1968 World Series Game 5 St Louis@Detroit 2of2

Second half of game 5.

[@float101]

I was there...behind third base.. watching Willie Horton's throw Lou Brock out at the plate. I was 9, it was incredible to be there, to see the Tigers do what they had done all year-come from behind and win! What a team that was!

[@michaelleroy9281]

The game and the play that turned the series around for the Tigers

[@jimcoleman4435]

George Kell doing play by play...The BEST!

[@justincharlswick8848]

oh yea, he had such a great baseball mind!

[@careyconley4690]

I know, right? It gets no better than what we had in Detroit - George doing our TV games and Ernie Harwell on the radio. Hearing either one again like this damn near brings me to tears.

[@JohnSmith-op1tc]

It seems like George had a moment's hesitation at 28:45 when he "gave the score backwards," leading with St. Louis when they trailed the Tigers at that moment. It is more a commonplace play-by-play delivery these days, in this case it sounds like since he said "Cardinals," Kell just decided to follow through on the statement. (Can you tell that I don't like to hear the trailing team offered first when the score is given?)

[@jimcoleman598]

​@@JohnSmith-op1tc My favorite part 21:25 Kaline's hit, Kell's call, McAuliffe stomping on the plate (as if to say, hell yeah!)crowd going nuts, and Mr Tiger just standing at first base looking down at the ground, the humble hero. So cool!!!

[@GGE47]

@@justincharlswick8848 This was the 1st of 3 straight to win the 1968 World Series. The Detroit Tigers became only the third team in baseball to be behind 3 games to 1 and win the next three games to win the World Series.

[@scootdaws25]

I still get chills when Kaline gets his clutch hit and George Kell with the call.

[@kevinvanmeter2264]

The Mickey Lolich stats for game 5: Complete game, 9 innings- 8 strikeouts, 1 walk. No innings pitched were being kept, but I did it. By inning: 1- 19 pitches 2- 11 pitches 3- 18 pitches 4- 18 pitches 5- 14 pitches 6- 13 pitches 7- 17 pitches 8- 11 pitches 9- 26 pitches (13 to Ed Spezio) Total: 147 pitches!

[@mrmojorisin8752]

Thank you. This is exactly the stat I was wondering about. Quite an amazing total by today’s standards.

[@ChrisDutch]

Amazing he threw 147 pitches and only walked one batter.

[@jimkelley5812]

Almost 50 years later and I still cheer for Kaline"s 2 run single in the 7th! Couldn't have happened for a more deserving guy! And yes, it was probably was the biggest hit of his life.

[@TXTease]

me too.....to hear George Kell's call....pure joy

[@swiftstroker]

BIG! BIG! MOST CLUTCH HIT IN WS HISTORY! BIG! BIG! 🖐 👋 ✌ 👍

[@WilberWiley]

I live in Detroit. Ya he was my favorite tiger. Great talent and humble. Never played minor league ball. Great arm, and great bat.

[@ericw3229]

My grand dad died just before the series began. His funeral was held on the day of this game. My sister and I went to game four a dreary rainy day and the Cards smoked the Tigers 10-1. When Kaline got the single we were in the funeral procession and had the game on the car radio. We kids whooped it up a bit and my Aunt scolded us for it but my uncle said let them cheer because Grandpa was a big Tiger fan. The WS series win really brought city together just a year after the 67 riot.

[@daveerhardt1879]

I forgot George used to call Norm Cash Norman Cash. I listened to George Kell and Ernie Harwell growing up in Toledo, Ohio. What a blast from the past. Pitchers playing complete games, you never see that anymore. Al Kaline is my all time favorite player. Thanks for the video.

[@gargould7186]

Stormin Normin ! 🤒

[@searchforthestrangler5034]

Such team oriented baseball back then and such humbleness and class by Lolich and Kaline after the game.

[@GoGreen1977]

@@gargould7186 When I was a kid in Grand Rapids, that was the only name I knew him by for quite a while.

[@John-me6hy]

Al Kaline ,,MR Clutch ,, 2run base hit,, and it Sounded like 300,000 fans Standing ,, Clapping,, and Roaring like Tigers for a continuous 15 minutes ,,Wow ,, wonder what the St Louis team felt like ,, hearing that Roaring thank you Jesus !!!

[@rpryce2140]

Kaline's at bat starts at 20:20. The final out is at 51:35. You're welcome.

[@7425park]

So good to see Roger Maris again. Although he fanned, that first cut was his classic home run swing.

[@bobheck7303]

The only reason to root for the Cards was Roger. I'm sure he felt he let a lot of people down. Miss him. Bless his family.

[@ericw3229]

He had a great swing and had a great series in 67

[@thomaswolf723]

Maris, who of course used to play in the AL with the Yankees, told his Cardinal teammates that they need to fear Lolich more than the 31 game winning McLain.

