i watched this game on the radio. i could see ever pitch, every catch and every hit the announcers made the game so clear in my mind. Now i am seeing on TH-cam at the age of 85..
Know what you mean, Georg. I still prefer radio baseball. I’m 71 and my dad let me stay home from school to watch the World Series on our little black and white tv. Very happy memories!
luckybestwash There is the previous game (game 6) on TH-cam, which is also excellent (except for two issues with the sound.) th-cam.com/video/iN2VxjMMwf4/w-d-xo.html It is also possible to purchase videos of pre-1965 World series games (1955-1960); some of these are complete and others are partial. Game 7 of the 1960 World series is complete and the quality is good. Don Larsen's perfect game from the 1956 World Series is complete except for the beginning; the DVD includes sound only in place of the missing video segment; the original kinescope was missing the first reel. I read that when a collector purchased this treasure the owner of the shop said that someone had purchased an old camera that may have contained the missing reel. The picture quality of the 1956 perfect game is not quite as good as the 1952 and 1960 games. You can search Google to find the few other games available (1955-1957 World Series games.) If you purchase any of these DVD's, please let us know about the picture quality. I would purchase them all if I knew the quality was good. Previously, a game from the 1957 World Series was available on TH-cam, but it was taken down due to a copyright violation (the picture quality was just fair to poor, but the quality of the DVD may be considerably better and worth purchasing.)
The Brooklyn Dodgers transcended baseball.The whole country was mesmerized by Dodgers quest to finally best the hated Yankees.The Dodgers and Pee Wee Reese did more than any person or any organization to further civil rights.Brooklyn's heart is still broken Why is Gil Hodge's still not in the Hall of fame? Harrold Baines is in? C'MON
This where it all started for me as a Dodger fan. I’m 80 years old now and watching this is very emotional. Baseball has given me 70 years of joy and disappointment. Love the game.
I am 90 years old and my daghter showed me this game I was at thr game as a kid with my parents this brings back thing i have forgotten I sat in left feild
This is one of the thousands of reasons why baseball means so much to so many of us. I am sitting here almost 42 years old in San Diego watching a game in black and white. Baseball reminds me of my dad throwing and playing catch with me after a long 8-10 hour workday. My mother who could tell it was Tony Gwynn talking just by the sound of his voice and crackle of his laugh of his. The smell and sounds of the game played still brings a smile to my face and goosebumps to my skin. Man oh man that’s why I love sports so much, you can forget about the struggles and sadness of the world for two hours or more a day. I still pretend that my pops is sitting next to me when I go watch a padres game at petco park. I was lucky enough to be a season ticket holder for the first time this year, and can proudly say I will be god willing til I pass away and go watch them play at the field of dreams in the sky.
What a story.. thanks for sharing man. Never been much of a sports person myself, but the stories behind sports and how much joy it brings to people is amazing to hear.
Watching this in 2023, more than 70 years after the game was played, and there are still two players from the Dodgers, Carl Erskine and Bobby Morgan who are still with us, both at 96 years old.
Erskine pitched no-hitters against the Chicago Cubs in 1952 and the New York Giants in 1956. Bobby Morgan preserved Erskine’s no-hitter against the Cubs with two brilliant fielding plays at third base. “I made two super plays on swinging bunts where they just dribbled down the line and I fielded them one-handed and threw to Gil Hodges at first,” Morgan told The Oklahoman newspaper in April 2020. Morgan said Erskine still thanked him years later whenever they spoke. Now, they are both dead.
I was five years old. While my dad watched the game I asked him, "Who does Mickey Mantle play for?" He said, "The Yankees." "That's my team," I replied. Seventy-one years later they still are.
That's awesome. Lots of memories of baseball with my dad and I. My coach growing up teaching me to be a great catcher and cleanup hitter almost always. Yankees Orioles and Blue Jays games, Red Sox. Thanks Dad
Jeez. Mantle, Berra, Jackie, Johnny Mize, the Scooter, Billy Martin, The Duke, Hodges, Red Barber and Mel Allen all in glorious black and white. I cannot get the smile off of my face.
John Doe most agree that most pitchers were hitting mid 85 mph or more with guys like Bob Feller getting near 100 at times. Pitchers relied way more on control and smarts back then as well. All that said, I kind of doubt you would have been better than Mickey Mantle...or even Phil Rizzuto (one of my favorites of all-time)
@John Doe hitters would have a field day doesn't mean YOU would have a field day AND unless YOU had a time machine, YOU would be smaller on average, and would be in the same situation that those hitters were in. Just saying that you would not only be one of less than 400 people out of the near 60 million available to even be a player, but dominate the league is ridiculous and all from watcjing an old video. You might as well just go back and dominate every sport, afterall, Joe Lewis and Rocky Marciano don't look very big or fast in some old videos!
Two of the greatest sports broadcasters of all time, Red Barber and Mel Allen. ("How about that" As a kid, growing up in NYC, I was fortunate to be able to listen to both of them. I am now 78.
Yes, I also grew up with Barber & Allen. They ONLY talked about the game. Unlike today where they talk about any and all subjects while the game is on. Shameful.
Mike Allen Sir, are you still in the New York area? Just wondering. As a Cubs fan, I ventured onto TH-cam about both the Dodgers and the Yankees whom both I admire greatly and I found this almost by accident. How amazing was that!
Watching my uncle hit a home run all over again brought back many baseball memories of my family when I was young! Now I have a grandson whom is a talented person and could end up in the majors!!
If you don’t mind me asking, was Gene Woodling your uncle? And what your grandson’s name might be to look for him in the majors over the next few years.
During this game, I was too busy napping, crying, spitting up, and having my diaper changed to ponder the technological marvels of the future. Your point is valid for sure though. A computer in every pocket? What?
Most families didn't even own a TV then, not most middle-class at least, let alone big screen TVs. Most listened on radio. Must've been exciting getting your first TV back then.
This is simply magnificent. As a British 59 year old baseball fan who discovered the game watching the 1986 World series and loves the history of the game. I shall be back for more.
As a red sox fan, you may have started at a bad time. New York fans are known for their ruthless stupidity and overall being full of themselves just because they are New Yorkers, hanging on to greatness made by people who moved there from somewhere else. Just kidding, that series broke my heart. I was 16 at the time, as far as New Yorkers, I stand by my comments. Dumbest fans, voters, etc. Lol
I could think of better starting points than that series. the Sox had snatched victory from the jaws of defeat to win that pennant w/ one strike left, against the ANGELS. then they did the complete opposite against the METS. it's known around here in NE, as 'the Saturday nite massacre'. right now, I m still trying to get over the CELTICS/WARRIORS.
Gary I am happy you got to see the Boston Red Sux collapse like the effeminate lassies that they were before they finally adopted the use of cheating 'Roids to snap that curse of the Bambino. The '86 series was ridiculous to watch if you are a fan of the dreadful Sux team. Now the Boston fans are used to their teams cheating ways and they are completely fine with it because they defend and deny all for their heroes Big Papi (did roids) and Manny....how nice !!
2:58:39 -- Red Barber called him the hero of the game: I cant think of too many sports-related events that could top being called hero of WS/Game 7 between the Yanks and Dodgers by hall of famer announcer Red Barber.
My father was at this game. I still have his ticket stub. He was 27 years old at the time and a lifelong Yankees fan. His first cousin was Yankees pitcher Kemp Wicker (and I don't care if you believe it or not).
@@nickc247 the replays arent what slows it down, it's the 100 commercial breaks and whiny overpaid adult babies. The game is still about 3 hours in total(depending on how each inning goes) so other than the way they present things, nothing's really changed. Theres less crap in between pitches, but the level of skill when it comes to fielding has been so refined that the player speed is higher today. You won't see a runner on 2nd base standing halfway to third nowadays lol. Crazy how different some things were
The pitcher gets the ball back and within 5 seconds hes in the motion of delivering the next pitch. . . I love it! I think MLB would benefit greatly if the game was played like this today
@@georgecaplice "how hard people throw nowadays".... As opposed to what? How hard do you think they were throwing in the 30s? Do you think they were lobbing it in there? The human body hasn't changed much (at all) in the last 100 years. Bones, muscles, ligaments all connect and operate the same way. Players could and DID throw just as hard then as they do now. If you're worried about radar gun readings, here's and excerpt from the following article (www.google.com/amp/s/www.baseballamerica.com/stories/the-measure-of-a-fastball-has-changed-over-the-years/%3famphtml) "So when you read of 85-90 mph fastballs from the early 1980s, realize that they would be registering much faster with current measurement tech. An 85 mph fastball (if registered by a Speedgun at the plate) would be roughly 93 mph if measured by Statcast out of the pitcher’s hand. And that makes the 100 mph pitches Nolan Ryan threw in 1974 (as measured by Rockwell laser/radar instruments relatively close to the plate) even more remarkable today." Pitchers have always thrown hard. They just used more off speed pitches than they do now. That's why there was a lot of bunting "back in the day" - it was hard to get a big hickory log around on a 92mph heater, so you bunted instead.
