1977 05 31 Tigers vs Athletics Classic Baseball Radio Broadcast Ernie

[@romelovesdan]

The A's lineup brings back memories. I Spent alot of the Summer of 1977 near Carson City Nevada...I listened to static filled Oakland A's radio broadcasts....They really had a tough year, but it was baseball.

[@robertspinazzola5742]

Thy use a uuuutrto try uuuuuuuutooootootrooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuorroouuuuurooroooororoouuuuuuorooooroo

[@johnboehmer6683]

I remember this, the static shots here and there due to lightning in thunderstorms, even in town. This recording is priceless, thanks so much for it! There's only a few full game recordings, and are SO nice to hear. There was one here on KZbin with Mark fidrych pitching from '76 that was absolutely awesome, it's been removed for some reason. What a drag for that.

[@kevinmiller6380]

I can hear static on this audio.

[@jamesk.]

Carey & Harwell this best duo ever !!

[@lwskiner]

I completely agree, having been a youngster growing up in Detroit I considered myself lucky to have Carey and Harwell on the radio with Kell and Kaline on TV,

[@RCmack]

Ernie Harwell and Paul Carey were the best radio announcing team. The Reds announcing duo of Marty Brennaman and Joe Nuxhall weren't too far behind!

[@johnboehmer6683]

Wow, Jimmy Launce and Mark Avery, Marathon and Champion commercials...takes me back...

[@gregorypalmer5403]

A night before " Bird ( Fidrych) Night", as Paul called it. One of my favorite things in pre- 1985 (?) broadcasts was the organ when they'd come back from commercials. That thing could wail ! Hammond? Not a B-3 I don't think; maybe not even a lower-level Hammond. Maybe a Wurlitzer. Well, it was a much- enjoyed fixture at the Park until they took it out, late 80s?

[@johnboehmer6683]

Good call, and very synonymous with the sounds here that take me right back to that time.

[@danieldecker2526]

The sounds of my childhood!

[@johnboehmer6683]

Aaahhhh...😁

[@johnboehmer6683]

Isn't this great?! Words can't express what a thing it is for me to be able to hear Ernie and Paul broadcasting a full game for the first time since about 1985. We had already moved from Detroit to Indianapolis at that time, and we could occasionally pick up a Tiger game pretty good even from there. But to hear a game like this, one from between '74 and '80, the prime years of my childhood, awesome!

[@radiocameron]

WJR's on-the-hour chime @ 0:26.

[@joeambrose3260]

@David Troppens What were you saying, I lapsed into a coma

[@allabouttropical6065]

47:04 Labatt’s Baseball⚾️ Trivia Game!

[@williamdunphy352]

Ernie Harwell and Paul Carey on the Tigers Radio Network.

[@mdumas43073]

I'm five years old and in my grandma's kitchen again.

[@speedy621972]

This was a couple of days before my 5th birthday that year. Sure miss both Harwell & Carey.

[@cnmm6069]

@@mdumas43073 i was 14 and radio or tv I always tuned in.. Shoots me back to being a kid hearing this

[@williamdunphy352]

Umpires HP Joe Brinkman 1B Rich Garcia 2B Nestor Chylak (Crew Chief) 3B Steve Palermo

[@johnboehmer6683]

Good ol' Nestor...

[@williamdunphy352]

@@johnboehmer6683 Yes, sir.

[@straycatttt2766]

Dick Allen played ten more games for the A’s before quitting, ending his career.

[@williamdunphy352]

Ernie Harwell (PBP) & Paul Carey (C) 1-3/7-9 Carey (PBP) & Harwell (C) 4-6

[@graydendough6356]

The 77 A's a team of over the hill players along with role players.

[@Hallrk63]

And Dick Allen. WSB coming in at the very end. I remember WJR and WSB were very close on the dial.

[@graydendough6356]

Manny Sanguillen was another one.

[@romelovesdan]

That A's lineup brings back memories. I Spent alot of the Summer of 1977 near Carson City Nevada...I listened to static filled Oakland A's radio broadcasts and could root for one of my favorite ex-Pirates players, Manny Sanguillen....They really had a tough year, a LONG way away from the 1971-1976 competitive and Championship teams. Manny made it back to the Pirates, as well as Matt Alexander, in time to win the World Series with the "Family" in that magical year of 1979!!!!

[@MrEvolution513]

With the exception of Mitchell Page and Wayne Gross, who legitimately "seemed" like the future

[@BobJ1979]

John Hiller starting?

[@gregorypalmer5403]

Struck out the side in one inning !

[@chickey333]

Hiller spent his first full season in the majors as a reliever and spot starter for the 1968 Tigers team that won the American League pennant and the 1968 World Series. Hiller appeared in 39 games, 12 as a starter, and compiled a 9-6 record with a 2.39 ERA and 78 strikeouts in 128 innings pitched.

[@straycatttt2766]

This was the last season they used him as a spot starter. They took him out of the rotation in the summer, then had him start one of the last games of the season.