TWIB was the best in the 70's and 80's.... Mel Allen was already a big name for the career he had with the Yankees but he obtained a whole new ocean of fans with TWIB (myself included)... I really miss this...before the internet, a TV show like this showed the best in MLB...MLB used to promote their game, not any more...TWIB was an example of how to get even the casual fan to be more interested in the game of baseball.
Teams used to stay together more often from the 70s on back. Some of the owners (for example Charlie Finley and Auggie Busch), couldn’t and wouldn’t pay their players, which led to free agency. The game also needs to be sped up. In the 70’s, they played a faster tempo. 80s on, the game slowed, and it gradually pressed on the fans ( lousy attendance). I wish the MLB would have collective-bargaining like the NFL. Unfortunately in MLB, its more darwinistic. The rich teams get richer, and the small market teams barely stay afloat with low attendance. Thus, the competition is very lopsided in baseball today.
when Spaz popped up to Nettles to end Yanks Bosox playoff game, I was completely drained. I never experienced a more thrilling, edge of your seat, game in my life then that one. Lou Pinella with the game saving play. Louisiana Lightnin' 25-3 should have got the MVP also.
Something seems strange here they have a graphic here that says that this episode of T.W.I.B. aired on October 3 1978 the NY and Bosox playoff game took place on a Monday October 2 1978 T.W.I.B. usually airs on Saturdays this would had aired on a Tuesday which means they had 1 day to put that piece together.Well ok if they say so.
I agree with Fred Lynn, who would’ve thought the Yankees would’ve won with all that infighting especially the incident between Reggie and Billy in that game in Boston, and the statement Martin made about Steinbrenner. The Red Sox had awesome power, but lacked team speed and pitching to beat the Yanks (who had that).
The Phillies and the pirates had colorful uniforms back then, nowadays they try to get colorful but, be careful you might be color blind with the colors baseball come up with now, i mean a 6 yr old color book is better to look at.
The goofy guy in the beginning was at the local minor league park and my kids couldn't stop laughing.Every time he came I had to get tickets even though he did the same stuff every time
1948, the year the Cleveland Indians spoiled what would have been the only all-Boston World Series by beating the Ted Williams led Red Sox to win the American League Pennant.
My friends and I listened to the Yankee-Red Sox playoff on the radio, while playing "wallball" (stickball against two walls at a parking garage). Pinella fielded a base hit blind (sunlight) late in the game to save the win after Bucky F***ing Dent's homer put them ahead 4-2. Reggie also had a good game and made it 5-2 with a homer. Guidry was phenomenal that year. At camp, the Baltimore and Boston kids were into the 1977 rivalry, which they lost, and when camp ended here, the Yankees had already cut the 14-game lead in half. Then one weekend in September I was home watching The Boston Massacre and couldn't believe it: 15-3, 13-2, 7-0, and 7-4. That's 42-9.
The ironic part is that if Boston would have won just 1 game out of the 4 in Boston or 1 more at Yankee stadium the following week, the Yankees would have been 1 game back of Boston on the final day...Boston beat Toronto and the Yankees lost to Cleveland on Sunday (the final game..162).. Boston had their chances to avoid that 1 game playoff because the Yankees were NOT running away with it as historians like to say. It was unfortunate for the Red Sox despite being injured..Fisk had problems with his shoulder, Remy was beaned and suffered dizzy spells...even Jim Rice had wrist problems but it wasn't a major issue...overall, this MASH unit played toe to toe with the Yankees...had they not been severely injured, Boston would have been ran away with it.
@@pst702 not necessarily. The Yanks had turmoil with Billy Martin being replaced. if they ran things smoothly (LOL nothing was smooth with Billy but he was great anyway) they could have repeated anyway regardless if Boston did or didnt have their own issues. Yanks could have 3-peated in 79 too if it werent for the loss of Munson.
