1977 World Series, Game 6: Dodgers @ Yankees

Los Angeles Dodgers 4 at New York Yankees 8, F -- In a performance as legendary as any Yankee great before him, Reggie Jackson blasted three consecutive home runs on three pitches against three different Dodger hurlers (Burt Hooton, Elias Sosa and Charlie Hough) into the frenzied Stadium throng. It was his defining moment in pinstripes; a dramatic performance that won over the fans, his teammates, (including captain Thurman Munson, with whom he'd had a tumultuous relationship since Reggie claimed he was "the straw that stirred the drink" even before he arrived in New York) and helped justify his self-styled nickname, "Mr. October." His three home runs in one game -- accomplished twice by Babe Ruth -- and five total HRs were both World Series records.

[@manickreations]

everyone was asleep in my house, i had school the next day,but dad said i could stay up and watch till the end!!!!! thanks Dad!!!!

[@Houston343]

That must have been a great memory. I have so many of those with my dad too.

[@bradlott3284]

A buddy of mine was there that night. He took the subway back to Brooklyn after the game. Said it was packed and the whole time the only thing everyone was yelling was "Reggie..Reggie...Reggie". Said you couldn't hear the train

[@josephconnor2310]

Oh wow, cool.

[@jacktorrance2633]

Watching this with Mom and Dad i was a happy kid! Being a young Yankees fan in the 70s was pretty sweet. The 90s and 2000s wasn't bad either.

[@captainh3831]

R.I.P. Tom Seaver 1944 - 2020

[@teetoo3790]

I loved those 1977 and 1978 Yankees. Talk about a exciting team.

[@luisponce7994]

I win those 2 series 77 and 78 like manager very easy , I walk R Jackson in every turn at bat

[@jacobpalmer6462]

Watching Reggie hit his home runs made me smile and tear up. Man that was a great time when I was a kid watching this.

[@2dasimmons]

What a BEAUTIFUL memory. Back in the '70s & '80s USA had some great professional athletes and teams.

[@scoobycarr5558]

I was all of 11 years old and not yet 12 when I saw this

[@2dasimmons]

Wow. What a memory. I hope 2day's children are able to have this quality of experience. What joy to remember it YEARS later. All of us can use a happy reminder when the present is disappointing as it usually is in 2014. SHALOM.

[@scoobycarr5558]

Thanks a bunch

[@USCFlash]

I was 6 when i saw this...still the greatest experience of my baseball life....it was my first world series win as a Yankees fan. My parents were going out to dinner that night, and they explicitly said i could stay up as late as i wanted to watch, no matter what. The housekeeper we had, Christy, a giant and rotund elderly lady, who was babysitting that night, did not believe i had permission to watch the game and repeatedly tried to force me to go to bed at 9 PM...even trying to drag me from my parents room with the big TV....shrieking, as she dragged me from the room by my arm, i kicked her in the shin, and ran back to my parents room, locking the door then barricading it with the dresser as she screamed at me through the closed door....telling me i was in big trouble. She said she was going to call my parents...and i said "GOOD! Call them! They said i could watch no matter what". Sure enough she called them, and they said of course he can watch he loves the yankees and its the world series. Of course i watched the game, reggie hit the homers, the yankees won and i was ecstatic...The rest is history. And so was Christy, who i managed to drive off three weeks later, since i hated her for that incident. The Big Red Machine crushed us in 1976...but 1977 was awesome. I had a blast that year...Star Wars came out and the Yanks won the world series....6 months later the Reggie Bar was my favorite candy bar.

[@RovingRoy]

Nothing so beautiful in baseball seeing a ball sailing through the dark night into the right field seats at the "true" Yankee Stadium!

[@mikeandrews2851]

So right! They should of never destroyed the stadium. They should of just remolded in again.

[@dukedematteo1995]

@@mikeandrews2851 that would have been hard to pull off....Play in Shea for 3 yrs again? I agree remodeled Yankee Stadium...76 to 08 was the best. Had a ton of character, and unlike most parks these days....old YS was all about the upper deck and being right on top of the action. I wish they stayed there. If the Sox and Cubs could stay put, so could the Yanks.

[@mikealessi7006]

I agree ..especially Johnny Damon's grandslam sailing through the night in the right field seats in game 7 of the 2004 ALCS . Watching all those yankees fans faces drop was heartwarming.

[@tishtashtishtash]

@@mikealessi7006and then seeing that same Johnny Damon win a Series with the Yanks after the Sox and Sox fans said he wasn’t worth their time.

[@tishtashtishtash]

At 46:11, you see Munson applauding, Jackson disbelievingly grasping his open hands, glancing a smile as Munson motions for him to join him toward the dugout, where he and Martin embrace. Winning cures everything.