You might want to watch more closely. There were plenty of times when 30 or 40 seconds passed between pitches. Then, as now, players are different from one to the next.
WOW. This was pure Baseball. I think I’ll just watch the old time players from now on. It’s 2021 and I’m living in the 50’s. This part of technology I love. Thanks very much
Exactly my thoughts. Old cars, old music, old baseball. That’s how I choose to live in 2024. I can be there then but I these days I can at least emulate it. I’ll take it as a blessing and be grateful I’m not any further away from those days than I am now.
It’s striking to see the difference between how baseball was played in 1952 versus how it is played today, almost 70 years later. Not much has changed on the field, but it’s notable how the fans are dressed like gentlemen, and how the music came from an organ, while most stadiums nowadays have built-in sound systems to play music from. I don’t think one is necessarily better than the other, but I would love to witness a 1950s-style baseball game to see for myself how my grandparents and great grandparents enjoyed baseball. Reading the comments while watching this, I’m seeing people of all ages, ranging from teenagers such as myself to people were around to see this game live, come together to appreciate what I believe is one of the greatest videos on the internet. It’s truly a wonderful sight.
I'm 68 years old, born in Brooklyn in 1953, and now, finally, I'm seeing a game in Ebbets Field for the first time. It is heartbreaking to see what was stolen from us, but thank you!
@@curbozerboomer1773 Ebbets Field was indeed small, but in fact no ballpark today comes close to holding 66,000. I believe the largest capacity (for baseball) among existing MLB stadiums is Dodger Stadium (ironically enough), which seats about 55,000 although they have removed some seats. The old Yankee Stadium, pre-1973, sat about 63,000 and Cleveland Municipal Stadium sat almost 80,000, but the trend ever since Camden Yards has been to construct smaller parks to generate scarcity and promote season ticket sales. The sweet spot for most ballparks now is about 42,000.
The Dodgers were not stolen from you. The fans did not support the team at the gate and the city of New York would not give Walter O'Malley a new stadium. A good book on this is "The Dodgers Move West" (1987).
No it's not it's quality of basic TV broadcast tape that has been stored in some random warehouse. Search for Helsinki/Melbourne olympics opening ceremony here on youtube and you'll see what high quality looked like at this time.
No batting helmets, just baseball. Pretty sweet being able to watch Jackie Robinson play, thank you! And though this game took place a couple decades before I was born, it's nice to watch a World Series game, let alone a game 7, without it being monopolized by advertisements. A refreshing way to watch a baseball game. Who would've thought?
Wow! It’s magical watching a full game, seeing the names actually play ball - Reese, Rizzuto, prime Robinson, young Mantle, old man Mize, Campanella, Berra, etc etc… just about the most hall of fame heavy of all games.
“Watched it on the radio” ......a great metaphor for what happens when a game plays out in the mind’s eye. There are other ways of seeing than with the eyes. That prince of broadcasters, Charles Osgood, used to say “tell your friends that you saw it on the radio.”
I think this is the best channel anybody can create. I've only seen clips of old games but to see a whole game as if it were broadcast the other day is truly a great way to see as well as show the younger generation about the history of baseball.
Relative of Mariano Rivera? ha ha, I want to see Roy Campanella play. The'll watch tonight, Hello from Milan (Italy). I'm a Yankees fan. Sorry for my English.
For what it's worth Im 29 watching this today. I didn't know they had games that went were 9 game series. Also that they played the '52 WS game 6 and 7 back to back. Great video.
I remember taking my transistor radio to school to listen to the Pirates and the Orioles in 1971. Anyway, just a little while after that it was night games, except for weekends, from then on.
So good to hear Mel Allen's voice. As a 50 year old I know every boy my age that watched "This week in baseball" in the 80s remembers that velvet voice. Thank you so much for this. It was truly was amazing watching this
I was 7 and Duke Snider was my boyhood idle. So great to see him and all the greats in this game. I would guess half the players and coaches are in the HOF.
My Dad was a Dodger's fan. He was mad when, in the 7th inning, Jackie Robinson with bases loaded, popped an easy infield fly ball to Yankee's Billy Martin. From that day on, whenever Jackie hit a long foul ball, Dad would say "that's his hit for the game".
I think a lot has to do with the presentation. This was before any real graphics could be displayed, so that’s a lot more the announcer has to coherently deliver. Whereas now, a lot of that can just be onscreen
What a great game from a time long gone by. No batting gloves, few helmets, no replay, no challenges, nobody standing at the plate admiring home runs, simple organ music between innings...just guys playing the game hard. The Barber and Mel, straight forward and understated. "This is game seven and out". Love it, thanks for posting
What fun to watch! I am now age 84 and have always been a Dodger fan. I am from Nebraska, an unusual fan for the Dodgers but these players captured my heart. John Kellogg, Omaha Ne.
No batting gloves. Dead 50's era balls that weren't juiced. Hot, baggy, flannel uniforms. No batting helmets. Fielders glovex that were more mitts than gloves. No finely manicured turf. No pitch counts or relievers coming in and getting one out. Yet, these guys played the game in grand, Hall of Fame fashion. Baseball at it's purest
Not juiced, yes, but I don't recall the 1950s balls as being "dead." Mantle hit 56 HRs 4 years later. Mays also had 50+ in the 1950s. Williams, Kluszewski, Aaron, et al.--they weren't hitting dead balls.
I love how after every pitch the batter doesn't take 50 seconds fixing his batting gloves and starring at the 3rd base coach.. they rarely leave the box once they're up..
Baseball was still relatively in its infancy. This was when guys used to smoke cigarettes in the dugout and get drunk after games if they didnt have to go to their second job. The game is the way it is now because people learned more, got smarter, started becoming real athletes which most of these guys really werent. So where its at now was just the natural progression of things. All of these guys would be so amazed at how far the game has come in 70 years.
John Doe tf? I totally agree with throwing this on before shut eye. Very soothing. Your a odd dude or simpleton if u think listening to old nostalgic announcers announce a 1950s game is creepy...it’s not in the slightest.. get some help
Very interesting to watch… enjoyed seeing how much the bunt played a role in 50s era baseball. One good thing about TH-cam, the ability to jump into a time machine to see Ebbets Field as it once stood.
What a special treat! I was a very young boy when this game was played and don’t remember any of it, but I do remember the players. Pee Wee was my boyhood hero and I actually met Gil Hodges. A glimpse into the days when baseball truly was the National Pastime and the New York rivalries were in full bloom! Thanks for the memories!
It's amazing how different the game is played compared to today. The players just look so much more serious in the way of their body language and strategy. My Great Grandfather use to tell me stories about Yankee games from when he was a kid through his adult life and watching this game I realize that the way he explained was spot on cause of his love for the Yankees and the game itself. This is also the very first game I've ever watched in it's entirety with Jackie Robinson playing in it and just like all the stories I've heard about him he's every bit the amazing player described! Last but not least, I love how the announcer called up Yogi by his real name Larry! Wasn't expecting that so it was kinda funny. Lol! MLB Classics, please keep posting more old games in their entirety, I love watching every one of them.
No steroids...no juiced baseballs...no nitwit announcers...real ballplayers..you've got Mel Allen...Red Barber...what else do you need? Great stuff!!! Thanks
Good comment , no steroids , no fakes games. At the time , baseball was the Nationals sports in North America but in 2021 ,... Football, basketball or baseball ???
I was born in 1965 and getting an opportunity to watch this game is something I won’t ever forget. Thank you so much for posting it here for all to see. God bless you!
Watching this under covid lockdown from Scotland 2021, 1952, is the year of my birth, Mickey Mantle and Jackie Robinson, and all the players of that era baseball history in motion wow!!
And it was real championship baseball. The winner of the National League pennant and the winner of the American League pennant go directly to the World Series. Not a bunch of playoffs to knock the best teams out of it. And definitely no wild card teams. True baseball.
I'm 49 years old. I grew up watching the Yankees since the 1980s. I never thought that I would enjoy watching this since it was before my time. Wow! What fun! It's amazing how much the game really hasn't changed much fundamentally while at the same time, it's changed so much! So fascinating! So glad I took the time to watch, it's only enhanced my love for the game!
What a great video. Good quality. Old time game, no replays, no blasting of music in between innings, just the sun and people's conversations - and hot dogs! Too much NBA type atmosphere in baseball now, like the young people need to be entertained in between every pitch...
I’ve watched a few 60s nfl games and this baseball game. I absolutely love how the announcers spend the first few minutes filling in viewers on the teams, what’s happened before, and some general information. Really pleasant stuff.
