1963 World Series Game #3- Yogi Berra's Last At Bat for the Yankees

Let's tune the Way Back Machine all the way to 1963 when the longtime rival Dodgers and Yankees faced off in the World Series. In the 8th inning of Game #3 at Dodger Stadium the great Yogi Berra enters the game as a pinch-hitter in what will be his final plate appearance in Pinstripes. The Dodgers' Don Drysdale is on the mound. Who will win this classic match up of Hall of Famers? The legendary Vin Scully calls the action. No ownership of this material is claimed.
Note: As many have pointed out there is an error in the opening graphic. Now that the video is up there is no way for me to change it without taking it down and starting from scratch. For the record Yogi Berra holds the record for most World Series Games (75), At Bats (259) and Hits (71). Please be merciful with your comments!

[@retromaven2159]

Hi everyone! Thanks for making this my most-watched video ever. As many have pointed out there is an error in the opening graphic that I had corrected but instead foolishly uploaded the original version. For the record Yogi Berra holds the record for most World Series Games (75), At Bats (259) and Hits (71). Please take a moment to check out some of my other baseball videos while you're here! 1971-Detroit Tiger Hall of Famers Al Kaline and Billy Martin battle with the Umpires at Fenway Park kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIaThJmCrrSIpdE&ab_channel=RetroMaven 1975 NLCS Game #2 Broadcast highlights kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmqxhqaEitd7o8k&ab_channel=RetroMaven Tom Seaver 19-K Game 9th inning-4/22/70 kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWjEdZijlK6sp68&ab_channel=RetroMaven Al Kaline Full At Bat on 1973 Monday Night Baseball kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIuZk2CZm7aefrc&ab_channel=RetroMaven Carl Yastrzemski's Last Major League Hit kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHrbnGyjr9x7q8k&ab_channel=RetroMaven

[@MikeCee7]

Thanks, I’m gonna check out these videos. I was a big Tom Seaver fan back in the mid to late 70s, but too young back in 1970.

[@retromaven2159]

@@MikeCee7 You're making me feel old!! Take care and thanks!!

[@kenm7179]

Imagine- one announcer, not two or three talking over each other. No stupid commercials between every pitch. No annoying music blasting in the stadium.

[@browningbelgium2326]

No players wearing gold chains. No players acting like God's gift to baseball and the human race. No players using steroids. No players demanding high salaries. No tattoos everywhere and no ear rings. Wow! what a concept!

[@iambecomepaul]

Most of the time when I hear, “the good ol’ days,” I flinch. But in this case I think you’re spot on. It was easier and the game played out more naturally instead of feeling like someone is trying to jam entertainment down my eyeballs and eardrums every stinking second. This felt more like a sport… which is (ostensibly) why I’m there in the first place.

[@tommyriam8320]

And the screen littered with every nonsense statistic known to man as well as a ton of other superfluous graphics and assorted B.S.

[@jackhastings9800]

Back then, players took speed. All the teams knew it.

[@lesliesawyer3224]

You need only one announcer when you got Vin Scully lol

[@michaellazzeri2069]

THE best voice in broadcast sports history, The Legend, Vin Scully. Period. nothing else, need be said. ---------------MJL, 77 y/o

[@ldfreitas9437]

BS. That would be Lon Simmons. Period! F the Dodgers!

[@razorback9926]

Or Bill King. He called play-by-play for 3 teams for over 20 years each: Warriors, Raiders, A’s.

[@joemoniz4167]

Vin Scully was the best baseball announcer of all time...Hands Down

[@chriszvokel457]

Vin Scully had a GODAWFUL voice. It was in an upper range of whiny and piercing, and he exacerbated the annoying sound by drawing out words too long. I remember being a kid, starting at the age of around 9 or 10, and having to turn the sound down when I watched games he called because I couldn't stand his voice and his overdone enuncation of everything. Just horrible. So overrated.

[@kentduryea7109]

​@@chriszvokel457 You are boring.

[@stevebartley628]

Drysdale, Scully, and Yogi - doesn’t get much better than that !

[@charlescap-bu5cn]

Yogi on Koufax, "I see how he won 23. I don't see how he lost 5."

[@Loydstardeli2017]

❤️ original yogi bear

[@frankwhitson2191]

They'll never be another player like Yogi Berra !!! His Yogisms are classics !!

[@dickybyrd6865]

😲 It’s like deja vu all over again! 😃

[@nja3224]

“Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded” is just one of my many favorites.

[@raulmacias6146]

Yogi Berra was a fierce competitor! He was a winner!

[@wvu05]

"I didn't say all the things I said."

[@subg8858]

“It doesn’t take rocket appliances.” - oh wait, that’s a Rickyism

[@nja3224]

I was very young at the time but this is the “baseball” I grew up on. It’s a different game today, maybe better to some, worse to others, and those who are indifferent. I no longer watch or was the fan I used to be, but watching this little clip here woke something up inside of me.

[@furfamilysue]

Good comment. Watching a game with the cameraman's focus on the pitcher/catcher/batter is what we grew up on. A few years ago I watched a few innings of a retro 1986 game. Vin Scully, camera mostly focusing mostly on the pitcher/catcher/batter and it had that calming effect similar to this clip. I have trouble focusing on today's camerawork and theatrics.

