1973 Monday Night Baseball-Tigers at Red Sox featuring Al Kaline Full at Bat!

Here is a rare treat. A full at bat by Detroit Tiger Hall of Famer Al Kaline during a 1973 Monday Night Baseball game at Fenway Park. Kaline faces Bill "The Spaceman" Lee in the first inning of this game played on June 25, 1973. A rare commentator pairing of Curt Gowdy and Howard Cosell call the action. Don't miss Cosell's attempted gibe at Gowdy's expense near the end of the clip. Please note this clip does not come from a complete game. No ownership of this material is claimed.

[@lotus65]

At 11, there's no reason (except summer camp) that I wouldn't have been watching this game with my die-hard Tiger fan grandmother. Thanks for posting this!

[@TexasWildheartsFan]

This is better than ANYTHING on TV right now ... he types on Super Bowl Sunday 😄

[@zxccxz164]

10000 percent agreed

[@mosesmartinez4364]

HIGHLY AGREE I NO LONGER WATCH SPORTS EVEN NASCAR IS WOKE

[@TexasWildheartsFan]

🙄I wasn't looking to procure another lazy political discussion, 'just wanted to point out that this is a very, very cool clip 🙂

[@dzanier]

Agreed

[@bobma6342]

Then you missed one Hell of a Super Bowl

[@GordHerrema-rs1rj]

He was a 5 tool player. He could do everything real well. He stood tough at the plate, never bailed out.

[@itinerantpatriot1196]

My childhood hero and the only athlete or celebrity I genuinely shed a tear for when he passed away. I don't know where that comment about Kaline breaking up double plays harder than anyone comes from. I remember reading accounts from middle infielder's who said Al was one of those guys who never took a cheap shot or slid in harder than he needed to. Nobody was more respected than #6. Mickey Mantle called him one of the best outfielders he ever played against and the one guy nobody ran on. Everywhere you looked when I was a kid the #6 was ironed onto our Tiger tee-shirts. Al, Gordie, Barry, Stevie, Tram, one thing about Detroit, we had a lot of high-caliber high-class great players roll through town. From Barry handing the ball to the ref to Gordie helping push motorists out of the ditch in the Winter, they were all good guys. Miss ya Al. You, Ernie, everyone from those magical summer nights when I was just a pup sitting on the porch and tuning into WJR at night to hear the games on my transistor radio. I still remember my first game at the old Stadium, how that green just exploded as me and Pops emerged from the shadows of the concourse. The time and the team that made me fall in love with baseball.

[@Ken-ti4pq]

I was a 16 year old from Michigan at this game with my family and relatives from the Boston area. My mom grew up in Hudson MA, moved to MI and became a big Tigers fan. Al Kaline was my favorite Tiger, so to see him hit a HR in this game was awesome. I was fortunate to run into Mr. Kaline at Oakland Hills Country Club many years later were he was kind enough to sign an autograph for my mom. He truly was a great baseball player and gentleman.

[@ottoandhanzblack2175]

Growing up if you were talking about the Detroit Tigers you were talking about Al Kaline! One of the greats!

[@normsweet1710]

I seen Al make a shoestring catch in left field robbing the Yankees of a win in their own stadium. He’s been the reason I’m still a Tigers fan all these years later 😃⚾️

[@privatepenguin3137]

So awesome that Fenway is basically still the same. Hard to believe that after Fenway and Wrigley...all the other ballparks were built in the 60s or later.

[@annettemalaski1967]

Kaline and Horton, two of my most favorite players growing up!

[@robertpsotka3525]

Don't forget Cash

[@McDago100]

How about Bill Freehan?

[@rjpsuh06]

Curt Gowdy, Tony Kubek and Howard Cosell on NBC. Cool!

[@GordHerrema-rs1rj]

Karine was a true pro. A class act. He had a rifle for an arm.

