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Hello everyone, along with Ralph Kiner, this is Jim Simpson speaking from Baltimore's Memorial Stadium.

And a few minutes will bring you the first game of the 1969 World Series between those amazing New York Mets, champions of the National League.

And the veteran Baltimore Orioles who won this series in this ballpark just three years ago,

completing a four-game sweep over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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In Baltimore this morning, it dawned a gray and overcast day.

But let me tell you, at the moment, the sun is out.

The temperature is 71.

It's expected to reach about 75 today by the middle of the game.

The New York Mets who have taken the Atlanta Braves

three in a row. They won 100 ball games against Baltimore, as we said, in the

1966 World Series, and they won that in four straight over the Dodgers. And Paul Blair,

Frank Robinson, Boob Pau, Brooks Robinson, Davy Johnson, were all members of that crew, and are all in the starting lineup today. We'll give you the Mets starting lineup in detail a little bit later on, but Tommy A.G. will lead it off and play center field. Bud Harrelson, the switch hitter at shortstop. Cleon Jones, a three-fourter-e hitter out in left field. Don Clendon at first base, as Gil Hodges, goes with his right-handed lineup. Ron Swabota, Baltimore, Born and Brad, is in right field. Ed Charles, the veteran at third base. Jerry Grody behind the plate, now Weiss at second base, and Tom Seaver. The winningest pitcher in the major leagues, 25 and 7, the Mets pitching choice and an obvious one today. For the Baltimore Orioles, switch hitter Don Buford, leads it off and plays in left field. Paul Blair is in center. Frank Robinson, the team leader, is in right field. Big Boog Pall is at first base batting cleanup. Brooks Robinson is at third base. Ellie Hendricks, the catcher, Dave Johnson at second, Mark

Valanger at short, and Mike Quayar, the winningest left-hander in all of baseball this year with

23 and 11, is the Baltimore starting choice. This game is authorized on a radio and television

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