Fans today probably can't understand how much interest there was in watching these all-star games (heck, any MLB game) because this was literally the only time all season us kids could watch Gaylord Perry pitch, for example. We looked forward to this game so much, and made a party of it, complete with the old-school nacho cheese Doritos, mom's home-made pizza, and a few icy bottles of Pepsi or Dew. We'd have a trading card session before the game started, and we would watch the whole game. A great time in our then 13-year old lives. Thanks for posting this!
I'm with you. I've stopped watching MLB 2021 and am watching it from the best era for my enjoyment. That was a time when young boys could collect baseball cards and dream of seeing the bright green grass at the old ballpark.
Wow...What a blessing it was to see this in my feed this morning on my 59th birthday. I have not seen a broadcast of this game since the day my mother took me too see it at 3 Rivers Stadium for my 13th birthday. I still have the program with the scorecard I filled out. This brings back such great memories of that day and my mom. Amazing this popped up on my birthday. I could not think of a better "gift" than this.
I was a little older 14 when this game was played. LOCKED in! Read all the baseball magazines SportingNews, SI, Baseball digest. It was the best time to be a highschool student with all those baseball Action.
His swing was terrible. I think Aaron taught him how to expect pitches from certain pitchers in 1974. Garr had a great year, but with that swing He had to be correctly guessing fastball or whatever was being thrown.
Joe Garagiola and Yogi Berra grew up living across the street from each other on Hill Street in St Louis. Garagiola platooned with Del Rice much of his career catching for the Cardinals.
So many memories of this game. I was a big Dodger fan then, and this was the year their young players finally broke-through and won the NL West with an awesome team. I went to several MLB games that spring, grabbed as many ballots I could, then filled them out at home, and probably contributed 400+ of the "write-in" votes to get Steve Garvey into the starting line-up. Watched this game on a small b/w television at summer camp when I was 15 and felt all was right in the world.
I can't stand 'em, but the Dodgers are Definitely a Storied Franchise with a Wonderful history of players and managers (I also was glad they Won WS recently after the hou b.s.). RIP Tommy Lasorda What an Amazing Guy.
@@Zorn76 That World Series win has an asterisk the size of a baseball infield. They played 60 regular season games. Their 1981 World Series win also took place in a strike season.
I was at this game sat on the wall in right field Reggie Jackson is a family friend and gave us seats we were with him during the day at the Hilton hotel in his room great memories I was nine years old it’s the first time I’m seeing the game since I was there thank you for posting the game
Nice. My dad took us to Cincinnati in 1970 for the allstar game. My older brother, another friend of my dad's went too. Had a blast! This was Riverfront stadium 1st game. Still got the pennant 50 years later. You never forget things like that.
The peak years of the ASG were the 70s & 80s before free agency really took off. You had the American League lifers (Yaz, Carew, Reggie, etc.) against the National League lifers (Rose, Bench, Garvey) and you had match ups you'd never see. Except for an obligatory spring training game, this is the only time you'd see Mike Schmidt bat against Catfish Hunter. And while I like interleague play, it pretty much obliterated what was left of the novelty of the ASG.
Batters didn’t style or admire their long hits as if it was batting practice. Don Kessinger was running out of the box and was at third before his ball was retrieved. Today, many batters watch it for a long single. Bobby Mercer nearly beat out a routine ground out.
Three Rivers dimensions: 340 down the lines, 385 to the alleys, 410 to center. That great catch by Cedeno would be a homer run in most of today’s little league parks.
I was there with my Dad. It was so cool of him to take me to this. My very first big league game and I got to see all of the '70's big names all in one night. Great time.
Dick call me Richie Allen was one of my favorite players of all time. Tremendous power. Like Mantle, Ruth, etc. no roids and now weights. He belongs in the HOF.
Richie “Call Me Dick” Allen. The Phillies dubbed him Richie in 1964, even though he had never used that name. It took until 1972 when he joined the White Sox for his real name to emerge.
I was 9 years old did not see this all-star game glade i get to see it now what a gem love the Clarity in the color and the uniforms and players...AWESOME 👍👍👍
It is sad to see how the game has evolved since the mid-1970s when there was still a competitive balance in the league and you had great HOF stars on nearly every team. The game has been dominated by big market, big-money teams for the last four decades+ and MLB allows it to continue unabated. Nearly half the teams in the league have not been to a world series in more than 30 years. I was a diehard young baseball fan in the 1970s and wouldn't miss the all-star game. I have not watched an all-star game now for at least the past 30 years.
I dropped off when George Steinbrenner realized he could take the best of the best and pour hundreds of millions of dollars into already established players who were pushing past their prime.
@@alonenjersey I’m talking more specifically how he pulled in Jason Giambi, Alex Rodriguez and Gary Sheffield by offering them a pool full of money when they established their talents on other teams. The A Rod deal that was his $240 million dollar contract left the Texas Rangers in a bad spot.
Less distractions back then. The last few MLB games I went to in person, most of the 20 and 30 something year olds were glued to their smartphones, even those that were not far from home plate. Baseball is just boring now.
Cesar Cedeno, Jimmy Wynn, Thurman Munson, Luis Tiant,Bert Campaneris and Steve Garvey.. Wow even the guys that aren't in the Hall of Fame should be in the Hall of Fame..
The best broadcast trio ever... Gowdy told you what was happening, Joe told you a funny story surrounding it, Kubek told you why it happened. Now listening to them you realize how great they were together...Totally complimentary to each other. Best Network trio ever. Sidenote: How many of you tried change the channel to see what else was on???
1:40:22 Garagiola was underrated for strategy calls. Here he notes Ralph Garr getting beat with hard pitches inside, which is followed by Catfish trying that exact ploy and Garr anticipating it by jumping back and pouncing on. Yaz saves a double with a great play, but it was a smart call easily overlooked.
