That is awesome but I am so sorry that despite your joy that you and your dad had to see the Amazon Mets lose the Series (I actually missed it as I was not into baseball yet but all my Dad ever talked about was George Stone should have started game 6
Bye the way It is awesome watching postseason games you were at whether you can see yourself or not. I bet memories of you and your dad come flashing back!
I was 15 years old and remember watching this and collecting baseball cards of all my favorite players. Baseball was great back then and was fast moving and strictly business with the best announcers.
Hunter was methodical with his approach to pitching. The guy had that pinpoint control of all his pitches. When he was on the hill you knew you had the best chance of winning the game.
I really hope all enjoy these videos as much as I do. Brings back great memories of the simpler times and great teams of the past. Best to all and great days ahead for the hopeful! Maybe we’ll hear “Play ball!” soon.
I saw Frank Robinson in attendance. Greatest baseball player EVER from Oakland. He played on a high school baseball team whose outfield was Robinson, Curt Flood, and Vada Pinson. Robby played high school basketball on a team including Celtics great Bill Russell.
I saw games 3 4 ,and5 in Oakland .I was 12 yrs old living in southern Oregon .NBA. star Rick Barry fwd. for the GS warriors was in attendance also , The previous week he got ejected in a pre season NBA game in Portland and left the colliseum giving the Portland fans the bird ,I went down and got his autograph on the ticket stub
This was Jim “Catfish” Hunter’s last game as an Oakland Athletic. During this game, Curt Gowdy makes mention of Hunter’s contract impasse with owner Charley Finley, by saying: “we will work this out.” Obviously, this was wrong. They didn’t “work it out,” and Hunter abandoned ship. He joined the New York Yankees in 1975. Many of his A’s teammates would soon follow, and would sign with many other teams. After the 1974 Series, the Oakland A’s dynasty was officially dead.
Actually, the A's had one of their best regular season records in 1975 while winning their 5th consecutive AL Western championship. They flamed out in the playoffs.
Pius Twelvetrees Yes, I remember that the 1975 A’s had an outstanding regular season. It was one of their best ever. However, the loss of Catfish Hunter to the Yankees was too much to overcome in the ALCS. It’s too bad. They could have won 2 or 3 more World Championships if Finley hadn’t broken up the team. They could possibly have won 5 or 6 in a row, if the players hadn’t gotten greedy, and if Charlie Finley had paid them enough to keep them satisfied.
I had not seen this game since its original broadcast. I was 10 back then. It's just amazing how my memory never picked up the players' youth. Lopez, for example, is probably about 25 years old or so and never leaner.
Alvin Dark is manager of the Oakland A's, after Dick Williams resigned due to differences with owner Charlie Finley after the 1973 season. Williams returned as skipper of the California Angels in the midst of 1974.
You got that right Thomas. I listen to Joe Buck open a world series game and I wanna go clip my toenails. Hearing this opening theme and Curt Gowdy and it sends shivers up and down my spine just like it did 44 years ago.
Old school right down to the graphics. I would imagine that the '74 Series was very conceivably the last to use title cards shot by a camera and inserted onto the screen.
For good and bad, things are different now. Here are 6: 1. Adult fans rarely wore team gear. At most, they wore a cap. Men usually wore a suit and tie, although this was (thankfully) going out of fashion by 1974. However, I still find it a bit odd to see a 60 year old man wearing the jersey of a 25 year old ball player, yet that's the norm now. 2. Relief pitchers no long ride a baseball cap cart to the mound from the bullpen. Every once in a while, a guy would run in, be out of breath, and then get shelled. 3. Players were of different sizes. I remember a photo of Frank Howard and Freddie Patek standing next to each other. Today, Jose Altuve is the greatest of rarities. You had hard-throwing Tom "The Blade" Hall (6' 150 pounds), and you had Terry Forster. Guys didn't work out in gyms, they just played baseball. 4. There were more individual styles, and players had strengths and weakness. Some guys choked up. Clemente had a 38+ ounce bat, Carew swung a toothpick. There were guys who were almost solely accomplished base stealers. You had regular shortstops who his under .200, but kept in the lineup because of their fielding ability. You had sidearm and submarine pitchers. pitcher who specialized in knuckleballs, knucklecurves, drop balls, screwballs, roundhouse curves - an endless variety of pitches and pitchers. Now, every batter is a lumberjack, and every pitcher throws hard and focuses on spin rate. 5. More players made the league through tryouts. Players could go from the playground (or prison) to the league. Ron LeFlore, Gates Brown, Dan Driessen. Players were mysteries to each other. Now everyone is camped or on travel teams and they all have known each other since they were 12. A few guys, like David Freese and Evan Gattis, jump off the conveyor belt for a while, but somehow get back on and into the league. So, while I think we are seeing players with better developed skills, I think we are also seeing a bit less passion and players, who from a very young age, see baseball as a profession and business rather than as a game. 6. No one knows how to bunt anymore. Want to beat the shift and stop teams from doing it to you? Lay down a few bunts. Steve Garvey once said that he got 30 infield hits a year; there's no shame in it. Put away your ego and bunt!
