I think that people wish the older stadiums in general were still around. I personally grew up at Milwaukee County Stadium.🏟 I spent my spring and summers from 1977-1989 there. Even a few times in the 90's as well. I got to see Robin Yount's 3,000th hit. Iconic pitchers like Jim Palmer, Gaylord Perry, Nolan Ryan, Ron Guidry, Mike Caldwell, Lary Sorensen, and Moose Haas. Hitters like again Robin Yount, Paul Molitor, Gorman Thomas, Ben Oglive, Cecil Cooper, and Jim Gantner. As well as other teams batters like Fred Lynn, Jim Rice, Thurman Munson(RIP), Reggie Jackson, Cecil Fielder, George Brett, Cal Ripken Jr., Rickey Henderson, Ken Griffey, Kirby Puckett, and so many others! The memories those older 🏟stadiums🏟 brought people are very special and bring back times of joy,😊 happiness, peace, and friends!😊 Tailgating, playing catch in the parking lot before the games. Eating those concession stand Hot 🌭 Dogs, AFTER you grilled out! LOL! Getting a group of buddies, loading up the car and heading to the ballpark! For some, not me, especially in the 70's, I was a kid, having a few 🍻🍺beers🍺🍻 as well as🍿popcorn🍿🥜peanuts🥜🍦ice-cream🍦, and🍬candy!🍭 Eating till your belly hurt! Or gassed out your buddies! 🙇♂️💥💨💩💨🤦♂️😯😮☹😟🥴🥴🥴🥵🤢🤢🤮🤮🚽 Meanwhile your buddies are 😇😅🤣😂😁🤗🤫🤫🤐🙄🤠😎🥸 and one other is searching for the culprit or culprits?🧐🧐.......then...... 🙇😖💥💨🙇♀️😖💥💨🙇♂️😖💥💨💨💩💩💩💨💨😳😡🤬🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🤢🤮🤮🚽🤮🤮🚽🤮🤮🚽 HOW CAN YOU NOT LOOK BACK AT THOSE MEMORIES WITHOUT FOND ADORATION AND LOVE AND AFFECTION?💓💗💟💕💞💕💝❣❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍
For me as a 13 year old, the '83 ASG is my most memorable because until this game all other All Star games that I had watched were won by the N.L. . Great season as my Orioles won the World Series.
Next year was Better :) as We Detroiters got to watch the Best Start in Baseball History ever and is still Untouched to this day ,, and hey the World series win wasnt too bad either , Since you bring up the Orioles , my fav was the 79 series with them Vs the Pirates . so many greats on both teams !
Dave Steib, the starting AS game pitcher -- in 1983.... had a 17-12 record on a crappy team, had an era of 3.04 over 278 innings and 4 shutouts... took a no hitter into the 8th inning, and got ZERO Cy Young award votes from any voters. Oh, and he lapped the field in WAR, with a pitching WAR of 7.0. No other pitcher in the league was even in his neighborhood. LaMarr Hoyt, the Cy young winner had a WAR of 3.7, only 260 IP, and an ERA of 3.66. AS game voting is where fans decide who's the best. Cy Young voting is where baseball writers decide who they like, not who's the best. LOL
NBC was, and always, had the best baseball coverage, everything was first rate, announcers, music, introductions..what a shame they don't air it anymore, fox and espn are both lousy..
I agree totally. Although ABC was good too. I loved how they switched coverage of the WS, playoffs and all-star games. I was not accepting CBS when they got it. No disrespect to Jack Buck, Jim Kaat, etc. I ended up not watching CBS as much until the playoffs. I did more ESPN, TBS, WGN AND local coverage.
Agreed i hate how loud the syadiums have become w guaudy led boards its tv everywhere it looks so awful , like the rule for al parks were that they had to be clean to the eye, and appealing to look at. Parks are our churches and cathedrals to this game, which is representive of life of course, but thats not the poont. Even when oriole park was built they had to ask special permission to put ads on the wall, tasefull limited ads with old style borders. And eli jacobs and co were granted it. Now its silly...
