The Big Red Machine, MLB literally kept me following and sane in 1976. My Dad had passed away in May 1976, and my Mom had just survived heart surgery. She would pass away the following year. I was all of 12 years old in '76 - my siblings and I needed something to cheer. Rose, Bench, Morgan, Perez, and Company did not disappoint!
J. Carey I'm glad the Big Red Machine provided some solace. I can't even imagine losing my parents when you did. I hope you all had betters breaks in life after that. I grew up in Cincinnati
Smh, this was during the period of my childhood when I was absolutely enamored with the game of MLB. Those days and feelings are in the rear view mirror, so much has changed since then, for the worse...
Largely agree. However, I will concede now that the cookie cutter stadiums, sometimes gaudy uniforms, artificial turf, and over reliance on the stolen base did not always make the game better in the 70's and early 80's. Still, there was an innocent charm to the game long since lost. Maybe its a product of growing up and living in a world that increasingly more complex and tense, but you look at all the empty seats at baseball games and you wonder the future of this game. The average age of a regular baseball fan is now over 50, and younger fans are not gravitating towards the game. The current game is completely unwatchable with all the strikeouts, pitching changes, and lack of action and strategy. A record setting number of home runs is not enough to excite fans either. Throw is the cost of tickets, concessions, parking, and the aggravation of driving in gridlock to and from stadiums and you see why people are not attending, something the NFL is experiencing also. I haven't watched a full baseball game in over a decade, and it likely never will again.
@@lewisgottschalk2178 Sure, childhood innocence had much to do with my feelings towards the game then, also being from Cincinnati enhanced all of it, and witnessing one of the best teams ever, the "Big Red Machine". I started souring towards the game because of the '94 strike, and I've slowly lost my love for the game since. Dealing with life as an adult has helped to fuel my sourness towards the game, as I live in the real world of an honest day's work, for an honest day's pay. I loathe the whole billionaires versus the millionaires nonsense that goes on today. The greed from both sides has helped to ruin my once unbridled passion for this once great game, that will never come back, no matter what happens moving forward...
@@jaycompany4886 Yup, I still have about 16,000 cards, a lot would have been really valuable from the 70s had I not sorted, categorized them a hundred different ways as a kid
As a die hard Yankee fan, I didn't have any use or appreciation for him or the Reds when I was growing up but watching these old clips makes it clear of just what kind of a player Pete Rose was.!! Damn, that guy could play some ball.....
The double-play in the 1st inning by Joe Morgan and Davey Concepcion was a thing of beauty. Just incredible how swiftly Joe caught and dished the ball and Concepcion coming across the base like a ballet-dancer. Just poetry in motion. And Rod Carew, a lefty thus two-steps closer to first, a rather fast runner wasn't even in the screen when the ball gets to Steve Garvey at 1st.
Thurman Munson is my childhood baseball hero. Seeing him play in the all-star game was always a treat. But it certainly wasn't a treat, with the AL losing so much back then.
@@usaveteran-retired6464 Dan Baker is a well-known, dare-I-say legendary figure in Philadelphia sports lore, not only for his decades-long career as the Phillies PA announcer, but also his involvement with Big-5 (college) basketball. In addition, although I have never met him, he is said to be an absolute gentleman.
@@larrycopeland2413 That's great to know - Marty Brennaman is a total gentleman, too! I've met him and his wife, Amanda, and known them since 2016. Total class!
I was the organist then. 20 years old. A little back story... There were death threats against Pres. Ford. During the anthem that Mike Douglas sang, 2 secret service agents came into the organ booth. They had 2 rifles with scopes aiming over my head scanning the crowd during Ford throwing out the first pitch.
Yup--the Reds' 5 starters (Bench, Morgan, Concepcion, Rose, Foster) and 2 reserves (Griffey and Perez) accounted for 7 of the National League's 10 hits, 4 of the NL's 7 runs scored, as well as 4 of the RBIs (3 of them of course by the game's MVP Foster). The only one of them not to get a hit was Perez, and even he got on base with a walk (which advanced a runner--Cash--who eventually scored).
I heard that, Rene. I'm tired of the old old school unis from the 1960s like the Braves and Phillies have been wearing now for 25 or more years. However, today's bulkier players would not look as good in the form-fitting double knits.
I was playing softball in FDR park in South Philly at the start of this game, playing center field for The Home Insurance Co, part of the insurance league. After the game, we made our way to the park and gained entrance die to the security staff not watching the gate. Fun time.
@@kyokogodai-ir6hy no denying that. I had forgotten that Ron LeFlore had a 30 game hit streak that summer. It's a shame he couldn't keep his head on straight.
It's Ironic that Sparky Anderson won World Series with the Reds and the Detroit Tigers. Allen Trammell was Great, no doubt about it. And Sparky was one of the Greatest Baseball Coaches!
The only starter from the Reds that wasn't in this game was Cesar Geronimo. That's crazy. It was like the 76 NFL pro bowl when 8 of the starting AFC defense were Steelers
Watching the 1976 San Diego Padres @ Jack Murphy Stadium. Padres finished 73-89 in '76, 3 games ahead of the last-place Atlanta Braves. Always enjoyed going to Mission Valley to watch the Padres.
I love baseball in the 70s and 80s. Pete Rose, Bill Buckner, Mike Schmidt, Tom Seaver, Ryne Sandberg, Andre Dawson, Tim Raines, Steve Carlton, Johnny Bench, Ozzie Smith George Brett. And of course, Harry Carey, Jack Buck, Harry Kalas, Mel Allen, and Vin Scully in the booth. Baseball is corporate and stupid now.
Wasn't a Philly fan, but I was trying to watch as much baseball as I could on TV, and I recovered from all of the loud fireworks in 1976 because America celebrated its Bicentennial. So for this probably greatest of all all-star games, there is a sort of great patritoic moment too. "Happy Birthday America" was inscribed still on the wall 9 days after the 4th in 1976. So I had a hunch that since is going to be a "Bicentennial" all-star game, and Philadelphia was the city that the signing of the Declaration of Independence happened 200 years ago, the stadium firework operator shot off a sort-of post game firework show after the ballgame, obviously to honor not only a national pastime that went through the Bicentennial, but also memories of the Bicentennial itself.
