As a huge Phillies (and Mike Schmidt) fan, I can't believe I never saw this before (or even knew it existed). Maybe that's because it was only broadcast on WGN in Chicago - the announcers are clearly biased in favor of Kingman, and disappointed in his performance in losing to "Smit" (as the announcer kept mispronouncing his name). A rare and interesting baseball "artifact" - thanks for sharing it!
Yeah around that time would have been Harry Kalas and Richie Ashburn aka Whitey doing the game. It would have been way better with those two. Andy Muster came also that I remember but I never seen this either and couldn't have because like you said Chicago only aired it
Thank you for finding this! September 15, 1979! The first game ever for me!!! I was 7 and became a huge Mike Schmidt fan because of being awestruck watching this derby in person!!! ⚾️⚾️⚾️
Can’t believe I found this because I was there for this with my dad. I was in 11th grade at Father Judge high school in Philly! I miss those days so much 😢
10 Grade Bishop Kenrick! Like you i miss those fun days at the vet, with family and friends, watching so many 70's icons and legends. (Remember the Phillies Female Seat Ushers wearing their cute Hotpants? Man that drove us High School guys CRAZY lol ) Also do you remember some lady that sold the PEANUTS in the stands. Every time she yelled out "PEANUTS" it sounded like she was saying 'PENIS' Oh man my buddies or my cousins and i would CRACK UP AT HER. We used to bring coolers in with Hoagies and Sodas. So much fun! Was this contest conceived after the Phils/Cubs 23-22 game? I also think Schmidtty had a 4HR game at wrigley field too.
I can see on the seat that it was from a local supermarket chain, Acme. Maybe they sponsored the event? No Wile E. Coyote jokes ... they are all played.
@@DesiluTrek - I have a familiarity to a degree with ACME supermarkets - they advertised on the New York stations, despite their being ubiquitous in Philly - so despite me being a Road Runner fan, I will therefore respectfully refrain from doing so.
@@wmbrown6 Philly natives pronounce ACME as AC-a-Me. I grew up in South Jersey and we didn't pronounce it that way so it's a sure giveaway someone grew up in the city when you hear them pronounce it that way :)
Kingman is my alltime favorite player. I remember that 79 season going to Wrigley and having his homeruns sail over our heads in left field. Wouldn't trade those memories for nothing!
Were you at that crazy 23-22 game against the Phillies? That game was insane. The first Phillies game that I attended was in '69 at Connie Mack Stadium as a nine year old kid. The Phils lost in a 19-17 slugfest to the Reds. Dick Allen of the Phils hit a frozen rope off the top of the Ballantine scoreboard in right-center in the first inning and later in the game hit a mammoth HR which cleared the left field roof. That guy deserves to be in the HOF, IMO.
@@rjsmith44-op8fy YES! WHAT A GAME! I was also at the old Comiskey when "The Bull" hit the roof. Another of my childhood idols was one of "The South Side Hitmen" Eric Soderholm!! With his big ass glasses! He had a great 78 season! Nobody was as dear to me as Kingman though! Friend of mine split with her husband and he abandoned a VERY NICE card collection which I bought for next to nothing. Low and behold a Kingman rookie card was in one of the binders! I was very excited to see that card in the collection
Mike Schmidt is the greatest 3rd Basemen to ever play the game. I am 65 years old and I watched Mike's whole career with the Phillies. The day he said he was retired he was crying and so was I. There's nobody these days that does what he does with his swing at bat. Mike didn't swing as hard as he could. I remember Mike saying to use the energy from the power in the pitchers fast ball. The pitch is coming over the plate in the upper 90s. Just swing so that the fat part of the bat hits that ball. The energy from the 95+ fast ball. Will send the ball.
Not in my book. George Brett was the best 3rd baseman I've ever seen in terms of hitting. Nearly 40 points higher BA than Schmidt. Fewer home runs but he played in KC. When he visited the Yankees he became a huge home run hitter. He was also good at fielding his position. Both are 2 of the greatest for sure.
