They were both TREMENDOUS in their respective roles--(I thought "The Bronx is Burning" was really a well-made series--it captured that era perfectly!!)
Anyone putting a thumbs down 👎 on this didn’t live through it. Every time I watch this I feel like a little kid again. I can’t imagine a more accurate mini series than this one.
Yeah, and wish I was alive for this time period, which I missed by six years. Too bad they didn't make a follow up series on the 78 team, which while didn't have a whole lot happening off the field like in 77, would have made an even more dramatic story on it though.
@@freakyfornash 78 may not have been as bad as 77 but you did have a lot going on. Billy and George fighting big-time because they weren’t winning and Goose was blowing every game he pitched in. The Munson, Jackson, George and Billy never quite got much better… As Nettles said about Sparky Lyle “Sparky you’re the first pitcher to go from Cy Young to Sayonara.” I think Billy got into a fight too. Bob Lemon came in, the big Bucky Homerun. Coming back from like 15 games out of first… Somebody has to make a 78 miniseries. Too good not to. I had a chance to hang out one day with Rivers and White and they have a lot of good stories. Someone needs to tap all their brains and get those stories before it’s too late.
@@JoeCracco Yeah, and I'm surprised they didn't do this back then when they had what I thought was a golden opportunity to do so also! The only noteworthy thing that happened off the field that year was the newspaper strike, but did help the team become much more focused, and better after their rough start though.
Sorry, but this min-series is full of inaccuracies. Reconstruction of games, stats used, and simple things like the Steinbrenner / Martin Miller Lite commercial wasn't filmed until 1978.
@@Champion-Media07 I know, but they had to take some liberties here and there, in order to fit all they wanted to in the series. Even then, I still wish they would have done another on the 78 team though.
@@freakyfornash And Mike Love of The Beach Boys. Or at least has the massive ego, which most people like those mentioned do, but most just are good at hiding it.
You right about munson. Whoever playing Gabe Paul nailed the weariness too. I also remember that lots of people thought Reggie was being played by The Rock at the time.
16:29 I like The 3 Stooges too Billy! That was the Punch Drunks episode where Curly would get into a trance and start punching people when Pop Goes The Weasel was playing.
@@wyattmann8157 Besides, if I'm the guy at the booth, I'm not gonna get yelled at for forgetting the tickets. I wasn't given them or even told about them. And if my manager gives me an envelope marked "For J. DiMaggio" I'm gonna guard it with my life.
@@billslocum9819 And in classic New York style, he ain't getting off his fat ass to do anything about it. The guy should work the cash register at Katz Deli, even though they get paid all fucking day in small bills, if anyone shows up with a Franklin he'll stop everything and everybody in the line and go into broken record mode - "You got another bill? You got another bill? You got another bill? You got another bill?"
Ronnie Bishop lol this was when New York City was at its peak; the cities crime rate was at its peak of population. Crime was possibly at its worst, the city declared bankruptcy, the population has never recovered, and the son of Sam was running rampant. Culturally this was a wonderful time for the town but certainly up there with 9/11 and coronavirus as worst moments for the city
Most clueless role - The blond girl at the beginning of this episode and near the end of episode 6? Love the actor playing Jackson and his look of contempt, Etc. Cue the Dumb Blond jokes...Seriously, great series by ESPN - FAR better than their Hustle. Tom Sizemore was a great actor, God rest his soul, BUT he was HORRIBLE as Pete Rose. Looked more like he was trying to play a young Sonny Bono.
Oh back when pro sports had class.! And people left their political, religious and personal opinions aside and came together for America’s past time and stood for the National anthem because they cared about the people who died keeping this country free, most just in their 20s.
@@NJGuy1973 There were 700 riots between 1964 and 1974 and when I come back from Vietnam I was treated great, and if anybody didn’t like me they never said so, in fact our town put the names of retuning vets on the big bank marquee. I think the rumors about being spit at in San Francisco might have been exaggerated, even those people knew we were drafted into the military. But I’m not saying there wasn’t anything like that, but I never heard of it. Most people were busy with their own causes. I was just glad to get back home. Even when Jimi Hendrix played the national anthem at Woodstock we thought it was great, and he was an airborne soldier. But you’re right there were lots of rebellion but not by football players at all, that’s what I was talking about.
