Thank you, everyone everywhere, and welcome to game four of the American League Championship playoffs,

the world champion Oakland, in the driver's seat, leading Earl Weaver in the Baltimore Orioles,

two to one in game.

And Earl Weaver, with his back to the wall today, must go back to his big right-hander,

the 22-game winning Jim Palmer, who already holds a shutout victory over the east in this series.

With Monty Moore and Bob Waller, along with Mike Markmore, this is Jim Woods and Sun Drenched Oakland Coliseum.

The crowd is continuing together.

Right at the moment, it is not even up to yesterday's drought, but people are still continuing to file in,

and I would imagine there's a few traffic problems outside.

In New York, the Cincinnati rats and the New York Mets are deadlocked 2-2 in the fifth inning.

Tom Seamer got a two-run lead in the first inning, but Seamer is struggling today.

And he and Billingham are locked up in another one.

So we'll try to keep you abrupt to that one as we go along here.

Jim Palmer warming up down the right field side for the Baltimore Orioles,

and in left field is Vida Blue, who was around for only two-thirds of an inning.

Last Saturday afternoon, in Baltimore.

Got into a big jam for the first inning, almost out of it,

and then base hits by Tommy Davis and Errol Williams got him out of there, and the AIS

could never do anything with fireballing Jim Palmer, who came on to strike out 12 of them

in that ballgame.

A few moments away from having the ceremonies, the Navy band is here. And the national anthem today

will be sung by Ms. Sue Rainey, Mayor John Reddy. The distinguished leader of Oakland is the

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