[@michaelbelfer1069]

BTW. I was 23 when this game was played yet watching it again, it feels like yesterday. Man do I wish it was.

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

I was ten and living on the UES, even saw Reggie a few times at the coffeehouse on 79th and Madison.

[@frankmilano5835]

I was 23 that year too. I was at all the home games that series. Miss those days.

[@michaelward9880]

I was about the same age. Couldn't watch any of it due to my work schedule. Even though we all know the outcome of the series, it's still fun to watch. I wish someone would hurry up and invent time travel.

[@prettybird8942]

I was 9 watching this game with my mom and dad in Scranton PA. I was such a Yankee fanatic; wore my 44 Yankee uniform to each Yankee game I attended. I spent a few spring trainings in Florida going back and forth from Fort Lauderdale (NYY home stadium) and Vero Beach (Dodger home stadium) to catch every NYY game I could within a week. In 1978, I was picked to be the Yankee bat boy (uniform had an influence I'm sure) for a single game where I provided the umpire with balls and retrieved bats. Shared the dugout with the same 77' Yankees we are watching now. Goose Gossage closed the game and I still remember the cracking sound of Munson's mitt as he delivered 98 + fastballs. At the end of the game, I received 3 bats and a baseball signed by everyone in the dugout with Mickey Mantle signing the sweet spot. Best memory of my childhood by far !

[@bmorebamma]

Just great , The ole timers bitchin ,Never a dull moment.

[@garyhaber333]

Great times. Lived in NY as a kid in the 70s. Great old names. Bucky, Reggie, Lou, Yogi, Sparky, Martin, Steinbrenner, Lasorda. My favorite player was Catfish Hunter. I still play a mean game of catch with my 30 yr old daughter with my old Catfish baseball mitt 50 yrs later. Met Reggie in 80 when I was 13, he was nice guy. Still have his autograph.

[@michaelbelfer6513]

I was 23 years young the night this game was played, yet I remember it like it was yesterday. It really does suck getting old!

[@TERoss-jk9ny]

I was 14, and I’m still a diehard Dodger fan!!

[@pphedup]

I was 28.

[@kimkelly5512]

Getting old is not joyful, but the baseball games we saw are timeless. The players that we saw play 🤩. I was 16 and was and still a Yankee fan ⚾⚾⚾⚾

[@MrAitraining]

3 home runs on 3 swings, off 3 pitchers - and in a deciding World Series game. Beyond amazing.

[@michellesanders9619]

What he did was impossible. Greatest post season performance by a hitter ever....

[@reymondjames1726]

@@michellesanders9619 Shut up. Obviously not impossible. It's been done before.

[@jamesway]

@@reymondjames1726 not on 3 pitches for 3 homers.

[@michellesanders9619]

@@jamesway Reymond is a mets fan...:)

[@cjs83172]

And what many people forget is the fact that Reggie homered on the last FOUR strikes he saw in that World Series, because he also homered in his last at-bat in Game 5, then in Game 6, drew a four-pitch walk in his first at-bat and then homered on the first pitch in his next and last three times at bat. So he really homered on the last four strikes he saw, all off a different pitcher (Sutton, Hooton, Sosa, and Hough). His hitting home runs of five different pitchers in the same World Series is also a record (he hit one off of Rick Rhoden in Game 4).

[@AmericanMade87]

Best part was Reggie running over the fans like a running back LOL

[@sha9infinite450]

Lol!!!!!

[@michaeldopierala594]

+sha9inop 0finite 8

[@TheReubenKincaid]

See the dude in the green coat go airborne

[@JohnSmith-kz8yo]

1:56:28 Cop kicking a fan on the ground lol

[@captainh3831]

He started out as a very good football player in college at Arizona State before switching to baseball. Apparently a friend bet him $5 that he couldn't play football and make the baseball team too.

[@GreggDuncanMcLean1]

My boys my favorite Dodger club all time even surpassing Kofax Drydale Will's of the 60's....well maybe tied that was a great club too. Reggie Smith is my all time favorite Dodger loved his consistent bat with so much power and his great arm in the outfield... those were such good years I was a young man, 25, just starting out in life a year away from starting a 37 year career with the USPS which I just retired from this May 1 2015 thank God.....

[@manhbx96]

My favorite Yankee team ever

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

Thurman Munson was one-of-a-kind and probably should have made the hall of fame.

[@lloydkline6946]

Great clutch hitter and ny Yankees that group ever won again

[@chuckincharlo]

That era...you Had Bench...Fisk...and Munson!

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

@@chuckincharlo And John Stearns! Not quite Bench but the best the Mets were gonna get and he wasn't bad.