Those were definitely the days..the better days of baseball, uniforms, play, and also pretty much everything else OUTSIDE of baseball. I was a youngster of 10-11-12 living near Cleveland, Ohio when this great Oakland Athletics dynasty reigned..and I loved it. I loved the team much. They were my favorite. I had the baseball cap. I had the batting helmet. They were my passion back then, I think.."The Swingin' A's." :-]
Did you like the Miami Dolphins too? The reason we liked both the A's and Dolphins in the early '70s is because they were an image of anti establishment which was extremely popular with young people where I grew up. With their long hair, big afro's and big staches and beards, and always seemed to wear casual clothes instead of team blazers and ties, they just fit the political climate of that era better than any other teams, and they won a lot too!
Look at how the infield dirt is so dry, clouds of dust when a slide takes place, or even each step taken by a runner. The completely blank backgrounds for the batters and behind the plate, ad-free. Amazing. Tony Kubek calls the Coliseum a “mausoleum”.
I actually met Jim catfish hunter down in north Carolina a few times at his restaurant that he owned before he passed away from als very nice intelligent guy
Wow ,the coliseum was about 8-9 years old back then with people in the stands. This is all prior to the big money owners like George Steinbrenner, waving it around. What was a game, became a big money business! The A's had so many great ballplayers back then.
Me too. But for some reason I never saw one game of this series (????) I must've been on restriction. The couple of games on YT are my first time ever seeing any of this series.
I was 8, born and raised in LA...and didn’t start playing or watching baseball until 1976...I was completely obvious that the Dodgers where in the WS in 1974😆😆😆😆
I was 16, and the night it happened, family of 8 were all watching and Dad or big brother could see that Downing offered up to Hank nothing but over the plate basics. He got his wish for enduring fame.
I love Reggie Jackson facing Charlie Hough in the World Series (1:21:30). A couple years later, Reggie's 3rd World Series HR was an absolute bomb against Hough.
Sad this was Catfishes last year as an Athletic, though happy days were ahead with 3 consecutive WS appearances with the Yankees (76-78). A young Charlie Hough in 1974 with 20 years still ahead for him in the majors. Pitched until he was 46 in 1994. Best years were yet to come between 1982-91 when he won 141 games for the Rangers.
The Right Guard deoderant commercials had me sold. Nothing masks my B.O. like Right Guard. I still prefer it, 49 years later. I'm 70 years old now. Nothing eliminates my stink like RG!
Monte Moore. He came over from KC and they brought in Al Helfer as his sidekick when they came to Oakland. Helfer went into the Baseball Hall of Fame this year. Am not sure Monte Moore did or has. Seeing the wives of some A’s players is a hoot. Lifelong Giants fan, but Catfish Hunter and Reggie are the greatest players I have ever been a fan of.
Remember the two team were "poaching" off each other around this time? McCovey, Blue etc. Even the 49ers and Raiders with Kwalick, Hardeman, Plunkett etc.
Walt Alston was manager of the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers for 23 seasons (1954-76). He was known as "The Quiet Man" for his ability to lead from the dugout by not saying a whole lot. As a player, he was given a call up by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1936, and fanned in his only at-bat. Alston was inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983, along with Brooks Robinson, George Kell and Juan Marichal. The Dodgers were World Series champions in 1955,1959,1963 and 1965 with Alston as manager. He signed one-year contracts each season.
