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Dizzy Dean 48-07-17 (03) Results of the All-Star Game
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Dizzy Dean 48-07-17 (03) Results of the All-Star Game
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Nicole Byer
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Frank Ashen
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Dizzy Dean
Howdy, everybody.
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Frank Ashen
And first of all, Dizzy Dean, how about that All Star game? Did it catch you with your prognostications out on a limb?
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Dizzy Dean
No, it didn't catch me out on a limb, Frank. I can say without hesitation that I'm proud of the way the game came out.
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Frank Ashen
Now, what do you mean proud, Diz? As I remember it, you talked about long ball hitters and thought the National League had a good chance.
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Dizzy Dean
I'm proud, Frank, because a pitcher won that game. You know, people don't appreciate that. A lot of pitchers are very fine hitters. But Vic Rash had done all the pitching and made all the pitchers proud. The way he stepped up there and won the 1948 ball game with a base hit. A single with a base hit. Fill. I was mighty glad to see Rashy up there in that pinch. And I laughed when some of the experts in the press box around me was saying that Bucky Harris or why don't he send DiMaggio or somebody in there to hit Ferrassi. Frank, us pitchers is pretty good hitters. Yes, sir. And a pitcher won this one with a base hit. And you don't have to look far for the hero of this game. It was no long ball hitter. It was just another good hitting pitcher, Vic Rashi.
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Frank Ashen
Well, Diz, there was a lot of talk before and after that game about discontinuing the annual midsummer baseball show because some of the players didn't seem to be displaying too much interest in it. How do you feel about that, Frank?
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Dizzy Dean
There was a full house out there in the ballpark. Seemed to like it. It put $93,000 in the players pension fund. I can't see nothing wrong with the All Star Game. Keep on playing. That's all I can say. I did hear some weeping afterwards about not being such a whale of a ball game. But I noticed the American League Crowd wasn't doing no moaning.
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Frank Ashen
No, no moaning with a record like that. Well, Diz, it's mailbag time now. The letters have been just pouring in. Ben Todd of Batchtown, Illinois wants to know what you think of the trouble the pitchers have been having this year. And as an old pitcher of parts, dizz Answer to Mr. Todd's question.
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Dizzy Dean
I sure think I got that answer, Frank. I've been noticing too that ball games is running long. And the pitchers have been wearing a regular path from the mound to the dugout and from the bullpen to that hill. And maybe vice versa. And every time you look up, there's a count of three and two on every hitter.
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Frank Ashen
And what, Professor Dean, is the answer?
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Dizzy Dean
I think them home run crazy hitters has got the pitcher scared to death, Frank. It looks like they're scared to let loose of the ball. They stand out there and shake off the catchers and looks like they'd rather be tooken up for being just a little bit after all, walking five or 10 men than to have somebody get a couple of base hits.
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Frank Ashen
Well, have you a suggestion, professor, how we might calm down those pitchers? You know, sort of ease their minds?
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Dizzy Dean
Yes, Frank. If the pitchers will quit trying to cut those corners too fine and just powder that ball in there, I think the game will get shorter and you won't need so many pitchers every day. I believe the pitchers have gone crazy about pitching to spots. A good pitcher don't have to worry too much about spots. Let him rear back and fire that fasten in there and break off a few jug handle curves once in a while and he'll find those hitters won't get so many dog gone home runs. That's what me and Paul used to do. Just fog them in and let the hitters take care of themselves. Brother. And that goes for all the good pitchers. Dazzy Vance never worried about anything except getting the ball in the strike zone. Carl Hubble was the same way. There was a great pitcher. You didn't see him ever walk everybody in the ballpark.
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Frank Ashen
Well, I'm glad you mentioned Paul back there, Diz, because another letter writer, Frank Crosby of Detroit, Michigan, wants to know if you were just kidding when you said recently that you came up the heart, Frank.
