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BETWEEN YQUNMETV Leads to StrangeBaseball PartnersBy MURRAY OLDERMANSports EditorNEW YORK—(NEA)—The entente of television and baseball sometimes makes, as they sav in Sweden, wild strawberries.That pillar of perspicacity, Yogi Berra, drove the point home to a rookie one day who was curious about the difference in playing in the minor leagues and the major leagues.“The difference,” said Yogi, now a coach for the New York Mets, “is that in the majors you’re on television. You gotta know when to scratch.”On a loftier plane was the reaction of Dick Stuart to the medium. Dick loved it. When he played first base—the phrase is used loosely—for the Philadelphia Phillies a couple of years ago, Dick was in beautiful position. The most articulate member of the Phillies was invariably chosen to host the pre-game TV show, and for two seasons, garrulous Dick monopolized the program.Then Stuart was traded awav.“I don’t mind going to another club,” Stuart said philosophically. “That’s baseball . . . But 1 sure as hell hate giving up my television career.”D
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Kerrville Daily Times
Kerrville, Texas, US
Tue, Sep 05, 1967
Page 5
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CT, USA 10 May 2019
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