[@davenorth8922]

I cried like a baby when his plane crashed.

[@fruticetum]

Thurman was OK, but he was no Johnny Bench.

[@danlivni2097]

I was 7 in 1977 and grew up in Queens NY in Bayside. I remember as a kid everyone i played baseball with tried to imitate Reggie's baseball stance. I also remember collecting baseball cards as a kid and everyone wanted Reggie's baseball card.

[@joeambrose3260]

I was 13 and I wanted to eat REGGIE ! bars till I puked

[@bernieudo4399]

Who else has a month named after him? Michael Jordan--that's the special company we're talking about.

[@Stephan814]

Dan Livni I was 11 also living in queens I imitated his home run trot

[@captainh3831]

He did have a naturally beautiful stance

[@joericci4094]

LOVE hearing the Stadium music, Brings back a lot of GOOD memories!!!

[@raidernagle3185]

Watching this almost 40 years later it's incredible the managers & coaches that came from both teams. This is something special to watch 40 years later coming from a 23 year old.

[@dvharris75]

Reggie's 1st Home Run - 45:48 Reggie's 2nd Home Run- 1:07:16 Reggie's 3rd Home Run- 1:38:00

[@neilzep]

thank you sir

[@scoobycarr5558]

Thanks for the info - good way to fast forward to Reggie's dingers and not on the other plays in Game 6 ... :D

[@epic4907]

dvharris75 What I came for

[@chuckincharlo]

I was 10 back in 77 ..watched the first 2 ..fell asleep when number 3 was hit.. never forgave myself!

[@bernieudo4399]

Reggie's (3) HRs on the WS stage at that moment in October in Yankee Stadium the most Ruthian ever. It will never be equaled.

[@JackMoccasin]

I was 10 years old, watching on a secondary 13" B&W kitchen TV (family didn't care for baseball), pulling hard for Dodgers, only for Reggie to break my heart. Little did I know that this game would ultimately provide my most powerful, and yes, favorite baseball memories. Otherwise, a total mindfuck to realize that we're 44 years removed from 1977...

[@AngelSanchez-tq6lx]

46. 👍🏼

[@jimmybilly8747]

screen not dominated by graphics , a far more beautiful thing

[@jpwjr1199]

That is true. I'm not sure why the broadcasters feel the need to relentlessly keep the score and count and every other nit of minutiae up on the screen. Are you telling me if they stuck the graphics up for 4 to 5 seconds every 40 seconds or so, the fan would somehow be missing something? I never understood that.

[@benjordan2468]

wow I hadnt thought of that. very good point. Im ok with outs/score/count somewhere up out of the way in the corner tho

[@Anthony-hu3rj]

I agree. I wish broadcasts would give viewers the option of whether to see the computerized strike zone. I personally hate it.

[@pmanis09]

If anyone is curious why games are so much longer than they used to be, just watch this one. these pitchers work fast! Batters aren't screwing around either like today with their stupid batting glove routines; they just go up there and hit. Few visits to the mound as well. There were 12 runs scored on 17 hits between the teams, yet the game only last 2 hours and 18 minutes.

[@michaelhassler7446]

Not sure why you want the game to end quickly, do you have a hot date to get to? The rest of us like to watch baseball.

[@pmanis09]

Michael Hassler “The rest of us”? They’ve largely left. I like watching baseball too, but too much dead time is killing the game. Over 37 million people watched the 1977 World Series compared to under 14 million last year. Major League Baseball is frantically trying to bring back the “rest of us”.

[@michaelhassler7446]

I think watching sports is down across the board due to way more entertainment options nowadays.

[@joedebaun4547]

Gosh! Only back in those days would a starting pitcher still be pitching into the 9th and finish it with runners on base!

[@OroborusFMA]

This game would take four and a half hours today.

[@scoobycarr5558]

A couple of years ago I saw this in its entirety for the first time with Reggie's three homers and instantly became one of Reggie's biggest fans. And also cemented my admiration for the Yankees.

[@joeallen4700]

I watched this game with my dad. Before Jackson hit his third he said "Cmon Reggie, hit another one".....and there it went. I looked at my dad with pure amazement at his call. And also cemented my love for the game.

[@andrecampbell691]

I'm 66 and remember watching this game, enjoyed it very much.

[@bradlott9876]

I know a guy who was there that night. He showed me the ticket stub. Took the subway back to Midtown after the game. He said the entire ride home the whole subway was chanting “Reg-Gie…Reg-Gie….Reg-Gie”

[@mysterj1]

Great NY story!

