1978 MLB All-Star Game (San Diego)

original broadcast

[@gratefuldude65]

At age 13 when this game was played.. I couldn't get enough MLB! Baseball was everything. And the strike zone was real.

[@gargantuaism]

Funny how I cannot get through an entire inning of a LIVE and current all star game because they are so boring but I can sit here for two hours and watch this 1978 game and love every second of it. Garvey Luzinski, Stargell and Carew...all my favorites....

[@Wixom2200]

Your right.

[@kevinchouinard9539]

I couldn't agree more. I found myself cheering and cussing, having no idea who won

[@Raiders555]

When baseball mattered

[@DavidDykes-dm9lc]

Exactly!! I was blessed to be at this game thanks to season tickets my Step Dad got...

[@DavidDykes-dm9lc]

Dang, I forgot to mention my little brother who is a HUGE Padres fan was there too...

[@charlesallison6932]

Back when I cared about MLB and the All Star Game.

[@TheRedDevil_NC]

Best place in the world to grow up in the 70s. Loved going to this game and all those Padres games with my dad

[@dmzabo3914]

Yes indeed Dads make the game of baseball a great time. Not to much better than that. Love of the game shared with Dad.

[@TheLeadSled]

Those names bring back so much, I enjoyed these games as a child, but nowadays I cannot bring myself to watch pro sports here anymore.

[@raphaelweb9677]

Listening to those classic voices from the booth......what a great memory.

[@Diggerdog2nd]

The 70's were my kid years from 4 to 14 & they were filled with baseball. So familiar with every single player on all the teams. I knew all the batting line ups I was basically a B.Ball freak. Still have all my card collection from back then. You tube has made it possible to re live some parts of my childhood.

[@dmzabo3914]

Yes indeed. And I assume you also played little league baseball too? That is the reason I got into all the team lineups and stats. Talking baseball in the early days of youth was so much fun hanging out with the gang of boys on our local hangout corner.

[@AlicePearlJam]

There isn’t a human alive today who would choose the ridiculous generic uniforms that are worn now over the beautiful game jerseys that were such a big attraction of the ASG for decades.

[@miniredsatan]

i love how there are no stupid useless graphics, over analysis of every pitch and a in game commeerical every 5 seconds. baseball has lost it's soul.

[@theprofessor8589]

Now they make baseball seem as if it is rocket science, when back then they just described the action PLAINLY.

[@narigon3942]

Generalissimo X , and more importantly, no Joe Buck!

[@TheVCRTimeMachine]

Exactly. It's a game. Let it just be a game. We don't need to know whether the outfielder took the most efficient angle to track down a ball on the warning track.

[@jamesm895]

I love how quickly the pitchers work. Totally agree that the game has lost its soul.

[@americangiant1003]

@@narigon3942 You aware that the late Legendary College Football Announcer Keith Jackson earlier in his career (before Al Micheals took over)was the lead play by play guy for most of the game right?

[@johncool1]

Watching the very first inning with the American League batting was textbook in how to score runs in a high IQ level...Rod Carew and George Brett hitting opposite field in producing a Triple and a Double was Awesome..then having a Hitter like Jim Rice sacrifice himself by hitting to second base to push G Brett to third was as unselfish can be..Ritchie Zisk Walks then Carlton Fisk proceeds to hit to Right Field and the second baseman Joe Morgan decides to catch the ball in a backwards motion making it easier for George Brett to score instead of Rick Monday From right field going in forward motion to keep the score 1-0 instead of 2-0..this Allstar game in this very inning i witnessed and watched in 1978 when i was 14 kept me glued for life.

[@sha9infinite450]

I’m a child again watching this😀 All these names are electrifying

[@MrRtms24]

Baseball sucks now. These were great games and players . Thank god for KZbin

[@godfrey_of_america]

Why do you call yourself an NPC?

[@jaycompany4886]

You're right....they even played hard in all-star games. Today players are all spoiled millionaires

[@NkrumahTure]

Agreed.

[@jaxoncaiden2604]

pro trick: you can watch movies at Flixzone. I've been using them for watching a lot of movies these days.

[@wesleyalvin3308]

@Jaxon Caiden Yea, have been watching on flixzone for since december myself =)

[@dmzabo3914]

My familiarity with these great players from yesteryear is what makes this video so much fun. Major league Baseball way before social media. How refreshing this era.was. I enjoyed watching this video. Thanks for posting this mid summer classic!

