Found October 05, 2009 on Sons of Steve Garvey:
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Ron Fairly congratulates Sandy Koufax after Koufax's perfect game in 1965. Joe Torre named Brad Ausmus the manager for yesterday's game, which inspired Vin Scully to recall another wonderful story: If you don't mind me reminiscing, thinking about Brad Ausmus being the manager. I actually managed the Dodgers during a game. The pitch is off the plate. Walter Alston was the manager of the Dodgers and we were playing a game right here at Dodger Stadium, and we used to have a headset in the dugout for interviews and also, when you got in a tough pennant race, guys liked to hear scores of other games. One-one pitch and that's a strike, one and two. Anyway, it was like today, many years ago, about 1965, and the phone rang in the booth and it was Walter Alston. And he said, "Look, I'm going to wear the headset, and you manage." And we were on the phone during a commercial break. I said, "You're kidding." He said, "No, I want you to...
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