in center and around in right field, Ron Swoboda.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The 2-0 delivery, a called strike on the inside corner.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Batting fourth, at first base, Donn Clendenon.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Batting fifth and playing right field, Ron Swoboda.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Batting sixth, at third base, Ed Charles.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Batting seventh, the catcher, Jerry Grote.
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Curveball, and it's in there for a called strike.
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[crowd cheering] On deck for the Cardinals, Curt Flood.
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The outfield alignment for the Mets, Cleon Jones back in the lineup in left, Tommie Agee in center, and Ron Swoboda in right.
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
This is a two-strike delivery to Lou Brock, and it is high and away for a ball.
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It was a ball just such as that which got the Mets in trouble in Los Angeles in the ninth inning last night.
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Ron Swoboda and Claus got crossed up, and the ball fell in for a double for Wes Parker.
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Jesus Alou is co- Sacrifice fly to right to drive in another in the second.
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So he has driven in three of the six runs that the Giants have here so far tonight.
1 HR 29 MINS LATER
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The trophy game with the Yankees also a night game on Monday night and then the Phillies on Tuesday and Wednesday night, May 4th and 5th.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Right now, though, we're going to the top of the ninth inning.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The Mets coming up and here's Now Ron Swoboda is coming up.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Ron will be hitting for Tug McGraw.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Joe has been used almost exclusively, uh, as a pinch hitter in recent weeks.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But with Ron Swoboda going into a batting slump, interim manager Wes Westrum decided to rest Swoboda, and Christopher is in the lineup tonight in left field.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Joe finished last year as a 300 hitter.
Bob MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Now the pitcher on the way, and he hits it high in the air.
3 HRS 14 MINS LATER
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
One away.
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Now Chuck Hiller, who had one before, he had a home run over the right field fence in the eighth inning.
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Ron Swoboda comes out to the on-deck circle now as a prospective batter for Bobby Klaus, who is scheduled up next Wagner's pitch swung on and fouled off on the ground by the first out of play.
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Down the strike line.
Kellen WinslowPANELIST
Hey, Mets fans.
Kellen WinslowPANELIST
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Kellen WinslowPANELIST
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Tracy NieporentGUEST
You know, the Brew Crew has come up big.
Tracy NieporentGUEST
They remind me very much of some of the unsung Met teams that had players that weren't necessarily marquee players but came up in key situations, like Ron Swoboda, and Art Shamsky, and Al Weis-
Kevin McCulloughHOST
Mm-hmm
Tracy NieporentGUEST
... people like that, uh, who helped the Mets win a world championship, and that-
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