Kent Tekulve (1979): Pittsburgh Pirates World Champs
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- Vignettes from Game 6 and Game 7 of the 1979 World Series won by the pittsburgh Pirates which rallied from 3-1 Game deficit. Among the heroes was Kent Tekulve who had 3 saves in the Series; a record until 1996.
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Stargell & Tekulve were like superheroes to me as a kid.
same to me!
Totally. Kent Tekulve was so unusually built, tall and gangly. And the way he would concentrate and touch the peak of his cap. Do you remember the face he would make before a pitch? He came off as such a deadly craftsman hanging up the pros.
Kent Tekulve is my cousin
@@emmatekulve0874 We are not worthy!
@@emmatekulve0874 cool! you must be proud!
Coolest uniforms ever worn in MLB!
The caps were holdovers from the '76 season to commemorate the Bicentennial. The Pirates wore them on into the 80s
I have a whole uniform of these jerseys lol. I love them so much
To quote Lanny Frattare: "There was noooooooooooooooo doubt about it!!!!!!"
Personally, I think the 82 expos and phillies uniforms are my favorites
Cool… oh yeah, right 👌
My uncle faced Kent Tekulve back in 1968 when his Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops took on Kent's Marietta College Pioneers. He says it was one of the most intimidating experiences of his life. He struck him out in three pitches.
Thats really cool .
Chef Danger I loved watching Teke pitch.
I can only imagine! Like going up to bat with a whiffle ball bat!
Kent Tekulve is the reason I never learned how to properly throw a ball, lol.
I still maintain that this was the best World Series I ever saw. I was in Grade 9 at the time and couldn't wait for the next game to watch. I cheered for the Bucs all the way and when they won, it was a very happy moment in my life. Loved the way Tekulve threw those sidearm pitches.
Kool! It was definitely the most colorful one too. A nice change after 2 boring Dodgers - Yankees series!
love those old school uniforms.
Same
Go Pirates!
Hopefully win can get another one soon 💪🏾💪🏾
I remember watching this world series i was 11 yeaes old, the good 'ol days 😍
*T E K E! ! !*
I loved him so much, I started throwing sidearm in high school and ended up playing for a juco and transfer to a D1. So basically, I owe my education to that man’s wicked arm.
Sidearm pitching is a lost art.
Teke and Dan Quisenberry both had the sidearm pitch going for them.
@@kgreene104 Dan quisenberry took it to another whole level
@@kgreene104 Dennis Eckersley is another one.
Theres still guys doing it, but its definitely not as great as it used to be. Especially with relievers
And then Tekulve retired, and as Ric Ocasek, launches a successful career in rock and roll.
Pennsylvania was jumping back then. To have the Pirates accomplish this and as a Phillies fan then, we took it all in 1980. Talk about some good times!
And the Steelers had back to back Super Bowl wins twice. Also became the first team to win four SBs.
1983 was a great year for baseball.
And pro wrestling with Chilly Bill Cardille!
That’s alright, Baltimore got its revenge on PA in 1983. Be it against Philly unfortunately who I have a soft spot for because I grew up watching the 07-11 Phillies and my mom side of the family loves the Phillies. Still, not over the Orioles though! Wish it was in Pittsburgh. Can’t stand that city. Between the Pirates doing this to my franchise, and the Steelers/Ravens rivalry.
@@Wadiyatalkinabeet_ Hey, earlier in 83, the 76ers won it all too; Sixers fan here.
We are Fam-a-lee!
So glad Teke is back in the studio breaking down games and answering fan questions!
Teke, Pops, Moreno, Candy Man, Mad Dog, Cobra . . . Damn, Buccos baseball is one fine sport.
And 3 panamenias, Rennie Stennentt, Manny Sanguillén, Omar Moreno
Bill Madlock
The 70's were Pittsburgh's decade of sports. Steelers with 4, Pirates with 2. Championship parades were just like a normal business day in the Burgh!
And Bruno Sammartino was the WWWF champ!
Tekulve pitched in 94 games in 1979.....unreal !!
I LOVE those old baseball games where you can see the markings of a football field.