@@Leg1tKraken your assessment of the 1979 season is incorrect. You forget that Baltimore ran away with the division with that incredible team. It simply was their year. Even if Thurman Munson hadn't died, the lead was insurmountable. Even Reggie Jackson in his few autobiographies conceded that the Orioles had THAT kind of year. They weren't going to implode like Boston did the previous year.. What happened in 1980 and 1981? The Yankees with Dick Houser and Bob Lemmon made the playoffs (swept by George Brett and the Royals in 1980, and lost to the Dodgers in the World Series in 1981)...basically after Reggie went to the Angels, it was over and the Yankees became dormant for 15 years. They had a 5 to 6 year window of opportunity to win more than the 2 WS titles. The fact remains, some teams just caught up with the Yankees during that period. The '77 Yankees were a solid team and won fair and square. The '78 Yankees won by luck, which happens to some teams that defy logic. The bottom line is that the '77 and '78 teams were different like night and day.
Yea 79 they probably wouldn't have caught up but would have made it closer. 1980 they bounced back and had the team to go far but got outplayed by Brett.... I mean KC. 81 they had it in their hands and let it slip away after being up 2-0 on LA. They probably would have won another title of the wild card was in play in the 80s.
His life/death actually was recapped in one of the September 1978 episodes. Lyman Bostock was on his way to a great career and who knows, maybe a Hall of Fame career. He put up some fantastic numbers in his first few years out of the gate.
+Victoria Louden +Luke Enno I'm glad you both of you mentioned Lymon Bostock. There was no telling how his career would've went. He died needlessly for something he didn't even have anything to do with. Such a tragic event.
My favorite show back then. Never missed one so I know I saw this when it aired.
TWIB was the best in the 70's and 80's.... Mel Allen was already a big name for the career he had with the Yankees but he obtained a whole new ocean of fans with TWIB (myself included)... I really miss this...before the internet, a TV show like this showed the best in MLB...MLB used to promote their game, not any more...TWIB was an example of how to get even the casual fan to be more interested in the game of baseball.
Not any more is right, only a whole lotta analytics on the baseball network Yuk!
In the words of Mel Allen, "How about that".
No school in NJ on October 3, 1978 the day the Yanks vs Red Sox playoff. May have been for a Jewish Holiday. What a day.
Is it me? Or does baseball not seem nearly as fun as it used to be.
Different era. No modern internet.
Unfortunately it feels that way to me too
Teams used to stay together more often from the 70s on back. Some of the owners (for example Charlie Finley and Auggie Busch), couldn’t and wouldn’t pay their players, which led to free agency. The game also needs to be sped up. In the 70’s, they played a faster tempo. 80s on, the game slowed, and it gradually pressed on the fans ( lousy attendance). I wish the MLB would have collective-bargaining like the NFL. Unfortunately in MLB, its more darwinistic. The rich teams get richer, and the small market teams barely stay afloat with low attendance. Thus, the competition is very lopsided in baseball today.
Used to be so much fun many many moons ago
No it's not you, baseball is not as fun as the 70's....they tinker with the rules way too much....ruined it for me.
when Spaz popped up to Nettles to end Yanks Bosox playoff game, I was completely drained. I never experienced a more thrilling, edge of your seat, game in my life then that one. Lou Pinella with the game saving play. Louisiana Lightnin' 25-3 should have got the MVP also.
Something seems strange here they have a graphic here that says that this episode of T.W.I.B. aired on October 3 1978 the NY and Bosox playoff game took place on a Monday October 2 1978 T.W.I.B. usually airs on Saturdays this would had aired on a Tuesday which means they had 1 day to put that piece together.Well ok if they say so.
Classic Sports Network added the date in its own graphic. Most likely, you are closer to correct than whatever CSN did.
the last TWIB of 1978
3:44 Lou didn’t take shit for nobody🤣🤣🤣
I agree with Fred Lynn, who would’ve thought the Yankees would’ve won with all that infighting especially the incident between Reggie and Billy in that game in Boston, and the statement Martin made about Steinbrenner. The Red Sox had awesome power, but lacked team speed and pitching to beat the Yanks (who had that).
Ozzie was such a great shortshop. Not sure what the Padres were thinking trading him for Templeton.
Nettles, a real wizard, and then a new wizard, the rookie, Ozzie Smith Lol
Notice Buckner at first! Sucks when one play defines a solid career!!
The Phillies and the pirates had colorful uniforms back then, nowadays they try to get colorful but, be careful you might be color blind with the colors baseball come up with now, i mean a 6 yr old color book is better to look at.