[@Jeff-mv4yy]

Best arm I've ever seen. His throwing ability gets mentioned from time to time, but if you've watched him in tiger stadium, you know what I'm talking about. Right field corner to third base like a bullet. I was behind him in the stands more than once and the ball had so much speed it was actually hopping in the air and rising. It seemed like no arc whatsoever. And the throws were always on the money. I've never seen anything like it.

[@wdtaut5650]

@@Jeff-mv4yy At least once in 1968, he made that throw from deep right to home and got the runner.

[@Jeff-mv4yy]

@@wdtaut5650 saw that one on tv.. from Kalines corner to Freehan , like a laser… no bounce!

[@rick188888]

Wow, I started watching MLB in 1977 and had no idea that Monday Night Baseball was originally on NBC for 10 years. Learn something new every day.

[@KenWesaw-up5wf]

The great al Kaline - a class person

[@RickB1792]

He also invented AlKaline batteries. Very versatile guy!

[@dennis3178]

That’s a fact ! 😂

[@ottoandhanzblack2175]

Lol😅😅😅

[@roscoefoofoo]

On his Arabic side, Al kaline was also 2nd cousin to Al Gorithm, a popular fellow these days...

[@swami1]

This was the top of the 1st from the game of Monday night, June 25, 1973.

[@denisceballos9745]

He was an Energizer Bunny - he had his batteries 🔋 Alkaline batteries.

[@rrmarshall3239]

Oh no, Danny Cater playing 1B for the Red Sox!! Bringing back all those bad memories of the Sparky Lyle for Cater trade 😖

[@willdrucker4291]

Danny Cater was a good ball player…almost won the batting title in 1968…but he was several years older than Sparky at the time of the trade and Lyle wasn’t’ exactly lighting up the league back in ‘71

[@ronniecozzi8385]

That did not seem like a bad trade at the time for both teams. Just like the Steve Carlton for Rick Wise seemed like a good trade for both teams.

[@davidlafleche1142]

The Red Sox made up for that when they traded Cater to the Cardinals.

[@bill4009]

I would love to watch the entire game.

[@mdumas43073]

For the record, the youngest NL batting champion was Pete Reiser of the Dodgers, who was 22 when he hit .343 in 1941. But I’m sure Howard knew that already having grown up in Brooklyn.

[@jamesanthony5681]

Maybe, Cosell hated baseball, thinking it was a dull, outdated game. He said as much, many times.

[@dougpatasky8426]

Karine was 20 yrs old in 1955 won beating title w I th 340 avg,against, it up

[@joeydbball1729]

This is just ridiculously vintage. Strange to hear Curt Gowdy and Howard Cosell in the same booth.

[@retromaven2159]

This was the year NBC decided to experiment with a guest 3rd announcer in the booth alongside Gowdy and Kubek. In this case Cosell, but I can remember people like Danny Kaye and George C. Scott in the booth that season. Anyone remember who some of the other guest announcers were?

[@joeydbball1729]

Very interesting. I would have been not quite 5 years old when this game aired. I wish I could remember these games that clearly. Thanks again for such a great post!

[@scottodonnell7121]

@@retromaven2159 Emmitt Ashford, the first Black umpire. He did a fine job. Joe Dimaggio was useless in the booth. George C. Scott was crazy that night! The Tigers won in extra innings and was ecstatic! He also busted Kubek's balls for kissing Cosell's ass all night.

[@mikefitz6957]

@@retromaven2159 Foster Brooks, Joey Heatherton, and Professor Irwin Corey?

[@retromaven2159]

@@mikefitz6957 Great recall!

[@3243_]

Bill "Spaceman" Lee on the mound.

[@willdrucker4291]

in is first season as a Red Sox starter as well…two years later he would be pitching for the Bosox in a memorable World Series

[@swami1]

1973 was the first of 3 straight seasons in which Lee would win 17 games for the Sox.

[@3243_]

And he's still pitching at 76.

[@prettygirlus9008]

Bill Lee came to speak at my Little League banquette in 1973.