@@ronniebishop2496 I do agree with you in that while there was division in the country then, there was a sense that the idea of America still mattered.
13:00 “The Yankees own New York City.” So says the guy the Mets traded that very season - Tom Seaver. One of many things he probably said in that broadcast, but that one statement resonates with a bit of irony.
and after they got him back in '83, they left him unprotected before the '84 season. he could have made the difference that year, i still feel the Mets were a better team than the Cubs were that year.
True. People went to see Seaver win his 300th at Yankee Stadium pitching for the Chisox. Fans were cheering Tom, not their own team the Yankess because Tom Seaver is a NY and baseball icon. I am an all life Pirates fan, Clemente is my hero and Tom Seaver was my favorite pitcher of my childhood: imagine all the love and respect we have for him.
1luiszepol I’ve seen some of that broadcast. Much as I respect Bill White, he had trouble giving the Seaver achievement it’s full due because it was (I think, correct me if I’m wrong) Phil Rizzuto Day, or the equivalent for another beloved Yankee. He seemed unable to grasp that New Yorkers had that much appreciation for a career milestone by Tom Seaver. It seemed out of line and wet blankety by White.
@@sportsrevisited9699 I did a quick look at Baseball Reference. Had the '84 Mets been able to retain Seaver, and had he started the 32 games that were actually started by Bruce Berenyi (acquired mid-'84) and Ed Lynch, they would have gone 94-68 instead of 90-72, 2 games back of the Cubs. Maybe Lynch gets traded for infield depth, and that put them over the top. Yes, I study this stuff.
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Platt and Turturro - two of the best character actors of their generation - together and both turn in excellent performances.
They were both TREMENDOUS in their respective roles--(I thought "The Bronx is Burning" was really a well-made series--it captured that era perfectly!!)
“When I was a kid, I wanted to play baseball, but also be part of a circus. Now with the Yankees, I can do both.” -Graig Nettles
Any time the Yankees play a game -- home or away -- is worth the price of a ticket. The Pride in the Yankees
6:33 “Is he behaving himself?” God what an amazing mini series!
In love that line, just one of many hilariously funny comments sprinkled throughout this series. The droll reply, “So far,” was perfect.
That kid throwing out the first pitch was classic move.
Appreciate the fact that John Turturro is in this mini series and in Summer of Sam does the voice of the dog.
Anyone putting a thumbs down 👎 on this didn’t live through it. Every time I watch this I feel like a little kid again. I can’t imagine a more accurate mini series than this one.
Yeah, and wish I was alive for this time period, which I missed by six years. Too bad they didn't make a follow up series on the 78 team, which while didn't have a whole lot happening off the field like in 77, would have made an even more dramatic story on it though.
@@freakyfornash 78 may not have been as bad as 77 but you did have a lot going on. Billy and George fighting big-time because they weren’t winning and Goose was blowing every game he pitched in. The Munson, Jackson, George and Billy never quite got much better… As Nettles said about Sparky Lyle “Sparky you’re the first pitcher to go from Cy Young to Sayonara.” I think Billy got into a fight too. Bob Lemon came in, the big Bucky Homerun. Coming back from like 15 games out of first… Somebody has to make a 78 miniseries. Too good not to. I had a chance to hang out one day with Rivers and White and they have a lot of good stories. Someone needs to tap all their brains and get those stories before it’s too late.
@@JoeCracco Yeah, and I'm surprised they didn't do this back then when they had what I thought was a golden opportunity to do so also! The only noteworthy thing that happened off the field that year was the newspaper strike, but did help the team become much more focused, and better after their rough start though.
Sorry, but this min-series is full of inaccuracies. Reconstruction of games, stats used, and simple things like the Steinbrenner / Martin Miller Lite commercial wasn't filmed until 1978.
