1976-06-28 - Yankees at Tigers - Enhanced ABC Broadcast - 1080p

[@tedharrington5432]

Are you freakin' kidding me Dave?!?! I was hoping that just maybe one day you would upscale this classic 1976 ABC Monday Night Baseball game! Watching the game again brings me back to 1976 and being 8 years old sitting in front of the television set and glued to the television screen.

[@rileyjackfansmithandjones8238]

I was 13 years old, in Pittsburgh......but I caught the "Bird Fever".....he was in the AL....and NOT A YANKEE! Remember watching this at my Grandma's house, and calling her to come sit down and watch......Bob " The Gunner" Prince was on National TV.....and he was our long time local announcer. My grandmother avidly followed the Buccos....and couldn't believe what she was watching. And she instantly fell in love with the Bird too. Special Night ,Special Season......Really Special Grandma! And I'll always love the Bird!RIP

[@romelovesdan]

A fitting heartfelt tribute to both. Hope you stuck with Grandma's Buccos...some fun times were around the corner!

[@rileyjackfansmithandjones8238]

@@romelovesdan I used to love the Buccos......I still Do, but I used to ,too! 😉Thanks Mitch Hedberg! Ps.... Gotta Date with my wife.....she grew up in Detroit, We're watching this Video after Dinner Tonight!

[@romelovesdan]

@@rileyjackfansmithandjones8238 Hopefully, the night was a nostalgic and fun one for you both! Hopefully, the Buccos and their young stars will get it back together again.

[@rileyjackfansmithandjones8238]

@@romelovesdan fabulous date night.....my Gal was 16 again, and we love the Tigers......and the Video, delivered .....but I'm still rooting for the Buccos!

[@romelovesdan]

@@rileyjackfansmithandjones8238 Bless you hearts! We all need more discovered Bird games to surface.

[@romelovesdan]

Such an historic telecast that many of us remember so fondly.

[@teejaythedeejay1965]

Hey Dave, thank you so much for reconditioning this classic game. I remember 11 year old me mesmerized and enjoying The Bird that Monday Night in June!

[@JeffreyGlover65]

Watched this game live...ten years old, pitcher on my little league team. Life was never better!

[@allstarchris1]

Ahhh yes, the Mark Fidrych game. Great work Dave.

[@patgalvez4563]

Fidrych died a freak death

[@lorddalek]

Wow its so nice tto see the only surviving copy of the 1976 Monday Night Baseball intro not suffer from tape warping for once.

[@greglbennett]

As a Tigers fan, thank you for this work. Fidrych’s career derailed quickly, but we never stopped loving the guy!

[@FLYEAL]

Another treat! Amazing restoration of a classic. My intro to MLB was as youngster just moved to a new, big city (Houston) and the Astros radio announcer was Bob Prince. I listened to every game that Summer - and thought this was typical. It wasn’t. Remember the Bird as well that year and this game vaguely. Thanks.

[@michaelskurski912]

Look at that both pitchers pitched a complete game what a novel concept

[@amicooke1790]

Yep. Easier to pull off when you're not trying to gas dudes for strikeouts. Ground balls are the way.

[@Luke-yr2yu]

They each looked like they could've pitched another three innings if they had to. Holtzman was starting to lose his good stuff by '76, but he was always durable enough to go nine innings when he had to.

[@servo24601]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS GAME!!!! I was in 6th grade in 1978- so I never saw this game because it was way past my bedtime! I grew up in SE Michigan and today's fans will never understand what a PHENOMENAN Mark Fidrych was- in an era way before cable and social media! (Until idiot Ralph Houk ran him into the ground and destroyed his career). THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE CLEANED UP VIDEO!!!

[@dantheman5745]

2:01:25 - Incredible stuff. Fidrych was a shooting star, but it's tough to overstate the impact he had when he arrived. Before there was Fernando-mania in '81 in LA, there was Fidrych.

[@dantheman5745]

2:15:15 Uke went and grabbed the girl that was at the end of the dugout when Fidrych came out, who was yelling for him and taking his picture. Brought her out onto the field for an interview. Wild stuff.

[@JosePerez-vz1qq]

A CLASSIC MNB game

[@michaelskurski912]

RIP Ken Holtzman

[@patgalvez4563]

i'm old enough to remember Holtzman as a cub

[@robbymayne6643]

I'm originally from Detroit, and I used to love watching the bird pitch. He was so entertaining to watch. THANKS AGAIN, DAVE! YOU ARE AWESOME!

[@jonhowe2960]

The Bird was a sensation, and the real deal. Was lucky to see him live with the Montgomery Rebels (AA) not long before this.

[@joekaiker1442]

Stellar work Dave!! I watched this game in 1976. Seems like yesterday. Appreciate you.

[@russellmilam5686]

Saw my first MLB game at Three Rivers on 7/4/76. Will never forget it.

[@ronjooss2492]

This is a classic. Thanks Dave!

[@VisualTedium]

Rip The Bird

[@ronsmac]

May choking up on the bat. That’s old school baseball right there.