[@user-iv9er3nr6z]

Though his name was caveman Lee

[@RRaquello]

I think of Kaline & Clemente as almost clones. Their talents & careers were almost the same. They started around the same time and their careers ended within a couple of years. They played the same position. Clemente hit for a higher average and was a faster runner, while Kaline had more power. Clemente is much better remembered because he was much more dramatic, and of course the way he died. Kaline was quiet and didn't draw attention to himself. When they got their chance in the World Series, both did great things.

[@ericw3229]

Clemente was far better all around than Kaline

[@RRaquello]

@@ericw3229 I watched them both and don't know a single thing that Clemente was better at than Kaline, except getting publicity. He had a better batting avg., but Kaline made that up with more power. Clemente had his famous throwing arm, but Kaline's was just about as good. If Clemente's was superior, it wasn't enough to make that much of a difference. He just got to show it off more because, in their day, the NL was more of a running league than the AL, so his throwing arm came more into play.

[@larrydanadavid2435]

@@ericw3229 Far better…No way

[@dougcrain5315]

Kaline, Clemente.... =

[@CapAnson12345]

@@ericw3229 No he's right, they're almost weirdly similar statistically.

[@RichardWright-fc5oh]

Hearing gowdys voice is magical . Incredible it’s over 50 years. It’s a time machine

[@mattdon2164]

This is fantastic! I loved MNB on NBC in the early Seventies. Curt Gowdy and Tony Kubek always consummate pros and super educational about all things baseball for a young kid like me. I especially loved Joe Garagiola’s pre-game show those days. Howard Cosell always entertaining here.

[@KevinOlivas-Sinclair]

Howard Cosell: "I remember thinking to myself about this Al Kaline kid: 'He. Could. Go. All. The. Way. To. The. Hall (hawl?). Of. Fame. Heh-heh-heh-heh-heh! Tony Kubek ... koobie! Back to you!"

[@robertpsotka3525]

Remember going to Tiger Stadium as a kid and following the 68 Tigers

[@user-hv4hj2lz8o]

I was only 1 week old when this game aired. I love seeing games and events that happened during this time. but I just turned 50 a few weeks ago. That 50 years seems like it went way too quick. 🤔😂😂😂

[@retromaven2159]

50 is the new 40, at least that's what someone told me!

[@3243_]

And belated Happy Birthday!

[@thebambino4728]

This IS AMAZING !! I NEVER realized that Gowdy and Cosell ever WORKED TOGETHER !

[@bobsheppard8773]

Mr. Tiger

[@lancemarteen86]

This takes me back to my childhood and my love for baseball started. The great Ernie Harwell. One of the best at his craft.

[@denniswhite4446]

Game won by the Red Sox 2-1. Kaline, who played at 1B this game, would homer in his next at bat in the 4th inning to account for the Tigers only run. Fisk solo home run in the 8th proved the game winner. Both Lee and Jim Perry of the Tigers went the distance for their teams. Lee finished the game with a 9-2 record and a gaudy 1.94 ERA. Perry would likewise show 8-6, 2.74. Lee would finish the season 17-11, 2.75, 18 complete games and 120 strikeouts and even made 5 relief appearances, and was named to the all-star team.

[@LowellDevil]

Red Sox won this game 2-1 on an 8th Inning home run by Carlton Fisk.

[@stevencook4002]

Some of my fondest memories are watching the Tigers with my dad in the 60’s. Had the chance to meet Al Kaline a few occasions after he retired. Down to earth and humble as they come.

[@andrewdunn49ers]

Gowdy got snarky with Cosell at the end! 😂

[@retromaven2159]

Yeah, Cosell had that effect on the best of people!

[@liraloo]

Yeah, he did. Cosell trying to demonstrate his superior intellect got bitch slapped by Curt Gowdy!😂

[@Eddie_Schantz]

Al Kaline, one of only two players to win a batting title before his 21st birthday. Ty Cobb was the other one. Al was about 2 weeks younger than Ty when he did this.