Seeing the broadcast super impose the image at first base on top of the pitcher/batter feed as a crude split screen blew me away. Very impressive. Commercials would have been a great time capsule
I love the starting pitchers warming on the 2 sides of the pitchers mound.Probably gave the batters a good eye full of what they got.It's a shame they dont do that anymore.It's a cool visual..
I remember them doing that at Yankee Stadium in the early 1960s. Then someone got the bright idea it might be better to have them warmup using a real mound, so off to the bullpens they went.
I'm a die hard Sox fan, but this is absolutely amazing. The fact we can go on TH-cam and watch one of the most famous game 7s in World Series history, from 1952 no less, is crazy. Seeing Mantle in his first years? Such a natural swing. Especially with those balloon pants they wore!!! 😆 Anyway, thank you for this.
absolutely wonderful to see how baseball should be played....to see all.these great ledgines of the game all on one field.....absolutely fantastic...btw yankee fan hear ....even though as this game is being played im pulling for the Yankees..still get into the game lol
My father and i watched many yankee games together, this series was before my time yet i can feel my fathers presence next to me as i watch it.. Was anyone else waiting for the instant replay when the first base coach got hit with the ball..?
It slowly started in this decade to become the golden age, so to say, but I believe it might been the 60s, when MLB became more and more integrated. However attendance was terrible, just as it were in the latter half of the 50s. Hard to know which decade was the true golden age, maybe the 70s?
Freaking WOW!!!! This is an epic game and historic recording. I love whoever made this game possible for me to witness for the first time. Thank you so much!!!!
agreed. While I kind of like watching baseball at night, it really should be a day time only game. That is how it originated, that is how it should be maintained.
With DVR's, it's possible to start the games at any time you want and not have anyone worry about missing the game. Sure that would mean fast forwarding through commercials but those breaks are too long these days anyways. Also, there's a lot more jobs that people work at odd hours these days and those who work a traditional 9-5 office probably have the ability to stream the game on their cell phone. TV ad revenue might go down but I doubt the total number of people watching the game will. Start the games when the home team would like to, so maybe at 3pm local time.
Listening to Mel Allen and Red Barber on the radio on Saturday afternoons was how I learned about baseball. My uncle and Godfather was my introduction to the game. Those two called a game much better than any TV announcers period.
@@ronaldmayle1823 Yes, boring for people that have no appreciation of baseball history. I can understand that, I can't understand why you are here in the first place.
@@badcornflakes6374 True, but it was still boring. All the pitches were shown from behind the batter, and the the quality of the broadcasters and the video were poor.
@@NUNYABIZNNAAAZZZ They did, but younger fans wouldn't know this, as whenever the media covers 50s baseball, they ignore the STL teams of the era and only go on and on about the Yankees and Dodgers instead
Watched on a quiet Saturday of mandatory overtime and it just made my day. I knew the names but had rarely seen actual footage of them playing, and this game had so many greats. Thank you so much for sharing.
I was born in the only year that decade both these teams missed the Series. I don't feel so old watching these historic games. Daytime, on grass, in the sunshine, between real pennant winners, the way the WS used to be.
I was twelve years old in 1952 and living in Bensonhurst Brooklyn. A Dodger fan for several years, I loved the game. I remember parts of this game and have enjoyed this full game clip. Thank you so much for bringing me back to my childhood. Recently as a photographer shooting an event in Flushing Meadows, I was wearing one of my Brooklyn caps and another photographer, MUCH younger, asked me if I was nervous wearing a Boston cap. Presently, my favorite BB teams are: 1. NY Mets 2. Any team playing against the Yankees. We don’t forget. 😁
Agree with the comments about how precious this is. Amazing to see these folks in person. Also - what terrific coverage given the technical limitations of the day. Split screen. Close ups. Impressive play-by-play. Hilarious that the "this broadcast is brought to you by permission of major league baseball ..." has not changed very much in 70 years.
I know all of these players from stories my grandfather, father and uncles told me as they coached me when I was a kid playing ball, growing up a Yankees fan in New Jersey. To be able to watch them play is amazing. (R.I.P., Pop.)
even though this gm was way before my time it was thoroughly enjoyable..watched 2 innings at a time over a few days...took a little getting use to no instant replays..u gotta really pay attention or manually rewind to see a nice play..love the baggy uniforms for these pure athletes.thats how they should be...1/2 the 2teams were future hall of famers players.. against each other..casey stengle mgr.WOW!..big thx to whoever posted!
The internet never ceases to amaze me. It's still unbelievable to me that we can pretty much pull up just about anything ever broadcast whenever we want. Thank you for posting this.
Well, just about any broadcast if it survived in some form in the first place. Back then the only way to save a copy of something on tv was to film it (kinescope), making a master on video**tape** didn't become common until the late 60s.
I am 10 years late to this channel, but I'm so glad my brother sent me this. I love history, I love baseball - this is the perfect convergence. Thanks for posting these! Please post more, we're all bored without baseball right now haha.
I sure hope those who were born after the 1960's can appreciate what they are watching here. 1. They are seeing Jackie Robinson in his prime on third base path. 2. Mickey Mantle before he tore up his legs with his blazing speed. 3.The "big cat" Johnny Mize. 4. Pee Wee Reese, Phil Rizzuto and Billy Martin 5. Roy Campanella, Gil Hodges, and Duke Snyder. 6. The behind the plate view of a baseball game 7. And the game of baseball as it was before all the changes which occurred in the decade of the 60's. The uniforms, the scoreboard, the old ballpark, the raised mound, and the local sandlot look of the field. 8. Not to mention that it was a time when Baseball was the national pastime and boxing, golf, and horse racing were the other major professional sports. Of course, TV was just an infant.
WOW!!! How do you include Johnny Mize but omit YOGI BERRA??? Not only was he a great ballplayer. He is one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. I was fortunate to work at his country club. One of my fondest sports memories was when he called me into the men's lounge, so he can autograph my nephew's bat and talk baseball.
Check out Mize batting. He's the only player to hit 50 home runs in a season while striking out fewer than 50 times, I'm pretty sure. Great eye and works the pitcher. His sight is keen and hands are quick, but at 39 he's mighty slow, as you'll see from his 6th inning at bat 1:33:40.
I know your comment was left years ago, but I have to say a few things about it. 1. ) Jackie was a bit past his prime by this World Series and only had 1 really good season left in his career before he retired. 2.) Mickey had already hurt one knee in the 1951 World Series and he had already been playing with hurt legs before he even made it to the Yankees 3.) You spelled Dukes last name wrong. It's Snider.
I miss the bunt in todays game. I was surprised how often it was used in this game. Not just to sacrifice but to get a hit. It adds a whole dimension to the game missing today.
When I played in high school in the 90's I always hit lead off because I was a good bunter. Almost always got on base first at bat of the game with a drag bunt. Pretty sure 75% of my base hits were bunts😂😂
@@shoinfile5596 Haha no, because hitters are stupid (ask any pitcher) and want to swing for the fences, shift or not and because it's hardly taught anymore.
What an absolute gem...very watchable quality and a great game. And you're never ever going to see 4 and 5 hitters bunt for consecutive hits again in our lifetime!
I was 3 days short of 2 mo's old. My dad was fighting in Korea & I wouldn't meet him for another 7 mo's. But I'll bet I was laying in a crib somewhere in Southern Illinois with this game playing on the radio. Be safe, Pop. (He's 94 now)
What a treat to see Mickey Mantle, Duke Snider, Yogi Berra, Phil Rizzuto, Roy Campanella, Pee Wee Reese and of course Jackie Robinson play in this classic 1952 World Series, game 7. Watching this early television broadcast takes you right into the action and shows you how America's game was played back then...from players leaving their gloves on the field, baggy flannel uniforms, home umpires inflatable chest protector, fans smoking cigarettes in the stands and the unbelievable ambiance of Brooklyn's Ebbets Field.
Yes, video tape replays didn't begin until '62 and at first, only at the end of each quarter, half-time, or period. Instant replays came along several years later.
I just came across this and was amazed. It was the Subway Series for us New Yorkers. I remember it well. Brooklyn and the Bronx were always rivals and this series was the visual representation of that rivalry. It is also a true representation of "sportsmanship".
I'm 51. Born and raised in London, England. Never played a game of baseball in my life. Never really watched the sport (we don't get it on TV over here). However, you know how this TH-cam thing works. You watch one thing which leads to something else which eventually leads to you sitting in your black London Taxi cab watching World Series Baseball!!! I've now watched the 1969, 72, 79 and 84 World Series and now I'm watching the 1952 (Nineteen Fifty Two you know) Series. I love sport in general so I'm having a field day.
