(at around 15 mins) The evening radio broadcast said that the Tigers beat the Yankees, 5 to 4. This game would have to have been June 1, 1968.
When Jack Arnold complains, "I can't believe they lost to the Senators," the "they" would have referred to the Cleveland Indians, who lost to Washington that day, 6 to 2.
However, the radio broadcast also said the AL President Joe Cronin dismissed two umpires, Bill Valentine and Al Salerno. This dismissal happened September 16, 1968. Washington Senators did not play that day.
When Jack Arnold complains, "I can't believe they lost to the Senators," the "they" would have referred to the Cleveland Indians, who lost to Washington that day, 6 to 2.
However, the radio broadcast also said the AL President Joe Cronin dismissed two umpires, Bill Valentine and Al Salerno. This dismissal happened September 16, 1968. Washington Senators did not play that day.
In an episode set in the autumn of 1968, a news program in the background talks about banning cigarette advertising on television, an act not passed until April of 1970 and that was not implemented until January 1971.