[@JM-rf3lv]

I was 10, a Cardinal fan, and remember watching this on a black and white TV. Loved the game and still do.

[@richardsiciliano7117]

The Spaceman throwing that 76mph heat. 😂😂😂

[@roscoefoofoo]

Good to hear Curt Gowdy shutting down Howard Cosell's attempt to make the broadcast a competition so Howard could flout and boast. Even after all these decades of silence, what an insufferable headache Cosell was.

[@DonQwantsyou]

Funny, i was in high school in 1973 and i don't remember Monday Night Baseball at that time. I thought it started in 1976 when evidently , after doing some research, I found out that NBC's contract with MLB to air the games ended in 1975, and then ABC started showing the Monday night games in 1976 with Keith Jackson, Cosell doing the games. It was a big deal i remember after that fantastic 1975 WS. The opening of the broadcast featured showing the highlights of game 6.😁

[@dennisb-trains23]

I was too young to remember Al Kaline but i know i seen him play in person and tv. I was born in late 1968. I would of been 4 yrs old at this time in 1973. We went to games when i was in diapers i was told and all through high school. Every year at least once.

[@dennissmith9259]

Al Kaline was my favorite A.L. player. As a kid I had a card baseball game called 'Be A Manager.' My dad, my brother and I drafted teams and played seasons. Al hit 3rd in my lineup. Good power and hit for average.

[@johnnysama]

It just seems odd seeing Al Kaline in the then-ultra modern pullover jersey/beltless pants uniform combo.

[@swami1]

Gotta love Sansabelt. It was “the look” of the 70s.

[@dirtylemon3379]

If I recall correctly the 1971 Pirates were the first to wear the double knit, polyester, pullover uniforms.

[@CatStanleySpaceDemon]

1972 was the year the Tigers switched over for the road uniforms. They never did for the home whites. Button-down jerseys returned in '85, belts in '92.

[@davidlafleche1142]

@@CatStanleySpaceDemon I always thought that was odd. The best uniforms were the 1975 Red Sox, 1974 Astros, 1972-1986 Twins, 1977-1983 Blue Jays and 1972-1979 A's.

[@davidlafleche1142]

@@dirtylemon3379 The Texas Rangers were the first baseball team that never wore wool uniforms (if you don't count their beginning as the Washington Senators).

[@toddm9501]

Monday Night Football. Monday Night Baseball. Great stuff. Not endless B.S. like today. Not endless commercials. Nor, 18 people talking over each other.

[@davidmitchell6873]

What are you watching where 18 people are talking over each other?

[@ericaallispn-xm1mv]

Great all around person tv commentator for tigers games he was kind of before my time but I would say of all the Detroit tigers he is probably number one

[@darylevrba6705]

wish there was more footage...but i know i know blame NBC🤣🤣🤣

[@retromaven2159]

My friend, I feel your pain! Thanks for watching!

[@Jeff-mv4yy]

I never thought I'd see the day where I missed Cosell or Gowdy.

[@bobma6342]

There's the greatest Detroit Tiger I ever saw and my second-favorite

[@retromaven2159]

Who is your first??

[@rickhickman1935]

@@retromaven2159 I bet it's Willie Horton (who is MY all-time favorite athlete.

[@kenq1363]

Wow a 1973 video survivor !

[@retromaven2159]

Hooray!!

[@swami1]

@@retromaven2159 1973 and ‘73 seem to be black holes when it comes to MLB game footage. Thanks for posting.

[@retromaven2159]

@@swami1 Yes, not much at all but perhaps a bit more to post down the road!

[@swami1]

@@retromaven2159 That would be great. I look forward to it.

[@johnnybravoBoyah]

I could of hit that first pitch! Luv the back stop with NO stupid cooperation ads

[@nunicarmona7225]

I love beasball thank you you don't have NBC Monday night beasball

[@retromaven2159]

No one does.