In late 1976, when Walt Alston retired as manager, Tommy Lasorda was promoted as field boss. He'd stay as skipper from 1976-96. A heart attack forced Lasorda to leave the dugout and into the front office in 1996.
@@gibomber Hi... Do you remember what constitutes the extra 9 minutes of this game on the official OAKLAND ATHLETICS chan. ? ...Or what you deleted from this version?
The 70s Athletics is the 2nd best sports team in the SF Bay Area after the 80s 49ers. If their egotistic owner didn't break up his team, they most likely would win another 2 or 3 WSs. They were similar to the 2010s SF Giants with great pitching but unlike the 2010s Giants, they could hit and that was why they won 3 straight WSs. The Giants were having trouble getting into October with their hitting.
Later on, in Part 2 of Game 3 - I guess it is the 7th inning - I like this play - "Here is the pitch from Catfish to Garvey - Garvey hits a rocket liner BUT RIGHT TO GREEN! GREEN FIRES TO FIRST---BOBBY WYNN'S GUNNED DOWN! DODGERS DOUBLED UP! DOUBLE PLAY TO END THE INNING! Here is the replay as Tony Kupek comments..." Tony would probably say this: "Dick Green makes a keen defensive play to create a quick inning-ending double play of 4 to 3 to stop the Dodger offensive threat, reacting perfectly on a soft rocket low-level line drive by Steve Garvey for a shoestring catch to stop Steve's threat of a basehit, and immediately after the catch for the putout of Garvey, Green rockets the ball to Epstein to double up Wynn, and when Wynn was out, Wynn showed how disappointed"he was, slamming his hands rhythmically on the first base dirt in blatant disgust and disenchantment...."
Sorry. It was not Catfish Hunter in the 7th inning. Catfish went out of the game after giving up a home run to Buckner mid-game. It was Fingers, the RP (Relief pitcher). Rollie Fingers who pitched to Steve Garvey in the 7th. Sorry for the mistakes.
On paper Oakland didn’t look dominant in stats, but they had situational players that came through at the right moment and that’s how you win championships.
This Dodgers NL juggernaut with Cey, Russell, Lopes, and Garvey lost 3 of the 4 World Series they played in together. Weird that celebrated core could not get it done more often, even with the always quality pitching they had.
James "Jim" Augustus Hunter (April 8, 1946 - September 9, 1999), nicknamed "Catfish", was a professional baseball player in Major League Baseball (MLB). From 1965 to 1979, he was a pitcher for the Kansas City Athletics, Oakland Athletics, and New York Yankees. Hunter was the first pitcher since 1915 to win 200 career games by the age of 31. He is often referred to as baseball's first big-money free agent. He was a member of five World Series championship teams.
I loved Catfish Hunter. For a guy from the south, he sure look like a long haired hippie. Say what you want about George Steinbrenner, at least he let him keep his mustache.
hatuxka That was a stupid statement when I imply that Jim “Catfish” Hunter was a long haired southern hippie. There were plenty of country music stars in the 1970’s with long shaggy hair.
Mike Vanriel by ‘74, yes, the hippie hair length and facial hair look vintage ‘67, 68, 69 was widespread, even with younger country music stars. My reply was meant to Jersey Shore, btw.
I disagree. Bert Campaneris was the most ferociously competitive player on the team. He was also the instigator of the A's offense and menaced the pitchers when he was on base. If you ask the A's players from that time, they'll say Campy is the player that made the team go.
I'm not sure what Gowdy was smoking... but it must have been some good stuff because at the 11:44 time, that shit was a damn strike and nowhere near inside.
Mere weeks before he was declared a Free Agent. George signed him on 12.31.74. Pitched 300+ innings w 30+ CGs on his way to 23 wins for the ‘75 NYYs. A’s won the AL west in ‘75 w/o Catfish but lost to Boston in the ALCS
My dad took me to every single A's home playoff and World Series game between 1971 and 1975. Love ya dad!
That is awesome but I am so sorry that despite your joy that you and your dad had to see the Amazon Mets lose the Series (I actually missed it as I was not into baseball yet but all my Dad ever talked about was George Stone should have started game 6
Bye the way It is awesome watching postseason games you were at whether you can see yourself or not. I bet memories of you and your dad come flashing back!