There's no question that the game of baseball has declined. What sickened me the most and prompted me to leave behind both 'playing' and 'watching' baseball is when I learned there was actually a motive behind today's players striking out 150 - 200 times. I think we can all agree it's more exciting to watch a player get into a bunch of groundouts and flyouts because then it goes beyond the pitcher. The fielding players have to make an effort to get the guy out. Pete Rose said it best when he mentioned that the 1994 baseball strike and the resulting steroid abuse that followed was to help fans and the viewing audience get back into the game. Even Gary Sheffield, despite being a part of that Steroid era, has said he is sick of seeing today's game and I absolutely cannot blame him. Ultimately it's the same reason why I stopped watching the NFL and the NBA. They're all controlled by big business men who don't care about commenting on the sports they're aligned with or the integrity of the sports as much as they care about filling their deep pockets. Now we have politics that have infiltrated the world of sports and it is yet another reason why I will probably never go back and pay money to watch a baseball game up close. Launch angles and whatnot are garbage and do nothing to lift peoples excitement of the baseball game. I watched the entirety of this old 1974 All Star game and I was fully enlightened. Good fielding, strategic base hitting, hit and run plays, and a cast of genuine, warm hearted broadcasters (Curt Gowdy, Tony Kubek, Joe Garagiola, Bob Prince) commenting on the action. The younger generations truly missed out.
Those guys made me love the game. Bench made me become a catcher. I studied Bench in my LL and Jr high yrs I read every book on and by Bench. In HS if I’d studied on my grades like I did BB I’d been in top 10. lol. Thank you for this channel.
No it hasn't I'm so tired of this the good ole days. let the young people have their day. You had yours . The good ole days weren't always good and tomorrow's not as bad as it seems.
Well said..Bo Sox fan here,,enjoyed the battles between Munson/Fisk in the 1970s.....much respect to Thurman,he was tough as nails..he passed way to soon🙏.....enjoy your day!🤟
@@martinleavitt6094 I'm a Yankees fan of 47 years and I'll admit if I were putting a fantasy baseball team together, I'd have a bitch of a time deciding who'd be my catcher. Munson or Fisk?
The exchange between Joe and Curt about the fight between the Pirates and Reds made me laugh when they told the anecdote about Pedro Borbon biting a Pirate player in the fight. I guess it was too soon after the fight in this broadcast, but Pedro Borbon acquired the nickname "Dracula" after that incident.
My grandfather wouldn't go there even though he was offered free tickets. He loved Forbes Field. Anyway, he and my grandmother lived up in Ambridge; it wasn't exactly the shortest trip. But he did go to Forbes Field at least once in a while, I think.
My grandfather wouldn't go to Three Rivers Stadium even though he was offered free tickets. He loved Forbes Field. Anyway, he and my grandmother lived up in Ambridge; it wasn't exactly the shortest trip. But he did go to Forbes Field at least once in a while, mostly during the Kiner era and before. He loved Maz and Honus. My grandparents used to tell me they liked every Pirate except for a guy named Clemente because of when he punched that teenage fan in 1966. They mentioned that to me in about '70. I never thought to ask them, but I wonder if their opinion of Clemente changed after his brave mission to bring goods to Nicaragua after the earthquake there. Probably. Clemente did a very noble thing in that mission. It was a horrible outcome for Clemente during that mission, and I feel that he's deserving of all the reverence that he's gotten. I'm sure that my grandparents felt the same way after Clemente's mission.
These were baseball players... You played these games to win. AS games now are pussified love fests...Basically all of Baseball has become pussified... And don't me started on society in general, lol.
As a young baseball fan my team, the Baltimore Orioles made me an American League fan for this annual mid summers classic. But for my dad, Red Sox fan, and I this event during the 70s was so frustrating to watch as the National League just not only one every year, 1971 excluded, but at times turned this game into a surprising blowout.
Andy Messersmith was a Fierce competitor, and a Solid pitcher. But 130-99 W/L I think hurts him too much. His 2.86 Career ERA is remarkable, though, especially considering the watered down pitching of MLB today.
@Martin luther Kennedy III Umm, you did realize the fans voted for the players they wanted to see. Aaron was hitting .235, you would remove him from the squad? Another thing, Pitching was a hell of alot better those days. Back then it wasnt about numbers like now. Pinheads tellihg me who's a better players than who. It's not always about numbers. Love how theses games were. Hitters comes up, his name, Avg- HRs-RBIs are shown and thats it more than likely. These days too many stats, too many unnecessary graphics, what the hell do I care how well Joe Blow hits when Aunt Fanny visits from Buffalo on a Tuesday in August. Just show the game, have good broadcasting and I can be entertained. These days coverage is too distracting which becomes too boring or confusing to a person just trying to watch a Baseball game.
@Martin luther Kennedy III I should have said "more than hit his weight." Campy didn't weigh that much. But with some exceptions like Joe Morgan, the best middle infielders of that time tended to be underwhelming as hitters.
@@angelocampanella4357 The As of this era actually wore three different color jerseys, with wedding-cake white being the other option. I don't think players wore different colors in the same game, but maybe they alternated by position?
@@mikelikesbama Kirby Puckett, Wade Boggs, Eddie Murray, Tony Gwynn and company dominated 90's era baseball. Nowadays we get hacks like Joey Gallo who can't hit the broad side of a barn and arrogant softies like Bryce Harper. Aaron Judge, despite his exceptional size and better than average running ability, is boring. Couldn't care less that he just broke Roger Maris HR record in the American League.
Thanks for posting. I saw this game when I was 13. Minutes’m somewhere in the outfield but I loved it. I grew up a Pirates fan then after the 1981 mid year strike I lost interest in baseball until 1986 when I found myself living three blocks from Fenway Park. I’ve seen a lot of good baseball.
Ah, second batter up - Bert Campaneris. Wasn't he the guy that chucked his bat at a pitcher's head from the batter's box after being hit by a pitch? I think it was a playoff game and Billy Martin was the opposing coach and he was going crazy and had to be held back by several umpires. Fortunately, the pitcher was able to duck out of the way, much like George Bush did when some guy threw his shoes at him during a press conference. He sure had a hot temper. You don't see plays like anymore in today's major league baseball.