Just 3 years after getting out of Jackson State Prison and just 2 years after his MLB debut, Ron LeFlore, from Detroit's Eastside was the starting center fielder for the American League.
Joe Morgan was the spark plug of the Big Red Machine. If memory serves me correctly George Foster hit 52 home runs in 1977, without steroids of course. Tom Sever was traded to the Reds in 1977.
The ASG TV viewing audience peaked with this game in 1976, scoring a 27.1 rating, 36.3 million viewers and a whopping 53 share, similar to what a Super Bowl audience would be. Since the end of the 1970s, the ratings for the all-star game have been on a steady decline to the point where the 2019 game had only a 5.1 rating, an 11 share and just 8.1 million viewers. That represents a roughly 80% decline in viewership since 1976. The numbers are the same for the World Series telecasts -- a precipitous decline since the 1970s. While gate attendance has been stable, it is clear from the TV numbers that the popularity of MLB has decline dramatically since the 1970s. I believe the advent of free agency (and the resulting constant rotation of players) at the end of the 1976 season had a big impact. I know it did in my case as a young Oakland A's fan whose passion for modern MLB mirrors the decline in the TV ratings. I didn't realize then, as a grammar school student, how good I had it as a fan.
Interesting. I watched this ASG on this UA-cam channel a week after Classic MLB1 uploaded it, so it's good to see people are still commenting. Unfortunately, and quite tragically, it seems that America has been on a steady decline since 1976. I speak not only for the game of baseball but the country as a whole. This era was the heyday of the Baby Boomer generation. Affordable housing, exponentially cheaper college tuition, manufacturing jobs that had unions backing them up resulting in good benefits. Watching this entire ASG really shows a glimpse of a time long gone. Those of you like yourself really had it good, something that my generation will never experience as left wing authoritarians and corporate influences continue to tear the country apart. Even the announcers Bob Prince and Bob Uecker sounded cheery and enthusiastic, even if they never played the game of baseball. Now you're subject to mass media that is controlled by giant corporations, where the commentators are dull, boring and robotic. After listening to Joe Buck for so many years, I finally gave up on the World Series over a decade ago. Everything felt formulaic and stale to the point where it was basically background noise. All in all, those of us who weren't alive when this happened should be thankful that there are people out there willing to share their memories and preserve the history of such things as the game of baseball. This was a completely different world back then, and us younger folk are looking at a pretty bleak future. Treasure the things you love and still have, because you'll never know good you had it until it is gone.
There wasn’t much competition that night as the other networks had the Democratic National Convention and whatever the independent station had on if you had one in your market
@@KratostheThird Wow, thanks for shoving your politically obtuse and biased views on the audience. Many of us come here to get away from "people " like YOU. Also, take the time to educate yourself on the game; Bob DID play. Social media is amazing in 2024. Oh, and lastly, YOU DO NOT SPEAK FOR ME, OR ANYONE ELSE. Have respect for others, and save your pontificating for an Alex Jones or QAnon podcast. I acknowledge that I cannot speak for anyone, as that would make me arrogant and a general a**. How terrible it is to have those liberal programs like social security and Medicaire. If you do not like or want it, GIVE IT BACK, RENOUNCE IT IMMEDIATELY! At the very least you are rich in one area: the ability to present your opinion as fact, as the only true answer we "need." You are not the final authority on ANYTHING! Congratulations, you garnered the attention you so tritely desired.
@@GratefulInRecovery Is this some attempt to bait me or get a reaction out of me? I don't care. What I said is done. That's my opinion. Take it or leave it.
Yeah. It was also a big deal then because with no inter league or cable then, we never saw opposing league players much. It was a big deal when I was a kid in the 70's
Also it meant something ...that game. The players weren't making a lot of money then (although they were soon too) and they were competitive. Or for many it the best chance to see out of market stars for the 1st time all season.
Pre game, a bunch of people are holding various flags in outfield as Ford is being introduced.. one of them is the beautiful Confederate flag (approx 15:30 mark).. How Wonderful is THAT! And absolutely no one complaining
@@darthscipio5289 That's because the A's had superior starting pitching. Both teams had strong bullpens. For position players, I'd say the Reds had an edge in talent taken altogether, at least by the time of the '75-'76 squads. I wasn't following baseball regularly until '76, when the A's were already starting to break up. But I have learned to admire their teams of that era greatly.
@@ronmackinnon9374 Individually The Reds were a better team but as a cohesive team the A's were a better team if the dumbass Charlie O Finley wasn't such a cheap ass the A's would have been the GOAT
@@darthscipio5289 wrong The 75/76 Reds are considered one of the best baseball teams of all time! none of those A’s teams were regarded that high. Not even close
those are my 2nd favorite Padre uniforms after the 1978 season unis. This the first all star game I saw. I was 10. Watched them all till 1992. Was at the '78 game in San Diego.
It's amazing how Greg Luzinski predicted that the Philadelphia Phillies and The Cincinnati Reds would face off for the National League Pennant! I won some Gentleman Bets with my Relitives in New York I was born in the Bronx and moved to Cincinnati in 1965. It wasn't too long before I became a Cincinnati Reds fan! I still to this very day have to butt heads with my Cousins and Uncle's as to who was the best Catcher of All Time? I always say Johnny Bench and they always say Thurman Munson!
Mets had 3 all-stars including a starter in the game. within a year Seaver and kingman would be gone with Matlack following within months. and so began a 6 year run as one of the worst teams in baseball. from '70 to 78 the Mets got rid of Amos Otis, Nolan Ryan, Ken Singleton, Rusty Staub, Tug McGraw, Jon Matlack, Tom Seaver, Dave Kingman and Jerry Koosman. I loved the Steve Henderson, Lee Mazzilli, John Stearns and old man Kranepool off the bench Mets but losing those names was very sad. And I'm still waiting for Dan Norman to make the big team.
Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia had some outstanding baseball teams during this era, but I truly despised their circular, high wall, phony turf, dirt cutout, cookie cutter stadiums.
As a lifelong Phillies fan I wholeheartedly agree. I remember being thrilled as a little kid when the Phils moved from Connie Mack Stadium(the neighborhood wasn't good and parking was atrocious) and into their new digs in South Philly, Veterans Stadium, which had ample parking and right over the bridge when we entered from South Jersey. After awhile we realized what we had lost when watching the games as all three of those stadiums had no personality whatsoever...just hulking concrete monstrosities with some worthless upper deck seating when it came to baseball. I love Citizens Bank Park.
(3:45) The reaction to the introduction of Twins manager Gene Mauch, the AL 3rd base coach, from the Philadelphia crowd. He'd had some rough years as manager of the Phillies. But good applause for former Phillies players Don Money, Woodie Fryman, and Dick Ruthven.
@@mattdoroshow2825 But at this point, Ruthven was a former Phillie, having first pitched for them, then being traded to the Braves* prior to this '76 season. He was traded back to the Phillies in '78. *(Edit) Phillies traded him to the White Sox, who quickly turned around and traded him to the Braves.
After the Rose triple in the bottom of the 5th, Bob Prince says (1:09:01) 'Yastrzemski made a fine relay.' It was Grich who made the relay (1:08:27). 😑 And at 1:37:38, top of the 8th, Warner Wolf says, 'Mickey Rivers grounded out in his only time at bat.' No he didn't, he struck out against Seaver (1:05:43). Then he remarks that Rivers will sometimes flip his bat 'like a batwon tirler' [sic]. Then when going over the NL pitchers at 1:39:26, he says 'Montgomery' instead of 'Montefusco'. Then at 1:41:01 he says that 'Carew is on deck, followed by Brett.' No he wasn't--Don Money had been in the game as a substitution for Brett since the bottom of the 6th. (He acknowledges that it is in fact Money due up next, at 1:43:33, without mentioning how he'd already been in the game.)
I realized enjoyed listening to Joe Garagiolia and Tony Kubek call a major league game. If there was a St,Rushmore of sport casters them two would have to be on it.
Where was Don Stanhouse in this all star game who had a major league leading earned run average of less than one run per game in mid season of 1976 for the Montreal Expos?
The idea of kneeling for the national anthem would have been criminal whereas a few years ago it was a very cool thing to do as a self righteous phony.
When the players are being introduced, the graphic said it was Toby Harrah's first time being an All-Star (7:50), when in fact he'd been a reserve on two previous All-Star teams.
They get it wrong when Wynegar comes up in the top of the 7th (first Wolf at 1:28:57, then a graphic at 1:29:36), saying he's the youngest player ever to appear in an All-Star game. What's true is that, at 20 years 4 months, he was the youngest position player to do so at that point (since surpassed by Bryce Harper in 2012, 19 years 9 months). But the youngest overall at that point was still pitcher Bob Feller in 1938 (19 years 8 months, since surpassed--by a matter of days--by Dwight Gooden in 1984).
In the 1st inning,, New York Yankees' Thurman Munson's flat-hitting showed in the All-Star game, and he would prove his "flat-hittedness" with the bat even in the 1976 World Series. Even with that, sadly, the Big Red Machine survived this New York batter that seems to be so difficult to strike out, and won that World Series. If NY were to win the championship, Thurman would have his own MVP. Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson, was still shocked on what Mr. Munson had done.....
Less than a year earlier, he was playing right field for the Mets, Kyokogodai. It wasn't that long since he played right field. And what an awful trade that the Mets made when they traded him to Detroit.
Something I just noticed (I'm still in the pregame at the moment) really different is that they could trot the president out on the field, and he was respected by all. Today, try to do that, a democrat prez would get cussed out from every side, a republican would be in danger for his life.
Phillies fans booing the Reds and the Pirates players (teammates of the Phillies players during this game) during the introduction, lol. I am originally from Philly, and I am proud of it, but remember this is the city who booed Santa Claus, so I guess being booed is kind of an honor.
Thank you. I'm in Toronto and last year we played the Rockies and Padres more than we played the Tigers, with whom we had a fabulous rivalry in the 80's. Ridiculous. Interleague play sucks.
I remember seeing that in either the Cincinnati Enquirer or the Cincinnati Post. Philly fans were unhappy that Rose got the votes, start over Schmidt, too. What a difference 3-4 years later would make!
@@usaveteran-retired6464 the funny thing is, years later Schmidt would say they could never have won the '80 WS without Rose and what a huge difference maker he was -- until then, they'd go to the playoffs year after year, and always fall slightly short. Then they got Rose and they won it all. Great team too, 1980 Phillies.
Rob Leflore went to prison, got jacked, Billy Martin found 'em and wound up in an All-Star game. Has a team not from New York as lousy as the '76 Tigers ever had three All-Star starters before or since? Rusty Staub's stirrups rock, BTW.
I like carlton fisk on the cover. Where is steve carlton, reggie jackson, dick allen and brooks "the tooks" robinson..? Especially steve carlton... Thurman munson was overrated (#'s not great).
Was ABC thinking of having Bob Price be their lead baseball announcer long term? Or was he kind of like a "place holder" until Keith Jackson was let off of his Olympic duties? Don't get me wrong, Bob Prince was a good announcer. But they'd demote Uecker to the number 2 team and soon let go of Prince and Warner Wolf within a year.
My guess is that Keith was always going to be the #1 guy. And maybe Bob Prince as the lead voice on the "B" team. However with the Montreal Olympics Jackson was very busy along with Howard Cosell. I think Warner Wolf should have been the Pre Game Host/Sideline Reporter and have Uecker be the Color Analyst. With Prince's leaving, it opened the door for the beginning of the career of arguably the best Play-Play Announcer ever on American TV. A young man named Al Micheals.