@nothing2say-i1y Mike Schmidt was named the greatest 3rd basemen by sports writers. Should know the facts before saying things. Maybe only in your mind brett is the greatest. ESPN and sports writers picked Mike Schmidt
This is very cool! In all of my random knowlege of late 70's Cubsdom, I never knew they had a homerun hitting contest. Kingman actually seems like a nice guy here.
yes it was nice to see the HUMAN side of Kingman and Schmidt FOR that brief time laughing. Usually around phila..Schmidt always gave serious interviews and put on the Mr Cool Exterior for the public
The players...the shopping cart full of baseballs...the commercials...and NO safety net for the BP pitchers!!! The mispronunciation of Mike's name...this is a classic!
I can't believe I never saw this before. I was a huge Schmidt fan and I remember the HR race from 79 between these 2. The Philadelphia Journal had a home run count on the back page.
Oh, wow! I was there that night as a nineteen year old and sitting in the outfield section where most of the HR's landed. In those days the Phillies would have nights dedicated to a town in the Delaware Valley and for this game it was dedicated to my hometown of Pennsville, NJ. I had forgotten this HR contest took place during it until I saw our (then) massive high school marching band being shown before the first commercial break. This is wild....thanks!
@@humanbeing2420 Yeah, it was before the game. I remember the one HR Schmidt hit during the contest which smacked off the facing of the upper deck because it was directly over our group seating section. I was sitting too deep into the section to actually see it hit the concrete facing but I certainly heard it. I rarely ever sat in those outfield sections for games but I did that night to be part of our group. The '79 season was a weird and disappointing season for the Phillies as it marked the arrival of Pete Rose and all of the excitement and hope that his grit and experience would finally put the Phils over the top. The season started great and it hit it's peak ironically against these same Cubs when they beat the Cubbies at Wrigley in that crazy 23-22 slugfest. That win gave them an impressive 24-10 record and it appeared they were gonna run away with the division title. I seem to remember injuries took their toll and by season's end they finished a very disappointing fourth in the NL East. The Pirates won the division and the World Series.
I should add that the Phillies went on to FINALLY win a World Series title the following year ('80) when they beat the Royals in six games. Their five game NLCS series against the Astros was legendary as every game went extra innings, one game even featured a triple play, and the Phils somehow prevailed at Houston in Game 5 in a game which had everyone pulling their hair out as the game kept swinging back and forth. In '81 I was at a doubleheader at the Vet against the Mets. Kingman was on the Mets at that time and he hit a moonshot pretty far into the upper deck off of Tug McGraw. Luckily for the Phils it was just barely foul as it just missed hitting the left field foul pole. If it had stayed fair it would've rivaled Willie Stargell's mammoth blast which was marked on the concrete in the upper deck in right field. I attended quite a few games at the Vet but I had never seen anyone hit a ball so far into the upper deck as Kingman did that day. On the following pitch he hit a mile-high pop-up in the infield.
For whatever reason, Kingman would be in the conversation as a player who had the best final season and though healthy and wanting to play, never played again.
I love how whoever is announcing, is saying Mike Smith..Lol, rather than Mike Schmidt. Also, Joey Amalfitano is now 90, while Bobby Wine is now 85 (will turn 86 in September).
Lou Boudreau was a HOF player and player/manager for the Indians . He even managed them the 1948 WS title! He managed several teams, including the Cubs. He became the WGN Radio color man with Vince Lloyd in the 60s. Not sure why he was doing the play-by-play for this when Jack Brickhouse, the WGN TV p-b-p guys was there. Always thought Boudreau was dry but extremely knowledgeable. His excitement on that first HR was as excited as I ever heard him get, lol!
I was a 70's kid & these guys were among my favorite players. Mike lived up to his potential as a consistent HR hitter but if Dave could have been able to keep in the same batting average range as Mike we would have seen most years HR totals in the 40/50 range for sure. And there were several years he missed a fair amount of games where he was on pace for 30/40 + seasons. Because of his HR's he had HOF potential but fell short. Still love the guy though.
How was this organized with the season still going on in September of '79? Can you imagine it's Sep. of 2024....and all of a sudden they announce Judge & Shoei will be having a HR derby?
I once extrapolated what Mike Schmidt would’ve done as a Cub. The HR number would’ve been in the 640s. Probably higher because his knees had been better on grass. But like he said, “Wrigley with the wind blowing out.” Michael Jack’s last season (‘89), he hit 2 in the first 3 games @ Wrigley (wind aided) He retired in SF at the Memorial Day weekend.