[@thomaswolf723]

Lolich has said he was not properly warmed up before starting the game and that may have led to giving up three runs. He had to delay his warm up because of Jose Feliciano’s long rendition of the National Anthem and when it ended NBC put pressure on MLB to start the game as soon as possible.

[@John-me6hy]

Tony kubek interviews the Montreal manager,, what are you going to do with that Brock ,, you really can't stop him ,,I thought ,, my God ,, man what game were you watching,, well you really can't stop him,,they threw him out at second and home plate ,, negating 2 of his hits ,,I realize ,,he Must have been traumatized by Lou ,, but that 5th and 7 the game they threw out The fastest runner's in baseball ,,I went to the 5th game as a kid and seeing the replay of the whole game 50 yrs later was priceless ,, especially watching Cepada on First base ,, after Al Kaline hit the go-ahead Two run single ,, Cepada looked so blank faced ,,St Louis should have thrown in the Towel right then and there,, it was Spiritual Poetic justice ,,the Good Lord destined us to Win and have the biggest peacetime celebration in any city in the USA ever ,, thank you Jesus for all your Goodness !!!

[@edwardnobles6418]

Bill Freeman should be in the hall of fame.Best catcher ever

[@richardsovern5979]

Edward Nobles damn right

[@MisterBill1975]

Next to Johnny Bench.

[@64yanks]

That’s for sure…. Hall of Famer all the way

[@JohnSmith-op1tc]

Just to hear Kell say "Fahve," as in Game Five, and call something a "dandy" takes me happily back to my childhood.

[@dallasbrubaker6054]

And hear him say "temp-pet-ture" for temperature.

[@stevewilson4678]

Thats the General Idea.

[@clareomarfran]

Wow, what a great performance by Lolich. Just watched the game 7 (on KZbin), another complete game. Three complete games in the series, unheard of in our time. Known as an eccentric. As a child, he ran his trike into a motorcycle that fell on him and broke his collarbone; learned to pitch lefty. "He now eats, writes and bats right-handed, pitches left-handed and thinks sideways."

[@searchforthestrangler5034]

Baseball was so much a better game back then. Your starter actually pitched a complete game. Today there's about eight pitchers in a game sometimes regardless of how effective the starter is.

[@danielmccurdy9948]

clare howell ...thinks sideways. Now that's funny.

[@softshoes]

2 former batting champs go back to back to give the Tigers all the runs they'd need this game. RIP Mr. Tiger.

[@ChrisDutch]

How about that. In the Seventh inning Ron Davis of the Cardinals doesn’t make the catch that Ron Swoboda of the New York Mets makes a year later against the Orioles.

[@ericgrove7755]

Gibson and Lolich were outstanding pitchers during this series.

[@ericw3229]

But Mickey was a bit better especially in game seven. Plus he won two games facing elimination

[@wendellblackett8317]

Proud Can adian knowing the CBC took the great feed from the great Curt Gowdy and the local broadcasters great job they did.

[@billny33]

Does anyone else watch these old games rooting for the "good" camera angle for each pitch where something important happens? I would have to think anyone who watched these games live were doing the same thing. When it cuts to what is now known as the center-field camera (pitcher in foreground, batter in background), you can see how the pitch is moving, you can see what kind of angle it comes off the bat if the batter makes contact, so many crucial things we now take for granted. But when it cuts to an overhead view, or a view from just behind home plate, you miss out on all that stuff. Maybe you get a sneak peak at the infield defense with the overhead view but so what? And I know the game was televised like this throughout most of the 60s and 70s. For them to switch so often between those 3 angles for so many pitches in the game when one of them is clearly superior had to be kind of frustrating to watch back then, no?

[@justincharlswick8848]

yea its amazing how good that camera angle was.

[@radiocameron]

50 years ago today.

[@drbobperkins]

No o

[@brucemarshal4866]

Note George Romney, sitting right next to the dugout, at about the 21:20 mark... also makes a brief appearance at the start of Kubek's interview with Lolich at the end of the game!

[@mrmojorisin8752]

Wonder if he was running for re-election.

[@vestatuckyeagle9429]

@@mrmojorisin8752 He was actually running for president that year, although he had probably already dropped out of the race by this time.

[@eichhorncharles8041]

Our Son was born and the Tigers came through! What a great Year!!!

[@GoGreen1977]

I'm not sure about that. 1968 was a rough year in so many ways.

[@careyconley4690]

I was born that year too, and although I'm old enough to remember '84, I've had to rely on videos like this one and stories from my elders, like my dad, and folks like you, to understand just how good those 68 Tigers were. GO TIGERS!