Bob Prince was let go before the season was over. It seemed like he didn't enjoy doing the ABC telecasts at all, considering that the station that broadcasted Pittsburgh Pirates games where he was a longtime voice, unceremoniously let him go and he spent 1976 on ABC and pxp voice of the Houston Astros. Had they kept Prince, he would have called one of the LCS that season.
The players, coaches, uniforms 1970's baseball at it's best!
Yes!! My point exactly. The uniforms were special and you knew the players. I guess Free Agency messed up team building from within
The Big Red Machine, MLB literally kept me following and sane in 1976. My Dad had passed away in May 1976, and my Mom had just survived heart surgery. She would pass away the following year. I was all of 12 years old in '76 - my siblings and I needed something to cheer. Rose, Bench, Morgan, Perez, and Company did not disappoint!
J. Carey I'm glad the Big Red Machine provided some solace. I can't even imagine losing my parents when you did. I hope you all had betters breaks in life after that. I grew up in Cincinnati
SovereignRight Beautiful Thank you. Life has been a blessing since then. God has given me more than I could imagine. Thank you!
What a way to get across how great this game can be. Right on brother, I am so with you and what a team!
4 SURE!!!!
What a great memories sir those guys tony Perez Johnny bench Peter rose and Morgan wow just wow best 1ever
Smh, this was during the period of my childhood when I was absolutely enamored with the game of MLB. Those days and feelings are in the rear view mirror, so much has changed since then, for the worse...
There were so many future hall of gamers and legends playing back then. Today's players are a bunch of strangers I don't even know.
Largely agree. However, I will concede now that the cookie cutter stadiums, sometimes gaudy uniforms, artificial turf, and over reliance on the stolen base did not always make the game better in the 70's and early 80's. Still, there was an innocent charm to the game long since lost. Maybe its a product of growing up and living in a world that increasingly more complex and tense, but you look at all the empty seats at baseball games and you wonder the future of this game. The average age of a regular baseball fan is now over 50, and younger fans are not gravitating towards the game.
The current game is completely unwatchable with all the strikeouts, pitching changes, and lack of action and strategy. A record setting number of home runs is not enough to excite fans either. Throw is the cost of tickets, concessions, parking, and the aggravation of driving in gridlock to and from stadiums and you see why people are not attending, something the NFL is experiencing also. I haven't watched a full baseball game in over a decade, and it likely never will again.
@@lewisgottschalk2178 Sure, childhood innocence had much to do with my feelings towards the game then, also being from Cincinnati enhanced all of it, and witnessing one of the best teams ever, the "Big Red Machine".
I started souring towards the game because of the '94 strike, and I've slowly lost my love for the game since. Dealing with life as an adult has helped to fuel my sourness towards the game, as I live in the real world of an honest day's work, for an honest day's pay.
I loathe the whole billionaires versus the millionaires nonsense that goes on today. The greed from both sides has helped to ruin my once unbridled passion for this once great game, that will never come back, no matter what happens moving forward...
Get off my lawn
@@lewisgottschalk2178 you have missed plenty of great games then, and I say this as a young 20 year old, kids still love baseball.
All ,my baseball cards in living color when I was a kid.
Me too, file them by teams, had all the teams
And Sparky Anderson still looked 80 years old in all of them.
@@jaycompany4886
Yup, I still have about 16,000 cards, a lot would have been really valuable from the 70s had I not sorted, categorized them a hundred different ways as a kid
As a die hard Yankee fan, I didn't have any use or appreciation for him or the Reds when I was growing up but watching these old clips makes it clear of just what kind of a player Pete Rose was.!!
Damn, that guy could play some ball.....
The identical comment to what Billy Franklin posted to this video a year ago. What gives?
The double-play in the 1st inning by Joe Morgan and Davey Concepcion was a thing of beauty. Just incredible how swiftly Joe caught and dished the ball and Concepcion coming across the base like a ballet-dancer. Just poetry in motion.
And Rod Carew, a lefty thus two-steps closer to first, a rather fast runner wasn't even in the screen when the ball gets to Steve Garvey at 1st.
Thurman Munson is my childhood baseball hero. Seeing him play in the all-star game was always a treat. But it certainly wasn't a treat, with the AL losing so much back then.
Great job by Dan Baker, PA announcer, with those introductions. Mr. Baker is still in that position with the Phillies as of today.
Please tell me they honor Mr. Baker every season - This is Remarkable!
@@usaveteran-retired6464 Dan Baker is a well-known, dare-I-say legendary figure in Philadelphia sports lore, not only for his decades-long career as the Phillies PA announcer, but also his involvement with Big-5 (college) basketball. In addition, although I have never met him, he is said to be an absolute gentleman.
@@larrycopeland2413 That's great to know - Marty Brennaman is a total gentleman, too! I've met him and his wife, Amanda, and known them since 2016. Total class!
I was the organist then. 20 years old. A little back story... There were death threats against Pres. Ford. During the anthem that Mike Douglas sang, 2 secret service agents came into the organ booth. They had 2 rifles with scopes aiming over my head scanning the crowd during Ford throwing out the first pitch.
This was when All Star Games were special. Players with the team uniforms of their hometown. Today I don't watch ASG. Can't tell players apart now
1976 MLB All Star Game, the Cincinnati Reds & some friends vs the American League! lol Go Reds! (:
Yup--the Reds' 5 starters (Bench, Morgan, Concepcion, Rose, Foster) and 2 reserves (Griffey and Perez) accounted for 7 of the National League's 10 hits, 4 of the NL's 7 runs scored, as well as 4 of the RBIs (3 of them of course by the game's MVP Foster). The only one of them not to get a hit was Perez, and even he got on base with a walk (which advanced a runner--Cash--who eventually scored).
red it was, the best ever
Bring back the old school uniforms.
more like new school in those days
I heard that, Rene. I'm tired of the old old school unis from the 1960s like the Braves and Phillies have been wearing now for 25 or more years. However, today's bulkier players would not look as good in the form-fitting double knits.
