Love watching old baseball games. It was such a different time for me and many others I am guessing. I was young in 1978 , 9 yrs old. I didn’t care about velocity, exit velocity, ops, etc. I just knew that I loved baseball. Sports used to bring people together. However, in today’s volatile and dangerous political climate, many people’s seemingly lack of human decency, racism, gun violence etc., things aren’t near as fun. I know there were many problems even back in 1978 like inflation, but as a child things seemed so different.
2:23:30 Thank you! I never saw Rico Carty at bat and here he is! He would be sent to The A's where he hit 20 more homers, to make 31 for the year. In 1979, Rico went back to The Jays.
Boy, this brings back memories of going to Exhibition Stadium. The voice of Murray Eldon doing the announcements... sitting in the benches along the first base line and seeing enviously the fans sitting in seats along third base... the diagonal shadow cast across the field by the outfield grandstand... the vendors shouting "ice cold beer here".
Not in this game - they did not sell beer at blue jay games in the 70s I just happened to have been at the first ever beer game - was I think '81. I do remember the shadows really sometimes being a real distraction and the wind coming from the lake could be pretty tough
Aurelio Rodriguez batting fifth ? ... I remember back in the seventies my three uncle's would go to Yankee Stadium probably around 50 times ( give or take) they would always by third base , the box seats I believe were $5.50 , they lived and loved baseball but they loved to drink and have a good time , so why were they always sitting by the third base side ... because they loved to loved to heckle the opposing visiting team players , especially whoever played third base , they would call Aurelio the Frito bandito, and he would look up at them and shake his head as though it didn't bother him , they also loved to bother Sal Bando, Rico Petrocelli, Don Money, Buddy Bell and others , but the only one they didn't bother was Brooks Robinson , they respected him so much that even when they got a little tipsy they would root for him , also want to mention that one of my uncle's has over hundreds of autographs of hundreds of MLB players , they made lots of players and one player in particular was Willie Randolph , he would always tip his hat to them , Ohh I forgot to mention that a few years later they got Aurelio's autograph too , and on one of my uncle's baseball he wrote to Juan Marrero from Aurelio El Frito Bandito Rodriguez .... Aurelio became very acquainted with my uncle's when he became a Yankee , he was a very humble , very nice man .... R.I.P. Aurelio Rodriguez 🌟🙏
Yes.You were really exposed to the elements. Just like old JARRY PARK in Montreal. I loved the fact that Major League Baseball allowed two Franchises to exist in Canada. But both EXHIBITION STADIUM AND JARRY PARK really left a lot to be desired. I mean I had been to minor league ballparks with much better designs than these two ballparks.They both should have been transitional ballparks. How on earth the Jays played there for nearly 13 seasons is beyond me. But they sure made up for it with the SKYDOME.Even though the original turf was murder on the knees. Same thing with the MONTREAL EXPOS.The EXPOS should have been out of JARRY PARK within two seasons. I will say as organizations they both brought along a lot of great young talent within a short period of time from their inception.
How refreshing to hear George and Al call it as it is. If the Tigers screwed up they would say so. These days, the Tiger TV crew sugar coats every obvious mistake they make, and there have been plenty! Take notes Shep, Monroe, etc. Btw, what is Mike Barry doing in the booth?
I wish Detroit was still in the AL East division. Toronto had a great rivalry with them back in the day. The Tigers were hated more than the Yankees during some years
Of course the blue jays were pretty bad in the early years - but by '85 they had a very solid up and coming team. They were the first team to concentrate on the DR for talent - and it became a pipeline. Eventually went on to win back to back series '92-93 those were some really good rivalries in mid /late 80s. It would be nice to see Toronto get an actual baseball stadium rather than multi purpose . They deserve it - and if they are competitive at all -they can easily justify it .
I do not miss the rivalry at all. I might have enjoyed it if they were more even in wins and losses in games they played together, but the Blue Jays almost always won against the Tigers. Look at the season series between the two teams. It was pretty discouraging to have "automatic defeats" for the Tigers.
Detroit vs Toronto 1983 6-7 1984 8-5 1985 6-7 1986 4-9 1987 7-6 1988 5-8 1989 2-11 1990 5-8 1991 5-8 1992 5-8 1993 6-7 Toronto had the edge for sure but It wasn’t completely one sided. Those 7 games down the stretch in 87 are legendary. Aside from 89 when Detroit was terrible, these years had both teams right in the thick of things in the old AL East
WWJ-TV. Channel 4, Detroit. It would be a couple more years before Eli Zaret would host the pregame show and George and Al were alone in the booth. When Sparky Anderson came to Detroit the next year, those long haircuts and bushy mustaches disappeared too. Go get 'em Tigers!!