[@RRaquello]

@@furfamilysue They also used to have a camera set up behind home plate which showed the whole field so you could see the defensive set up. They stopped using it years ago. Even as far back in the 70s you didn't see it much.

[@rhondablack8079]

Yes I was very young then too. I do not like teams being able to play in post season that have not won a division. Really stupid

[@hughdismuke4703]

Steroids destroyed this game.

[@rogerwilliams5382]

Totally agree 💯. I myself love Baseball, and I too no longer watch it or any other pro sports. Never thought I'd be the one saying this but today's sports is lacking in almost every area. Athletes might be better but as players they're not even close to want they used to be. Their game IQ is pathetic. Bunch of boneheads!

[@felixmadison5736]

I remember watching that Series when I was 14 years-old in 1963. I was a Koufax fan so I was cheering for the Dodgers. I grew up a Yankee hater, but had much respect for Yankees, Berra, Mantle, and Ford. Yogi was a great one. No doubt about it.

[@oldiesgeek454]

This game was played on the day I turned 3, 10-5-63. This is the first time I've seen any NBC broadcast footage from the '63 WS. I hope there's more out there. 😊

[@clifftaylor4712]

I was 12yrs. old and can remember getting off the school bus and running home to watch the last innings of the world series. It's really cool to have remembered some of the old and great stars of those times.

[@gdholmfirth]

Same here, except I was a Yankees fan. Remember after Koufax beat them in game 1 Yogi said this about Koufax, "I understand how he won 25 games, but what I don't understand is how he lost 5". Koufax was tremendous, especially against the Yankees.

[@felixmadison5736]

@@gdholmfirthI remember Yogi's quote. Mantle, after striking out against Koufax: "Yeah, like anybody's supposed to hit that shit!" LOL!!

[@felixmadison5736]

@@gdholmfirthSandy lost 5 games because the Dodgers offense was pathetic. If Koufax had pitched for the Yankees in 1963, he would have won 30 or more games. The man was pure magic to watch, and he's always been my favorite pitcher since that Series. Being a lefty pitcher myself back in the day, Koufax has always been my idol.

[@yourguidetorights3909]

Lived in SoCal for many years and was blessed with the opportunity to listen to this great announcer. " It's time for Dodger baseball " Vin's opening line.

[@Grandpa_Moses]

With Vin on the mic, doesn't get any better

[@sal4856]

Was 10 yrs old remember smuggling transit radio into school listening to this series,one game a cool nun rolled out the tv beautiful days they were.

[@jimdep6542]

I loved World Series games being played in the Afternoon. When the Mets were playing the Orioles, my teacher brought a TV into our classroom so we could watch the game until the school bell rang ! That was very cool. That's one day I enjoyed staying after school to finish watching the game !

[@stevebartley628]

I would go home for lunch and at least get an hour of the game

[@jimdep6542]

@@stevebartley628It would sure be hard to leave home at lunch time....." oh wow....I stubbed my toe.....sorry, won't be in until the morning '.

[@ottoandhanzblack2175]

We use to sneak a transistor radio in class to try and hear the world series.....and not get caught. My 6th grade teacher was a good sport, she caught my buddy trying to listen to his, but instead of getting mad she let him turn it up and listen to an entire inning.....1967 world series , Boston vs St. Louis

[@oldiesgeek454]

@jimdep You should've received extra credit for choosing to stay after class. 😊

[@alanstrong55]

Yogi was a champion. He played to the finish.

[@RichS-jy7sb]

You know you're a class act when even in Boston they loved him.

[@ottoandhanzblack2175]

It ain't over till it's over!

[@Russ-gy7tx]

I attended Dodger Stadium with my dad during the '63 season and saw Koufax and Drysdale. Baseball had real pitchers who could go the distance! Thanks, dad and Vin for the memories.

[@charlescap-bu5cn]

THAT'S what finally sank into my thick head....Drysdale, the starter, is STILL pitching in the 8th.

[@mikeyposs3132]

So you don't think Sandy Koufax would have pitched longer if they had today's pitch counts and multiple relief pitchers? Yes, love Sandy and his complete games but cmon man - some change is good!

[@roderoda1758]

Yogi still taking 'practice' swings while Drysdale is in his wind up. Pretty cool.

[@pagaldo9642]

Pete rose, if I dare mention his name, had a similar late practice swing, both great hitters but different human beings

[@Playsinvain]

Nice catch. Pretty amazing indeed

[@darknitethunder]

That makes two of them doing the wind-up at the same time. Baseball at it's best.

[@tomsmith5216]

The full windup by Drysdale...I remember when they all did it, before Larsen's perfect game...

[@conradkappel9426]

Thanks. A lifelong Red Sox fan but always loved Yogi. As a kid I saw him play several times at Fenway. That was baseball!!

[@retromaven2159]

Too young to see him myself. Must be a great memory for you. Thanks for tuning in!