I remember as a kid Schmidt ALWAYS Crushed HR's at Wrigley, 1979-1984. Three-game series, wind blowing in or out, he was a virtual LOCK to hit at least two.
That's Lou Boudreau. In case you don't know, he's in the Hall of Fame. You can make fun of his diction, but you can only wish you were half the ball player he was. In 1948, Boudreau won AL MVP by hitting .348 18 HR 106 RBI 98 Walks and only 9 strikeouts. That's right... NINE SO! He led the Indians to the 1948 World Series title. And oh by the way, he was also the manager of the Indians at the same time he was playing shortstop. Yes, Boudreau was player-manager for 9 seasons with Cleveland from 1942-1950. He was player-manager from the ages of 24 to 32. Who cares if he pronounced his name funny? Why don't you focus on the greatness of these players instead of being so nitpicky & negative.
In the 1970s, LOTS of guys - especially in sports - had mustaches. I had one - and still have one. Only thing changed is the color - from jet black to grey.
Jack Hey Hey Brickhouse and Lou Boudreau WOW, I remember them in the days before Harry Carey and Steve Stone. THese were the days when the Cubs only played day games(no lights at Wrigley then) so I grew up watching Cubs games every day during the summers as a kid. Really miss the day games. What an era.
Wow this brings back memories for me! I remember both sluggers! Schmidt owned the Cubs for years! Kingman had a big year in 1978! Schmidt is a hall of fame member king mans career was rather brief!
2:23 The solo at the beginning sounds like Anita Kerr. (To tie this to Chicago, she was responsible for the first jingles used by WLS radio as a top 40 station in 1960.)
Ah yes, 1960. The year where Boudreau - then announcing the Cubs' games for WGN radio - and manager Charlie Grimm traded places (and jobs), in one of the wackiest baseball trades in history. So six degrees of Lou Boudreau.😉
Mike talking Schmidt there at the beginning lol. Hes suggesting Kingman had help hitting all those homers with the wind at Wrigley and has an "easy" pitcher throwing to him today! 😂
The hardest hit ball, in terms of 'exit speed' that went for a home run that I ever saw was when Kingman ripped one over the left field stands in '76 when he played for the Mets vs. the Phils at Veterans Stadium.
$ Donation IN! I will always vote with my wallet when you give us Sox and MLB content. Classis KONG! vs Schmidty! Never knew this was broadcast. WGN has some great vaults! More please.... WSNS ch 44 too!
Dave Kingman was a huge star in Chicago!Too bad all bad blood between the Cubs and Kingman that ended his Cubs days and he did not get his number r retired .
It was before a Phils Cubs game on (Saturday Evening/Night) Sept 15th in Phila. Most likely the ideal for a contest between Kingman / Schmidt was conceived after the Phils/Cubs game that same year in May where the Phils beat the cubs 23/22 AND Kingman and schmidt had 3Hr/2Hr in that game Kingman had 6RBI and Schmidt4.
Yes, since the real shootout happened at Wrigley in May of that year. My guess is this was the brainchild of the Phils front office. At that time they came up with a lot of Fun pregame acts for the fans to watch.
Why don't I remember this? This is obviously 1979 when Kingman said both teams were not in the pennant race. And was this before a game? And the man's name is Schmidt not Smit.
@@frankpalancio8471 if you rewatch clip of schmidt's first homer at 6;26 youll see RADER#6 on back of his uniform when he pat's Schmidt. Also Boone always wore the Helmet when catching. Rader is oldschool ball cap turned backwards.
Mike Schmidt in 1979 was an Established Top Player in the NL. Every NL Baseball Fan knew MIKE SCHMIDT. No reason Lou Boudreau should call him SMIT-SMITH. Mike should have had some fun with Lou over it. If this had been shown if Phila Area, PHILS FANS would have written and called Lou Boudreau about 200000 letters and called TELLING HIM ITS SCHMIDT not Smith LOL
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As a huge Phillies (and Mike Schmidt) fan, I can't believe I never saw this before (or even knew it existed). Maybe that's because it was only broadcast on WGN in Chicago - the announcers are clearly biased in favor of Kingman, and disappointed in his performance in losing to "Smit" (as the announcer kept mispronouncing his name). A rare and interesting baseball "artifact" - thanks for sharing it!
yeah, what is this? homerun derby's?