[@jjkakdb]

@21:25 - Thank You Mr Tiger - RIP

[@scottodonnell7121]

St Louis scored 3 runs in the first inning. They then scored 2 runs in the next 26 innings. And that's how they lost.

[@MichaelJReynoldsEsq]

In honor of the star of Game 5, and of the 1968 World Series, give a listen to "Roly Poly Mickey Lolich" by The Fans on Marquee Records.

[@danielmccurdy9948]

Michael Reynolds I'd never heard that song before. Thanks for the info. Lol

[@MrGeorgewf]

With the stupid way they manage today no way Lolich goes 9 innings.

[@dbmusicproductions9181]

Thanks a lot for posting these! It's strange that there aren't any full game color recordings. You can find 1969 WS in color, but I've never seen anything other than highlights of '68 in color. Still, these are great videos. Thanks again!! Cool to see Norm Cash with a batting helmet.

[@careyconley4690]

Michigan governor George Romney (Mitt's dad) @ 52.35.

[@raulmacias1311]

This was the last World Series before the dreadful "69 Major League Baseball expansion which introduced playoff games. The new teams were ~ National League ~ The San Diego Padres The Montreal Expos American League ~ The Seattle Pilots The Kansas City Royals

[@williamdunphy352]

George Kell (PBP) & Curt Gowdy (C) 2nd half

[@wdrauch]

RIP Mr Tiger

[@RayManzarekRocks]

Key play of the game: Davis dived too early on the Lolich blooper that should have been caught in the seventh inning. He also made a piss-poor throw to third base later in the inning. Where was Maris, the best right fielder on the team? He played in the A.L. for years and was familiar with Tiger Stadium. #Doh

[@generalbullmoose]

Probably a platoon - Detroit had a lefthander pitching.

[@RayManzarekRocks]

@@generalbullmoose Maris should have been inserted for defensive purposes. Inability to find a right-handed complement before the trade deadline cost that team badly.

[@64yanks]

Maris should have been in …great defensive player as well

[@RayManzarekRocks]

@@generalbullmoose The Cardinals had a 3-2 lead in the game and a 3-1 lead in the series at the time. Davis was scheduled to lead off the eighth inning (he struck out on a pitch outside the strike zone), but they didn't need to score another run. I would have wanted Maris on the field only nine outs away from a repeat championship.

[@kenbear64]

One thing I miss: "They call Gibby safe, and we're gonna have a rhubarb."

[@willdrucker4291]

Wow...Tony Kubek interviewing Gene Mauch....the new manager of the expansion, MONTREAL EXPOS....where did the time go?

[@searchforthestrangler5034]

A pitching change in the seventh inning by the Cardinals that turned into a disaster.

[@stevewilson4678]

I am very surprised that one of Detroit,s greatest victorys was not recorded in television color, they must have thought it was unimportant and that they could not make World Sports headlines and could not possibly Win, But they did wind.

[@aboxofbroken8tracks983]

Well there’s no game footage at all of the Cardinals’ World Series win of 1967, so consider yourself lucky.

[@bobo44donemilking51]

Storm Norman cash

[@willdrucker4291]

Well...now I know why Augie Busch dealt Flood and Hoerner to the Phillies after the ‘69 season...Flood misplaying that ball in game 7 and here, Hoerner choking big time with 8 outs to go for a second straight title....still can’t figure out why McCarver was sent packing as well...lol

[@bobheck7303]

I loved Roger Maris, but he had no chance against Lolich. A key homer would've turned the Series around. Shoendist was out managed. Both teams were great people though.

[@thomaswolf723]

Before the Series Maris told his teammates that they should fear Lolich more than McLain. He was right. Ron Davis, who batted from the right side, replaced Maris against Lolich in Game 2 and this game (Game 5). Maris played in Game 7. Neither had much success in the Series.

[@halwarner3326]

Detroit had George Kell and Ernie Harwell. GTFOH.

[@JCVH60]

Thanks for posting. What a different game it is today. Mickey threw 143 pitches including 27 in the 9th. Two days later he threw another complete game.

[@JCVH60]

What a great game. Mickey threw 143 pitches including 27 in the 9th inning. Two days later he threw another complete game.

[@careyconley4690]

Yep. George on TV, Ernie on radio. It got no better than that. Was a privilege to grow up in Detroit as a Tigers fan.

[@graciemaemarie11jones16]

gene mauch great manager

[@jimmyqjones7122]

this game was in color ,... why is this in black and white ?????

[@aboxofbroken8tracks983]

Because it was saved on black and white film. A kinescope is literally pointing a film camera at a TV screen. In this case either the monitor, the film or both were black and white. The color master tapes were reused and apparently none survived.

[@scottodonnell7121]

If Brock slides, the Cards win.

[@shermanhammett8980]

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