The ball Reggie Jackson hit in the 1971 All Star game against Dock Ellis in Detroit would have hit the Ford GM plant in Michigan if it wouldn’t have hit a light standard in Tiger Stadium.. I saw Mark McGuire hit a ball in 1999 at dodger stadium that hit the top of the left centerfield pavilion closer to centerfield and bounced into the parking lot and that was nothing compared to Jackson’s 1971 all star moonshot!!
Did you see the one Tatis hit in Dodger Stadium last summer? Went way over the Pavilion and cleared the food court. Never saw a ball hit that far there.
People I’m sure have watched this on their smartphones and tablets. Kurt was far ahead of the curve when he said people will be watching Brooks Robinson plays 50 years from now and he amazed. Keeping in mind this was the 1974 All Star Game, 50 years ago.
The mighty Oakland athletics was on the verge of winning their 3rd consecutive world championship they had a good team with reggie Jackson in the prime of his career. ...
I thought it was interesting that Jackson and Hunter wore the Gold A's jersey and Campaneris and Rudi wore the green ones. Different jerseys from the same team.
@@pep590 I used to love the A's and their uniforms at this time when I was a little kid for specifically that reason. The contrast and variations of their colors. Green with yellow sleeves or Yellow with green sleeves. Green caps with yellow bill or yellow caps with green bill. Lol. I know it sounds weird but I was only in kindergarten to 2nd grade then ('72-'74).
@@pep590 I'm glad I'm not the only one because I STILL like those old uniforms. Haha. Today's are different. Same colors but the green is slightly darker and they don't wear them in the same variations as they used to. And before that era they had the uniforms that were cut off at the shoulder with the sleeves. But that was a little bit before my time. I'm a lifelong Astros fan but I loved the A's at that time.
I didn’t see Barry Bonds in this game.. he was only 10 years old here..Bonds- the best hand/eye coordination of any hitter since 1950.. YES , THAT INCLUDES TED WILLIAMS!!
That's when baseball was baseball. Real All Stars!!! Not like today with 240 hitters making over $30 Million a year against AAA pitchers posing as Major leaguers.
@@KSmall109CAB C'mon. You know better than that. Did you watch his performance during the 1976 World Series when he batted over .450? And aside from his great clutch hitting, he was a leader on the ballclub. And he was playing hurt most of the time.
@@aa697 The Yankees were swept in the 1976 World Series. Munson was a great player, no doubt. However, at the time of the 1974 All-Star game he was hitting .247. But then again Harmon Killebrew made it into the Hall of Fame with a lifetime .256 batting average.
@@KSmall109CAB I know they got swept by the Reds in 1976. I was referring only to Munson's performance. I think Reggie got in the HOF with a 263 average but he wasn't called Mr. October for nothing.
@@aa697 Reggie Jackson had a lifetime BA of .265. He struck out three times for every home run he hit. While he brought excitement to New York baseball at a time when New York City was falling into a sinkhole, I used to think he was one of the most arrogant MFers to ever play MLB. Did Henry Aaron admire his home runs? No, he just hit them. I remember Jackson admiring his homers in the 1973 World Series. I wanted to strangle him. Jackson and Billy Martin were like plutonium and uranium. Mixing them together was bound to create a nuclear explosion.
Gaylord Perry really did have a spectacular 1st half of 1974. After July 18th he was 15-1 in 18 games pitched with 15 complete games, 3 shutouts and a 1.31 ERA. Then he fell apart after that.
The Indians signed Jim Perry in 1974, and so they sewed a "G" in front of "Perry" on the back of Gaylord's jersey instead of re-centering the name, which might have cost around $8.00.
Penguin, Toy Cannon, Road Runner, Charlie Hustle, Human Vacuum Cleaner, Catfish. Reggie of course would get nickname a little over 3 years into the future. Great nicknames and uniforms. Thanks for the way back machine.
Umpires HP Ed Sudol (NL) (Crew Chief) (3rd) 1B Art Frantz (AL) (1st) 2B Ed Vargo (NL) (3rd) 3B Merle Anthony (AL) (1st) LF John Kibler (NL) (2nd) RF George Maloney (AL) (1st)
Jimmy Wynn had A Floating Chip in his Right Elbow? That explains why Joe Ferguson stepped in front of him on a fly ball to right field so he(Ferguson) can gun down Oakland A's Sal Bando at the plate in Game 1 of the World Series played later that year.
The Yankees as indicated at 13:22 were playing at the NY Mets stadium in Queens, New York. Yankee Stadium was under remodeling due to the poor state of it in the years prior to 1974. It would open in 1976 with many changes.
Probably Michelle Obama and Barack Obama Hillary Clinton Chelsea Clinton Bill Clinton Bill Gates doctor Freud she George Soros Nancy Pelosi Chuck Schumer Shifty shift those people probably gave it a thumbs down because they all suck off China they don't like anything to do with Chevrolet apple pie and baseball
GEORGE'S LATE BROTHER KEN BRETT PITCHING FOR PITTSBURGH. Ken was a great hitting pitcher, a .300 hitter some seasons..life ended due to a brain tumor at 51.. He was there when GEORGE GOT HIT NUMBER 3000, because Ken was announcing for the Cal Angels.. Ken was one of three 1981 KC ROYALS to die from brain cancer. HOWSER MGR., AND QUISENBERRY the others..sigh..
@@all66books, Phils of the decades' years '80- 93..wow! The 80's Padres, too as the '84 Padres were also star-crossed. Wiggins- AIDS, SHOW from serious illegal drug abuse(heroin!) tied into mental disorders, GWYNN from mouth cancer- tobacco chewing, and DRAVECKY from arm cancer. Then, add a still alive today LAMARR HOYT on the '85 team who spent time in prison on major illegal drug charges. That is three fifths of their mid-80's/'85 rotation involved in post career calamity and/or early death, and their all-time best player and an AIDS victim gone fairly early, very early in Wiggins case...sad..
I remember the the .99 cent snack box from the Kentucky Fried Chicken. 2 pc.s of chicken, roll and Cole slaw. I still remember the jingle. Those were the the days.
