Winning Pitcher Mickey Lolich- one of my boyhood idols. No taller than 6' and usually just over 200 lbs. He was strong as a bull. He should be in the Hall of Fame. Often led the league in strike outs and complete games. He had so many years where he had very poor run support. He lost a lot of games where he gave up 2 or 3 runs. He's also the last pitcher to win 3 complete games in the World Series.
@user-gu4tv4hp6s I suppose MLB will try to make baseball more like soccer. Make the fielders have to kick the ball to get a runner out. No less stupid than some of the shit that has already been done to screw up baseball.
What great camera angles! Much better than today's TV coverage where you feel you're sitting in the damned bleachers with the camera behind the pitcher dominating the whole damned game! I love the camera angle behind the catcher and umpire!
Lolich did what he had to do . Mickey Stanley was the man, but Denny won 31 kalne Horton Gates DM second base Norm Freehan i cannot remember you all but you guys were my team 13 years old.THANK YOU GUYS.. METS ARE MY TEAM ALSO.POLO grounds 1962 1st game
Hardly disastrous. There’s been a lot of great and exciting baseball played since then and a few of the expansion teams have won World Series. Races have been frankly more exciting with more teams involved.
Divisional playoffs was the degradation and death of any real baseball, for many reasons. Professional baseball used to be one of my great joys - now it only makes me feel disgust and I am no longer interested in it.
Look at those cool uniforms, stirrups and black shoes! Major League Baseball players were clean shaven and lean! They looked and behaved like true professionals!
Gotta get me a Plymouth!! 2:50:10 2:25:01 2:12:48.Do You Know The Way To San Jose (Dionne Warwick) 1:33:57 Do You Know The Way To San Jose (Dionne Warwick) 1:21:28 1:05:32 Do You Know The Way To San Jose (Dionne Warwick) 52:35 Sunday Will Never Be The Same (Spanky and Our Gang 38:20 Do You Know The Way To San Jose (Dionne Warwick) 21:16 Sunday Will Never Be The Same (Spanky and Our Gang
Wowww...STEVE CARLTON....this would be his only appearance in the series and he wouldn’t appear in another WS game until 1980 when the Phillies topped the Royals for the title...at this point, he hadn’t yet mastered that wicked slider which helped him become a HALL OF FAMER...thus, the Tigers were able to tee off on his fastball...who would have foreseen back in ‘68 that this young left hander would someday have a bust in Cooperstown....
25:26 Joe Schultz did indeed take over the reins of the Pilots in 1969 and then, in 1970, was made famous by Jim Bouton when “Ball Four” was published.
@@gabrielhowell5861 Professor Feynman said it about Particle Physics, but it applies to the National Pastime as well: “If you think you understand baseball ... you don’t understand baseball.”
Carlton pitched in relief in Game 2. Nelson Briles was the Birds on the Bat starter in Game 2 against the Tigers. Carlton did have a WS start (Game 5) in 1967 against Boston.....6 IP, one run (unearned due to a Mike Shannon error) against Jim Lonborg. Boston faced Gibby & Lefty back-to-back in 1967 (Games 4 & 5)....15 innings pitched and only allowed one unearned run by those two aces against the Carmines.
No endless replays....no K zone ..no babbling on and on by jack of all trade announcers who no nothing..no 4 hour ball games with 2 hours tied up in just commercials..no night baseball going well past midnight in 20 degree weather..
There have been a million changes to baseball since the end of WWII and, except for integration and safer batting helmets, I’ve been against every one of them.
Lolich's at bat in the second inning is very interesting. On the 0-1 pitch at the 45:35 mark, he absolutely swings, which home plate umpire Jim Honochick called a ball. Unreal they missed that call or that McCarver didn't point down to 1st. Then the pitch at 46:25 is called a ball when it is pretty much right down the middle. Considering he homered, that really could have changed the outcome of this game.
I believe it was not part of the routine of a catcher, in that era, to go to the first or third base umpires to check whether the hitter had checked his swing or not. I once read, actually, that Johnny Bench was the first catcher to think about that, early in the 70's. But I cannot guarantee this is a true fact.
