what a crazy slide, at first I thought he missed the bag but when rewatching it you definitely see his left foot hit the bag. pretty incredible. also, it's interesting how dimaggio's swing is the only one that looks anything at all like a modern player's swing.
The 1939 Yankees were loaded in that outfield. They had a Kansas City Blues farmhand who hit 46 bombs, drove in over a hundred... yet no call-up. Vince DiMaggio. That's as close to being Yankees teammates that Joe & Vince DiMaggio ever got. Ironically, I think Vince finished the year as a Cincinnati Red.
Ahhh some true American history with great Clips of some of America's favorite past time . I am a native Born Bronx New Yorker Italian American guy. I remember as a kid and into my 20's how at times my late dad would talk on occasion of his favorite player of the Yankees, that player?? Mickey Mantle. I sometimes laugh at myself cause up to a couple of years back ??? I was under the thought that Jolton Joe was also a native New Yorker Italian. Anyway the guy was no doubt a great piece of this great LEGENDARY Baseball team with its rich history. I turn 60 this month and whenever I watch the movie a Bronx Tale ?? that for me ?? brings back some very young childhood memories of back in the Bronx...as a little Bambino. Even though my parents divorced when I very young , my brother and me got to back and spend summertime back there and once when I was a teen , a young teen in the early 70's? ? we would take up a game of ?? yep stick ball on the street in the bronx. That street was Fillmore street. In close...my late Grandfather was a friend of the old voice of the Yankees, Mel Allen. the story told was , back in the day ?? my late Grandfather would trade with Allen ...yep what we in our old family business as flats or now known as cases of Beer and soda from my late Grandfather distributorship in the Bronx for season tix to Yankee Stadium. I do not live in the City of which to me deep in my heart I call home New York's the Bronx. I still have some great memories of the family from way back then. As a friend once told me , she being a native from Jersey city. You can take the kid out of the city? but you can never take the city out of the kid. Thanks this great look and trip back in time....on a era and of course GREAT American Ball club. The Bronx Bombers.
If you download the video and look at DiMaggio's slide frame by frame it does appear that he avoids the tag and drops his right foot onto the plate. However, when watching in real time it's not at all clear his his foot touched the plate, and the Reds pitcher can be seen trying to get the ball and race after DiMaggio to tag him in case the umpire gave no call on the play.
If you pause at 3:16 and then 3:17 you can see the pattern of the dirt streaks on the plate change after DiMaggio goes by the plate, indicating that his foot made contact.
When Bill Dickey crosses home plate (1:50) after his home run he shakes the hand of George Selkirk, who is wearing #3. Weird to see someone other than the Babe wearing #3 for the Yankees.
Ruth's #3 was retired in 1948, two months before his death. DiMaggio's #5 was next in 1952, followed by #7 in '69. Mantle wore #6 at the beginning of his rookie year before being sent down to the KC Blues; upon his return mid-summer he was given #7, previously worn by Cliff Mapes (traded). Interestingly, Mapes was the last Yankee to wear #3.
That play is called Lombardi's big snooze. It's not really fair since Keller collided with him at home plate knocking him out. DiMaggio seeing this ran home and scored.
Oh my! People from today don't dress as they did in 1939? that's an amazing observation! you should run it up the newsies make sure they publish it, scoop of the century I dare say.
To me it looked like DiMaggio's leg & foot went over the home plate. But never actually touched the plate. The reaction from the Red's pitcher, is that he didn't think DiMaggio touched the plate. I've also seen video of other plays from World Series of that period, where instant replay might have gotten an umpires call reversed.
If you slow it down and pause it, you can see Joe very quickly extended his foot a slight bit backwards in order to touch the plate, an example of the agility and body control of a young athlete. Also, remember that DiMaggio was pretty limber here, it was only his 4th season in the league. He doesn't try something like this later on in his career when the wear and tear of the years started adding up.The call definitely would not have been overturned from the camera angle shown here. The umpire saw it even closer from the other side and called him safe. The umpire would not have made the call if he didn't see his foot touch the plate. Of course, the pitcher is going to try and tag him just in case, but the run had already been counted.