Whatever happened to the San Diego Chicken?
He bacame a spokesman for Subway.
They had him for dinner
@@michaelstrong1662 lol
The owner of the Padres, Ray Croc, who also ran Mcdonalds, made a chicken sandwich out of him!!
The goofy guy in the beginning was at the local minor league park and my kids couldn't stop laughing.Every time he came I had to get tickets even though he did the same stuff every time
1948, the year the Cleveland Indians spoiled what would have been the only all-Boston World Series by beating the Ted Williams led Red Sox to win the American League Pennant.
Boston probably didn’t have the pitching to win the WS but Cleveland did. Much better pitching staff there
My friends and I listened to the Yankee-Red Sox playoff on the radio, while playing "wallball" (stickball against two walls at a parking garage). Pinella fielded a base hit blind (sunlight) late in the game to save the win after Bucky F***ing Dent's homer put them ahead 4-2. Reggie also had a good game and made it 5-2 with a homer. Guidry was phenomenal that year. At camp, the Baltimore and Boston kids were into the 1977 rivalry, which they lost, and when camp ended here, the Yankees had already cut the 14-game lead in half. Then one weekend in September I was home watching The Boston Massacre and couldn't believe it: 15-3, 13-2, 7-0, and 7-4. That's 42-9.
The ironic part is that if Boston would have won just 1 game out of the 4 in Boston or 1 more at Yankee stadium the following week, the Yankees would have been 1 game back of Boston on the final day...Boston beat Toronto and the Yankees lost to Cleveland on Sunday (the final game..162)..
Boston had their chances to avoid that 1 game playoff because the Yankees were NOT running away with it as historians like to say. It was unfortunate for the Red Sox despite being injured..Fisk had problems with his shoulder, Remy was beaned and suffered dizzy spells...even Jim Rice had wrist problems but it wasn't a major issue...overall, this MASH unit played toe to toe with the Yankees...had they not been severely injured, Boston would have been ran away with it.
@@pst702 not necessarily. The Yanks had turmoil with Billy Martin being replaced. if they ran things smoothly (LOL nothing was smooth with Billy but he was great anyway) they could have repeated anyway regardless if Boston did or didnt have their own issues. Yanks could have 3-peated in 79 too if it werent for the loss of Munson.
@@Leg1tKraken your assessment of the 1979 season is incorrect. You forget that Baltimore ran away with the division with that incredible team. It simply was their year. Even if Thurman Munson hadn't died, the lead was insurmountable. Even Reggie Jackson in his few autobiographies conceded that the Orioles had THAT kind of year. They weren't going to implode like Boston did the previous year..
What happened in 1980 and 1981? The Yankees with Dick Houser and Bob Lemmon made the playoffs (swept by George Brett and the Royals in 1980, and lost to the Dodgers in the World Series in 1981)...basically after Reggie went to the Angels, it was over and the Yankees became dormant for 15 years. They had a 5 to 6 year window of opportunity to win more than the 2 WS titles. The fact remains, some teams just caught up with the Yankees during that period. The '77 Yankees were a solid team and won fair and square. The '78 Yankees won by luck, which happens to some teams that defy logic. The bottom line is that the '77 and '78 teams were different like night and day.
Yea 79 they probably wouldn't have caught up but would have made it closer. 1980 they bounced back and had the team to go far but got outplayed by Brett.... I mean KC. 81 they had it in their hands and let it slip away after being up 2-0 on LA. They probably would have won another title of the wild card was in play in the 80s.
no mention of the death of Lymon Bostock????
His life/death actually was recapped in one of the September 1978 episodes. Lyman Bostock was on his way to a great career and who knows, maybe a Hall of Fame career. He put up some fantastic numbers in his first few years out of the gate.
+Victoria Louden +Luke Enno
I'm glad you both of you mentioned Lymon Bostock. There was no telling how his career would've went. He died needlessly for something he didn't even have anything to do with. Such a tragic event.
He was good but not great.
@@666finnegan We'll never know.
was Bostock from the California Angels, who was shot by his own father???
barely mentioned the west.
Mel. Allen.
Bill Buckner, LOL