00:00where the Angels were boosted by the exploding bat of Don Baylor.
00:03On June 28, Baylor celebrated his 30th birthday
00:07with his first of nine homers in nine games,
00:11driving in 19 runs.
00:12Baylor lifted his home run total to 21,
00:15and Major League leading RBIs to an out-of-sight 80.
00:20Congratulations, Don, and a belated happy birthday.
00:24Playing long ball and short ball, all with precision,
00:28Baylor hit two home runs in the last two games,
00:32and Kansas City hopes of burying the Angels went up in smoke.
00:37Baylor has supplied the power in the Angels' bid
00:40to become a Western Division powerhouse.
00:51Penela can do nothing, and Don Baylor gets the Angels on the board for the first time.
00:55It's a 7-1 ballgame for Don Baylor.
00:58Home run number four.
01:00Baylor, with 28 RBIs in April to set an American League record,
01:04starts off May with a home run in the fourth inning.
01:08For the ninth, two on, two out.
01:10Don Baylor up.
01:11He homered earlier in the game.
01:13Another home run for Don Baylor, and this game is tied 7-7.
01:17A three-run home run for Don Baylor.
01:20His second home run of the game is 23rd of the year.
01:23He now leads the Major Leagues and RBIs with 85.
01:26A dramatic three-run homer for Don Baylor.
01:30Four games.
01:31There's one.
01:32Deep.
01:33And it's gone.
01:38Last three or four games, I'll tell you.
01:40Don Baylor lost one.
01:43The left field, and deep and down.
01:45He goes back, and it's gone.
01:49Unbelievable.
01:50The left center, and deep, and it's goes back, and she's gone.
01:56And it's five to four.
01:58Don Baylor hits one out.
02:02The air, left field, way back.
02:05It's gone.
02:07The county stadium in Milwaukee.
02:09Don Baylor cracked the ice.
02:17A California victory in less and heroic fashion.
02:21But Baylor goes deep to left field.
02:24High and well-kissed.
02:26It is out of here.
02:27Home run, Don Baylor.
02:29He was the third inductee into the Angels Hall of Fame
02:32and the face of the 1979 Championship Club.
02:35His efforts aided in the first division championship in club history
02:39and a performance that earned him honors as the American League's
02:43most valuable player.
02:45In that memorable 79 campaign, he hit 296 with 36 home runs
02:50and a league-leading 139 RBI.
02:54The third member of the Angels Hall of Fame,
02:57please welcome Don Baylor.
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