Actually, Crosley Field wasn't on the banks of the Ohio River, but rather wasn't far from the Mill Creek, a tributary that emptied into the Ohio about a mile south of the ballpark. The flood in 1937 did strike Crosley and much of the city up and down the Mill Creek Valley, along with the Ohio River communities.
Was there ever a clip showing Keller run into Lombardi? I heard from some old timers that Keller drilled the Schnozz in the nuts and he was writhing in pain when he saw Dimaggio trying to score but was late with the tag. Keller was a beast. Ol' Ernie got hit by a freight train!
It's crazy that Lombardi got blamed for "losing the World Series" because of this play. I mean, they got swept in 4 games. It wasn't like it was a close series. Lombardi himself thought he was kept out of the Hall of Fame because of this. He eventually got in, but only after he died.
It wouldn’t matter film couldn’t focus to find the small ball and you wouldn’t see if they hit the bal or not - not until about 1949 do you see the camera start following the ball and switching to outfield view after it’s hit as focusing got better and better coordination with camera men
@@jnolette1030 That's why people preferred to still listen on the radio even 10 years after games started showing on TV , those radio color analyst were really good at calling the games made you feel like you were there.
Wow, I've played ball my whole life, and know the rules in and out, I had to, dad was the coach. I can't figure out what just happened, Dimaggio slides into home after the runner in front of him slides, where's the ball, and I noticed after the first runner slid home, two players backing up the catcher took off after the runner who just scored. That's a confusing scene at home plate.🤔
Going all out, was what DiMaggio was all about on the ball field.The Yankees are paying millions of dollars to Stanton and he joggs around the bases and doesn't even attempt to slide what a disgrace.
@MANCHESTER UNITED I just saw you in a different Joe DiMaggio comment section saying the same stuff, go huck your euro pussyfest somewhere else, nobody wants to see Giuseppe tripping on flea and then balling his eyes out like he's going for an oscar
That patch celebrated the presumed centennial of the invention of baseball by Abner Doubleday in 1839. Of course, we now know that baseball was first played in the 18th century.
It was close. It looks like his right foot brushed the plate. Replays are inconclusive. The umpires calls were final. Of course replays were not used back then so Joe might have gone back and retouched the plate just in case if that were today.
firebird_SPLEEN Actually this was a great slide -- the only way to increase the odds against being tagged out was to lean hard left as he came toward the plate and slip his right leg in as he was going down. On this occasion, the Yankee Clipper did it "textbook."
This video is awful. - This isn't an original newsreel, lol. - A number of the video clips are repeated. - They are from a variety of games, not just game 4. No truth in advertising here. - The music does not fit the video. I'm looking for actual highlights of game 4. This is awful.
Its tragic what happened to Gherig. I wish he got to finish out his career.
Incredible to hear from someone who got to experience that era and see those teams.
its amazing to watch
"Joe DiMaggio was the greatest all-around player I ever saw" Ted Williams
Great footage and really great commentary in your little mini-documentary. Thanks for posting this.
The leaving of the stadium via the outfield continued into the late 60s. I was lucky enough to do it frequently at the old Yankee Stadium.
Thanks for posting this. Great stuff
what a crazy slide, at first I thought he missed the bag but when rewatching it you definitely see his left foot hit the bag. pretty incredible. also, it's interesting how dimaggio's swing is the only one that looks anything at all like a modern player's swing.
billygowhoop ... right foot.
billygowhoop Good eye! But it was home plate he reached safely, not the "bag."
Thanks for the correction.
The 1939 Yankees were loaded in that outfield. They had a Kansas City Blues farmhand who hit 46 bombs, drove in over a hundred... yet no call-up. Vince DiMaggio. That's as close to being Yankees teammates that Joe & Vince DiMaggio ever got. Ironically, I think Vince finished the year as a Cincinnati Red.
Very interesting and enjoyable to watch. Thanks for posting it.
