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CONFRONTATION BETWEEN PITCHER
AND BATTER.
SUPER VISION HAS PROVIDED WHAT
WE AT CBS SPORTS CALL THE INSIDE
PITCH.
A CLOSER LOOK WHERE WE CAN TRACK
THE SPEED OF THE PITCH THE
INSTANT IT LEAVES THE PITCHER'S
HAND UNTIL IT REACHES HOME PLATE
EVERY 12 FEET.
DURING THE NATIONAL LEAGUE
CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES JOHN SMOLTZ
THREW A FASTBALL THAT STARTED AT
93 MILES AN HOUR.
BY THE TIME IT REACHED HOME
PLATE IT WAS 90 MILES AN HOUR.
THEN SMOLTZ THREW A SLIDER THAT
STARTED AT 86 AND ENDED AT 83
MILES AN HOUR WHEN IT REACHED
HOME PLATE.
WITH THE HELP OF THE CBS INSIDE
PITCH WE HOPE DURING THE COURSE
OF THIS YEAR'S WORLD SERIES TO
GIVE YOU A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT
BATTLE BETWEEN PITCHER AND
HITTER.
PAT.
PAT: THANK YOU, JIM.
ON A SERIOUS NOTE, THE WORLD
SERIES HAS DRAWN A CROWD OUTSIDE
THE METRODOME.
THIS IS A COALITION ORGANIZED BY
THE TWIN CITIES BASED AMERICAN
INDIAN MOVEMENT AND INCLUDES
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT [CHECK THIS]
ACTIVISTS THAT ARE PROTESTING
THE WAR LIKE DESCRIPTION OF
NATIVE AMERICANS WHEN IT COMES
TO FANS WHO PERFORM THE NOW
FAMOUS TOMAHAWK CHOP.
IF THEY WERE TO SEE CARTOONS OF
SAMBO OR AMOS AND ANDY BETWEEN
INNINGS ON THE BIG SCREEN THEY
WOULD BE OUTRAGED.
I THINK ANYTIME THERE IS A
SIGNIFICANT GROUP OF CITIZENS
CONCERNED ABOUT SOMETHING IN
BASEBALL WE HAVE TO RESPOND AND
WE WILL.
PAT: OWNER TED TURNER DECLINED
TO COMMENT.
WE WORKED ALL OUR ADULT LIVES TO
GET HERE AND WE'RE GOING TO
FOCUS ON THAT.
WHEN THE SERIES IS OVER WE CAN
SIT DOWN AND ADDRESS EVERY ISSUE
WITH WHATEVER SERIOUSNESS IT
DESERVES.
PAT: AS A HUMAN BEING DO YOU
UNDERSTAND THEIR POINT?
A>>LIKE ALL OTHER QUESTIONS ON
THE SUBJECT WE'RE GOING TO
CONCENTRATE ON BASEBALL THE REST
OF THE WEEK.
A>>THE BEST WAY TO TAKE CARE OF
THE CHOP IS FOUR STRAIGHT FOR
THE MINNESOTA TWINS.
WE'RE NOT ABOVE CHEERING OUR OWN
TEAM ON, BUT WE DO IT IN A
RESPECTFUL MANNER.
PAT: BACK TO BASEBALL AND ON
DECK JACK BUCK AND TIM MCCARVER
WILL HEAR FROM OUR MEN IN THE
CATBIRD SEATS WHEN WE CONTINUE
LIVE FROM THE METRODOME.
PAT: A BEAUTIFUL SHOT OF THE
TWIN CITIES AREA, AS WE APPROACH
GAME TIME THE WEATHER IN
DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS IS 68
DEGREES, BUT WHO CARES.
INSIDE IT IS 68 DEGREES WITH 28
PERCENT HUMIDITY AND NO WIND.
LIKE THIS YEAR'S TWINS, THE
CLIMATE IN HERE HAS BEEN CALM
AND CONSISTENT.
AS WE PREPARE TO SEND IT OVER TO
THE PLAY-BY-PLAYERS, JACK BUCK
AND TIM MCCARVER, WE CAME
PREPARED.
LAST YEAR WE THOUGHT WE WERE
SAFE WHEN ERIC DAVIS CRASHED A
MONSTER HOME RUN THAT RICOSHETED
OFF OUR BOX.
JACK, TIM, HAVE A GOOD WORLD
SERIES.
JACK: PAT O'BRIEN IS ALWAYS
READY.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, JACK
BUCK WITH TIM MCCARVER.
WHAT ABOUT IT?
A SLIGHT EDGE TO PITTSBURGH.
I HEARD YOU SAY THAT.
TIM: WELL, I DID GIVE A SLIGHT
EDGE TO PITTSBURGH IN THE
NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
SERIES BUT HOW WAS I TO KNOW
THAT STEVE AVERY, 21 YEARS OLD,
WOULD WORK 16 AND A THIRD
CONSECUTIVE SCORELESS INNINGS
AND WIN 2 1-0 GAMES.
HOW WAS I TO KNOW THAT JOHN
SMOLTZ WOULD SHUT OUT THE
PIRATES IN THE LAST GAME.
HOW WAS I TO KNOW THAT GREG
OLSON WOULD GET CLUTCH HITS IN
GAME 6 TO SEND IT TO GAME 7?
YOU ARE THE ONE WHO GAVE THE
SLIGHT EDGE TO TORONTO.
JACK: I THOUGHT THE THIRD TRIP
TO THE PLAYOFFS, SURELY, THEY
ARE BOUND TO WIN ONE, HOW WAS I
TO KNOW THAT THE MINNESOTA
BULLPEN WOULD PITCH 18 AND A
THIRD CONSECUTIVE INNINGS
WITHOUT GIVING UP AN EARNED RUN.
HOW WAS I TO KNOW?
WE'RE NOT THE ONLY TWO.
WE HAVE A FELLOW DOWN STAIRS,
JIM KAAT.
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
JIM: WHAT ABOUT ME?
JACK: I HEARD YOU SAY IN
FEBRUARY IF THERE IS ONE THING
YOU CAN BOOK, IT'S THE FACT THAT
MINNESOTA IS GOING TO FINISH
LAST IN THEIR DIVISION.
YOU SAID THAT, DIDN'T YOU?
JIM: BUT HOW WAS I TO KNOW THEY
WENT OUT AND GOT JACK MORRIS, HE
WOULD WIN 18, HOW WAS I TO KNOW
CHILI DAVIS WOULD HIT 29 HOME
RUNS, CARL DAVIS WHO HAD BEEN IN
THE MINOR LEAGUES WAS GOING TO
DO A GREAT JOB IN THE BULLPEN
AND KNOBLAUCH WOULD HAVE THE
KIND OF YEAR HE DID, THAT'S HOW
THEY WENT FROM LAST TO FIRST AND
AT THAT SAME MEETING, JACK, I
THINK YOU PICKED THE CARDINALS
TO FINISH LAST.
TIM: I REMEMBER THAT.
JACK: HOW WAS I TO KNOW?
THE ONLY THING WE DO KNOW IS
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BREAK,
WE'RE GOING TO MEET THE PLAYERS,
HAVE THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, THE
CEREMONIAL FIRST PITCH.
HOW WERE WE TO KNOW?
WE FEELRETURN TO HUBERT H.