1988 World Series Video

Dodgers vs Athletics
Narrated by Bob Costas
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[@MeneTekelUpharsin]

Good pitching can always beat juicers.

[@ACEDIAMOND666]

I attended Game 1 of the 1988 World Series. Reserve level, last section in RF, halfway up....my brother and I in the commerative white t-shirts given out to kids under 14 at the game....I was 11....a few years ago I finally found the footage of the whole game, and sure enough, I saw my brother and I on the TV footage. I shall never forget it.

[@kja9881]

Cool

[@jbobbster]

The A's came into this series overconfident. They thought it was their's when the Dodgers took out the 100-win Mets. But the Dodgers out-pitched them, and were more clutch in the big moments. And the same thing happened 2 years later, against the Reds

[@charlierobles316]

No really nothing gets past you huh

[@durden1563]

Lmao

[@UpRoaryus]

Game 1 vs the A's, I remember Canseco knocked the ever loving crap outta that ball - It left a DENT in the center field camera that it hit. After that at the end, though... Close the book Nothing tops that. I will never forger that, just about to leave when Davis drew the walk, and heard Scully on the radios everyone had on, saying "look who" and and the place. went. NUTS... It was like a fairy tale. Unreal. I think if I could go back for a vacation in time, 1988 would be a fine year to visit again...

[@nuwavedave]

The '88 Dodgers were phenomenal. If I was to pick an MVP - it would be Dodger announcer, Vin Scully. We in Southern California were so blessed to have our friend, Vinny, calling the play-by-play for over half a century! Except for the player names, you really can't tell a 1959 broadcast from a 2016 one. Vinny's voice and his enthusiasm for baseball never changed through the years. Vin began his career as a young announcer for the Brooklyn Dodgers! LA loves you, Vinny!!

[@deloysterns]

Amen!

[@durden1563]

He completely educated so many people on the game of baseball...I'm from Los Angeles but not a dodger fan, however it's obvious Vin Scully is a treasure .

[@Ynalaw]

Vinny is perhaps the 7th best baseball announcer of all time after the Blue Jays' Buck Martinez. Congrats on a great career, Vin! You're in the top ten.

[@jonahmj]

I lived in England at the time, and 1988 was my first year of Baseball fandom. This was on a Channel Four video called the best of Baseball. The first 15 minutes of said VHS video was an explanation of the basic rules of the game. Then this NBC highlights package with the excellent Bob Costas, and the imperious duo of Vin Scully and Joe Garagiola. I watched it and rewatched many times. Happy times and great memories.

[@doyourbest999]

Nobody thought we could win the division Nobody thought we could beat the mighty Mets Nobody thought we could beat the team that won 104 games In a year that has been so improbable…

[@doesntskerred]

I had this video as a kid. I wore it down to a warp. Thanks so much for posting this!

[@NYRandNYG4life96]

Gotta love the self deprecating humor of Bob Costas and Tommy Lasorda after Game 4! Especially post game

[@RCass2802]

There is a special place in Heaven for the uploader of this video. I had the videos for this, 1989, 1990 and 1991 as a kid.

[@kimchi2780]

GIbson literally ripped the heart out of the A's. The A's on paper should have easily beat a bunch of beat up old men they were the young guns.

[@gijoey5912]

Thanks for uploading these old WS vids! I could never find this one on VHS when I was a kid.

[@chrisuncleahmad]

For all we hear about game 1, I truly thought the series was still up for grabs going into game 4. The home team won the first 3 games of that WS, and the prior 2 years, the team that was down 0-2 got back in the series (1986 Mets, 1987 Cardinals) They had a chance to tie the series. Being tied 2-2 instead of down 3-1 against Orel is a big difference. When they blew game 4 at home with Dave Stewart against Not Orel Hershiser, that was pretty much it. I also wonder if the series might have gone differently if OAK had the home-field advantage. This was back when HFA alternated between leagues- who knows how that series plays out if game 1 is at the Oakland Coliseum.

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

Exactly...Game 4 is the one I remember more than Game 1. The A's established themselves as LOBsters long before the Moneyball Era. SO MANY CHANCES to win that game. It really should've been 3-2 going back to LA.

[@indyracingnut]

That rapping guy at the end was perfect!

[@bconni2]

the bash brothers went a combined 2 for 36. that pretty much decided the series.

[@DanielArreola]

The first minute (or two minutes) of the intro were edited out! Video starts at an empty Dodger Stadium with Jerry Coleman calling the Dodgers' clinching of the NL West, then goes to an empty Oakland Coliseum with Bill King callling the Athletics taking the AL West.