[@user-qv3wb2gy1f]

Late Al Kaline would retire after next season (1974). He fell one HR short, reaching CD (400) career HR plateau

[@retromaven2159]

Yes! Six years later Yaz became the first AL player to hit both 400 HRs and 3,000 career hits. Kaline joked that if he knew how important it was he would have returned in 1974 just to hit HR #400!

[@user-qv3wb2gy1f]

@retromaven2159 Great Carl Yastrzemski, who spent his entire 23-season career w/Red Sox did reach both, CD (400) career HR/MMM (3,000) career hit plateaus in 1979 season. He'd play 4 more seasons w/BoSox (1980 thru 1983) before retiring after 1983 season

[@retromaven2159]

@@user-qv3wb2gy1f I saw HR #400 in person! He hit it off the A's Mike Morgan at Fenway.

[@Head2Tow]

Glorious failure for the Sox in the 70s, so close in 72, 74, 75, 77, and 78. If only the Roli Fingers deal hadn’t been scrubbed by Bowie Kuhn in 76.

[@retromaven2159]

I'll always remember Luis Aparicio tripping over 3B in the showdown series against the Tigers in 1972!

[@denniswhite4446]

I believe they were supposed to have also gotten Joe Rudi from the A's as well at that time.

[@BrianLennon-jk6rj]

Baltimore's own al kaline....never understood why orioles never tried to trade for him......i think 1973 was Sam "Mayday" Malone's first year with red sox.....

[@ronniebishop2496]

Howard the hardest ball I’ve ever seen hit and maybe that was ever hit was by Willie Horton in Kansas City against the poor As. If it hadn’t bounced off the upper scoreboard then maybe 700ft. That’s right.

[@hannover5551]

Wow I was 5 when this aired

[@mysticakhenaton1701]

so, when Kaline came up to the BIG leagues, Cosell didn't think Kaline would make it. Kaline is in the baseball HOF. it just goes to show you. even the so call expert sports announcers can be WRONG.

[@johnsunderhaus2461]

Hey, we're talking about Cosell. He was always wrong.

[@Doug41160]

I believe this was the year NBC would have a celebrity commentator on Monday Night Baseball. I remember the game where Danny Kaye was crazy about the Expos catcher's last name and kept saying: Boc_ca_bella !! As for Al Kaline, my most favorite Tiger of all time! Later did a great job doing color commentary on the Tigers Network.

[@jamesanthony5681]

In 1970, NBC began having a celebrity commentator as part of their Saturday Game of the Week broadcast. Curt Gowdy *HATED* that, believing it was a reflection on his abilities that the network had to bring in a celebrity to help boost ratings. He complained as much to his friend Howard Cosell, as Howard wrote in one of his books.

[@ryanstrnad8442]

I cant believe ABC gave Cosell permission to do NBC work (or Cosell just "blow off" ABC's policy). I believe this was just a one night only thing as I remember reading NBC would use a different guest analyst for it's then Monday Night Baseball coverage (a la ESPN's first year of it's Sunday Night NFL coverage in 1987) Bob Uecker was a guest analyst on here one time.

[@jamesanthony5681]

@@ryanstrnad8442 Roone Arledge was the head of ABC Sports and a friend of Cosell and his biggest promoter and supporter. Arledge was a little more forward-thinking than other network Sports' Presidents, and wouldn't have had a problem with that.

[@Doug41160]

@@ryanstrnad8442 NBC had the rights to MNB until 1979 and then ABC took over in 1980. Howard had already gained his fame with Monday Night Football. In 1973, ABC hadn't caught the baseball bug yet.

[@crazybenzy3426]

He was good enough to have his name on batteries

[@Wixom2200]

I was at that Monday Night game when George Scott was a guest host. My older sister took me and a bunch of friends . We were freshman in Hschool. I believe Frank Howard hit a homerrun to win it.

[@retromaven2159]

I believe that game was played on a Monday night on 8/6/73 against the Yankees. Howard hit a 2-run pinch HR to tie the game in the bottom of the 9th, and the Tigers won it in the bottom of the 10th when Sparky Lyle threw away a sacrifice bunt attempt. Wish that one was still around to watch!