The CBC in Canada made a copy of this game using technology that produced a black and white image. It was cheaper to do it this way back then. We are lucky to even have a copy of this game because NBC erased and destroyed lots of old sports broadcasts to reuse expensive video tape.
Well, the one thing about these old B&W games that I don’t like is that you know ahead of time who’s going to win. In fact, you know ahead of time every play and every pitch. Sometimes it gets boring. The big plus with today’s game is the element of surprise. That’s gotta count for something.
Winning Pitcher Mickey Lolich- one of my boyhood idols. No taller than 6' and usually just over 200 lbs. He was strong as a bull. He should be in the Hall of Fame. Often led the league in strike outs and complete games. He had so many years where he had very poor run support. He lost a lot of games where he gave up 2 or 3 runs. He's also the last pitcher to win 3 complete games in the World Series.
Likewise and agree. He should have won the 1971 Cy Young Award.
Wonderful World Series and vintage commercials, what a great treat, thank you for sharing this great telecast
@M Oh, in that case... I’ll stop enjoying this. Thanks for setting me straight.
@M soccer will never be as popular in America.
@user-gu4tv4hp6s I suppose MLB will try to make baseball more like soccer. Make the fielders have to kick the ball to get a runner out. No less stupid than some of the shit that has already been done to screw up baseball.
I love the upbeat intro ... it screams, “Nineteen Sixty Eight”.
What great camera angles!
Much better than today's TV coverage where you feel you're sitting in the damned bleachers with the camera behind the pitcher dominating the whole damned game!
I love the camera angle behind the catcher and umpire!
Lolich did what he had to do . Mickey Stanley was the man, but Denny won 31 kalne Horton Gates DM second base Norm Freehan i cannot remember you all but you guys were my team 13 years old.THANK YOU GUYS.. METS ARE MY TEAM ALSO.POLO grounds 1962 1st game
Al kaline and Roberto Clemente were two rf's who could do everything perfectly.
Nice grab by Kaline in the 1st off Cepeda.
Great World Series
The last World Series before the disastrous '69 expansion which introduced Divisional play and deluted talent!
Hardly disastrous. There’s been a lot of great and exciting baseball played since then and a few of the expansion teams have won World Series. Races have been frankly more exciting with more teams involved.
Divisional playoffs was the degradation and death of any real baseball, for many reasons. Professional baseball used to be one of my great joys - now it only makes me feel disgust and I am no longer interested in it.
Wild card teams are the real problem. A team that didn't win anything during the season should not be able to win it all.
Exciting series. Great pitching matchups.
0:53 In 1968, surely the World Series must have broadcast in color. Question is whether any of the surviving footage is in color.
Look at those cool uniforms, stirrups and black shoes!
Major League Baseball players were clean shaven and lean!
They looked and behaved like true professionals!
When Harry Caray was in his prime and sharp as a tack!
Wonderful World Series
Detroit's finest championship, ever. If only brock slides. I'm so gay.
Good point...if Brock got down in game 5 ...in all likely hood the cards would have won the series..
Mickey Slopitch. MVP
Gotta get me a Plymouth!!
2:50:10
2:25:01
2:12:48.Do You Know The Way To San Jose (Dionne Warwick)
1:33:57 Do You Know The Way To San Jose (Dionne Warwick)
1:21:28
1:05:32 Do You Know The Way To San Jose (Dionne Warwick)
52:35 Sunday Will Never Be The Same (Spanky and Our Gang
38:20 Do You Know The Way To San Jose (Dionne Warwick)
21:16 Sunday Will Never Be The Same (Spanky and Our Gang
Wowww...STEVE CARLTON....this would be his only appearance in the series and he wouldn’t appear in another WS game until 1980 when the Phillies topped the Royals for the title...at this point, he hadn’t yet mastered that wicked slider which helped him become a HALL OF FAMER...thus, the Tigers were able to tee off on his fastball...who would have foreseen back in ‘68 that this young left hander would someday have a bust in Cooperstown....
He has said that he was taught the slider by Bob Gibson.
It wasn’t until game 5 that an all time great national anthem would be sung in Detroit
Harry Caray (PBP) & Curt Gowdy (C) 1st half
Gowdy (PBP) & Caray (C) 2nd half
Tony Kubek (field reporter)
Tim McCarver was there as well ... thank heavens they didn’t let him near a microphone!