At the end of the top of the first, Mantle, having struck out, walks straight out to centerfield without retrieving his mitt from the dugout. In those days, fielders left their mitts in the field. I'm so grateful we have this whole game. Wonderful
Steve Moniz Yep 55 ... ‘dem Bums’ were the best fielded team during this era but couldn’t beat them ‘damn Yankees’. In 55 when they won it all Koufax was 2nd rotation pitcher and Tommy Lasorda was 3rd rotation. This was my mom and my team! Great memories’
@@paulkersey2606 I always think of centerfielders playing in NY then, Snyder, Mays and Mantle. Wow! Did your mom and you have a favorite player on "dem Bums"?
Steve Moniz We loves em all but Roy Campanella had to be my favorite .. before and after his tragic accident left him paralyzed. I played catcher myself in Little League. I later played short stop so admired PeeWee Rease! Never played outfield but Duke Snyder could knock em out of the Park. And people forget that Jr. Gilliam was Rookie of the year .. on 55 I think when they finally beat the Yankees... great memories. I was so excited when they came to my town - L.A. saw Koufax and Drysdale pitch incredible games live .. remember the game Koufax broke the strike out record! 20 or 21. Man he could make em swing and miss.
Jackie was my moms favorite player... .. I miss her a lot .. but raising 6 kids kept me busy .. some played ball but I never pushed sports at them. I was a Gymnast from grade school thru College and could have been an Olympian .. but marriage and fatherhood at 17yr old saw that dream die. But no regrets. Sandlot baseball at our ‘deadens’ street was exciting .. and ‘3 flys up ‘ and ‘knock up lay down’ and ‘sacket’ at Wardlow Park kept us busy and out of most trouble .. 👍🏼😂
It is fantastic to come across this game here. Baseball was a symbol of an America that is long gone. The sense of what we have lost is palpable when you watch this, although I was not even alive back then. However, in 1952 they could not have watched games from the distant past on youtube, so I guess we should be happy with what we got.
***** No one said 'the older generation was so wonderful' ... the dudes' comment was so far removed from racist bigotry, that it leaves me flustered as to why you even went there ... let alone the fact that Jackie played his first game in the majors in 1947 ... talk about an invalid statement ...
i watched this game on the radio. i could see ever pitch, every catch and every hit the announcers made the game so clear in my mind. Now i am seeing on TH-cam at the age of 85..
The radio play-by-play man for the 1952 Series was Jack Brickhouse, the long-time broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs.
Know what you mean, Georg. I still prefer radio baseball. I’m 71 and my dad let me stay home from school to watch the World Series on our little black and white tv. Very happy memories!
Im 109 and i somehow watch TH-cam
Allah i’m 124
shut up boomer
Carl Erskine, who was a pitcher for the Dodgers back then is still alive as of 12/26/23 at 97 years old.. Amazing!
he passed april 16 2024
I would have liked the 2024 World Series
Do people realize how precious this footage is? There's no other full game video of any WS game on YT until 1965. Amazing.
luckybestwash There is the previous game (game 6) on TH-cam, which is also excellent (except for two issues with the sound.) th-cam.com/video/iN2VxjMMwf4/w-d-xo.html It is also possible to purchase videos of pre-1965 World series games (1955-1960); some of these are complete and others are partial. Game 7 of the 1960 World series is complete and the quality is good. Don Larsen's perfect game from the 1956 World Series is complete except for the beginning; the DVD includes sound only in place of the missing video segment; the original kinescope was missing the first reel. I read that when a collector purchased this treasure the owner of the shop said that someone had purchased an old camera that may have contained the missing reel. The picture quality of the 1956 perfect game is not quite as good as the 1952 and 1960 games. You can search Google to find the few other games available (1955-1957 World Series games.) If you purchase any of these DVD's, please let us know about the picture quality. I would purchase them all if I knew the quality was good. Previously, a game from the 1957 World Series was available on TH-cam, but it was taken down due to a copyright violation (the picture quality was just fair to poor, but the quality of the DVD may be considerably better and worth purchasing.)
This is a piece of american history. This is a wonderful thing. I cant even believe it.
I am not sure why, but I heard that footage from older WS were destroyed.
The Brooklyn Dodgers transcended baseball.The whole country was mesmerized by Dodgers quest to finally best the hated Yankees.The Dodgers and Pee Wee Reese did more than any person or any organization to further civil rights.Brooklyn's heart is still broken
Why is Gil Hodge's still not in the Hall of fame? Harrold Baines is in? C'MON
First two games are available
This where it all started for me as a Dodger fan. I’m 80 years old now and watching this is very emotional. Baseball has given me 70 years of joy and disappointment. Love the game.
Baseball makes me cry often. I never understood why
Me as well.I'm not too far behind you😉
God Bless you....
@@justinfirmin4622 maybe an Angel fan
@@justinfirmin4622 memories, it’s a reflection of our youth and better times.
I am 90 years old and my daghter showed me this game I was at thr game as a kid with my parents this brings back thing i have forgotten I sat in left feild
You would have been 21 years old when this game was played
Buddy, there’s no way you’re 90.
What was the earliest year you saw the World Series in TV?
This is one of the thousands of reasons why baseball means so much to so many of us. I am sitting here almost 42 years old in San Diego watching a game in black and white. Baseball reminds me of my dad throwing and playing catch with me after a long 8-10 hour workday. My mother who could tell it was Tony Gwynn talking just by the sound of his voice and crackle of his laugh of his. The smell and sounds of the game played still brings a smile to my face and goosebumps to my skin. Man oh man that’s why I love sports so much, you can forget about the struggles and sadness of the world for two hours or more a day. I still pretend that my pops is sitting next to me when I go watch a padres game at petco park. I was lucky enough to be a season ticket holder for the first time this year, and can proudly say I will be god willing til I pass away and go watch them play at the field of dreams in the sky.
Beautiful story com padre
What a story.. thanks for sharing man. Never been much of a sports person myself, but the stories behind sports and how much joy it brings to people is amazing to hear.
Watching this in 2023, more than 70 years after the game was played, and there are still two players from the Dodgers, Carl Erskine and Bobby Morgan who are still with us, both at 96 years old.
Bobby Morgan😢
@@miro11912 Both now ):
Erskine pitched no-hitters against the Chicago Cubs in 1952 and the New York Giants in 1956.
Bobby Morgan preserved Erskine’s no-hitter against the Cubs with two brilliant fielding plays at third base.
“I made two super plays on swinging bunts where they just dribbled down the line and I fielded them one-handed and threw to Gil Hodges at first,” Morgan told The Oklahoman newspaper in April 2020.
Morgan said Erskine still thanked him years later whenever they spoke.
Now, they are both dead.
I was five years old. While my dad watched the game I asked him, "Who does Mickey Mantle play for?" He said, "The Yankees." "That's my team," I replied. Seventy-one years later they still are.
That's awesome. Lots of memories of baseball with my dad and I. My coach growing up teaching me to be a great catcher and cleanup hitter almost always. Yankees Orioles and Blue Jays games, Red Sox. Thanks Dad
See you on Friday, our teams go head to head
AND 71 YEARS LATER THE FRANCHISE IN THE GUTTER RAAAAAAAHHH LETS GO DODGERS THE YANKEE NAME HAS NO PEDIGREE ANY LONGER
Wow, your dad owned the Yankees. Lucky duder.
Unc
I just clicked on this to watch a few seconds. Ended up watching the whole damn game.
Me too!! 🍻
@@matthewwayne5716 me too!
It got me too.
Yep! Me too!
Same. :)
Jeez. Mantle, Berra, Jackie, Johnny Mize, the Scooter, Billy Martin, The Duke, Hodges, Red Barber and Mel Allen all in glorious black and white. I cannot get the smile off of my face.
You forgot Campy & Pee Wee.
Nice~Spoken like a true baseball fan!
John Doe most agree that most pitchers were hitting mid 85 mph or more with guys like Bob Feller getting near 100 at times. Pitchers relied way more on control and smarts back then as well. All that said, I kind of doubt you would have been better than Mickey Mantle...or even Phil Rizzuto (one of my favorites of all-time)
@John Doe hitters would have a field day doesn't mean YOU would have a field day AND unless YOU had a time machine, YOU would be smaller on average, and would be in the same situation that those hitters were in. Just saying that you would not only be one of less than 400 people out of the near 60 million available to even be a player, but dominate the league is ridiculous and all from watcjing an old video. You might as well just go back and dominate every sport, afterall, Joe Lewis and Rocky Marciano don't look very big or fast in some old videos!
That was sweet.
Two of the greatest sports broadcasters of all time, Red Barber and Mel Allen. ("How about that"
As a kid, growing up in NYC, I was fortunate to be able to listen to both of them. I am now 78.
Red Barberisms: "trickle-ball" "double-jointed doozy," "catbird seat."
more: the Series is as tight as a "brand new pair of shoes on a rainy day."
