1970 World Series Game 1 CINCINNATI 10/10/70 NBC Kinescope
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- Recent Restoration/Remaster of the 1970 World Series recorded and digitalized off two pre Recorded DVDs and a VHS tape. Original NBC Broadcast with Curt Gowdy, Jim McIntyre and Tony Kubek. From the new Riverfront Stadium presented in B&W Kinescope-(Google for detail process of)
Game one starters are Jim Palmer for Baltimore and Gary Nolan for Cincinnati. Ive only seen bits n pieces of this Game 1 on TH-cam or highlight reels here is the complete game cleaned up best as possible with the resources I had , and a new restored audio track was added in post.
Game 1 is famous for one of the worst calls from a MLB Umpire in a World Series as HP umpire Ken Burkhart misses a play at the plate and making the wrong call preventing Bernie Carbo from scoring as Burkhart blocked the plate and made the wrong call pinch hitter Cy Cline tapped in front of plate and Berkhart moved onto field to get better view; Hendricks bare-hand and tagged runner with empty glove as runner was blocked by umpire and slid behind him; umpire had back to play and called runner out and missed the play altogether.
Also includes 1970 MLB World Series film recorded off a previously recorded VHS tape
Boxscore
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Thank you for posting these classic ball games. I was 3 years old in 1970 & loved day baseball during the World Series. Nothing beats a ball game played during the day.
I was 4 years old and don't remember this series but I do the 75/76 teams
Maybe, but being in school (I was 14),, I didn't get to see those day games during the week.
I was 7 but only remember baseball from 72 on. I don’t recall the WS years of 69 - 70. Weird.
In an interview, Johnny Bench said that the "Big Red Machine" of this era couldn't exist today because each player would be eligible for a massive contract and one team probably couldn't pay the kind of salaries they would be entitled to.
Yes. It would literally be impossible.
And I can't help but wonder, with everyone getting SO much money, you wouldn't rather make $3 million a year and play on a dominant team than make $15 million a year? I mean, you're a millionaire either way.
I could understand if the difference in pay was $80,000a year or $500,000. But this "I got to do with best for my family.' or "I've got to make all I can" loses its force if you're making generational money either way.
I remember how crushed I was at the loss of this series. And later with the A's. Leading up to the big red machine of 75 and 76.
I missed this World Series because baseball wasn’t on my radar yet as a little kid. I learned about it through the baseball cards I collected in 1971. This brings those still pictures to life!!!
In the second inning with Rose up, Curt Gowdy says, "Rose thinks he may someday catch the great Cobb". About 20 years later he did. Miss broadcaster's like Curt Gowdy.
Curt Gowdy was a terrific announcer.
Actually about 15 years later.
While that's technically true, Rose had way more at bat's than Cobb, and way more than the second most player with at bat's. That being Carl Yaztremski. Not even close to number of at bat's.
He started his MLB career at 23 while Ty was 18.
Rose rules.
This was when the entire country got to see how great Brooks Robinson was. Orioles had three 20 game winners and in 1971 they had four 20 game winners. Unbelievable
RIP BROOKS ROBINSON! And I'm a Cincinnati Reds fan
Does anyone find it interesting that in the days of the 4 man rotation when a pitcher would pitch on three days rest there were far fewer arm injuries than there is today?
too much money on the line for these owners/execs guys who never played the game in their lives..pampered pitchers think they “done their job” pitching 4 innings lol..back when baseball was baseball not a beer league like today pitchers fought through any arm issues during a game usually would build up strength pitching out of jams etc get stringer as the game went along ..not to forget pitchers back then would workout a lot during the off season active throwing even if it was just soft tosses keeping in shape till spring training arrives..not like today probably don’t even pick up. ball till spring training (pussies lol)
Thank you for posting. Good ole classic baseball with my Reds.
I miss the player introductions at the start of the World Series when all of the players, coaches, and managers lined up on the diamond. They gave the World Series a sense of class, dignity, and drama that no longer exist today.
I thought they still did that? Maybe not.
Anyhow, I like that too. And this is one the best old baseball TV broadcasts I've seen on TH-cam. Clear picture for 1970. , Curt Gowdy and announcing team, two great ballclubs and a really good game so far.