[@StFidjnr]

the nbc sports logo with the old mlb on nbc intro music

[@LongieR8er]

for the older crowd 40+, who here remembers Dr.Geek and his Blu Blockers infomercial recorded at Venice Beach ??

[@GenericUserNameHere]

My dad, whose probably closer to your demographic, insists on showing me those infomercials at least once an October

[@ProfessorBMedia]

He used to come up to Candlestick Park after 49er games with his big boombox in fact he's the cousin 3X Super Bowl Champion Bubba Paris.

[@jasonleetaiwan]

The Dodgers were probably the 3rd best team in 1988, but they played the best in the playoffs. In 2017, they did not play their best, but were arguably the best team. You win when you play the best in the playoffs. They'll have to regroup next year and play even better next year to get the result they want.

[@billny33]

Jason Lee I would argue the Dodgers were the most dominant team in both the LDS and LCS rounds. They still looked like the regular season version of themselves. Because Houston struggled against the Yankees, a young wild card team with no playoff experience, I didn't see how they could beat the Dodgers. I think it was just a great WS upset. It was only for that series that the Dodgers did not seem to be themselves.

[@therealjaystone2344]

billny33 A chance to win it all. Regan, 29 yrs ago, said when a team who won 104 winning games and lost can come back and win it all. As did in 1989 when they won 99 games and won. We can see the same thing to the Dodgers this year, I guess.

[@KneeDeep2231]

Here we are in May of 2019 and they did make it back but they disappointed once again. When is the nightmare gonna end?

[@dynthegreat4244]

@@KneeDeep2231 it ended last night

[@KneeDeep2231]

@@dynthegreat4244 I’m glad I was given my answer so soon

[@musiclover3928]

Great uploads!!. Thank you for sharing these great baseball classics. Some of these recordings are very hard to find.

[@dennisromero4757]

Thank's for the post, that was a great year if you believe.....anything can happen if you believe.

[@CapnCavMan]

Thanks for uploading. Any chance you have the other Dodgers VHS from that season, "Through the Eyes of a Winner"?

[@peanut389]

C Cav was that the name of the VHS?

[@josecarranza7555]

C Cav Isn’t the video the same as this one? What’s the difference?

[@CapnCavMan]

@@josecarranza7555 it focused on the entire season and not just the world series. Also has a Glenn Frey soundtrack.

[@josecarranza7555]

@@CapnCavMan Nice. I should order it on Amazon, they have it. I still have a VCR too, yes a freaking VCR, I had to correct autocorrect here and added VCR to the vocabulary.

[@CapnCavMan]

@@josecarranza7555 From what I recall it has a pretty decent/annoying anti-copying thingy on it. Not sure how to get around that. I also have a VCR! ...though sometimes it's hungry for tapes.

[@tvpmark]

Vin Scully comes up with the right things to say when there's an exciting defensive play, a final out to clinch a win, and a walk-off HR. Yeah, his call of Kirk Gibson's dinger off Dennis Eckersley will forever be remembered. "High drive to right field.. SHE IS...... GONE!!!!!!"

[@billny33]

Was that a regular thing Scully did, to call the ball 'she' like it's a ship at sea? Or was that unique to this moment?

[@helmutvillalta154]

Vivan los doyers

[@ryanoreily9600]

As a Mets fan that NLCS hurt but much love and respect to the dodgers winning the championship in 88 & again in 2020. Good for baseball

[@94champs]

Eff the Dodgers

[@islander5858]

​effff you too@@94champs

[@danspizzacorner9711]

What’s the track ID at 5:24 and who composed this track

[@StFidjnr]

@ 3:34 tell'em Tony Sent you @ 15:43 there's THE duo @ 23:29 behind the scenes of a world series game @ 25:36 that music looks eerie @ 33:32 NBC's Last world series prior to cbs taking over from 1990 to 1993 @ 44:07 tommy asked bob costas @ 44:17 you asked bob costas and here comes bob the nbc's sports sage @ 44:31 the 4th member of the NBC world series team @ 58:22 dodger rap

[@ProfessorBMedia]

RIP Tommy Lasorda

[@Jiltedin2007]

Kirk Gibson More than deservedly won the 1988 National League MVP Award as he was The Key to the Los Angeles Dodgers 1988 World Series Championship! All of this would have not been possible had it not been for Jesse Orosco filling up Kirk Gibson’s Cap with Eye Black. Pissed Gibson off to High Heaven, but it showed the Dodgers what he was all about as they all took wing and started playing at a new level in 1988.

[@Jiltedin2007]

Then 9 years later, Barry Bonds became the only player IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE to duplicate Jose Canseco's 40/40 feat.

[@adamdorgant9454]

Great Video!!!!!

[@goldeneve]

Thanks tommy

[@kermitefrog64]

Orel was unstoppable and Gibson's home run miracle set the stage a Tommy Lasorda miracle for the impossible.