While I agree with the gist of what you said, in this game the organist isn’t “just a guy” or a guy at all for that matter, it’s Nancy Faust, the under appreciated greatest ballpark organist that ever lived
Baseball is first and foremost a business. Owners are doing what they think appeals to the customers. I personally think the changes they are making to the game are not good.
i think it's Not A Guy, it'sThe GR8 NANCY FAUST!~just saw @Mr.E723 was on that! She is 1 of The GREATS! I was here w/ my GR8 Friend WES SALSBURY("x~Lions of iL Govenor) were here, i brought special Brownies & We Were in Upper Deck Last Row so our smoke would not goto any 1~We never aquired Glaucma!, i think a Chicagoan i came for Yaz (Yaz's GR8 Fielding here!). i Live near Wrigley but now could care Less since 1988 & ESPECIALLY WITH THEIR DESIGNER NEIHBORHOOD & MOST CUBS FANS NOW are Snobs & $elfish Dorks!. Always been a WSox Fan. Wes Lived by Wrigley & walked to Games after Shrink Gig, Wes is a Big Man & Fan!~X wife Linda~(Aka "The PineApple Pricess~Via Mocker, & it fits from Hawaii Nihuo~sp Island) made him take TV out of Bedroom because He paused their Boinking when there was a possible Homer & it was~i think by Sandberg. ERNIE is My Guy #1~my dob 11/19/56, All my 60's Pets were named Ernie!~Then Carlton FISK re WSox Alltime for me! & Billy Williams/Sweet Swinging Billy is Pure Class & speaking of Class~Miss Ronnie Santo whose Toupe' caught on fire from a space heater in TV call booth on nippy April game. Leo D's stubbornly not giving the GR8 1969 Cubs Team any Days Off (All Home games were Daytime) killed them in '69~Mets were GR8 but 69 Cubs were Better inc. Pitching even with GR8 Koosman & snobby backstabber "Seaver's" as my Grandfather~(He Lived by Wrigley Field) called Him when a WSox. Cubs Traded GR8 Lou Brock in' 63~Ha!.They shoudla had GR8 Gold Lou Boudreu~sp as Manager till He dropped & Not in Radio Booth. "That is ALL"~(MASH PA). Bests, dtf
My last All Star Game with my Dad, while I lived at home. The 1989 All Star Game was the last one we saw together. The Bo Jackson show!! We lived 45 minutes from Royal Stadium. Now Kaufman Stadium.
This is truly a classic. Final all-star games for Yaz and Johnny Bench. I'll never forget the tremendous ovation Yaz got when he pinch hit in the seventh inning.
My friend just sent me a photo with him and Johnny Bench. They both live in West Palm Beach Florida. it's a small world! Thankfully there's a lot of Great Players that we will always love!
The one and only. Loved him as a kid in the 90's when I was watching Mike Piazza and Hideo Nomo. Unique style of delivery and literally inimitable. He will be missed.
In Palm Springs (ca.), the Angels played spring games there and Cecil Cooper was in left field. They let you in with coolers of beer and we enticed Cecil to a tall can of Shlitz! He came over, stuck it in his jersey after the 3rd out! Love you Cecil!
I was a 13-year-old Giants fan growing up in the Bay Area. Atlee Hammaker was a promising young pitcher who was having an awesome year. He was never the same after this game.😕
I remember rushing home from work as a 21 year old living in Western Canada to watch this game. I was not disappointed. Seeing Fred Lynn hit the first grand slam home run in All Star Game history was awesome.
@@jamesarmstrong1811 Plus, with George Brett being pretty much a lock to get the fans’ vote at 3rd base at that point in his career, Boggs’ only chance woulda been to be selected as a reserve.
Vin Scully and Joe Garagiola were two of the best voices to ever call a baseball game. This game had a boatload of future Hall of Famers including Rod Carew, Johnny Bench, Dave Winfield, Ozzie Smith, George Brett, Rickie Henderson, Carl Yastrzemski, Jim Rice, Cal Ripken Jr., and Mike Schmidt. Now that's a ball game to see.
Thank you soooo much for posting this. I'm 47 now and my dad and I used to go to games and this brings me way back and warms my heart to when I was daddy's little girl. Very fond memories 😍💜🖤
Dickie Thon could've been a HoFer at SS. In 1983 he was not only in the AS game but also won a SS, was 7th in MVP voting and was first in WAR among NL position players. In '84 he started the season .353/.389/.471 when he was drilled in the eye w/ a pitch and was never the same player again
There were three future HOFers on those Astros teams back then....Dickey Thon, J.R. Richard and Joe Sambito. Thon was beaned and never the same, J.R. Richard had that drug induced stroke so he was more or less out, and Joe Sambito developed arm trouble that forced him to retire.
