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vin moment is the first time i was hearing him when i was seven years old and he was doing the brooklyn dodgers. it was because of listening to vin at my mom's kitchen radio, that's the reason i wanted to be what i turned out to be, an announcer for the dodgers. lord knows i never thought i would be working alongside vin. now having the opportunity to essentially play pepper with babe ruth every day and this on his 60th anniversary of dwhoog he does better than anybody has done, it it's a wonderful day. >> now that you work close by with vin, how does he approach and prepare for each game, even into the 60th year as a professional? >> oh, you know, i guess it's probably the same as the rest of us, only he does it a little bit better than we do. if we have -- we get to the ballpark three, three-and-a-half hours before every game and we're pore through notes and statistics and anecdotes and inevitably, one of the reasons i feel i'm so charm and blessed is i just got up from lunch with vin a few minutes ago, vin, mcmonday and myself and billy dulurie have lunch before every game and talk shop and
vin moment is the first time i was hearing him when i was seven years old and he was doing the brooklyn dodgers. it was because of listening to vin at my mom's kitchen radio, that's the reason i wanted to be what i turned out to be, an announcer for the dodgers. lord knows i never thought i would be working alongside vin. now having the opportunity to essentially play pepper with babe ruth every day and this on his 60th anniversary of dwhoog he does better than anybody has done, it it's a...
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if you hadd , no support you stronger than the brooklyn dodger fans. >> i think real family is dodger fans. >> you have less of an elite element, more of a rowdy, noisy, neighborhood crowd. you had all of these great characters, it was kind of a fun carnival atmosphere. >> you had the happy felton's gang. they always brin o they can watch the game. >> only thing more colorful than the brooklyn fan was the advertising that colored the outfield walls. >> the signs were remarkable. there was a sign that said lanolize your shoes withsqu uep there was a song. lize s with esquire blue polish and you will look hand some all day. >> corrects and shafer beer. >> wrinkle proof ties. i'm yearsver ent courink smallest. >>tsu >>y tiovehe live figh to the outfield and hit that sign. that sign was never hit. >> but the sign, with the rest of ebbet's field was soon gone. in 1960, two years after the dodgers did the unthinkab moving ldasolis >> thighnd sou >> why move? why tear down ebbets field. i was raised to think ebbets field was like the pyramids. it was wo always be there. or at the very least,
if you hadd , no support you stronger than the brooklyn dodger fans. >> i think real family is dodger fans. >> you have less of an elite element, more of a rowdy, noisy, neighborhood crowd. you had all of these great characters, it was kind of a fun carnival atmosphere. >> you had the happy felton's gang. they always brin o they can watch the game. >> only thing more colorful than the brooklyn fan was the advertising that colored the outfield walls. >> the signs...
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check the patch out. 1955 brooklyn dodgers. that's a sweet patch. that's what you need for your charity auction, one of those dodger uniforms. want me to work that for you? i have some inside info. i can maybe get one of those jerseys. it's not who you are, it's who you know. [ laughter ] >> bob: well, i'd be happy with one of those two. >> rob: all right. we'll work for that. >> bob: thanks for the offer. 3-2 to loney. there is a feisty guy. hard-nosed player, manager. inside the line at 3rd. loney will get one down into the corner. the dodgers have their first extra base hit. only their second hit of
check the patch out. 1955 brooklyn dodgers. that's a sweet patch. that's what you need for your charity auction, one of those dodger uniforms. want me to work that for you? i have some inside info. i can maybe get one of those jerseys. it's not who you are, it's who you know. [ laughter ] >> bob: well, i'd be happy with one of those two. >> rob: all right. we'll work for that. >> bob: thanks for the offer. 3-2 to loney. there is a feisty guy. hard-nosed player, manager. inside...
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i always contended that the yankees were more republican -- i was originally a brooklyn dodger fan and now a new york mets fan. and my theory goes like this. the yankees are always a wealthier team, the always have more money. they were owned by cbs at one time in their history. and they charge higher prices, so they attracted a wall street kind of crowd. i would love to hear mr. feltus'comments on that. guest: i wish i had at the profile of every team committed to memory, but i don't. i have not looked at the new york yankees versus the mets, for example. york yankees versus the mets, for example.
i always contended that the yankees were more republican -- i was originally a brooklyn dodger fan and now a new york mets fan. and my theory goes like this. the yankees are always a wealthier team, the always have more money. they were owned by cbs at one time in their history. and they charge higher prices, so they attracted a wall street kind of crowd. i would love to hear mr. feltus'comments on that. guest: i wish i had at the profile of every team committed to memory, but i don't. i have...
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, so brooklyn represented the beginning for me, representing my favorite baseball team -- of brooklyn dodgers- and the guys anin the neighborhood and so on. tavis: you said coming to l.a. did not take a long time but success took a long term. these stories attest to the fact that you were successful and made friends early along the way, but when you say success of a long time, what do you mean? >> it did not take me a long time. 26 years old after my first presley tor. i became a wealthy man. i started with nothing, but what i mean by success -- it took me a long time to accept it and understand it and live with it -- very difficult to come from nothing, have all lot, all of a sudden and live with it. tavis: what are examples of taking a while to appreciate it? >> i did not think i deserve it. i could not understand, why me? luckily, i was asking it about success and not having cancer, which i had later anyway. i am a spiritual man. i believe in god, and i believe in a higher power, and i think i was brought along the way, and i was not able to except me being the one -- to accept me being th
, so brooklyn represented the beginning for me, representing my favorite baseball team -- of brooklyn dodgers- and the guys anin the neighborhood and so on. tavis: you said coming to l.a. did not take a long time but success took a long term. these stories attest to the fact that you were successful and made friends early along the way, but when you say success of a long time, what do you mean? >> it did not take me a long time. 26 years old after my first presley tor. i became a wealthy...