[@UpRoaryus]

After this year, as a Dodger fan, I kind of lost interest in baseball.. I felt like I had seen everything worth seeing already. Best. Year. Ever. Some of these moments still give me goosebumps. Helluva season, that was.... from start to finish, it was like a movie . Major League and the '88 Dodger Season make me almost equally happy to watch. Mickey Hatcher was probably one of my all time favorites. I just realized he is the reason I named the dog "Mickey" - wasn't sure where that came from at the time I named him, but watching that enthusiastic right field dive , I recognize the inspiration at last. Perfect naame for a dog who is obsessed with playing ball - always with that same energy and joy....

[@chumbersdee]

Same here. I was glued to the entire '88 season, but the next year I barely watched any of it. It wasnt until about the mid 90's that I started to follow them again

[@JuanAguilar-ps8zh]

just made the world series my dude

[@dankolbenschlag2188]

I was ten years old living in Cleveland during that 88 series.. Back then , as a Indians fan you only dreamed about the Indians playing on that stage. It seemed unreachable. Then seven years later it became reality. 1995

[@delscorch087]

What an unexpected pleasure that season was. Senior year of high school, worked for a law firm that had season tickets that tended to go unused, and sandwiched between really shitty seasons for the Dodgers. Kirk Gibson and Orel Hershiser were gods that year.

[@chipgriffiths3655]

Who drove the brake light flashing car after Gibson's home run?

[@bbigjohnson069]

ESPN's Jim Gray.

[@josecarranza7555]

Your mom.

[@josecarranza7555]

51:52 Here let me give you a kiss.

[@danspizzacorner9711]

What's the name of the song played at 5:24 during the national league championship scene

[@ariezxxxiv]

Hatcher should have been co MVP....

[@ericradford2142]

RIP Tommy Lasorda

[@osmanburlington1265]

Do you have any of the 1988 World Series? I'm seeking the pre-game ceremonies to see the group "Take 6 " sing the national anthem. I don't know in which game though.

[@billny33]

I have games 1 and 3 in full. I'm not sure who sings the anthem in either one.

[@wiedep]

Monster bash at the Mausoleum.

[@StFidjnr]

@ 2:57 wish to have an MP3 of that song

[@RedSoxfan95]

The 1988 and 1990 ALCS were heartbreaking for the Red Sox

[@billny33]

+Andrew Lindquist but both of those were sweeps. Were there even any close games in either of those games where Sox fans could entertain the idea they could have won either series?

[@RedSoxfan95]

a sweep is still heartbreaking, just like Cubs fans in the 2015 NLCS

[@billny33]

+Andrew Lindquist but you cant compare those sweeps to losing the 86 WS on the Stanley wild pitch and the Buckner play. Cubs fans cant really compare this NLCS to 2003 with Bartman and Alex Gonzalez. There have to be some benign playoff eliminations that arent considered heartbreaking.

[@jbobbster]

+Andrew Lindquist They weren't really heartbreaking. The A's just outclassed them in all categories. The Sox had home-field advantage in both those series, but A's had everything else. The hitters, the starting pitching, the bullpen, and of course the best closer. The Red Sox were just the bug on the windshield for the A's

[@peterfernandez9670]

They never mentioned Fernando Valenzuela in this video, but he was also injured

[@scottaznavourian3720]

Herschieser essentually pitched a no hitter in game 2 as he had as many hits as he gave up.

[@Sephiroth766]

Welsh was terrible this posteason. Poor start against Boston, poor start against LA

[@ashleyp3662]

They will win this year

[@williamdunphy352]

Narrated by Bob Costas.

[@DannyPacheco-j6f]

that was a strike @ 50:59

[@Ynalaw]

You violated the FBI warning at the beginning.

[@billny33]

Oh no...you're right! Now what?

[@ring-doorbell_12]

@@billny33I think youtube doesn’t care. I don’t think the fbi checks youtube (IM NOT SURE THOUGH! MAYBE NOT

[@billny33]

@@ring-doorbell_12 I know, I was joking with my response. Pretty sure the worst thing KZbin is going to do is de-monetize

[@ring-doorbell_12]

@@billny33 oh alright

[@cryptosleeper5097]

Was that Bill Gates in the stands at the beginning 2:55

[@hhluvzmagik]

Greatest World Series of all time!

[@billny33]

Really? Come on. Greatest game 1 yes. But the rest of the series, other than being a feel good underdog story, was meh.