The A's won three straight titles in the early 70s including beating the Big Red Machine and the great Dodgers team of that era. Shows how great that A's team was. A legendary team which I was fortunate to see in person growing up in Oakland.
@@jamesmmahoney good point. I was a red sox fan back then, and in 75 they gave the Reds a run for their money. Jim Rice did not play in that WS due to injury. Had he been in the line up...who knows. For some reason, in the All Star games, the NL had their number though.
Fans today probably can't understand how much interest there was in watching these all-star games (heck, any MLB game) because this was literally the only time all season us kids could watch Gaylord Perry pitch, for example. We looked forward to this game so much, and made a party of it, complete with the old-school nacho cheese Doritos, mom's home-made pizza, and a few icy bottles of Pepsi or Dew. We'd have a trading card session before the game started, and we would watch the whole game. A great time in our then 13-year old lives. Thanks for posting this!
I have been watching a ton of 70's and 80's games on UA-cam since the pandemic started. The game was so much better back then
I'm with you. I've stopped watching MLB 2021 and am watching it from the best era for my enjoyment. That was a time when young boys could collect baseball cards and dream of seeing the bright green grass at the old ballpark.
Truth!!!!!!
Get off my lawn
@@bmorebamma You're welcome to walk across my lawn, little guy, ha, ha!
@@dbmusicproductions9181 BTW I'm not a guy.
Wow...What a blessing it was to see this in my feed this morning on my 59th birthday. I have not seen a broadcast of this game since the day my mother took me too see it at 3 Rivers Stadium for my 13th birthday. I still have the program with the scorecard I filled out. This brings back such great memories of that day and my mom. Amazing this popped up on my birthday. I could not think of a better "gift" than this.
AI is scary shit
It's not my birthday and i said thank you baseball gods.....this is the best baseball....happy birthday
Reggie the best showman ever......some people it might rub off.....Rose got to me he was a show men but not in way peolpe
I was a little older 14 when this game was played. LOCKED in! Read all the baseball magazines SportingNews, SI, Baseball digest. It was the best time to be a highschool student with all those baseball
Action.
Happy birthday.I was born on that exact day.
Ralph Garr may be the most overlooked and underappreciated player of the era.
His swing was terrible. I think Aaron taught him how to expect pitches from certain pitchers in 1974. Garr had a great year, but with that swing He had to be correctly guessing fastball or whatever was being thrown.
This man won a batting title!
Loved ‘70s Baseball ⚾️
70's American culture was the best....
Me too.
Me 3
Peak skill years ? power years? Pitching years?
To me, they had the best uniforms
Garagiola was such a great broadcaster, in fact he was so good I was stunned as a kid when I found out he was a former player.
Me too
Joe Garagiola and Yogi Berra grew up living across the street from each other on Hill Street in St Louis. Garagiola platooned with Del Rice much of his career catching for the Cardinals.
All the Saturday afternoon games I watched with him & Vin Scully doing games on NBC. Oh, those were those days.
@@alonenjersey Garagiola and Scully together were magic. They made ANY game feel like an event.
@@gargantuaism I remember also Tony Kubek subbing for Joe G. a few times. Still a wonderful way to spend a Saturday afternoon.
So many memories of this game. I was a big Dodger fan then, and this was the year their young players finally broke-through and won the NL West with an awesome team.
I went to several MLB games that spring, grabbed as many ballots I could, then filled them out at home, and probably contributed 400+ of the "write-in" votes to get Steve Garvey into the starting line-up.
Watched this game on a small b/w television at summer camp when I was 15 and felt all was right in the world.
I can't stand 'em, but the Dodgers are Definitely a Storied Franchise with a Wonderful history of players and managers (I also was glad they Won WS recently after the hou b.s.).
RIP Tommy Lasorda
What an Amazing Guy.
@@Zorn76 That World Series win has an asterisk the size of a baseball infield. They played 60 regular season games. Their 1981 World Series win also took place in a strike season.
@@Bob31415
Excellent points.
@@Zorn76 Thanks!
I was at this game sat on the wall in right field Reggie Jackson is a family friend and gave us seats we were with him during the day at the Hilton hotel in his room great memories I was nine years old it’s the first time I’m seeing the game since I was there thank you for posting the game
Nice. My dad took us to Cincinnati in 1970 for the allstar game. My older brother, another friend of my dad's went too. Had a blast! This was Riverfront stadium 1st game. Still got the pennant 50 years later.
You never forget things like that.
Good ol Jimmy Wynn who passed away this past March. Had a very respectable career in the majors for 15 years.
the Toy Canon....RIP
I saw Jimmy hit one out in game 1 of the 74 world series, RIP Toy Cannon
a great day when the dodgers got him in a trade for claude osteen,the 1st dodger to hit 30 hrs in a long time,frank howard in 62,rip jimmy
"The toy cannon" RIP
You betcha. He signed my '76 Yankee yearbook and made eye contact and had no problem shaking my hand.
The peak years of the ASG were the 70s & 80s before free agency really took off. You had the American League lifers (Yaz, Carew, Reggie, etc.) against the National League lifers (Rose, Bench, Garvey) and you had match ups you'd never see. Except for an obligatory spring training game, this is the only time you'd see Mike Schmidt bat against Catfish Hunter. And while I like interleague play, it pretty much obliterated what was left of the novelty of the ASG.
Excellent summation.
You're right ...n the ws, too....now every team plays each other atleast 3 times a yr, i miss these days
Batters didn’t style or admire their long hits as if it was batting practice. Don Kessinger was running out of the box and was at third before his ball was retrieved. Today, many batters watch it for a long single.
Bobby Mercer nearly beat out a routine ground out.
I agree.
I am fully against interleague.
Wow! Bob Prince, what a voice and style. And he mentioned my idol Roberto Clemente. 1:19.
Three Rivers dimensions: 340 down the lines, 385 to the alleys, 410 to center. That great catch by Cedeno would be a homer run in most of today’s little league parks.
I caught a Pirates/Reds game back in '96. I was so pleased that such a boring place went the way of Veterans' and Riverfront.
Babe Ruth hit about 400 homeruns that barely cleared the 296 feet right field fence in the old Yankee Stadium.
