Back then players were very classy I think it's a better look being modest after hitting a homerun with just a casual handshake than the way it is now..
The players nowadays celebrate like they've just won the World Series Championship when they hit a home run jumping around like children! I grew up in 1960s and it is the greatest era in Major League Baseball! There were only 20 Teams in 1968 and the 1969 expansion ruined the game when Divisional play was introduced. At the beginning of the decade, there were only 16 teams. By 1969, there were 24 teams. The expansions in 1961, 1962 and 1969 brought some real lousy teams into Major League Baseball - The Los Angeles Angels - 1961 The Washington Senators - 1961 The original Washington Senators moved to Minnesota and became The Minnesota Twins - 1961 The New York Mets - 1962 The Houston Colt .45s - 1962 (Became The Houston Astros in 1965. They're now in the American League! because of all those idiotic expansions!) The Montreal Expos - 1969 (Are now defunct. In 2004, they're lousy existence came to a merciful end!) The San Diego Padres - 1969 (Another lousy team!) The Kansas City Royals - 1969 The Seattle Pilots - 1969 (Only lasted one season).
Nice listening to Harry Caray. Reminds of when I listened to years like this, with my radio under my pillow when I was supposed to be sleeping on a school night.
A few future Hall of Famers in the '67 Series. That play at the plate in the fourth, Yaz gunning down Javier. Carl Yastrzemski had one of the most magical seasons in MLB history in 1967, and I saw every game on t.v. or listened to it on radio. I just graduated high school, (Lawrence High, in Falmouth, Cape Cod, Ma.) and the summer of '67 is one that I will always cherish.
1967 the Red Sox Impossible Dream year. I was seven, at home in Dorchester, and listened to a whole bunch of games with my brother on his cheapo transitor radio in the backyard. Amazing memories!
Love all of this! Great series as the Cardinals were considered unstoppable. Sox took it to 7 games. Dr. Jim Lonborg's dental practice is right down the street from our home. A great guy to this day!
The Cards had a fantastic team that year and that game was really special. Mike Shannon was great. Brock was great. Some of the greatest players of all time on that team. I still remember listening to the game on radio.
Being born a Redbird fan, the happiest year of my short life......little did I know I would get to experience the saddest day of my young life just a year later!!!....would repeat the thrill and spills in the 80s......just happy that even though I was born and raised in NJ, I was always a Cardinal's fan...they've given a lifetime of enjoyment!!!
@@64yanks In those days, we weren’t really used to home run hitters. It was such a deep park in every direction Guys that could put big numbers in home runs were not comment on that field. What’s the Cardinals had learned to do was put together a roster of guys who could get singles and steal bases. Baltimore chops were a double because the outfield played so deep. Tommy Herrs batting average Went up 60 points when Vinny Coleman lead off and he was batting second because Coleman inevitably turned a single into a triple and the pictures were so worried about him stealing bases, Tommy her got pitches he never would have gotten without Coleman leading off
I'm in Geometry class and my teacher for this class is my baseball coach. I was sitting in the back row as the class took a pop quiz. I had the game on with my transistor radio. I was in a Catholic high school so we wore ties and blazers and I had the radio in my inside coat pocket and the wire went up my left arm and out my left wrist with the speaker pressed into my left ear with the palm of my hand over my ear . Well around the third inning coach shows up at my desk leans over and asks "who's winning" with a wink and a smile. Happy memory !
I did the same. I was a huge Red Sox fan. Transistor radio, one earpiece and we weren't supposed to be listening. But the teachers let us listen and didn't give us any grief. It was so exciting. I can still feel it. Seemed like yesterday.
I was 12 years old and in a public school. The principal actually piped Game 1 into all the classrooms over the intercom system from the start of the game until the end of the school day. I still remember the big cheer when Santiago homered off Gibson.
Over the years, I've sometimes wondered how The Boston Red Sox would have done in the '67 World Series with Tony Conigliaro in the lineup. I believe they might have won it all! Tragically, as I'm sure you know, Conigliaro was horribly beaned by a, California Angels, Jack Hamilton fast ball on August 18,1967 at Fenway Park, Boston. I'll never forget, as a young boy, seeing the photos of Conigliaro laying on his back in the Batters Box and in a hospital bed with that terrible swelling in his left eye. Tony Conigliaro suffered the following injuries - Damaged retina in left eye Cracked left cheekbone Dislocated jaw I've often asked the Lord, why did He allow this wonderful young man to suffer such a terrible fate? Conigliaro was enjoying a fine year with the following statistics - 349 - At Bats 100 - Singles 11 - Doubles 20 - Home Runs 67 - R.B.I.'s 287 - Batting Average Conigliaro was out for the entire '68 Season, but enjoyed two good seasons with Boston in '69 and '70. Conigliaro played one partial last season with ironically The California Angels in '75. Tony Conigliaro died very young at the age of 45 on February 24,1990. R.I.P. TONY CONIGLIARO
shame to see Lonnie run out of gas in the 7th game after such commanding performances in his other two starts in this hard fought Series; but he only had two days rest & the Sox didn't have much pitching depth then - but it was still the greatest season in team history!
1967 was a great World Series. The Red Sox had triple crown winner Carl Yastrzemski but the Cardinals had Lou Brock, Curt Flood, Orlando Cepeda and of course Bob Gibson who was masterful winning 3 games and the World Series!
The great Roger Maris -- RBIs, hits, throws and perfect baserunning. And if you pitch him inside -- BOOM! A handful of NY reporter's drove Maris out of New York and the Yankees tailspin got worse and worse for nearly fifteen years. Glad I got to see them when Mick, Roger, Moose, Yogi, Cletis, Elston, Bobby Richardson and Whitey were at their peak.
@@Sector6unity You are sure right about Roger Maris. The Cards were very fortunate to have him his last two seasons as their right fielder. I think it was a hand injury that took away his power but he was a clutch hitter for the Cards and was a very good fielder with a strong arm. Cards announcer Mike Shannon still talks on the air about his old buddy Maris on how to play the game right for the current team just putting the ball in play right to move up runners or how to get them to score from third base that do not show up in the stats.
My first game back in 1966 I seen Gibby pitch against Juan Marachell. Those two, Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Lou Brock, Orlando Cepeda, Roger Maris all played in that game.
I got to see him pitch 1 time but was very young and don't remember much. He won 2 out of 3 in 1964 in the World Series, won 3 of 3 this year, which I guess is why they gave him the huge raise from $60,000 to $85,000 per year for 1968. In 1974, Lou Brock made $20,000 and Mike Shannon was paid $7,500. lol (of course, it was good money, but not relative to today...I can't imagine what Bob Gibson would be paid in today's dollars)
This and the following Series were great and the 69 was pretty good too. Back when we had to sneakily listen to the games on our transistor radios in school.
I remember every game of this series. Used to read box scores in the papers every day during baseball season. That Cardinal line-up was pretty consistent throughout the year: Brock, Flood, Maris, Cepeda, McCarver (or Shannon), Shannon, Javier, Maxvil, and pitcher's spot. Went into that series rooting for the Cardinals, however, Boston's heroic effort, Fenway Park, and the rabid Red Sox fans made me a Red Sox fan from that moment to this day.
I remember looking at the box scores too....back then teams combined would have maybe one or two errors...nowadays it's more like three or four.. baseball was so much better back then!
I always felt the series that year, and the following against the Tigers, with Lolich, were two of the best i'd ever seen. Was great baseball back then
Dear Sports History Channel, I was so fortunate to have been raised in America during the 1960's! What majesty! The 1960's produced the most exciting Hall of Fame Baseball players! The players, in those wonderful days, still wore stirrups, their hair was short and they wore no facial hair! and we're lean! They looked like professional baseball players! When these men hit a Home Run they trotted around the bases then shook hands with teammates. They didn't celebrate like they just won the World Series! They behaved like professionals!
A buddy and I waited in separate lines all night at Busch Stadium for tickets. We got to attend two games watching from the bleachers. We were only 15 yo. It was great!
@@michaelleroy9281 yeah your probably right. Just game one was super close a 2 to 1 sox loss,,,,but you never know, Tony C was star studded at this point, and as we all know, so was Gibson.