[@furfamilysue]

Even though I am 63 years old, I had trouble imagining Yogi being athletic. His appearance and Yogism's just did not cry out athlete. I really enjoyed seeing him at bat here. You can tell by this at bat that he is a professional hitter in all respects.

[@retromaven2159]

Yes, and a notorious "bad ball" hitter. The first HR he hit off Don Newcombe in Game #7 of the 1956 WS came on a pitch head high!

[@hughdismuke4703]

Yogi was a short man at 5'-8". Very stocky and strong, but short. I met him a couple of times and he barely was taller than my shoulder and I'm 6'. Yogi was athletic, it's just hard to see it at that height.

[@hughdismuke4703]

@@retromaven2159 At 5'-8" they may have seemed head high. A player who is 6'-4" that would just be a high fast ball. If you notice Don was pitching him high pitches to get him to pop up. And he did. What might seem like a notorious bad ball hitter might just have to do with his height. He was one of those hitters who had to fight for whatever he could get. He was a great contact hitter. The highest he ever struck out in a season was 38 times and he reached the 30+ mark only 3 times in his 19 year career. And he didn't get to the 30 SO mark until his 7th seaso, although he didn't get many bats his first two seasons. It's hard to say he was a bad ball hitter. I will say though his swing wasn't pretty but he did swing hard (he was strong) and when he connected? Great things happened!

[@rgglick]

"It was spring training, and John Kruk was significantly overweight. He was also drinking beer and smoking cigarettes. A woman recognized him, and she approached him. 'You should be ashamed of yourself. You’re an athlete,' she said. Kruk responded, 'I ain’t an athlete, lady. I’m a baseball player'.”

[@retromaven2159]

@@rgglick Classic!!

[@robertcassey4014]

Thank you for this! I grew up in Phoenix, AZ listening to Vin on the radio which was the only broadcast from any team received in AZ at the time (early 60’s). My Dad was a Pirates fan and would listen only to get the Pirates score. I would hear Vin at night as I lye in bed and drifted off to sleep. Cherished memories. Miss you Vin, R.I.P.

[@retromaven2159]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@60smusicrules]

That was a helluva battle between Yogi and Big D. Thanks for posting

[@kevinhagen6596]

Yogi was celebrated everywhere! He was Bench Coach here in Houston for a while. The cameras couldn't get enough of him. His numbers are astronomical in the W.S.

[@mattdon2164]

I remember that! John McMullen reached out to Yogi after the Yankees owner dissed him terribly. Yogi then recommended the Astros draft a kid from Seton Hall named Craig Biggio. Everything Yogi touched came up Aces. What a wonderful life he lived.

[@geedubb-q1u]

Vin Scully the greatest voice in MLB

[@ldfreitas9437]

Bull shit. That was Lon Simmons.

[@Little-Big-Boy524]

I was a kid and a Brooklynn Dodger fan living in Brooklyn when Scully was introduced to announce Brooklyn Dodger games, he was the best.

[@dariowiter3078]

He was much more than an iconic sportscaster here in L.A.....he was an institution. ⚾⚾⚾⚾⚾🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️📻📻📻📻📻 📺📺📺📺📺 😁😁😁😁😁

[@garymaccagnone3669]

Ernie Harwell.

[@mattcohen261]

What about the legendary Curt Gowdy? Longtime Red Sox announcer and then lead Game of the week announcer for NBC with former Yankee shortstop Tony Kubek.

[@nobodyaskedbut]

Berra was quite simply the greatest MLB catcher of all-time. He was one of the greatest 2-way players ever. He was also the best all-time at what the most important & most often thing a catcher does which is receiving & handling the pitchers. He led AL catchers in games caught 8 consecutive seasons, had 100 RBI in 5 seasons, more HRs than SO in 5 seasons, was the 1st catcher to hit 20 HRs in 10 consecutive seasons, led AL catchers in DPs in 6 seasons & was the starting catcher on more pennant winning (9) & world series winning teams (7) than any other catcher in MLB history. He was the glue that held the Yankees dynasty together & one of the 10 greatest players in the last 100 years.

[@jamesanthony5681]

Johnny Bench

[@oldtimer794]

Not even close.@@jamesanthony5681

[@nicholasschroeder3678]

Dead on

[@maxxbenzz7842]

Wohhh wohh pump the brakes!

[@dgrant7291]

I once saw Yogi hit a grand slam against my Tigers back before he became a player/mgr. Everybody was on that Yankee team...Mantle, Maris, Elston Howard, Whitey Ford, everybody...and they beat us all almost every darn year...when I was very small I thought the World Series was somebody automatically playing the Yankees. I didn't realize they actually just beat everyone else every darn year!

[@baberRuth]

1st Black League MVP's. Jackie-1949. Elston-1963. I'll bet NL had 7 Black MVPs in the 50s. Banks 2. Aaron. Mays. Campanalla 3. Prob missing one.

[@oldtimer794]

Maybe Frank Robinson. Roberto Clemente.@@baberRuth

[@charlescap-bu5cn]

I met Frank Lary's niece... probably AL Lary's daughter

[@johnfenwick7641]

God baseball used to be so good I remember racing home from school on my bike to watch the afternoon games as a kid there was nothing better

[@renewco]

And I thought I was the only one racing home to watch the World Series - day games. What a thrill!!!!!!!!!!