So many low-scoring games between 72-74 for the A’s in the playoffs. Their pitching and defense was so good they came out on top in most of them.
Lucky great father
Dad taking his son to a game. You must have great memories.
I was 15 years old and remember watching this and collecting baseball cards of all my favorite players. Baseball was great back then and was fast moving and strictly business with the best announcers.
I agree....now it's all drama, gold chains, tattoos and bum looking beards!!
I can't gt enough of watching Catfish pitch!
And Rollie and Vida
This series went 5 games and the final score in 4 of those games was 3-2. That's incredible.
All started by sports television's coolest opening music, IMHO.
I know the opening sounds like a spaghetti western score, RIP Ennio
Tony kubek is the greatest commentator in baseball history. Excellent
He was excellent.
nah
This is when the MLB WAS the MLB.
Great World Series, very fortunate to be able to see again
Classic world series. Very underrated. One of the best I ever saw. The tension is out standing....
Jamil McCoy Instead of a scene or scenes from this awesome series, we get shown Fisk hitting that HR, in a series his team lost, a zillion times.
Truth. The games were really close...all of them. The 4-1 in games is misleading. The A's simply knew how to win when it mattered most.
92 Blue Jays WS had way more tension.
It’s very sad that the A’s will be leaving. A great franchise through the decades until recently.
Classic broadcasts. Thanks for posting.
The great Jim Catfish Hunter. If you didn't get him in the first inning you could forget it.
He was great catfish
Cat fish was an enforcer in 70s.... ole George couldn't wait till he became a free agent....
I love the first pitch! Welcome to Oakland!
Was 14, lived in LA but Raiders and A's so cool. My dad and I followed them always.
Hunter was methodical with his approach to pitching. The guy had that pinpoint control of all his pitches. When he was on the hill you knew you had the best chance of winning the game.
Look how beautiful Oakland colisium is without mt davis.
For sure. It was a nice stadium.
Before the Oakland Raiders left for Las Vegas, the Oakland Coliseum was the last surviving stadium used for both baseball and football.
One of my high school teachers used to date Catfish when they were teenagers. What a pitcher he was!
Ahhh yes. The high price of social media stardom is so surprising at times
I really hope all enjoy these videos as much as I do. Brings back great memories of the simpler times and great teams of the past. Best to all and great days ahead for the hopeful! Maybe we’ll hear “Play ball!” soon.
I saw Frank Robinson in attendance. Greatest baseball player EVER from Oakland. He played on a high school baseball team whose outfield was Robinson, Curt Flood, and Vada Pinson. Robby played high school basketball on a team including Celtics great Bill Russell.
I think rickey henderson could make a case that he is
@@ericcollins8794 Did Rickey ever win the MVP in both the National and American League? Did he ever win the Triple Crown? Frank did those things.
@@asu.jaguar6739 no but he was 1990 al mvp 1989 alcs mvp one of the best postseason ever multiple records. Two time ws champ
Frank Robinson is the only man to be MVP in both the National (1961 Reds) and American (1966 Orioles) Leagues.
I saw games 3 4 ,and5 in Oakland .I was 12 yrs old living in southern Oregon .NBA. star Rick Barry fwd. for the GS warriors was in attendance also
, The previous week he got ejected in a pre season NBA game in Portland and left the colliseum giving the Portland fans the bird ,I went down and got his autograph on the ticket stub
This was Jim “Catfish” Hunter’s last game as an Oakland Athletic. During this game, Curt Gowdy makes mention of Hunter’s contract impasse with owner Charley Finley, by saying: “we will work this out.” Obviously, this was wrong. They didn’t “work it out,” and Hunter abandoned ship. He joined the New York Yankees in 1975. Many of his A’s teammates would soon follow, and would sign with many other teams. After the 1974 Series, the Oakland A’s dynasty was officially dead.
Actually, the A's had one of their best regular season records in 1975 while winning their 5th consecutive AL Western championship. They flamed out in the playoffs.
Pius Twelvetrees Yes, I remember that the 1975 A’s had an outstanding regular season. It was one of their best ever. However, the loss of Catfish Hunter to the Yankees was too much to overcome in the ALCS. It’s too bad. They could have won 2 or 3 more World Championships if Finley hadn’t broken up the team. They could possibly have won 5 or 6 in a row, if the players hadn’t gotten greedy, and if Charlie Finley had paid them enough to keep them satisfied.