2 yrs in a row, F. Robinson(66) and C. Yazz (67) won MVPs on the strength of triple crown seasons. Awesome to see E. Howard and R. Maris once again in post season. Gibson would have won alot more games, had he not got hit by a R. Clemente line Drive that year. I don't understand how O. Cepeda unanimously won MVP honors that year. I thought R. Santo (Cubs), or R. Clemente (Pirates), had great years as well.
You're right. It's not clear why Cepeda would have won unanimously, except that the voters placed a great deal of emphasis on the MVP being someone from a league leading team. Tim McCarver of the Cards was actually 2nd in the 1967 MVP voting, ahead of Clemente, Santo and Aaron. Clemente led the league in hits (209) and BA (.357) and should have at least received some 1st place votes. But the Pirates were a .500 team. Santo's Cubs were a respectable 87-74 and Aaron's Braves had a losing record at 77-85.
My last year in Little League was 1964. Our uniforms were white with red lettering. I wore number 8 and batted left handed. Watched and rooted for the new players coming up through the mid 60s. Then came 1967, a freshman in high school watched the games that were televised, but the bulk were listened to on transistor radios. Everyone on the edge of their seats for 162 games. The final weekend beat the Minnesota Twins twice and got to the World Series. The cardiac kids gave us their all. A week after the conclusion of the 67 World Series, late October a charity golf tournament was held at Pleasant Valley Country Club, Sutton, Massachusetts. Tickets were sold to the general public. An estimated crowd of around 10,000 gathered to watch Golf Professional Paul Harney, Bob Cousy, Ken Harrelson and Carl Yastrzemski play 18 holes. This kid capped off the Impossible Dream caddying for Carl Yastrzemski that day! I would have done it for nothing but thank you for the generous tip Mr. Yastrzemski.
The end of the American league pennant race was amazing that year, with 4 teams battling it out until the final day. My Dad had placed a bet , if the Red Sox won the pennant, he would win $2000, if they lost, he would have to pay $500. The Red Sox won the flag, and my Dad was a very happy guy!
As this and a few other videos on TH-cam successfully illustrate, Major League Baseball in the 1960's was the Golden Age of Baseball. And that's for many reasons. I specialize in the aesthetics of the 60s era, so I'll cover that here: Every team played in great ballparks, whether they were in older, classic ballparks (Phillies' Shibe Park, Reds' Crosley Field, Pirates' Forbes Field, Tigers' namesake Stadium, White Sox' Comiskey Park, Yankee's original namesake Stadium, etc) or in more modern parks (Dodgers' namesake Stadium, Giants' Candlestick Park, Astros' namesake Dome, Angels' Anaheim Stadium, A's Oakland Coliseum, Twins' Metropolitan Stadium, Orioles' Memorial Stadium, etc), they were all great, with the exception of the Cardinals and Senators, who I think were aesthetically better in Busch Stadium I (Sportsmans Park) and Griffith Park, respectively. The dugouts and clubhouses were designed and built to serve the very purpose of a simple area for the players to be in, not virtual apartments like today. The overall look of green seats and steel, simple grandstand construction, and on special occasions, red white and blue bunting, made for a timeless atmosphere that anyone can appreciate. The players also dressed very well. As a comment on a Uni Watch post says, the jersey and pants are trim but not tight. Button down jerseys with short sleeves and true vests reign supreme. The stirrup socks were at the most ideal proportion of stirrup to sanitary sock, allowing for plenty of white (Or yellow in the A's case) while still giving enough space for colorful and creative stripes. It was pre-double knit so every jersey was soft flannel but you still had an injection of powder blue roads. The cap is not quite the exaggerated high peak but isn’t formless either, with green underbrims for reduced glare (The grass is green too) and leather sweatbands with white reeding. No matter what style a team happened to wear, it was almost guaranteed to look like baseball. Teams with classic designs (Yankees, Cubs, Dodgers, Red Sox, Cardinals, etc) and those who experimented with their looks (A's, Pilots, White Sox, Expos, Padres, etc) all looked very elegant, particularly because button-front jerseys and belted pants were still in vogue, giving off a classic, formal vibe, going with the notion of baseball being a gentleman's game. The umpires also looked their best, many times being outfitted in dark navy suits, caps, and black ties and dress shoes, with either white shirts, adding to the aforementioned formal and official vibe. The players not only dressed well, but the equipment they used, consisting of Hillerich and Bradsby made Louisville Slugger or Adirondack natural-colored ash wood bats; Rawlings, Wilson, or Spalding tan leather fielding gloves and mitts; the aforementioned black (Or white in the A's case) leather spikes; simple-construction batting helmets with one earflap, which just seems to scream baseball to me; and catcher's equipment with simple patterns on the chest protector, shin guards (Both of which preferably in team colors), and the steel bars of the mask, were also simple compared to today, but elegant. And that's just the aesthetics of that era-not to mention the caliber of players during that time. But I'll let others cover that. I hope my Heaven is 1960's MLB when my time comes.
I was only 6 years old when this series was played always good to see Yaz make those great catches in left field too bad the Red Sox couldn't have pulled off the upset being the underdogs
I was 9 years old in St Lou in 1967 - got to watch one game in the stands as the schools all got tickets for the bleachers - am still a 67 Cardinal's fan ha ha ha - and 1968 also they made the series - but lost to the tigers - Bob G struck out 17 in game 1 in 1968
This was the first year that I could understand baseball as I was 6 years old going on 7, my little friends and I finally picked a team to root for and there where 2 - Jim’s, 2 - John’s and a Richard and a Louis, so we all agreed to root for Saint Louis this year (1967), what’s funny is we all still root for the Cardinals and have even traveled out to Busch to watch a week of baseball, but boy has baseball changed and not for the better !!
Here's the best way to summarize how great Gibson was in the '67 World Series: Lou Brock would have been World Series MVP 9 times out of 10. Brock was statistically awesome and disruptive. Maybe co-MVP's, but that's nitpicking.
Great Series. The first I can remember watching on tv. Roger Maris had 6 RBI’s in the series. Elston Howard another Yankees legends played great behind the plate for the Sox. Bob Gibson the best in the 60’s!
@george vila .... On April 18, 1966, the Astros hosted the Dodgers in their home opener at the Astrodome in Houston, in the first Major League game played on artificial turf, which at that point covered only the infield.
classic baseball in the 1967 and 1968 world series, with two 7-game series. I loved watching the world series as a kid, as getting to see the Cardinals for 7 games was a treat--back then, you maybe got to see your favorite team play 2-3 times a year, if that.
@george vila Very good point! I must say that in actuality it was 1903~1968. Yes, those American and National League Pennant winners were never given a trophy! I never considered that! Interestingly, in those years, if you had the best record you'd go right into the World Series! The Dodgers were tied for first place in 1946, 1951, 1959 & 1962 and had to play a three game playoff. 1946 ~ The St. Louis Cardinals defeated The Brooklyn Dodgers. 1951 ~ The New York Giants defeated The Brooklyn Dodgers when Bobby Thomson hit the shot heard round the world! 1959 ~ The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated The Milwaukee Braves. 1962 ~ The San Francisco Giants defeated The Los Angeles Dodgers in brand new Dodgers Stadium in Game 3. Tommy Davis hit a two run homer off Juan Marichal and Maury Wills stole his 102nd, 103rd and 104th stolen bases in a losing effort! Manager Walter Alston was harshly criticized for not bringing in Pitching Ace Don Drysdale to pitch the 9th Inning with the Dodgers leading 4~2. Can you believe, Alston refused to bring Drysdale in because he was going to pitch Game 1 of The 1962 World Series against The New Yankees! It was not to be. Stan Williams instead pitched and the Dodgers collapsed and practically gave the runs away on walks and errors! The San Francisco Giants won the game 6~4 and the '62 Pennant. If you'd like to listen to two radio broadcasts of this dramatic game they're both on TH-cam ~ Don Zminda Upload & Classic Baseball On The Radio Upload
@george vila I thought you were referring to the National League Pennant winners! I wasn't aware that the World Series winners from '03~'66 weren't awarded a trophy! How embarrassing! Thank you for the info!