[@oldiesgeek454]

Did you take your transistor radio to school so you could listen to the game during recess? 😊

[@johnfenwick7641]

@@oldiesgeek454 yeah I also used to put my transistor radio under my pillow at night and listen to the Yankees baseball when they were on the west coast at night

[@mikeyposs3132]

So watching live in the evening wasn't better?

[@jazzmanchgo]

Some years back, I got to meet Moose Skowron at an event in Comiskey Park in Chicago. I told him that I remembered a daytime World Series game when I was in grammar school; for gym class, we watched the game. He hit a triple! He broke into a big smile and said, "That was in 1962, off Juan Marichal. I remember that because it's the only triple I ever hit in a World Series." For that one minute, I was that starry-eyed kid all over again.

[@lancer3412]

This is a real gem. Boyer sure stepped in the bucket on that called strike 3. All good cuts from Yogi, not just on the line drive.

[@retromaven2159]

Even in 1963 Yogi still had that quick stroke. Don't you think if they had the DH rule back then he could have stuck around a few more years?

[@lancer3412]

@@retromaven2159 He sure looks like it in that AB. Yogi could just flat out hit.

[@marknowlin8356]

Unlike his quiet brother Ken, Clete often had a chip on his shoulder about something or other.

[@myszek46]

Yogi was 38 during the '63 World Series. He still had the quick bat and good reflexes. Sadly, this was his last at-bat as a Yankee.

[@kegardner]

This is a great piece of footage of 2 HOF's going head to head. So representative of what the game used to be. So many good comments on here. I was in 1st grade during this series, 6 years old and just beginning my time as a big Dodger fan. I know many of you like me, took our transistor radios to bed almost every night and listened to Vinny call the night games along with Jerry Dogget. I was also a National league loyalist so I didn't yet know a lot about the Yanks because as you fans and purists all know, we were nowhere near interleague play in 1963. Any ways, our 1st grade teacher, Miss Chapman, was also a baseball fan and she would roll a TV into our room ever day and we all watched the Series together. (btw It was also very surreal, not even a month later, when she rolled the TV back in on November 22nd when the news broke that John F Kennedy had been shot in Dallas.) No, there will never be the likes of Drysdale, Koufax, Podres, again ... no Marichals, no Gibsons, no Perrys ... and we will certainly never see a Denny Mclain 30 game winner again. I also stopped following baseball for good after the strike. I was very fortunate to attend many games at Chavez Ravine. I was on the 2nd deck, first base side on June 11th 1969 the night Maury wills made his return to the Dodgers. 1st inning, lead off batter, Wills singles. The crowd goes wild. The whole stadium starts stomping and chanting ...GO, GO, GO! With everyone in Los Angeles knowing that Wills is going to go ... he caps off his return to LA by stealing 2nd base in spite of everyone knowing he was going to. ( I sometimes wondered back then if Phils Catcher Mike Ryan, had given him a free pass) One last little interesting bit of information ...at 1:31 Vinny makes the comment, "So Jim Bouton did a fine job and was bailed out by Bobby Richardson at the right time ..." lol! You younger fans, if you don't know who Jim Bouton was look it up. It's another, different great story in the annals of baseball history ... (hint: If you've ever had Big League Chew, you are indirectly aware of a little of the Jim Bouton story.🙂

[@retromaven2159]

Great comment Kyle! Thanks!

[@r.d.sandman6474]

Good old Don Drysdale, king of the bean ball! Talented, tall, soft spoken guy-yet with a mean streak as hard as a coffin nail

[@rgglick]

Blond?

[@jamesanthony5681]

Don Drysdale. The Big D. Double D. The Twin D. Hollywood handsome and California cool. Pretty good hitter, he was, in addition to being a great pitcher. Died far too young.

[@leelaural]

I don't think I can name one baseball player today but when we were kids the name Yogi berra, Mickey Mantle, Don Drysdale, etc just were known by everybody.....I miss those times...

[@sgnmath1234]

Right around the eyes, but Yogi had full command and full contact !!

[@RRaquello]

Extra trivia: Bob Miller, shown warming up in the Dodgers bullpen, would end up being managed by Yogi 10 years after this when Yogi was managing the Mets. It was Miller's second go-round with the Mets, as he was an original Met in 1962 and would make a return to them in 1973-74.

[@M_Ladd]

Back when baseball was baseball! Great job! Thank you very much! I was expecting a homer.

[@retromaven2159]

You're welcome. If he would have hit one, I would have shown it! 😃

[@glenschunk3995]

Yogi was a real character. Not hyped by the media or any self promotion. He was what he seemed to be.

[@lentzfax9534]

Just a beautiful clip...what memories ...true baseball in all its glory! Thanks for posting!

[@kevinolivas8075]

Awesome video! Never saw it before! Thanks for posting! One of the greatest games Don Drysdale would pitch during his Hall of Fame career!

[@retromaven2159]

Thanks!!