[@tomsanchez3733]

This was the first time they let fans in to watch the practice the day prior. I went with my dad and got to play hooky from school. Had so much fun watching many future HOFers. I remember Vida Blue throwing balls into the crowd. My dad passed away on 6/3/24 (18 days ago) and watching this takes me way back. I very special time and memory.

[@KratostheThird]

There was more going in the first five minutes of this broadcast (crowd whistling and cheering, Keith Jackson/Howard Cosell/Don Drysdale delivering witty good commentary, a triple and a double by the first two batters) than there is in most modern MLB games from start to finish. The heart and soul are gone. It's the same with the NBA and the NFL.

[@2095yourstruly]

thank you for showing a glimpse into the looking glass when America'a past time was great. Plus, the team of Keith Jackson, Don Drysdale and Cosell was top notch.

[@paulweston8408]

When I was a kid this was as big a game to me as the super bowl is today. I looked forward to the all star game all year. Right before this game started my grandma came to my house and decided we were going to pick all the vegetables from the garden my parents had planted that year. I quietly cried as me and her wasted about 2 hours picking those damn green beans, which if I remember right didn't even get eaten. This is way before VCR 's, so I missed all but as few innings of the game. I was so upset with the grandmother I loved so much. It's 2020 now, and I'm still upset with her over this game. I stopped watching baseball during the strike in the mid 90's. She passed away about 10 years ago, and not a day goes by I don't think of what an amazing person she was. But for that night only, she was in my doghouse.

[@kevinevans5921]

Same here

[@timdailey2690]

Didn’t miss the game, but your story reminds me of the time around the same era that my dad and I stayed up all night digging up potatoes at the garden. I was the lantern bearer.

[@conniebauer4128]

Great memories. I was a kid in the 70s and 80s and the baseball all star game was the highlight of my summers. Each year before it began I would accumulate a big stash of candy and munch on it during the game.

[@dmzabo3914]

May all of our Grandma's R.I.P. I'd say most of the Grandparents during this period in history were survivors of the Great Depression. So they knew the value of canning the vegetables. They never intended on messing up our Mid-Summer Classic. But as good Grandparents do, they always thought ahead for the the good of their grandchildren.

[@peterdaniel66]

Suddenly Im 12 years old again

[@rickcolbert924]

Thank you so much Im a native San Diego this was a very fun game to attend.I was on the Ist base side with my friends. Being Dodger fans it was fun to see Garvey recieve the MVP. This ASG was the first to offer fans to watch batting practice. This took place the day before and it was free. 30,000 people showed up it was a lot fun but then 1978 was a Great year.

[@hugoramirez9622]

I'm glad Garvey went to S.D. after L.A. and play another W.S.

[@mysocalledknife07]

1978 was an AWESOME year!

[@damontweedy7230]

RIP Joe Morgan

[@bluebird925]

R.I.P. Vida Blue

[@daltexasone]

Back when the players played competitively to win in the All Star game.

[@jamalmccoy4904]

They played for the love of the game unlike today's players who play for the money baseball was so competitive back then with all these hall of Famers baseball was really America's past time back then...

[@searchforthestrangler5034]

@@jamalmccoy4904 I agree absolutely with you.

[@GratefulInRecovery]

Back when players did not have a 40%+ swing & miss in their game 😒😒

[@3243_]

And they did not need the World Series home field advantage rule to play hard in the All-Star Game.

[@kevinchouinard9539]

I couldn't believe how emotional I became. I really believed American League was finally going to win. It was very exciting, though. My Red Sox were well represented and played well; yet they didn't get the hits. This is the 4th straight All Star I've watched (1975 onward) in the last 4 days (nothing beats MLB back then. Steve Garvey owns the All-Stars. Dave Winfield looked scary. And the big red machine were just loaded with power and defense

[@johndewitt8905]

Southern California Native I like this stadium much better in the 70s than the current petco park prices much cheaper one dollar to park and if you were under 14 a seat was only a dollar

[@buicklincoln]

Never got to the Murph, but went to Petco and it's a beautiful park.

[@chriszenko6355]

Great to see Jim Palmer's windup again He was one heck of a pitcher

[@kevinchouinard9539]

Agreed. He had the perfect build to be the great pitcher he would become.