That why I say bring back the old school baseball physique.
The uniforms from 1973 to 1986 !
I was playing softball in FDR park in South Philly at the start of this game, playing center field for The Home Insurance Co, part of the insurance league. After the game, we made our way to the park and gained entrance die to the security staff not watching the gate. Fun time.
Assignor WWBUA LOL, well played!
WWBUA Good days , simple, innocent, FUN., I live 5 minutes away
Come on U know it's the lakes not FDR..lol
being a young Tiger fan, coming off a terrible '75 season, it was really great to see 3 Detroiters in the Starting Lineup
All three of them deserved to be there. Shame Fidrych got slammed.
@@kyokogodai-ir6hy no denying that. I had forgotten that Ron LeFlore had a 30 game hit streak that summer. It's a shame he couldn't keep his head on straight.
Don't forget Sparky Anderson led you guys to a World Series Championship too! Trammell! I remember him!
@@glennhalila8279I thought he had the talent to win several while he was here. Im glad he won the one, but felt we should have had more
It's Ironic that Sparky Anderson won World Series with the Reds and the Detroit Tigers. Allen Trammell was Great, no doubt about it. And Sparky was one of the Greatest Baseball Coaches!
1976, 9 years old, where has the time gone.
The only starter from the Reds that wasn't in this game was Cesar Geronimo. That's crazy. It was like the 76 NFL pro bowl when 8 of the starting AFC defense were Steelers
...and Geronimo hit .300 that year and won the Gold Glove.
@@kaseyrutherford5145Plus he had a cannon for an arm
It was the Cincinnati Reds verses the American League. The Reds dominated again.
4 SURE!!!!
That era was when baseball was more entertaining. Partly, b/c I was just a kid.
Watching the 1976 San Diego Padres @ Jack Murphy Stadium. Padres finished 73-89 in '76, 3 games ahead of the last-place Atlanta Braves. Always enjoyed going to Mission Valley to watch the Padres.
Gotta love the Murph... Sad they COULDN'T remodel rather than moving to Petco...
The great George Brett. The only player in history to win 3 batting titles in 3 different decades.
Loved watching him play. One of the greats.
Crybaby, with respect
Joe Ambrose Brett was an ass kicker and a feared dude wasn’t doing any crying but made other teams cry with his bat.
@@cdub531 How about cheater,
you gonna rebuke that too?
Joe Ambrose cheater for what?
When baseball was great!!and men were men..No batting gloves no elbow guards..Those were the days
I love baseball in the 70s and 80s. Pete Rose, Bill Buckner, Mike Schmidt, Tom Seaver, Ryne Sandberg, Andre Dawson, Tim Raines, Steve Carlton, Johnny Bench, Ozzie Smith George Brett. And of course, Harry Carey, Jack Buck, Harry Kalas, Mel Allen, and Vin Scully in the booth. Baseball is corporate and stupid now.
Dont forget foster
Don't forget Steve Garvey
@@paolo-n2000 and Davey Lopes
Classic , those were the days
Wasn't a Philly fan, but I was trying to watch as much baseball as I could on TV, and I recovered from all of the loud fireworks in 1976 because America celebrated its Bicentennial. So for this probably greatest of all all-star games, there is a sort of great patritoic moment too.
"Happy Birthday America" was inscribed still on the wall 9 days after the 4th in 1976. So I had a hunch that since is going to be a "Bicentennial" all-star game, and Philadelphia was the city that the signing of the Declaration of Independence happened 200 years ago, the stadium firework operator shot off a sort-of post game firework show after the ballgame, obviously to honor not only a national pastime that went through the Bicentennial, but also memories of the Bicentennial itself.
Philadelphia had every event they could get in 1976, including the NCAA Final Four, the DCI Championships, and likely the NBA and NHL All-Star Games.
Lot of the 80 Phillies were in this game. For other teams. Pete Rose, bake McBride, Dick Ruthven.
Just 3 years after getting out of Jackson State Prison and just 2 years after his MLB debut, Ron LeFlore, from Detroit's Eastside was the starting center fielder for the American League.
Joe Morgan was the spark plug of the Big Red Machine. If memory serves me correctly George Foster hit 52 home runs in 1977, without steroids of course. Tom Sever was traded to the Reds in 1977.
149 RBIs as well.. which was even more impressive
I love Baseball since I was born on May 23, 1985 in Queens, New York so I'm a Mets fan from birth .
Tons of great talent on that field.
The ASG TV viewing audience peaked with this game in 1976, scoring a 27.1 rating, 36.3 million viewers and a whopping 53 share, similar to what a Super Bowl audience would be. Since the end of the 1970s, the ratings for the all-star game have been on a steady decline to the point where the 2019 game had only a 5.1 rating, an 11 share and just 8.1 million viewers. That represents a roughly 80% decline in viewership since 1976. The numbers are the same for the World Series telecasts -- a precipitous decline since the 1970s. While gate attendance has been stable, it is clear from the TV numbers that the popularity of MLB has decline dramatically since the 1970s. I believe the advent of free agency (and the resulting constant rotation of players) at the end of the 1976 season had a big impact. I know it did in my case as a young Oakland A's fan whose passion for modern MLB mirrors the decline in the TV ratings. I didn't realize then, as a grammar school student, how good I had it as a fan.
Interesting.
I watched this ASG on this UA-cam channel a week after Classic MLB1 uploaded it, so it's good to see people are still commenting.
Unfortunately, and quite tragically, it seems that America has been on a steady decline since 1976. I speak not only for the game of baseball but the country as a whole.
This era was the heyday of the Baby Boomer generation. Affordable housing, exponentially cheaper college tuition, manufacturing jobs that had unions backing them up resulting in good benefits. Watching this entire ASG really shows a glimpse of a time long gone. Those of you like yourself really had it good, something that my generation will never experience as left wing authoritarians and corporate influences continue to tear the country apart.