[@rjpsuh06]

The lead team for ABC in 1976 was Bob Prince, Warner Wolf 1:53 and Bob Uecker 5:23 (some of his jokes from this 1976 “analysis” is in his 2003 Frick speech) The backup (in a rain delay) was Cubs-Pirates called by Al Michaels, Norm Cash and Bob Gibson 34:50 Al Michaels, now of Amazon NFL TNF, has done Primetime Baseball and Football since 1976!

[@patgalvez4563]

Love Ueck

[@ronsmac]

An article in sports illustrated trashed Abc’s coverage and the lead announcing team in 1976. I’d have to disagree with his opinion. I liked these three guys.

[@TexasWildheartsFan]

My first Baseball hero -- THANK YOU 😎

[@Pittro77]

Wow ..another classic & commercials...Memories on a summer Monday Night

[@rayhume1971]

When's the last time you saw a sports briadcast with a stand up act in the pre game? Bob Eucker is hilarious.

[@PaulC-ss5uo]

That was classic. Tried for the corner and missed!!!

[@Nurp-lp4vm]

Not a huge baseball fan but even I remember the Bird! I think this was the game that made him known all over. I know I watched some of this because school was out and I was 11 and we had to be home by dark. Back then we actually played outside all day!

[@matthewtoy1977]

Any Pirates games in the pipeline? If any baseball uniforms deserve the 1080p treatment, it's the 79 Pirates bumblebees.

[@MaxAmerica.Freedom]

Mark the Bird Fifrych talking to the ball.

[@nunicarmona7225]

Thank you I love1970s beasball

[@stratcat9432]

Great one Dave! Thank you so much!

[@jonleonoudakis9623]

Fantastic enhancement to the video!

[@markjones952]

Bob Uecker sighting!

[@sec9788]

“When I went 0 for June or 0 for July…”. 🤣. The Ueck!

[@genesmiley9866]

I have daydreams of finding more Fidrych games on Beta tapes at a garage sale - there must be people here in Michigan who are holding copies.

[@romelovesdan]

We can only hope!

[@amicooke1790]

We just uncovered my grandpa's VHS archive from the 1980's and 1990's, all surprisingly in tact. I'm about to start deep diving 'em for the Reds and Braves games.

[@romelovesdan]

@@amicooke1790 Bless you hearts. Hopefully there are some games he recorded can provided some games for fans to relive and enjoy. His spirit will keep on giving...Keep us posted.

[@owenburnett2718]

Thank you so much for this Dave.

[@KratostheThird]

It’s amazing to me that people back then in the 1970’s seemed older. Even the baseball players here, outside of Mark Fidrych (he was just 21), seemed much older than they actually were. Nowadays I regularly see people at 35 - 40 who try to pass off as 20 - 30 years old. A number of ball players today look really young. The guys in this old baseball broadcast looked much older.

[@impala666]

I had a baseball game the day after this and all the team could talk about was Bird...and we were in NY and Yankees fans.

[@michaelanderson6776]

Great stuff Dave! Keep the baseball coming.

[@frederickwarrick1294]

i don't remember watching this but i'm sure i did i worked 10 to 7 overnight and would catch what i could before i went to work the Bird was a one hit wonder and how he ended up is a tragedy he really juiced up 70s baseball

[@creates100]

Thank you for this and all the videos you are posting.

[@AlRedsoxFan]

The Bird!!!!!

[@kurtcrowley9372]

Fidrych was on another Monday night game in 1977, Cosell was on the telecast - after the final out he exclaimed 'Michigan has just beaten Ohio State...'

[@michaelskurski912]

Funny dave I was just thinking the other day "I wonder if dave volsky would ever restore this game and here it is

[@davemartino5997]

Keep them coming Dave , great work as usual

[@dominiceugenio3694]

I was only 3 thst year so I don't remember probably was sleeping lol but I was aware a few years later and just a better quality of life baseball everything even the commercials were better

[@66KIMBLE]

I remember being at Yankee Stadium when Ron Guidry pitched against the Bird.

[@henrymcallen5703]

I was there that day as well. Great memories!!!!

[@towhee89]

Sick , thanks keep up the great work

[@rjpsuh06]

Bob Prince (play by play) Bob Uecker, Warner Wolf (analysts) innings 1-3 12:07 Bob Uecker (play by play) Bob Prince, Warner Wolf (analysts) innings 4-6 57:25 Warner Wolf (play by play) Bob Uecker, Bob Prince (analysts) innings 7-9 1:27:13

[@martinkearney8045]

I love Bob Prince; great broadcaster for the Pirates and a great fit for Pittsburgh. But he was ill suited for national broadcasts. I think by the end of the 1976 season ABC went with Al Michaels and Keith Jackson.

[@davemartino5997]

Rusty and Tom were both AL all stars that year

[@genesmiley9866]

The Tigers had three starters in the 76 all star game: Staub, Fidrych, and LeFlore.