Miss 70s and 80s baseball!!
Dont miss losing the AS game 20 years in a row !!
Same here Nelly.
You said it. Great era in baseball the only exception being all that plastic grass. Alot of the ballparks had it
@@WB-1 Happy to see "Astroturf" has gone the way of the Dinosaur and Disco Music.
Now they need to do the same in half the football venues.
R.I.P. to the players in this game- miss you Henry. I live in Atlanta and watch the Braves because of him.
Hank Aaron was a real hero and patriot.
@@KratostheThird I couldn't have said it better myself
What a great collection of talent on the field great time in baseball
One of my favorite random traditions of All Star games from the 70's to maybe the early 90's was players wearing white cleats for this game.
I was there with my Dad. It was so cool of him to take me to this. My very first big league game and I got to see all of the '70's big names all in one night. Great time.
Curt Gowdy is marveling at the remote cameras and wondering what it will be like in ten years...
Thankfully he lived to see.
Dick call me Richie Allen was one of my favorite players of all time. Tremendous power. Like Mantle, Ruth, etc. no roids and now weights. He belongs in the HOF.
Richie “Call Me Dick” Allen. The Phillies dubbed him Richie in 1964, even though he had never used that name. It took until 1972 when he joined the White Sox for his real name to emerge.
I was 9 years old did not see this all-star game glade i get to see it now what a gem love the Clarity in the color and the uniforms and players...AWESOME 👍👍👍
It is sad to see how the game has evolved since the mid-1970s when there was still a competitive balance in the league and you had great HOF stars on nearly every team. The game has been dominated by big market, big-money teams for the last four decades+ and MLB allows it to continue unabated. Nearly half the teams in the league have not been to a world series in more than 30 years. I was a diehard young baseball fan in the 1970s and wouldn't miss the all-star game. I have not watched an all-star game now for at least the past 30 years.
I dropped off when George Steinbrenner realized he could take the best of the best and pour hundreds of millions of dollars into already established players who were pushing past their prime.
@@KratostheThird Oh what that madman did to my beloved Yankees after the '81 Series. Wasting money on players like Jack Clark and others.
I myself haven't enjoyed a All-Star game in some time. The late starting time is one reason.
@@alonenjersey I’m talking more specifically how he pulled in Jason Giambi, Alex Rodriguez and Gary Sheffield by offering them a pool full of money when they established their talents on other teams.
The A Rod deal that was his $240 million dollar contract left the Texas Rangers in a bad spot.
@@KratostheThird Oh, I see. I'll confess to having mixed emotions when hearing about the yanks getting A-Rod to sign a 10 year contract at his age.
Not one person at the game was on a cell phone..
And they all survived.
Great download. Enjoyed the car commercials..
Less distractions back then. The last few MLB games I went to in person, most of the 20 and 30 something year olds were glued to their smartphones, even those that were not far from home plate.
Baseball is just boring now.
First year that three Rivers put in sliding pits. From 1970 to 1973 it was an all dirt infield.
46 years later I remembered the Pirate broadcasters comment about the loss of Clemente.
Cesar Cedeno, Jimmy Wynn, Thurman Munson, Luis Tiant,Bert Campaneris and Steve Garvey.. Wow even the guys that aren't in the Hall of Fame should be in the Hall of Fame..
Commentators:
Curt Gowdy, Tony Kubek & Joe Garagiola.
The best broadcast trio ever... Gowdy told you what was happening, Joe told you a funny story surrounding it, Kubek told you why it happened. Now listening to them you realize how great they were together...Totally complimentary to each other. Best Network trio ever.
Sidenote: How many of you tried change the channel to see what else was on???
1:40:22 Garagiola was underrated for strategy calls. Here he notes Ralph Garr getting beat with hard pitches inside, which is followed by Catfish trying that exact ploy and Garr anticipating it by jumping back and pouncing on. Yaz saves a double with a great play, but it was a smart call easily overlooked.
Now you get boring commentators like Joe Buck. No personality, just dull.
There's no question that the game of baseball has declined.
What sickened me the most and prompted me to leave behind both 'playing' and 'watching' baseball is when I learned there was actually a motive behind today's players striking out 150 - 200 times. I think we can all agree it's more exciting to watch a player get into a bunch of groundouts and flyouts because then it goes beyond the pitcher. The fielding players have to make an effort to get the guy out.
Pete Rose said it best when he mentioned that the 1994 baseball strike and the resulting steroid abuse that followed was to help fans and the viewing audience get back into the game. Even Gary Sheffield, despite being a part of that Steroid era, has said he is sick of seeing today's game and I absolutely cannot blame him.
Ultimately it's the same reason why I stopped watching the NFL and the NBA. They're all controlled by big business men who don't care about commenting on the sports they're aligned with or the integrity of the sports as much as they care about filling their deep pockets. Now we have politics that have infiltrated the world of sports and it is yet another reason why I will probably never go back and pay money to watch a baseball game up close.
Launch angles and whatnot are garbage and do nothing to lift peoples excitement of the baseball game.
I watched the entirety of this old 1974 All Star game and I was fully enlightened. Good fielding, strategic base hitting, hit and run plays, and a cast of genuine, warm hearted broadcasters (Curt Gowdy, Tony Kubek, Joe Garagiola, Bob Prince) commenting on the action.
The younger generations truly missed out.
Those guys made me love the game. Bench made me become a catcher. I studied Bench in my LL and Jr high yrs I read every book on and by Bench. In HS if I’d studied on my grades like I did BB I’d been in top 10. lol. Thank you for this channel.
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No it hasn't I'm so tired of this the good ole days. let the young people have their day. You had yours . The good ole days weren't always good and tomorrow's not as bad as it seems.
@@bmorebamma I’ve watched the game 30+ years. I’m certainly glad I didn’t grow up in this era.
Launch angles don’t mean crap to me.
@@KratostheThird Move along old timer
Anytime I can see my all time favorite player Thurman Munson is a good day!
Yeah, munson was a great clutch hitter n outstanding catcher....as a kid i use to pay 1.50 to sit on the bleachers at yankee stadium.