Even the announcers Bob Prince and Bob Uecker sounded cheery and enthusiastic, even if they never played the game of baseball. Now you're subject to mass media that is controlled by giant corporations, where the commentators are dull, boring and robotic.
After listening to Joe Buck for so many years, I finally gave up on the World Series over a decade ago. Everything felt formulaic and stale to the point where it was basically background noise.
All in all, those of us who weren't alive when this happened should be thankful that there are people out there willing to share their memories and preserve the history of such things as the game of baseball.
This was a completely different world back then, and us younger folk are looking at a pretty bleak future. Treasure the things you love and still have, because you'll never know good you had it until it is gone.
There wasn’t much competition that night as the other networks had the Democratic National Convention and whatever the independent station had on if you had one in your market
@@KratostheThird
Wow, thanks for shoving your politically obtuse and biased views on the audience. Many of us come here to get away from "people " like YOU. Also, take the time to educate yourself on the game; Bob DID play. Social media is amazing in 2024. Oh, and lastly, YOU DO NOT SPEAK FOR ME, OR ANYONE ELSE. Have respect for others, and save your pontificating for an Alex Jones or QAnon podcast. I acknowledge that I cannot speak for anyone, as that would make me arrogant and a general a**.
How terrible it is to have those liberal programs like social security and Medicaire. If you do not like or want it, GIVE IT BACK, RENOUNCE IT IMMEDIATELY!
At the very least you are rich in one area: the ability to present your opinion as fact, as the only true answer we "need." You are not the final authority on ANYTHING!
Congratulations, you garnered the attention you so tritely desired.
@@GratefulInRecovery Is this some attempt to bait me or get a reaction out of me?
I don't care. What I said is done. That's my opinion. Take it or leave it.
The all star game used to be such a big deal-now its crap and dominated by the home run derby
Yeah. It was also a big deal then because with no inter league or cable then, we never saw opposing league players much. It was a big deal when I was a kid in the 70's
They were men back then! (All boys now.)
milart12 exactly. steve berman and his “back beck beck...” I’d rather listen to nails on a chalkboard all day.
Also it meant something ...that game. The players weren't making a lot of money then (although they were soon too) and they were competitive. Or for many it the best chance to see out of market stars for the 1st time all season.
Get off my lawn
What a season in the Bicentennial year.
Especially when the pyrotechnics went boom over Veterans after that All-Star ballgame was over.
And it was a bit like Comiskey Park in that mid-summer classic. The NL home runs would put on the stadium's pyrotechnic cannon.
Pre game, a bunch of people are holding various flags in outfield as Ford is being introduced.. one of them is the beautiful Confederate flag (approx 15:30 mark).. How Wonderful is THAT! And absolutely no one complaining
Struggling to adapt to 2020-21, heh?
As a lifelong Reds fan this lineup makes me very happy 😎
As good as the Reds were in the Mid 1970's The Oakland A's of Early 1970's were better What a great team the A's were
@@darthscipio5289 That's because the A's had superior starting pitching. Both teams had strong bullpens. For position players, I'd say the Reds had an edge in talent taken altogether, at least by the time of the '75-'76 squads.
I wasn't following baseball regularly until '76, when the A's were already starting to break up. But I have learned to admire their teams of that era greatly.
@@ronmackinnon9374 Individually The Reds were a better team but as a cohesive team the A's were a better team if the dumbass Charlie O Finley wasn't such a cheap ass the A's would have been the GOAT
When I was a kid these all star games in the mid 70's were like the American League vs. the reds and dodgers.
@@darthscipio5289 wrong
The 75/76 Reds are considered one of the best baseball teams of all time! none of those A’s teams were regarded that high. Not even close
Go Big Red Machine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm from Cincinnati I have to say dido!
❤️ the 1970s Cincinnati red greatest hitting lineup ever
those are my 2nd favorite Padre uniforms after the 1978 season unis.
This the first all star game I saw. I was 10. Watched them all till 1992. Was at the '78 game in San Diego.
Post pix and tix or some idiot will call BS
Only three years prior Ron Leflore was in prison, where he'd been for a few years.
Garvey also wielded a mean bat off the field.
Umpires
HP Harry Wendelstedt (NL) (2nd)
1B Jerry Neudecker (AL) (3rd)
2B Andy Olsen (NL) (1st)
3B Don Denkinger (AL) (2nd)
LF Satch Davidson (NL) (1st)
RF Jim Evans (AL) (1st)
Crazy to think that Henry Aaron played his last All-Star Game in Milwaukee a year earlier as a member of the Brewers!
It's amazing how Greg Luzinski predicted that the Philadelphia Phillies and The Cincinnati Reds would face off for the National League Pennant! I won some Gentleman Bets with my Relitives in New York I was born in the Bronx and moved to Cincinnati in 1965. It wasn't too long before I became a Cincinnati Reds fan! I still to this very day have to butt heads with my Cousins and Uncle's as to who was the best Catcher of All Time? I always say Johnny Bench and they always say Thurman Munson!
Babe Ruth's daughter just recently died at age 102.
What does that have to do with the 76 all star game!
@@nala3038 Because she was introduced before the game. Did you even watch the video?
❤️ babe Ruth my hero
Three guarantees:
Death
taxes
Rose losing his helmet rounding the bases.
Mets had 3 all-stars including a starter in the game. within a year Seaver and kingman would be gone with Matlack following within months. and so began a 6 year run as one of the worst teams in baseball. from '70 to 78 the Mets got rid of Amos Otis, Nolan Ryan, Ken Singleton, Rusty Staub, Tug McGraw, Jon Matlack, Tom Seaver, Dave Kingman and Jerry Koosman.
I loved the Steve Henderson, Lee Mazzilli, John Stearns and old man Kranepool off the bench Mets but losing those names was very sad. And I'm still waiting for Dan Norman to make the big team.