Then came the big red machine...
Baseball the way it should be played. Not like today.
How often do you see a runner go from 1st to 3rd on a groundout? Great baserunning by Billy North.
I had not seen this game since its original broadcast. I was 10 back then. It's just amazing how my memory never picked up the players' youth. Lopez, for example, is probably about 25 years old or so and never leaner.
Nobody called it like Curt Gowdy, He was the best.
Curt Gowdy was the best announcer in my opinion also
Gotta luv Cat's first pitch to Lopes! But Lopes responded great but Cat kept him from scoring. Truly classic.
Alvin Dark is manager of the Oakland A's, after Dick Williams resigned due to differences with owner Charlie Finley after the 1973 season. Williams
returned as skipper of the California Angels in the midst of 1974.
A Great piece of American History‼️
I love this!! Old school flavors!!
You got that right Thomas. I listen to Joe Buck open a world series game and I wanna go clip my toenails. Hearing this opening theme and Curt Gowdy and it sends shivers up and down my spine just like it did 44 years ago.
Old school right down to the graphics. I would imagine that the '74 Series was very conceivably the last to use title cards shot by a camera and inserted onto the screen.
The 1974 Dodgers must have the shortest infield in World Series history. Bill Russell the tallest member at a towering 5’11.
For good and bad, things are different now. Here are 6:
1. Adult fans rarely wore team gear. At most, they wore a cap. Men usually wore a suit and tie, although this was (thankfully) going out of fashion by 1974. However, I still find it a bit odd to see a 60 year old man wearing the jersey of a 25 year old ball player, yet that's the norm now.
2. Relief pitchers no long ride a baseball cap cart to the mound from the bullpen. Every once in a while, a guy would run in, be out of breath, and then get shelled.
3. Players were of different sizes. I remember a photo of Frank Howard and Freddie Patek standing next to each other. Today, Jose Altuve is the greatest of rarities. You had hard-throwing Tom "The Blade" Hall (6' 150 pounds), and you had Terry Forster. Guys didn't work out in gyms, they just played baseball.
4. There were more individual styles, and players had strengths and weakness. Some guys choked up. Clemente had a 38+ ounce bat, Carew swung a toothpick. There were guys who were almost solely accomplished base stealers. You had regular shortstops who his under .200, but kept in the lineup because of their fielding ability. You had sidearm and submarine pitchers. pitcher who specialized in knuckleballs, knucklecurves, drop balls, screwballs, roundhouse curves - an endless variety of pitches and pitchers. Now, every batter is a lumberjack, and every pitcher throws hard and focuses on spin rate.
5. More players made the league through tryouts. Players could go from the playground (or prison) to the league. Ron LeFlore, Gates Brown, Dan Driessen. Players were mysteries to each other. Now everyone is camped or on travel teams and they all have known each other since they were 12. A few guys, like David Freese and Evan Gattis, jump off the conveyor belt for a while, but somehow get back on and into the league. So, while I think we are seeing players with better developed skills, I think we are also seeing a bit less passion and players, who from a very young age, see baseball as a profession and business rather than as a game.
6. No one knows how to bunt anymore. Want to beat the shift and stop teams from doing it to you? Lay down a few bunts. Steve Garvey once said that he got 30 infield hits a year; there's no shame in it. Put away your ego and bunt!
You mentioned a lot of good points. Memory lane.
Those were definitely the days..the better days of baseball, uniforms, play, and also pretty much everything else OUTSIDE of baseball. I was a youngster of 10-11-12 living near Cleveland, Ohio when this great Oakland Athletics dynasty reigned..and I loved it. I loved the team much. They were my favorite. I had the baseball cap. I had the batting helmet. They were my passion back then, I think.."The Swingin' A's." :-]
Did you like the Miami Dolphins too?
The reason we liked both the A's and Dolphins in the early '70s is because they were an image of anti establishment which was extremely popular with young people where I grew up.
With their long hair, big afro's and big staches and beards, and always seemed to wear casual clothes instead of team blazers and ties, they just fit the political climate of that era better than any other teams, and they won a lot too!
@@kidmack1121 They weren't called "The Swingin' A's" for nothing.
