Nixon, Ruth & Branca on Baseball and Bobby Thomson

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Hello there, how are you?

Nice to see you again.

No, no, no, no.

Hi, how are you?

Good to see you.

You know one thing, I can show you my memories.

I personally remember the whole run.

But I forget.

Thank you very much.

You don't lie.

Got it.

That's true.

The home run better by the home run.

All right.

Thank you.

That's right.

Together?

All right.

That we can't lose.

Here we go.

uh... uh... uh... uh... uh... uh... uh... uh... uh... uh... uh...

I do both.

I just had a chance.

This office is going to go out.

Just think, the doctors are down in L.A.

They're still working.

But not like it was in the old days.

In the old days, it was not like it was in the old days.

The senators?

I don't know.

I have never, I never saw him play.

But he was a great one.

He was a good one.

Is that right?

Well, I find, you know, an interesting thing.

One thing about people in sports is that, sure, they don't fight on the field, but off the field, we can be very proud of people in sports.

You know, I see these marvelous ads for the baseball players who are volunteering on drugs and the rest of it.

And, you know, I mean, they're great people.

month on some time.

But on the other hand, they are, by giving that autograph, that shows you they're decent people.

That's why I ask you, and I think you'll sell them on the fly, anybody who's in sports, competitive sports, who is the real favorite.

Interesting thing.

You notice that?

The guys in sports, right?

They're one of the...

This is my speech to kids.

About sports.

To cooperate with one another.

It doesn't matter.

You can't play with this black and white.

You can play a player.

And that's today.

It wasn't until 47 when Jackie came up, which is 25 years ago.

He came up 25 years ago.

But, you know, the things on the field, it's going on the field.

Like I said, with Joe McCarthy, you know.

Uh...

He was here the other day.

He came in here.

He was in too.

Let me tell you honestly, you'd think I was a great athlete, but I never made any team.

But as far as baseball is concerned,

No, I couldn't feel very good.

I couldn't see it very well.

But I admire you.

I don't need glasses.

I just couldn't see them.

They're too fast.

I didn't see that one through.

Tell me, was it a high vessel?

Yes, a high inside.

I was wasted.

He's too stupid to take it back.

Which strike was it?

I agree.

Well, now we want you to have a little moment.

These are the presidential couplers.

The seal is on that white card.

Here it is.

Thank you.

Now, all the different golfers...

This is the president...

Okay.

How's that?

Probably not.

Hey, uh, a post office.

Just use the holes in the water.

I heard you guys got a hole in the water.

Is that the hole?

Yes, sir.

Or I think the water is the president.

It is the water green.

You know what I'm thinking about?

Yeah.

If I ever see the dog, too.

Yeah!

Where do you post it?

Oh, I don't really.

I don't.

But you live in New York, too?

New York City?

I still have the same apartment.

It's half-harvest.

You have all the memories you have, too.

And I have to think technically, too.

And you guys went four years ago.

He won a game in 1933.

I lost it up.

I lost it.

He did?

He won a game.

So he was the R-1.

You were the R-1.

I was the R-1.

Now, the reason I know this is a tricky question.

How many pitches, or who of the four youngest pitchers to win 20 more games?

And the question when I asked it, they really said, well, you've got to be one of them.

Mark Feller, Christy Maddison, Dave Rube.

See your figure?

I'm going to get three more pens in the corner.

He said, that's the question.

He can't hear, and I can do it.

I think, though, the greatest play of all that he did, and I remember this was Charter Root, you know, was with the Cubs in L.A. That year in the World Series, you know, where they booed him and he really got a couple strikes.

Pointed at the bleachers.

And whap!

Everybody remembers that.

Did that happen?

Did he do it?

He pointed it out there.

The paper said it.

He pointed it out there.

True, it's true, it's true.

Oh, God.

The preacher said that we agreed.

Oh, my God.

Yeah, there was

Yeah, I must say, you're right.

God was with us.

I must say, maybe even some of the rest of us, but we got hit like he did.

You've got to have a little of the call.

Yeah, and he loves everything.

He loves everything.

You had road.

Road.

Well, we wish you the best.

Well, I just want you to know that you've got my support, and I'll do anything you ask of me.

Oh, thank you very much.

And my best to you is to make sure that you have the best of me.

I hope to see you again.

It's nice to see you again.

I see you looking so very well.

I saw you on television last night, and you looked wonderful.

Oh, yeah, we did.

I was just going to give you a shout-out.

I said, you know that television is great, because I've been on it a couple of times.

I've been on it for 30 years now.

They murdered me.

Good to see you.

Thank you.

Well, you're welcome.

You must have learned from those kids.

I appreciate it.

I really appreciate it.

You know, both of you guys are really bigger.

I mean, you've met before, but I think you're coming at me like you realize.

Yeah, that's right.

You don't look.

Basically, you look bigger often.

Many baseball players look much bigger.

I mean, I've already used the knickers.

The rollback was big.

Now they say Larry Brown of the Washington Redskins, who weighs 210, is small.

Never mind.

Isn't that amazing?

Well, anyway, good luck in LA.

Bye.

Nixon, Ruth & Branca on Baseball and Bobby Thomson

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