[@RafaelHernandez-gh4ll]

I was at this game with my Dad sitting in the mezz on the 3rd base outfield section. Here is how it happened, My Dad would get tickets for Yankees and yes, also that other NY team; lol, from the big food vendors or from the food corporation my dad worked for that had season tickets box seats. Now, We had already had been to the playoff game against the Royals. So the probability of getting tickets for the WS was slim to none. Its the middle of October, I would come home from school around 2:30pm, and start on my homework wondering if my dad would be able to get tickets to the 6th game tonight. Dad walks in at his usual time from work around 3:45pm and asks me if I had a lot of homework and if I have been working on it, of course I said yes, and I am almost done, I had been working on it real fast just in case he got tickets for tonight's game; I was almost finished with my homework. At that moment I asked him did you get the tickets? Well did you? He smiles and says to me finish your homework, we need to leave in an hour..A moment in time which I never imagined that as a young Yankee fan as well as my Dad that we would witness one of the best Baseball games of all time and a winning WS Yankee game to boot...WOW. Yes my Dad is my biggest hero of all time, not just because he got seats to this game for us, but simply of all the knowledge and lessons, and most of all our great good night hugs before going to sleep and wishing each other good night at the ripe age of 81 we still talk about this great moment in our lives as Father and Son..What a night.... Tomorrow we are going to watch this game, and talk about it even more....

[@albertovasalloiii9511]

Awesome story.

[@nealp19078]

Ditto- awesome story! Do you remember the end of the game? Were you on the field? I would loved to been at that contest! You probably arrived home in the wee hours in the AM?

[@pphedup]

That's really beautiful.

[@beholden2874]

Great stuff. We’re you living in the 5 boros then or the suburbs?

[@ccth22]

I was in 5th grade that night in 1977. Watching from my bedroom in North Jersey with a perfect view of Midtown and the Empire State Building from my window. I saw my one of my two childhood heroes(Sugar Ray Leonard the other) do something that was mythical. No need to ask what became my favorite candy bar. I didn’t sleep 3 hours that night. Thankfully my 5th grade teacher Ms. Collins looked like a Ebony Fashion Fair model so staying awake in class was no problem😉

[@bluesky6449]

Gives me thrills every time I watch Reggie's 3 homers, always will.

[@oldschoolmuscle4436]

Over 40 years ago! Seems like yesterday. Great times. Great memories. The 70's were the best.

[@doloresvargas6450]

Reggie's last homer against Chalie Hough was monstrous.Tony

[@rogerblohm5307]

i am a life long yankee fan and i was a 13 year old jr. high school ball player at this time.jacksons 3 home runs were a great moment in yankees history.

[@November02able]

I was thirteen also but alas, I had to do my homework and didn't see anything live until I saw all the people on the field and the final score on the screen.

[@scoobycarr5558]

Cheers to your hometown Yankees! This is from a Cubs fan from near Chicago.

[@PALINSMITH]

@23:25 the young man in the bright blue jacket in the center of the right field bleachers is me. Chambliss hit a home run that landed about 6 rows right in front of us with Reggie on first base.

[@thomaswampler5494]

Reggie Jackson, The straw that stirs the drink. That season was amazing, with turmoil and my favorite fireball manager, Billy Martin. Mike Gibbo Gibbons, my best friend and I were fortunate enough to win a state championship in baseball that year our final year of high school and I celebrated twice with my favorite baseball team capturing a title too. Great memories of the game. Billy Martin and Thurmond Munson leaving this earth way to soon. Life is precious. Baseball is a great game and with miced up players and all the modern day changes, it is a game in turmoil. Leave baseball alone. It survived forever without appealing to people who have to be coddled to in order to watch and follow. Announcers talk to much, analysts and all that bull crap. Can’t lay down a bunt, can’t sacrifice a runner to the next base, can’t pitch five innings as a starter…where had the game gone and where is it heading.

[@michaell874]

This was one of the greatest moments of all time. Being 9 years old at the time, there really isn’t much that comes close to it.

[@chuckincharlo]

Lord Jesus...take me back to 1977 for just one week... so I can watch this team and the original Saturday night live!

[@JustCallMeKen]

Reggie's days as a college football running back came in handy at the end there. He absolutely trucked that guy right before getting to the dugout.

[@angelsanchez5097]

Reggie Jackson's performance has to be one of the most difficult-to-accomplish feats in sports history. 3 home runs on 3 pitches from 3 different pitchers, at the old Yankee Stadium, in World Series play. Wow! Cosell's call makes it even more magically memorable. Howard surprised me; as a kid I remember people saying he disdained baseball, but he knew the game, was informative and engaged, and his emotive cry at Reggie's final clout rivaled any of his legendary calls in boxing. Thanks MLB Clscs!

[@howie9751]

If you include game five, Jackson had four consecutive homers on four consecutive swings off four different pitchers.