Yes, I also grew up with Barber & Allen. They ONLY talked about the game. Unlike today where they talk about any and all subjects while the game is on. Shameful.
Red Barber is NOT one of the greatest lol
Mike Allen Sir, are you still in the New York area? Just wondering. As a Cubs fan, I ventured onto TH-cam about both the Dodgers and the Yankees whom both I admire greatly and I found this almost by accident. How amazing was that!
Watching my uncle hit a home run all over again brought back many baseball memories of my family when I was young! Now I have a grandson whom is a talented person and could end up in the majors!!
If you don’t mind me asking, was Gene Woodling your uncle? And what your grandson’s name might be to look for him in the majors over the next few years.
Oh my Could be in m majors, good luck wit dat
Who would of thought in 1952 that in 2020 that you watch this on your phone and Chromecast it to your big screen TV.
During this game, I was too busy napping, crying, spitting up, and having my diaper changed to ponder the technological marvels of the future. Your point is valid for sure though. A computer in every pocket? What?
Doin that now
I remember thinking in 1952 that people would probably be watching this on their phones sometime around 2020.
@@1450JackCade Who is Arthur C Clark?
Most families didn't even own a TV then, not most middle-class at least, let alone big screen TVs. Most listened on radio. Must've been exciting getting your first TV back then.
This video is an absolute treasure. Thank you for posting!
Yea and the brainwashing yet still continues
@@thelegendkillersshittyduff1335 “Woof."! explain yourself, "Doggie."
It’s a blessing to. have it.
@Rodimus Prime whether you like it or not. This sport is above all other sports.
@Rodimus Prime it's only big when the world cup comes around.
This is simply magnificent. As a British 59 year old baseball fan who discovered the game watching the 1986 World series and loves the history of the game. I shall be back for more.
Mets '86 !!! ;)
As a red sox fan, you may have started at a bad time. New York fans are known for their ruthless stupidity and overall being full of themselves just because they are New Yorkers, hanging on to greatness made by people who moved there from somewhere else. Just kidding, that series broke my heart. I was 16 at the time, as far as New Yorkers, I stand by my comments. Dumbest fans, voters, etc. Lol
@@longtomjefferson7233 obviously they are know. As Yankee fans!! 😉😉😉 mets fans are Wey better
LGM
I could think of better starting points than that series. the Sox had snatched victory from the jaws of defeat to win that pennant w/ one strike left, against the ANGELS. then they did the complete opposite against the METS. it's known around here in NE, as 'the Saturday nite massacre'. right now, I m still trying to get over the CELTICS/WARRIORS.
Gary
I am happy you got to see the Boston Red Sux collapse like the effeminate lassies that they were before they finally adopted the use of cheating 'Roids to snap that curse of the Bambino.
The '86 series was ridiculous to watch if you are a fan of the dreadful Sux team.
Now the Boston fans are used to their teams cheating ways and they are completely fine with it because they defend and deny all for their heroes Big Papi (did roids) and Manny....how nice !!
Thank you for sharing this! Brought tears to my eyes watching my grandfather Bob Kuzava in action.
2:58:39 -- Red Barber called him the hero of the game: I cant think of too many sports-related events that could top being called hero of WS/Game 7 between the Yanks and Dodgers by hall of famer announcer Red Barber.
Says Neil Kramer
@@NateClay well his daughter is Diane Kramer who married Fred Kramer!
In addition to being a participant, your grandfather had a pretty amazing window on baseball history in his career.
@@Playbyplaymediahe sure did. Thanks. I miss him so much.
My father was at this game. I still have his ticket stub. He was 27 years old at the time and a lifelong Yankees fan. His first cousin was Yankees pitcher Kemp Wicker (and I don't care if you believe it or not).
fake. show proof
How much did it cost? I’d bet anywhere from $2-$10. It was a different era.
@@MadeWisely I was at that gamr
The troll comments prove society is filled with a huge load of dumbasses. In most cases, they all vote Democrat.
That's me announcing the game
So I’m watching this and the first close play...my brain’s like “where’s the replay?” LOL.
at least we can replay it by setting the video back a bit.
Kinda makes ya think how much slower the game is today.
@@nickc247 the replays arent what slows it down, it's the 100 commercial breaks and whiny overpaid adult babies. The game is still about 3 hours in total(depending on how each inning goes) so other than the way they present things, nothing's really changed.
Theres less crap in between pitches, but the level of skill when it comes to fielding has been so refined that the player speed is higher today. You won't see a runner on 2nd base standing halfway to third nowadays lol. Crazy how different some things were
The pitcher gets the ball back and within 5 seconds hes in the motion of delivering the next pitch. . . I love it! I think MLB would benefit greatly if the game was played like this today
Yes, the speed of the game is a major issue.
I give you one Mark Buehrle
@@MH3GL with how hard people throw nowadays there's no chance they could pitch this quickly without significantly increased chance of injury
@@georgecaplice "how hard people throw nowadays".... As opposed to what? How hard do you think they were throwing in the 30s? Do you think they were lobbing it in there? The human body hasn't changed much (at all) in the last 100 years. Bones, muscles, ligaments all connect and operate the same way. Players could and DID throw just as hard then as they do now.
If you're worried about radar gun readings, here's and excerpt from the following article (www.google.com/amp/s/www.baseballamerica.com/stories/the-measure-of-a-fastball-has-changed-over-the-years/%3famphtml)
"So when you read of 85-90 mph fastballs from the early 1980s, realize that they would be registering much faster with current measurement tech. An 85 mph fastball (if registered by a Speedgun at the plate) would be roughly 93 mph if measured by Statcast out of the pitcher’s hand.
And that makes the 100 mph pitches Nolan Ryan threw in 1974 (as measured by Rockwell laser/radar instruments relatively close to the plate) even more remarkable today."
Pitchers have always thrown hard. They just used more off speed pitches than they do now.
That's why there was a lot of bunting "back in the day" - it was hard to get a big hickory log around on a 92mph heater, so you bunted instead.
You might want to watch more closely. There were plenty of times when 30 or 40 seconds passed between pitches. Then, as now, players are different from one to the next.
WOW. This was pure Baseball. I think I’ll just watch the old time players from now on. It’s 2021 and I’m living in the 50’s. This part of technology I love. Thanks very much
Exactly my thoughts. Old cars, old music, old baseball. That’s how I choose to live in 2024. I can be there then but I these days I can at least emulate it. I’ll take it as a blessing and be grateful I’m not any further away from those days than I am now.
The internet is just so freaking cool. It has everything!
The internet is TRULY the whore of Babylon !!! ;D
Does everything have everything?
It’s striking to see the difference between how baseball was played in 1952 versus how it is played today, almost 70 years later. Not much has changed on the field, but it’s notable how the fans are dressed like gentlemen, and how the music came from an organ, while most stadiums nowadays have built-in sound systems to play music from.
I don’t think one is necessarily better than the other, but I would love to witness a 1950s-style baseball game to see for myself how my grandparents and great grandparents enjoyed baseball.
Reading the comments while watching this, I’m seeing people of all ages, ranging from teenagers such as myself to people were around to see this game live, come together to appreciate what I believe is one of the greatest videos on the internet. It’s truly a wonderful sight.
Go to a minor league game.
There are still some stadiums that utilize the live organist and some teams even have 'classic' nights where all you hear is the organ and announcer.
I LOVE ❤ 😍 THE🎩🎩👒👒HATS AN SUITS LIKE THEY WERE GOING TO A WEDDING LOVE IT.
There were more bunt attempts in this game than probably the entire 2022 playoffs.
Oooooh
This is a treasure. Video tape from 1952, two of the best baseball announcers ever, some greatest players ever, great closeups. Bravo.
I thought this was shot in kinescope 16mm film, because video tape never existed yet.
@@Musicradio77Network I think you are correct!
I'm 68 years old, born in Brooklyn in 1953, and now, finally, I'm seeing a game in Ebbets Field for the first time. It is heartbreaking to see what was stolen from us, but thank you!
I noticed that the gate count was like 33,000...what a small ballpark to play a WS game in!...Most parks now hold at least twice that many!
@@curbozerboomer1773 Ebbets Field was indeed small, but in fact no ballpark today comes close to holding 66,000. I believe the largest capacity (for baseball) among existing MLB stadiums is Dodger Stadium (ironically enough), which seats about 55,000 although they have removed some seats. The old Yankee Stadium, pre-1973, sat about 63,000 and Cleveland Municipal Stadium sat almost 80,000, but the trend ever since Camden Yards has been to construct smaller parks to generate scarcity and promote season ticket sales. The sweet spot for most ballparks now is about 42,000.
The Dodgers were not stolen from you. The fans did not support the team at the gate and the city of New York would not give Walter O'Malley a new stadium. A good book on this is "The Dodgers Move West" (1987).
