To this day, he introduces himself to A's players as ''just Ray Fosse, one of the broadcasters.'' Later, they tend to figure it out. Fosse recalls it being 160 degrees on the artificial turf that night in Ohio, when the AL blew a 4-1, ninth-inning lead and lost 5-4 on Rose's run. Rose would later say Fosse left him no room to slide into home on the decisive play.
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