[@johnmatzye6633]

He has more championship rings than every MLB teams except the Yankees and Cardinals.

[@Steve52344]

LOVED this. Memories are wonderful.

[@frederickrapp5396]

This is the first and so far only tv footage I’ve ever seen from the 1963 World Series. I’m overjoyed that this footage exists! Wish there were more footage from the ‘63 Series, but I believe that NBC recorded over them.

[@vdoggydogg3922]

Mlb should have made sure to keep copies..it's on them for being shortsighted

[@mpojr]

Mickey Mantle hit a home run off Kofax in this series to l was watching the game,,but Yankees did not win series.Yogi was a special kind of player and l think very under rated

[@jackhastings9800]

Just search KZbin. You can find every game of 63 WS.

[@RRaquello]

They recorded over the video tapes, but this is a kinescope, which is film which can't be recorded over. So there's a possibility it could survive (as we see here) and it's possible more of it may turn up some day.

[@frederickrapp5396]

@@jackhastings9800 Yes, But it’s not from the actual television footage. I think that you are referring to the 1963 World Series film narrated by Vin Scully.

[@joeydbball1729]

Very cool! Thank you!

[@retromaven2159]

Thanks for the shout out!

[@rickrobitaille8809]

Life is short enough and wasn't blessed to see this era❤

[@rockinyouallnight]

I met Yogi back in the '90s at Lewis's Bistro & Delicatessen in San Francisco. He signed my lapel while eating a Morey Amsterdam sandwich.

[@retromaven2159]

Great story!!

[@kevincurtis6550]

Thanks for sharing this rare clip of Yogi. Great ballplayer & man.

[@retromaven2159]

Thank you for your kind comment!

[@kevincurtis6550]

@@retromaven2159 Your welcome.

[@carltonreese4854]

There's something special about a World Series game played during daylight hours. Even the sounds are different it seems.

[@usamerican0005]

It's nice when your last at-bat comes in your final plate appearance.

[@corylieder1452]

Not a big fan of walking in your last time up?

[@tomscerbo1588]

That's redundant!😂😂

[@charlescap-bu5cn]

huh?

[@zora_noamflannery2548]

- A Yogi-ism?

[@dariowiter3078]

WOW!!!!! A surviving TV transmission of the '63 World Series! SUPER COOL!!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍 💖💖💖💖💖 😃😃😃😃😃

[@oldiesgeek454]

I'm just as shocked as you are! 😊

[@dariowiter3078]

@@oldiesgeek454 😁😁😁😁😁 👍👍👍👍👍

[@oldiesgeek454]

@@dariowiter3078 Here's one more crazy thing. This game was played on the day I turned 3, 10-5-63. 😊

[@dariowiter3078]

@@oldiesgeek454 And, this was Dodger Stadium's first World Series game ever. 😃⚾😁

[@oldiesgeek454]

@@dariowiter3078 That's true. My first game at Dodger Stadium came four years later. It was bat day. 😊

[@eddy5739]

This is what baseball is supposed to be. Real ball players.

[@radar0412]

Psst..Robots aren't playing in The Majors yet..😂😂

[@hughdismuke4703]

@@radar0412 wanna bet? They're called steroids. It's just a matter of time they turn into A.I. players.

[@radar0412]

@@hughdismuke4703 On March 28, 2014, the players and owners announced that the penalties for a positive test of STEROIDS would be increased to an 80-game suspension for the first offense, then escalate to a 162-game suspension for the second offense, and a lifetime ban from the sport for the third. Players suspended for the season will not be allowed to participate in post-season games. Suspensions do not allow the player to be paid while suspended. This steroid policy brings MLB closer to international rules.

[@sec9788]

@@radar0412I think he means: No rap-sports name athletes playing.

[@radar0412]

@@sec9788 Pretty sure he thinks he's watching A.i players

[@smilanesi98]

Miss these guys so much. Brings tears to my eyes because they were so special. The heroes of the bygone era.

[@rejean2744]

Berra had 259 at bats and 71 hits. 12 of them home runs.

[@BigfistJP]

Berra in general was a great clutch hitter, and I say this as someone who was not a Yankee fan. He was at his best in big moments. I could say the same for Allie Reynolds, who pitched incredibly well in many World Series.

[@hughdismuke4703]

Just for the record, you're talking about his World Series stats. It's kind of hilarious because a lot of players don't even get those kinds of numbers in an entire season or career.

[@RichardKoenigsberg]

Watched Yogi through my youth. Amazing player. So confident. Greatest clutch hitter of all time.

[@jimdellavecchia4594]

When Drysdale was asked what was his best pitch, he said, "My second brush back. That way the hitter knew the first wasn't a mistake!!"

[@billgrandone3552]

Yeah Don was one of baseball's "head hunters". Saw him many times as a kid at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, home of another great "'head hunter" in Bob Gibson who sportcasters used to say that he would deck his own mother.

[@aMulliganStew]

Clemens plagiarized him

[@larryro8872]

A Hall of Fame pitcher against and end of his career Hall of Fame hitter. I enjoyed watching it, nice job.

