Stay right where you are. We are back. [ applause ] and were, uh, here with us tonight is, uh, charles finley, owner of the oakland as. We have George Peppard, Charles Callas, and dr. Jeffrey bourne. Charles, lets get into this controversy a little bit. Uh, whats going on in baseball. Now, you have three ball players, uh, joe rudi, and Rollie Fingers, which you sold, and as i understand, they are they are working out their option on the time. This is their last year, right . Well, supposedly, yeah. Supposedly, yeah, and under the under the as a matter of fact, they havent signed. Right, and under the rules of that, if a ball player exercises he becomes a free agent, and is able to sell his services to the highest bidder. Right, right. Now, what you did is that you sold them to the new york yankees, or to different teams, right . These three players, for a total of one point whatever a total for a total of three and a half million. Three and a half Million Dollars. Now, the commissioner
Youre not gonna tell me how old you are. I really dont know. The slightest idea. Whatswhats the difference . Its like, you know, you have slightly graying hair, butbut no, but that doesnt mean anything. For a trumpet player . Your lips turn gray, and [ laughter ] [ applause ] no, it was a strange color of raspberry, and they were lying on the floor beside the bed this morning. [ laughter ] i havent the foggiest. I dont even want to talk to you. Im gonna talk to tommy over there. Incidentally, this is the tonight show, coming to you from week it says hollywood, right . Now people who are here know we dont come from hollywood. We come from burbank, where scientists where space scientists are busy looking for signs of life. [ laughter ] how are you, tom . [ laughter ] tommy is pretty choked up. He had a big day today. The man on the eskimo pie truck let tommy ring his bell. [ laughter ] well, lets see. I have a late report from the newsroom to pass on to you in case you in case you missed