I remember being on summer vacation from Jr. High when my Dad & I found out about Thurman dying in that plane crash. Just plain sad.
Well said..Bo Sox fan here,,enjoyed the battles between Munson/Fisk in the 1970s.....much respect to Thurman,he was tough as nails..he passed way to soon🙏.....enjoy your day!🤟
@@martinleavitt6094 I'm a Yankees fan of 47 years and I'll admit if I were putting a fantasy baseball team together, I'd have a bitch of a time deciding who'd be my catcher. Munson or Fisk?
He was a great guy. And I hated the Yankees, but always thought Thurman was a class act. R.I.P.
The 1974 and 1975 All-Star games were my favorites. The players were the greatest ❤
The exchange between Joe and Curt about the fight between the Pirates and Reds made me laugh when they told the anecdote about Pedro Borbon biting a Pirate player in the fight. I guess it was too soon after the fight in this broadcast, but Pedro Borbon acquired the nickname "Dracula" after that incident.
Had many great memories from Three Rivers Stadium.
That's what it's all about, family, friends, fun and memories.
My grandfather wouldn't go there even though he was offered free tickets. He loved Forbes Field. Anyway, he and my grandmother lived up in Ambridge; it wasn't exactly the shortest trip. But he did go to Forbes Field at least once in a while, I think.
My grandfather wouldn't go to Three Rivers Stadium even though he was offered free tickets. He loved Forbes Field. Anyway, he and my grandmother lived up in Ambridge; it wasn't exactly the shortest trip. But he did go to Forbes Field at least once in a while, mostly during the Kiner era and before. He loved Maz and Honus. My grandparents used to tell me they liked every Pirate except for a guy named Clemente because of when he punched that teenage fan in 1966. They mentioned that to me in about '70. I never thought to ask them, but I wonder if their opinion of Clemente changed after his brave mission to bring goods to Nicaragua after the earthquake there. Probably. Clemente did a very noble thing in that mission. It was a horrible outcome for Clemente during that mission, and I feel that he's deserving of all the reverence that he's gotten. I'm sure that my grandparents felt the same way after Clemente's mission.
Glen Slater Far?
@@glenslater8813 The funny thing is that the debris from Three Rivers was eventually stored off Ohio River Boulevard just south of Ambridge.
Man these guys were gettin after it in this one serious business
These were baseball players... You played these games to win. AS games now are pussified love fests...Basically all of Baseball has become pussified...
And don't me started on society in general, lol.
@@thedeucemonkey2331 Get off my lawn old man
Steve Garvey, the great all-star MVP,who got in as a write-in.
Thurm was my favorite. Loved No. 15 😎
Same thing for this Yankee fan of 47 years.
Man those commercials bring back memories.
As a young baseball fan my team, the Baltimore Orioles made me an American League fan for this annual mid summers classic. But for my dad, Red Sox fan, and I this event during the 70s was so frustrating to watch as the National League just not only one every year, 1971 excluded, but at times turned this game into a surprising blowout.
Well said,Bosox fan here..yupp,we got spanked by the NL in the 1970s...very disheartening at the time (12yo,in '74)...
Andy Messersmith was a Fierce competitor, and a Solid pitcher.
But 130-99 W/L I think hurts him too much. His 2.86 Career ERA is remarkable, though, especially considering the watered down pitching of MLB today.
Watered down? Pitching is MUCH better today. Pitchers throw way harder, more movement.
@@joksal9108None of that matters, because they break down very easily.
I loved 70’s baseball games... especially All Star Games!!
What's not to love?
The "toy cannon" Jimmy Wynn, love watching him hit.
Future SNL Jane Curtain in the Gillette Foamy ad!
My brother-in-law and I were at that game. It was great. Hank Aaron was in right field
Aaron at 40 almost taking Gaylord deep while those other legends struck out. What wrist! By the way Gaylord was bringing it man.
Advances in transitorized equipment. Love that line. RIP brooks Robinson. Also love how you could send a check to a p.o. box for the program.
"Rollie Fingers one of the better relief pitchers in baseball".
Kurt Gowdy
I love these games. This was BB.
I'll always remember the big "crash" when the hitter fouls one back at Three Rivers. Really good looking video, thank you!
Life was so much better back then!!
Jimmy wynn, the toy cannon
Tape measure shots.
Funny to see Capeneris in green A's jersey and reggie batting next in yellow A's jersey
@Martin luther Kennedy III Umm, you did realize the fans voted for the players they wanted to see. Aaron was hitting .235, you would remove him from the squad? Another thing, Pitching was a hell of alot better those days. Back then it wasnt about numbers like now. Pinheads tellihg me who's a better players than who. It's not always about numbers. Love how theses games were. Hitters comes up, his name, Avg- HRs-RBIs are shown and thats it more than likely. These days too many stats, too many unnecessary graphics, what the hell do I care how well Joe Blow hits when Aunt Fanny visits from Buffalo on a Tuesday in August. Just show the game, have good broadcasting and I can be entertained. These days coverage is too distracting which becomes too boring or confusing to a person just trying to watch a Baseball game.
@Martin luther Kennedy III Campaneris was really there for his glove, but he hit his weight which was a bonus for a quality infielder in the 1970s.
@Martin luther Kennedy III I should have said "more than hit his weight." Campy didn't weigh that much. But with some exceptions like Joe Morgan, the best middle infielders of that time tended to be underwhelming as hitters.
My point was why did they use 2 diffenent jerseys for 2 guys on oakland never seen that done before in all star gamr
@@angelocampanella4357 The As of this era actually wore three different color jerseys, with wedding-cake white being the other option. I don't think players wore different colors in the same game, but maybe they alternated by position?
The heyday of baseball...the 70's.
Mike Battista totally agree. HOFs everywhere and the baseball was just better and quicker.
So agree !!!! Hardly watch pro sports now and DONT MISS IT
90s baseball is damn good too. I think 70's, 80's, 90's and very early 2000's all were great baseball.
@@mikelikesbama Kirby Puckett, Wade Boggs, Eddie Murray, Tony Gwynn and company dominated 90's era baseball.
