1968 World Series Game 3 St Louis at Detroit

[@markbrown4039]

What a joy it is hear George Kell, the longtime TV voice of the Tigers, call this game for NBC in his soothing Arkansas drawl.

[@tonyedwards2064]

And Al Kaline later...I loved to hear.."He hit that ball a country mile!" on my Dad's radio stationed in the middle of the half open window of the garage ,that was about 90 degrees , where my Mom's 68 Buick Wildcat sat.. We would clean out and wash, service fluid's or whatever..basically my Dad was being Tim Allen.. My Mom never went over 50 in that beast..I peeled the Styrofoam heading on it from boredom i believe..My Dad was pissed, but later took me for a summer ice cream ride, and down an old drag strip road in town, buried the needle as my Ice cream ended up on my shirt.I'll never forget it..Miss my ole man..

[@dallasbrubaker6054]

Temp-pit-ture. Sin--sa-nat-tuh ball club. Sked-yule. He'd never say Reds, just ball club. I wonder if it's due to fighting against Communism in the war.

[@furnitureconsortium]

@@dallasbrubaker6054 there's other Kell-isms too "they're gonna wh-ave him in!" "he hit em' on the fee-ist" xD lol loved George and Al Kaline in my 1980's childhood.....I miss hearing their voices, along with Ernie Harwell's and Paul Carey's

[@ultrametric9317]

Trivia - the stylized gothic D on the Detroit jersey is the oldest logo in sports. It first appeared on the road uniform in 1904. Oddly, it was not used on the home uniform until 1905. The Yankees logo did not appear until 1912. However, the Tigers flirted with other forms of the D, and even a Tiger icon, or just words, so the use has not been continuous.

[@GregJay]

I still love to play the 68 Tigers on strat=O-Matic and they always do well.

[@davestanton6981]

Replaying the '68 season right now with the newly released super advanced '68 set from SOM! This is the 3rd time i've played the '68 season. Ist time in '69, 2nd time in 2002 with the reissued advanced version, and now with the new set. Love that '68 Tiger team!!

[@ChrisCookCHC]

@@davestanton6981 iiiiikkiioii

[@dallasbrubaker6054]

Al Kaline......the best player I ever saw in A Detroit Tiger uniform. Nobody comes close.

[@ricopetrilli1084]

You never seen Ty Cobb play ?

[@dallasbrubaker6054]

@@ricopetrilli1084 no I just missed him. My grandfather had tickets for his third to last game but I couldn't go.

[@duanedorman6134]

I wish that the NBC Game of the Week was preserved like the World Series is. It would be nice to listen to Curt Gowdy and Tony Kubek together.

[@ricopetrilli1084]

The CBC recorded this. Probably because Ontario was right across the river.

[@MrGeorgewf]

Back in the day when the World Series was played during the day.

[@raulmacias1311]

I just don't know why Major League Baseball doesn't have World Series weekend games played in the day!

[@roscoefoofoo]

@M Go away, M. You're as boring as your favorite sport.

[@learnpianofastonline]

I really enjoy the commercials. They used to annoy the heck out of me.

[@rayroren6293]

I really enjoy the comments they used to annoy the heck out of me

[@johnschiiller4148]

I was at that game when I was 16 years old. Remember it well. Sat in box seats 3 or 4 rows up from the Tiger Bullpen on 3rd Base side.

[@dallasbrubaker6054]

This game?

[@johnschiiller4148]

@@dallasbrubaker6054 Yes, Game 3 in Detroit

[@rayroren6293]

It will never be as interesting a game

[@kurttoy5035]

Great hearing that World Series theme NBC used in the late '60s-early '70s.

[@andrewdouris6035]

John Hiller, good ole Canadian boy from my hood in Toronto (Scarborough) I played for the Scarborough Village Orioles

[@matta3968]

1968! The year of the pitcher!!

[@bernieudo4399]

Yeah. Crazy year compared to now. Gibson had 1.12 ERA. McClain won 30 games. Just incredible.