@@kidmack1121 NOt me..i just dug the talent.....and csonka.
112:53- Gowdy was so good (Kubek & Moore too): "Downing just standing there."
Look at how the infield dirt is so dry, clouds of dust when a slide takes place, or even each step taken by a runner. The completely blank backgrounds for the batters and behind the plate, ad-free. Amazing. Tony Kubek calls the Coliseum a “mausoleum”.
I actually met Jim catfish hunter down in north Carolina a few times at his restaurant that he owned before he passed away from als very nice intelligent guy
This right here is the reason Oakland A's should NEVER LEAVE Oakland,Ca....!
Wow ,the coliseum was about 8-9 years old back then with people in the stands. This is all prior to the big money owners like George Steinbrenner, waving it around. What was a game, became a big money business! The A's had so many great ballplayers back then.
Umpires (Game 3)
HP Doug Harvey (NL)
1B Don Denkinger (AL)
2B Andy Olsen (NL)
3B Ron Luciano (AL)
LF Tom Gorman (NL) (Crew Chief)
RF Bill Kunkel (AL)
Andy Olsen was a National League Umpire
@@josephtrapani6466 Thank you. My fault.
Umpires did a great job
3:00 Mentions the "the new BART train arriving near center field"
Karl Malden was riding high with his "Streets of San Francisco" fame.
What an Organization the Oakland A's were back then. Stacked from top to bottom.
NBC Radio:
Jim Simpson (PBP) 1st half
Vin Scully (PBP) 2nd half
RIP to the great Catfish and the Great Fosse
❤️ catch hunter: wonder if catfish hunter really like catfish the 🐟 fish 🐟
I was 13 years old wow! What a team!
Me too.
But for some reason I never saw one game of this series (????)
I must've been on restriction.
The couple of games on YT are my first time ever seeing any of this series.
I was 8, born and raised in LA...and didn’t start playing or watching baseball until 1976...I was completely obvious that the Dodgers where in the WS in 1974😆😆😆😆
Oh wow. Ron Luciano umpiring. The umpire strikes back. I read his book. He threw Earl Weaver out of the game during line up exchanges.
When catfish left...i cried
Oakland A Had catfish hunter best years
This game was Al Downing's second most famous moment of the 1974 season. #1 was Hank Aaron's 715th home run.
Yea, yea, saw him serve it up when I was 13...46 yrs LTR feel same way. Downing no hero
I was 16, and the night it happened, family of 8 were all watching and Dad or big brother could see that Downing offered up to Hank nothing but over the plate basics. He got his wish for enduring fame.
I love Reggie Jackson facing Charlie Hough in the World Series (1:21:30). A couple years later, Reggie's 3rd World Series HR was an absolute bomb against Hough.
Sad this was Catfishes last year as an Athletic, though happy days were ahead with 3 consecutive WS appearances with the Yankees (76-78). A young Charlie Hough in 1974 with 20 years still ahead for him in the majors. Pitched until he was 46 in 1994. Best years were yet to come between 1982-91 when he won 141 games for the Rangers.
I wonder if Hunter's departure was one of the reasons their dynasty ended.
@@TheInkPitOx Bosox were emerging, so I think they would have still lost in 75 even if they had Cat
0:27 dig that sax.
The Right Guard deoderant commercials had me sold. Nothing masks my B.O. like Right Guard. I still prefer it, 49 years later. I'm 70 years old now. Nothing eliminates my stink like RG!
Curt Gowdy and Tony Kubek. World Series played during the day.....IN OCTOBER!!!!! No wild card teams Baseball as it should be
Bob Dylan wrote a really good song about Catfish Hunter.
Who is the redhead that is sitting next to Finley Va Va Voom 😍
I wonder if it might be a daughter of Finley’s?
Catfish was one of those pitchers where the batter who go 0-4 and say “I coulda been 4-4”.
Monte Moore. He came over from KC and they brought in Al Helfer as his sidekick when they came to Oakland. Helfer went into the Baseball Hall of Fame this year. Am not sure Monte Moore did or has. Seeing the wives of some A’s players is a hoot. Lifelong Giants fan, but Catfish Hunter and Reggie are the greatest players I have ever been a fan of.
Remember the two team were "poaching" off each other around this time?
McCovey, Blue etc.