@@GGE47 If you're interested. I just sent some comments to "DAVID R" regarding Boston Red Sox Tony Conigliaro. Also, I agree that 1962 National League Season was a nail biter! I'm a big Dodgers fan of the 1960's. I turned 5 years old in 1962 and I was. very fortunate to be a young boy in that wonderful Major League Baseball era! I fondly remember getting my Dodger cups at the Union 76 gas station! I recommend listening to two of the 1962 National League Baseball Playoff Games on TH-cam! Game 1 October 1,1962 The Los Angeles Dodgers Vs The San Francisco Giants Candlestick Park, San Francisco,CA Sandy Koufax Vs Billy Pierce A still ailing Koufax was just not ready to come back and a Willie Mays 2 run Home Run and a home run by Jim Davenport knocked Koufax out of the pitcher's mound early in the game. Giants Won 8-0 Sandy Koufax said after the game ~ "I had nothing at all". Uploaded by - "Classic Baseball on the Radio". Game 3 October 3,1962 The San Francisco Giants Vs The Los Angeles Dodgers Los Angeles Dodgers Stadium Los Angeles,CA Juan Marichal Vs Johnny Podres Giants Won 6-2 Tommy Davis hit a two run homer and Maury Wills stole his 102nd, 103rd and 104th bases in a losing effort. The Dodgers went into the 9th Inning leading 4-2 when the Dodgers practically gave the Giants 4 runs on walks and bad defense. Dodgers manager Walter Alston was harshly criticised for not bringing in Don Drysdale in the 9th Inning. He instead brought in Stan Williams. Uploaded by Don Zwinda & Uploaded by Classic Baseball on the Radio
@george vila I'm very impressed by your knowledge of Major League Baseball. There is one statistic that never gets mentioned and that's the World Series Consecutive Scoreless Innings Pitched. I am aware New York Yankees Pitcher Whitey Ford holds the record with 33 1/3 Consecutive Scoreless Innings. Sandy Koufax was zeroing in on Ford's record until that nightmarish World Series Game 2 against The Baltimore Orioles at Dodger Stadium in which Center Fielder Willie Davis committed "3" errors!, in the 5th Inning by dropping two fly balls and throwing wildly to Third Baseman Jim Gilliam trying to redeem himself throwing out Paul Blair! Three runs were scored off Koufax but were unearned. It was in the 6th Inning that Baltimore scored a run on a deep flyball by Frank Robinson that both Willie Davis and Ron Fairly misplayed which fell in between them both and rolled to the outfield wall! and was ruled a Triple! First Baseman Boog Powell Singled and scored Robinson which ended Koufax's World Series Consecutive Scoreless Innings streak at, I believe, 23 2/3 Consecutive Scoreless Innings. Interestingly, Koufax pitched himself out of that Inning with a very rare bases loaded Double Play - Ground ball to Third Baseman Jim Gilliam, who threw home to Catcher John Roseboro who stepped on home plate and threw to First Baseman Wes Parker! It seemed the Lord had seen enough of The Los Angeles Dodgers defensive betrayal of their Ace Sandy Koufax with 5 errors and helped the infield not botching this rare Double Play! It was an impeccable Double Play! Sandy Koufax never pitched again. The Los Angeles Dodgers were swept 4-0 by The Baltimore Orioles. The Dodgers never scored in Games 2, 3 and 4! Sadly, Sandy Koufax retired on November 18,1966. Over the years, Sandy stated that he wished he could have the chance to pitch that game over again! Sandy might have not been over powering hitters with strikeouts, but he was pitching shutout ball against Jim Palmer getting Baltimore to ground out and pop up for four Innings until the disastrous 5th Inning. Sandy pitched 6 excellent Innings! Years ago, I wrote to the editor of a Major League Baseball Statistics Book, a big fat book that is published every year, about the World Series Consecutive Scoreless Innings, and he didn't have the information! I also asked if he would include, in his book, the four National League 3 Game Playoff Games in his book! The Dodgers participated in all four Playoff Games. He never did include those Games! Do you have the complete data on World Series Consecutive Scoreless Innings Pitched?
When I play Baseball strat-o-matic, which is such a realistic statistic game that sometimes it is almost scary as to how real it plays, these two teams can be counted on to play 7 games. Boston got a bad break when Tony C missed the series due to the eye injury after being severly beaned so sometimes I have him play and other times go with Dalton Jones. I noticed Jones is at third and Tartabul in the outfield so where was Joe Foy? I know Brock and others had a fine series as did Yaz and Lonborg on the Red Sox, but all I can say about the Cards winning it is Bob Gibson makes the difference. This was the case in 1964 and almost the case a third time against the Tigers in 1968. Bob Gibson was outstanding in post season.
Joe Foy appeared in 6 games of the 1967 World Series, as a pinch hitter in games 1, 3 and 4, and starting at third base and leading off in games 5, 6 and 7. He was 2 for 15 for the Series.
@@marksieving7925 Thanks for the info. When I play these teams in baseball strat-o-matic, I have Joe Foy at third and Tony Conigliaro in the outfield. . Dalton Jones is their better pinch hitter for me. There are times howver I play without Tony C with Dalton Jones starting. Tony C gave them another home run threat. I bought the game in 1971 my first year in college and was introduced to the game by a college buddy. I bought all the contender teams offerd by the game from 1960 through 1971 and some of what at the time were their oldtimer teams. i still really enjoy playing it since it is just so realistic. Last time I bought a few teams for it was 1982. Another Redbird winner along with their rivals.
I think even thought 86 we came close, every time the Sox got into the World Series they always went up against a great ballclub who outmatch them. Just think the Sox faced the Big Red machine in 75 the 86 Mets and the two great Cardinal ballclubs 46, 67!!!! Seems like the reverse happened were the Cards with exception of the Tigers faced up against two powerful Sox teams.
Brock was as good or better in the 1968 series against Detroit except for two big gaffes. In game five instead of sliding he tried to bowl over Tiger catcher Bill Freehan at the plate and was tagged out killing a Cardinal rally. Detroit went on to rally and won the game. That turned the series right around for Detroit. Then in game seven he took a ridiculous lead against Mickey Lolich then was thrown out trying to go to 2nd base when Lolich threw a pickoff throw to first. Curt Flood reached base and Mickey picked him off to the end the 6th, Then Detroit scored three runs in the 7th to break the game open and win the series.
DonQwantsyou I'm hoping Rod Carew has a full recovery. I learned he recently had a heart transplant . I remember his awesome 1977 MVP season. 14 HR, 100 rbi, and .388 batting avg. 239 hits. 239 !
It was an impressive site. It seemed to me he had another gear, which would kick in when he needed to. What was more fun was to see a hitter get good contact (which didn’t happen very often) then that hitter came back back up later in the game. Almost always the hitter would get a pitch up close and personal, and he took it like a man. No charging the mound, no team warnings, just good country fastball. Prime Donna players today.
Robert Hoehn You did see the White Sox “Jungle Jim Rivera” Sherman Lollards Early Winn et al. Hit against the Yankees superb super fastball “closer” Ryne Durren! Any and all indeed DID charge the mound!
Meant you say “didN’T see.....” Ryne pitches for Cazenovia in the “towns” league in Sauk County Wisconsin. Towns of a hundred to 2or3 hundred played Sunday’s and/orSaturdays all summer. My uncle was a pretty speedy SecondBaseman (as I recall) for Loganville. Duren was NOT near blind as legend developed. (Used variety of color sun glasses depending on glare. Actually to scare hell out of batters!😄 He was WILD AS HELL HALF THE DAYS HE THREW. 🤓Got batters to swing just in fear! I swear it’s true! Anyway, Uncle Jack would give him a wide strike zone but paid often by means of getting his uniform nicked Or TORN by pitches. Once hit square in the ribs and downed. His Sister was my Mom. She had to be held down in her seat by Dad who feared SHE would charge the mound! A few years later Ryne came home during spring training and visited. He told me HE was afraid Mom would “get loose and chase after me.” He paused,,, “And I seriously was afraid”. So he came to us right after the game and apologized like mad. 😁 Great memories! Dad kept score or umpired games. We owned a meat market in Hill Point and when Caz. came to play the catcher would come to buy thick steaks for extra padding in his glove. Swore Dad to secrecy as a friend, since the biggest reason for the steaks was to ad to the mental warfare! By the second inning he had blood running down his fore-arm! Yet Ryne was a sweet “kid” guy of 18 or 19. (Big Man to this little league kid when he went on to star for the Yankees in the late fifties though!
Everything that could go wrong for the Detroit Tigers in 1967 did go wrong, but they managed to stay in it until the very last day of the season. The Tigers were probably the better team on paper than the Red Sox, but that is why the games are played on the field.