[@jeffcurtis5265]

I had just finished 1st grade when this was played. Shows like happy days, there's company and the Jefferson's were on tv. Back when the world was sane and sports wasn't all about the money. None of this "social justice" nonsense either.

[@KratostheThird]

Far more optimism back then too. Definitely reflected in the music of the time period, including the Beegees and Michael Jackson when he first went solo. Sitcoms not only provided comedy but also pointed out life lessons for the kids. Now kids listen to depressed girls talk about nihilism in songs and watch overpaid superstars like Lebron James play for the money and the money only.

[@lamontbradford4630]

M J went solo in 1971 not 1978.

[@IMurderdTheDevil]

I remember sitting at home and watching this with my father, such a long time ago but it feels like yesterday.

[@slyjay73]

Phil Niekro always looked to be about 65 years old 😂 He threw a mean knuckle ball though!

[@michaelwainscott2633]

Gaylord Perry won the 1978 Cy Young Award in the NL and didn't even make the All Star team.

[@howardcosell2022]

@@michaelwainscott2633 Not very popular with the media because of his bread and butter pitch

[@nala3038]

@@michaelwainscott2633 that is insane!

[@joseyeastwood]

@@michaelwainscott2633 How was that even possible.

[@thefrankonion]

You talk about Rod Carew's average dropping, he's only hitting 349.

[@kevinchouinard9539]

:-)>

[@jeffreylorenger6746]

Steve Garvey should be in the hall of fame . He won an NL MVP 2 time all star MVP and he was in 7-8 all star games in which he was voted a starter not like Harold Baines who I don’t even think he should be in the hall of fame . In my opinion he is a good player at best who was never voted in as an all star maybe his 6-all star who was added because someone was injured and couldn’t play!! I think if Baines is in the hall of fame you might as well put everyone in!!

[@kevinchouinard9539]

I never knew Garvey was never selected. I protest the MLB now! Every All Star game I've watched in KZbin with him in it, he was the best. Hitting and at 1st base! He had (has?) a great personality to boot

[@buicklincoln]

If Baines didn't have the DH rule, he'd have been out of the game long before he finished.

[@EraserHead777]

Jim Rice a prolific power hitter going to the right side to advance the runner to third. That's what is missing now in the recent All-star games. Now it's all strikeouts and a few homeruns. Very little small ball or strategy, and even the desire to win seemed more apparent back then.

[@ThekiBoran]

Seems like MLB owners are trying to attract NBA fans.

[@3243_]

And there was no need for telling the National and American Leagues that home-field advantage in the World Series was riding on the All-Star Game.

[@nealp19078]

This is when the MLB All-Star game was fun. Before the advent of interleague play, even though the game didn't mean anything in the standings, the respective leagues disliked each other.

[@aboxofbroken8tracks983]

Interleague has taken some shine off the World Series, as well.

[@bmorebamma]

remember the good ole days weren't always good and tomorrow 's not as bad as it seems

[@russellguercio5357]

bmorebamma O.k. Billy Joel. Keep the faith! Lol.

[@mrt1626]

Exactly.

[@mrt1626]

YEP

[@jeffreylorenger6746]

Joe Morgan is one of the greatest players of all time he was MVP in 1975 and 1976 and if you look at his statistics there great but he gets lost in the scuffle with all those superstars on the big red machine!!

[@mikegarcia7672]

I was on vacation with my family in Anaheim, CA while watching this game. Nice to see it once again.

[@andrewjones2133]

I was 9 years old in 1978. I remember watching this game…

[@kingrey465]

Uniforms were so much better then

[@wonderingaloud261]

Yes today’s uniforms are horrible ...except Yankees and Dodgers are NA because they never changed

[@rmartin7558]

@@wonderingaloud261 Tigers are great. They never should have changed the D on the home uniform, though.

[@rmartin7558]

Teams have way too many uniforms now. Too many logos,"Throwbacks", second alternates. How 'bout picking a home, road, and an alternate uniform and going with it?

[@michaeldaniel3976]

The actress in the commercial at 33:00 is 25 year old Kim Basinger.

[@luisvaldes1568]

Crazy, I was surprised to see her. She had a short lived TV show on ABC in late 70's called DOG and Cat. She played a undercover cop.

[@OutlookPositive]

Such a beautiful woman.