I agree “dem bums”
I’m honestly impressed on the quality of the video it was nice for its time
No it's not it's quality of basic TV broadcast tape that has been stored in some random warehouse. Search for Helsinki/Melbourne olympics opening ceremony here on youtube and you'll see what high quality looked like at this time.
In '52, this was likely film, not tape. It would explain the good quality.
Camera work does look good. What's missing is that long lens shot from center field they discovered so we could see the pitch curve, drop, etc.
@@zimbu_ Holy shit the Melbourne 1956 Olympic Games footage is amazing th-cam.com/video/-rmX9gP0B7Q/w-d-xo.html
@Sabian Vorachev Dude what the fuck have you been smoking?
No batting helmets, just baseball. Pretty sweet being able to watch Jackie Robinson play, thank you! And though this game took place a couple decades before I was born, it's nice to watch a World Series game, let alone a game 7, without it being monopolized by advertisements. A refreshing way to watch a baseball game. Who would've thought?
Robinson and Mantle...they both were really fast to 1st base!
Wow! It’s magical watching a full game, seeing the names actually play ball - Reese, Rizzuto, prime Robinson, young Mantle, old man Mize, Campanella, Berra, etc etc… just about the most hall of fame heavy of all games.
“Watched it on the radio” ......a great metaphor for what happens when a game plays out in the mind’s eye. There are other ways of seeing than with the eyes. That prince of broadcasters, Charles Osgood, used to say “tell your friends that you saw it on the radio.”
I think this is the best channel anybody can create. I've only seen clips of old games but to see a whole game as if it were broadcast the other day is truly a great way to see as well as show the younger generation about the history of baseball.
Relative of Mariano Rivera? ha ha, I want to see Roy Campanella play. The'll watch tonight, Hello from Milan (Italy). I'm a Yankees fan. Sorry for my English.
Mariano is from Panama, My family is from Puerto Rico. I get that alot. Anyway Campanella's father was Italian so I know you'll enjoy the video.
Most of The younger generation could care less about this game. They have zero attention to watch this game especially with no graphics on the screen.
Edward Rivera I support red soxs and LA Rogers whabt bout you?
For what it's worth Im 29 watching this today. I didn't know they had games that went were 9 game series. Also that they played the '52 WS game 6 and 7 back to back. Great video.
A World Series game played DURING THE DAY!! How about that?? :-)
That still happened in the 70's
THANKS, Charlie Finley and Bowie Kuhn!
I remember taking my transistor radio to school to listen to the Pirates and the Orioles in 1971. Anyway, just a little while after that it was night games, except for weekends, from then on.
The reds played the A's on a friday during the day in '72
A friend of my family, Bruce Kison, got the win for the Pirates in the first World Series night game.
So good to hear Mel Allen's voice. As a 50 year old I know every boy my age that watched "This week in baseball" in the 80s remembers that velvet voice. Thank you so much for this. It was truly was amazing watching this
We sure did.
I was four years old. This is like the Twilight Zone. The legends play live again. Mantle's Home run gave me goosebumps. Love it.
I was 7 and Duke Snider was my boyhood idle. So great to see him and all the greats in this game. I would guess half the players and coaches are in the HOF.
My Dad was a Dodger's fan. He was mad when, in the 7th inning, Jackie Robinson with bases loaded, popped an easy infield fly ball to Yankee's Billy Martin. From that day on, whenever Jackie hit a long foul ball, Dad would say "that's his hit for the game".
Notice how Mantle was already rounding 2nd when the ball went out. These days the hitters would be standing around admiring it.
Dude, spoiler alerrt
I also was 4 years old in 1952. I love baseball ~ my dad pitched for the Boston/Milwaukee Braves in 1952-53.
it's staggering how much better the play-by-play guys were back in the day
I was thinking the same thing. The game seemed to move much faster back than. Game was more interesting.
I think a lot has to do with the presentation. This was before any real graphics could be displayed, so that’s a lot more the announcer has to coherently deliver. Whereas now, a lot of that can just be onscreen
Because radio was still how the majority of Americans would get the game,
I think it’s also because it’s less centered around advertising.
Sir Mount
What are you on about? What team do you watch where the announcers are talking about Nike and Pepsi?
What a great game from a time long gone by. No batting gloves, few helmets, no replay, no challenges, nobody standing at the plate admiring home runs, simple organ music between innings...just guys playing the game hard. The Barber and Mel, straight forward and understated. "This is game seven and out". Love it, thanks for posting
nobody cares boomer
What fun to watch! I am now age 84 and have always been a Dodger fan. I am from Nebraska, an unusual fan for the Dodgers but these players captured my heart. John Kellogg, Omaha Ne.
I'm also from Omaha ne
doesnt matter where we're from we're all americans enjoying our past time 🇺🇸
No batting gloves. Dead 50's era balls that weren't juiced. Hot, baggy, flannel uniforms. No batting helmets. Fielders glovex that were more mitts than gloves. No finely manicured turf. No pitch counts or relievers coming in and getting one out. Yet, these guys played the game in grand, Hall of Fame fashion. Baseball at it's purest
Jay Ritchie and thousands not millions
Left their gloves on ground in foul territory
Nice game guys, Good job Brooklyn Dodgers, proud of you for giving the best you could. Good job Yankees, wsy to get it done. God Bless! you all.💖🙏💞
I heard that the uniforms we incredibly heavy, let alone hot. All while these men made trash money.
Not juiced, yes, but I don't recall the 1950s balls as being "dead." Mantle hit 56 HRs 4 years later. Mays also had 50+ in the 1950s. Williams, Kluszewski, Aaron, et al.--they weren't hitting dead balls.
I love how after every pitch the batter doesn't take 50 seconds fixing his batting gloves and starring at the 3rd base coach.. they rarely leave the box once they're up..
Agreed baseball should be after played again!! It’ll get people more interested in the game.
Red Sox fan and I never see the end of any games because they end at midnight, 1 AM.
Baseball was still relatively in its infancy. This was when guys used to smoke cigarettes in the dugout and get drunk after games if they didnt have to go to their second job. The game is the way it is now because people learned more, got smarter, started becoming real athletes which most of these guys really werent. So where its at now was just the natural progression of things. All of these guys would be so amazed at how far the game has come in 70 years.
They hit the ros bag
And no helmets! Real men.
I just hugged my phone listening to this. What a way to drift off to sleep.
It’s like your iPhone became a small transistor radio.
John Doe tf? I totally agree with throwing this on before shut eye. Very soothing. Your a odd dude or simpleton if u think listening to old nostalgic announcers announce a 1950s game is creepy...it’s not in the slightest.. get some help
John Doe oh if ur talking about the hugging the phone part?? Then I totally agree that’s very odd
I've done that too, but a baseball game had nothing to do with it...
Very interesting to watch… enjoyed seeing how much the bunt played a role in 50s era baseball. One good thing about TH-cam, the ability to jump into a time machine to see Ebbets Field as it once stood.
What a special treat! I was a very young boy when this game was played and don’t remember any of it, but I do remember the players. Pee Wee was my boyhood hero and I actually met Gil Hodges. A glimpse into the days when baseball truly was the National Pastime and the New York rivalries were in full bloom! Thanks for the memories!
I like pee wee reese
It's amazing how different the game is played compared to today. The players just look so much more serious in the way of their body language and strategy. My Great Grandfather use to tell me stories about Yankee games from when he was a kid through his adult life and watching this game I realize that the way he explained was spot on cause of his love for the Yankees and the game itself. This is also the very first game I've ever watched in it's entirety with Jackie Robinson playing in it and just like all the stories I've heard about him he's every bit the amazing player described! Last but not least, I love how the announcer called up Yogi by his real name Larry! Wasn't expecting that so it was kinda funny. Lol!
MLB Classics, please keep posting more old games in their entirety, I love watching every one of them.
Did your great grand father say who he thought was the Greatest baseball player ever
No steroids...no juiced baseballs...no nitwit announcers...real ballplayers..you've got Mel Allen...Red Barber...what else do you need? Great stuff!!! Thanks
Don’t forget Jackie
Good comment , no steroids , no fakes games. At the time , baseball was the Nationals sports in North America but in 2021 ,... Football, basketball or baseball ???
Vin Scilly and Al Michaels
@@robertgaudreau7327 Probably football
@@TimmyTickle Yeah Probably football but Basketball is big .
I was born in 1965 and getting an opportunity to watch this game is something I won’t ever forget. Thank you so much for posting it here for all to see. God bless you!
I was born 1965 also, I'm from Washington heights, Manhattan.
@@edwinpolanco5329 I was born in Queens, Elmhurst hospital.
Watching this under covid lockdown from Scotland 2021, 1952, is the year of my birth, Mickey Mantle and Jackie Robinson, and all the players of that era baseball history in motion wow!!
