1982 05 29 NBC GOW Reds at Expos

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[@kevinolivas8075]

I also want the Expos back. They looked so National League-y. Same with the Phillies and those burgundy uniforms they wore back in the 80s. And the Lite Beer commercials with the gravely-voiced announcer "Lite Beer. Everything you wanted in a beer. And less." I miss those days. There is so much to miss about the past.

[@firebird6522]

I hear ya. I liked the Expos unis from this time period, both home and away versions, and I really liked the Expos' cap. It was really non-traditional. Now, I certainly wouldn't like it if every team wore a cap like that, but somehow it just worked for the Expos. One of these days I'm going to get one.

[@rafaelramirez3180]

I'm with you Kevin

[@snowmarten129]

@@firebird6522 Totally agree.

[@benjaminpayson6252]

Good thing we caught the Lowenbrau commercial instead of the 8th inning tie breaking 3-run HR by All-Star and future Hall of Famer Gary Carter. Outstanding work by NBC.

[@victorialouden1912]

I grow up I still live in cincinnati I grow up with the big red machine tom seaver was my favorite picture and then I am a steve rodgers was at my fav EXPO Back then I WANTED TO PLAY FOR THE EXPOS THE BEST HOME UNIFORMS IN THE BUSINESS.

[@hoopsheavenpa]

Victoria Louden their road blues were even better! MLB needs to move the Rays to Montreal.

[@chrissnyder3430]

Yes! Les Expos have been missed ever since. I'm a Tribe fan but baseball needs the Expos!

[@ProfessorBMedia]

RIP Tom Seaver, Gary Carter, and Dick Enberg

[@carboselanne]

RIP to the legend Tom Seaver.

[@TheWheels777]

Pace of play, ad breaks so much quicker back then.

[@patzimmer1052]

Listening to Lamarr Hoyt talk is very calming

[@benjaminpayson6252]

They love that Mendoza line gag. Those late 70s-early 80s Expos teams were so good and yet so flawed- never came to much, but oh so close in 1981.

[@rmartin7558]

Baseball in the '80's ruled. It was before all the guys became muscle-heads and started swinging for the fences.

[@norobbery]

David Concepcion should be in the Hall. Hard to find a better shortstop. Not to mention he was a base stealer and a good hitter.

[@pronkb000]

Thank God we got an update on that Yankees-Twins game instead of a pivotal pitch to Gary Carter with 2 on in the 8th inning of a tie game. Apparently NBC didn't even have a replay.

[@fabio40]

I think I was at this game. I know I saw Tom Seaver and the Reds against the Expos in Montreal around this time.

[@johnrust592]

Great game, and I forgot just how entertaining those Lite Beer from Miller commercials were back in the day.

[@JB-po4ue]

When the game had respect.

[@streetcarjay]

Johnny Bench playing 3rd base? That's odd. He's usually the catcher.

[@topoftheapple8139]

I think at this point in his career JB's knees were shot and they tried to use him at first and third in an attempt to preserve him. I also think the Reds felt Alex Trevino had a big future.

[@BartholomewSmutz]

Bench played quite a few games at third to give him a rest from catching and still keep his bat in the lineup. Similarly , the Expos would occasionally have Gary Carter at first base like in the second game of a double header.

[@csarock1csarock187]

I think the expos pitcher looks like Ron Jeremy. lol!!

[@rafaelramirez3180]

Bob Costas ...WOW!! Not for nothing but Mr.Costas is and always will be one of my favorite all time sports analyst

[@mikestevenson576]

I had no idea he ever color commentary on the NBC games. They used former athletes in that role nearly 100% of the time.

[@user-ps5ux2sp6w]

​kurokawa kokujin akihito!

[@firebird6522]

What a shame Tom Seaver has come down with dementia just as the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Mets is here. He had a great 1981 with the Reds and I am sure he deserved the Cy Young that year, but everyone was enamored with Fernando Valenzuela and his first half hype. Valenzuela famously started 8-0 but was a very pedestrian 5-7 afterward, so I really wonder how and why he got it. Then as good as Seaver was in 1981, he was just as awful in 1982. I thought I read somewhere he was the NL's worst starting pitcher that year of those who pitched 162 innings or more. A lot like Steve Carlton went from a 27-game winner in 1972 to a 20-game loser in 1973. Pitching is so temperamental.

[@BartholomewSmutz]

Steve Rogers, the only Expos pitcher allowed on KZbin. At least it seems that way lol.

[@daboys1215]

Dennis Martinez, Bill Stoneman, Charlie Lea, Pedro Martinez and others. Just have to know who to look for.