[@rmartin7558]

She said, "Blow it dry." Huh-huh, huh-huh.

[@garnetradford6980]

I jumped ahead to 33:00 😃

[@jamalmccoy4904]

Kim was so beautiful... she still is as she ages gracefully...

[@tracymiller1149]

Ron Guidry was amazing.

[@chrisweidner4768]

So happy Simba got the start. Finished in the top 10 in either batting average, on base percentage, or OPS 15 times. The next best Hall of Fame catcher 9, 3rd six. If he had played in NYC would be considered one of the greatest ever. Which he is.

[@jeffreylc]

My favorite Cardinals player. I was born in ‘70. Went to a lot of Cardinals games at Busch. My Dad caught a Simmons home run with his bare hands in Right field that Ted hit against the Phillies in 1978. We still have the signed ball!!!

[@douglasbreimann6096]

TYVM for the great game. I just wish you left the commercials in the the download!!!!!! TYVM again!!!!!

[@glensterman]

Lived in San Diego then as a dj on B-100 FM. Which meant swag. Got to attend the All Star night at Sea World party the night before the game. Got autographs from Rose, Rice and others. Then we gave Pee Wee Reese a ride back to his hotel in Hotel Circle after the party so he didn’t have to grab a cab. Also knew one of the game’s umpires, Paul Runge, who lived in San Diego. Good times.

[@straycatttt]

Starting infielders Rose, Bowa, and Morgan went on to play together on the Phillies in the 1983 World Series.

[@jamalmccoy4904]

The 1980 world series they won over the Kansas city royals in 7... in 1983 they lost to Cal Ripken and the Baltimore Orioles... Rick Dempsey was named the series MVP...

[@straycatttt]

@@jamalmccoy4904, the Phillies defeated KC 4 games to 2 in ‘80.

[@cjones3710]

Ah yes the Orioles did win that series as it was a wondetful battle both super clubs. Triva only player on all 3 WS Baltimore Chamionship the Al starter in this game. Number 22. Current MASN\ Orioles Tv netwirk color commentator w Gary Thorne.

[@debbiehenson1096]

Amazing amount of Legends in this game.

[@Rockhound6165]

Pete Rose playing in his final All Star game as a Red.

[@jasonrfoss248]

He played in the 85 All star game as a Red.

[@Rockhound6165]

@@jasonrfoss248 I looked that up. Strange as he was the manager as well. So late in his career and he wasn't having an all star season. He got an at bat.

[@nickzimmon9183]

We were at this game! Will never forget seeing President Ford sitting in the stands and waving to the crowd.!

[@rmartin7558]

Vida blue rocked the highest stirrups in the history of baseball.

[@russellguercio5357]

Robert Martin David Robertson.

[@rmartin7558]

@@russellguercio5357 We're talking stirrups, young man. Tube socks and two-in-one faux stirrups don't count.

[@russellguercio5357]

Thanks for considering my 52 years as being young..@@rmartin7558

[@rmartin7558]

@@russellguercio5357 You're only as old as you feel, my friend.

[@cominghometorome811]

You can tell right from the get-go both these teams we're going at it love the 70s love the 80s awesome time Keith Jackson Don Drysdale Howard Cosell me and my father watching this game in the living room.

[@Lava1964]

Punctuation, please.

[@cominghometorome811]

Lava1964 pay me please...then you can tell me to use punctuation p.s. i have a lot of bills by the way... another words eat shyt and die.

[@randomname3715]

The first two, Carew and Brett, showed why they're HOFers. Hustle.

[@williamdunphy352]

Keith Jackson, Howard Cosell & Don Drysdale on ABC.

[@rjpsuh06]

and Bob Uecker

[@alanvallazza9781]

William T Dunphy rip Don Drysdale

[@williamdunphy352]

True.

[@billslocum9819]

Cosell was up and down as a baseball broadcaster generally. Here he was quite good. His calls on Garvey were probing and prescient, as he might have said himself.

[@americangiant1003]

@@billslocum9819 Speaking as someone as Gen Xer born kid from the early 70's that who only remembers watching Howard in his last year or two on broadcasting full time for ABC around 1982-'83 my take is this. I actually thought that Baseball and Boxing was the best sports that Cosell did with live Co Play-Play Commentary. While he was best known for his Monday Night Football gig, MLB and Boxing IMO was his best live announcing.