Even the 49ers and Raiders with Kwalick, Hardeman, Plunkett etc.
The starting pitcher for LA, Al Downing, served up Hank Aaron's 715th career home run passing Babe Ruth in April of this season.
Walt Alston was manager of the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers for 23 seasons (1954-76). He was known as "The Quiet Man" for his ability to lead from the dugout by not saying a whole lot. As a player, he was given a call up by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1936, and fanned in his only at-bat.
Alston was inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983, along with
Brooks Robinson, George Kell and Juan Marichal. The Dodgers were
World Series champions in 1955,1959,1963 and 1965 with Alston
as manager. He signed one-year contracts each season.
Tommy La Sorda coaching at third... That seems really a long, long ago.
gibomber That's "Lasorda," not "La Sorda."
OK. But in italian is...La Sorda . And his father was born in Italy. :-)
In late 1976, when Walt Alston retired as manager, Tommy Lasorda was promoted as field boss. He'd stay as skipper from 1976-96. A heart attack
forced Lasorda to leave the dugout and into the front office in 1996.
@@gibomber
Hi...
Do you remember what constitutes the extra 9 minutes of this game on the official OAKLAND ATHLETICS chan. ?
...Or what you deleted from this version?
First WS I ever watched.
The 70s Athletics is the 2nd best sports team in the SF Bay Area after the 80s 49ers. If their egotistic owner didn't break up his team, they most likely would win another 2 or 3 WSs. They were similar to the 2010s SF Giants with great pitching but unlike the 2010s Giants, they could hit and that was why they won 3 straight WSs. The Giants were having trouble getting into October with their hitting.
Great to see a World Series game without the annoying graphics and sound effects.
Amazing
Later on, in Part 2 of Game 3 - I guess it is the 7th inning - I like this play -
"Here is the pitch from Catfish to Garvey - Garvey hits a rocket liner BUT RIGHT TO GREEN! GREEN FIRES TO FIRST---BOBBY WYNN'S GUNNED DOWN!
DODGERS DOUBLED UP! DOUBLE PLAY TO END THE INNING!
Here is the replay as Tony Kupek comments..."
Tony would probably say this:
"Dick Green makes a keen defensive play to create a quick inning-ending double play of 4 to 3 to stop the Dodger offensive threat, reacting perfectly on a soft rocket low-level line drive by Steve Garvey for a shoestring catch to stop Steve's threat of a basehit, and immediately after the catch for the putout of Garvey, Green rockets the ball to Epstein to double up Wynn, and when Wynn was out, Wynn showed how disappointed"he was, slamming his hands rhythmically on the first base dirt in blatant disgust and disenchantment...."
Sorry. It was not Catfish Hunter in the 7th inning. Catfish went out of the game after giving up a home run to Buckner mid-game. It was Fingers, the RP (Relief pitcher). Rollie Fingers who pitched to Steve Garvey in the 7th. Sorry for the mistakes.
I wonder what Davy Lopes would have said if someone told him he would be an A one day.
A lot of people thought that dodgers catcher Joe Ferguson was the same Joe Ferguson that was quarter back for the buffalo bills back in the 70s....
So did I
Former Dodgers catcher Joe Ferguson is not the same person who was
the excellent Buffalo Bills quarterback in the 1970s.
He was I asked him personally when I got his autograph back in 74
Game 1- Fergusons' throw...perfection
13:40
Tommy Lasorda(52)~3th base coach
22:36
Reggie Jackson, Mr October
37:52
Anita Bryant, singer
Karl Malden @ 12:00; Cats wife @ 7:55, Charlie Pride @ 31:40
Than Charlie finely did the fire sale
Al Downing famous for giving up homer number 715 to Hank Aaron, earlier the same year
I’m wishing vin scully was on this call right about now
great entry music and best EVAH announcer, Curt Gowdy
On paper Oakland didn’t look dominant in stats, but they had situational players that came through at the right moment and that’s how you win championships.
Also they had the best pitching staff that year which helps.
I agree with you. I was fixed on the A ‘s offense!
Ray on the call!
some people rise to the occasion ,Catfish, Reggie, Yogi, Whitey and Mickey. Its a short list.
This Dodgers NL juggernaut with Cey, Russell, Lopes, and Garvey lost 3 of the 4 World Series they played in together. Weird that celebrated core could not get it done more often, even with the always quality pitching they had.