You mean STEVE Henderson.
lol...........yes!
Wow those were some horrible decisions
Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia had some outstanding baseball teams during this era, but I truly despised their circular, high wall, phony turf, dirt cutout, cookie cutter stadiums.
As a lifelong Phillies fan I wholeheartedly agree. I remember being thrilled as a little kid when the Phils moved from Connie Mack Stadium(the neighborhood wasn't good and parking was atrocious) and into their new digs in South Philly, Veterans Stadium, which had ample parking and right over the bridge when we entered from South Jersey. After awhile we realized what we had lost when watching the games as all three of those stadiums had no personality whatsoever...just hulking concrete monstrosities with some worthless upper deck seating when it came to baseball. I love Citizens Bank Park.
(3:45) The reaction to the introduction of Twins manager Gene Mauch, the AL 3rd base coach, from the Philadelphia crowd. He'd had some rough years as manager of the Phillies.
But good applause for former Phillies players Don Money, Woodie Fryman, and Dick Ruthven.
Ruthven was traded to the Phillies as was McBride
@@mattdoroshow2825 But at this point, Ruthven was a former Phillie, having first pitched for them, then being traded to the Braves* prior to this '76 season. He was traded back to the Phillies in '78.
*(Edit) Phillies traded him to the White Sox, who quickly turned around and traded him to the Braves.
After the Rose triple in the bottom of the 5th, Bob Prince says (1:09:01) 'Yastrzemski made a fine relay.' It was Grich who made the relay (1:08:27). 😑
And at 1:37:38, top of the 8th, Warner Wolf says, 'Mickey Rivers grounded out in his only time at bat.' No he didn't, he struck out against Seaver (1:05:43). Then he remarks that Rivers will sometimes flip his bat 'like a batwon tirler' [sic]. Then when going over the NL pitchers at 1:39:26, he says 'Montgomery' instead of 'Montefusco'. Then at 1:41:01 he says that 'Carew is on deck, followed by Brett.' No he wasn't--Don Money had been in the game as a substitution for Brett since the bottom of the 6th. (He acknowledges that it is in fact Money due up next, at 1:43:33, without mentioning how he'd already been in the game.)
I realized enjoyed listening to Joe Garagiolia and Tony Kubek call a major league game. If there was a St,Rushmore of sport casters them two would have to be on it.
Where was Don Stanhouse in this all star game who had a major league leading earned run average of less than one run per game in mid season of 1976 for the Montreal Expos?
Not exactly a nail biter. I fell asleep three times. Very relaxing.
The top 3 moments all included the Dodgers.
The idea of kneeling for the national anthem would have been criminal whereas a few years ago it was a very cool thing to do as a self righteous phony.
Sparky Anderson was 42 n 1976. I thought he was 70.
Fred Patek, great ss for the royals.....n surprising power for a little guy.
When the players are being introduced, the graphic said it was Toby Harrah's first time being an All-Star (7:50), when in fact he'd been a reserve on two previous All-Star teams.
They get it wrong when Wynegar comes up in the top of the 7th (first Wolf at 1:28:57, then a graphic at 1:29:36), saying he's the youngest player ever to appear in an All-Star game. What's true is that, at 20 years 4 months, he was the youngest position player to do so at that point (since surpassed by Bryce Harper in 2012, 19 years 9 months). But the youngest overall at that point was still pitcher Bob Feller in 1938 (19 years 8 months, since surpassed--by a matter of days--by Dwight Gooden in 1984).
In the 1st inning,, New York Yankees' Thurman Munson's flat-hitting showed in the All-Star game, and he would prove his "flat-hittedness" with the bat even in the 1976 World Series. Even with that, sadly, the Big Red Machine survived this New York batter that seems to be so difficult to strike out, and won that World Series. If NY were to win the championship, Thurman would have his own MVP.
Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson, was still shocked on what Mr. Munson had done.....
Bench hit .533 in the series. Thurman hit
.529. Both were amazing
Rusty Staub in RF....hahaha!! I know he played many games in RF, but not for a while in the AL.
+jesusisnotallright s fuck off!
Mets traded him for over-the-hill Mickey Lolich... one of their worst after the Nolan Ryan and Tom Seaver deals, of course.
La Grande Orange
Less than a year earlier, he was playing right field for the Mets, Kyokogodai. It wasn't that long since he played right field. And what an awful trade that the Mets made when they traded him to Detroit.
I remember him.playing first base..in monteral..for the expose
All those guys had to ride out there in a 1976 Chevette...
Fidrych mentions (1:06:19) how Rose had also gotten a hit off him previously in an 'expedition game.' : )
The Bird failed two times before grade five, ...That tells me he was undiagnosed with something.
Bobby Thompson and Hank Aaron looking dapper!
Poor gene mauch … lol !!! He blew it with the angels too 10 years later
A young Dan Baker on the PA
Back when everyone's name wasn't Rodriguez and the uniforms didn't look like pajamas ! Just like everything these days it sucks
Something I just noticed (I'm still in the pregame at the moment) really different is that they could trot the president out on the field, and he was respected by all. Today, try to do that, a democrat prez would get cussed out from every side, a republican would be in danger for his life.
The Phillies are 12 games out at the halfway mark 2023.
Dave Cash and Don Money lmao
Ikr? Top of the 9th, Money retired by Cash.
Phillies fans booing the Reds and the Pirates players (teammates of the Phillies players during this game) during the introduction, lol. I am originally from Philly, and I am proud of it, but remember this is the city who booed Santa Claus, so I guess being booed is kind of an honor.
R.I.P. Thurman Munson.
This game has no significance anymore with inter-league play.
True. It has ruined the mystique.
And that is sad
I think the 24 hour cable sports networks and free agency play a role in diluting the excitement and anticipation in All-Star games.
I doubt today players wouldnt mind if there wasnt a game.