I have NEVER liked this interleague play that exists today. The Reds and Orioles had never played each other in the regular season going into this World Series and that made it more exciting/interesting. In today's game it's likely the two teams in the World Series will have met each other in the regular season and that takes away from the mystery/excitement that used to exist in the World Series. And I don't like all these stupid playoff games it takes to get into the World Series. There must be "10" different playoff series to get through to the World Series today. Up until 1969 the overall National League and American League met in the World Series--if you finished even a game behind the leader you missed the postseason--that was the breaks. As noted the Orioles beat the Twins in 3 games to get in this Series and the Reds beat the Pirates in 3 games to get here--that should be it---one quick series and on with the World Series
@@bufnyfan1 Ok boomer
@@bufnyfan1..I agree with everything you just said!
@thejets511 Typical unimaginative retort from another "millennial" type who evidently needs a "gamer" brand of Baseball to be stimulate his short attention span. 👌
The NFL Cincinnati Bengals played their first home game in 1970 at the new Riverfront Stadium the month before in September beating the Oakland Raiders 31-21
I remember how Curt Gowdy would do the NBC game of the week on NBC every Saturday in the 70s with Tony Kubek. They would go to a different game each week. If a team was on a winning streak they would go there. If a game had a bearing on the pennant race they would go there etc.
Rescues from the CBC, if both only B&W: this, 10/70 WS game, and the nine-month earlier full Super Bowl 4, including fabulous halftime show, from New Orleans. Thanks, Auntie Ceeb!
First time I watched the TV coverage of Game 1. I was 12 and made my first trip to the "new" Riverfront Stadium for Game 1 of the World Series. I can still remember walking into the Red Seats and seeing all the green astroturf. I don't recall the Jackson 5 singing the National Anthem. So I guess I saw the Jackson 5 perform live.
I was only 10 years old when this World Series took place. My Teachers in the Elementary School all had Televisions in every room to keep track if the Game. It was like a Holiday Atmosphere in Cincinnati when the Reds were in the World Series. It was rough loosing to the Orioles and then A's. I wish that the Reds had not traded Frank Robinson, because I believe he would have made a difference in the World Series tipped the Ballance in favor of the Reds! The Ed Armbristor incident was also something fishy about the Umpire Crew! Sometimes in Sports, not all calls by Umpires and/or Referees are fair to both teams and in crucial moments of an important game, can and will make a difference in a close contested series, like the 1970 World Series. I consider myself lucky to have enjoyed watching the Cincinnati Reds while growing up in Cincinnati. My Dad took me and my two younger brothers and sometimes my Mom to many a home game through the years at Crosley Field and Riverfront Stadium! My Mom was a Yankees fan, because she grew up in New York, but became a Reds Fan just like all of us did. My Uncle George Fisher owned the Staten Island Dry Cleaners a few blocks from Yankees Stadium and did all the Yankees and Mets Uniforms. He had Season Tickets for Both Teams and everyone in our Family went to Yankees and Mets games too. I spent many summers in New York City and in Upstate New York. My Uncle ran a Camp. I sure was lucky growing up to be surrounded by Baseball Fans
It was a very emotional moment at 6:50 when the great Frank Robinson was introduced to the Cincinnati Red’s fans as a member of the Baltimore Orioles. Frank had some great years in Baltimore. But I’ll always think of him as first and foremost a Cincinnati Red.
Disappointed in the fan reaction -- polite applause and a smattering of boos. Deserved better. #Un-der-ra-ted
Yeah, the crowd really went wild. lol
He was the last of the hustling, bustling 50’s players. It was supposed to be Ted Kluszewski. The Cincy fan hero with hometown appeal who was going to bring them to Cooperstown. But ended up being Frank instead of Wally Post, Gus Bell, Johnny Temple and Roy McMillan.
Interesting to see this. I couldn't watch it all the way through, because I was a Reds' fan at the time. I do remember the oddsmakers calling it "dead even" prior to the start, and I remember being surprised the Orioles won so decisively. But with 50 years' hindsight, I can't imagine why the Orioles weren't favored. They had Mike Cuellar, Jim Palmer and Dave McNally, all in their prime. The Reds had Gary Nolan, Jim Merritt (with a sore arm), Jim McGlothlin (who had been hurt), and Tony Cloninger. The Reds were the Big Red Machine, but in this case, good pitching stopped good hitting.
