1976 08 09 ABC MNB Dodgers @ Pirates

Not great quality - best I know of at this point. Hope you enjoy this really old ABC Monday Night Baseball broadcast

[@sportsrevisited9699]

Al Oliver belongs in the hall of fame.

[@michael.prescott4016]

I remember this, was 9 years old, where has the time gone.

[@JamesDeanRivera]

Al Oliver and Dave Parker are hall of Famer in my eyes

[@dzanier]

Not quite.

[@jamescarter3130]

Bill Robinson threw a baseball to me at Dodger Stadium in April 1976.

[@VolumedMusicMan]

Last year the Pirates had the old uniforms, and went with the Gold, penstripe and black jerseys.

[@3243_]

The mix-and-match uniforms were my favorite Pirate uniforms, followed closely by their 1970-76 unis.

[@orbyfan]

This was the regional/backup telecast; I think the Red Sox and the Yankees was the primary game. When it got to the 9th, the main telecast switched to this one. Bob Gibson pitched the only other no-hitter at Three Rivers Stadium, five years earlier. My parents and I were at this game, down the right field line in Box 2, Row A, seats 1-3. The tickets were $5 each. About 5,000 Clark candy bars were given to fans because Candy Man was pitching. I remember having a clear view of the Pirate bullpen and seeing Bob Moose there; he pitched the next night, and was killed in a car accident two months later, on his 29th birthday. Bill Buckner struck out in the 3rd inning after leaving the game; he injured himself on the second strike, and Lee Lacy pinch hit for him and took a third strike, but it was charged to Buckner.

[@firebird6522]

Wow, so things were no different back then. Yanks/Red Sox were always on and always took preference over anything else.

[@robertsprouse9282]

No, KC hosted the YANKS..

[@orbyfan]

@@robertsprouse9282 Right you are; error on me.

[@terrytyler3139]

i wish the pirates return to the glory days

[@lightyearsfromhome1165]

Its a sad state of affairs and I wish for that as well.

[@josemeda4592]

Back when the telecasts used to be Baseball on Mondays instead of football!

[@Batony]

Only doing the summer.

[@orbyfan]

Monday Night Baseball was on NBC prior to 1976; Monday Night Football began in 1970.

[@robertsprouse9282]

@@orbyfan, ABC took it over after ‘74, not ‘75..1975 was year one for ABC.

[@jgarrison1309]

How about that Aqua Velva commercial? LOL

[@mitchellpearson6894]

If Pittsburgh hadn't let zisk and Al Oliver go after the season..they would have dominated baseball for years to come... worse mistake in pirate history...the 1976 line up was a murderers row...as a reds fan ..I feared the pirates line up more than any other team....

[@howardcosell2022]

The Bucs were going to lose them via free agency as they did Richie Hebner who played solidly for their nemesis in Philadelphia. In return for Zisk, Forster and Gossage helped in the bullpen for a season before they went during free agency. Dividends were paid off with Oliver when Milner and Blyleven came to Pittsburgh helping them win in 79

[@3243_]

Sweet no-hitter by the Candy Man.

[@jim72068]

Those darn rabbit ear antennas!

[@jwsf941]

Play-by-play is Al Michaels. I don't recognize the analysts

[@mdumas43073]

Bob Gibson and Norm Cash are the analysts.

[@terrytyler3139]

candy man carved up the dodgers like a Turkey

[@tommybenitez3918]

The candyman from Brooklyn 🇵🇷

[@Iceis_Phoenix]

I luved him when i was a little girl in the 70s. I would make him soup as I watched him 😂

[@seabrook1976]

Keep ‘em coming.

[@eternal1blue]

Johnny B Dusty Baker

[@shawnp6744]

My first no hitter.

[@popsstargell1038]

Let's Go Bucs!

[@ciesaro]

Anytime anything bad happens to the Dodgers I am a happy camper

[@josemeda4592]

ciesaro what did you just SAY!!??

[@shanelarker6631]

Its 2020 and these are the only MLB games ill watch. Pre political Marxist BS GOODBYE MLB OF THE FUTURE

[@bmorebamma]

wwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaa cry me a f-in river

[@davidmitchell6873]

It's now 2024 and still nobody cares about your nonsense.