Steve Yeager
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Sep 25, 2026
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They play Vandal way around to the left to pull.
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And he changes it down in the dirt and bounds away from Steve Yeager, the catcher.
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And it's 2-2.
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Russell and Short over toward the hole.
11 MINS LATER
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There's the chain.
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Swing and a miss by Rudy.
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He was out in front of it, and it looked as though the ball might have nipped Yeager on the hand.
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He crouches down, holding on to that right hand.
Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Joe Ferguson bats fifth in right field.
Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Ron Say, the third baseman, Bill Russell at shortstop, batting eighth and back in the lineup tonight with left-hander Holtzman on the mound, Steve Yeager, and Andy Messerschmidt is the pitcher.
Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
For the open A's, Kathy Campanaris will lead it off and play at shortstop, Bill North in center field, Sal Bando at third base, Reggie Jackson in right field, Joe Rudy in left field, and we assume that Claudel Washington, we will check that again for you, will bat six.
Jim SimpsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Yes.
13 MINS LATER
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We'll set them defensively.
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Andy Messerschmidt, the 20-game winner on the mound.
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Behind the plate, Steve Yeager.
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And in field is Steve Garvey and Davey Lopes.
Nellie KingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The Dodgers have Buckner in left, Wynn in center, Ferguson in right field, Ron Sayers at third, Bill Russell at shortstop, Davey Lopes at second, Garvey's at first.
Nellie KingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The catcher today, Steve Yeager, and of course the pitcher, Don Sutton.
Nellie KingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The 0-1 pitch to running, low and outside, one ball to one strike.
Nellie KingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That's the pitch that they had Stennett chasing in the first couple of ballgames with Messerschmitt and Sutton working.
Nellie KingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The first one off Rowe, and the second hit came off Charlie Hub.
Nellie KingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It pulled around the right field on Richie, and the pitch is in there, taking strike one.
Nellie KingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Got away from catcher Steve Yeager.
Nellie KingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Hebner.
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[cheering] And a tiny amount of damage.
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Steve Yeager will come home to earn his ballpark expansion since two fifty-four.
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[cheering] We're talking about a ballpark and a place known as the last series spot.
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And an empty ballpark in there.
John FitzpatrickSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Joe Ferguson, who has divided his time behind the plate and also in right field.
John FitzpatrickSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Fergie plays right field against the left-handed pitchers, getting Steve Yeager behind the plate.
John FitzpatrickSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And he alternates with Yeager.
John FitzpatrickSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He catches when the right-handers throw, when the left-handers throw.
John FitzpatrickSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You can go on and on about the Dodgers.
John FitzpatrickSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Bill Russell at shortstop.
John FitzpatrickSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Steve Yeager, a fantastic year behind the plate.
John FitzpatrickSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
and a marvelous pitching core led by Don Sutton and Andy Messerschmidt.
1974 WORLD SERIES Game 3 OAKLAND 10 15 74 Original Broadcast
Sep 23 · 11 Mentions
Curt GowdySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Ferguson is the catcher.
Curt GowdySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He replaces Yeager.
Curt GowdySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Say is at third base batting seventh.
Curt GowdySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Bill Russell the shortstop hitting eighth and downing a pitcher batting ninth.
17 MINS LATER
Curt GowdySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
down half an hour at the second no score last to the first
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inning ball
Curt GowdySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
when you see Joe Ferguson wearing at number 13 the Dodgers are fortunate they're blessed with two catches two young ones Yeager and Ferguson most clubs have trouble enough finding one good one So when Yeager catches Ferguson go play the outfield.
Curt GowdySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You saw him do so well in Los Angeles.
Tony KubekSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Got underneath the mask.
Tony KubekSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Is he wearing one of those protective devices that Bill Buehler and Steve Yeager devised?
Joe GaragiolaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He's just got the mask
Tony KubekSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
on.
Dan BernsteinHOST
Do something with this.
Dan BernsteinHOST
Anybody in the Cubs organization, if you're an equipment manager, isn't this like a Super Bowl? If you're the equipment manager, don't you fall asleep at night dreaming of an opportunity like this? That I can be the guy who created the thing out of necessity? How many of these cool things? Like Steve Yeager's, the dangler thing.
Dan BernsteinHOST
The Adam's apple protector that Steve Yeager designed himself.
Dan BernsteinHOST
It looked like a shin guard that hanged down from his catcher's mask.
Dan BernsteinHOST
Remember it? And then there was a lot of hockey goalies wore the clear plastic dangler that would cover their neck and it would swing out and down.
Don DrysdaleSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Batting sixth, and the first time that we've seen this man.
Don DrysdaleSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Ken McMullen playing third base, batting seventh, and during the catching will be Steve Yeager, playing shortstop and hitting eighth, Bill Russell, and the starting pitcher today for the Los Angeles Dodgers, left-hander Tommy John.
Don DrysdaleSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
As Billy Grabarkiewicz gets ready to stand in, here's
Dick EnbergSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Dick Enberg.
Dick EnbergSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Last year with the Dodgers, 1-11, lost only five.
Dick EnbergSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Working quickly, kicks, and here it comes.
Dick EnbergSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Low, 2-0, Steve Yeager behind the plate.
Dick EnbergSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The infield for the Dodgers, McMullen, Russell, Lopes, and Buckner, with Joshua on left, Davis in center, Willie Crawford in right field.
Jim FanningSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Just when it appears the spell's worn off, the Dodgers find their comeback magic again.
Jim FanningSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Still, Lemon sticks to his laissez-faire doctrine, letting Guidry face another dangerous righty, Steve Yeager.
Jim FanningSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The serenity of a Sunday afternoon pitching duel has been shattered by back-to-back home runs.
Jim FanningSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And with shocking speed, the Dodgers have taken a 2-1 lead.
Jim FanningSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But in no time at all, the Dodgers are threatening.
Jim FanningSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
In the top of the fourth with two on and two out, Tommy John is trying to extend his series scoreless inning streak to 13.
Jim FanningSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But catcher Steve Yeager, who had only 86 at-bats all season, prepares once again for a Yankee Southpaw.
Jim FanningSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Baker's run will be the only one allowed by John, thanks to the series' most controversial strategy.
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