That Mantle kid for the Yankees is pretty good.
+Gilbert Ohlson after working in a copper mine
Gilbert Ohlson yeah hes also a hall of famer
His Topps rookie baseball card just sold for $3-million+...!!!!
Universal.clipz Z I didn’t think anyone could be so smart!
Not bad.
I literally have the chills watching this game start. Like I'm in a time machine.
Jim Kennedy me tooo...like I really felt I was there.
Imagine the color of actually being there, if time travel becomes a thing seeing things like this would be the most mystifying thing in the universe
And it was real championship baseball. The winner of the National League pennant and the winner of the American League pennant go directly to the World Series. Not a bunch of playoffs to knock the best teams out of it. And definitely no wild card teams. True baseball.
The names you hear mentioned in the lineup...
Gillette blue blades
I'm 49 years old. I grew up watching the Yankees since the 1980s. I never thought that I would enjoy watching this since it was before my time. Wow! What fun! It's amazing how much the game really hasn't changed much fundamentally while at the same time, it's changed so much! So fascinating! So glad I took the time to watch, it's only enhanced my love for the game!
What a great video. Good quality. Old time game, no replays, no blasting of music in between innings, just the sun and people's conversations - and hot dogs! Too much NBA type atmosphere in baseball now, like the young people need to be entertained in between every pitch...
Yup I am 55 and especially detest the music-blasting and planned entertainment after every half inning.
Modern day NBA is trash, I agree..but don't diss the VINTAGE '80s-90s NBA atmosphere you fleabag loving asswipe lol.
Italiano so don’t watch it
I’ve watched a few 60s nfl games and this baseball game. I absolutely love how the announcers spend the first few minutes filling in viewers on the teams, what’s happened before, and some general information. Really pleasant stuff.
Fascinating to watch. I was pulling for the Dodgers just as if the game was live. Thanks for the baseball history
U gotta get out more
@@joeambrose3260 I guess you do as well. Since you had enough idle time to read and comment on my comment
@@rorybray7487 Of course, I'm under house arrest
@@joeambrose3260 Stay safe
Seeing the broadcast super impose the image at first base on top of the pitcher/batter feed as a crude split screen blew me away. Very impressive.
Commercials would have been a great time capsule
This is wonderful to watch. It how baseball used to be presented on television. Very relaxing and interesting. Red Barber is a joy to listen to.
Mel allen yes , but barber reminds me of mike joy, a wind bag .
I love the starting pitchers warming on the 2 sides of the pitchers mound.Probably gave the batters a good eye full of what they got.It's a shame they dont do that anymore.It's a cool visual..
I remember them doing that at Yankee Stadium in the early 1960s. Then someone got the bright idea it might be better to have them warmup using a real mound, so off to the bullpens they went.
I'm a die hard Sox fan, but this is absolutely amazing. The fact we can go on TH-cam and watch one of the most famous game 7s in World Series history, from 1952 no less, is crazy. Seeing Mantle in his first years? Such a natural swing. Especially with those balloon pants they wore!!! 😆 Anyway, thank you for this.
absolutely wonderful to see how baseball should be played....to see all.these great ledgines of the game all on one field.....absolutely fantastic...btw yankee fan hear ....even though as this game is being played im pulling for the Yankees..still get into the game lol
@@jeffreywaldron6352 I am also a Yankees fan.
I wish there was such good video of Ted Williams.
My father and i watched many yankee games together, this series was before my time yet i can feel my fathers presence next to me as i watch it..
Was anyone else waiting for the instant replay when the first base coach got hit with the ball..?
Tap the left of the screen twice to see a replay.
It's really great seeing this quality B & W film of the 1950's, just amazing to see all the great players together.
A great piece of history
Agreed my guy.
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@@stevekingston186 , are you on drugs?
Baseball in the 1950s was life. Golden age in which so many players came into being and rewrote the game!
It slowly started in this decade to become the golden age, so to say, but I believe it might been the 60s, when MLB became more and more integrated. However attendance was terrible, just as it were in the latter half of the 50s.
Hard to know which decade was the true golden age, maybe the 70s?
Love watching these old games. Great players, just baseball, no Showboating!
That sound when Mantle connects!
Freaking WOW!!!! This is an epic game and historic recording. I love whoever made this game possible for me to witness for the first time. Thank you so much!!!!
Daytime World Series games - how I miss them.
agreed. While I kind of like watching baseball at night, it really should be a day time only game. That is how it originated, that is how it should be maintained.
With DVR's, it's possible to start the games at any time you want and not have anyone worry about missing the game. Sure that would mean fast forwarding through commercials but those breaks are too long these days anyways. Also, there's a lot more jobs that people work at odd hours these days and those who work a traditional 9-5 office probably have the ability to stream the game on their cell phone.
TV ad revenue might go down but I doubt the total number of people watching the game will. Start the games when the home team would like to, so maybe at 3pm local time.
We used to get to watch them in school!
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Listening to Mel Allen and Red Barber on the radio on Saturday afternoons was how I learned about baseball. My uncle and Godfather was my introduction to the game. Those two called a game much better than any TV announcers period.
Robinson, Campy, Snider, Berra, Mize & Mantle...how wonderful is this?!
100% pure baseball is what this was! Love it, could watch these old time games all day!
Thrilling, keep it up
This rebroadcast is a true treasure in EVERY sense of the word.
Boring.
@@ronaldmayle1823 Yes, boring for people that have no appreciation of baseball history. I can understand that, I can't understand why you are here in the first place.
@@kevinpyne5808 I love baseball. The covering of these games back then, is boring.
@@ronaldmayle1823 Baseball broadcasting stands on the shoulders of giants.
@@badcornflakes6374 True, but it was still boring. All the pitches were shown from behind the batter, and the the quality of the broadcasters and the video were poor.
What a great era to be a baseball fan.
In New York? Yes.
In literally any other place in America? Not so much.
@@NUNYABIZNNAAAZZZ They did, but younger fans wouldn't know this, as whenever the media covers 50s baseball, they ignore the STL teams of the era and only go on and on about the Yankees and Dodgers instead
Watched on a quiet Saturday of mandatory overtime and it just made my day. I knew the names but had rarely seen actual footage of them playing, and this game had so many greats. Thank you so much for sharing.
OMG, my most expensive baseball cards just came to life.
When Red mentioned Mantle and Andy Pafko both within a few minutes, all I could think of was the '52 Topps set.
Nice the dream lives on! 😉
Yes, I have half the '53 Topps set.
You got Mickey?
@@tompaulcampbell
What's your best card
67yrs ago . I love this crazy country !!!
These were the classic days of baseball…I was born 5 months after this game but even so I can feel the era just as it was…amazing.
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ユーチューブさんありがとう
"so tense, actually past tense even though were in the present" I love that line . Awesome baseball!
I was born the year of this World Series. I can't believe I'm this old.
I was born in the only year that decade both these teams missed the Series. I don't feel so old watching these historic games. Daytime, on grass, in the sunshine, between real pennant winners, the way the WS used to be.
I was twelve years old in 1952 and living in Bensonhurst Brooklyn. A Dodger fan for several years, I loved the game. I remember parts of this game and have enjoyed this full game clip. Thank you so much for bringing me back to my childhood. Recently as a photographer shooting an event in Flushing Meadows, I was wearing one of my Brooklyn caps and another photographer, MUCH younger, asked me if I was nervous wearing a Boston cap. Presently, my favorite BB teams are: 1. NY Mets 2. Any team playing against the Yankees. We don’t forget. 😁
Bandwagon? Thanks for the nostalgia though.
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Agree with the comments about how precious this is. Amazing to see these folks in person. Also - what terrific coverage given the technical limitations of the day. Split screen. Close ups. Impressive play-by-play. Hilarious that the "this broadcast is brought to you by permission of major league baseball ..." has not changed very much in 70 years.
I know all of these players from stories my grandfather, father and uncles told me as they coached me when I was a kid playing ball, growing up a Yankees fan in New Jersey. To be able to watch them play is amazing. (R.I.P., Pop.)
even though this gm was way before my time it was thoroughly enjoyable..watched 2 innings at a time over a few days...took a little getting use to no instant replays..u gotta really pay attention or manually rewind to see a nice play..love the baggy uniforms for these pure athletes.thats how they should be...1/2 the 2teams were future hall of famers players.. against each other..casey stengle mgr.WOW!..big thx to whoever posted!
So enjoyable to watch classic WS from 1952 (70 years ago). Many Hall of Famers
Superb broadcasting
If baseball was played like this today, I might actually watch
Yeh, time delays and advertising getting in the way
@@ronbuckner8179 ya that pitching clock is nonsense
The internet never ceases to amaze me. It's still unbelievable to me that we can pretty much pull up just about anything ever broadcast whenever we want. Thank you for posting this.