Ahhh some true American history with great Clips of some of America's favorite past time . I am a native Born Bronx New Yorker Italian American guy. I remember as a kid and into my 20's how at times my late dad would talk on occasion of his favorite player of the Yankees, that player?? Mickey Mantle. I sometimes laugh at myself cause up to a couple of years back ??? I was under the thought that Jolton Joe was also a native New Yorker Italian. Anyway the guy was no doubt a great piece of this great LEGENDARY Baseball team with its rich history. I turn 60 this month and whenever I watch the movie a Bronx Tale ?? that for me ?? brings back some very young childhood memories of back in the Bronx...as a little Bambino. Even though my parents divorced when I very young , my brother and me got to back and spend summertime back there and once when I was a teen , a young teen in the early 70's? ? we would take up a game of ?? yep stick ball on the street in the bronx. That street was Fillmore street. In close...my late Grandfather was a friend of the old voice of the Yankees, Mel Allen. the story told was , back in the day ?? my late Grandfather would trade with Allen ...yep what we in our old family business as flats or now known as cases of Beer and soda from my late Grandfather distributorship in the Bronx for season tix to Yankee Stadium. I do not live in the City of which to me deep in my heart I call home New York's the Bronx. I still have some great memories of the family from way back then. As a friend once told me , she being a native from Jersey city. You can take the kid out of the city? but you can never take the city out of the kid. Thanks this great look and trip back in time....on a era and of course GREAT American Ball club. The Bronx Bombers.
The good ol days , great stuff
good work
If you download the video and look at DiMaggio's slide frame by frame it does appear that he avoids the tag and drops his right foot onto the plate. However, when watching in real time it's not at all clear his his foot touched the plate, and the Reds pitcher can be seen trying to get the ball and race after DiMaggio to tag him in case the umpire gave no call on the play.
If you pause at 3:16 and then 3:17 you can see the pattern of the dirt streaks on the plate change after DiMaggio goes by the plate, indicating that his foot made contact.
Lombardi was actually hit in the nuts by the short hop throw ..... incapacitated him for long enough for DiMaggio to score.
DiMaggio had the greatest talent ever.
he slid under the catchers arm like a boss
My father who grew up in the NYC area said he was the greatest ballplayer (all around) that he ever saw.
When Bill Dickey crosses home plate (1:50) after his home run he shakes the hand of George Selkirk, who is wearing #3. Weird to see someone other than the Babe wearing #3 for the Yankees.
Yes, it is a bit weird. But I think the Yankees began retiring numbers only after Lou Gehrig's death, and when they retired #4 they also retired #3..
Ruth's #3 was retired in 1948, two months before his death. DiMaggio's #5 was next in 1952, followed by #7 in '69. Mantle wore #6 at the beginning of his rookie year before being sent down to the KC Blues; upon his return mid-summer he was given #7, previously worn by Cliff Mapes (traded). Interestingly, Mapes was the last Yankee to wear #3.
Awesome
That play is called Lombardi's big snooze. It's not really fair since Keller collided with him at home plate knocking him out. DiMaggio seeing this ran home and scored.
Couldn't help but notice the number of guys wearing ties in the crowd. Interesting cultural shift over time.
Oh my! People from today don't dress as they did in 1939? that's an amazing observation! you should run it up the newsies make sure they publish it, scoop of the century I dare say.
Bepino Stromboli what a strange comment to get upset over.
@@wwild someone has to take a stand
@@ExactFlamingo Good answer
Also, day games? People who had just left, and/or skipped out of work to watch the Series?
To me it looked like DiMaggio's leg & foot went over the home plate. But never actually touched the plate. The reaction from the Red's pitcher, is that he didn't think DiMaggio touched the plate. I've also seen video of other plays from World Series of that period, where instant replay might have gotten an umpires call reversed.
If you slow it down and pause it, you can see Joe very quickly extended his foot a slight bit backwards in order to touch the plate, an example of the agility and body control of a young athlete. Also, remember that DiMaggio was pretty limber here, it was only his 4th season in the league. He doesn't try something like this later on in his career when the wear and tear of the years started adding up.The call definitely would not have been overturned from the camera angle shown here. The umpire saw it even closer from the other side and called him safe. The umpire would not have made the call if he didn't see his foot touch the plate. Of course, the pitcher is going to try and tag him just in case, but the run had already been counted.
LaGuardia took the train to Cincinnati? Didn't even support his own airport?!
And if he took the plane you'd say why didn't he support his own train station!?
The airport was finished Oct 15th 1939. The 4th and final game was played on Oct 8th 1939.