[@BartholomewSmutz]

@@daboys1215 oh believe me when it comes to 1970s and 1980s I definitely know who to look for but it seems Steve Rogers definitely comes up the most if you're looking at Expos games randomly. I would most like to see more games from the 1970s with the Expos but those seem to be pretty rare. There are some from 1979 but it would be great to be able to see some games from like 1973 to 1980 since that's when I first started following baseball and the Expos when I was a Youngster. You know pitchers like Steve renko, Mike Torrez, Dan Warthen, and Dale Murray and Chuck Taylor out of the bullpen to name a few. Not great teams from 1973 up until 1978 but much-loved by myself.

[@daboys1215]

@@BartholomewSmutz For good reason

[@BartholomewSmutz]

@@daboys1215 if you're implying that Steve Rogers was the only quality pitcher the Expos had while he was with the team you are quite mistaken there were several other good pitchers on the team that came and went. It seems the Expos were very good at trading away quality players and not getting much in return.

[@daboys1215]

@@BartholomewSmutz Nope. Just saying you find him here more often for a reason. He was the best pitcher they had at the time.

[@fluffymcnutter858]

Baseball before sabermetrics

[@RandyDubin]

RIP Tom Seaver.

[@thomasjoseph3488]

Expos Toujours! Steve Rogers had a great career and check out all the complete games!

[@kevinolivas8075]

Krylon special formula! Ah! Many of us can be pretty tacky after one hour. Am I right?

[@BartholomewSmutz]

I see Raines started at second base in this game which was a position he rarely played since he pretty much stunk defensively as a second baseman.

[@firebird6522]

He came up as a second baseman. That didn't last long, for the reasons you mentioned. He was fast enough to reach any ball hit his way at 2nd, but what he did after he got to it... well... let the adventure begin.

[@Jiltedin2007]

“Tom Terrific” against The Ace of the Expos That should make for a great pitchers duel.

[@CutterHistorical]

Bob Costas doing colour??? Also at points during the game even at 27:11 ull notice a blue banner with a logo on it... thats SRC aka Radio-Canada also known as CBC French... they did Expos games for many years

[@noahyingling8408]

Costas didn’t do color often, pretty much just on a fill-in basis. NBC had a lot of Ford Frick winners as a part of their coverage during this period. Enberg, Costas, Garagiola, Kubek, and Scully (joined NBC jn 83)

[@mikestevenson576]

Came as a big surprise to me too, and I thought I never missed a game back then.

[@BookClubDisaster]

Why is Costas doing color commentary?

[@ThymeKeeper]

I'm not sure acquiring Al Oliver, who was a 14 year veteran at the time, counted as Montreal "plucking another player from the college ranks" 🙄

[@miketheyunggod2534]

the mendoza line. mario also played for the pirates as well as the mariners.

[@fosterch11]

I was at this game.

[@davidb5728]

is there some kind of copyright issue, no sound on this game

[@Mujangga]

Sunlight _in_ the Olympic Stadium...? WTF? Also: Cromartie High School represent!

[@teresapflaumer5717]

This is the only Reds season in which they lost over 100 games.

[@williamdunphy352]

Dick Enberg (PBP) & Bob Costas (C) 1-3/7-9 Costas (PBP) & Enberg (PBP) 4-6

[@terrytyler3139]

when ⚾ players wore a headful of hair

[@daboys1215]

Jeez. Olympic Stadium was (and still is) such an embarrassment to us here in Montreal. Ugh!

[@RisingSon011]

daboys1215 you were def not alone! a lot of cities had those awful multi-purpose stadiums built in the 60s and early 70s

[@daboys1215]

@@RisingSon011 True. However, their cities thought enough to get rid of them. Cleveland Municipal Stadium = gone. Metrodome = gone. Kingdome = gone. Veterans stadium = gone. Three Rivers Stadium = gone. Riverfront Stadium = gone. Meanwhile, Olympic Stadium is still sitting there in the east end. Rotting away.

[@RisingSon011]

daboys1215 honestly I had no idea the stadium in Montreal still stood! I have been to municipal and the old vet in Philly, and I grew up a half an hour from Riverfront Stadium. none of those parks were very good for watching baseball

[@daboys1215]

@@RisingSon011 Oh it's still here. I can see the tower from my home in Laval. I never went to Jarry Park. It wasn't even a stadium. It was a neighborhood park with stands and that was better for watching baseball than the "Big O".

[@dpayne6567]

Jarry Park was a nice little ball park. I went there twice. Olympic stadium is a sea of concrete covered by thin green carpet. Imagine diving for a fly ball and landing on that!

[@Mujangga]

Ah, the Montreal Expos, the Nordiques of baseball.

[@user-ps5ux2sp6w]

anpanman!

[@ernestpassaro9663]

Seaver had a really bad year in 82

[@derekdestep40]

NBC would lose the MLB contract to Fox AfterNBC spent a lot of money to get the olympics

[@user-ps5ux2sp6w]

rira natsuki!

[@dcfanchris]

RIP Tom Seaver