Outside of catcher and centerfield, they were weak down the middle. Name a big time Expos shortstop or second baseman. Contrasting that, Pitt had Garner at 2nd&Foli at shortstop, Philly had Trillo/Cash at 2nd, and Bowa at shortstop. Raines played a little second, but was not good enough with the leather, so the Expos moved him to the outfield. And, Philly had Carlton on the mound, that is why they won one WORLD TITLE, and two NL league pennants and five East flags in 9 years..that, and Schmidt. Carlton in his career played on 3 WORLD CHAMPS, five NL PENNANT winners, was a star on four of the latter- 67&68 Cards, Phils 80&83, rookie on one- 64..ST.LOU., That is why...
@@MichaelSIngle-gn9qz And they (Expos) finished second to the Dodgers in the strike shortened '81 season. Their best chance at going to the World Series was in 1994, but the players strike that year wiped THAT out. So by the time the Expos DID win the World Series, they were the Washington Nationals (2019), having moved from Montreal after the 2004 seasonm
@@robertsprouse9282 you sound like a Philly guy lol. Talk about a team that squandered a run. 1976-1983...just one WS ring to show for it. And you come off as a bit of a jackass, which makes the Philly thing seem even more likely.
Fast forward to 0:36:45. You will see the top of my dress cover as I was proudly holding the American Flag. I was stationed at MSO Chicago and the other three Coasties with me were from the Chicago small boat station and Air Station Glenview, Il. That has always been one of my greatest memories from being in the Coast Guard.
Fun game to watch. Thanks for the upload. Interestingly, Vin and Joe at one point in the game talk about, because of free agency, Yaz and Bench maybe being the last stars to play their whole career with one team. This is Interesting due to the fact that also in the game are Brett, Yount, Whittaker, Ripken, Schmidt, and Rice who would all play their whole, long careers with one team.
@@AgeofCraccadilliaassent He is, of course, a Hall of Famer to spend his whole career with one team (my Tigers) but he's not in this game (Yount is the starting SS with Ripken the backup)
I was too young to see the AL win in 71. So I had not seen the AL win a AS Game since I started following baseball in 74. I was so glad to see the AL finally win the AS Game!
I still have my dads old VHS copy of this (which he originally recorded on a Betamax) most of our old VHS' got thrown out but I made sure to save it It has additional pre game stuff on it, I would upload it if I had the software to upload a VHS onto UA-cam
i can transfer it all for you free off the beta and send it all back to you and you can post it. i would like to see the extra coverage you have i watched it all as a kid.
southparkfan2717-- Take your old betamax and VHS tapes to Costco's photo section and they can transfer it to a DVD rather inexpensively. Once you have the game (or movie, whatever...) on either DVD or flash drive format, it is easy to upload to mail or UA-cam.
I was an excitable 12 year old Orioles' fan laying on the floor of my Aunt & Uncle's Bethalto, Illinois home on that hot summer night. My mom was struggling with her own personal demons, so I was sent to Illinlos while she worked it out. Baseball was my refuge, it took away all of my pain and apprehension, and immersed me into my own "Narnia," if you will. My love affair with the game has grown through the years, and it was Fred Lynn's grand slam that helped this 12 year old boy fall in love with the greatest game I have ever known.... I just wish I knew where that game went..... Brian Shea Sr 30 June 2024
I think this was the first time NBC used the theme music that it had for the All-Star Game and postseason games from 1983-1985, and for Game of the Week from 1986-1988.
I remember watching this game live in 83 as a kid, I have not watched the video yet but a think I remember a grand slam by Fred Lynn off of Atlee Hammaker why that stick in my mind for nearly 40 years I don't know but I think that's what happens, Biggest moment of Atlee's career right here.
So many great players in this game.. all Hall of Fame players..Schmidt, Rice ,Brett, Ozzie Smith, Yount, Winfield,Carter,Dawson,Raines, Rickey Henderson, Reggie Jackson, Johnny Bench, Yaz, also Fred Lynn, Al Oliver, Dave Stieb, Willie Mc Gee Rod Carew ...did I forget anyone..?? Oh yeah Eddie Murray..Wow how many Hall of Fame guys in one game?? ... 1980s baseball is the best ever🙂
I have to watch old All-Star games to see real competitive baseball that I don’t see anymore😂😂😂take out slides, bunting, pitchers hitting, intentional walks, hit and run and this is supposed to be an exhibition game smh I miss this so bad
Who'd a thunk George Burns would be asked to sing Take Me Out To The Ballgame? At his age I'm surprised was able to walk as well as he did. He also sang I Wish I Was 18 Again.