Schmitty kinda winced each time the guy said his last name!
Hearing him say Smit was deriving me nuts, but it was a great video
Yeah around that time would have been Harry Kalas and Richie Ashburn aka Whitey doing the game. It would have been way better with those two. Andy Muster came also that I remember but I never seen this either and couldn't have because like you said Chicago only aired it
Me neither! First time seeing this having grown up watching the Cubs in the 1970s!
Thank you for finding this! September 15, 1979! The first game ever for me!!! I was 7 and became a huge Mike Schmidt fan because of being awestruck watching this derby in person!!! ⚾️⚾️⚾️
That Smit fella was pretty good.
Old Smitty 🤣🤣🤣
Can’t believe I found this because I was there for this with my dad. I was in 11th grade at Father Judge high school in Philly! I miss those days so much 😢
10 Grade Bishop Kenrick! Like you i miss those fun days at the vet, with family and friends, watching so many 70's icons and legends.
(Remember the Phillies Female Seat Ushers wearing their cute Hotpants?
Man that drove us High School guys CRAZY lol )
Also do you remember some lady that sold the PEANUTS in the stands. Every time she yelled out "PEANUTS" it sounded like she was saying 'PENIS'
Oh man my buddies or my cousins and i would CRACK UP AT HER.
We used to bring coolers in with Hoagies and Sodas. So much fun!
Was this contest conceived after the Phils/Cubs 23-22 game? I also think Schmidtty had a 4HR game at wrigley field too.
St. Hubert's checking in. Hello my brother ❤️🩵💛🤎
I heard judge doesn't have steps😂
@@Rpotts1999
Your comment doesn’t make any sense. Want to explain?
@@mperson1890 because fairies can fly
I totally remember watching this. This is what is incredible about UA-cam.
Effin' A
That shopping cart full of baseballs is hilarious.
I keep wondering if they purchased it or if they just decided to lift one from the A&P
I can see on the seat that it was from a local supermarket chain, Acme. Maybe they sponsored the event?
No Wile E. Coyote jokes ... they are all played.
@@DesiluTrek - I have a familiarity to a degree with ACME supermarkets - they advertised on the New York stations, despite their being ubiquitous in Philly - so despite me being a Road Runner fan, I will therefore respectfully refrain from doing so.
@@wmbrown6 Philly natives pronounce ACME as AC-a-Me. I grew up in South Jersey and we didn't pronounce it that way so it's a sure giveaway someone grew up in the city when you hear them pronounce it that way :)
@CantankerousDave it reminds me of the guys you see pushing a shopping cart full of empty bottles and cans, for recycling
Kingman is my alltime favorite player. I remember that 79 season going to Wrigley and having his homeruns sail over our heads in left field. Wouldn't trade those memories for nothing!
Were you at that crazy 23-22 game against the Phillies? That game was insane. The first Phillies game that I attended was in '69 at Connie Mack Stadium as a nine year old kid. The Phils lost in a 19-17 slugfest to the Reds. Dick Allen of the Phils hit a frozen rope off the top of the Ballantine scoreboard in right-center in the first inning and later in the game hit a mammoth HR which cleared the left field roof. That guy deserves to be in the HOF, IMO.
@@hondaphan4172 yes i was!!! Longest homerun i have ever seen!!! Kong was raging that day!!
I loved King Kong Kingman and Billy Buck!! I was also at the 23-22 game!!! Billy Buck with 7 RBIs with a grand slam!!!
@@rjsmith44-op8fy YES! WHAT A GAME! I was also at the old Comiskey when "The Bull" hit the roof. Another of my childhood idols was one of "The South Side Hitmen" Eric Soderholm!! With his big ass glasses! He had a great 78 season! Nobody was as dear to me as Kingman though! Friend of mine split with her husband and he abandoned a VERY NICE card collection which I bought for next to nothing. Low and behold a Kingman rookie card was in one of the binders! I was very excited to see that card in the collection
@@hammeredwithhorror yes Luzinski and Richie Zisk too!