[@part6133]

​@@howie9751 sowhat

[@howie9751]

@@part6133 Never done before and lauded on TV at the time.

[@luckybenny8871]

This is AND ALWAYS WILL BE the greatest performance in the history of baseball. Don Larsen was great, and the Babe hit 3 bombs in WS games twice. But,......the circumstances under which Mr. October did this. The Bronx Zoo. The immense pressure from the Boss. The enmity that came from that stupid "Straw that the stirs the drink" comment, which was self-inflicted. The crown jewel of the achievement was 3HR against 3 different pitchers ALL ON THE 1ST PITCH. He walked on 4 pitches his first time up. So the only strikes he saw that night all landed in the seats. The last being the MAJESTIC blow that landed in the famous Black over the CF fence. Drove in 5, scored 4, han a hand in 6 of the Bombers 8 runs, and an OPS of 5.000 for the game which is perfect. THE BEST PERFORMANCE IN THE HISTORY OF BASEBALL.

[@TERoss-jk9ny]

michael paulino: I still hate him! 😡

[@drakulie]

Yawn

[@track16ofthechronic21]

@@drakulie Sorry about that, Dodger fan.

[@gynandroidhead]

39 YEARS AGO TODAY! Man this game had it all. The great Joe Dimaggio throwing out the first pitch, and the Yankees clinching their first WS win in 15 years, and last and definitely not least Mr. October. When that last HR went well into the black, it was about as euphoric a sports moment as I can remember.

[@XAMS]

Had no idea that Chris Chambliss had also homered in this game to tie it. A massive home run that unfortunately got overshadowed by Jackson's epic performance.

[@aj60nyy]

I was positioned by the Dodgers on deck circle in the top of the ninth. As the final out was recorded by Torrez and I ran onto the field and past Jim Gilliam, the Dodgers 1B coach. It was the most exhilarating moment I ever felt as a baseball fan then and to this day. It certainly was great to be young in the late 70's and a Yankee fan.

[@beholden2874]

Wow how old were you at the time? Was it a different type of Yankee crowd than todays 2022 time?

[@bobhayett2376]

True story: My family was watching another TV show on our only TV. During a commercial they turned on the game. Reggie was at bat. First pitch we saw HOME RUN. Later during a commercial they turned on the game. Reggie was at bat. Next pitch HOME RUN. Later on another commercial they turned on the game during another commercial. Reggie at bat, first pitch HOME RUN. I'M NOT KIDDING!!!!!

[@JoseDiaz-mn9it]

Man I miss Dodgers vs Yankees World Series. Hope they play each other again in fall classic.

[@RovingRoy]

You'd probably never see fans hanging over the walls in the 9th inning today like then. There was something more spontaneous and real about those moments back then compared to the modern age.

[@haro82]

+RovingRoy Totally agree. Just take a look at the locker room celebrations today. Goggles, trophy presentations on the field etc... way better back then for sure.

[@RovingRoy]

+haro82 And the managers today wouldn't have let pitcher Torrez go all the way either. "Clueless Joe" Girardi would've over-managed this game and lost it.

[@TheReubenKincaid]

Also consider that it is 1977 NYC. The vibe in that stadium reflected the mood at the time... a free for all

[@dcbandnerd]

They got cops surrounding the field these days. Hell, field invasions are becoming rare in college sports now.

[@JackCondor44]

Probably due too the higher levels of testoserone in there systems ..... all the flouride (in the water) and feminine hormones (in the meat and poultry) had not yet taken full effect on the general population .....

[@GialloHorror]

I miss the old Yankee Stadium. So much history.

[@djbeezy]

Yeah, that was like tearing down Fenway or Wrigley.

[@afzx960]

Always wanted to see this game, for more than 25 years...I was 6 when this happened and was too young to watch baseball then; became a baseball fan for the 1st time at age 11 and knew this happened when I was 12 but always wanted to see the full game, with the homers and commentary...loved this vid! Thanks for posting.

[@scoobycarr5558]

The late great Yankees catcher Thurman Munson brought me here. And so did Yankees greats Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris.

[@JayDogTitan]

I'll always remember watching this game and Reggie hit those 3 home runs, I was 13 at the time, What a great moment in baseball history!

[@louisalvarado4272]

I, too, was 13, and remember this game vividly! The family TV with the rabbit ears.

[@patearly9492]

Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful classic. God bless everyone

[@michaeldelzitti895]

I was 9....I played hockey from 16-31...wore #44...Thanks Reg

[@howie9751]

I was at this World Series, my only one. Couldn't believe Reggie in game 6. What a thrill!

[@OroborusFMA]

Two hours would get you into the sixth inning now with the ridiculous micro-management, pitch count obsession, and fetish for stupid-metrics.