[@popeyedoyle5876]

got mad hits like I was ROD CAREW

[@lordcolinb]

Thank you

[@rocknrollerseye516]

Love this. Are there any full regular season game footage of any San Diego Padres home games? From ANY visiting team broadcast? Or Padres road games would even be a treat to watch

[@williamdunphy352]

Umpires HP Paul Pryor (NL) (CC) (3rd) 1B Nestor Chylak (AL) (6th) 2B Terry Tata (NL) (1st) 3B Bill Deegan (AL) (1st) LF Paul Runge (NL) (1st) RF Larry McCoy (AL) (1st)

[@kevinchouinard9539]

Great research there. That was a great crew. However, I thought Carew shouldn't have been called out stealing 2nd

[@kingrey465]

Back when you had to hit it into the seats for a home run before the inner wall. The ball Garvey hit off Gossage was near identical to where his famous home run hit off Lee Smith six years later

[@Badspinache]

Around 3,000 miles to the east i was about 3 hours old at first pitch. Strange to think about.

[@TH3DANKs]

Going to Jack Murphy Stadium to watch the Padres during the summer was epic. Fact: The 1978 San Diego Padres were the first Padres team to finish over .500 since their inception in 1969.

[@Aztecism]

Were among the best home teams in the MLB winning 50 at San Diego stadium that season. Unfortunately, their road record left a lot to be desired, which sunk them when it came to challenging for the division.

[@3243_]

Loved those uniforms too.

[@leftykoufax7084]

nice!! thanks this is great to see again.

[@pbcoop62]

18 future Hall of Fame players in this game, plus Tommy Lasorda and Whitey Herzog.

[@improvguru]

Right fielder "Darrell" Evans.

[@kevinchouinard9539]

Dwight Evans was fun to watch when I went to Fenway several times in the late 70s. He was deceptive to the base runners and had accuracy and power in his throws

[@kevinsteele8771]

Hall of Fame all star game

[@davidscherzer]

I love watching this ... Billy Martin would resign less than 2 weeks later. Carew, Rose and Brett doing what they do best. Gossage got lit up, as he did several times that season.

[@Gary2940]

He would've had to stand on a ladder just to reach them.

[@orbonds3603]

Billy martin= hof

[@thegreatchain7112]

I was waiting outside Yankee stadium after the game to see Harmon Killebrew and Billy Martin Twins manager comes storming out & the reporters tried to interview Martin and ? he dropped cocophonies of F bombs at them ! he said, GTFO away from me ! hilarious 😁🤣🤣

[@beakt]

One thing's for sure: Make the major leagues, get an unbelievably pretty wife!

[@clubhouseme]

the more money you make the better looking you get

[@nala3038]

Not necessarily

[@kevinchouinard9539]

Garvey and Concepcion's wives were visibly striking. And Freddy Patek had a beautiful family

[@thegreatchain7112]

@@kevinchouinard9539 Check out monster Steve Garvey and Lasorda lineup ! Cindy Garvey said that she was raped by Ron Cey and other dodgers ! research it !

[@KratostheThird]

You don't get to be famous and that high up in sports without a pretty wife and/or some great luxuries.

[@melbias5046]

i remember at 12 years old in 1978 we had heard about carew that he would put the tobacco in his mouth so it can stretch the skin and he can see better so we being kids tried it as soon as we put it in our mouths we got sick then we put gum on the tobacco to see if it would help but it was worst. but we tried to be like carew and hearing keith Jackson say the story it just brings back so many memories of that time.

[@kevinchouinard9539]

Now that you mentioned it, the one thing that I have yet to see in these All Star Games from the 70s and beforehand, is that the players did not spit tobacco...at least, the camera crew didn't focus on it, if they did

[@thegreatchain7112]

Luis Tyiant & Rod Carew were the king of chewing tobacco

[@melbias5046]

@@kevinchouinard9539 they trying to avoid the tobacco because of the cancer. So they MLB prefers players not use tobacco products

[@drbonesshow1]

Why keeping the ball down in the strike is critical: 1:30 Blue’s first pitch (down) to Carew a strike, 2nd pitch (down) ball, 3rd pitch (down) strike, 4th pitch (down) foul-tip: Count (1-ball 2-strikes); 5th pitch a hanger a triple. Wasted opportunity. Next hitter, Brett same problem. Run scores 1-0.