Mike Schmidt is the greatest 3rd Basemen to ever play the game. I am 65 years old and I watched Mike's whole career with the Phillies. The day he said he was retired he was crying and so was I. There's nobody these days that does what he does with his swing at bat. Mike didn't swing as hard as he could. I remember Mike saying to use the energy from the power in the pitchers fast ball. The pitch is coming over the plate in the upper 90s. Just swing so that the fat part of the bat hits that ball. The energy from the 95+ fast ball. Will send the ball.
Not in my book. George Brett was the best 3rd baseman I've ever seen in terms of hitting. Nearly 40 points higher BA than Schmidt. Fewer home runs but he played in KC. When he visited the Yankees he became a huge home run hitter. He was also good at fielding his position. Both are 2 of the greatest for sure.
@nothing2say-i1y Mike Schmidt was named the greatest 3rd basemen by sports writers. Should know the facts before saying things. Maybe only in your mind brett is the greatest. ESPN and sports writers picked Mike Schmidt
Philly legend Mike Smitt
This is great. Takes me back to my childhood.
Seen many games at the vet. Thanks for the memories
The shopping cart does it for me. Love this!
I wonder if Tommy Lasorda had an opinion on Kingman’s performance. 😊
OMG… this is SO funny! I recently heard that radio “interview” Lasorda gave about Kingman’s “performance”. Just hilarious. Awesome reference!!!
How can you ask me a question like that, what is my opinion of his performance???
jesus christ he hit three homers and you ask me about his performance jesus christ
bevacqua couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat
❤️ dave king kong kingman
"SMIT!" It's driving me nutso! SCHMIDT, my man!
Mike Schmidt looks like Chuck Norris and viceversa!
Mike is amused by Boudreau calling him "Smit"
LOL I'm watching this and hearing him say "Smith" and I can't believe it, WTF
Exactly!! Why does he say Smith??
@@abbasrizvi9389 he's saying smitt......and what an idiot ...typical for cubs announcers...so pathetic
@@abbasrizvi9389 "Schmidt" is "Smith" in German
@@abbasrizvi9389 "Schmidt" is a German last name, which translates to "Smith" in English.
This is very cool! In all of my random knowlege of late 70's Cubsdom, I never knew they had a homerun hitting contest. Kingman actually seems like a nice guy here.
Those who put together these descriptions have to do a bit of research to make it all fit.
yes it was nice to see the HUMAN side of Kingman and Schmidt FOR that brief time laughing. Usually around phila..Schmidt always gave serious interviews and put on the Mr Cool Exterior for the public
Thanks for posting! I enjoyed the commercials too!
The players...the shopping cart full of baseballs...the commercials...and NO safety net for the BP pitchers!!! The mispronunciation of Mike's name...this is a classic!
Holy hell. I never knew that this took place.
This is so cool. I never new about this.
Especially a home run contest not before an Al Star game.
Me neither. It's Schmidt, not Smith.
I can't believe I never saw this before. I was a huge Schmidt fan and I remember the HR race from 79 between these 2. The Philadelphia Journal had a home run count on the back page.
Oh, wow! I was there that night as a nineteen year old and sitting in the outfield section where most of the HR's landed. In those days the Phillies would have nights dedicated to a town in the Delaware Valley and for this game it was dedicated to my hometown of Pennsville, NJ. I had forgotten this HR contest took place during it until I saw our (then) massive high school marching band being shown before the first commercial break. This is wild....thanks!
Was this before a regular night game?
@@humanbeing2420 Yeah, it was before the game. I remember the one HR Schmidt hit during the contest which smacked off the facing of the upper deck because it was directly over our group seating section. I was sitting too deep into the section to actually see it hit the concrete facing but I certainly heard it. I rarely ever sat in those outfield sections for games but I did that night to be part of our group. The '79 season was a weird and disappointing season for the Phillies as it marked the arrival of Pete Rose and all of the excitement and hope that his grit and experience would finally put the Phils over the top. The season started great and it hit it's peak ironically against these same Cubs when they beat the Cubbies at Wrigley in that crazy 23-22 slugfest. That win gave them an impressive 24-10 record and it appeared they were gonna run away with the division title. I seem to remember injuries took their toll and by season's end they finished a very disappointing fourth in the NL East. The Pirates won the division and the World Series.