Likewise, I loved watching football back in the day and seeing a quarterback get rocked around second base.
The ‘79 Buccos are my favorite team of all-time. I can still name all 25 members of that roster (and several others who didn’t make the post season cut).
The 1979 pirates my favorite pirates team of all time
Native Baltimore, Orioles fan here. Kent Tekulve was one of the best side arm pitchers I've ever seen, if not the best. Me and my dad god rest his soul, just knew we had that series in the bag, at 3 games to 1.
Look at those unis!
Loved watching Kent Tekulve as a kid. Yes, I tried to pitch like him for about 10 mins. and gave up. 😅
Bill Robinson was my hitting coach. Can’t say enough great things about him. Thanks for posting!
“The now familiar specter that is Kent Tekulve” goes so hard
I remember all this
I was in the victory crowd in Market Square as a 14 yr old fan so long ago.
Did you dress in yellow and black? What was your outfit like in '79?⚾️
So cool. I wasn’t born yet. I just what to see them in one World Series in my life. Feels like it probably won’t happen anytime soon,
1979~~The year of The FAMILY!!
I was ten years old playing little league baseball and became a Pirates fan after this series. I wanted to pitch like Kent Tekulve. The fallowing spring I asked the team manager (my dad) if I could try out with the pitchers. I tried to throw one in like Kent......I was back on first base the next practice.
When baseball was baseball.
Still is
it's garbage now
@@Snowboy2015it’s literally the same sport
Tell me you’re a trash boomer without telling me
Siempre admire a Kent Tekulve,yo era un chamo para esa época y oía los juegos por la radio.
Hey Nutting...I was SIX when I saw this!
Kent Tekulve fue el apafuegos de las Piratas entre 1975 y 1985. Salvó 3 juegos en la serie mundial de 1979. Mi profunda admiración por este relevista. Gracias a su efectividad como taponado. Piratas Campeones de la Serie del Caribe 1979
Man as black kid from the 70s and not quite understanding talent what us kids understood was style!!!!! Man Kent was my idle and being from Pennsylvania and my father being a pirate fan meant something to me. When I played baseball and I pitched I threw like Kent and when I batted I combined Willie Stargell and Mike Schmidt’s stance together because I loved their stance and when I was on defense I wanted to be U L Washington because he was the only player who ever played with a toothpick! Lol I Thought that was so cool when I was little and even tried to pitch like Louis Tiant but never could
Loved Clemente and Stargel amazing baseball ⚾ Stars.
79 Pirates were damn good.
We are family ... the Pirates never bought World Series. They earned them
I was in 5th grade. Great year.
We Are Family iZ still there in my Youthful heart of A 13 year old me.
Those were the " LUMBER AND LIGHTING "
BUCCOS !
Kent was filthy! love his style!
This might have been the coldest World Series in history. Why is the World Series always colder then the Super Bowl? We the fans demand all championships be played in sub freezing temperatures.
I believe at least two of the games were rained out and another one had something like a 2 hr rain delay.
Today's front office nerds: Well, we're world champions but we are extremely disappointed that Chuck Tanner left Tekulve in to pitch more than one inning as that goes against our philosophy of management by spreadsheets. So frankly, the victory is marred by defying our sabermetrics, and this will be addressed in the off season.
I remember their theme "we are family"..the disco era.
The last days of Disco.....
He had a great pitching style that was a great side arm pitcher
Tekulve had the nastiest sub-marine pitching style i have ever seen to this day.
Still remember as a kid playing Little League trying to copy Teke’s delivery
I was 12 yo and was there. Baltimore MD. A long time before Camden Yards
Listen to the way the narrator talks, you really get the sense the world wasn't completely dumbed down yet. If this was done today, he would have made at least two random sound effects, minimum..
BOOM!
Ram Stones "The narrator"? That's Vin Scully, son.
¡Afisealo Tekuive!, that was the scream batle of the Aguilas Cibaeñas BBC of the Dominican League, Kent was a really batle horse for the Aguilas.🦅, the scream minds Asfixed Tekulke!