[@nicholasfox966]

And they also don't take a half hour between every pitch. That's what makes games so long today: the endless amount of time batters and pitchers use to regroup after every pitch. It's absurd.

[@jpwjr1199]

@@nicholasfox966 It's both, but yes.

[@djbeezy]

I attribute the length of game times to the amount of ridicous and unnecessary advertising. The commercial breaks are waaaaaaay to long.

[@bernieudo4399]

Umpires gave away their authority years ago. Old school guys would start w/o the batter in the box. Snooze & you loose!

[@iamhungey12345]

Kevin Cash: Somebody called?

[@jstape740]

Great performance from Reggie..3 HRs and his Touchdown at 1:56:15

[@Brittjones]

I mean it’s Reggie Jackson in 1977 running for his safety right at you…can you imagine a bigger nightmare than that? What started as being on the field after the World Series…to hit by this truck….Hahha

[@malindyo]

Takes me back to the good old days…

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

I used to eat the Reggie Bar, it was like a big snickers with more caramel.

[@gturcott1]

Rip Tom Seaver such a class act

[@JayDogTitan-he6wo]

The amazing thing to me watching this is I remember being a 13 year old kid watching this with my Mom and Uncle and remembering my Mom saying on home run no.3 Reggie is gonna hit this one out also. Great video.

[@robinjackson3484]

remember this game well but could not watch it because I was giving birth to my now 43 year old son he was born on 10 /18/77 at 3:34 pm in the afternoon on a Tuesday its a day i will never forget!!

[@Emmett-gc4zj]

Who cares

[@NkrumahTure]

Reggie Jackson was already one of the greatest baseball players of his era when he got to New York, but his 3 homerun performance in this game placed him in the pantheon of baseball's greatest all time players.

[@scoobycarr5558]

Can we also say Mister October?

[@NkrumahTure]

Scooby Carr Absolutely!

[@kidneymcsecrets8402]

@SC I just finished watching "The House That Steinbrenner Built" on ESPN's 30 for 30 series, and I was very surprised to NOT hear Jackson's name mentioned when most of the people interviewed ran through the names of Yankee greats.(????)

[@ellandecampbell6279]

Kidney McSecrets: Probably because he played with the Yankees for just 5 years (& was productive for only 4). He's not a top 10 (or possibly even top 15) all-time Yankee

[@williamhicks7736]

Amen! He went to a whole other level that few ever went to!

[@TruthUnderFire]

Did you see the guy doing a cartwheel right around 2nd base? Lmao! I was 11 when I first saw this game. Unbelievable feeling at school the next day. I used to wear a Nettles jersey to bed at night. Bronx Bombers baby!

[@williamhicks7736]

Reggie Jackson’s performance in this game was legendary! To see it is to believe it!

[@tellllllls]

Reggie TRUCKED that fan at the end of the game HAHAHA

[@MCO18]

He could have played football too, lol

[@janeratcliffe2880]

Max Power he was a running back in college idiot!!

[@TheReubenKincaid]

That dude in the green jacket was airborne

[@williamljr777]

Nothing beats Dodgers vs Yankees World Series...Well...Lakers vs Celtics a Close 2nd.... :)

[@williamljr777]

+Gamer ~Very close 2nd..Only because both teams suck right now....And if Dodgers/Yankees ever..Ever happens again I hope I'm alive to watch.... :)

[@conni70]

Dodgers -Yankees is the best World Series rivalry in history...aside from the great Brooklyn -NY era in the 40's and 50's, since the Dodgers moved to L.A 60 years ago, they've played in 4 World Series..with both teams splitting 2 series each..Dodgers in 1963 & 81, Yanks in 77 & 78..

[@bobheck7303]

Absolutely true on both counts.

[@EphSBGGSO]

There were five complete games by the winning pitchers in this World Series: Burt Hooton in game 2, Mike Torrez in game 3, Ron Guidry in game 4, Don Sutton in game 5 and Torrez again in game 6.

[@antoinethomas3696]

REG-GIE REG-GIE crushing all 3 on the very first pitch. OUTSTANDING

[@BTsMusicChannel]

This World Series was the first that I remember watching and understanding -- i was in the 4th grade. The REG-GIE lights. The home runs. Watching him run through the people pouring on the field. What an introduction to baseball. I was hooked.

[@sha9infinite450]

Me too…..I was a 6th grader. I barely remember the 1976 WS. I do remember Chris Chambliss hitting the series ending HR against KC in the ALCS.

[@Zorn76]

I wasn't a Yankees fan (but Loved they beat Dodgers). When I learned of Thurman Munson dying, I cried (I also didn't know that the 2 others in plane with him, survived).