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for a time he was public announcer for the brooklyn dodgers. name was frund, but when no one could pronounce that correctly, he took his mother's name of forsythe. he was a celebrated stage actor who turned to television when it was a young medium. john forsythe was 92 years old. >>> and eugene allen has died. few americans will ever get to see as much history as he did, and only a handful have ever been this close to power. eugene allen, you see, was a butler for eight u.s. presidents. he worked inside the white house for 34 years. the reagans promoted him to the senior position of maitre'd of the white house. he became the first butler to be invited to a state dinner. served the most powerful people, most famous people in the world, and after hours, a lot of presidents treated him as their friend. he grew up under harsh segregation in virginia. in his retirement years he live a quiet life in suburban, washington. about a year ago with a marine escort by his side, he had tears in his eyes during president obama's inauguration. eugene allen was
for a time he was public announcer for the brooklyn dodgers. name was frund, but when no one could pronounce that correctly, he took his mother's name of forsythe. he was a celebrated stage actor who turned to television when it was a young medium. john forsythe was 92 years old. >>> and eugene allen has died. few americans will ever get to see as much history as he did, and only a handful have ever been this close to power. eugene allen, you see, was a butler for eight u.s....
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talked about how he took her to the dodger parties and how wonderful it was to be around the brooklyn dodgers. you know i love those old stories. that's a time that would have been wonderful to just been a part of and watch those games. >> bob: not too many people talk about the giants leaving northern manhattan for san francisco. you still hear stories about people who never went to the another baseball game in their life after the dodgers left brooklyn. that was the saddest day, maybe, in the history of baseball. we've had deaths in the game, and certainly they get their due. from a team leaving its fans, a devastating day for the burrow of brooklyn. some people have never gotten over it. >> rob: one of the reasons i love this game so much is the passion the fans have for their team. when you hear people say it, 17 years old and they've never watched a game since and they're in their 70s or 80s. it's tough to feel these people were hurt so badly by the dodgers. >> bob: yeah. well, joe tory is a new york guy. >> rob: i liked what you were saying today, what a great player he was. we talk abo
talked about how he took her to the dodger parties and how wonderful it was to be around the brooklyn dodgers. you know i love those old stories. that's a time that would have been wonderful to just been a part of and watch those games. >> bob: not too many people talk about the giants leaving northern manhattan for san francisco. you still hear stories about people who never went to the another baseball game in their life after the dodgers left brooklyn. that was the saddest day, maybe,...
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jackie robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball playing his first game for the brooklyn dodgersdeclared the saddam hussein regime an end. a waffle iron? nooo. i could have saved this one. [ female announcer ] it's rollback time at walmart. right now, walmart has rolled back prices on top lawn carerands like poulan pr brute by briggs & stratton, pennington, scotts and spectracide. along with thousands of others all over the store. it's rollback time! save money. live better. walmart. >> despite the government's pledge to crack down on big business, the irs has cut back on the time it spends auditing fortune 500 companies in the past few years. instead, it's now going after the little guy. what do you do if you find yourself targeted by the irs? did you know you can fight back and maybe even win. joining us with the expert advice is founder and c.e.o. of nationwide tax relief. you sent us a couple of tips. what's the first thing you do if you find out you've been audited? >> well, the first thing you do is you don't procrastinate. people stick their head in the sand. not realizing
jackie robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball playing his first game for the brooklyn dodgersdeclared the saddam hussein regime an end. a waffle iron? nooo. i could have saved this one. [ female announcer ] it's rollback time at walmart. right now, walmart has rolled back prices on top lawn carerands like poulan pr brute by briggs & stratton, pennington, scotts and spectracide. along with thousands of others all over the store. it's rollback time! save money. live better....
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dodgers. the street cars in brook behind the fans -- brooklyn, the fans had to run between the street cars.grooms. don't know about that. had to do with the brooklyn bridge. >> was the ballpark by the bridge? >> fairly. you go back and think about the history of dodgers the last good year was 46 when o'malley wanted to build a dome stadium and robert morris wouldn't give them the property and they got a better deal in los angeles the coliseum, and dodgers town. i was reading an article in vero beach because that's what they want to call chavez ravine and have its own zip code. >> gary: one of greats in a dodgers uniform. jack a robinson. 42 retired in all the yards. 3-2 on lugo. izturis and jones to follow. 3-2 delivery by lee. another ground ball. deep at short, wilson. one way in the 8th inning. now your kids can learn the play from the pros. sign up today the official summer baseball camp. youngsters, 5 days, professional training, they will be current and former o oz hand and a -- o oz hand. for dates, location. here's izturis. he looped that to left field. bradley will move over. there
dodgers. the street cars in brook behind the fans -- brooklyn, the fans had to run between the street cars.grooms. don't know about that. had to do with the brooklyn bridge. >> was the ballpark by the bridge? >> fairly. you go back and think about the history of dodgers the last good year was 46 when o'malley wanted to build a dome stadium and robert morris wouldn't give them the property and they got a better deal in los angeles the coliseum, and dodgers town. i was reading an...