1970 S F Giants Film

[@johnnorth6406]

Thanks for posting this. It was team announcer Russ Hodges' last season with the Giants. Nice to hear him on this recording.

[@impassable]

No pride night, the city was flowers and music and baseball, no smash and grabs

[@christhompson6010]

remember those games like it was yesterday. saw Perry shut out the big red machine on a frigid night game at candlestick

[@samanello3382]

Great memories for me. Went to many games at Candlestick during this time.

[@komeradkaput6272]

I saw Gaylord Perry throw a no-hitter on Sept. 17, 1968 at Candlestick. He beat Bob Gibson and the Cardinals 1-0. The Giants lone run came on a HR off the left field foul pole hit by our second baseman Ron Hunt. The next day Cardinals' pitcher Ray Washburn no-hit the Giants.

[@markscountlessbarks]

Love it! Thanks for this post!

[@taco2k3]

Candlestick was like my 2nd home in the late 60’s and early 70’s. I think 1970 was the 1st year for astroturf.

[@Mondo762]

My first wife's family had season tickets right at third base. It had a good view of the AstroTurf seam that ran just outside the infield towards right field.

[@nixonroger9612]

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[@olympiawashdrummer]

Flash from the past. Great era

[@paulfeldner7893]

Bobby Bonds had so much talent.

[@cashbiz4all794]

Great Team and Affordable Entertainment!!

[@DNSKansas]

The first season with AstroTurf. The cranes beyond right field turning Candlestick into a multi-purpose facility. Also the last season for Russ Hodges calling play-by-play. on the radio.

[@wadegarrett2053]

David Steinle candlestick wasn't a bad looking ballpark back then

[@rickgray5731]

I was too young to remember, was it colder with or without the Stadium enclosed? Also who was Russ Hodges Replacement with Lon taking over as lead?

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

Yes, the NFL's Forty-Niners were coming to Candlestick for the 1971 football season after spending their first 25 seasons in Kezar Stadium (1946-1970).

[@johnmanier7968]

I always had assumed Candlestick had grass in 1970 and put in AstroTurf for 1971 when the 49ers moved in. This means Candlestick was the first baseball-only park to have an AstroTurf field. Comiskey Park had AstroTurf in the infield from 1969-1975, but always had grass in the outfield.

[@wildforthecats661]

The AstroTurf in Candlestick was horrible.

[@drbonesshow1]

Alan "Dirty Al" Gallagher (1945-2018)

[@frankberry1855]

Charlie Fox appropriately named because he was as smart as a fox a very wise man and wise Manager mentor teacher of the game of Baseball he got the most out of the least and the most out of the most he was such a great Manager very underated and tremendously successful!

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

The 1970 San Francisco Giants: Alan Gallagher Gaylord Perry Juan Marichal Willie Mays Dick Dietz Ken Henderson Jim Ray Hart Tito Fuentes Bobby Bonds Willie McCovey Hal Lanier

[@marknowlin8356]

They were stacked. How they didn't romp to more titles is difficult to understand.

[@rayjr62]

@@marknowlin8356 Had they a third starting pitcher who was on the caliber of Perry or Marichal, they might have made it further.

[@richardgerlach5156]

Candlestick Park was a miserable stadium before it was enclosed, but at least it had character. When they enclosed that place it remained a miserable stadium and lost it's character. As a Dodgers fan back then, I HATED the Giants! But I LOVED the rivalry! Now I don't care about any team. The players just go where the most money is. Strictly business.

[@nala3038]

Richard Gerlach I think all of us go where the money is athlete or not

[@DrunkenSlob]

Its funny how the move west treated the Dodgers to a beautiful ball park and great success and the Giants got a shitty ballpark and a long championship drought lol

[@komeradkaput6272]

Many great memories of those years when I was a kid growing up in Rocklin, Ca. and going to A's and Giants games with my family.

[@davanmani556]

Stoneham’s drinking.

[@steveswangler6373]

yes, LA displaced many poor people from their homes to take care of a stolen corporation worth millions (at the time).

[@DrunkenSlob]

@@steveswangler6373 oh no u mean they went from a shack to an apartment somewhere else? What a crime 😂

[@rayjr62]

the O'Malleys were considerably wealthier than the Stoneham family. Plus, the O'Malleys has other sources of revenue coming in that Horace Stoneham did not. By the mid 1960s Stoneham was already beginning to experience the financial problems that would force him to sell majority interest of the team to Bob Lurie.

[@kevinb3307]

When true fans went to the games. Now most are unknowedgable front runners

[@bobbyg433]

That was a nice looking stadium before they enclosed it

[@wiedep]

With Chub Feeney leaving to the NL office, the franchise fell apart within 2 seasons - thanks to the drunk Horace.

[@melbea03]

When you're talking Giants baseball it's bye bye baby

[@mmaranta785]

Dirty Al Gallagher