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Dick StuartAims At TVAnnouncingSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. fAP) —“And now, hark to our play-by-play announcer, Stone Fingers Stuart.”With tiie possible exception ofone or two words, that’s what'Dick Stuart of the Boston Red '1I1i lt;SoJc* would like to hear about 1070, after he plays his last game and his first, baseman's glove is impounded by the Na-i tional Safety Council.“I'd like'to do baseball on television,” lie said. “Something like the game of the \vock. Ijj think 1’vp got a good gift of gaffjl and, like anybody else who’fcji been up a while, I know a lot i about the. game. t“Of course. I think I’ve still got four, five, maybe six years left as a player.”Stuart broke into television last, season in Boston.“Whenever I'd -been interviewed on radio or TV, I’d always done a pretty good job,” he said. “And I was also sort of controversial. pAnyway, this agency in Bos-jC ton came up with the idea of ajs TV show. We got together on a price and then went- out and got. a sponsor. The money was good but I ended up paying it all back in taxes. So I really just did it for experience.'‘The show went on at 11:15 Sunday night and lasted 15 minutes. It, was called ‘Stuart on Sports.’ Cone Pell. tJhe No. 1 newscaster at \VBZ TVr worked on it with me. :“He'd ask me about; thatday’s game and we'd interview somebody and give' spoils results. If the team'was home, we did it live. If we were on the road, weVI- tape an interview beforehand and- I’d call in onthe beeper/’photo (luring theshow and talk for one minute.”Stuart, who hit 42 homers last-season and led the American League in runs batted in with 118, was asked whether he minds being ribbed about his defensive ability. A reporter specifically mentioned Stone Fingers, a title bestowed on Stuart by Heiny Aaron of Milwaukee.f?T•i1CFI\
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Greenfield Recorder Gazette
Greenfield, Massachusetts, US
Tue, Mar 10, 1964
Page 10
Full Page
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