[@Wixom2200]

@@retromaven2159I remember that like yesterday. I'm getting old now. Thank God my Dad taught us the love of baseball and getting along with others. This world is crazy.

[@rmartin7558]

They could have used pitch clock.

[@LtColonelUSMCret]

Kaline - Cash and Colavito in 1961 better than Maris - Mantle and Yogi

[@letsgobrandon6281]

Al kaline also known as battery man

[@mrg8581]

Umpires wearing burgundy coats. Love it.

[@thomasconaboy1441]

With shirts and ties. This was the first season for that uniform.

[@williamdunphy352]

Commentators: Curt Gowdy, Tony Kubek & Howard Cosell.

[@jamesanthony5681]

Al Kaline hit 399 lifetime HR's, but never hit 30 HR's in a single season.

[@richardleibold4700]

he would have been the first right hander to hit 400 and 3,000 but a home run he hit in one game got rained out

[@presleyrules]

@@richardleibold4700 To be honest, he had an injury-plagued career. Lost a few months one season due to a broken collar bone he suffered diving for a line drive off the bat of Elston Howard. Took a called third strike at Fenway and slammed his bat into the bat rack, breaking his right index finger; that cost him 6 weeks. A few other injuries here and there. Still put up one huge HOF career.

[@Lava1964]

What is Howard Cosell doing on an NBC telecast? Was he a special guest?

[@FUGP72]

Al Kaline really needed to be a pitcher or catcher so he could have been on of the battery positions.

[@thomaswolf723]

I have heard that Gowdy and Cosell were friends even though their personalities and announcing styles were completely different.

[@retromaven2159]

They weren't great pals but they were friendly. Then again Gowdy got along with everybody. There was the thought that Cosell was jealous of the critic's love for Gowdy though Cosell considered himself the better announcer because he "told it like it was". Then again his in-your-face style only naturally made enemies among the press and media.

[@RRaquello]

​@@retromaven2159 I wonder about Joe Garagiola. According to my father, who wasn't an industry insider, Garagiola politicked his way into the NBC play-by-play job, cutting out Gowdy (in the late 70's). As my father would say, "The same way he did to Mel Allen with the Yankees". Later on I found Dad's historical chronology was kind of mixed up, but he was prejudiced. He just didn't like Garagiola (who he said "talked too much").

[@jamesanthony5681]

@@RRaquello Your father was right about Garagiola. He did politick his way to the top (I suppose most or all do), but he did use people, and Harry Caray hated him because Joe used Harry, and then ignored Caray after getting what he wanted. You dad was also right about Joe talking too much. He did, as did Tony Kubek, who knew the game, but talked incessantly and spouted so much nonsense. Bob Costas did a good job of keeping Kubek in line, often challenging the former Yankee shortstop on some of the stuff he was saying.

[@lorddalek]

What the hell was Cosell doing at NBC?

[@retromaven2159]

1973 was the year NBC added a guest to each of their Monday Night Baseball broadcasts. Humble Howard just happened to be that night's guest.

[@willdrucker4291]

Wait wait wait…Howard Cosell…broadcasting baseball…ON NBC?…🤨🤨🤨🤨

[@retromaven2159]

Cosell was a guest announcer on this evening. In 1973 NBC added a celebrity guest announcer for their Monday Night Game of the Week broadcasts. This is the only surviving broadcast from that series that I know of and it turned out to be Humble Howard, lucky us....

[@zxccxz164]

Why did they save only this??

[@retromaven2159]

It's a home recording (not a network recording) so there are only fragments. This was a rare complete at bat. Tapes were very expensive back then so people would keep hitting the pause button and record bits and pieces. Annoying now for sure..

[@thescatman5029]

Since when was Cosell on NBC?