Interesting watching and listening to the raw network footage here. In the 8th inning, I believe, when the Toronto relief pitcher was warming up on the mound, you could hear the announcers talking in the background. George Kell asked his partners if they thought Staub could have made it to second on his hit. I think Al Kaline answered, but I couldn't make out what he said. I'm sure that didn't make it to the airwaves, as the stations would have been playing a commercial at the time.
The stirrups look so Major League!!! Great game! The Major leaguers should go back to wearing their stirrups just like that! The planets will align. Peace and harmony will reign throughout the galaxy!
For those who like to know what happened, the missing at-bats were all outs: 4-3 to end the 9th; a strikeout (unknown swinging or looking), 1-3 and a fly ball to left in the 12th. Add my voice to the praise for the quality of the video!
Did you notice Tommy Hutton playing for the Jays? His first at-bat is at 21:40 and you get a good look at him in the on-deck circle at 20:00. I kinda figured he must've been a player at some point but had no idea he played for the Jays in the lean early years. I only knew him from his broadcasting days in the 90s. He looks so young!! :0
@@brenthooton3412 I remember watching Tommy Hutton playing for the Phillies & Expos, and he was famous here in New York for one thing-he used to wear out Tom Seaver. Seaver was considered the best pitcher in baseball at the time, but Hutton was the one guy in the National League who had him figured out.
@@RRaquello Back in the 70s, when he was on the Phillies, and also the Expos, he was known for being the best defensive first baseman in all of baseball, bar none. He was also a pretty good pinch hitter. He burned the Expos plenty of times when he was on the Phillies. He was never a good enough overall hitter to be a starter though. Very knowledgable guy about baseball, as he showed when he was a broadcaster.
I was born November 10th 1978. That year seem somewhat odd. It seemed the Big Red Machine was losing it's grip on being a NL powerhouse. It appeared all the focus was on the Yankees. But even with them they had lame offensive individual numbers for the regular season. 1978 just seemed to be one of those years not worth much mention for an exciting season for MLB.
Do you have any Angels games played in 1978 on TV (L.A. edition with Dick Enberg and Don Drysdale, if my memory is correct--other than Ron Guidry's 18-strikeout game that WPIX did)? I hope you can put at least five of those games!
John Hiller is my father, and this is one of the few films of him pitching we have ever found. So fun to watch.
glad you found it..that’s what it’s all about 👌😎
Your father was an exceptional pitcher. One of the best firemen of his time.
I met your father. He was with mark fidrych signing autographs in 1977. Very nice man. Very good relief pitcher. He was the fireman 👨🚒
Loved your Dad
Your dad’s one heck of a baseball story. Hope he’s doing okay. 🐯 ⚾️
Quality is outstanding for a 1978 game.
1978 is not THAT old. 😂
Kell mentions that Trammell and Whitaker will be playing for a long time. Bet he couldn’t have imagined HOW long.
So good to hear George Kell and Al Kaline!
They used to do Tigers Broadcasts for the local NBC station in the 80's.
Along with Joe Pellegrino.
None better
Love watching old baseball games. It was such a different time for me and many others I am guessing. I was young in 1978 , 9 yrs old. I didn’t care about velocity, exit velocity, ops, etc. I just knew that I loved baseball. Sports used to bring people together. However, in today’s volatile and dangerous political climate, many people’s seemingly lack of human decency, racism, gun violence etc., things aren’t near as fun. I know there were many problems even back in 1978 like inflation, but as a child things seemed so different.
So good to hear George Kell and Al Kaline’s voices!
Hearing George Kell's voice enter the broadcast told me it's time to enjoy some baseball.
Wasn't he great ?
Mickey Stanley last year. What a great defensive player.
My all time favorite
Just nobody… nobody calls a smoother ballgame than Mr. George Kell. I ❤ his voice.
Ernie Harwell would disagree
WWJ-TV would change its call letters to WDIV a month later, on July 22, 1978, which the station has had ever since.
1978 was manager Ralph Houk's last season in Detroit.
I thought it was 1979
He should've quit I 77, his "skill" ruined Fidrych's arm..letting him finish games in April...stupid
Loved George and Al in the booth....
Greatest detroit tigers broadcast team ever
2:23:30 Thank you! I never saw Rico Carty at bat and here he is!
He would be sent to The A's where he hit 20 more homers, to make 31 for the year.
In 1979, Rico went back to The Jays.
Rico was good . Lost two years in his early years due to medical issues
Boy, this brings back memories of going to Exhibition Stadium. The voice of Murray Eldon doing the announcements... sitting in the benches along the first base line and seeing enviously the fans sitting in seats along third base... the diagonal shadow cast across the field by the outfield grandstand... the vendors shouting "ice cold beer here".