Them, and the Minnesota Twins. Right? The Twins had the indubious task of facing the Red Sox at Fenway for the last 3 games of the season, and wilted like a dead flower.
Jim Kaat blew out his elbow early in his start in that final series. He had been pitching on another level all September and had the lead in his last start. He would have won and the Twins would have gone to the world series. As it was, the thin Minnesota bullpen couldn't hold Yaz & Co.
Even if the Twins had found a way, not likely they would have fared any differently against Gibson. After all, remember the trouble they had against Koufax in '65?
SpartanMac, I wouldn't say Tigers were any better than Red Sox. Sox lost Conigliaro August 18 and still cameback to finish 1st. Conigliaro was on pace for 32 HR that year. Red Sox took season series also. Also dont give me the Kaline excuse either as he never played more than the # of games he did in '67.
Between 1903 and 1966, MLB teams that won the FALL CLASSIC, did NOT RECEIVED A TROPHY, recognizing that franchise as legitimate champions of the sport.
In retrospect, the National League had more great players than the American League in the sixties. Both hitting and pitching. The Cardinals were a great example of that.
Yes. Hawk replaced Tony C. It's amazing that he came back in 1969. The Red Sox also lost another outfielder for the 1975 World Series. Jim Rice. Wasn't Dewy hurt down the stretch in 1978, too?
@@Scoclamor Hawk had a career year for the Red Sox ... unfortunately, it came a season too late. He led the AL in RBI's in 1968 and for a time even topped Yaz in popularity, then, with Hawk and the team suffering through a slow start in 1969, he was traded to Cleveland, never to have another notable season again.
It's ashame Tony C never got to play in this series....The Red Sox also lost HOF Jim Rice for the 75 series...who nos if the out comes wood have been different..I became good friends with Hawk Harrelson and he always said nobody but nobody could hit Gibson...
@george vila George Hawk was referring to the 67 world series...not 68...but I won't argue with u the 68 Tigers were a great team...and were clearly the better team in that series..Roger Maris told the Cards before the series started that they would have alot more problems with Mickey Lolich than Denny McClain..the Tigers figured out Gibson in game 7 and Mickey picked off Brock and Flood to neutralize their base running speed..Mayo Smith did a masterful job of moving Mickey Stanley to SS to get Al Kaline into the line up..
Man, it is so weird to listen to the audio for this film. If I'm not mistaken, it was essentially all added in post-production. Every bat noise is the same, and the crowd chatter is on a loop. I guess they didn't have microphones all over the field back then, and they might not have saved the broadcast audio on tape or couldn't negotiate the rights to acquire it for the film. Even a few shots are fake, like 6:58, obviously not taken during the game.
I agree with you. They tried to simulate a real "game-time" environment, but it was kind of silly at times. I didn't find the voices imitating what the managers told their pitchers very convincing. Nor how the fans responded to these dramatic home runs with polite applause!
This is actually kina honor watch Brock gibby two extraordinary legendary athletes but on another note wasn’t this the first year bottle top bush stadium?
I actually met Jose Santiago and asked him about that unbelievable home run he hit. He said he just closed his eyes and swung! He was being humble, but what a story to tell his grandchildren!
... and not one but 2 National Anthems, the general managers of both teams, and some make-believe interpretations of conversations between managers and pitchers. But still, overall it was a very good video of an exciting World Series.
67-70 with all the great players in the game, Yaz
was the best player in MLB.
He pretty much carried the
R. Sox in 1967. Amazing year!
Rest In Peace to the great Bob Gibson. no one will ever come close again to what he accomplished.
No one ever carried a team like Yaz did for the Red Sox in 1967
Back then players were very classy I think it's a better look being modest after hitting a homerun with just a casual handshake than the way it is now..
They had respect for the game....baseball is a team sport, not a look at me how i show off game, sadly that's what it is today.
Way better now with personality showing. Season is long.
The players nowadays celebrate like they've just won the World Series Championship when they hit a home run jumping around like children!
I grew up in 1960s and it is the greatest era in Major League Baseball!
There were only 20 Teams in 1968 and the 1969 expansion ruined the game when Divisional play was introduced.
At the beginning of the decade, there were only 16 teams. By 1969, there were 24 teams.
The expansions in 1961, 1962 and 1969 brought some real lousy teams into Major League Baseball -
The Los Angeles Angels - 1961
The Washington Senators - 1961
The original Washington Senators moved to Minnesota and became The Minnesota Twins - 1961
The New York Mets - 1962
The Houston Colt .45s - 1962 (Became The Houston Astros in 1965. They're now in the American League! because of all those idiotic expansions!)
The Montreal Expos - 1969
(Are now defunct. In 2004, they're lousy existence came to a merciful end!)
The San Diego Padres - 1969
(Another lousy team!)
The Kansas City Royals - 1969
The Seattle Pilots - 1969
(Only lasted one season).
Way over the top now with the HR. Bob Gibson would never put up with that.
“Act like you’ve been there before.” Jim Brown
Nice listening to Harry Caray. Reminds of when I listened to years like this, with my radio under my pillow when I was supposed to be sleeping on a school night.
A few future Hall of Famers in the '67 Series. That play at the plate in the fourth, Yaz gunning down Javier. Carl Yastrzemski had one of the most magical seasons in MLB history in 1967, and I saw every game on t.v. or listened to it on radio. I just graduated high school, (Lawrence High, in Falmouth, Cape Cod, Ma.) and the summer of '67 is one that I will always cherish.
Yes indeed!!!
RIP Lou Brock
(1939 - 2020).
He was exciting. Rod Carew too.
Red Sox Legend's and Cardinal Legend's.
@@rfe8nn2 True!!!
Known for his stole bases but he was a really complete player ho showed up big time in the postseason. He's strangely underestimated in my opinion.
1967 the Red Sox Impossible Dream year. I was seven, at home in Dorchester, and listened to a whole bunch of games with my brother on his cheapo transitor radio in the backyard. Amazing memories!
My husband still has his 1962 GE transistor radio. Well made still great sound. We take it to the beach👍
First World Series I ever watched. Have been a Red Sox fan ever since, taught myself to hit lefty because wanted to be like Yaz.
Love all of this! Great series as the Cardinals were considered unstoppable. Sox took it to 7 games. Dr. Jim Lonborg's dental practice is right down the street from our home. A great guy to this day!
+AssinnippiJack Lonny pitched better than Gibson until game 7.
Gentleman Jim!
Lonborg went on 2 days rest. The Cardinals were essentialy Bob Gibson and Boston was Lonborg/Yaz.
What could have been had he not decided to go skiing during the off season?
@@KMK7355 most people don't recognize that he pitched on only 2 days rest. Lonborg was a tremendous pitcher that year
Roger Maris had a GREAT World Series
Kind of his last hurrah
The Cards had a fantastic team that year and that game was really special. Mike Shannon was great. Brock was great. Some of the greatest players of all time on that team. I still remember listening to the game on radio.
Being born a Redbird fan, the happiest year of my short life......little did I know I would get to experience the saddest day of my young life just a year later!!!....would repeat the thrill and spills in the 80s......just happy that even though I was born and raised in NJ, I was always a Cardinal's fan...they've given a lifetime of enjoyment!!!
I am a NJ Cardinal fan also. Lou Brock in the 1964 World series, never been surpassed.
I bet you loved the day Jack Clark took care of the Dodgers in’85
@@64yanks In those days, we weren’t really used to home run hitters. It was such a deep park in every direction Guys that could put big numbers in home runs were not comment on that field. What’s the Cardinals had learned to do was put together a roster of guys who could get singles and steal bases. Baltimore chops were a double because the outfield played so deep. Tommy Herrs batting average Went up 60 points when Vinny Coleman lead off and he was batting second because Coleman inevitably turned a single into a triple and the pictures were so worried about him stealing bases, Tommy her got pitches he never would have gotten without Coleman leading off
@@taxisteve929 If only there was video replay for the awful umps…. The Cardinals would have had that extra World Series Championship in ‘85
I'm in Geometry class and my teacher for this class is my baseball coach. I was sitting in the back row as the class took a pop quiz. I had the game on with my transistor radio. I was in a Catholic high school so we wore ties and blazers and I had the radio in my inside coat pocket and the wire went up my left arm and out my left wrist with the speaker pressed into my left ear with the palm of my hand over my ear . Well around the third inning coach shows up at my desk leans over and asks "who's winning" with a wink and a smile. Happy memory !