How could NBC have missed introducing the returning veterans of the 1933 game. They came back from a commercial and there were a bunch of old guys surrounding the mound, but other than Lefty Gomez who threw out the first pitch, none was individually introduced or shown in closeup. Scully read off then names but that was it.
In top of 1st. with Sax on 1st base the sun is shining thur the park outside wall openings right into the eyes of the ump. Sax, Carew, and Joe Torre, 1st base coach.
Wish there were still stadiums like Old Comiskey still around.
Fenway or Wrigley?
There are... Wrigley and Fenway
I think that people wish the older stadiums in general were still around. I personally grew up at Milwaukee County Stadium.🏟 I spent my spring and summers from 1977-1989 there. Even a few times in the 90's as well. I got to see Robin Yount's 3,000th hit. Iconic pitchers like Jim Palmer, Gaylord Perry, Nolan Ryan, Ron Guidry, Mike Caldwell, Lary Sorensen, and Moose Haas. Hitters like again Robin Yount, Paul Molitor, Gorman Thomas, Ben Oglive, Cecil Cooper, and Jim Gantner. As well as other teams batters like Fred Lynn, Jim Rice, Thurman Munson(RIP), Reggie Jackson, Cecil Fielder, George Brett, Cal Ripken Jr., Rickey Henderson, Ken Griffey, Kirby Puckett, and so many others! The memories those older 🏟stadiums🏟 brought people are very special and bring back times of joy,😊 happiness, peace, and friends!😊 Tailgating, playing catch in the parking lot before the games. Eating those concession stand Hot 🌭 Dogs, AFTER you grilled out! LOL! Getting a group of buddies, loading up the car and heading to the ballpark! For some, not me, especially in the 70's, I was a kid, having a few 🍻🍺beers🍺🍻 as well as🍿popcorn🍿🥜peanuts🥜🍦ice-cream🍦, and🍬candy!🍭 Eating till your belly hurt! Or gassed out your buddies! 🙇♂️💥💨💩💨🤦♂️😯😮☹😟🥴🥴🥴🥵🤢🤢🤮🤮🚽 Meanwhile your buddies are 😇😅🤣😂😁🤗🤫🤫🤐🙄🤠😎🥸 and one other is searching for the culprit or culprits?🧐🧐.......then......
🙇😖💥💨🙇♀️😖💥💨🙇♂️😖💥💨💨💩💩💩💨💨😳😡🤬🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🤢🤮🤮🚽🤮🤮🚽🤮🤮🚽
HOW CAN YOU NOT LOOK BACK AT THOSE MEMORIES WITHOUT FOND ADORATION AND LOVE AND AFFECTION?💓💗💟💕💞💕💝❣❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍
As an 11 yr old I will always remember how intense the AL was. They seriously wanted to win this game!! And of course, Fred Lynn’s granny!!!!!
I totally relate, I was 12 at the time and was surprised at how much the AL really wanted to win this year.
My dad and I are seen immediately after Harvey Kuenn was announced. 31:40. Such a great memory going to this game when I was 10.
Jewel Clark He just passed away. 😢
Nunya Business I’m confused.
@@afwagner, my condolences..
Robert Sprouse thanks
Is that you in the brewers hat?
The date of this game was July 6th, 1983. Easily remembered, because I shipped out to Army basic training the very next day.
For me as a 13 year old, the '83 ASG is my most memorable because until this game all other All Star games that I had watched were won by the N.L. . Great season as my Orioles won the World Series.
Next year was Better :) as We Detroiters got to watch the Best Start in Baseball History ever and is still Untouched to this day ,, and hey the World series win wasnt too bad either , Since you bring up the Orioles , my fav was the 79 series with them Vs the Pirates . so many greats on both teams !
When the All Star Game was awesome!
And the mustaches
Interleague play killed both the AS Game & World Series.....
Dave Steib, the starting AS game pitcher -- in 1983.... had a 17-12 record on a crappy team, had an era of 3.04 over 278 innings and 4 shutouts... took a no hitter into the 8th inning, and got ZERO Cy Young award votes from any voters. Oh, and he lapped the field in WAR, with a pitching WAR of 7.0. No other pitcher in the league was even in his neighborhood.
LaMarr Hoyt, the Cy young winner had a WAR of 3.7, only 260 IP, and an ERA of 3.66.
AS game voting is where fans decide who's the best. Cy Young voting is where baseball writers decide who they like, not who's the best. LOL
It still amazes me at how the crowd was so into the game. These guys played to win, and the AL was tired of losing.