I agree with you
If the Reds of the 70s had had dominant pitching, they would have been unbeatable. In fact, I played Strato-O-Matic baseball for the 1970 season; I played the NL and a friend played the AL. We met in the World Series and, obviously due to my brilliant managing, the Reds won. Of course, it might have helped that, in our series, the Reds didn't have pitching injuries like they did in real life. But I think the Reds had a better lineup than the O's but, of course, the O's had better pitching-and Brooks Robinson.
In the spring of 1970, I was a young 11-year-old boy and was introduced to America's FAVORITE pastime called BASEBALL!!...My 5th grade classmate sold me one of his gloves for a mere .25 cents! I thought I had it goin' on! And of course, this was the FIRST WORLD SERIES I watched, and I also found out that Brooks Robinson and Frank Robinson weren't brothers....
For some reason all the classes at Jefferson Grade School got to watch this series on a television in the gym. Thanks to whomever was responsible for that!
I went to Riverfront Stadium during it's final years when they opened up the outfield by removing those stands. I liked it but as this game took place, Crosley Field was still there and should had been around and treasured like Wrigley Field.
I agree 👍
Crosley Field was too small (29,000), couldn't be expanded, too old, worn out, no parking, bad neighborhood. An even bigger shame was the loss of Shibe Park in Philadelphia. By far the most beautiful of the Jewel Box ballparks, it had the same issues. While the Cubs saved Wrigley Field and the Red Sox saved Fenway Park, nobody thought Crosley Field, Shibe Park or Forbes Field were worth it.
Fascinating: Singing the praises of the all-synthetic stadium. The Jackson 5 singing the National Anthem, accompanied by a HS marching band! The kidnapping of James Cross, which I knew nothing about before this (had to read about it) and that is just inside the first 20 minutes! Then at about 40 minutes in, Gowdy has to tell the audience that the Orioles spent 25K on Palmer's health issues- a drop in the bucket compared to what Palmer did for them!
The kidnapping of James Cross marked a very tense time in Canadian history--later this same day a government official from the province of Quebec (Pierre Laporte) was also kidnapped and ultimately murdered.
13:24 CBC news bulletin.
The Reds swept the Pirates in the first ever NLCS by scores of 3-0, 3-1, and 3-2. And they take the lead in game one 3-0. But against the Orioles that wasn't enough. They took a 3-0 lead in the second game. and 3-0 again in the 5th game. The 3rd game, which the Reds lost 9-3, was the only game in which they did not score first. The 70 Reds, as powerful as they were, had been coasting for quite some time. The lack of starting pitching was real. Gary Nolan who started game 1 had his worst year in 1971 due to arm problems, he was clearly getting tired and the Orioles' legendary staff was just getting warmed up. The Reds technically had no chance against the superior pitching but could well have won the series if not for Brooks Robinson's spectactular defensive plays. The 70 Series was much better played than I remembered it. Both teams really put on their best effort at the time. The Reds squeaked out a victory in game 4 to avoid a sweep.
1969 was the first LCS , as both leagues expanded and went to two divisions.
The Mets beat the Braves , and the Orioles best the Twins, before facing off in the WS.
And how about Orioles pitcher Dave McNally smashing a grand slam in Game 3? Wow! That guy could hit.
Remember that play at home in the sixth inning. Burkhart made a brutal call and he never saw the play. His back was totally turned the wrong away. Awful umpire.
He was a good umpire....he just made a lousy call ...because his position was bad....I'm still a Reds fan we lost the series because we had no pitching...
Also, in the sports illustration magazine that covered the series, Baltimore's catcher, Elrod Hendericks is tagging Bernie Carbo with his catcher's glove, but he had the ball in the other hand!!
My favorite player was Brooks R and I could name all of the Baltimore starters every one very good -- what an infield
So many legends. Even Michael Jackson sang the Anthem!
The catcher's tagged out the runner with the empty ball glove, when the ball was on his bare hand, the umpire's call was incorrect.
Back when the WS was played in day light...............
the different camara angles are cool too
Davey Johnson is a candidate for the HOF this December 2023, if he's elected the 1970 Orioles would have 5 members in Cooperstown, along with manager Earl Weaver, Jim Palmer and Brooks & Frank Robinson. ⚾
David Hartmann (being interviewed by Tony Kubek at 1:51:35) was at that time 5 years away from becoming the original host of Good Morning America on ABC. Hartman was known to have an enormous ego and was difficult to work with on that show but because the ratings were good ABC put up with him. He was on GMA from 1975 until 1987 after which Charlie Gibson took over.
But he had connections with celebrities like James Stewart.