I did the same. I was a huge Red Sox fan. Transistor radio, one earpiece and we weren't supposed to be listening. But the teachers let us listen and didn't give us any grief. It was so exciting. I can still feel it. Seemed like yesterday.
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I was 12 years old and in a public school. The principal actually piped Game 1 into all the classrooms over the intercom system from the start of the game until the end of the school day. I still remember the big cheer when Santiago homered off Gibson.
Lou Brock was one hell of a baseball player.
Yaz could cover the Green monster like no other.....ever!
What a phenomenal year Yaz had in 67; he was practically walking on water that season
never did like yaz till way later i was 9 in 67-over the years i learned what a great hitter YAZ was!! triple crown awsome!!!
Along with ted the best ever ted Sox players honorable mention Ortiz
Over the years, I've sometimes wondered how The Boston Red Sox would have done in the '67 World Series with Tony Conigliaro in the lineup.
I believe they might have won it all!
Tragically, as I'm sure you know, Conigliaro was horribly beaned by a, California Angels, Jack Hamilton fast ball on August 18,1967 at Fenway Park, Boston.
I'll never forget, as a young boy, seeing the photos of Conigliaro laying on his back in the Batters Box and in a hospital bed with that terrible swelling in his left eye.
Tony Conigliaro suffered the following injuries -
Damaged retina in left eye
Cracked left cheekbone
Dislocated jaw
I've often asked the Lord, why did He allow this wonderful young man to suffer such a terrible fate?
Conigliaro was enjoying a fine year with the following statistics -
349 - At Bats
100 - Singles
11 - Doubles
20 - Home Runs
67 - R.B.I.'s
287 - Batting Average
Conigliaro was out for the entire '68 Season, but enjoyed two good seasons with Boston in '69 and '70.
Conigliaro played one partial last season with ironically The California Angels in '75.
Tony Conigliaro died very young at the age of 45 on February 24,1990.
R.I.P. TONY CONIGLIARO
@R Hugh Sirius Ph.D. a lot of players smoked, what’s your point?
@@raulmacias1311 , even as a Cardinals fan Tony C was one of my favorites, tragic what happened to him ! R.I.P. Tony !
This was the first year I remember following the Cardinals, I was 8 years old.
The players in the 60s were classier and way better than what we have now.
shame to see Lonnie run out of gas in the 7th game after such commanding performances in his other two starts in this hard fought Series; but he only had two days rest & the Sox didn't have much pitching depth then - but it was still the greatest season in team history!
1967 was a great World Series. The Red Sox had triple crown winner Carl Yastrzemski but the Cardinals had Lou Brock, Curt Flood, Orlando Cepeda and of course Bob Gibson who was masterful winning 3 games and the World Series!
Now Sox and Cards are 2-2 with each other.
I'm a bird fan, but Yaz was amazing!!
1975 was much better
The great Roger Maris -- RBIs, hits, throws and perfect baserunning. And if you pitch him inside -- BOOM! A handful of NY reporter's drove Maris out of New York and the Yankees tailspin got worse and worse for nearly fifteen years. Glad I got to see them when Mick, Roger, Moose, Yogi, Cletis, Elston, Bobby Richardson and Whitey were at their peak.
@@Sector6unity You are sure right about Roger Maris. The Cards were very fortunate to have him his last two seasons as their right fielder. I think it was a hand injury that took away his power but he was a clutch hitter for the Cards and was a very good fielder with a strong arm. Cards announcer Mike Shannon still talks on the air about his old buddy Maris on how to play the game right for the current team just putting the ball in play right to move up runners or how to get them to score from third base that do not show up in the stats.
🎼 Carl Yastrzemski! Carl Yastrzemski!! 🎶 Carl Yastrzemski!!! 🎶
The man we call Yaz! 🎵
Brock was a Beast! Tough out and hard to stop on the basepaths.
And now, he's gone. May he rest in peace.
The legendary Bob Gibson, wish i would've had the pleasure to see him play live.
My first game back in 1966 I seen Gibby pitch against Juan Marachell. Those two, Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Lou Brock, Orlando Cepeda, Roger Maris all played in that game.
Juan Marichal dude.
What ever Ms. Landers!
I got to see him pitch 1 time but was very young and don't remember much. He won 2 out of 3 in 1964 in the World Series, won 3 of 3 this year, which I guess is why they gave him the huge raise from $60,000 to $85,000 per year for 1968. In 1974, Lou Brock made $20,000 and Mike Shannon was paid $7,500. lol (of course, it was good money, but not relative to today...I can't imagine what Bob Gibson would be paid in today's dollars)
300+ innings and a 1.12 ERA. in '68.
gibby game 7, tosses a 3 hitter for his 3rd win and hits an HR to straight away center. RIP, my all time sports hero!
This and the following Series were great and the 69 was pretty good too. Back when we had to sneakily listen to the games on our transistor radios in school.
I remember every game of this series. Used to read box scores in the papers every day during baseball season. That Cardinal line-up was pretty consistent throughout the year: Brock, Flood, Maris, Cepeda, McCarver (or Shannon), Shannon, Javier, Maxvil, and pitcher's spot. Went into that series rooting for the Cardinals, however, Boston's heroic effort, Fenway Park, and the rabid Red Sox fans made me a Red Sox fan from that moment to this day.
I remember looking at the box scores too....back then teams combined would have maybe one or two errors...nowadays it's more like three or four.. baseball was so much better back then!
Sounds like you’re a bandwagon lol
One thing I like about the Cards Red Sox matchups in the world series is the same Uniforms!!!! The teams are 2 2 against each other in WS Matchups.
I remember the teacher at school bringing the TV and so we could watch the World Series that was the homework assignment to write a report on it
I always felt the series that year, and the following against the Tigers, with Lolich, were two of the best i'd ever seen. Was great baseball back then
The great Lou Brock didn't hit many homers, but when he did, he hit them far!
He was one of only three players to ever reach the centerfield bleachers at the Polo Grounds. Hank Aaron and Joe Adcock were the other two.
I believe it was Brock and Adcock that did it in consecutive games.
Dear Sports History Channel, I was so fortunate to have been raised in America during the 1960's! What majesty! The 1960's produced the most exciting Hall of Fame Baseball players! The players, in those wonderful days, still wore stirrups, their hair was short and they wore no facial hair! and we're lean! They looked like professional baseball players! When these men hit a Home Run they trotted around the bases then shook hands with teammates. They didn't celebrate like they just won the World Series! They behaved like professionals!
A buddy and I waited in separate lines all night at Busch Stadium for tickets. We got to attend two games watching from the bleachers. We were only 15 yo. It was great!
Tony Conigliaro absence in the playoffs most certainly was the Red Sox demise.
I doubt TonyC would have made a difference with Gibson on his game with 3 World Series wins
@@michaelleroy9281 yeah your probably right. Just game one was super close a 2 to 1 sox loss,,,,but you never know, Tony C was star studded at this point, and as we all know, so was Gibson.
2 yrs in a row, F. Robinson(66) and C. Yazz (67) won MVPs on the strength of triple crown seasons. Awesome to see E. Howard and R. Maris once again in post season. Gibson would have won alot more games, had he not got hit by a R. Clemente line Drive that year. I don't understand how O. Cepeda unanimously won MVP honors that year. I thought R. Santo (Cubs), or R. Clemente (Pirates), had great years as well.
Clemente shouldve got it or aaron
You're right. It's not clear why Cepeda would have won unanimously, except that the voters placed a great deal of emphasis on the MVP being someone from a league leading team. Tim McCarver of the Cards was actually 2nd in the 1967 MVP voting, ahead of Clemente, Santo and Aaron. Clemente led the league in hits (209) and BA (.357) and should have at least received some 1st place votes. But the Pirates were a .500 team. Santo's Cubs were a respectable 87-74 and Aaron's Braves had a losing record at 77-85.