@@Paulmancieri67it was a very different world back then.
NBC was, and always, had the best baseball coverage, everything was first rate, announcers, music, introductions..what a shame they don't air it anymore, fox and espn are both lousy..
Exactly
I agree totally. Although ABC was good too. I loved how they switched coverage of the WS, playoffs and all-star games. I was not accepting CBS when they got it. No disrespect to Jack Buck, Jim Kaat, etc. I ended up not watching CBS as much until the playoffs. I did more ESPN, TBS, WGN AND local coverage.
True
NBC and ABC for sure
7:32 Wow, I totally forgot that Carew was hitting .402 at the break in ‘83.
Vin Scully as good as it gets.
Yes the best rest in peace vin I miss you
what is a squibber?
People forget how dominant Dave Stieb was at his peak. Along with one no hitter, he had 3 other no hitters broken up in the 9th inning
He was twice 1 out away in back to back starts too from a no hitter in 1988 and in 89 1 out away from a perfect game.
Those ‘80s Toronto teams were stacked.
We Detroit tigers fans Knew it :P
Agreed, but they didn't win it all until the next decade. @@richsleyster2656
Orioles fans knew it too! We played you 13X yearly until they changed alignment....
Just a guy playing the organ live and in person and no other music is so amazing and how it should always be...
Agreed i hate how loud the syadiums have become w guaudy led boards its tv everywhere it looks so awful , like the rule for al parks were that they had to be clean to the eye, and appealing to look at. Parks are our churches and cathedrals to this game, which is representive of life of course, but thats not the poont. Even when oriole park was built they had to ask special permission to put ads on the wall, tasefull limited ads with old style borders.
And eli jacobs and co were granted it. Now its silly...
While I agree with the gist of what you said, in this game the organist isn’t “just a guy” or a guy at all for that matter, it’s Nancy Faust, the under appreciated greatest ballpark organist that ever lived
Baseball is first and foremost a business. Owners are doing what they think appeals to the customers. I personally think the changes they are making to the game are not good.
i think it's Not A Guy, it'sThe GR8 NANCY FAUST!~just saw @Mr.E723 was on that! She is 1 of The GREATS! I was here w/ my GR8 Friend WES SALSBURY("x~Lions of iL Govenor) were here, i brought special Brownies & We Were in Upper Deck Last Row so our smoke would not goto any 1~We never aquired Glaucma!, i think a Chicagoan i came for Yaz (Yaz's GR8 Fielding here!). i Live near Wrigley but now could care Less since 1988 & ESPECIALLY WITH THEIR DESIGNER NEIHBORHOOD & MOST CUBS FANS NOW are Snobs & $elfish Dorks!. Always been a WSox Fan. Wes Lived by Wrigley & walked to Games after Shrink Gig, Wes is a Big Man & Fan!~X wife Linda~(Aka "The PineApple Pricess~Via Mocker, & it fits from Hawaii Nihuo~sp Island) made him take TV out of Bedroom because He paused their Boinking when there was a possible Homer & it was~i think by Sandberg. ERNIE is My Guy #1~my dob 11/19/56, All my 60's Pets were named Ernie!~Then Carlton FISK re WSox Alltime for me! & Billy Williams/Sweet Swinging Billy is Pure Class & speaking of Class~Miss Ronnie Santo whose Toupe' caught on fire from a space heater in TV call booth on nippy April game. Leo D's stubbornly not giving the GR8 1969 Cubs Team any Days Off (All Home games were Daytime) killed them in '69~Mets were GR8 but 69 Cubs were Better inc. Pitching even with GR8 Koosman & snobby backstabber "Seaver's" as my Grandfather~(He Lived by Wrigley Field) called Him when a WSox. Cubs Traded GR8 Lou Brock in' 63~Ha!.They shoudla had GR8 Gold Lou Boudreu~sp as Manager till He dropped & Not in Radio Booth. "That is ALL"~(MASH PA). Bests, dtf
My last All Star Game with my Dad, while I lived at home. The 1989 All Star Game was the last one we saw together. The Bo Jackson show!! We lived 45 minutes from Royal Stadium. Now Kaufman Stadium.
rock chalk jayhawk!
This is truly a classic. Final all-star games for Yaz and Johnny Bench. I'll never forget the tremendous ovation Yaz got when he pinch hit in the seventh inning.
My friend just sent me a photo with him and Johnny Bench. They both live in West Palm Beach Florida. it's a small world! Thankfully there's a lot of Great Players that we will always love!