[@robertwatkins8220]

I saw Sandy Koufax pitch when I was 13 years old at Dodger Stadium!

[@rickmays797]

Thank you he was one of the G.O,A,T.

[@jimcyr9602]

There's a terrific doc about him on Netflix. Much of it is about how his personality overshadowed what a great player he was. I had no idea he was that good! Highly recommend.

[@marknowlin8356]

Right to the end a deadly pull hitter with his looping cut. Thanks for posting. Would love to see the whole game, if this was an excerpt from it.

[@MilePost106]

I was 2 years old at this time. I remember as I was getting older and watching baseball with my dad when we still had black and white TV and not a crap load of garbage commercials you see today. Miss those old days!

[@selfwitness]

Thank you! That was a treat!

[@retromaven2159]

Happy to bring it to you!

[@Jdwify]

Great enjoyable video. Loved it. Great to hear Vin Scully also.

[@mplsmark222]

I am not a Dodger fan, I’m from Minnesota, but somehow in my view, Vin is the ultimate baseball announcer. A true professional and a legend. Just the right amount of qualities in his voice, pace of his speech and insight of they way the game is played. How could anyone replace him? , the best anyone could do is fill in.

[@taylordw]

I was 12years old when I saw this game on TV. My family had moved to Connecticut from California in’59 by ‘61 my dad and brothers had become strong Yankee fans. My dad took us to Yankee stadium on October 1, 1961, the game in which Roger Maris hit his 61st HR that season. Great memories!

[@balrog322]

Great clip. Good trivia question by the bye. I did not know Vin Scully called this game for NBC. Baseball is the less for his passing.

[@franksantore2810]

This was the game where Mel Allen lost his voice and Vin stepped in. Mel never did another Series game again.

[@Gablesman888]

Really miss Vin Scully. Nobody could call 'em like him.

[@RRaquello]

@@franksantore2810 I think it was game 4 when he lost his voice. According to Dick Young (well known NY sportswriter of the time) Mel Allen just couldn't bring himself to call the last Yankee outs of such an embarrassing 4-game sweep.

[@alvillanueva2525]

My first memories of being a Dodgers fan. If we were good, we got to watch some of the World Series on a black and white tv during class time. The great Vin Scully, with a break in the middle innings by Jerry Doggett, on the broadcast.

[@samludu5916]

Great video! I grew up in Southern California and the 60's Dodgers were - and will always be - my team: Koufax, Drysdale, Wills, Gilliam, Fairly , Willie & Tommy Davis, Perranoski ... The Dodgers swept the series 4 zip. Koufax struck out a then-record 15 Yankees in the opener. I stayed home from school to watch it.

[@jimdep6542]

Thanks ! Wish we could see the whole game !

[@jackknudson-rk1uv]

I saw Yogi come in as a pinch hitter in Minneapolis when he was a player manager, he hit a double and hobbled to 2nd base. The Yankees put in a pinch runner for him. As he went off the field he was given a Standing Ovation by the fans, he tipped his cap to us all. It still brings tears to my eyes today, I was 11 o6 12 and played catcher in little league, he was then and will always be my hero even if he was a Yankee.

[@doublehelix3952]

just watching Yogi still taking practice swings when Drysdale is already into his windup makes me kind of nervous--but there is no arguing with Yogi's success 8-)

[@alonenjersey]

An MLB game being called by the late, great Vin Scully. Pure enjoyment.

[@OldRustySteele]

Another fun fact about Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra. He grew up in the same St. Louis neighborhood as Joe Garagiola and Harry Christopher Carabina, who later changed his name to Harry Caray. The Cardinals made the wrong decision on that one - they drafted Garagiola rather than Berra. That neighborhood they were from is called “The Hill” and is a real nice part of the city nowadays. Some really good Italian restaurants there, too.

[@billgrandone3552]

And the neighborhood is still there known afffectionately as "Dago Hill" or "The Hill" because of all the Italian families that live there. Best Italian food in the Midwest can be found there and it is a must for visitors to St. Louis.

[@johnmickiewicz44]

Garagiola had a great line about where he grew up. He said most guys in the majors were the best players in their county. I wasn’t even the best player on my block.

[@billgrandone3552]

Yeah Joe had a lot of great lines. He was really a funny guy and I miss the days of Cardinal baseball with Harry Carey, Jack Buck, and Joe. I still have Joe's book "Baseball is a Funny Game" along with my "Koufax" autobiography, "Can Anybody Here Play This Game" the story of the 1962 Mets', and "Boys of Summer"@@johnmickiewicz44

[@frederickhartenfeld5492]

@@billgrandone3552 you can spend a night in yogis home.a little over a hundred a night look up yogis beginnings

[@RRaquello]

Not drafted, but signed. No draft in those days. They tried to sign Berra too but he wouldn't sign for less money than Garagiola got because he knew he was a better player, so he went with the Yankees.

[@jamesd2128]

75 World Series games, 295 plate appearances, 71 hits, 12 hr's, not too shabby, Yogi !

[@cuznvinnie818]

This is the first time I have actually seen game footage of this World Series! Everything else I've seen has been highlights.