25:26 Joe Schultz did indeed take over the reins of the Pilots in 1969 and then, in 1970, was made famous by Jim Bouton when “Ball Four” was published.
Pound those Budweisers
Umpires (Game 2)
HP Jim Honochick (AL)
1B Stan Landes (NL)
2B Bill Kinnamon (AL)
3B Doug Harvey (NL)
LF Bill Haller (AL)
RF Tom Gorman (CC) (NL)
great info thanks William
Thank you.
Justin Charlswick Thank you.
Why no video tapes of this series??? Kinescopes ok for 1953 but in 1968 the tapes should have been saved,
I like the anthem better when Leslie Nielson sings it
Some of the Tigers had their uniform # on the left sleeve instead of the traditional right sleeve. What was this about??
wow, never noticed that. Its not due to If the player is Right or Left handed.... I looked all over the internet and wasn't able to find anything.
Different uni suppliers or just human error?
Hey- it was 1968. There were a lot more left wingers then than there are now.
Tigers just too too tuff!!
The Cardinals had Gibson + Carlton as game 1 and game 2 starters. Damn.
And the Cardinals STILL found a way to lose this World Series! It just goes to show that anything can happen in sports.
@@gabrielhowell5861 Professor Feynman said it about Particle Physics, but it applies to the National Pastime as well: “If you think you understand baseball ... you don’t understand baseball.”
@@gabrielhowell5861 it would have been interesting if Brock had got down in game 5....maybe the cards would have won the series...
Carlton pitched in relief in Game 2. Nelson Briles was the Birds on the Bat starter in Game 2 against the Tigers. Carlton did have a WS start (Game 5) in 1967 against Boston.....6 IP, one run (unearned due to a Mike Shannon error) against Jim Lonborg. Boston faced Gibby & Lefty back-to-back in 1967 (Games 4 & 5)....15 innings pitched and only allowed one unearned run by those two aces against the Carmines.
No endless replays....no K zone ..no babbling on and on by jack of all trade announcers who no nothing..no 4 hour ball games with 2 hours tied up in just commercials..no night baseball going well past midnight in 20 degree weather..
Yup! Wasn't it great?
There have been a million changes to baseball since the end of WWII and, except for integration and safer batting helmets, I’ve been against every one of them.
@@paultheaudaciousbradford6772 ur right on about that!
All true.
Do you have any '65, '66 or '67 World Series games?
See how you like this:
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Lolich's at bat in the second inning is very interesting. On the 0-1 pitch at the 45:35 mark, he absolutely swings, which home plate umpire Jim Honochick called a ball. Unreal they missed that call or that McCarver didn't point down to 1st. Then the pitch at 46:25 is called a ball when it is pretty much right down the middle. Considering he homered, that really could have changed the outcome of this game.
yea your so right, i've always felt that too. I think its great that pitcher got his first ever HR in a WS game!
Definitely a great moment. So great to see the original broadcasts of these games.
I believe it was not part of the routine of a catcher, in that era, to go to the first or third base umpires to check whether the hitter had checked his swing or not. I once read, actually, that Johnny Bench was the first catcher to think about that, early in the 70's. But I cannot guarantee this is a true fact.
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@@michellamarche6547 Believe me, Yogi was never shy about sharing his opinions with the plate arbiter.
What is the name of that theme?
This is the first WS I remember watching but wasn't it broadcast in color?
The CBC in Canada made a copy of this game using technology that produced a black and white image. It was cheaper to do it this way back then. We are lucky to even have a copy of this game because NBC erased and destroyed lots of old sports broadcasts to reuse expensive video tape.
Life wasn’t as colorful back in ‘68.
The first World Series game to be broadcast in color would be the following year. It was Game 3 between the Mets and the Orioles.
@@paultheaudaciousbradford6772 Vietnam War may have been lost because of color.
they sure are easy on checked swings back then
Tigers 3456 hitters are much better than St. Louis.
When baseball was baseball not this garbage in 2020...
Well, the one thing about these old B&W games that I don’t like is that you know ahead of time who’s going to win. In fact, you know ahead of time every play and every pitch. Sometimes it gets boring.
The big plus with today’s game is the element of surprise. That’s gotta count for something.