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Rookie Invades©Si 15fcSs.l. JoH : • ' ’ ffll MS|g ' ■ 1 ■ ■ _ : .: Bl ~ _ _ l_ _m Acfi*ft KrAccnAY mBy BOX PLOCHECK •' 'San. Sports Sta££opsod■fo.JOifcpWednesday ! attended ihei9ot Astrodome opener, Houston Asiros vs. Atlanta Braves. __| • Oli :my». the oohs and ahs have become volumin-fous. I know that the Astros actually opened their ! season Tuesday against the Braves, but I didn't get \to see that one so Wednesday’s clash counts here. ^ • ■* j It's just, that sometimes Im a bit overcome, with [ m i some honestly-gotten ancestral hardheadedness. You i' know, like the destitute vagabond who stands in the; bread -line and orders toast, or the_ fellow who as- \ sens his knowledge while declaiming • the. whole Ifworld and half of Mars as being a bunch of ninnies.; j ^ 'Well: anyway back to the game. The Astros U out together, some timely hitting, and neldmg and 1 sent the Braves scurrying off to San Francisco to try ; to rejuvenate their luck in' the Windy. City. •: • The SQacemen whiopec Atlanta. 4-2 Wednesday (- rand with a little luck, good pitching and few other j _ standardized statements they might make - it. . ! al: Houston’s timely hitting came from AH walks ofjpk life,’ so to'.speak.' as seven Astros connected^ safely for’the same, number of. hits, in other words, one|W; apiece. The Astros also executed three double plays^ killing off Atlanta threats. . \Other parts of the game are only a fuzzy mem-ifj bry now. as my attention was divided between the! playing field and all the luxuries irtThe press box.;It was my first trip to! the ceiling of the Dome \*%.r young and quite impressive,1.1 mean iro-jpip1d!ihd:»intfcand bein^ ^ . . . ..oressionable. I found it quite harm to keep my mind.{41 bn- the business'at hand what with such heroes as? Mickey Herskowitz and Clark Nealon paradingjwabout. .... . . J.ts. . Fm sure, it was quite obvious to tne veterans ot the' -pressmen’s, quarters that a rank, rookie was in their midst.' a somewhat overawed one at that.Nevertheless I did manage to notice, a few of the “happenings” down on Judge Roy's broadloont such as* the overwhelming popularity of Eddie Mathews. ' • • -. It is quite apparent that. Mathews is the new Messiah as far as Astro fans are concerned. They cheered'hirri while ;he.: was still In the dugout. they cheered- hkrron the' field,' they cheered him in the^ batter’s box. and the yeil-athqn reached a crescendo e, when he drove in'Houston’s first, run of the game. «i ■ The crowd even cheered when Eddie dropped a s TX3D fly out over first base, the position to which he fell heir when he donned his new- duds.It was enough to'make one wonder w-hat they’ll do \vhen Mathews hits his first Domer, er homer. Will the big bubble be able to survive the: riot?And that also brings to mind my only disappointment of the night. The Astros never got around to outting one over the fence and I didn’t get to see the scoreboard go throueh all its fantastic gyrations.Oh well. I got into the pressbox and I got to see Herskowitz. One. can’t' have everything. ‘wSI»naihtr-Stklt;ntccfr
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Baytown Sun
Baytown, Texas, US
Thu, Apr 13, 1967
Page 9
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