@@Champion-Media07 I know, but they had to take some liberties here and there, in order to fit all they wanted to in the series. Even then, I still wish they would have done another on the 78 team though.
Casting for this movie is unbelievable. Billy Martin is alive and well.
“Unless Splitorff pitches for the Dodgers”
Reggie talks about himself in the third person like Napoleon. lol
Also like Rickey Henderson!! He does that too!! 2 Ego maniacs!!
That and Bob Dole for that matter as well! (L.O.L.!)
@@freakyfornash And Mike Love of The Beach Boys. Or at least has the massive ego, which most people like those mentioned do, but most just are good at hiding it.
Loved this series - it was great
These actors are all amazing! They cast all the Yankees perfectly..just the way I remember them in 1977!!!
I agree 100%, The Casting was just spot on. One more thing: I thought the role of Thurman Munson was also superbly played.
@@cardphins68 Absolutely--the actor who played Munson NAILED that part--(I thought the actor who played Reggie was damn good as well!!)
@@nyterpfan You're right about the dude who played Reggie, he had his voice cadence and mannerisms down pat!
You right about munson. Whoever playing Gabe Paul nailed the weariness too. I also remember that lots of people thought Reggie was being played by The Rock at the time.
16:29 I like The 3 Stooges too Billy! That was the Punch Drunks episode where Curly would get into a trance and start punching people when Pop Goes The Weasel was playing.
Yankees-LA Dodgers in a 1963 World Series rematch. Dodgers swept that series
I can't believe DiMaggio had to even go to a window to pick up tickets.
I know, right?
“When you open up a Reggie bar, *_it_* tells you how good it is.” - Catfish Hunter
Props to the director for using real highlights. Never allow an actor to do anything on the field. It always looks bad.
Except for that Twins movie of the 1990s. Actors were amazing (given, they were also former ball players)
@@hmhm856 Little Big League you're talking about.
Keith Jackson and Howard Cosell, classic.
This was a classic I wish I could have it all on DVD. Lets go Yankee
@Deacon Blues so true
I have 4 copies of the World Series!
@@MIKIEEYEZ1975 That's cool it is a great series
I have it myself on DVD, and is both cheap, and easy to find on eBay, and what not too.
Well we have it here on UA-cam and that's even better if you ask me
Joe DiMaggio shows up at my booth, I'm gonna lock the booth up and escort him in myself. What are they gonna do, fire me?
I agree.
Poor guy never thought to pick up the phone and call to the front office?
@@stevensica5918 First, I'd call security, see if they can let him in.
No kidding. You got a way better chance of being fired for letting DiMaggio walk away. At a bare minimum he should’ve called someone.
@@wyattmann8157 Besides, if I'm the guy at the booth, I'm not gonna get yelled at for forgetting the tickets. I wasn't given them or even told about them.
And if my manager gives me an envelope marked "For J. DiMaggio" I'm gonna guard it with my life.
I alway's liked Billy Martin.
He should've started Ed Figueroa in Game 2.
You have good taste! He should be in Cooperstown.
@@dzanier and you should get over it...its 2020...lets slander a guy who has been dead 30 years...billy= hof
@@orbonds3603hahahah. Stop. The guy had under 1,000 fuckin hits. Was a below average player. Belongs nowhere near the hall of fame.
The Bronx is literally Burning!
Classic when guy does not know Jolting Joe!
He knew DiMaggio. His problem was not having an envelope with his name on it and 20 tix inside.
Bill Slocum .....exactly Bill.....and that happened exactly that way
how could that have happened?
Jerry Waring - 5:19-5:26 of this video.
@@billslocum9819 And in classic New York style, he ain't getting off his fat ass to do anything about it. The guy should work the cash register at Katz Deli, even though they get paid all fucking day in small bills, if anyone shows up with a Franklin he'll stop everything and everybody in the line and go into broken record mode - "You got another bill? You got another bill? You got another bill? You got another bill?"
Better green screen would have made this mini series a monster success
Back when America had a lot of pride for just being Americans! We need to go back to that.