Nowadays we get hacks like Joey Gallo who can't hit the broad side of a barn and arrogant softies like Bryce Harper. Aaron Judge, despite his exceptional size and better than average running ability, is boring. Couldn't care less that he just broke Roger Maris HR record in the American League.
Thanks for posting. I saw this game when I was 13. Minutes’m somewhere in the outfield but I loved it. I grew up a Pirates fan then after the 1981 mid year strike I lost interest in baseball until 1986 when I found myself living three blocks from Fenway Park. I’ve seen a lot of good baseball.
Oh, you're tent city got moved over there?
Ah, second batter up - Bert Campaneris. Wasn't he the guy that chucked his bat at a pitcher's head from the batter's box after being hit by a pitch? I think it was a playoff game and Billy Martin was the opposing coach and he was going crazy and had to be held back by several umpires. Fortunately, the pitcher was able to duck out of the way, much like George Bush did when some guy threw his shoes at him during a press conference. He sure had a hot temper. You don't see plays like anymore in today's major league baseball.
Everyone is soft. Billy Martin, Tommy Lasorda and Earl Weaver gave you the heat whether you liked it or not.
The ball Reggie Jackson hit in the 1971 All Star game against Dock Ellis in Detroit would have hit the Ford GM plant in Michigan if it wouldn’t have hit a light standard in Tiger Stadium.. I saw Mark McGuire hit a ball in 1999 at dodger stadium that hit the top of the left centerfield pavilion closer to centerfield and bounced into the parking lot and that was nothing compared to Jackson’s 1971 all star moonshot!!
Did you see the one Tatis hit in Dodger Stadium last summer? Went way over the Pavilion and cleared the food court. Never saw a ball hit that far there.
People I’m sure have watched this on their smartphones and tablets. Kurt was far ahead of the curve when he said people will be watching Brooks Robinson plays 50 years from now and he amazed. Keeping in mind this was the 1974 All Star Game, 50 years ago.
Many years ago I read Reggie Jackson's book called 'Reggie'. It was about his 1974 season with the Oakland A's.
The mighty Oakland athletics was on the verge of winning their 3rd consecutive world championship they had a good team with reggie Jackson in the prime of his career. ...
I thought it was interesting that Jackson and Hunter wore the Gold A's jersey and Campaneris and Rudi wore the green ones. Different jerseys from the same team.
@@pep590 I used to love the A's and their uniforms at this time when I was a little kid for specifically that reason. The contrast and variations of their colors. Green with yellow sleeves or Yellow with green sleeves. Green caps with yellow bill or yellow caps with green bill. Lol. I know it sounds weird but I was only in kindergarten to 2nd grade then ('72-'74).
@@houstonrebel4449 Good for you. I was in 8th grade by 72 and I sure know what you mean. They were the coolest ever!
@@pep590 I'm glad I'm not the only one because I STILL like those old uniforms. Haha. Today's are different. Same colors but the green is slightly darker and they don't wear them in the same variations as they used to. And before that era they had the uniforms that were cut off at the shoulder with the sleeves. But that was a little bit before my time. I'm a lifelong Astros fan but I loved the A's at that time.
@@houstonrebel4449 What's not to love?
Back when the All Star Game meant Something.
The actual all time home run champion in this game.
I didn’t see Barry Bonds in this game.. he was only 10 years old here..Bonds- the best hand/eye coordination of any hitter since 1950.. YES , THAT INCLUDES TED WILLIAMS!!
Amen
You got that right sir. Never mind about Barry what's his name.
At 1:18:00 Saturday Night Live original cast member Jane Curtin.
Interesting how Reggie and Campaneris used different uniforms
The A's team photo in either 73 or 74 was like that. Every other player wore the green.
Three Rivers Stadium was only four years old at the time, Between the Steelers and Pirates the fans witnessed a lot of winning in the 70s.
My man Gaylord "Grecian Formula" Perry
Perry from the 216 throwing spitters . The best.
That's when baseball was baseball. Real All Stars!!! Not like today with 240 hitters making over $30 Million a year against AAA pitchers posing as Major leaguers.
Thurman Munson was hitting .247 at the time he was selected for the 1974 All-Star game.
@@KSmall109CAB C'mon. You know better than that. Did you watch his performance during the 1976 World Series when he batted over .450? And aside from his great clutch hitting, he was a leader on the ballclub. And he was playing hurt most of the time.
@@aa697 The Yankees were swept in the 1976 World Series. Munson was a great player, no doubt. However, at the time of the 1974 All-Star game he was hitting .247. But then again Harmon Killebrew made it into the Hall of Fame with a lifetime .256 batting average.
@@KSmall109CAB I know they got swept by the Reds in 1976. I was referring only to Munson's performance. I think Reggie got in the HOF with a 263 average but he wasn't called Mr. October for nothing.
@@aa697 Reggie Jackson had a lifetime BA of .265. He struck out three times for every home run he hit. While he brought excitement to New York baseball at a time when New York City was falling into a sinkhole, I used to think he was one of the most arrogant MFers to ever play MLB. Did Henry Aaron admire his home runs? No, he just hit them.
I remember Jackson admiring his homers in the 1973 World Series. I wanted to strangle him.
Jackson and Billy Martin were like plutonium and uranium. Mixing them together was bound to create a nuclear explosion.
Some stuff for the uni freaks. Campaneris wearing A's green but Jackson wearing A's gold... Gaylord Perry's name not centered...
I think it's because they added the G to his jersey after brother Jim joined the team.
Hey Claude, what's your deal, dude? Calm down, comrade.
Gaylord Perry really did have a spectacular 1st half of 1974. After July 18th he was 15-1 in 18 games pitched with 15 complete games, 3 shutouts and a 1.31 ERA. Then he fell apart after that.
sears diehard battery. my favorite battery of all time.
really? mine was Gibson and McCarver
@@danacoleman4007I'll take Lolich and Freehan.
