You can say that again. This is the 1st game on TV I watched at 7 years old. Yankees have been my favorite team & Mantle all time favorite player ever since. I was born in LA.
One of the great things about these old broadcasts, the announcer don’t have to talk incessantly. No constant cuts to some one on the sidelines with useless tidbits. Just watch the game and relax
Also, you don’t see players acting like spoiled brats on the field, grabbing their crotch or other obscene things. They don’t stand at home plate and gawk at their home runs either.
The rightfielder for the Braves, Bob Hazle,, got the moniker "Hurricane" Hazle after he was recalled from the minors in mid summer after center fielder Billy Bruton suffered a season ending knee injury. Hazle hit .403. He played right field while Hank Aaron took Bruton's spot in center. There actually was a deadly hurricane the year before, called Hazel, which killed 469 people in the mid-Atlantic area
I'm a retro Boston Braves fan. Watched this in a bittersweet way. The core of that 1957 Milwaukee Braves lineup was X Boston Braves players (or minor leaguers). If they only lasted 1 more year in Boston, they would have been a contending team and might have won that World Series in Boston eventually. A fun what might have been to muse over.
A pack of baseball cards cost 5 cents in 1957 you would have to pay over $1,000 dollars for that never opened pack now especially if it was the Mickey Mantle series with a chance to pull a Mantle.
Joe Adcock takes a full swing with 2 strikes @ 1:16:00. The umpire rules checked swing. No checking with the 1st base umpire. It was a hitter's league in those days.
In the 8th inning of Game 7 of the 1960 World Series between the Yankees and Pirates, Hal Smith of the Pirates took a nearly full swing at a pitch with 2 outs and 2-2 count. After this "checked swing" he hit a key home run that turned a Pirates 7-6 deficit into a Pirates 9-7 lead. Later, Bill Mazeroski won the game in the 9th with his famous home run. He would not now be famous if not for the Hal Smith "checked" swing not being called a third strike.
At the time it happened, no one other than maybe The Mick himself knew he’d seriously injured his right shoulder on that pickoff play with Red Schoendienst at 2nd base @7:30. His shoulder was never the same, and his ability to hit left-handed was compromised throughout the rest of his career. Makes me scream every time I see it. He still had a hit and a homer his next two times up which I attribute as much to adrenaline as his competitiveness. Mickey Mantle was one star crossed ballplayer, but one helluva ballplayer nonetheless.
We'll never know how Mantle's career would have turned out had it not been for all the injuries, or the fact that he drank himself into an early grave, just because he couldn't cope with the pressures of playing baseball in the bright lights of New York.
Back in the day when P.A. announcers only announced the players in the lineup first time through, then only when there were changes in the lineup, or between innings. Now P.A. announcers announce the players every time up.
It's really hard to see those old broadcasts. I lived back then, but I like today with color and sharp contrast. And the game was so slow back then. Boring.
What do you mean?! The game moved along pretty good. It got bloated with more commercials and pitching changes as time went on. Not to mention the DH and numerous mound visits…
@@sec9788 Yes, but now there is a clock on the pitcher and batter. Now relief pitchers have to at least pitch to 3 batters in stead of changing pitchers for every batter in late innings. Pitchers only get three throws to hold a runner at first base. Coaches coming out to argue balls or strikes gets thrown out. None of this happened in the "old" days.
Great to see the old TV telecasts of ballgames like this one.
You can say that again. This is the 1st game on TV I watched at 7 years old. Yankees have been my favorite team & Mantle all time favorite player ever since. I was born in LA.
As a kid in the Seventies i loved watching This Week in Baseball........Mel Allen was Classic.
Howwww about that
One of the great things about these old broadcasts, the announcer don’t have to talk incessantly. No constant cuts to some one on the sidelines with useless tidbits. Just watch the game and relax
Exactly right. Nowadays you get bombarded with analytics that aren't too important.
These announcers today never shut up. Many times I mute the broadcast
@@glen7695ABC announcer in 60s/70s ?
Also, you don’t see players acting like spoiled brats on the field, grabbing their crotch or other obscene things. They don’t stand at home plate and gawk at their home runs either.
That's right! The announcers just Announced!
I was 8 years old and in the 3rd grade in NYC. I would rush home from school to catch the last 2 or 3 innings of these games.
My dad was 6 years old I love him so much rip to him
I love this footage, as I was born a couple of months later in 57'....Loved both of those teams...
When the World Series was the biggest sporting event in the US. The NFL Championship (not yet called the Super Bowl) was not in the same league.
Hank taking a fastball at shoulder level out to the opposite field power alley is incredible
I love these! I fall asleep with this playing and the commentary is so good I can visualise what’s happening
You're a legend for finding and posting this. Thanks!