@@glennhalila8279 That is so cool. Two GREAT ballplayers
Rest in peace Mr. Scully, 94 years is a good long long life
The one and only. Loved him as a kid in the 90's when I was watching Mike Piazza and Hideo Nomo. Unique style of delivery and literally inimitable.
He will be missed.
In Palm Springs (ca.), the Angels played spring games there and Cecil Cooper was in left field. They let you in with coolers of beer and we enticed Cecil to a tall can of Shlitz! He came over, stuck it in his jersey after the 3rd out! Love you Cecil!
I was a 13-year-old Giants fan growing up in the Bay Area. Atlee Hammaker was a promising young pitcher who was having an awesome year. He was never the same after this game.😕
I remember rushing home from work as a 21 year old living in Western Canada to watch this game. I was not disappointed. Seeing Fred Lynn hit the first grand slam home run in All Star Game history was awesome.
Fun game. I remember watching this All-Star game with my Dad, cheering on my hero, and now close friend, Ron Kittle. I was only 4 years old.
God the expos were stacked back then. I miss those uniforms.
Just wanted to say a sincere thanks for posting this! i really appreciate not only this, but all your classic games. Heartfelt thanks.
When I fell in love with baseball.
This is absolutely awesome stuff, I remember watching this All Star game when I was still a teenager, In my 50's now.
JayDogTitan 1464 ..⭐️ Absolutely 🌈 I was 20 on this day ✨. Classic times indeed ⚡️
Damn I miss Comiskey Park.
I loved that place.
Me too!!
Wade Boggs was hitting .356 and didn't make the All Star Game!!??! LMAO...holy shit.
AL Wade Boggs, NL Tony G🤠
Well, I think it was only Wade's second year in the league, probably why he didn't play here.
@@jamesarmstrong1811 Plus, with George Brett being pretty much a lock to get the fans’ vote at 3rd base at that point in his career, Boggs’ only chance woulda been to be selected as a reserve.
Vin Scully & Joe Garagiola on NBC.
Vin Scully and Joe Garagiola were two of the best voices to ever call a baseball game. This game had a boatload of future Hall of Famers including Rod Carew, Johnny Bench, Dave Winfield, Ozzie Smith, George Brett, Rickie Henderson, Carl Yastrzemski, Jim Rice, Cal Ripken Jr., and Mike Schmidt. Now that's a ball game to see.
I could listen to Vin Scully narrating how to put the car in gear.
The opening to this game is spectacular. NBC was awesome here with the pre game show and music
This was Johnny Bench and Yastremski’s last all star game, and it was Cal Ripken’s first.
Cal Ripken 24:32
Thank you soooo much for posting this. I'm 47 now and my dad and I used to go to games and this brings me way back and warms my heart to when I was daddy's little girl. Very fond memories 😍💜🖤
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Atlee Hammaker never recovered from this game. He was never the same.
Dickie Thon could've been a HoFer at SS. In 1983 he was not only in the AS game but also won a SS, was 7th in MVP voting and was first in WAR among NL position players. In '84 he started the season .353/.389/.471 when he was drilled in the eye w/ a pitch and was never the same player again
There were three future HOFers on those Astros teams back then....Dickey Thon, J.R. Richard and Joe Sambito. Thon was beaned and never the same, J.R. Richard had that drug induced stroke so he was more or less out, and Joe Sambito developed arm trouble that forced him to retire.
The Expos had so much talent...how come they only made ONE postseason appearance in that span from 1979-1983?
Always seemed to finish second to the eventual WS champion- Pittsburgh in 79, Philadelphia in 80 and St. Louis in 82.
@@MichaelSIngle-gn9qz true. Even in 81 they lose in excruciating circumstances to the eventual champion Dodgers. But man, they were stacked
Outside of catcher and centerfield, they were weak down the middle. Name a big time Expos shortstop or second baseman.
Contrasting that, Pitt had Garner at 2nd&Foli at shortstop, Philly had Trillo/Cash at 2nd, and Bowa at shortstop.
Raines played a little second, but was not good enough with the leather, so the Expos moved him to the outfield. And, Philly had Carlton on the mound, that is why they won one WORLD TITLE, and two NL league pennants and five East flags in 9 years..that, and Schmidt. Carlton in his career played on 3 WORLD CHAMPS, five NL PENNANT winners, was a star on four of the latter- 67&68 Cards, Phils 80&83, rookie on one- 64..ST.LOU.,
That is why...