[@retromaven2159]

Pretty cool, don't you think??

[@cuznvinnie818]

@@retromaven2159 Yeah, I wish I could find more game footage!

[@Emslander]

This was the Golden Age of baseball. Few big league teams, so the best players were funneled to the top. The best athletes played the game at all levels. TV presented the game as it was. The networks hadn’t started shaping it to their needs. I was young then.

[@skydiver6711]

And this is why baseball started seeing smaller crowds. They took sooooo much time between pitches. Baseball finally started putting a stop watch on how much time they could take and makes baseball great again. I got to go to Kansas City around this time and watch a double header between The Kansas City Athletics and the Yankees and then the next year go back and watch the Athletics play the Cardinals. I got to see all the greats play and was too young to appreciate it.

[@garycourtier4668]

My first game at Dodger Stadium under the lights was in 1974 against the Yogi Berra led New York Mets. It was a Friday night, the Mets won 5-2 behind pitcher Bob Apodaca, but I can still remember businessmen wearing their suits at the game. My dad smoked a cigar and let me have some of his beer. Talk about the big time.

[@rogerwilliams5382]

It's a young Vin Scully who was unmatched. He was by far the best ever. Well until his last few years.

[@sec9788]

@@AmericasChoiceCause the other guy was probably a doofus that he had to dumb the conversation DOWN to…

[@oldtimer794]

They were great together. Vince did incomparable play by play and Joe offered terrific analysis to the games.@@AmericasChoice

[@gdalcorso1]

Mel Allen for me.

[@knightwatchman]

One of the best, if not the best, contact hitter of all time.

[@mikeyposs3132]

That might surprise Rod Carew and Tony Glynn?

[@knightwatchman]

@@mikeyposs3132 Can't argue with that.

[@JS-fe8sx]

Who else but Vin Scully calling this.

[@maryannegunter115]

Wow, now this is real baseball! When baseball was America's greatest past time. The GOOD ole days.❤😊

[@michaelcurcio4025]

Yogi is my first pick all time. possibly the greatest ballplayer who ever lived.

[@THECLARENCES]

Little known fact: Comedian Freddy Lewis got Yogi Berra addicted to the Morey Amsterdam sandwich from Lewis’s Bistro & Delicatessen! xoxo The Clarences

[@Geotubest]

I'm amazed how Yogi is still taking practice swings right up to the moment of Drysdale´s delivery.

[@gvalley07]

When it was all on the line, you couldn't have a better clutch hitter in a World Series game than Yogi Berra.

[@garymorris1856]

Yogi had a great line after the 1963 World Series, in talking about Koufax who went 25-5 during season, Yogi said, "I can certainly see why he won 25, but how in the hell did he lose five?"

[@radar0412]

The similarities between Yogi's first at bat, and his last at bat were completely different.

[@retromaven2159]

🤣🤣

[@BigfistJP]

Thanks Yogi.

[@warrenrosen132]

His first at bat was similar,to the one,previous.

[@retromaven2159]

@@warrenrosen132 🤣

[@nja3224]

- Ha ha. Clever

[@DrSkull1939]

One of the things that needs to come back is at least 1 afternoon day World Series game or 2. Maybe on Saturday and Sunday. Then again it would be competing against the NCAA & NFL. I remember back in those Oakland A's Championship years how intense that Sunday game with the Mets was in daylight. It just felt like no one could beat that team ever. I was young and really didn't understand how players get old. However I really thought Oakland was the mecca of baseball until I started to understand the truth. Free Agency and the Reds of 1975-76 and the Yankees of 1977-78 made me realize that times change. By 1979 all Oakland had was Rickey Henderson stealing bases among the accomplishments they had. The stands were no longer full of fans. The weather at night could get chilly. Now they are going to Las Vegas. 🥺 From daylight baseball in Los Angeles in the Sunshine as we see this World Series here to no baseball at all in Oakland 😔

[@oldtimer794]

I really feel bad for all of you Oakland sports fans. First the Raiders, now the A's. Very sad that its all about money. From a lifelong Chicago fan.

[@charlescap-bu5cn]

now the night games compete against the weatherman AND NHL.

[@olddog103]

YOGI AND VINNY, AND DON DRYSDALE, WHAT A TREAT

[@dannyperrino5308]

I was born in The Bronx. Dad took me to my first game when I as 8 in 1959. Saw Yogi, Mickey, and all my childhood heroes. Great memories! Having said that, I’ve become used to the pitch clock in baseball now. This 5 minute video would only have been 3 minutes if they had a pitch clock in 1963 😂😂 Also, this was only a few months before Kennedy was shot and about 4 months before the Beatles showed up on Ed Sullivan.

[@nickmele9968]

Saw him play against Milwaukee at Shea in 1965 took a beautiful photo

[@retromaven2159]

Wow! What a great memory!!

[@ronmackinnon9374]

(1:18) 'Yogi Berra, getting into the ball game *as a player* ....' Vin Scully made that distinction since Yogi had been first base coach for the Yankees for much of this series prior to this at bat.

[@retromaven2159]

Great point! Thanks for the note.