Has anyone ever gotten an explanation about why Murray Eldon was fired as the Jay's P.A> announcer?
Not in this game - they did not sell beer at blue jay games in the 70s I just happened to have been at the first ever beer game - was I think '81. I do remember the shadows really sometimes being a real distraction and the wind coming from the lake could be pretty tough
Aurelio Rodriguez batting fifth ? ... I remember back in the seventies my three uncle's would go to Yankee Stadium probably around 50 times ( give or take) they would always by third base , the box seats I believe were $5.50 , they lived and loved baseball but they loved to drink and have a good time , so why were they always sitting by the third base side ... because they loved to loved to heckle the opposing visiting team players , especially whoever played third base , they would call Aurelio the Frito bandito, and he would look up at them and shake his head as though it didn't bother him , they also loved to bother Sal Bando, Rico Petrocelli, Don Money, Buddy Bell and others , but the only one they didn't bother was Brooks Robinson , they respected him so much that even when they got a little tipsy they would root for him , also want to mention that one of my uncle's has over hundreds of autographs of hundreds of MLB players , they made lots of players and one player in particular was Willie Randolph , he would always tip his hat to them , Ohh I forgot to mention that a few years later they got Aurelio's autograph too , and on one of my uncle's baseball he wrote to Juan Marrero from Aurelio El Frito Bandito Rodriguez .... Aurelio became very acquainted with my uncle's when he became a Yankee , he was a very humble , very nice man .... R.I.P. Aurelio Rodriguez 🌟🙏
Aurelio was my favorite Tiger as a kid. Soft hands, Cannon for an arm.
RIP
1978 was fun season in Detroit...first winning season since the old crew in 1973
Kell and Kaline, it's like hearing your fathers voice again.
16:44 Kell talks about Willy Mays basket catch. RIP Willy.
Exhibition Stadium... freezing cold and sun was always in the eyes of the players.
Yes.You were really exposed to the elements. Just like old JARRY PARK in Montreal. I loved the fact that Major League Baseball allowed two Franchises to exist in Canada. But both EXHIBITION STADIUM AND JARRY PARK really left a lot to be desired. I mean I had been to minor league ballparks with much better designs than these two ballparks.They both should have been transitional ballparks. How on earth the Jays played there for nearly 13 seasons is beyond me. But they sure made up for it with the SKYDOME.Even though the original turf was murder on the knees. Same thing with the MONTREAL EXPOS.The EXPOS should have been out of JARRY PARK within two seasons. I will say as organizations they both brought along a lot of great young talent within a short period of time from their inception.
A terrible place to watch a game
How refreshing to hear George and Al call it as it is. If the Tigers screwed up they would say so. These days, the Tiger TV crew sugar coats every obvious mistake they make, and there have been plenty! Take notes Shep, Monroe, etc. Btw, what is Mike Barry doing in the booth?
I wish Detroit was still in the AL East division. Toronto had a great rivalry with them back in the day. The Tigers were hated more than the Yankees during some years
Of course the blue jays were pretty bad in the early years - but by '85 they had a very solid up and coming team. They were the first team to concentrate on the DR for talent - and it became a pipeline. Eventually went on to win back to back series '92-93 those were some really good rivalries in mid /late 80s. It would be nice to see Toronto get an actual baseball stadium rather than multi purpose . They deserve it - and if they are competitive at all -they can easily justify it .
I do not miss the rivalry at all. I might have enjoyed it if they were more even in wins and losses in games they played together, but the Blue Jays almost always won against the Tigers. Look at the season series between the two teams. It was pretty discouraging to have "automatic defeats" for the Tigers.
Detroit vs Toronto
1983 6-7
1984 8-5
1985 6-7
1986 4-9
1987 7-6
1988 5-8
1989 2-11
1990 5-8
1991 5-8
1992 5-8
1993 6-7
Toronto had the edge for sure but It wasn’t completely one sided. Those 7 games down the stretch in 87 are legendary. Aside from 89 when Detroit was terrible, these years had both teams right in the thick of things in the old AL East
Good afternoon everybody and welcome to Tiger baseball 🐯⚾
It's a bright sunshiny day - Kell was the BEST
"oh, he hit it a country mile"
Before Skydome there was Exhibition Stadium
thanks for this
Everyone was so skinny back then.
Not Gates Brown
Not Rusty!
No steriods.
@@mikeg1378LMAO 🤣🤣🤣 Gates was retired a couple years before this game
Especially women. No fat waistlines like women today.
Willie Upshaw in the OF without the stash is an odd sight
I loved those uniforms without the belts!🥰
When ball uniforms were worn correctly. No pants under the damned shoes, jerseys and pants were not worn two sizes too big.