[@annoyingjake]

1:03:52 i'm like Bob Ueker here, what is this word? i've never encountered it. I also learned about Tarp-OH-lin and at least three alternate pronunciations of Fidrych. There's a free flowing kookiness to the broadcast that i didn't expect. Lots of schtick and sing-songy broadcaster speak. I feel like Steven Toast would have fit in. But this is great. Gold!

[@genesmiley9866]

How many different ways did they pronounce Fidrych's name?

[@thomasdubay1496]

The bird is the word.

[@brianbachmeier34]

Excellent

[@sanfi74]

Bob Eucker's bit was great, but Billy Martin made me snort: "Born in California, Died in New York." :-)

[@dantheman5745]

10:21 Billy Martin's intro 🤣

[@robbymayne6643]

Bob Uecker was in rare form.

[@mawebbaskum8708]

Yeah, one minute he says Fidyrych, the next Feedrich back and forth all night long what a clown, Prince ready for the pasture at this point countless mistakes from him, and then there is Warner Wolf Geez this classic game deserved a much better broadcast team.

[@robbymayne6643]

@@mawebbaskum8708 I think someone needs a hug.

[@mawebbaskum8708]

@@robbymayne6643 Must be a couch case.

[@nmb5588]

There was still an innocece to baseball in '76. Fidrich exemplified that special time of the bicentenial year. No crazy contracts. Just the fun of the game. Months later, the Yankees acquired Reggie Jackson in free-agency for a mere 5 million but that was just the beginning of the end.. Excessive high contracts and no team loyalty.

[@KratostheThird]

It’s funny to hear Prince at the beginning talk about the controversy and lawsuit surrounding then Oakland owner Finley, who desired to trade Rudi, Fingers and Blue to other teams for money. Prince made a good observation in that the teams with more wealth would obtain the other players. Prince died a decade later in the 1980’s. George Steinbrenner would go on to use his power and money to obtain many of the best players, long after they had established their prime and talent on other teams. Big money ruined baseball for me. I’m glad to see someone preserve old baseball tapings like this one, showing old Tiger Stadium.

[@michaelskurski912]

If you want to study how not to handle a starting pitcher look at how they used the Bird

[@greglbennett]

Well, he tore his rotator cuff midway through his second season. The issue was they were not able to diagnose it as such until 1985 which was five years after he retired. So he was trying to pitch for three and a half years with a torn rotator cuff without knowing it. He wasn’t overused, they just couldn’t figure out why his arm went dead.

[@michaelskurski912]

@@greglbennett check out his innings that 1st year and look at his complete games that year then think of how many pitches he threw in those games he had to have averaged at least 110 ptches a start I'd say he was overused

[@genesmiley9866]

​@@michaelskurski912 24 complete games in 29 starts - Koufax and Ryan needed 40 or so starts to hit 26 complete games. Fidrych pitched 255 innings: Ryan once hit 250 innings in 35 starts, so Mark was throwing a lot more than typical. However Fidrych injured his knee in spring training of his second season, and the Tigers brought him back too soon, which may have led to the rotator cuff tear.

[@michaelskurski912]

@@genesmiley9866 he pitched 2 11 inning complete games he had to have averaged 120 to 130 pitches a start he was a ticking time bomb

[@HerrKurt]

Mark Fidryrch the Bird i remember him

[@steelehere1]

Bob Prince's comments on Ken Holtzman not signing a contract and being an OK pitcher based on his win/loss record is very likely what motivated Bill James to turn the baseball world upside down.

[@patgalvez4563]

76 Yankees were pretty good

[@rockyfortune3537]

The bird!!

[@kurtcrowley9372]

Bob Prince was just about to turn 60 at this point? Looked much older...

[@augustusrooster4735]

Hey Dave, what's the name of the song at 1:11 ?

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

John Fiddy's 'Leader of the Pack' -- kzbin.info/www/bejne/porUZqCQf7Steqc

[@augustusrooster4735]

@@davevolskysbackdoor5673 Gracias!

[@derekcrudele4695]

5:22 Bob Uecker being Bob Uecker.

[@gregjones2376]

Warner Wolf later doing sports on onus In The Morning!

[@genesmiley9866]

Warner Wolf was brutal.

[@user-bu7ko2or8e]

The Big Red Machine will crush the Yankees in 4 straight to win the 76 world series.

[@DavidSanchez-bq9jv]

George " Sparky " Anderson, Greatest MLB Manager ever RIP.

[@markgibson3231]

I wonder what happened to those McDonald’s trees 😂

[@impala666]

America had a car that made 40 miles to the gallon in 1976...

[@thecelebratedmisterk]

Man, Bob Prince was bad.

[@amicooke1790]

I can't stop giggling at the broadcast team marveling at the novelty of batting gloves. Or the fact that they Yankee catcher's uniform was clearly made in a hurry, as the lettering and numbering are both the wrong size and type.

[@Jean0987654321]

PBP: Bob Prince Color: Warner Wolf and Bob Uecker

[@michaelskurski912]

RIP Oscar Gamble