Paul Sommerkamp is the Reds public address announcer.
Brooks also played very well in the all-star game earlier in the season in Cincinnati.
That play at the plate with Carbo (1:35:20) was really controversial at the time. IIRC there were still photos that showed that Hendricks had the ball in his bare hand but tagged him with his glove AND that Carbo actually never touched home plate with his slide.
Interesting: after Carbo was called out at home, with two runners still on base Sparky did not pinch hit for Gary Nolan. He missed the opportunity to score, perhaps just out of anger. This was his first year as a manager. Of course in those days, you went with your starter. Nolan had given up a pair of home runs and that was the Orioles scoring to that point. And perhaps Sparky didn't have the confidence in his bullpen that he showed in later years. Nolan was one of the Reds' best starters, but he did tend to give up home runs in between slamming the door inning after inning. I have fond and not-so-fond memories. This was the first World Series I ever watched with my Reds participating. I was only 4 years old for the 61 Series and have only a few vague memories. I had watched the 67 and 68 Series every game because I hated the Cardinals and rooted for them to lose. Interestingly enough, I seemed to be less engaged in 69, and I don't think I watched any of the Series games and heard about the Mets win after the fact. 1970 was going to be it for the Reds, and it was going to take some building and very skillful play by what was eventually assembled. The champion 1975 team retained only four starting position players from the 1970 team: Rose, Perez, Bench, and Concepcion. May, Helms, Tolan, and Carbo were gone although Carbo would come back to haunt.... and Nolan was the only starting pitcher from 70 that was still around in 75. Simpson, Merritt, Washburn, Cloninger all gone. Gullett was strictly a reliever in 70, became a starter in 71 and was the only decent starter that year at 16-6.
1:35:18 Roger Angell; “Hendricks, who missed the tag on Carbo, who missed the plate, in front of the umpire, who missed the call “
And Carbo inadvertently stepped on the plate during the argument.
Michael Jackson was there
the 1st WS game in history to be played on synthetic turf.
After three innings the O's looked like they were gonna choke away another series...
Umpires (Game 1)
HP Ken Burkhart (NL) (Crew Chief) (3rd)
1B Red Flaherty (AL) (4th)
2B Tony Venzon (NL) (3rd)
3B Bob Stewart (AL) (2nd)
LF Billy Williams (NL) (1st)
RF Emmett Ashord (AL) (1st)
Ironically that umpire actually played for the reds.
1:35:24 It was clear umpire interference, Elrod Hendricks tagged Bernie Carbo with his GLOVE and not the ball, but Carbo, due to the ump being in the way never touched the plate.
"The new Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati" The place is rubble today & been replaced. Scary thought.
The missed call (1:35:24) where Carbo was called out (despite the fact that umpire Burkhart had his back to the play and Hendricks had the ball in his barehand not glove hand) could have due overruled today due to the ability of a team's manager to challenge the play
First replay shows Hendricks tagged Carbo with the empty glove. Ball is very clearly in Hendricks' bare hand. Never touched him. Of course, Carbo never touched the plate, until Burkhart called him out and he touches up while he is arguing.
1:46:16 David hartman
1:35:24 The controversial call at the plate.
The Reds rotation was their Achilles heel that season. Could have used Simpson, who was out with an arm problem. The O's had a wide edge in that area. Scored 33 runs and hit 10 homers compared to 20 and five for the losers.
So the CBC had enough sense to save all of these kinescopes. But the US networks didn’t save any of them.
Super Bowl 1 was also lost although both NBC and CBS covered it. I read somewhere that a tape of the game was found in the attic of some home in Pennsylvania and was being restored. The networks at that time simply didn't realize the historic relevance of the broadcast and taped over the game films for use of something else
@@bufnyfan1Has the tape been fully scanned ever since? Cuz damn, I really want to watch this in color
The Reds had great hitters on this team, no doubt but their starting pitching was hampered by injury and ineffectiveness. In only one game did the Reds starter pitch into the seventh inning.
The year before the Mets’ starters pitched into the seventh inning in four out of the five games, including two complete games.
Curt Gowdy (PBP) & Jim McIntyre (C) 1st half
McIntyre (PBP) & Gowdy (C) 2nd half
Tony Kubek (field reporter)
JIM McINTYRE left MLB play by play before the very next season, saying he was tired of big league travel distances. He went back to his old job of announcing the AAA MINOR LEAGUE AFFILIATED BASEBALL TEAM, the INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS OF THE AMERICAN ASSN's games. and announcing INDIANAPOLIS sports before quitting that and going into private business. He did live up to his goal of announcing MLB on radio.