My last year in Little League was 1964. Our uniforms were white with red lettering. I wore number 8 and batted left handed. Watched and rooted for the new players coming up through the mid 60s. Then came 1967, a freshman in high school watched the games that were televised, but the bulk were listened to on transistor radios. Everyone on the edge of their seats for 162 games. The final weekend beat the Minnesota Twins twice and got to the World Series. The cardiac kids gave us their all. A week after the conclusion of the 67 World Series, late October a charity golf tournament was held at Pleasant Valley Country Club, Sutton, Massachusetts. Tickets were sold to the general public. An estimated crowd of around 10,000 gathered to watch Golf Professional Paul Harney, Bob Cousy, Ken Harrelson and Carl Yastrzemski play 18 holes. This kid capped off the Impossible Dream caddying for Carl Yastrzemski that day! I would have done it for nothing but thank you for the generous tip Mr. Yastrzemski.
Great series! Better memories thank you
The end of the American league pennant race was amazing that year, with 4 teams battling it out until the final day. My Dad had placed a bet , if the Red Sox won the pennant, he would win $2000, if they lost, he would have to pay $500. The Red Sox won the flag, and my Dad was a very happy guy!
@george vila Good chance neither team would make it to the baseball finals today. I just can't call it a world series.
what a great world series
The 1st one I remember!
Any World Series that goes 7 is pretty good
A Glorious win for the cards!
That narrator sounds like a younger Harry Caray when he was with the Cardinals. My guess is that it's him!
Great show.
As this and a few other videos on TH-cam successfully illustrate, Major League Baseball in the 1960's was the Golden Age of Baseball. And that's for many reasons. I specialize in the aesthetics of the 60s era, so I'll cover that here:
Every team played in great ballparks, whether they were in older, classic ballparks (Phillies' Shibe Park, Reds' Crosley Field, Pirates' Forbes Field, Tigers' namesake Stadium, White Sox' Comiskey Park, Yankee's original namesake Stadium, etc) or in more modern parks (Dodgers' namesake Stadium, Giants' Candlestick Park, Astros' namesake Dome, Angels' Anaheim Stadium, A's Oakland Coliseum, Twins' Metropolitan Stadium, Orioles' Memorial Stadium, etc), they were all great, with the exception of the Cardinals and Senators, who I think were aesthetically better in Busch Stadium I (Sportsmans Park) and Griffith Park, respectively. The dugouts and clubhouses were designed and built to serve the very purpose of a simple area for the players to be in, not virtual apartments like today. The overall look of green seats and steel, simple grandstand construction, and on special occasions, red white and blue bunting, made for a timeless atmosphere that anyone can appreciate.
The players also dressed very well. As a comment on a Uni Watch post says, the jersey and pants are trim but not tight. Button down jerseys with short sleeves and true vests reign supreme. The stirrup socks were at the most ideal proportion of stirrup to sanitary sock, allowing for plenty of white (Or yellow in the A's case) while still giving enough space for colorful and creative stripes. It was pre-double knit so every jersey was soft flannel but you still had an injection of powder blue roads. The cap is not quite the exaggerated high peak but isn’t formless either, with green underbrims for reduced glare (The grass is green too) and leather sweatbands with white reeding. No matter what style a team happened to wear, it was almost guaranteed to look like baseball.
Teams with classic designs (Yankees, Cubs, Dodgers, Red Sox, Cardinals, etc) and those who experimented with their looks (A's, Pilots, White Sox, Expos, Padres, etc) all looked very elegant, particularly because button-front jerseys and belted pants were still in vogue, giving off a classic, formal vibe, going with the notion of baseball being a gentleman's game.
The umpires also looked their best, many times being outfitted in dark navy suits, caps, and black ties and dress shoes, with either white shirts, adding to the aforementioned formal and official vibe.
The players not only dressed well, but the equipment they used, consisting of Hillerich and Bradsby made Louisville Slugger or Adirondack natural-colored ash wood bats; Rawlings, Wilson, or Spalding tan leather fielding gloves and mitts; the aforementioned black (Or white in the A's case) leather spikes; simple-construction batting helmets with one earflap, which just seems to scream baseball to me; and catcher's equipment with simple patterns on the chest protector, shin guards (Both of which preferably in team colors), and the steel bars of the mask, were also simple compared to today, but elegant.
And that's just the aesthetics of that era-not to mention the caliber of players during that time. But I'll let others cover that. I hope my Heaven is 1960's MLB when my time comes.
The Cardinals were my favorite team and I listened to most of the season's games on the radio in eastern Kansas when I was 12.
Great video 📹 All daytime play; wouldn't be a World Series night game until 1971. . . . and now there hasn't been a day game since 1981!
Actually since Game of the 87 Series.
I was only 6 years old when this series was played always good to see Yaz make those great catches in left field too bad the Red Sox couldn't have pulled off the upset being the underdogs
As great a Gibson was the best pitched game was Game 2 by Lonborg. That was one of the best pitched games in ANY World Series.
I was 9 years old in St Lou in 1967 - got to watch one game in the stands as the schools all got tickets for the bleachers - am still a 67 Cardinal's fan ha ha ha - and 1968 also they made the series - but lost to the tigers - Bob G struck out 17 in game 1 in 1968
Thanks a million!
I was 10. Yaz was my first hero...
This was the first year that I could understand baseball as I was 6 years old going on 7, my little friends and I finally picked a team to root for and there where 2 - Jim’s, 2 - John’s and a Richard and a Louis, so we all agreed to root for Saint Louis this year (1967), what’s funny is we all still root for the Cardinals and have even traveled out to Busch to watch a week of baseball, but boy has baseball changed and not for the better !!
it's great to hear harry caray in his prime.
Here's the best way to summarize how great Gibson was in the '67 World Series:
Lou Brock would have been World Series MVP 9 times out of 10. Brock was statistically awesome and disruptive.
Maybe co-MVP's, but that's nitpicking.
However, Lou Brock did get an award in that series and that was the Babe Ruth MVP Award.
There should be a place in the Hall of Fame for Curt Flood and Marvin Miller.
I think you know that Curt Flood will never make the Hall of Fame
Great Series. The first I can remember watching on tv. Roger Maris had 6 RBI’s in the series. Elston Howard another Yankees legends played great behind the plate for the Sox. Bob Gibson the best in the 60’s!
At the end, umpire Augie Donatelli runs up to Julian Javier and takes his hat!
The fields looked in shoddy condition,.....but then....the best seats in the stadiums then went for $3......not $3000.
My Dad had a free ticket from a work associate for the 70 Series in Baltimore .. We walked up and bought my ticket at the booth !
@george vila ....
On April 18, 1966, the Astros hosted the Dodgers in their home opener at the Astrodome in Houston, in the first Major League game played on artificial turf, which at that point covered only the infield.
@george vila Yes,...that is why it's called "Astro Turf"!....; )
They did not have the technology in those days. Today's turf grass blends far more more advanced.
My grandfather is playing in the band here. :D
Dad still talks about Bob Gibson
I still do to. Gibson left a huge impression on lots of baseballs fans.
Was that Harry Caray doing the narrating? Wow, he sounds...sober. LMAO
classic baseball in the 1967 and 1968 world series, with two 7-game series. I loved watching the world series as a kid, as getting to see the Cardinals for 7 games was a treat--back then, you maybe got to see your favorite team play 2-3 times a year, if that.
Addendum: After the 1968 season, Major League Baseball expanded and was never the same!
@george vila Very good point!
I must say that in actuality it was 1903~1968.
Yes, those American and National League Pennant winners were never given a trophy!
I never considered that!
Interestingly, in those years, if you had the best record you'd go right into the World Series!
The Dodgers were tied for first place in 1946, 1951, 1959 & 1962 and had to play a three game playoff.
1946 ~
The St. Louis Cardinals defeated The Brooklyn Dodgers.
1951 ~ The New York Giants defeated The Brooklyn Dodgers when Bobby Thomson hit the shot heard round the world!
1959 ~ The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated The Milwaukee Braves.
1962 ~ The San Francisco Giants defeated The Los Angeles Dodgers in brand new Dodgers Stadium in Game 3.
Tommy Davis hit a two run homer off Juan Marichal and Maury Wills stole his 102nd, 103rd and 104th stolen bases in a losing effort!
Manager Walter Alston was harshly criticized for not bringing in Pitching Ace Don Drysdale to pitch the 9th Inning with the Dodgers leading 4~2. Can you believe, Alston refused to bring Drysdale in because he was going to pitch Game 1 of The 1962 World Series against The New Yankees! It was not to be.
Stan Williams instead pitched and the Dodgers collapsed and practically gave the runs away on walks and errors!