I should add that the Phillies went on to FINALLY win a World Series title the following year ('80) when they beat the Royals in six games. Their five game NLCS series against the Astros was legendary as every game went extra innings, one game even featured a triple play, and the Phils somehow prevailed at Houston in Game 5 in a game which had everyone pulling their hair out as the game kept swinging back and forth. In '81 I was at a doubleheader at the Vet against the Mets. Kingman was on the Mets at that time and he hit a moonshot pretty far into the upper deck off of Tug McGraw. Luckily for the Phils it was just barely foul as it just missed hitting the left field foul pole. If it had stayed fair it would've rivaled Willie Stargell's mammoth blast which was marked on the concrete in the upper deck in right field. I attended quite a few games at the Vet but I had never seen anyone hit a ball so far into the upper deck as Kingman did that day. On the following pitch he hit a mile-high pop-up in the infield.
Some great commercials here!!
Love the shopping cart holding the balls. 😂
I like the rules better with the 3 swings
I remember the Bull Blasts between doubleheaders but never saw this. Thanks for posting
Huh. As a lifelong Phillies fan, I've never before heard of this Mike Smit fella.
I witnessed Kingman hit a home run at Shea Studium in 1982. I never saw a ball hit so high and gone.
I love that hi-tech ball basket. "Hey Hank, go down to Shop-Rite and go fetch us a shopping basket."
Love the grocery shopping cart holding the balls
That's how we roll in Philly....probably stolen from one of the local ACME supermarkets...which Philly natives pronounce as AC-a-ME :)
For whatever reason, Kingman would be in the conversation as a player who had the best final season and though healthy and wanting to play, never played again.
Neither of these guys looks like they ever saw the inside of a weight room and they were among the league's biggest power hitters.
Yeah for the shopping cart 😂😂😂⚾️⚾️⚾️
This was essentially a dead ball era when less than 30 homers was enough to win the HR title in any given year.
Not really. 14 players had 30 or more home runs in 1979.
Kingman hit 48 that year. Schmidt hit 45. No one has won a HR title with less than 30 homeruns in the National League since 1946.
I remember this as a kid
I love those old Phillies uniforms
Yes, and the road blues were also sharp.
I love how whoever is announcing, is saying Mike Smith..Lol, rather than Mike Schmidt. Also, Joey Amalfitano is now 90, while Bobby Wine is now 85 (will turn 86 in September).
Lou Boudreau was a HOF player and player/manager for the Indians . He even managed them the 1948 WS title! He managed several teams, including the Cubs. He became the WGN Radio color man with Vince Lloyd in the 60s. Not sure why he was doing the play-by-play for this when Jack Brickhouse, the WGN TV p-b-p guys was there. Always thought Boudreau was dry but extremely knowledgeable. His excitement on that first HR was as excited as I ever heard him get, lol!
The HR at 7:18 must be 475ft. Maybe more than that.
I miss that old nl east rivalry with the cubs. I never lnew about this shootout.
Jack Brickhouse passed in 1998, and Lou Beaudrou in '01. I sure do miss hearing those voices. Fun!
do people in Chicago say "Smit" instead of "Schmidt"?
No!@@free2Lib
This SMIT kid is gonna be something.
Hahaha 😂
I was a 70's kid & these guys were among my favorite players. Mike lived up to his potential as a consistent HR hitter but if Dave could have been able to keep in the same batting average range as Mike we would have seen most years HR totals in the 40/50 range for sure. And there were several years he missed a fair amount of games where he was on pace for 30/40 + seasons. Because of his HR's he had HOF potential but fell short. Still love the guy though.
1948 Player Manager of the Cleveland Indians with Jack Brickhouse talking to both players on the field
How was this organized with the season still going on in September of '79? Can you imagine it's Sep. of 2024....and all of a sudden they announce Judge & Shoei will be having a HR derby?
I once extrapolated what Mike Schmidt would’ve done as a Cub. The HR number would’ve been in the 640s. Probably higher because his knees had been better on grass. But like he said, “Wrigley with the wind blowing out.” Michael Jack’s last season (‘89), he hit 2 in the first 3 games @ Wrigley (wind aided) He retired in SF at the Memorial Day weekend.