@@loug2414 I don’t think it was named after him until he died
Actually, Crosley Field wasn't on the banks of the Ohio River, but rather wasn't far from the Mill Creek, a tributary that emptied into the Ohio about a mile south of the ballpark. The flood in 1937 did strike Crosley and much of the city up and down the Mill Creek Valley, along with the Ohio River communities.
@M Your opinion!
Was there ever a clip showing Keller run into Lombardi? I heard from some old timers that Keller drilled the Schnozz in the nuts and he was writhing in pain when he saw Dimaggio trying to score but was late with the tag. Keller was a beast. Ol' Ernie got hit by a freight train!
I heard many of stories about my great great uncle Charlie Keller how they called him King Kong Keller from my grandfather
Yeah Tommy, your Uncle was a beast. Did he ever play football? He would have made a heluva linebacker!
81 yrs ago nice film though who #9-#8? That's Joe DiMaggio #5 the new Yankee clipper
It's crazy that Lombardi got blamed for "losing the World Series" because of this play. I mean, they got swept in 4 games. It wasn't like it was a close series. Lombardi himself thought he was kept out of the Hall of Fame because of this. He eventually got in, but only after he died.
A year later the reds won the series
Keller what an athlete you can tell he ran well
Charlie Keller is my uncle
My dad loved Keller. He said his nickname was King Kong!
@@kevinostrowski7397 awesome
What a slide!
I wish cameramen from those days would have planned out instead of always the close up of the player
It wouldn’t matter film couldn’t focus to find the small ball and you wouldn’t see if they hit the bal or not - not until about 1949 do you see the camera start following the ball and switching to outfield view after it’s hit as focusing got better and better coordination with camera men
@@GreenLightMe I did not know that!
@@jnolette1030 That's why people preferred to still listen on the radio even 10 years after games started showing on TV , those radio color analyst were really good at calling the games made you feel like you were there.
Wow, I've played ball my whole life, and know the rules in and out, I had to, dad was the coach. I can't figure out what just happened, Dimaggio slides into home after the runner in front of him slides, where's the ball, and I noticed after the first runner slid home, two players backing up the catcher took off after the runner who just scored. That's a confusing scene at home plate.🤔
That music is not appropriate.
Going all out, was what DiMaggio was all about on the ball field.The Yankees are paying millions of dollars to Stanton and he joggs around the bases and doesn't even attempt to slide what a disgrace.
I'd kill just to me the Yankee Clipper my all time favourite player GO YANKEES
@MANCHESTER UNITED I just saw you in a different Joe DiMaggio comment section saying the same stuff, go huck your euro pussyfest somewhere else, nobody wants to see Giuseppe tripping on flea and then balling his eyes out like he's going for an oscar
@M Soccer sucks. It's popular with third worlders who can't afford anything but a crappy inflated ball.
@ 2:44 what does the patch on Joe's sleeve say
That patch celebrated the presumed centennial of the invention of baseball by Abner Doubleday in 1839. Of course, we now know that baseball was first played in the 18th century.
GOAT
impassable
Moo on
Clutch
Let's Go New York yaankes
It looked to me like Joe d never touched the plate
albert gardner watch it in slow motion you moron!
@@yeebby1 💩💩💩
No need for name calling, you turd!
It was close. It looks like his right foot brushed the plate. Replays are inconclusive. The umpires calls were final. Of course replays were not used back then so Joe might have gone back and retouched the plate just in case if that were today.
Without Lou.....
Was it an inside the park homerun?
No, It was a single and DiMaggio advanced on a series of errors.
years before the n y times became toilet paper
Dimaggio had an ugly slide
firebird_SPLEEN Actually this was a great slide -- the only way to increase the odds against being tagged out was to lean hard left as he came toward the plate and slip his right leg in as he was going down. On this occasion, the Yankee Clipper did it "textbook."
It’s called a toe tap to avoid the catchers glove you moron
Yes that was a great book slid, these prima Donna's today don't even know how to do it. Back then that was the best way to avoid the tag
This video is awful.
- This isn't an original newsreel, lol.
- A number of the video clips are repeated.
- They are from a variety of games, not just game 4. No truth in advertising here.
- The music does not fit the video.
I'm looking for actual highlights of game 4. This is awful.