[@simplygu]

Yankees reliever Sparky Lyle won the AL Cy Young award in 1977 with a 13-5 record, 2.17 era & 26 saves. He pitched 3 2/3 innings of scoreless relief in Game 1 of this World Series and picked up the win in the Yankees 4-3 (12) inning victory. Then he pitched 1 inning in game 2. However, he never pitched again in this Series after that. I know the Yankees last 3 victories in this Series were all complete games by their starters, but check out how much Mike Torrez was struggling to get through the 9th inning in this game. Sparky Lyle was warming up in the 9th inning, and in today's game he would have for sure come into the game with Torrez laboring so much. Rick Monday just missed a 3-run homer which would have made it an 8-7 game. I realize Torrez made it through the 9th and completed the game, but he was obviously tired. I find it interesting and amazing that you have the Cy Young award winner in your bullpen who is left handed and very well rested, and he doesn't come in to face 2 lefties in the 9th inning of the game his team wraps up the World Series. Something unheard of in today's game as the game sure has changed. Imagine Joe Torre or Girardi not bringing in Mariano Rivera in the 9th inning of the World Series clincher with his starter out there struggling? Never would happen! I still can't believe Lyle did not come in to this game in the 9th inning.

[@TERoss-jk9ny]

This is the whole problem with baseball today. You have pitchers groomed to only pitch to one batter. It’s not only time consuming, it’s very sad. Counting pitches started quite a few years ago, but limiting a trained athlete to only this or that would be humiliating to me. If these teams weren’t paying the stupidly foolish amounts these guys earn, we would see true athleticism again in baseball.

[@manofiske3318]

Couldn't stand Lyle...he'd come and give up a bunch of hits , runs, then finally get the last out before the opposition tied or scored the go ahead run. He'd get a "Save". What a joke "relief pitching" is. If you can just get the ball over the plate with any consistency , have a half-way decent fast-ball and/or off-speed pitch the odds are stacked heavily in your favor. First, your entering the game is a major disruption in "rhythm" for the hitters and even the best of them i.e. Hall of Fame caliber players are going to FAIL 70+% of the time swinging the bat. Don Stanhouse of the Baltimore Orioles was dubbed "Full Pack" by his Manager Earl Weaver because he'd bring such anxiety to the legendary coach by making such a mess of things after being called in from the bullpen but somehow almost always managing to get the last out ;allowing his team to escape with the "V" and not blow the whole thing. Meanwhile, Weaver or the proverbial smoker had gone through a "full pack" in order to deal with the stress of being brought to the brink . Lyle was cut from the same cloth in this regard. Was on good teams and was brought in under circumstances wherein the odds were against the batters he faced being able to make up the deficit.

[@dukedematteo1995]

What struck me as amazing was the pace of the game back then, not alot of pitches per batter, a lot of balls in play on the first 3 pitches, not alot of walks or strikeouts and the game was over in 2 hours.

[@beholden2874]

@@dukedematteo1995 good point and it was probably even quicker in the 1950’s and 1960’. I think in the late 1980’s and 1990’s it started getting long games. Mangers coming out to talk to pitchers a lot and just a lot of time between pitches. This is why the current commissioner Rob Manfred is really trying hard to implement rules to speed the game up drastically.

[@beholden2874]

I remember Goose Gossage being important for the Yankees the following year in the playoffs and World Series

[@dk6173]

Holy cow! Look at those fans flood the field. And how Reggie flattened a fan getting to the dugout.

[@carlosmcanino3826]

What a class act the great Joe di Maggio

[@MrSuperdelf]

1977 was an intense year for new Yorkers, and this was like a satisfying way to say everything will be ok. We got this.

[@herbertstory812]

I'm 47 years old and born and raised in the bronx and no body can tell me that GOD isn't a Yankees fan ❤🙏🏾

[@baseballman4958]

I've been a Yankee fan since the 60s, and for the life of me I can't comprehend what kind of fan would throw stuff and set off fireworks close to their own players, especially Reggie??!!

[@Straitsfan]

The commentaries were so much better then than they are now as well.

[@pphedup]

Yes, the scores, innings, strikes, etc are always on screen, leaving time for endless trivia and shallow chit chat. Plus, not one nano-second of silence is allowed...no stillness during gripping moments. It's exhausting.

[@peterjb49]

Remember this game so well, watching with my brother! How young I was then!

[@wheelinthesky300]

Reggie and Billy and George fighting eachother was a good thing for Reggie and Billy and George. It made them legends, and didn't prevent victory.

[@paulspurlock313]

Reg-gie Reg-gie Reg-gie Almost 40 years ago. I still love it.

[@NikkolHawkes]

at 32 minutes after Reggie Smith's HR, Seaver says the pitch was "right down the poop shoot". My jaw is still on my chest. priceless.