[@patrickobrien8060]

As a White Sox fan, I used to hate the Yankees of this era. But twenty years ago, I came to love Yogi -- now I can't hate his old team. And two years ago, we attended a wedding in St. Louis, beautiful church, wonderful event. But the highlight of the trip was driving past Yogi's boyhood home on Elizabeth Street. Under that sign is another: "Hall of Fame Street."

[@rodbriggs8552]

Wow, that sounds like a young Vin Scully calling the game! 🙂

[@stephenchristian5739]

THANKS

[@davidLw15]

His last (unofficial) at-bat was in the 1964 Mayor's Trophy game at Shea, the first one. He was the Yankee manager but came up to bat as a pinch hitter. He grounded into a 6-4-3 double play! I was eight years old and was at the game, seated way up in the upper deck.

[@retromaven2159]

Yes! A poster said he remembers Berra having at AB for the Yankees in 1964 so this must be it! Thanks for the contribution and thanks for tuning in!

[@TheBatugan77]

Yogi played for the Mets officially. He struck out three times in one game, and immediately retired again. In his prime, Yogi might not whiff three times in a month.

[@davidLw15]

Yes indeed. He became a Met in 1965. What I intended to say that as a Yankee, his last at bat in a Yankee uniform was the Mayor's Trophy game at Shea stadium in the summer of 1964.

[@alanklein2996]

I noticed how Yogi took his last practice swings in the batters box very late and at the same time every pitch. I wondered if this was a timing aid for him.

[@ckersh74]

Very likely. I strongly suspect that Yogi knew exactly what he was doing.

[@CapAnson12345]

They also faced each other on August 3rd, 1959 in the second all-star game that year. Berra had two at bats against Drysdale, he struck out then hit a home run.

[@retromaven2159]

Great catch! Thanks for your note!

[@TJO57]

Berra is almost 40 years old here. What a tough out he was!!

[@keithmotsinger918]

Eon's ago my daddy ran a American & Shell service stations in between stints . Teenager i was, there was a mailman , Yankee fan like me . Ask the guy you saw most of-em ? Yeah the USPS guy said , "who was the best Yankee you saw sir ? No hesitation in his voice "Yogi Berra " .

[@camionerosfurgoneros5915]

BASEBALL WAS KING BACK THEN

[@joedimaggio3687]

Now, the NFL is king, and baseball has become a regional sport.

[@RobbyBonfire]

Actually football became our national pastime in 1958, the year the Dodgers left Brooklyn and the Colts beat the Giants in OT for the NFL title.

[@georgebalko2593]

My favorite Yankee of all time, and I'm a Red Sox fan. And with respect to Bench, et al., I think the greatest catcher of all time.

[@touco9077]

Just Remember, its not over till its over!

[@mhbbej1]

Being a Met fan it was great having Yogi as a coach and a manger. Yogi was the manager in history to win a pennant for the Mets and Yankees.

[@mikeyposs3132]

I attended a Dodger doubleheader vs the Mets in 1962. Koufax and Drysdsle against the worst team ever! Koufax threw a one hitter - unfortunately a Jim Hickman home run and Dodgers lost 1-0 in game one. Drysddale won game 2.

[@jody6851]

I remember watching this World Series as a kid at my cousin's house. But I recall the games were broadcast in color, which by 1963 was already available for many TV broadcasts (the Tonight Show had already gone color three years earlier although color TV sets were still fairly expensive) because my cousin was the first in my family to buy a color television set and that's where we'd watch the games. So I'm surprised this recording of the game is still in black and white, though. Watching the games was also wistful for my family members because my older family members all grew up in Brooklyn, NY, and were all therefore die-hard Brooklyn Dodger fans. Having to watch the by-then LA Dodgers who had left Brooklyn only six years earlier in 1957, was still a painful experience for them. Like having to watch a former girlfriend you had a painful breakup with sitting in a restaurant having dinner with a new date.

[@charlescap-bu5cn]

670 The Score in Chicago comes back from commercials SOMETIMES 2 pitches into the at bat. You get 100% of the damn commercials, but not 100% of the game as it unfolds.

[@AllanGonnella]

That was Don Drysdale on the mound for the Dodgers to get Berra out. He pitched a complete game win in game #3 in the 1963 World Series at Dodger Stadium. I got to attend Game 4 at Dodger Stadium. I saw Mickey Mantle hit a homerun half way up the left field pavilion and Frank Howard become the first player to hit a homerun in the second deck at Dodger Stadium. The Dodger swept the Yankees in 4 games by using only 4 pitchers. Koufax pitched complete game victories in Games 1 & 4, Drysdale a complete game win in Game 3, Johnny Podres pitched 7-2/3 innings in a game 2 win as Ed Roebuck pitched 1-1/3 innings to save the win. I still have the program and the ticket stub from game 4 of the 1963 World Series at Dodger Stadium. I was 13 years old.

[@64yanks]

Ed Roebuck didn’t pitch in that series. It was Ron Perranoski that relieved Podres

[@Paul-lm5gv]

It ain't over 'til it's over!

[@tomloft2000]

I didn't think this AB would ever be.