1973 07 04 Red Sox at Yankees Game 1 of Double Header Radio Broadcast

[@ym61]

I was at this DH with my brothers. Hot steamy day in the RF grandstands. Two old bags with big floppy hats (Sox fans) kept yapping the entire day. Someone finally got fed up and dumped beer on their heads. It was the biggest cheer all day 😂

[@jamesthompson2734]

Boy these player’s names bring back great memories of my 12 year old self, playing for the Elks lodge little league team!

[@Hammondguy88]

Being a musician at the bottom of the 2 inning the Jazz piano for Shafer beer commercial is some incredible piano work

[@paulpitt52]

Really cool!

[@SandyJohnson-w7s]

I was at all Yankee Games in the 60th and 70th in Yankee Stadium. I Miss my Boys and my " livingroom".❤😢

[@kevinvanmeter2264]

The Mets ruled the city then. Mantle retired in the spring of 1969.

[@swami1]

Interesting that Kasko would have Cepeda bunting in the 9th. No manager today would have his top power hitter try to lay one down, especially in the 9th.

[@mikeaustin1323]

The Red Sox had both 1967 MVP ' s in the lineup. YASTREMSKI won the AL MVP in 1967. CEPEDA won the 1967 NL MVP. Interesting. I'm a Detroit Tigers 🐯 fan. I really enjoyed this game.

[@64yanks]

Must be a Tiger fan spelling Yastrzemski incorrectly…

[@rbause]

Wow, I was at the Stadium that day. Red Sox swept, 2-1 and 1-0.

[@64yanks]

This was the beginning of the end for the Yankees in a year that had so much promise

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

Yanks vs. Red Sox playing a double-header, on July 4, no less. Doesn't get better than that.

[@frederickrapp5396]

They don’t play double-headers any more. Player’s union says they are too much work for the ballplayers.

[@MichoelDobry]

@@frederickrapp5396 That's symptomatic of when MLB lost me, when DHs (doubleheaders) disappeared, and the DH (designated hitter) became an integral part of the game.

[@williamdunphy352]

Umpires HP Jim Evans 1B John Rice (Crew Chief) 2B Russ Goetz 3B George Maloney

[@TheDanLovallo]

I was at this DH. Sat in the upper deck on the rail, first base side. Yankees lost both games, both heartbreakers. I’m still upset about the outcome 48 years later. Time of first game 2:09. Note Rizzuto’s comment about taking a starter out in the ninth, who was pitching a gem. My has the game changed.

[@gregglantos2360]

I was also sitting in that section and couldn't remember or perhaps did not see at the time whether the throw bounced or was just low. Bashe's book states the throw bounced but any good 1Bman would scoop it up. And what Blomberg did with the ball after shows why he should have been removed for defensive purposes whenever possible. It was the worst day I ever had at the stadium (the 1-0 loss in game two really capped it off). I am also bothered about it all these years later because it really did start the slide out of contention. It was also the last season I would follow the Yanks from beginning to end, as I was off to UNH in the fall. How about Rizzuto's premonition at the top of the 9th, "toughest three outs in baseball."

[@replaybb]

@@gregglantos2360 I was also at this DH, seats were in RF lower deck, fair territory. Two tough losses and agree that it started the Yanks' slide from first place. What I also recall about this day were the number of fights in the bleachers - security was non-existent. If memory serves, some morons even chucked cherry bombs onto the field.

[@williamdunphy352]

Bill White (PBP) 1-3 Frank Messer (PBP) 4-6 Phil Rizzuto (PBP) 7-9

[@kevinvanmeter2264]

Public Address Announcer-Bob Sheppard in his 23 year. Organist-Toby Wright

[@moby628]

@@kevinvanmeter2264 groundskeeper please?

[@kevinvanmeter2264]

@@moby628 Why, that was you!!! Bwahaha

[@mowm88]

If you take the first half of their 73 year and last half of 74, the Yanks have a great season.

[@JD-fb1pp]

Yanks had some good players but didn't have enough to win in 73-74. I don't think they knew how to win. They get Catfish in 75 and things begin to change.

[@rockintetster]

This was the last season the Yankees played in the original Yankee Stadium before the renovations that forced the Yankees to play at Shea Stadium for the next two seasons.

[@bstnd3]

I must've watched this game. The only play I remember was Cepeda's bunt in the 9th inning. I remember Munson falling down and muffing the play.

[@vlepore760]

And by Avco Financial. Serving the tri state area with predatory rates since 1965😂

[@timsullivan3715]

Aah. When baseball was great, before nerds, geeks & dorks ruined it with their WHIP & WAR nonsense.

[@mikeaustin1323]

I agree

[@frankguridy608]

Truth! What’s happened to the game istruly sad

[@vlepore760]

Why did Houk bat Munson 8th?

[@jimfriery8641]

Why is Thurman batting 8th?? Someone please explain…thx

[@mikeaustin1323]

No big deal. Sometimes good to shake it up. I've seen games he's batted 2nd.

[@jimfriery8641]

@@mikeaustin1323 Munson was too good of a hitter to bat 8th…yes, later in 78 sometimes he was hitting 2nd. But hitting 8th? Come on…Yankee friends of mine have told me that Houk was an overrated manager.

[@mikeaustin1323]

@@jimfriery8641 Hauck wasn't overrated manager he he I don't even think he was a good manager he was pathetic but it's not a bad deal to juggle the line up a little bit I'm now going to block you cuz I I feel apathetic common coming back

[@jimfriery8641]

@@mikeaustin1323 you don't have to block me...i meant everything with all politeness, sorry, didn't mean to turn this into something negative

[@swami1]

@@jimfriery8641 He was overrated when he came to the Sox in ‘81.