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Dizzy Dean
I'll say. Me and Paul come up the hard way. When we were kids, we never knew what it was to own a baseball glove. We used yarn from her dad's socks to make a baseball and we cut a limb off of a hickory tree to make a baseball bat. And when we Was picking cotton pitch since a day. We never had no time to think about higher education. Fifth grade, that is. Boy, we were sure green. You should have seen those cows chasing us when we caught the train. I know we've caught on pretty good since then. But we didn't know much about the world outside of Texas and Arkansas and Oklahoma. I remember one time in New York when we was with the Cardinals. Somebody got kicking about the income taxes we had to pay. And Paul, that's my kid brother, he said, you know, fellas, we all ought to do something about them taxes. They're too high. And if all the people in this here country would get together and vote the way I bet we'd have. Things change. Paul said, you know most. There must be a million people in this country. Of course, Frank, I thought I was a lot smarter than Paul because I spoke right up and said, don't be silly, Paul. You know doggone well there's more than a million in this great big country. By golly, there must be nine or ten million.
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Frank Ashen
Well, Diz, you learn fast.
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Dizzy Dean
Yep, Frank. I'm like Sam Nairn. He learned fast.
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Frank Ashen
Oh, another story, huh?
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Dizzy Dean
Yes, this was a short one, Frank. You know, Sam Nairn was a young catcher with the Cardinals. Sam thought he was a third baseman, but Branch Rickey told him he was too fat. Third base didn't want him, and he'd better be a catcher. So Sam says, all right, Mr. Ricky, whatever you say. You get to saying that easy when you around Uncle Branch, too. Yes, sir, Mr. Ricky. Anyhow, Sam reported at training camp, and Frankie Fries was manager. Sam asked Frank if there was any particular orders for him the first day, and Frank says, no, Sam, no particular orders. Here's what I want you to do. You pick out some veteran on the club and do whatever he does. If he runs, you run. If he gets in the paper game, you get in one. Well, about an hour later, Frank is leaning on the batting cage watching the Cardinals hit, and all of a sudden, ducking a foul, he sees Sam Naring leaning on the batting cage, too. Hey, Sam, Frankie says, what are you doing here? I thought I told you to pick out some veteran on the club and do whatever he was doing. That's what I'd done, Mr. Frisch. Nairn tells Frankie. Who did you pick? Frankie wanted to know. And Sam Nairn says, I picked you, Mr. Frisch. And I've been doing whatever I've seen you've done ever since.
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Frank Ashen
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Dizzy Dean
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Frank Ashen
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Dizzy Dean
Frank, this is some general advice. And it's for the older boys, I mean those around 16, 17 or 18 years of age, who are about ready to try their luck in pro baseball. And first, be sure you're in the best possible playing condition before you go to a tryout school. Get your arms and legs in shape. Get some batting practice. If you possibly can, try to go to a baseball school in midsummer or in the fall after you had two or three months of playing baseball. Then you'll be able to show your best ability. Second, find out what you can do best. I mean, if you can hound those grounders, try for the infield. If you're extra fast going after them flies, try for the outfield. And brother, if you can hit a ball a long way and often, don't worry, they'll find a place for you. Third, you have extra time to practicing on anything that is your weakness. If you're a fine fielder and weak hitter, carry a bat around with you and bat every chance you get. If you're an outfielder who has trouble with ground balls, help somebody to hit ground as to you till you're Blue in the Face and fourth. And here's some advice for city governments all over the country. Give those kids baseball fields to play on. Folks don't have no fancy child delinquency programs. Just give the kids baseball. Amos and the boys will do all right. Nobody ever got into no trouble on a baseball field except maybe an argument with umpires. And Leo Deroche and Frankie Frisch will tell you that ain't no serious trouble if you're worrying about the kids. Just look around your town, see if the boy's got a place to play baseball. And buy him a few baseballs and bats and gloves. Brother, they'll pay dividends more than all the fancy speech making you can do.
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Frank Ashen
Well, I know now, Dizzy, why you said you wanted the fathers and brothers to listen to your advice. And now it's about time for you to spin one of your favorite yarns. What is it today, Diz?