The San Francisco Giants won the game 6~4 and the '62 Pennant.
If you'd like to listen to two radio broadcasts of this dramatic game they're both on TH-cam ~
Don Zminda Upload &
Classic Baseball On The Radio Upload
@george vila I thought you were referring to the National League Pennant winners!
I wasn't aware that the World Series winners from '03~'66 weren't awarded a trophy!
How embarrassing!
Thank you for the info!
@@raulmacias1311 Yankees and Giants was an exciting World Series too, not to mention the National League pennant race.
@@GGE47 If you're interested. I just sent some comments to "DAVID R" regarding Boston Red Sox Tony Conigliaro.
Also, I agree that 1962 National League Season was a nail biter!
I'm a big Dodgers fan of the 1960's. I turned 5 years old in 1962 and I was. very fortunate to be a young boy in that wonderful Major League Baseball era!
I fondly remember getting my Dodger cups at the Union 76 gas station!
I recommend listening to two of the 1962 National League Baseball Playoff Games on TH-cam!
Game 1 October 1,1962
The Los Angeles Dodgers Vs The San Francisco Giants
Candlestick Park, San Francisco,CA
Sandy Koufax Vs Billy Pierce
A still ailing Koufax was just not ready to come back and a Willie Mays 2 run Home Run and a home run by Jim Davenport knocked Koufax out of the pitcher's mound early in the game.
Giants Won 8-0
Sandy Koufax said after the game ~ "I had nothing at all".
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"Classic Baseball on the Radio".
Game 3 October 3,1962
The San Francisco Giants Vs The Los Angeles Dodgers
Los Angeles Dodgers Stadium
Los Angeles,CA
Juan Marichal Vs Johnny Podres
Giants Won 6-2
Tommy Davis hit a two run homer and Maury Wills stole his 102nd, 103rd and 104th bases in a losing effort.
The Dodgers went into the 9th Inning leading 4-2 when the Dodgers practically gave the Giants 4 runs on walks and bad defense.
Dodgers manager Walter Alston was harshly criticised for not bringing in Don Drysdale in the 9th Inning.
He instead brought in Stan Williams.
Uploaded by Don Zwinda &
Uploaded by Classic Baseball on the Radio
@george vila I'm very impressed by your knowledge of Major League Baseball.
There is one statistic that never gets mentioned and that's the World Series Consecutive Scoreless Innings Pitched.
I am aware New York Yankees Pitcher Whitey Ford holds the record with 33 1/3 Consecutive Scoreless Innings.
Sandy Koufax was zeroing in on Ford's record until that nightmarish World Series Game 2 against The Baltimore Orioles at Dodger Stadium in which Center Fielder Willie Davis committed "3" errors!, in the 5th Inning by dropping two fly balls and throwing wildly to Third Baseman Jim Gilliam trying to redeem himself throwing out Paul Blair!
Three runs were scored off Koufax but were unearned.
It was in the 6th Inning that Baltimore scored a run on a deep flyball by Frank Robinson that both Willie Davis and Ron Fairly misplayed which fell in between them both and rolled to the outfield wall! and was ruled a Triple!
First Baseman Boog Powell Singled and scored Robinson which ended Koufax's World Series Consecutive Scoreless Innings streak at, I believe, 23 2/3 Consecutive Scoreless Innings.
Interestingly, Koufax pitched himself out of that Inning with a very rare bases loaded Double Play -
Ground ball to Third Baseman Jim Gilliam, who threw home to Catcher John Roseboro who stepped on home plate and threw to First Baseman Wes Parker!
It seemed the Lord had seen enough of The Los Angeles Dodgers defensive betrayal of their Ace Sandy Koufax with 5 errors and helped the infield not botching this rare Double Play! It was an impeccable Double Play!
Sandy Koufax never pitched again.
The Los Angeles Dodgers were swept 4-0 by The Baltimore Orioles.
The Dodgers never scored in Games 2, 3 and 4!
Sadly, Sandy Koufax retired on November 18,1966.
Over the years, Sandy stated that he wished he could have the chance to pitch that game over again!
Sandy might have not been over powering hitters with strikeouts, but he was pitching shutout ball against Jim Palmer getting Baltimore to ground out and pop up for four Innings until the disastrous 5th Inning.
Sandy pitched 6 excellent Innings!
Years ago, I wrote to the editor of a Major League Baseball Statistics Book, a big fat book that is published every year, about the World Series Consecutive Scoreless Innings, and he didn't have the information!
I also asked if he would include, in his book, the four National League 3 Game Playoff Games in his book!
The Dodgers participated in all four Playoff Games.
He never did include those Games!
Do you have the complete data on World Series Consecutive Scoreless Innings Pitched?
The Red Sox had a hilarious comic in the 68 yearbook with a little kid that had painted on a fence "Juvian Javier is a herk"😂
When baseball was King
not to take away but 1968 WS, One of my favs all time!!
@george vila i was only 10- ive NEVER seen MOJO like he had since!!!-cards couldnt hit him with an acoustic guitar LOL
When I play Baseball strat-o-matic, which is such a realistic statistic game that sometimes it is almost scary as to how real it plays, these two teams can be counted on to play 7 games. Boston got a bad break when Tony C missed the series due to the eye injury after being severly beaned so sometimes I have him play and other times go with Dalton Jones. I noticed Jones is at third and Tartabul in the outfield so where was Joe Foy? I know Brock and others had a fine series as did Yaz and Lonborg on the Red Sox, but all I can say about the Cards winning it is Bob Gibson makes the difference. This was the case in 1964 and almost the case a third time against the Tigers in 1968. Bob Gibson was outstanding in post season.
Joe Foy appeared in 6 games of the 1967 World Series, as a pinch hitter in games 1, 3 and 4, and starting at third base and leading off in games 5, 6 and 7. He was 2 for 15 for the Series.
@@marksieving7925 Thanks for the info. When I play these teams in baseball strat-o-matic, I have Joe Foy at third and Tony Conigliaro in the outfield. . Dalton Jones is their better pinch hitter for me. There are times howver I play without Tony C with Dalton Jones starting. Tony C gave them another home run threat. I bought the game in 1971 my first year in college and was introduced to the game by a college buddy. I bought all the contender teams offerd by the game from 1960 through 1971 and some of what at the time were their oldtimer teams. i still really enjoy playing it since it is just so realistic. Last time I bought a few teams for it was 1982. Another Redbird winner along with their rivals.
RIP , Rico Petracelli .
Rico Petrocelli is still alive
My first World Series
Maris had an outstanding series. Yanks should've kept him.
I saw Jim Lonborg pitch with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1976.
@ 31: something a young Reggie Smith hits a homerun, after that he hit a few in world series games.
The 1967 Red Sox "Impossible Dream" team is the best Red Sox team that didn't won a World Series title until 2004!!!
Javier was safe at home...he was tagged with the glove but the ball was in the catchers hand
I noticed the same thing.
The Sox just couldn't seem to get Brock out, could they? He also seemed to have an uncanny ability to accelerate just before reaching second base.
I think even thought 86 we came close, every time the Sox got into the World Series they always went up against a great ballclub who outmatch them. Just think the Sox faced the Big Red machine in 75 the 86 Mets and the two great Cardinal ballclubs 46, 67!!!! Seems like the reverse happened were the Cards with exception of the Tigers faced up against two powerful Sox teams.
Brock was as good or better in the 1968 series against Detroit except for two big gaffes. In game five instead of sliding he tried to bowl over Tiger catcher Bill Freehan at the plate and was tagged out killing a Cardinal rally. Detroit went on to rally and won the game. That turned the series right around for Detroit. Then in game seven he took a ridiculous lead against Mickey Lolich then was thrown out trying to go to 2nd base when Lolich threw a pickoff throw to first. Curt Flood reached base and Mickey picked him off to the end the 6th, Then Detroit scored three runs in the 7th to break the game open and win the series.
It’s too bad Curt Gowdy, Ken Coleman and Ned Martin were not the voice over for these highlights. That would have been perfect.
I'm a Yankees fan, but on Long Island as a kid I could hear Red Sox games. Ned Martin was terrific.
@@TheBatugan77 I can still hear the pre-game jingle on WHDH "You're just in time for the ballgame, you're just in time for excitement and fun.....
