Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 476-029
Date: Friday, April 9, 1971 at 3:40 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kuhn, Bowie K.; Cronus, Joseph E.; Feeney, Charles S.; Short, Robert E.; Williams, Theodore S. ("Ted"); Cashen, Henry C., II
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/476-029

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[0:00] The President will honor Mr.
[0:06] Baseball on his birthday.
[0:13] I missed the opener.
[0:32] They won.
[0:33] They did nothing.
[0:39] We're rolling.
[0:55] There we go.
[0:55] Yeah, we're rolling.
[0:56] That was exciting.
[0:56] I wasn't getting the movie.
[0:57] I was trying to tell him.
[0:57] I guess you tell us when you come back.
[0:58] Well, it was over there.
[0:58] That was there.
[0:59] Oh, you win.
[0:59] Okay.
[0:59] Very good try.
[0:59] Thank you.
[1:00] I think you know him pretty good.
[1:25] Well, he knows how to pitch for sure.
[1:26] You know, he's a little weird, a little weird, a little listy, and flat.
[1:27] And he pitches against the line pretty good.
[1:28] Plus, you know, a lot of nice training.
[1:33] And, uh, he really had three in him.
[1:46] Three in him.
[1:46] Here he is.
[1:47] Oh.
[1:47] Under what?
[1:47] Under what?
[1:47] What is it?
[1:48] What is it?
[1:48] What did Aaron do?
[1:48] Well, I was just going to say, I was just going to get out of here and come up.
[1:50] He only plays with two of them.
[1:50] He says two different types of play.
[1:51] Yeah, yeah.
[1:51] And he got Aaron two balls on the strike.
[1:52] And he threw him a little sidearm slam.
[1:54] And, uh, Aaron took a new pitch, you know.
[2:10] We were always telling these kids out there, some of you know, they come two times a year, and I'll do something new.
[2:12] You really have to come up with a play, either a new pitch or a new delivery.
[2:14] So we finally get a new strike on Aaron, and he comes right on the side, and then two of them on the pitch, and gives him a little thing, and he goes right out there, and Aaron was up there looking, like, here, and he went, just like that.
[2:19] It wasn't complete.
[2:19] Then you don't see that.
[2:20] What about, don't you consider Aaron to be a... Oh, one of the greatest Aaron's has never been is me.
[2:41] Now, have you agreed with some of those sportswriters that you've played with?
[2:43] You are.
[2:43] I'm glad to hear that.
[2:43] I'm glad to hear that.
[2:44] I'm glad to hear that.
[2:44] I'm glad to hear that.
[2:45] I'm glad to hear that.
[2:45] I'm glad to hear that.
[2:46] I'll be the game before too long.
[3:01] I'll be just when you need me.
[3:01] I'll come by right about the middle of the game.
[3:02] We've got to go tonight.
[3:03] We've got to eat the money.
[3:03] We've got to eat the money.
[3:04] We've got to eat the money.
[3:04] I know a little about it.
[3:24] I don't know.
[3:48] I don't know.
[3:48] I don't know.
[3:48] I don't know.
[3:49] I don't know.
[3:49] I don't know.
[3:49] I don't know.
[3:50] I don't know.
[3:52] Oh, he's really good.
[4:10] Really good man.
[4:10] Well, anyway, let's get this thing moving.
[4:11] And why don't you here, Sonny, you know, put yourself back on the agenda there.
[4:13] You know, I know you do.
[4:13] I know you do.
[4:14] I know you do.
[4:14] Take a good look at that plastic sleeve.
[4:24] It's just a bunch.
[4:25] It's just something.
[4:25] Were you as good as that bunch you were giving out?
[4:27] No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
[4:29] All right.
[4:50] All right.
[4:50] All right.
[4:51] All right.
[5:00] Thank you.