Ronnie Bishop lol this was when New York City was at its peak; the cities crime rate was at its peak of population. Crime was possibly at its worst, the city declared bankruptcy, the population has never recovered, and the son of Sam was running rampant. Culturally this was a wonderful time for the town but certainly up there with 9/11 and coronavirus as worst moments for the city
Robert Ryan I remember the time.
18:02 Little did people know that there would be a great pitcher with that same name just over 30 years later.
Damn this series good
No, Billy is more like an Ari Sharon type of general. And that IS NOT intended as a compliment.
Watching this i think Turturro would've been good in Cape Fear
He’s ALWAYS good.
25:21 gabe was really laying down the law between Reggie and Billy
Who is the actress playing the girl at the very beginning
What happened to the sound?
Did that kid first pitch thing really happen?
Garvey was safe!!!!!!!!
Garvey was safe.
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Get Laid!!
Nice fucking audio!
you're fucking welcome!
@@sportsrevisited9699 No need to fucking swear!
Most clueless role - The blond girl at the beginning of this episode and near the end of episode 6? Love the actor playing Jackson and his look of contempt, Etc. Cue the Dumb Blond jokes...Seriously, great series by ESPN - FAR better than their Hustle. Tom Sizemore was a great actor, God rest his soul, BUT he was HORRIBLE as Pete Rose. Looked more like he was trying to play a young Sonny Bono.
Somebody hates The Ramones.
Oh back when pro sports had class.! And people left their political, religious and personal opinions aside and came together for America’s past time and stood for the National anthem because they cared about the people who died keeping this country free, most just in their 20s.
Yeah, in the '70s there was no racial tension and returning veterans were treated with respect. 🙄
@@NJGuy1973 There were 700 riots between 1964 and 1974 and when I come back from Vietnam I was treated great, and if anybody didn’t like me they never said so, in fact our town put the names of retuning vets on the big bank marquee. I think the rumors about being spit at in San Francisco might have been exaggerated, even those people knew we were drafted into the military. But I’m not saying there wasn’t anything like that, but I never heard of it. Most people were busy with their own causes. I was just glad to get back home. Even when Jimi Hendrix played the national anthem at Woodstock we thought it was great, and he was an airborne soldier. But you’re right there were lots of rebellion but not by football players at all, that’s what I was talking about.
@@ronniebishop2496 I do agree with you in that while there was division in the country then, there was a sense that the idea of America still mattered.
You forgot the "everybody got along" cliche.
@@NJGuy1973 "...no racial tension..." ARE YOU SERIIOUS?
27:49 Is that the liberal meathead mike From all in the family?
What does politics have to do with who it is see nothing can be good because fools like you smh get a life
13:00 “The Yankees own New York City.” So says the guy the Mets traded that very season - Tom Seaver. One of many things he probably said in that broadcast, but that one statement resonates with a bit of irony.
and after they got him back in '83, they left him unprotected before the '84 season. he could have made the difference that year, i still feel the Mets were a better team than the Cubs were that year.
True. People went to see Seaver win his 300th at Yankee Stadium pitching for the Chisox. Fans were cheering Tom, not their own team the Yankess because Tom Seaver is a NY and baseball icon. I am an all life Pirates fan, Clemente is my hero and Tom Seaver was my favorite pitcher of my childhood: imagine all the love and respect we have for him.
1luiszepol I’ve seen some of that broadcast. Much as I respect Bill White, he had trouble giving the Seaver achievement it’s full due because it was (I think, correct me if I’m wrong) Phil Rizzuto Day, or the equivalent for another beloved Yankee. He seemed unable to grasp that New Yorkers had that much appreciation for a career milestone by Tom Seaver. It seemed out of line and wet blankety by White.
@@DanStrayer Well said.
@@sportsrevisited9699 I did a quick look at Baseball Reference. Had the '84 Mets been able to retain Seaver, and had he started the 32 games that were actually started by Bruce Berenyi (acquired mid-'84) and Ed Lynch, they would have gone 94-68 instead of 90-72, 2 games back of the Cubs. Maybe Lynch gets traded for infield depth, and that put them over the top.
Yes, I study this stuff.