I remember as a kid Schmidt ALWAYS Crushed HR's at Wrigley, 1979-1984. Three-game series, wind blowing in or out, he was a virtual LOCK to hit at least two.
Michael Jack SCHMIDT!! that announcer couldn't say SCHMIDT 😫
That’s wild, he keeps saying Smith.
@@CantankerousDave typical South Philly though with a stolen shopping cart 🤣 glad I grew up there at this time
Very true 👍.
That's Lou Boudreau. In case you don't know, he's in the Hall of Fame. You can make fun of his diction, but you can only wish you were half the ball player he was. In 1948, Boudreau won AL MVP by hitting .348 18 HR 106 RBI 98 Walks and only 9 strikeouts. That's right... NINE SO! He led the Indians to the 1948 World Series title. And oh by the way, he was also the manager of the Indians at the same time he was playing shortstop. Yes, Boudreau was player-manager for 9 seasons with Cleveland from 1942-1950. He was player-manager from the ages of 24 to 32. Who cares if he pronounced his name funny? Why don't you focus on the greatness of these players instead of being so nitpicky & negative.
Smidt 😂
In the 1970s, LOTS of guys - especially in sports - had mustaches. I had one - and still have one. Only thing changed is the color - from jet black to grey.
Jack Hey Hey Brickhouse and Lou Boudreau WOW, I remember them in the days before Harry Carey and Steve Stone. THese were the days when the Cubs only played day games(no lights at Wrigley then) so I grew up watching Cubs games every day during the summers as a kid. Really miss the day games. What an era.
Didn't anyone nudge this friggin guy and tell him...."It's Schmidt" !!!
😂😂😂😂😂
From the title of the video, I thought this was the 23-22 game. But then, I remembered that the game was played at Wrigley.
As a little boy I loved Kingman. I never realized how big he was.ill never forget the one he hit at Wrigley
Wow this brings back memories for me! I remember both sluggers! Schmidt owned the Cubs for years! Kingman had a big year in 1978! Schmidt is a hall of fame member king mans career was rather brief!
Who the hell is Mike Smith?
Yeah yeah, who cares if Boudreau pronounced it funny. Just focus on baseball!
😂😂😂😂 it’s funny to me
Love the shopping cart !!
2:23 The solo at the beginning sounds like Anita Kerr. (To tie this to Chicago, she was responsible for the first jingles used by WLS radio as a top 40 station in 1960.)
Ah yes, 1960. The year where Boudreau - then announcing the Cubs' games for WGN radio - and manager Charlie Grimm traded places (and jobs), in one of the wackiest baseball trades in history. So six degrees of Lou Boudreau.😉
Love the shopping cart of baseballs
MLB should adapt extra inning shootouts to settle ballgames.
I forgot how big Kingman was. 6'6" 210 lbs. He could sure hit the long ball, but couldn't do anything else 😅.
Walmart wants its grocery cart back😂
Mike talking Schmidt there at the beginning lol. Hes suggesting Kingman had help hitting all those homers with the wind at Wrigley and has an "easy" pitcher throwing to him today! 😂
This is like the old Home Run Derby TV show of the late 1950's?
"Mike Smitt"??
If he’s such a great hall of fame announcer why couldn’t he just look at the spelling of Schmidt’s name? It’s ridiculous.
He clearly has contempt for Schmidt, but might be pure laziness, which is totally disrespectful imo
The Phillies won the game that followed, 8-1. But no home runs for Mike Smith.
And Lou Boudreau is in the MLB HOF, and you're NOT
@@millypoo7713 Yes, yes I am. My name is Stan Musial.
@@VandelayIndustries61Ok Larry
@@millypoo7713 It's Stan. And please get rid of that ugly dog.
@@millypoo7713 It's Stan. Stan the Man. And please git rid of that ugly dog.
The hardest hit ball, in terms of 'exit speed' that went for a home run that I ever saw was when Kingman ripped one over the left field stands in '76 when he played for the Mets vs. the Phils at Veterans Stadium.
Schmidt’s retirement announcement press conference was great.
