Hi everybody this is Bob Hervey with President Nelson and Ralph Kator.

Reading you from our broadcast group in Chase at Yemm where after a delay.

A few hours in ten months we have approached you started. Today is double

letter between New York and Cincinnati. The team will get underway in about another

four minutes. Johnny McCarthy's ground crew has removed the infield cover.

We have been doing a lot of work on the baselines and trying to move as much of the water off the outfield as possible.

It will be wet and it will be slippery in the

the out field. The starting pitchers are now

warming up. Interestingly enough, both starting pitchers are

warming up in the New York Mets bullpen.

So much water standing in the visiting bullpen, Gary Nolan came over to the

Mets bullpen behind the right seal fence to do his warming up.

The lineup and batting order for the game today

wore the Cincinnati red

Pete Rose in right field leading off.

Lobby Tulin in Centerfield hitting second.

Tony Perez will be a third base hitting third.

Johnny Bench behind the blade batting cleanup.

Lee May at first base hitting 6. Ernie Carbo, the left fielder

batting 6. Tommy Helms at second base batting 7. The short stop Woody Woodward will in eight.

And on the mound a batting knife, right-hander Gary Noah.

Joe Hodgers have Tommy A. B. in the center field leading off.

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