“ Munson hit .301 with a career-high 20 homers, threw out nearly half of
everyone who ran on him, and received the Gold
Glove. Yaz scored. In the underside of the ninth, after a
leadoff single by Hoss, Houk sent up Felipe Alou, who should have been in at
first already, to pinch-hit-and bunt. In the outfield with Matty were Bobby
Murcer, who had emerged as a genuine star over the previous two seasons, and Previous Dependable Roy White, with vets Johnny Callison and Ron Swoboda to
back them up. The Yanks left 8 men on base and loaded the bases with two out in the ninth,
but the great John Curtis acquired Felipe Alou to pop to second.
That left Gabe Paul to do just about what he happy-notably as soon as George was "suspended from baseball" for
his illegal campaign contributions to Richard Nixon. ”