@@MichaelSIngle-gn9qz And they (Expos) finished second to the Dodgers in the strike shortened '81 season. Their best chance at going to the World Series was in 1994, but the players strike that year wiped THAT out. So by the time the Expos DID win the World Series, they were the Washington Nationals (2019), having moved from Montreal after the 2004 seasonm
@@robertsprouse9282 you sound like a Philly guy lol. Talk about a team that squandered a run. 1976-1983...just one WS ring to show for it. And you come off as a bit of a jackass, which makes the Philly thing seem even more likely.
Complete game by George Brett. That's an all-star rarity.
This was just 18 days before George Brett's date with pine tar history.
I’m a NL guy but this is my fav All Star game of all time. What a game!
Some of these old games you can't tell of they went around. Even in slo motion
Anyone else watch these videos to see just how many really good players you have forgotten about?
Back when this game meant something to the respective teams . When the players had pride .
My fav All Star game of all time. Awesome game.
Fast forward to 0:36:45. You will see the top of my dress cover as I was proudly holding the American Flag. I was stationed at MSO Chicago and the other three Coasties with me were from the Chicago small boat station and Air Station Glenview, Il. That has always been one of my greatest memories from being in the Coast Guard.
Fred lynn made history. So glad to see the AL win at comiskey!
Love the old school organ player when the players are being announced
The "old school" organ player was no other than the White Sox legendary organist Nancy Faust who played for 41 seasons from 1970-2010
Steve Sax! My favorite player growing up...please have him and his Family in your prayers...
four Expos in the starting line up including a future Cub Dawson and future White Sox Raines, a shame they were unable to win a title with that group
The 80s uniforms are the best
No, they weren't.
Fun game to watch. Thanks for the upload.
Interestingly, Vin and Joe at one point in the game talk about, because of free agency, Yaz and Bench maybe being the last stars to play their whole career with one team. This is Interesting due to the fact that also in the game are Brett, Yount, Whittaker, Ripken, Schmidt, and Rice who would all play their whole, long careers with one team.
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@@AgeofCraccadilliaassent He is, of course, a Hall of Famer to spend his whole career with one team (my Tigers) but he's not in this game (Yount is the starting SS with Ripken the backup)
If Dale Murphy would have started his career in 2010 he would have made 250 million.....mike trout makes 34.1 million per year
It's crazy how many future Hall of Famers are on the field at the same time there.
I was too young to see the AL win in 71. So I had not seen the AL win a AS Game since I started following baseball in 74. I was so glad to see the AL finally win the AS Game!
Same here.
Only one the American League won until the mid 90's
@@jamesarmstrong1811 AL won in 86, 87, and 89.
This is really awesome. Thanks for sharing. I remember this game as I was 14 yrs old and the Fred Lynn grand slam HR of Atlee Hammaker.
I love hearing the pitch and innings count of Steib’s starts that season. We will never see that again.
Paul Ankas Time of your life to the baseball legends Classic!!
The second of three All-Star Games that NBC would show while it had its 1979 bird and N (the first was in 1981, and the last was in 1985).
Blue Jays were rising up in 1983. Only not being able to catch up with the amazing 1984 Detroit Tigers with amazing winning streak.
I still have my dads old VHS copy of this (which he originally recorded on a Betamax) most of our old VHS' got thrown out but I made sure to save it
It has additional pre game stuff on it, I would upload it if I had the software to upload a VHS onto UA-cam
i can transfer it all for you free off the beta and send it all back to you and you can post it. i would like to see the extra coverage you have i watched it all as a kid.
southparkfan2717-- Take your old betamax and VHS tapes to Costco's photo section and they can transfer it to a DVD rather inexpensively. Once you have the game (or movie, whatever...) on either DVD or flash drive format, it is easy to upload to mail or UA-cam.
Thank you x10 for posting these amazing games.
I was at this game would never forget it was at the old timers game the day before this was such a great memory to see this again
How Herzog could leave Hammaker in as long as he did is beyond me
Here it is almost 40 years, Fred Lynn is the only man to get a grand slam in the All-star game, it hasn't happened since.
Fred Lynn was a big time AllStar performer. Homered in 4 or 5 Allstar games.
Baseball Was worth watching
Mario soto uffffff de mi país república Dominicana 😢
Mike Schmidt had a mustache template alot of the guys wanted
I was an excitable 12 year old Orioles' fan laying on the floor of my Aunt & Uncle's Bethalto, Illinois home on that hot summer night. My mom was struggling with her own personal demons, so I was sent to Illinlos while she worked it out. Baseball was my refuge, it took away all of my pain and apprehension, and immersed me into my own "Narnia," if you will. My love affair with the game has grown through the years, and it was Fred Lynn's grand slam that helped this 12 year old boy fall in love with the greatest game I have ever known....