[@williegarforth7961]

With Spaceman Bill Lee pitching

[@4EyedAnimation]

Spaceman throwing him junk

[@BigKahuna-es9so]

Curt Gouty

[@kenthomas1535]

Only thing missing is Ernie Harwell

[@joshorjoshuaorjoshy]

Do you have the game in it's entirity?

[@retromaven2159]

Yes, as I noted in the comments box above unfortunately this is not from a complete game, only short fragments. Thanks for your inquiry.

[@russellrokanas2071]

Al 0:26 0:26 0:26

[@KevinOlivas-Sinclair]

Question: In 1973, after the fans were done strollin' and meanderin' around in there ... did Fenway Park smell like a gigantic bowl of clam chowder? (Chow-dah?). If so ... ew!

[@prisonersforprofit]

gowdy seems triggered by cosell, "what are you doing? we going to get into a big match of wits tonight, huh?" perfectly legit to ask who the youngest n.l. player to win the batting title. it's juan soto now, but cosell would have been referring to pete rieser of the brooklyn dodgers 1941, who spent 3 years in world war II and was never the same.

[@davidmitchell6873]

Yeah seemed a little snarky of Gowdy.

[@prisonersforprofit]

@@davidmitchell6873 i got the same vibe from kubek, howard was a little too real for the era.

[@ricksaunders8074]

That was a time I watch MLB 17 Today it bores Me

[@matta3968]

Baseball today is unwatchable. All the rule changes have ruined the game.

[@mysticakhenaton1701]

and lacking creditable talent to me.

[@jamesanthony5681]

The time clock is good. A baseball game should not go 3 hours.

[@matta3968]

@@jamesanthony5681 how long should a game last for you not to whine about it taking too long?

[@jamesanthony5681]

@@matta3968 Whining?? Champ, *YOU'RE* the one that's complaining about it being unwatchable and that rule changes have ruined the game. How long should a game last? *For as long as it takes* . Understand? Meaning, enough with hitters stepping in and out of the box adjusting the velcro straps on their batting gloves, wrist and elbow pads; or pitchers stepping on and off the rubber to get a new sign, to psyche out the hitters, or to check out the women in the field level seats. The game is unwatchable? Great. Watch cricket or pickleball. Or darts. We'll miss you.

[@matta3968]

@@jamesanthony5681 You're are the one that said three hours was too long. Now you say as long as it takes. Which is it? Pitch clocks, placing runners at second to start an extra inning are Bad rule changes. I agree about excessive stepping in and out of batters box sucks but too bad that is baseball. Maybe you should watch cricket or bowling .

[@wheelinthesky300]

I thought Cosell worked for ABC?

[@retromaven2159]

Yes, he was a guest announcer on this evening. In 1973 NBC added a celebrity guest announcer for their Monday Night Game of the Week broadcasts. This is the only surviving broadcast from that series that I know of and it turned out to be Humble Howard, lucky us....

[@diamonddog13]

​@@retromaven2159 Hard to imagine in the decades since that one network would allow one of its stars to appear on a show for another network. Gowdy also did American Sportsman and Olympic coverage for ABC during his NBC tenure.

[@retromaven2159]

@@diamonddog13 Yes, can you imagine with the tight contract restraints that kind of thing happening today? I don't think so!

[@americangiant1003]

@@retromaven2159 Here in 2023, good point. Kenny Albert (Fox for the NFL & MLB and TNT for NHL Hockey)and both Kevin Harlan and Ian Eagle(CBS for the NFL and NCAA Hoops & TNT for the NBA)are the only major National Play-Play Announcers who are under contract on 2 different network/sports cable channel.

[@RRaquello]

@@americangiant1003 Hockey is so specialized that wherever hockey goes it seems the same hockey announcers follow. Kenny Albert is an exception. Most hockey guys only do hockey and non-hockey guys don't do hockey because they don't know the sport.

[@phillipstankey8881]

Gowdy and Kubek....great team. Cosell...annoying 3rd wheel

[@johnflorio3576]

Al Kaline is basic. (A little chemistry joke.)