[@beholden2874]

Lol that would never be allowed today in this PC culture

[@sdwriter2626]

@@beholden2874 Oh please shut up. It was a player’s reaction, and it was colorful and off-color then. Howard and Keith are silent and Seaver, realizing he messed up, laughed. Take your crusade elsewhere. Sheesh.

[@omarfernandez1620]

3 pitches 3 HRS what a power by Mr october!💪🏻

[@niceday441]

I remember watching the game live as a 10 year old. Will never forget the legendary performance of Reggie Jackson.

[@javtimestwo]

The celebration after the final out by the fans was amazing. Add Cossell on lead vocals and you have a symphony of baseball bedlam, LOL!!! Did you notice someone in CF doing a cartwheel, LOL!!! Too bad these days fans cannot storm the field after winning a WS. REGGIE REGGIE REGGIE!!!!

[@bokchow]

1:56:24 Guy in green coat for the rest of his life. "Guess who I bumped into?"

[@mckillenj1958]

This game endeared him to Yankee fans; but to be honest, when Jackson represented Oakland in the 1971 All-Star game at Tiger Stadium, his titanic blast where only the right field light standard kept it from leaving the stadium was arguably his most famous.

[@htm2250]

How many people came here after watching Conan.

[@gregbattles4742]

BROTHA...... REGGIE REGGIE REGGIE YOU MADE ME VERY PROUD TO BE.

[@cedricfarrell-mm6bj]

He answered the whole world way to go Reggie

[@wheelinthesky300]

Willie Randolph looked the same age throughout his career.

[@captainh3831]

Joe D. looked so good here...pure class.

[@uncletony6210]

He always looked good.

[@beholden2874]

He was 63 years old then

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

Reggie hit five homers in this series, but the only man to hit four homers in two separate series was Duke Snider (1952, 1955). I actually pieced that together through the baseball encyclopedia that I got for $1.75 in 1973.

[@BudsCartoon]

I was born on this day. I guess this was the first game of my life.

[@GreggDuncanMcLean1]

The 1 LB. CLUB your the same age of my youngest son...

[@Baltimorehop]

BUDS: The Animated Series In the words if the Late Great Lou Gehrig, I guess you can say, "I am -- The Luckiest Man -- On the Face -- Of the Earth..."

[@Focusyn]

+BUDS: The Animated Series Not really, unless you were in the seats at the stadium

[@BudsCartoon]

Focusyn no it was the first baseball game played while I was alive

[@1962drob]

WOW!!! I forgot Howard Cosell was calling this game. He was my favorite sportscaster at the time. I'll never forget when Reggie Jackson hit 3 home runs in that game. Even gave him his own candy bar, "Reggie". One of the greatest games in Baseball history!!!

[@samiam619]

No FREAKING WAY am I listening to Cosell call a B Ball game when I have the GOAT Vin Scully to describe it. Cosell couldn’t call a cat fight to save his life.

[@dadadruma]

Smith, Cey, Garvey, and Baker IMHO the most feared hitters in one lineup in modern baseball

[@michaelbelfer1069]

dadadruma They were good but the Reds, Pirates & Phillie's of the '70s could more then match them. As far as the AL teams the Red Sox were as good as anyone and of course the Dodgers opponent in this series was the scariest lineup of all. Munson, Sweet Lou, Jackson, Chris C.and Nettles were tops. No team from 76-81 had more clutch hitting then the Yanks did. Stats are nice but getting it done in big spots is what it's all about.

[@reymondjames1726]

Reds were more dangerous. Dodgers had better pitching.

[@bobheck7303]

Ridiculous!

[@kimkelly5512]

Seeing The Captain Thurman Munson play again is a great pleasure, Love The Yankees ⚾⚾⚾⚾⚾

[@ericcasagrande]

hahaha .... Mr. October ran for the dugout like a linebacker!!!

[@gturcott1]

Reggie was a star in the zone that night

[@viviandarkbloom100]

I had forgotten just how "wild assed" things were back in the 70's in NY. All those fools sitting on the wall before the game was over.

[@treesloth9]

Tough one to take as a 12 year old kid in Long Beach Ca. I still have 81 and 88 to look back on with fond memories

[@Milordvega]

Reggie's home runs: 45:47, 1:07:15, 1:38:15 Also for Yankees: Chris Chambliss game-tying 2-run homer: 23:19 For Dodgers: Steve Garvey 1st inning 2-run triple: 9:41 Reggie Smith go -ahead solo homer: 31:07

[@athleticchipnyc]

No pitch clock, no pitch count, no instant replay, you could break up a double play, take out the catcher at home plate, ahhh the good old days 😢💔