Great find. Nice seeing the late 50's NYY in action here.
This game set a World Series record for walks by both teams.
The rightfielder for the Braves, Bob Hazle,, got the moniker "Hurricane" Hazle after he was recalled
from the minors in mid summer after center fielder Billy Bruton suffered a season ending knee injury.
Hazle hit .403. He played right field while Hank Aaron took Bruton's spot in center. There actually
was a deadly hurricane the year before, called Hazel, which killed 469 people in the mid-Atlantic area
I'm a retro Boston Braves fan. Watched this in a bittersweet way. The core of that 1957 Milwaukee Braves lineup was X Boston Braves players (or minor leaguers). If they only lasted 1 more year in Boston, they would have been a contending team and might have won that World Series in Boston eventually. A fun what might have been to muse over.
So glad we got to see Tony Kubek's home run trot at 2:23:31. Too bad we didn't get to see the homer itself.
Ol' Casey would never step on a line.
A pack of baseball cards cost 5 cents in 1957 you would have to pay over $1,000 dollars for that never opened pack now especially if it was the Mickey Mantle series with a chance to pull a Mantle.
Funny how Aaron finished his career with 755 home runs, but never hit 50 in a season.
He was built different. Amazing ballplayer.
Killebrew never did either, oddly.
AMAZING
So freaking cool
Shucks! @7:31...Man...He never swung the bat the same again from the left side 😥
More Mantle Misery.
Damn--you're right--I was thinking that was the infamous botched pickoff play that damaged Mantle's right shoulder.
Joe Adcock takes a full swing with 2 strikes @ 1:16:00. The umpire rules checked swing. No checking with the 1st base umpire. It was a hitter's league in those days.
In the 8th inning of Game 7 of the 1960 World Series between the Yankees and Pirates,
Hal Smith of the Pirates took a nearly full swing at a pitch with 2 outs and 2-2 count. After this "checked swing" he hit a key home run that turned a Pirates 7-6 deficit into a Pirates 9-7
lead. Later, Bill Mazeroski won the game in the 9th with his famous home run. He would not now be famous if not for the Hal Smith "checked" swing not being called a third strike.
@@thomaswolf723 Hal Smith clearly went around on the previous pitch of his HR. The way I understand it, was whether he breaks his wrist or not.
Nice to see The Yankees dinasty in the 50s in a former ballpark
At the time it happened, no one other than maybe The Mick himself knew he’d seriously injured his right shoulder on that pickoff play with Red Schoendienst at 2nd base @7:30. His shoulder was never the same, and his ability to hit left-handed was compromised throughout the rest of his career. Makes me scream every time I see it. He still had a hit and a homer his next two times up which I attribute as much to adrenaline as his competitiveness. Mickey Mantle was one star crossed ballplayer, but one helluva ballplayer nonetheless.
I’m old. It was his left shoukder.
We'll never know how Mantle's career would have turned out had it not been for all the injuries, or the fact that he drank himself into an early grave, just because he couldn't cope with the pressures of playing baseball in the bright lights of New York.
Cool how they gave respect to the injured war Hero 🇺🇸🙏🏾
Back in the day when P.A. announcers only announced the players in the lineup first time through, then only when there were changes in the lineup, or between innings. Now P.A. announcers announce the players every time up.
That’s not even correct. You can hear the announcer saying the batter’s name every time they come to plate.
they acted like they have never been in a World Series. I was expecting them to get more excited then usual
Bob Hazle hit .403 in 1957
1:24:48 Mickey blasts one to the back of the bullpen
Those "check swings" would be strikes today.
No doubt.
As would the one in Gm 7 of 1960 …Hal Smith would have stuck out instead of hitting 3 run HR(3/4 swing)
Exactly. BTW I can't believe how many fat strikes Mantle looked at.@@jayclarke5466
Was this one of the first times they used the center field camera angle?
I think so
Bob Bull…wow…didn’t last long
It's really hard to see those old broadcasts. I lived back then, but I like today with color and sharp contrast. And the game was so slow back then. Boring.
What do you mean?! The game moved along pretty good. It got bloated with more commercials and pitching changes as time went on. Not to mention the DH and numerous mound visits…
@@sec9788 Yes, but now there is a clock on the pitcher and batter. Now relief pitchers have to at least pitch to 3 batters in stead of changing pitchers for every batter in late innings. Pitchers only get three throws to hold a runner at first base. Coaches coming out to argue balls or strikes gets thrown out. None of this happened in the "old" days.
Shitty kinescope. nbc didn’t preserve the video tapes back then
What is even worse is that NBC did not save about 99% of
anything that they broadcast even through the 1970's.
I'm not sure if NBC even televised the 1957 World Series
@@michaelleroy9281 This is a kinescope of the NBC broadcast.