Miss those days
Never seen this before!
America use to be so amazing!!!
Mikes double take at the mispronunciation of his name is hilarious lol 😂 0:57
Mike Smit. (WTF Lou!) 😤
Having to watch all those commercials is like watching UA-cam. ....oh wait....😐
First time I ever heard Dave Kingman speak....
Mike Smit? Really?
And those Cub road uniforms were Sweet!
Were there any other home run shootout contests that aired on channel 9 or just this one?
This seems to have been a byproduct of that massive slugfest in May where the Phillies beat the Cubs 23-22.
$ Donation IN! I will always vote with my wallet when you give us Sox and MLB content. Classis KONG! vs Schmidty! Never knew this was broadcast. WGN has some great vaults! More please.... WSNS ch 44 too!
Those who taped such moments as aired on WGN and kept them lo these many years have "great vaults."
they go uppy up up
Dave Kingman was a huge star in Chicago!Too bad all bad blood between the Cubs and Kingman that ended his Cubs days and he did not get his number r retired .
Mike Schmidt always f-ed us!! LOL
As a Phils fan from the 70's Your comment IS FUNNY!
Is this a all star hr contest? If so they need to bring this format back
It was before a Phils Cubs game on (Saturday Evening/Night) Sept 15th in Phila. Most likely the ideal for a contest between Kingman / Schmidt was conceived after the Phils/Cubs game that same year in May where the Phils beat the cubs 23/22 AND Kingman and schmidt had 3Hr/2Hr in that game Kingman had 6RBI and Schmidt4.
Yeah haha my God the guys's name is SHHH - MIT!! Not Smitt. Even Schmidt was laughing about how he was murdering his name.
Was “Smit” also inducted into the Hall?
Mike Smith was as big in baseball as Michael Jorbin in basketball, Tom Blakey in football, and Wayne Grepsby in hockey.
This was a sponsored event like someone said just broad casted in CHICAGO A REGULAR SEASON GAME NOT THE ALL STAR GAME
This really should've been done at Wrigley
Yes, since the real shootout happened at Wrigley in May of that year. My guess is this was the brainchild of the Phils front office. At that time they came up with a lot of Fun pregame acts for the fans to watch.
Why don't I remember this? This is obviously 1979 when Kingman said both teams were not in the pennant race. And was this before a game? And the man's name is Schmidt not Smit.
Kingman would have been a great DH
Good ole "Smitty". 😂😂😂
I need me a Danley's Garages or Victory Auto Wreckers commercial.
Looks like Boone is catching for Wine. Who is the Cubs catcher?
That’s not Boone, that was Dave Rader catching for Wine. Boone was much taller and wore #8.
@@PeopleRTellingmeok. I stand corrected. At first glance I thought it was Boone because the catcher's gear looked like Boone's
@@frankpalancio8471 if you rewatch clip of schmidt's first homer at 6;26 youll see RADER#6 on back of his uniform when he pat's Schmidt. Also Boone always wore the Helmet when catching. Rader is oldschool ball cap turned backwards.
Amalfitano had a higher lifetime batting average than Kingman .244 vs. .236, and fewer homers and k's.
Lou was around a long time and for him to screw up Schmidt is surprising.
why couldn't the cameramen follow the ball back then?
What was the exact date this took place?
Read the video title and/or video description.
15 September 1979
Thanks to both responses. I totally missed that!
@@Classicrocker6119 - It even mentions the time this aired!
That shopping cart half full of balls😂😂
Mike Schmidt in 1979 was an Established Top Player in the NL. Every NL Baseball Fan knew MIKE SCHMIDT. No reason Lou Boudreau should call him SMIT-SMITH. Mike should have had some fun with Lou over it. If this had been shown if Phila Area, PHILS FANS would have written and called Lou Boudreau about 200000 letters and called TELLING HIM ITS SCHMIDT not Smith LOL
Best call? "Kingman will lead off the 5th" who's batting next, Santo?
man, they really wanted you to fly on planes back then. lol
Why does the announcer keep saying Smit and Schmidt?
Who is here today in 2024 after listening to Schmidt tell the story while the As crush the Phillies?
Yes! Except Mike thought he lost to Kingman!