Cincinnati Reds had alot to do with that and losing to a Reggie Jackson led Teams 3 times! ( Oakland/New York)
Andrew Washington Reggie was involved in beating them in 74, 77, and 78. His 81 Yankee team lost to them. He didn’t play in the 72 series vs the Reds.
The missing ingredient was Dusty Baker.
James "Jim" Augustus Hunter (April 8, 1946 - September 9, 1999), nicknamed "Catfish", was a professional baseball player in Major League Baseball (MLB). From 1965 to 1979, he was a pitcher for the Kansas City Athletics, Oakland Athletics, and New York Yankees. Hunter was the first pitcher since 1915 to win 200 career games by the age of 31. He is often referred to as baseball's first big-money free agent. He was a member of five World Series championship teams.
He sure was a great pitcher, one of my all time favorite hurlers, Catfish died so young
I loved Catfish Hunter. For a guy from the south, he sure look like a long haired hippie. Say what you want about George Steinbrenner, at least he let him keep his mustache.
Yes, he played in all 5 he and Reggie share rings for, Reggie was injured before the first series their teams played.
hatuxka That was a stupid statement when I imply that Jim “Catfish” Hunter was a long haired southern hippie. There were plenty of country music stars in the 1970’s with long shaggy hair.
Mike Vanriel by ‘74, yes, the hippie hair length and facial hair look vintage ‘67, 68, 69 was widespread, even with younger country music stars. My reply was meant to Jersey Shore, btw.
Kurt Gowdy, in my opinion the best sports broadcaster ever!!!!
Let's go Oakland!
Lt. Mike Stone throws out the 1st Pitch.
A lot of dudes on the A's but only two STUDS: Reggie and Catfish!
I love both, Catfish died so young, great talent
What about Vida Blue?
Hall of Famer Rollie Fingers who put "closer" on the map. Joe Rudi was one of the all-time greats.
I disagree. Bert Campaneris was the most ferociously competitive player on the team. He was also the instigator of the A's offense and menaced the pitchers when he was on base. If you ask the A's players from that time, they'll say Campy is the player that made the team go.
@@piustwelfth I hope you will reply to this I love Rollie Fingers
The great….Swinging A’s.
There should a reunion of these two WS teams when they do inter league.
Turtle Necks and Butterfly Collars! Other than that, this was when Baseball was still Baseball!
gee, what a cool name catfish is
Campy hunter no thumb still good swerve though change-up it works
Former Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Steve Yeager (1972-85) is the nephew of test pilot Chuck Yeager.
Wow I didn't know that.
I'm not sure what Gowdy was smoking... but it must have been some good stuff because at the 11:44 time, that shit was a damn strike and nowhere near inside.
This is during the Charlie Finley/Catfish Hunter annuity fight.
Mere weeks before he was declared a Free Agent. George signed him on 12.31.74. Pitched 300+ innings w 30+ CGs on his way to 23 wins for the ‘75 NYYs. A’s won the AL west in ‘75 w/o Catfish but lost to Boston in the ALCS
Al Downing....wow.
NBC should bring back that theme!!!
How hard was Catfish throwing back then?
Hunter was getting squeezed by that home plate umpire.
Do you have game 2?
Curt Gowdy (PBP) Tony Kubek/Monte Moore (C) 1st half
Moore (PBP) Gowdy/Kubek (C) 2nd half
I always liked listening to Monte Moore on the radio when I was a kid, living in the East Bay area.
Matt A The only time I ever heard Monte Moore
nationally was the 1972-1974 World Series, He was really good for a long time in the Bay Area.
they played with the same ball ?
5:35 first pitch
20:54 sounds like someone in the stands in chanting "kill,kill, kill, kill..."
Sal Bando is batting. They are chanting... "Sal, Sal, Sal... "
It does sound like that but they are chanting go go go
Oakland won this serie's I was glad for Catcher Ray Fosse he got a ring had a promising career until Pete Rose put a hurting on him.
could you say more about that Eddie Rivera?
Was it 714? Someone help
Al dowing gave up aarons babe ruth tying homer in 74
And joe rudi
Come on, that was 715. Anybody knows that. 714 was off Billingham
Campy-campanaris