game series between the eastern division will titleist of

Baltimore Orioles and the Western Division champion

Oakland A's is ready to be played under ideal weather

condition.

And from the city of Baltimore that is a very exciting kind of a statement

for us to be able to make. Even the most moderate of baseball fans certainly must be aware

of the fact that Baltimore has had a most unusual

baseball season weatherwise, not to mention the astounding accomplishment of their championship

Orioles on the field.

This morning in Baltimore, the sun broke through.

And a field that has taken a tremendous pounding from Weather and Football Games, this Sunday afternoon in Baltimore in

as good a shape as we have seen it in a long time and if there are kudos to be

handed out this Sunday afternoon in Baltimore, certainly a gentleman by the name of Pat Santarone,

and the able members of his ground crew deserve nothing but a tremendous vote of thank you from all baseball fans and more particularly the players of the Oakland A's and the Baltimore Orioles.

The umpires have already taken the field. The lineup cards have been exchanged.

The ground rules long since have been discussed.

And for those of you who perhaps may not be aware of the batting orders,

we are going to run them for you right now as Dave McNally completes

this tune-up tosses for the Orioles and Vida Blue has already completed his for the Oakland

age. For the visiting age of manager Dick Williams,

leading off will be their shortstop,

Campi Campanaris.

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