@@jaydogtitan-ok3vw 😁
The Indians signed Jim Perry in 1974, and so they sewed a "G" in front of "Perry" on the back of Gaylord's jersey instead of re-centering the name, which might have cost around $8.00.
I saw Jim Perry pitch for the Twins when I was a kid.😊
I was at this game
Penguin, Toy Cannon, Road Runner, Charlie Hustle, Human Vacuum Cleaner, Catfish. Reggie of course would get nickname a little over 3 years into the future. Great nicknames and uniforms. Thanks for the way back machine.
Do they even bother giving nicknames for any sports athlete anymore?
@@KratostheThird I think athletes give themselves nicknames these days.
I never knew the Chicago white use to wear red and blue uniforms. ....weird. ..
I used to think the same thing when I first got my hands on Steve Stones' Topps card from that year.
I was there with my Dad.
By any chance do you still have ticket stubs and/or program books?
I was shocked to learn that Garvey missed the last four games before the AS Game. I thought his streak was already started well before this point.
Campaneris wearing a green A's jersey. Jackson wearing a yellow A's jersey. Guess it was the 70's.
Gaylord Perry looked 70 in 1970
70's Oakland A's, best uni's ever! Hippies on the field. 😅
the national league lineup.....LA Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, and Lary Bowa
"We have 2 hand-held cameras here tonight!"
Who else thinks Reggie looked great in yellow
Umpires
HP Ed Sudol (NL) (Crew Chief) (3rd)
1B Art Frantz (AL) (1st)
2B Ed Vargo (NL) (3rd)
3B Merle Anthony (AL) (1st)
LF John Kibler (NL) (2nd)
RF George Maloney (AL) (1st)
No joe west?
@@orbonds3603 He didn't work until 1976. Didn't do his first All Star Game until 1987.
Jimmy Wynn had A Floating Chip in his Right Elbow? That explains why Joe Ferguson stepped in front of him on a fly ball to right field so he(Ferguson) can gun down Oakland A's Sal Bando at the plate in Game 1 of the World Series played later that year.
Dick Allen for HOF 2021!
My favorite White Sox uniforms 1971-1975
There was a Richie Allen autograph model glove from Rawlings in this era.
The Yankees as indicated at 13:22 were playing at the NY Mets stadium in Queens, New York. Yankee Stadium was under remodeling due to the poor state of it in the years prior to 1974. It would open in 1976 with many changes.
Who the hell would dislike this lol
Probably Michelle Obama and Barack Obama Hillary Clinton Chelsea Clinton Bill Clinton Bill Gates doctor Freud she George Soros Nancy Pelosi Chuck Schumer Shifty shift those people probably gave it a thumbs down because they all suck off China they don't like anything to do with Chevrolet apple pie and baseball
@@donwert5039 Don, you're alright with me buddy.
Anyone who dislikes this cannot really call themselves a fan of Baseball.
GEORGE'S LATE BROTHER KEN BRETT PITCHING FOR PITTSBURGH. Ken was a great hitting pitcher, a .300 hitter some seasons..life ended due to a brain tumor at 51..
He was there when GEORGE GOT HIT NUMBER 3000, because Ken was announcing for the Cal Angels..
Ken was one of three 1981 KC ROYALS to die from brain cancer. HOWSER MGR., AND QUISENBERRY the others..sigh..
Same thing happened to the Phillies philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2017/08/07/daulton-4th-former-phillie-to-die/
@@all66books, Phils of the decades' years '80- 93..wow! The 80's Padres, too as the '84 Padres were also star-crossed. Wiggins- AIDS, SHOW from serious illegal drug abuse(heroin!) tied into mental disorders, GWYNN from mouth cancer- tobacco chewing, and DRAVECKY from arm cancer. Then, add a still alive today LAMARR HOYT on the '85 team who spent time in prison on major illegal drug charges. That is three fifths of their mid-80's/'85 rotation involved in post career calamity and/or early death, and their all-time best player and an AIDS victim gone fairly early, very early in Wiggins case...sad..
What a bummer most fans knew him from his TV ad for Lite Beer. A pity he never got to writing a book about his exploits ala Jay Johnstone.
How hard was it to get a ticket? And what was the cost? I was 8 years old when this July game took place!
1:46:54 McDonalds commercial advertising a burger, fries and coke for less than a $1.
And what was a employee @ McDonald's making back in '74?
I remember the the .99 cent snack box from the Kentucky Fried Chicken. 2 pc.s of chicken, roll and Cole slaw. I still remember the jingle. Those were the the days.
@@philovance1940 "A time it was and what a time it was."
4:29 - Gaylord Perry all greased up on his neck...
By my count there's at least a dozen hall of famers in this game.
Hey brother if that interests you watch the 1971 game. Just watch the player intros.
Don’t forget Pete Rose, Steve Garvey & Richie Allen.. ALL Hall of FAMERS in my book!!
And I've got quiet a few of their cards in my closet. True treasures.
I wonder if anyone still names their kid Gaylord
The American League couldn't fill the jock straps of the National League back then.
The A's won three straight titles in the early 70s including beating the Big Red Machine and the great Dodgers team of that era. Shows how great that A's team was. A legendary team which I was fortunate to see in person growing up in Oakland.
@@jamesmmahoney good point. I was a red sox fan back then, and in 75 they gave the Reds a run for their money. Jim Rice did not play in that WS due to injury. Had he been in the line up...who knows. For some reason, in the All Star games, the NL had their number though.
I think the ump was goofballing Messersmith !
Is it me or does gaylord Perry always looked old even when he was young. ...
NBC Radio Commentators:
Jim Simpson & Maury Wills (1:48:10)
My dad graduated in 1974 😊
and you were born 9 months later?
57:47 Jack Webb (Sgt. Joe Friday).
First National City Bank was shortened just a few years after to Citibank, then to just Citi, although either is acceptable.
i wish he would have been "running"-hilarious.
Baseball with curt gowdy, tony kubek, joe G was the greatest
Pete rose wanted to play the whole game? You got to wonder if maybe we put a wager of this game. Lol
Pete who?
The Mac Davis show 🤣🤣🤣
The play was real it meant something and not getting as much pay like they do now