Congrats to him.
He is one of only a few in our profession to do MLB- I did three seasons of the INDEP. MINORS.
McINTYRE was with the REDS from 1966 thru '70..
Later, in 1983, he died at 58 years old leaving behind a wife and two daughters..
I could not find what malady overtook him fairly and relatively, even in the 1980's, early in his life.
R.I.P...
Hendricks still hasn't tagged Carbo!
and never will
Miss it big time
Yep
And Carbo still hasn't touched the plate.
@@Bob31415 Ding-ding-ding-ding!
I was 11 watching the entire series and was heart broken. Boog Powell was my sworn enemy. 😜
2:49:23 .....Goudy says "Marv" Rettenmend....
Goudy was an old goat even when he was young
love the Canadian ads
1:36 why is Carbo out ? Ump jump to see Fair ball 🏀🏀 was in no position to make that call.
The worst positioning in baseball history. Umpire must be first base line extended behind home plate. An umpire can see fair/ foul, and any play at home. The crew should have got together and fixed the error.
Balk after balk. Pitcher must come set before delivery
1:35:10 One of the worse umpiring calls in World Series history. Too bad they didn't have computerized video replay and coach's challenges. Umpire Ken Burkhart was thankfully out of baseball four years after this call. He totally makes a reflex "out" call with his back to a play that he never saw. It's an unwritten rule in baseball that "ties" and plays you don't see (and can't video review) go to the runner. Calling Carbo "out" on that play was outrageous.
If he had been called safe it would have been equally outrageous. Carbo missed the plate and the umpire interfered with the catcher's ability to make the tag.
@@Bob31415 u made a great point....one that is often over looked....if he misses the plate and goes to the dugout....he's out..
@@mikeforte7585 - he doesn't make a great point, lol, because Carbo stepped on home plate when he got up to argue with the ump. 1:35:32 shows Carbo's left foot clearly on home plate. He actually may have even stepped on home plate twice, but the cloud of dust kicked up from the slide blocks the camera from showing if he had earlier stepped on the plate when he first got up and ran to the ump.
@@Bob31415 - Nonsense....1:35:32 shows Carbo's foot planted clearly on home plate, so he didn't miss the plate. Regarding interference, the ump is standing directly in the 3rd base line path to home, so he couldn't have interfered with the catcher anymore than he interfered with Carbo being able to slide unimpeded into home plate. Most importantly, the catcher NEVER tagged the runner. Bad call. In the era of video replay challenge, no way does this call stand video scrutiny.
At 1:36:38 - The announcer actually says "I don't know how you can claim umpire interference."....Lol, what?? Just goes to show how sacrosanct authority was treated by the establishment in those days.
Up until this game Baltimore was undefeated for 14 games straight including the regular season?? That’s what I just heard I’m gonna look that up
Orioles hitting bombs everywhere....How bout Powell listed as a "pull hitter" yet he launched oppo blast to left field. wowwww
This and many world series meant to baseball. The battle between two major league teams. It's not like it is now. A national league team against a former national league team. They should have it like was.
This must have been a Canadian broadcast
This world series should not have been. Cincinnati should not have been in this World Series. That World Series should have been between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Minnesota Twins. In the final game of the national league championship series Alou the Center Fielder for the Pirates dropped an easy fly ball for the third out and the Reds went on to win the game and the series. I was in tenth grade and rushed home from school to see the final innings of that game. I can still hear Nelly Kings call of that play. “It’s a fly ball to center field Alou is under it it’s a big can of corn Alou dropped the ball”!!! The Reds score win the game and the series. The next season the Pirates traded Alou.
Yeah except that both the Reds and Orioles had strong teams during the 1970s while the Twins would notably underperform this decade
Bernie Carbo did not touch home plate either.
Had the Reds had any, any pitching they may have won this series. Their entire pitching staff was crippled by injuries.
Gary Nolan should have pitched a perfect game against these low batting average clowns .
1:29:45 Brooks Robinson
RIP Mr. Robinson
ahh Canada..so much better than murikans
But AMERICANS know how to spell.
I agree...Canada is much better
Yeah,,,the Expos kicked major butt
@@brettshepherd5240than Antarctica