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Dizzy Dean
That sign business reminds me of one I always got a laugh out of, Frank. It's about Pepper Martins, the greatest one man show that ever hit a baseball. He was third baseman and outfielder with the old Gas House gang. And boy, was he a character. This one's about Pepper and signs. You know, in baseball you have signs for everything. The pitch out, the steal, the hit and run, the sacrifice. And the manager usually relays it to a coach who flashes the sign from the coach's box at first or third. Well, one day we're playing the Giants at the Polo Grounds and we've got a man on third with two out and Pepper Martin at bat and the Giants leading two to one in the ninth. The count works to two strikes and two balls. And of course, under them circumstances, there's only one thing to do. Protect that plate and try for a base hit. We all like to fell off the base when Pepper puts down a bunt. Pepper could run like a scared rabbit. But the giant third baseman races in and throws out Pepper by a whisker. That ends the ball game. And when we gets to the clubhouse, Gabby street, the manager, is fit to be tied. He says, pepper, I never thought you'd do a thing like that. And Pepper says, gracious, Gabby, I was surprised too, when I got the sign. Who give you that bunch sign says Street. And Pepper says, buzzy Wares give it to me. And Gabby says, buzzy, did you give the bunch sign? And Buzzy says, yes, you gave it to me, Gabby, and I gave it to Pepper. And Gabby says, buzzy, I don't believe you even know the bunch sign. And Buzzy says, yes, I do like this. And Buzzy rubs his hand across his face. And then Gabby did explode. He says, buzzy, you pulled a boner. Can't you tell the difference between when a man's giving a bunch sign and when he's just chasing a fly off his nose?
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Frank Ashen
Well, Des, these managers really do have their troubles, don't they? And speaking of managers, how about that managerial shakeup in the east yesterday?
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Dizzy Dean
Well, Frank, that's something I'm glad to talk about. And it was really a shock to me, and I'm sure it's a shock to a lot of people in baseball all over the country. Nobody even dreamed that Leo derocha would be let out as a Brooklyn Dodger and go to the New York Giants. And little Mel Ott, who was manager of the New York Giants, went to the office. Well, I want to say something about those two boys. I played against them and I played with them. They're two great fellows. And just like baseball men all over the country say, when you're going pretty good, why, the manager's always in there. But if you happen to hit us, slump, and you have a little bad luck, why, they say the first thing you say, let's fire the manager. So that's exactly why they made that change. And we can see which is going to do the best. Because Bert shot managed the ball club in Brooklyn last year. He's back there now as manager. The New York Giants. The Brooklyn Dodgers have changed managers, and they're frankly tied for fourth place, about a half a game separating one another. And by the time the season's over, we'll see which one of the clubs prospers by the change of those managers.
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Frank Ashen
Well, it was certainly, as you say, Diz, a great shock to the baseball world to see all this take place and all in one day. These two managers, New York and Brooklyn, and then that change in the Philadelphia Phillies, too.
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Dizzy Dean
Yes, Ben Chapman's let out. And I want to say that there's another great friend of mine, a great ball player, and I thought he was doing all right as a manager. But as I said a minute ago, you know, when you get to going bad, why, the manager's the first fellow they fire. And the fellas got off to a great start under Ben Chapman, and he was right up there. One and a half and two games out of the first place for the first 40 or 50 ball games. Then they went into a little slump. And then they let Chapman out yesterday. And after all, he had a young ball club and he's going to have a good ball club one of these days, but I think they're a year or two away.
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Frank Ashen
Well, have you any idea what he's going to do nowadays?
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Dizzy Dean
Well, Frank, he's got a bowling alley and I think he'll go down there and and run his bowling alley.
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Frank Ashen
He lives down there in Birmingham, Alabama, doesn't he?
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Dizzy Dean
Yeah, that's right. He lives in Birmingham. And speaking of Birmingham, you know, Ben was out, just let out yesterday. He's probably got in there just in time this morning for that rebel convention they're having down in Alabama.
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Frank Ashen
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Dizzy Dean
New and this is old Dizzy hoping all you folks are in the stands. This time next Saturday, I'll be pitching across again for Johnson's Car News.
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Frank Ashen
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Nicole Byer
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