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Robert Merrill, the Metropolitan Opera singer did the national anthem, and Bobby Richardson, the nimble second baseman of the early sixties talked about Jesus Christ. Next the new Yankees took the field against the Minnesota Twins. They hit the ball all over the new park, beat back a 4-0 deficit and won the game 11-4. George Steinbrenner told the newspapers that he wanted to see 100,000 people in his new park by the end of the three game series. He got his wish...
Satterfield's voice is pure, clear, controlled and surprising in its strength. Her material is diverse, including some old Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, Gershwin, Miriam Makeba, the theme from an old movie and a jazzy version of the Black National Anthem. She sings everything well, but her tight phrasing works best on the more romantic ballads, especially "Love is Stronger Far than We," Mangione's "Look to the Children" and the title...
There were a few changes in the Hose's homecoming--some new names on the roster, an American League pennant blowing crazily in center field, meter marks indicating the distance down the lines, and $1.2 million scoreboard that led the crowd in a National Anthem sing-along, and flashed instant replays and useless batting line-ups throughout the game...
...speeches of congratulation and thanks wore on. The patriotic nexus was established: "A great nation," Walter Mirisch intoned, "like a great film, can stand the test of time and the glare of critical examination." One thing that apparently flunked time's test was the anthem America the Beautiful. When Elizabeth Taylor unaccountably asked the crowd to sing it along with her, no one knew the words...
After the national anthem, the players in the bullpen had to sit down and pursue less vigorous activities, such as imitating the umpire and blowing bubbles. The home plate umpire bellowed his strike call very loudly, and Rick Miller imitated him for the first few innings. After becoming bored of that, Miller took to blowing huge bubblegum spheroids that would explode on his face...