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...night last week, while the Machine was beating a team from New York, Tony Perez came up to bat with the bases loaded and got all his weight into one. Way, way up in the left-field grandstand's third deck were two ingrates who thought they were safe. Tony's 500-ft. blast just cleared them and their sign, which read "Jimmy and Tobi Love the Mets." The Mets...
...Senators that they find themselves ludicrously blurting ideas to Nixon during 15-second encounters in a White House reception line. Nine black Representatives, all Democrats, tried in vain for three months to see Nixon. John Ehrlichman explains: "We try not to permit opportunists to use the presidency as a grandstand...
Suspended over the grandstand seats is a red iron walkway leading to a structure that looks like a red caboose. Inside are the press box, the stewards' box, the photo-finish darkroom, and the announcer...
...announcer must give a running description of the race because without binoculars most of the people in the grandstand can't determine the order of the horses. "To be able to identify the horses is a bit of a knack." Hannon said. He identifies them by the colors of the jockey and the color and build of the horses. A good announcer can glance at the colors listed in the program before a race and be able to distinguish the horses five minutes later. Hannon is a good announcer...
...space underneath the grandstand was empty. Everyone was either out near the track or watching the closed-circuit TV monitor...