Well, just about any broadcast if it survived in some form in the first place. Back then the only way to save a copy of something on tv was to film it (kinescope), making a master on video**tape** didn't become common until the late 60s.
@@Knightmessenger Thanks for the lesson, Mr Eastman
I am 10 years late to this channel, but I'm so glad my brother sent me this. I love history, I love baseball - this is the perfect convergence. Thanks for posting these! Please post more, we're all bored without baseball right now haha.
I sure hope those who were born after the 1960's can appreciate what they are watching here. 1. They are seeing Jackie Robinson in his prime on third base path. 2. Mickey Mantle before he tore up his legs with his blazing speed. 3.The "big cat" Johnny Mize. 4. Pee Wee Reese, Phil Rizzuto and Billy Martin 5. Roy Campanella, Gil Hodges, and Duke Snyder. 6. The behind the plate view of a baseball game 7. And the game of baseball as it was before all the changes which occurred in the decade of the 60's. The uniforms, the scoreboard, the old ballpark, the raised mound, and the local sandlot look of the field. 8. Not to mention that it was a time when Baseball was the national pastime and boxing, golf, and horse racing were the other major professional sports. Of course, TV was just an infant.
WOW!!! How do you include Johnny Mize but omit YOGI BERRA??? Not only was he a great ballplayer. He is one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. I was fortunate to work at his country club. One of my fondest sports memories was when he called me into the men's lounge, so he can autograph my nephew's bat and talk baseball.
Yogi was so well known and such a constant that I felt he was too obvious to mention.
Check out Mize batting. He's the only player to hit 50 home runs in a season while striking out fewer than 50 times, I'm pretty sure.
Great eye and works the pitcher. His sight is keen and hands are quick, but at 39 he's mighty slow, as you'll see from his 6th inning at bat 1:33:40.
I know your comment was left years ago, but I have to say a few things about it. 1. ) Jackie was a bit past his prime by this World Series and only had 1 really good season left in his career before he retired. 2.) Mickey had already hurt one knee in the 1951 World Series and he had already been playing with hurt legs before he even made it to the Yankees 3.) You spelled Dukes last name wrong. It's Snider.
Greenwolfe Green mantle tore up his knee in 1951
Love the uniforms. Love the hair cuts. Love the demeanor of the players.
that camera work ! showing man on first base on the right of screen , pitcher and batter on the left. very cool
That was a good shot. Seamless picture as well.
Indeed. Impressive use of technology from back then.
I miss the bunt in todays game. I was surprised how often it was used in this game. Not just to sacrifice but to get a hit. It adds a whole dimension to the game missing today.
When I played in high school in the 90's I always hit lead off because I was a good bunter. Almost always got on base first at bat of the game with a drag bunt. Pretty sure 75% of my base hits were bunts😂😂
@@joeg5414 Bunts were great. And how about Lopat's screwball?
Because fielding is so much better now
Bunting will come back because of the dramatic defensive shifts. Only pride is holding it back.
@@shoinfile5596 Haha no, because hitters are stupid (ask any pitcher) and want to swing for the fences, shift or not and because it's hardly taught anymore.
As a history buff & baseball fan this makes me smile
'52. Year I was born. A treasure to find this on TH-cam.
Awesome! Sports channels should be showing games like this right now during the pandemic.
What an absolute gem...very watchable quality and a great game. And you're never ever going to see 4 and 5 hitters bunt for consecutive hits again in our lifetime!
Today's players need to see.this video. The love of the game is what matters. Not Mega salaries.
I paid $1.25 to sit in the bleachers
@@nicholastortorello4540 I agree! They should show this to the owners and change admission to 1.25
I was 3 days short of 2 mo's old. My dad was fighting in Korea & I wouldn't meet him for another 7 mo's. But I'll bet I was laying in a crib somewhere in Southern Illinois with this game playing on the radio.
Be safe, Pop. (He's 94 now)
Thank you so much for posting this amazing footage. 68 yr. Old lifelong Yanker fan & New Yorker. TH-cam is a treasure.
Thanks from me too!!
When commentator says “this serious will go down as one of the greatest of all time” ... chilling
What a treat to see Mickey Mantle, Duke Snider, Yogi Berra, Phil Rizzuto, Roy Campanella, Pee Wee Reese and of course Jackie Robinson play in this classic 1952 World Series, game 7. Watching this early television broadcast takes you right into the action and shows you how America's game was played back then...from players leaving their gloves on the field, baggy flannel uniforms, home umpires inflatable chest protector, fans smoking cigarettes in the stands and the unbelievable ambiance of Brooklyn's Ebbets Field.
And Billy Martin!
I still hate the Yankees. I loved the Dodgers, but 1955 was the only year Brooklyn beat the BUMs. To me the Yankees are the Bums
Yes, video tape replays didn't begin until '62 and at first, only at the end of each quarter, half-time, or period. Instant replays came along several years later.
I just came across this and was amazed. It was the Subway Series for us New Yorkers. I remember it well. Brooklyn and the Bronx were always rivals and this series was the visual representation of that rivalry. It is also a true representation of "sportsmanship".
I'm 51. Born and raised in London, England. Never played a game of baseball in my life. Never really watched the sport (we don't get it on TV over here). However, you know how this TH-cam thing works. You watch one thing which leads to something else which eventually leads to you sitting in your black London Taxi cab watching World Series Baseball!!! I've now watched the 1969, 72, 79 and 84 World Series and now I'm watching the 1952 (Nineteen Fifty Two you know) Series. I love sport in general so I'm having a field day.
Glad that you enjoy the games & especially were able to see the 69 WORLD SERIES with my team the Amazin NY Mets 👍I was 10 years old then
@@kevinsullivan136 The 69 Mets. Some of the best outfield plays in all the Series' I watched.
Yes The catches of Tommie Agee & Ron Swoboda were Amazin
At the end of the top of the first, Mantle, having struck out, walks straight out to centerfield without retrieving his mitt from the dugout. In those days, fielders left their mitts in the field. I'm so grateful we have this whole game. Wonderful
Maybe someone brought glove out to him?
No one had to bring him his glove. Before 1954, fielders left their gloves in the field when their team came to bat. Mantle's glove was already there.
Time capsule. I was born in 62. Loving this game.
I watched this tonight instead of the Eveing News. Thank you for posting this. From a Red-Sox fan from Maine.
Tough to watch the Yankees win though. I was forgetting it was 1955 (I think) when the Dodgers beat them.
Steve Moniz Yep 55 ... ‘dem Bums’ were the best fielded team during this era but couldn’t beat them ‘damn Yankees’. In 55 when they won it all Koufax was 2nd rotation pitcher and Tommy Lasorda was 3rd rotation. This was my mom and my team! Great memories’
@@paulkersey2606 I always think of centerfielders playing in NY then, Snyder, Mays and Mantle. Wow! Did your mom and you have
a favorite player on "dem Bums"?
Steve Moniz We loves em all but Roy Campanella had to be my favorite .. before and after his tragic accident left him paralyzed. I played catcher myself in Little League. I later played short stop so admired PeeWee Rease! Never played outfield but Duke Snyder could knock em out of the Park. And people forget that Jr. Gilliam was Rookie of the year .. on 55 I think when they finally beat the Yankees... great memories.
I was so excited when they came to my town - L.A. saw Koufax and Drysdale pitch incredible games live .. remember the game Koufax broke the strike out record! 20 or 21. Man he could make em swing and miss.
Jackie was my moms favorite player... .. I miss her a lot .. but raising 6 kids kept me busy .. some played ball but I never pushed sports at them. I was a Gymnast from grade school thru College and could have been an Olympian .. but marriage and fatherhood at 17yr old saw that dream die. But no regrets. Sandlot baseball at our ‘deadens’ street was exciting .. and ‘3 flys up ‘ and ‘knock up lay down’ and ‘sacket’ at Wardlow Park kept us busy and out of most trouble .. 👍🏼😂
Oh my lord! Watching this, I was transported back to another less complicated time. Definitely magical.
But there was more cigarette smoke.
Definitely not less complicated
@@WiffGiffno. But when you are younger it does seem that way.
It is fantastic to come across this game here. Baseball was a symbol of an America that is long gone. The sense of what we have lost is palpable when you watch this, although I was not even alive back then. However, in 1952 they could not have watched games from the distant past on youtube, so I guess we should be happy with what we got.
***** stop it with your holier than shit generalizations ...
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***** you sound like one them christians, holier than thou uneducated dumbass with a gun ...
***** No one said 'the older generation was so wonderful' ... the dudes' comment was so far removed from racist bigotry, that it leaves me flustered as to why you even went there ... let alone the fact that Jackie played his first game in the majors in 1947 ... talk about an invalid statement ...
***** nice try ...