Exactly. The pants nowadays are awful.
Thank you, that was fun!
wow....what amazing channel...for american baseball....
Umpires
HP Al Clark
1B Bill Kunkel (CC)
2B Ted Hendry
3B Terry Cooney
WWJ-TV. Channel 4, Detroit. It would be a couple more years before Eli Zaret would host the pregame show and George and Al were alone in the booth. When Sparky Anderson came to Detroit the next year, those long haircuts and bushy mustaches disappeared too. Go get 'em Tigers!!
Lance Parrish had tree trunk sized arms
I was at this game and I caught a foul ball that day . Two of my friends and I skipped school that day to go
Forgot about the closed batting stances back then. You can read the names of the batters waiting for the pitch!
Boy it must’ve been tough to see at 7:30pm with the bright sun.
Interesting watching and listening to the raw network footage here. In the 8th inning, I believe, when the Toronto relief pitcher was warming up on the mound, you could hear the announcers talking in the background. George Kell asked his partners if they thought Staub could have made it to second on his hit. I think Al Kaline answered, but I couldn't make out what he said. I'm sure that didn't make it to the airwaves, as the stations would have been playing a commercial at the time.
The stirrups look so Major League!!! Great game! The Major leaguers should go back to wearing their stirrups just like that! The planets will align. Peace and harmony will reign throughout the galaxy!
In six years..........
The station is WWJ-TV in Detroit (now WDIV).
They changed the call letters literally within several weeks after this.
0:39 The fan who yells SWWIING to LeFlore and LeFlore singles to right!! 😂
WWJ changed their station name to WDIV later in 1978.
The organist is clearly tripping.
The organist at Exhibition Stadium was awesome...he was stylin'!
The organist was drip before there was drip!
For those who like to know what happened, the missing at-bats were all outs: 4-3 to end the 9th; a strikeout (unknown swinging or looking), 1-3 and a fly ball to left in the 12th.
Add my voice to the praise for the quality of the video!
Any more Blue Jays games from the 80s aired on CTV & TSN?
Did you notice Tommy Hutton playing for the Jays? His first at-bat is at 21:40 and you get a good look at him in the on-deck circle at 20:00. I kinda figured he must've been a player at some point but had no idea he played for the Jays in the lean early years. I only knew him from his broadcasting days in the 90s. He looks so young!! :0
@@brenthooton3412
I remember watching Tommy Hutton playing for the Phillies & Expos, and he was famous here in New York for one thing-he used to wear out Tom Seaver. Seaver was considered the best pitcher in baseball at the time, but Hutton was the one guy in the National League who had him figured out.
@@RRaquello Back in the 70s, when he was on the Phillies, and also the Expos, he was known for being the best defensive first baseman in all of baseball, bar none. He was also a pretty good pinch hitter. He burned the Expos plenty of times when he was on the Phillies. He was never a good enough overall hitter to be a starter though. Very knowledgable guy about baseball, as he showed when he was a broadcaster.
❤1970s detroit tigers baseball ⚾️, best ddtroit tiger broadcasting team ever
Why can't we see the replays?
Raw Network Broadcast of
Why would anyone head for the exits on a one run game?
They are catching GO Transit
For whatever it's worth, I hope the replay guy got some sort of reprimand. Maybe forgot the morning coffee amongst other thongs.
I was born November 10th 1978. That year seem somewhat odd. It seemed the Big Red Machine was losing it's grip on being a NL powerhouse. It appeared all the focus was on the Yankees. But even with them they had lame offensive individual numbers for the regular season. 1978 just seemed to be one of those years not worth much mention for an exciting season for MLB.
Tigers could care less about loading up with righties against the lefty Garvin. Lol.
why is the quality so good? No VCR or Betamax recording here
restored/remastered through MacroSystem
@@pheniafilmsthemlbarchiveso9229👍
Do you have any Angels games played in 1978 on TV (L.A. edition with Dick Enberg and Don Drysdale, if my memory is correct--other than Ron Guidry's 18-strikeout game that WPIX did)? I hope you can put at least five of those games!
1st to comment. LeFlore could steal
yep got him some time in college before baseball
@@pjpredhomme7699LMAO 🤣🤣🤣
At 1:08:00 You see the catcher miss throwing back to the pitcher, I've never seen that before lol
That was Lance Parrish behind the plate
48:24 Watch till the end. they both kiss the umpire? wtf?
I really hate it when announcers say "we" when referring to the team they are paid to cheerlead for.
George Kell (PBP) Al Kaline-Joe Pellegrino (C) 1-4/7-9
Pellegrino (PBP) Kell-Kaline (C) 5-6