Kent tekulve the doom head of baseball go Kent love him
Why the pirates players used different caps designs in the same game??? 🤔
0:52 is the first angle I've seen from Scott McGregor other than that stupid behind and to the right angle where it looks like every pitch is over the plate
The last road team to win a Game 7 on the road: the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates.
In baseball. Pens did it in Detroit.
2014 San Francisco Giants did it. And the 2016 Chicago Cubs. And of course the Nationals in 2019.
The Lumber Company
Lumber and Lighting !!!
I'm a lifelong Reds fan but that '79 Pirates team was fun to watch. I went to see a Reds/Pirates double header at Riverfront Stadium that season. We had great seats,just a few rows behind the backstop. In one of the games,Stargell cranked one into the 3rd deck in right center. He hit it so hard that it seemed like that the ball was still going up when it reached the seats.
Good times
I am a diehard Reds fan but I supported the Pirates in the WS after they knocked my Reds out in the NLCS
I sure miss "Chicken on the Hill, Will"!
Yes I do too, I lived in the Hill back in the 70's
i want to say with the way the pirates have been performing in 2014 they may very well make it deeper in the postseason this time around. if it was not for injuries (damn diamondbacks) they would have taken the division by now but i just hope they can somehow take home field advantage in the wild card game for now.
And now we are trash again😢😢😑
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Love the Buccos!8
Lmfao I had that old Baltimore Orioles cap!!!
Willie Stargill was a great player and person
Is Vin Scully doing commentary?
lanny Frattere....
get well soon teke
I hope Teke gets better!⚾️
Jason Bertalotto he did he's even back at work on pirates post game shows on root sports
Wow! How brave of him! Glad he's back!
Tekulve looked like he was 50 in 1979....meanwhile he pitched till like 1989 or something
we are family
How the hell could you hit Tekulve? Where was the ball coming from?
my best first World Series ever been what a come back pirate Won at Baltimore the think is the Stadium doors were open I Walk right in for free the only thing was that it was way too early,🇵🇷
Here is a question.
I grew up in Toronto and was about 14 during this series. I didn't follow MLB at all, not even hockey. Yet I clearly remember watching this world series and multiple games of it. The names Kent Tekulve and Willy Stargell are etched in my mind.
How is that possible? I have no other memories of any other series in my childhood and teenage years. I did not follow sports at all.
And it is only the pirates I remember, not the orioles.
That was the guy who sold my mom bunk acid!
The players were a lot thinner back then than these days.
KT put innings to rest, that’s what he did, and he did it well!
I've always wondered with as great as the Pirates were during the 70's, the Steelers were just as great. I wonder if Terry Bradshaw ever attended any of the Pirates playoff games.
Dollars to donuts he didn't unless it was a photo op with Pops Stargell.
There was an SI cover in 79 with the two of them.
I WAS A KiD WHEN THEY WON AND TO ME STARGELL AND KETULVE WERE HEROES.😂
Did you see the officers from Baltimore's police department vainly trying to contain the Orioles' fans from mobbing the Pirates for souverniers? That's the motto for every police department in America that resonates throughout our great nation, To Protect And Serve, that does make America great.
Yeah in stadiums not in the streets...
didnt willie stargell retire afther this
I'm not real sure about this, but I did look up the bio for Willie Stargell and saw that he passed away from complications of a stroke in 2001. With this in mind, all that I can say is this - may God bless Willie Stargell.
pops retired in 1982
Okeedokee thanks for the info
Kent Tekulve was nasty.
Does anyone throws like that anymore . I also recall D Quisenberry .
I don't care what anyone says hardest thing to do in any sport is hit a baseball.
Afisealo teckulve
2:26 LOL
Rubber band man!
Mucho Perico Fron Venezuela.....Periquito (cocaine)
They stole his hat...
Old
We are family we love smell cocaine hahahhaha
I was born in the wrong generation
Enjoy it because it sucks but this is the last time you’ll see the pirates win the World Series it sucks but it’s true
Lol
Tek is my couches son
your couch, thats crazy doesn't sound to comfortable.
Your couch has a son? Whose the mother, the coffee table?
Those hats are so damn ugly lol