[@ricopetrilli1084]

@@bernieudo4399 Don Drysdale 58 scoreless inning's . Bob Gibson had 13 shutouts. McLain won 31.

[@bernieudo4399]

@@ricopetrilli1084 Wanna see the best hitters emerge? Raise that mound 6" higher & return to the K zone from the numbers to the knees. Yeah. Dingers will be as scarce as the dodo, but basic hit & run strategy will dominate. The BB, SB, & run scoring single will rule & the teams who emphasize batting fundamentals will rule. Games will be closer.

[@ricopetrilli1084]

@@bernieudo4399 1968 was an outlier. There were many young pitchers coming into their own like Seaver, Koosman, McNally, and Tommy John to name a few. Several stars had down years like Clemente and Killebrew. Clemente hit .291 after winning the batting title and having a career year in 1967. Parks are smaller nowadays, and the ball is supposedly livelier. Things wont change that much. I dont follow the game anymore anyway. No unless they adopt revenue sharing.

[@autumn1231]

Sat 3 rows behind Cardinal dugout for this game.

[@PatFrenchLeafsFan1]

That game was on CBC that year.

[@paulsarna5066]

Pat French Thanks God. Despite the back and white, they at least preserved their videotape. The only full coverage of Super Bowl 4 is from the CBC.

[@PatFrenchLeafsFan1]

I know. I love CBC Sports! @@paulsarna5066

[@bobo44donemilking51]

Fun fact ,I think Earl Wilson had 33 career home runs

[@deepcosmiclove]

Earl "no-hit" Wilson.

[@williamdunphy352]

Umpires (Game 3) HP Stan Landes (NL) 1B Bill Kinnamon (AL) 2B Doug Harvey (NL) 3B Bill Haller (AL) LF Tom Gorman (NL) (CC) RF Jim Honochick (AL)

[@williamdunphy352]

Curt Gowdy (PBP) & George Kell (C) 1st half Kell (PBP) & Gowdy (C) 2nd half Tony Kubek (field reporter)

[@igabm32yt]

anyone watching this in 1969?

[@charlesandrews2360]

There's a tremendous documentary about the Detroit Tigers seasoning 1968 called something like City on fire

[@Dark_Asteroid]

Appropriate name

[@tailor-mademedia1406]

Curt Gowdy: "It's unusual to see Brock go into a base standing up....". 👀

[@ChrisDutch]

And that would be huge in game 5 when Brock did the same thing.

[@tailor-mademedia1406]

@@ChrisDutch Yep.

[@mostlyautumn]

thanks Virgil ! love this Cardinals team!

[@vwm8534]

Me too!

[@dallasbrubaker6054]

Rickey Henderson was his era's Lou Brock

[@paultheaudaciousbradford6772]

And Maury Wills was his era’s Lou Brock... ...and Ty Cobb was his era’s Lou Brock... ...and now that the analytics nerds have crunched their numbers and consulted their spreadsheets nobody runs anymore. And I’m watching games that are more than half a century old to see a sport called “baseball” that doesn’t exist anymore.

[@TXTease]

Back in the day when they wore suits and ties to a baseball game

[@DrumGalaxy]

Anyone know why some Detroit players have the sleeve number on the road jerseys on the right and some have the number on the left?

[@mdhadley9321]

I believe it's so the number faces the camera that captures them while at bat.

[@Sub2DreadBlaze]

10:30 unusual…

[@gussiegreen100]

I haven't any sound

[@vwm8534]

I checked it got sound. The quality isn't great but it is there

[@bstnd3]

Why the f_ _ _ is the camera so far behind home plate? You can't see anything. You may as well listen on the radio.

[@TheMk1960]

You have to keep in mind, this was 1968. You didn't have 15 cameras all over the place like they do today.

[@bernieudo4399]

A simple time. Really. Umpires smoking in between innings. Yup. Players had second jobs. Very few broke the $100,000 ceiling by '68. Even by '74 the highest paid player was Aaron @ $200,000. (equal to the President & Aaron had a better year)

[@bstnd3]

Yeah Aaron was past his prime but at least he wasn't impeached

[@garynielson8144]

Poppycock