Time is so vast Holy cow.. it makes me feel irrelevant..
that opening scene is of rod CAAAAREW hitting a hot shot picked by Petrocelli
DonQwantsyou I'm hoping Rod Carew has a full recovery. I learned he recently had a heart transplant . I remember his awesome 1977 MVP season. 14 HR, 100 rbi, and .388 batting avg. 239 hits. 239 !
michael semmi jr im praying for him, a classy man and a tremendous hitter
Actually, it was Rich Rollins who popped to Rico to end the game.
It was an impressive site. It seemed to me he had another gear, which would kick in when he needed to. What was more fun was to see a hitter get good contact (which didn’t happen very often) then that hitter came back back up later in the game. Almost always the hitter would get a pitch up close and personal, and he took it like a man. No charging the mound, no team warnings, just good country fastball. Prime Donna players today.
Robert Hoehn You did see the White Sox “Jungle Jim Rivera” Sherman Lollards Early Winn et al. Hit against the Yankees superb super fastball “closer” Ryne Durren! Any and all indeed DID charge the mound!
Meant you say “didN’T see.....”
Ryne pitches for Cazenovia in the “towns” league in Sauk County Wisconsin. Towns of a hundred to 2or3 hundred played Sunday’s and/orSaturdays all summer. My uncle was a pretty speedy SecondBaseman (as I recall) for Loganville. Duren was NOT near blind as legend developed. (Used variety of color sun glasses depending on glare. Actually to scare hell out of batters!😄 He was WILD AS HELL HALF THE DAYS HE THREW. 🤓Got batters to swing just in fear! I swear it’s true!
Anyway, Uncle Jack would give him a wide strike zone but paid often by means of getting his uniform nicked Or TORN by pitches. Once hit square in the ribs and downed. His Sister was my Mom. She had to be held down in her seat by Dad who feared SHE would charge the mound!
A few years later Ryne came home during spring training and visited. He told me HE was afraid Mom would “get loose and chase after me.” He paused,,, “And I seriously was afraid”. So he came to us right after the game and apologized like mad. 😁 Great memories!
Dad kept score or umpired games. We owned a meat market in Hill Point and when Caz. came to play the catcher would come to buy thick steaks for extra padding in his glove. Swore Dad to secrecy as a friend, since the biggest reason for the steaks was to ad to the mental warfare! By the second inning he had blood running down his fore-arm!
Yet Ryne was a sweet “kid” guy of 18 or 19. (Big Man to this little league kid when he went on to star for the Yankees in the late fifties though!
Everything that could go wrong for the Detroit Tigers in 1967 did go wrong, but they managed to stay in it until the very last day of the season. The Tigers were probably the better team on paper than the Red Sox, but that is why the games are played on the field.
Them, and the Minnesota Twins. Right? The Twins had the indubious task of facing the Red Sox at Fenway for the last 3 games of the season, and wilted like a dead flower.
Jim Kaat blew out his elbow early in his start in that final series. He had been pitching on another level all September and had the lead in his last start. He would have won and the Twins would have gone to the world series. As it was, the thin Minnesota bullpen couldn't hold Yaz & Co.
Even if the Twins had found a way, not likely they would have fared any differently against Gibson. After all, remember the trouble they had against Koufax in '65?
Jilted, that Twins-Sox series was 2
games, not 3. I was in 7th grade
and was in Fenway for that Saturday game. Never forget that day.
SpartanMac, I wouldn't say Tigers
were any better than Red Sox. Sox lost Conigliaro August 18 and still cameback to finish 1st. Conigliaro was on pace for 32 HR that year.
Red Sox took season series also.
Also dont give me the Kaline excuse either as he never played more than the # of games he did in '67.
"Jose gets a big reception from his mates" 6:42 . LOL
the sox won two blowouts 5-0 and 8-4, and the cards won 2 blowouts 7-2 and 6-0, the other games were close
Between 1903 and 1966, MLB teams that won the FALL CLASSIC,
did NOT RECEIVED A TROPHY, recognizing that franchise as
legitimate champions of the sport.
The ONLY thing individual players of the winning
team received during that period, was a pay cheque
and a gold wrist watch.
In retrospect, the National League had more great players than the American League in the sixties. Both hitting and pitching. The Cardinals were a great example of that.
yes and no...
6:32 first redsox pitcher to homer in a ws and the last redsox pitcher to drive in a run in the ws till dice k in 2007 game 3
Al Barlick is a hall of fame umpire (Game 6)
Eric Selvig YAZ, BARLICK AND SCHEONDINST WERE ALL INDUCTED ALONG WITH BENCH IN '89
Yaz was tremendous in the 1967 world series.
Bosox may have taken the Series with Conigliaro in the lineup. Unfortunately he missed this one, and then retired early in 1975 and missed that one.
Yes. Hawk replaced Tony C. It's amazing that he came back in 1969. The Red Sox also lost another outfielder for the 1975 World Series. Jim Rice.
Wasn't Dewy hurt down the stretch in 1978, too?
@@Scoclamor Hawk had a career year for the Red Sox ... unfortunately, it came a season too late. He led the AL in RBI's in 1968 and for a time even topped Yaz in popularity, then, with Hawk and the team suffering through a slow start in 1969, he was traded to Cleveland, never to have another notable season again.
He could have made a difference .Recall too that Jim Rice missed the 1975 WS with an injury. He hit .309 with 102 RBI's that season
LONGBORG JUST RAN OUT OF GAS BY GAME 7..GIBSON..THE BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL THEN...TOO MUCH FOR THE REDSOX...
Brock got up every inning.
It's ashame Tony C never got to play in this series....The Red Sox also lost HOF Jim Rice for the 75 series...who nos if the out comes wood have been different..I became good friends with Hawk Harrelson and he always said nobody but nobody could hit Gibson...
@george vila George Hawk was referring to the 67 world series...not 68...but I won't argue with u the 68 Tigers were a great team...and were clearly the better team in that series..Roger Maris told the Cards before the series started that they would have alot more problems with Mickey Lolich than Denny McClain..the Tigers figured out Gibson in game 7 and Mickey picked off Brock and Flood to neutralize their base running speed..Mayo Smith did a masterful job of moving Mickey Stanley to SS to get Al Kaline into the line up..
Harry Caray narrating.
...I'd forgotten that Ellie Howard played for the Bosox...
Man, it is so weird to listen to the audio for this film. If I'm not mistaken, it was essentially all added in post-production. Every bat noise is the same, and the crowd chatter is on a loop. I guess they didn't have microphones all over the field back then, and they might not have saved the broadcast audio on tape or couldn't negotiate the rights to acquire it for the film. Even a few shots are fake, like 6:58, obviously not taken during the game.
I agree with you. They tried to simulate a real "game-time" environment, but it was kind of silly at times. I didn't find the voices imitating what the managers told their pitchers very convincing. Nor how the fans responded to these dramatic home runs with polite applause!
27:10. TIK History is a GREAT TH-cam channel!!
This is actually kina honor watch Brock gibby two extraordinary legendary athletes but on another note wasn’t this the first year bottle top bush stadium?
Jose santiago did something in game one that babe ruth and ted williama never did...hit a world series home run for the redsox
I actually met Jose Santiago and asked him about that unbelievable home run he hit. He said he just closed his eyes and swung! He was being humble, but what a story to tell his grandchildren!
@@kvernon1 especially considering who he hit it off of
@@kvernon1 also the last aox pitcher to drive in a run in the world series until dice k 40 years later
Narrated by Harry Caray.
The voice of St. Louis and Chicago (Cubs).
(as Harry Caray) "HOLY COW!!!!!" 👓🎙️🐄
@@jamesmatthew3681 don't disrespect the White Sox he did them too , he also did the A's for one season
All the empires looks so old.
What's with the umpire snatching the caps off two of the Cardinals after the final out of Game 7? That dude was a cap snatcher!
I was wondering the same thing!!!!
If memory serves me correctly Jim Lonborg pitched for the Phillies in the 1970s.
Yes, too bad he broke his leg in the 67-68 off season. He was never really the same pitcher after that.
They had cameras behind the pitcher after 1954 yet they insist on jumping around showing the base coach, the fans, etc
... and not one but 2 National Anthems, the general managers of both teams, and some make-believe interpretations of conversations between managers and pitchers. But still, overall it was a very good video of an exciting World Series.
5:13 nifty play
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