[@thescatman5029]

Good points, although greatness hitting off greatness.....!

[@MrAitraining]

This one Doesn't have the player intros. Oh well. Thanks for posting all these classics from my childhood.

[@rmartin7558]

Those were some high outfield walls at Jack Murphy in the '70's. They must have moved home plate back when they moved the fences in later on.

[@jayboyle8333]

Robert Martin The outfield walls at Jack Murphy stadium were 17 feet in height. Also, I like the way they had the baseball cap/helmet logos of the teams on the fences instead of the advertisements that made the ball parks have today.

[@rmartin7558]

The logos on the wall were cool. I remember by the '84 World series they'd put shorter walls in front of the old ones so there was a space in between.

[@williamellis-xd1rm]

Inter-league play has wrecked this game for me. National vs American used to be a treat we looked forward to. Now...who cares? I just saw the Mariners play the Phillies last week...so what's the attraction now? I do, however, see some of the advantages of inter-league, but if I had a choice, were going back to the traditional ways.

[@darrellludlow]

Exactly. Growing up, it was a real treat to see some of these matchups between stars of the two leagues.

[@3243_]

I agree with both of you.

[@Diggerdog2nd]

These players are who I grew up watching & still have my Baseball cards with all these guys for several seasons. I don't like keeping several starters in for most if not the entire game. It must suck to show up & never be put in. It's not like replacing starters with duds. They're all all-stars.

[@Scott-ly2nk]

George foster kicked ass in the 70s 29 52 40 30 hrs and if he had not missed a month of the season with a pulled hamstring in 79 he might have won another rbl title

[@luisvaldes1568]

Cindy Garvey was a beauty. Was shown on T.V during '77 All Star Game also. Know back to baseball.

[@Raiders555]

She was a nutcase

[@orbonds3603]

Wish theyd a shown garveys mistresses

[@conniebauer4128]

She was just as nuts as he was...perfect couple.

[@jonnuanez2843]

2:22 Tell that to Pedro Martinez. Who's your daddy now? Lol. I love watching the old games. It's history. They're taking care of business yet you know they love the game. My childhood heroes.

[@fernandover9538]

Rod Carew two 3B consecutive record All Star Game yet 1978 2020 .

[@kevinchouinard9539]

I wondered about that stat. Thank you for bringing that up. Plus Garvey hit a triple, did he not? Or was that the hit where Chet Lemon was charged with an error? If so, then he got a helluva strong double

[@sunshinegarcia3866]

When the game was real sports wasn't fixed or juiced .we were all living life no social media folks hanging on likes for post .lord I was loving life back then ❤❤❤.

[@prpapas]

59:35 is one of the best baseball moments ever...especially Reggie's reaction to the crowd's reaction. :D CANNON!

[@Raiders555]

Love Steve Garvey

[@marcoslaureano5562]

What an absolute LASER BEAM OF A THROW from Reggie Smith at 59:44 !! And what a LEGEND for laughing and acting like it was nothing.

[@JayBigoness]

Keith Jackson and Howard Cosell, wow. Classic.

[@ButlerFam]

Many players from the 85 World Series in this game. Brett, White, and Sundberg as well as Porter, Clark, and manager Whitey Herzog.

[@keithcalitri840]

I remember watching this game at my grandmothers beach house (Roy Carpenters Matunick beach) RI never missed one when I was a kid I remember them all those were the good ole days how I miss them

[@williamthaxton2065]

Kim Basinger in the shampoo commercial at 33:20

[@caz62]

Good eye!

[@scottharris8654]

Freddie Patek also had on the same spikes. What is the name of those spikes

[@frankdelcastillo9432]

Spot built

[@tvpmark]

Seeing this game here on YOU TUBE brings memories (I saw it on TV on ABC), since it was played at the stadium currently known as SDCCU Staduim. Now I believe only the SDSU Aztec football team plays in that eyesore of Mission Valley. Now I didn't mind hearing Keith "Whoa Nelly" Jackson and Don Drysdale the former Dodger pitcher, but admittedly I have mixed feelings about the human Thesaurus, Howard Cosell.

[@williamthaxton2065]

Rod Carew could hit !!!!