I just wish I knew where that game went.....
Brian Shea Sr
30 June 2024
Most of the guys shown during the Paul Anka song sadly are gone.
The Oak Ridge Boys knocked the National Anthem out of the park.
I think this was the first time NBC used the theme music that it had for the All-Star Game and postseason games from 1983-1985, and for Game of the Week from 1986-1988.
That montage starting at 1:08 was amazing!
Note The public address announcer: Wayne Messmer, known for his legendary national anthems at the old Chicago Stadium
Now is the anthem singer for the Chicago Cubs.
AL Non-Pitcher Starters: All HOFers except Trillo and Lynn. NL Non-Pitcher Starters: All HOFers except Sax, Murphy, and Oliver.
Went to the old-timers game who's my buddy and his little brother can't remember who played in the game but those were the days
I remember watching this game live in 83 as a kid, I have not watched the video yet but a think I remember a grand slam by Fred Lynn off of Atlee Hammaker why that stick in my mind for nearly 40 years I don't know but I think that's what happens, Biggest moment of Atlee's career right here.
Love you Mr. Scully....
15:50 Introductions
41:45 First pitch
And surely it would not be Comiskey Park without those exploding scoreboard - FIREWORKS! AND THEY DID HAVE THE REAL FIREWORKS!
I was there. So I never saw this until tonight. And imagine that, all the players remained in the dugout after they left the lineup.
Atlee Hammaker will never be the same again.........
So many great players in this game.. all Hall of Fame players..Schmidt, Rice ,Brett, Ozzie Smith, Yount, Winfield,Carter,Dawson,Raines, Rickey Henderson, Reggie Jackson, Johnny Bench, Yaz, also Fred Lynn, Al Oliver, Dave Stieb, Willie Mc Gee Rod Carew ...did I forget anyone..?? Oh yeah Eddie Murray..Wow how many Hall of Fame guys in one game?? ... 1980s baseball is the best ever🙂
How could I miss Cal Ripken?
37:10 the guy in the stands conducting the national anthem is great 👍🏻
Back when the MLB all-star game was huge.
Way to cue up the first-ever All Star grand slam, Vin! 1:08:08
Carew hitting .402 at the break? They say it casually as if it's not a HUGE deal.
Out of the NL Starting Hitters Steve Sax is the only one not in a powder blue uniform lol.
I have to watch old All-Star games to see real competitive baseball that I don’t see anymore😂😂😂take out slides, bunting, pitchers hitting, intentional walks, hit and run and this is supposed to be an exhibition game smh I miss this so bad
Who'd a thunk George Burns would be asked to sing Take Me Out To The Ballgame? At his age I'm surprised was able to walk as well as he did. He also sang I Wish I Was 18 Again.
How is Dale Murphy not in the HOF? He and Dave Parker. Not right.
They both had great peaks, but couldn't keep it up. One due to knee injuries, the other to cocaine.
And just a thought. Mike trout was still 8 yrs away from being born
Fernando Tatis and Vladimir Guerrero were both 8 years old.
Seniors, that is.
Pascual Perez’s hair 😲during the introduction … and I’m pretty sure Bill Dawlee was Bill Lambier in disguise 🥸
We miss you dearly Vinny
Highlight - Chuck Mangione playing O Canada!
Was Carew an all-star every year he played? Wow!
How could NBC have missed introducing the returning veterans of the 1933 game. They came back from a commercial and there were a bunch of old guys surrounding the mound, but other than Lefty Gomez who threw out the first pitch, none was individually introduced or shown in closeup. Scully read off then names but that was it.
The incomparible Vin Scully. :)
Atlee Hammaker got lit up!
Hammaker was throwing batting practice to the American League. After playing for an awful 84 Giants team, he pretty much faded into obscurity.
Three consecutive Montreal Expos to the plate in the first inning. Three in a row from any team must be a rarity in an All Star game.
Wayne Messmer doing the introductions. Now, he and his wife are the regular anthem singers for the Chicago Cubs.
29:10 "Sorting shartstop" Way to go, Wayne
In top of 1st. with Sax on 1st base the sun is shining thur the park outside wall openings right into the eyes of the ump. Sax, Carew, and Joe Torre, 1st base coach.
What a park that was!