Bobby Richardson swinging the bat alongside home plate, loosening up a little bit.

Coaching down at third for the Yankees Frank Cressetti over at first Wally Moses.

Richardson has been up 14 times this year with three base hits, one run batted in, batting 2.14. Down the left field and right field lines is 309 feet here at Memorial Stadium.

And they have brought the fence in in right and left field where it's just 360 now.

At the end of the fence, it used to be 380 feet and they

tell me that Gus Pryando just snuck one over the 360 foot time for a home run so Gus has benefited

already all right skinny brown into the windup here's the first pitch of the ball game richston hits

it to right center field Earl Robinson moving to his. Under it and takes it for the first out.

So Bobby got good wood on the ball, the first pitch of the ball game.

A little too high, up in the air.

And that'll bring up Tom Tresh.

We're turning shortstop for the Yankees.

Tresh is three for 12 on the air.

No extra base hits, no RBI.

He's batting 250.

Batting left-handed against Skinny Brown.

On deck, Roger Maris.

Pitch low inside, ball one.

Well, that's right.

Phil Lins is hometown here in Baltimore.

And there were quite a few articles in the local Baltimore papers about

Lynn's and Tresh and the battle they've had through the years.

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