[@thegreatchain7112]

George Brett hits 390 ! with 450 at bats, you used to need 500 at bats to win the batting title, Tony Gwinn hit 390 in a strike year ! 200 at bats ? that counts for a year on his lifetime average ! Rod Carew hit 388 ! with 616 at bats ! if either of the other 2 had that many at bats they'd have dropped 20+ points

[@greasytony9727]

Rod Carew. What a hitter. How come all lefties look so smooth? :)

[@kevinchouinard9539]

Two straight triples; that's fantastic. Loved Carew's interview with Howard Cosell. He was humble enough to say that he had a bad attitude for a month, which dropped his batting average 40 points

[@thegreatchain7112]

Rod Carew stole home 7 times in a year ! 1 shy of Ty Cobb' s record

[@steverok67]

Bruce Sutter made a couple of those AL hitters look bewildered in the 8th.

[@EraserHead777]

As a Cubs fan that was the hightlight of the year.

[@kevinchouinard9539]

He definitely fooled my Red Sox batters grrrr

[@TheWheels777]

Sports used to be better.

[@bmorebamma]

The good old days wrern't always good and tomorrows not as bad as it seems

[@russellguercio5357]

TheWheels777 Everything used to be better.

[@MrRtms24]

Absolutely

[@johnm994]

I know Stargell hit one out of Dodgers Stadium, but there is no way in hell he put one over the scoreboard at The Murph like he says he did. I grew up in SD and trust me that's a 550 ft shot easy to clear that thing. Bonds crushed one and hit the bottom of that thing, and that one was estimated 450.

[@howardcosell2022]

Stargell hit a 535ft at Three Rivers and Olympic Stadium in Montreal. He had the record for the longest drives at a handful of old ballparks. Not out of the realm of possibility he had one at Jack Murphy Stadium

[@thegreatchain7112]

I saw Mickey Mantle clear the 461 high black screen at old Yankee stadium ! 550+ ' ! I also have the second indelible memory as a child of Tony Oliva hitting the same spot at Yankee stadium and it missed clearing the 461' screen by inches ! Oliva got a triple ! 530 foot triple

[@johnm994]

@@thegreatchain7112 yes but the launch angle alone makes Stargells claim impossible. Even Stargells 515 ft shot at Dodgers Stadium probably would have only hit the bottom middle portion of the old scoreboard at The Murph.

[@johnm994]

@@thegreatchain7112 tbh the ball Mantle hit off the facade at the old Yankees Stadium or the one he hit in Detroit are the only 2 balls ever hit in the history of baseball that might have had the distance and launch angle to clear that scoreboard.

[@thegreatchain7112]

@@johnm994 I can't believe that no one shows the Mantle home run clearing the 461 center field ! the screen was 40' high ! no one ever did this at Yankee stadium ! again, Tony Oliva hit the same spot ! if his shot was 9 inches higher ? Tony O would've had a 550 foot home run like the Mic

[@jeffreylorenger6746]

Why did they leave vida blue in after he was getting tattooed

[@ByronNoe]

RIP Whitey Herzog

[@martinfelsenfeld6012]

And before ten minutes had elapsed, Angels left-hander Frank Tanana, who did not play in this game as shown, appears in the video clip! Nolan Ryan was his teammate with them!

[@jaycompany4886]

This was the yr rose got a hit in 44 straight, i think it's a NL record.

[@neteamen]

45 Years Ago Today

[@victormorris7796]

I love the quick pace. Vida gets it and throws it.

[@lamontbradford4630]

I Wish they still have the 3 inning rule excluding pitchers.

[@OutlookPositive]

Everyone knows you're in beautiful San Diego when u see a beach ball @ a baseball game.

[@shawnmichaels8573]

im a met fan but always liked the pads 84 team was kick ass

[@davidvanzant2019]

I was 15 and loved baseball

[@searchforthestrangler5034]

Palmer struggled badly in this and the '77 All Star Game.

[@kevinchouinard9539]

He did great the first two innings; the curve ball hit by Luzinski shook him up, it seemed, and collapsed after that

[@searchforthestrangler5034]

@@kevinchouinard9539 yeah I agree.

[@richardbruto67]

The Bruce Sutter split finger fastball ball was insane.

[@beakt]

1:43:10 "Juuuuust a bit outside!"

[@johnybaltimore3687]

Frank Duffy for Hall of Fame