Thank you. I'm in Toronto and last year we played the Rockies and Padres more than we played the Tigers, with whom we had a fabulous rivalry in the 80's. Ridiculous. Interleague play sucks.
Ironically they will love Pete Rose years later after he was boed that night
A time when MLB was still a KIDS game.
Cool/ unique uniforms
No over- saturated commentary with analytics.
Charles Barkley: Analytics...
Yaz hit a 3 run homer off Seaver in the 75 AS game. Lynn a solo shot off him in the 76 game...
Ok.The point is what?
@@joeambrose3260 seaver gave up 2 bombs to red Sox players
@@leoderosia9279 Oh ok, nobody gives a rats' fanny, but I get it
Rizzuto use to say Mickey rivers walked like a old man, Mickey use to do the bobble head after a swing, missed or fouled off
Bob prince is one of the best remember chicken on the hill with will
The Great Bob Prince, voice of the Buccos !
Ended his career with Houston..
when i was a kid Aaron seemed happy today he seems angry
Today he's dead
Might as well just played the reds vs the American league this year 😅
I was there
The fans boed the Reds , Pirates and Dodgers more than the Yankees basically because at that time they never played the Yankees
So the Reds played the American League All Stars. Have never seen a team completely dominate a fan game like this.
I was only 8 when this took place
I would love to see the Bird pitch
What happened to him?
Funny how Pete was booed here, little did they know Pete would be a Philly a few years later LOL
Just before this game the Reds & Phillies were in a brawl with Rose going after McGraw. Bad blood between these two teams all year long.
I remember seeing that in either the Cincinnati Enquirer or the Cincinnati Post. Philly fans were unhappy that Rose got the votes, start over Schmidt, too. What a difference 3-4 years later would make!
Phillies fans hated Rose. Until he played for them,.
@@usaveteran-retired6464 the funny thing is, years later Schmidt would say they could never have won the '80 WS without Rose and what a huge difference maker he was -- until then, they'd go to the playoffs year after year, and always fall slightly short. Then they got Rose and they won it all. Great team too, 1980 Phillies.
Ah hell bk then they all booed Pete & now most want him in the HOF! I'm from Cincy & always believed Pete shld be in the HOF!!!!
Rob Leflore went to prison, got jacked, Billy Martin found 'em and wound up in an All-Star game. Has a team not from New York as lousy as the '76 Tigers ever had three All-Star starters before or since? Rusty Staub's stirrups rock, BTW.
Texas, Harrah, Burroughs, Sundberg.
@The cisco kid wasnt a friend of mine Nelson, Spencer, reserves.Not starters like the guy indicated. Suarez not on the roster at all.
*Ron, not Rob.
Rod Carew Panamá *
David Concepción Venezuela
Only hispanic players !!!
* Hall of Fame 1991
Bob Prince (PBP) Bob Uecker-Warner Wolff (C) 1-3
Uecker (PBP) Prince-Wolff (C) 4-6
Wolff (PBP) Prince-Uecker (C) 7-9
13 future hall of famers
That's just what I was talking about when I said you probably will never see that again in all star competition...
Too bad Aaron wasn't chosen to play, it was his last active year with Brewers. Nice lil tribute tho with him breaking Ruth's record
Bob Prince (PBP) Bob Uecker/Warner Wolf (C) 1-3
Uecker (PBP) Prince/Wolf (C) 4-6
Wolf (PBP) Uecker/Prince (C) 7-9
Mark Fidrych says "damn" to reporter and interview ends! around @1:06:00
The reporter was Warner Wolf
"Rose got a hit off me in the expedition game" He was great
He said damn twice , that's not why they cut it
Damn they really booed our boy Ken Griffey
Reds & Phillies versus the AL...
I like carlton fisk on the cover. Where is steve carlton, reggie jackson, dick allen and brooks "the tooks" robinson..? Especially steve carlton... Thurman munson was overrated (#'s not great).
Was ABC thinking of having Bob Price be their lead baseball announcer long term? Or was he kind of like a "place holder" until Keith Jackson was let off of his Olympic duties? Don't get me wrong, Bob Prince was a good announcer. But they'd demote Uecker to the number 2 team and soon let go of Prince and Warner Wolf within a year.
My guess is that Keith was always going to be the #1 guy. And maybe Bob Prince as the lead voice on the "B" team. However with the Montreal Olympics Jackson was very busy along with Howard Cosell. I think Warner Wolf should have been the Pre Game Host/Sideline Reporter and have Uecker be the Color Analyst. With Prince's leaving, it opened the door for the beginning of the career of arguably the best Play-Play Announcer ever on American TV. A young man named Al Micheals.
Bob Prince was let go before the season was over. It seemed like he didn't enjoy doing the ABC telecasts at all, considering that the station that broadcasted Pittsburgh Pirates games where he was a longtime voice, unceremoniously let him go and he spent 1976 on ABC and pxp voice of the Houston Astros. Had they kept Prince, he would have called one of the LCS that season.
Sheesh...so it was the American League V. Reds/Dodgers
And a little bit of philly....sprinkled on
Why did they skip the National Anthem?
45:45 Bob? Are you there, Bob?
Bob was getting a hotdog lol
Was Jimmy Rice injured?
Only the philly fans would boo the home players from their own league! Or throw snow balls at Santa ..
Did I miss something? The last guy for the Yankees wasn’t introduced
he called willie Randolph, it was just out of turn
They were both announced, but it was out of order. They announced Randolph first when it should have been Rivers. Someone screwed up.
The players themselves couldn’t put themselves in alphabetical order
@ 1:02 Babe’s daughter looks just like him ! 👀⭐️💖
Ii believe she was adopted
Joe Ambrose wow, she does have his looks though ......I want proof or I call BS 😆. ( just kidding ✨
@@depaola63 They say alot of adopted kids morph into their" parents"
Wow I never saw so many hall of famers in one game... you probably won't see that again...
@@jamalmccoy4904 The MLB All-Star game was the shite in those days...can't miss TV. Now? Ehhh.