[@DrunkenSlob]

billny33 just because it was only 5 games doesn't mean the winner had it easy they escaped so many jams lots of drama edge of your seat and the thought in the back of everyone's mind that the A's offense could explode anytime had to be an uneasy feeling not to mention the injuries

[@jordanmegmiller1]

Omg I watched this a million times when I was 8! And then I got Mcgwire's autograph before he turned into an Ogre.

[@PeteHudo]

10:56 Vintage booty

[@alexanderestrada2499]

World Series: 1:33 - 59:55

[@MaryandMocha]

I was 10 at the time and had to get in bed, before the game ended. I had one of the old school tv's in my room with the two knobs. I turned the game on with the volume all the way down and got my walkman out. The game on radio was being broadcast on CBS radio and I got to listen to Jack Buck make that amazing call. I didn't even know who Jack Buck was at the time, but what a moment! Watching it as a Dodgers fan growing up and hearing those words. "This is gonna be a home run! Unbelievable! A home run for Gibson! And the Dodgers have won the game 5-4! I don’t believe what I just saw! I don’t believe what I just saw!” Just amazing.

[@dankolbenschlag2188]

I was ten years old as well..watching in Ohio. Luckily my dad let me stay up with him to finish the game great memory

[@robertsoto8556]

I had this video.

[@AJLizotte418m]

i had this video when i was a kid. used to watch it with my grandfather over and over and over. Go Dodgers!!!

[@silosjr24]

me to dude I would always watch this :)

[@danspizzacorner9711]

Does anyone know the song played at 5:24?

[@billny33]

+Daniel McErlane don't know. But I do know that 5:42 is the greatest playoff catch I've ever seen.

[@PeteHudo]

+Daniel McErlane Darude - Sandstorm

[@danspizzacorner9711]

Pete Hudo highpoint by Paul Osborn

[@TroyAutism1993]

Luci wears the same red shirt in Happy Birthday Barney And I Just Love Bugs Michael wears the same outfit in I Just Love Bugs And A Splash Party Please Tina wears the same shirt in Hi Neighbor Kathy wears the same shirt in Doctor’s Barney Is Here Derek wears the same shirt in Hola Mexico

[@Flvdpol]

Mickey Hatcher should have been the MVP

[@UpRoaryus]

Mickey Hatcher was probably one of my all time favorites. I just realized he is the reason I named the dog "Mickey" - wasn't sure where that came from at the time I named him, but watching that enthusiastic right field dive , I recognize the inspiration at last. Perfect naame for a dog who is obsessed with playing ball - always with that same energy and joy....

[@simplygu]

The Dodgers don't win the series without Hershiser. The stats tell the story why he got MVP. 2 starts both complete games, 2 wins, 1 shutout, 18 innings pitched, 17 strikeouts, only 7 hits allowed, 2 earned runs allowed for an era of 1.00. Hershiser was MVP with Hatcher a close second.

[@Flvdpol]

Maybe you are right buddy, but Hatcher shown a lot of heart in this series

[@VideoMan20111]

They could've had co-MVPs with Hershiser and Hatcher, both were deserving

[@StFidjnr]

not to mention oral recorded an RBI in game 2 at dodger stadium

[@wdurazo22]

Greatest team EVER!!

[@simplygu]

@ 14:36... In a pitching rich 1988 season in the NL where Tony Gwynn won the NL batting title with a .313 average... Kirk Gibson was the 1988 NL MVP... with only 76 RBI. I am not a Mets fan when I give the next opinion. I think Darryl Strawberry should have won the NL MVP. He hit .269 with 39 HR 101 RBI 101 runs 29 steals and led the league with a .545 slugging pct. The Mets won their division with 100 wins.

[@bbigjohnson069]

The reason Gibson was chosen MVP was because of his leadership and the things he did to win games and single-handedly will the Dodgers into the post season and beyond. He had 18 go ahead base hits, would get on base, steal bases, score go ahead runs, make a great catch or throw to nail a runner. Without him the Dodgers go nowhere. That's why he won it. The Mets had other good hitters, the Dodgers not really.

[@VideoMan20111]

yeah Strawberry and Kevin McReynolds ended up splitting the NY vote, that and Lasorda campaigned for Gibson, and we know how much influence Tommy has

[@jbobbster]

I will say it would have been interesting to see the 100-win Mets go up against 104-win Athletics. That would have been an event.

[@bbigjohnson069]

That's all everyone heard between the LCS and WS. Everyone was SO SAD and crying that it wasn't going to be the two 100 win clubs with the big lineups. The scrappy Dodgers had wrecked the party.I said, 'Deal with it.' Mets had their chances but lost 2 of 3 in their own park.

[@budaustin6681]

A Mets vs athletics series would have gone more then 5 games probably. But think of all The magic that would not have Happened. The ‘88 dodgers were a team of destiny. They really were kinda magical. All these guys stepped up for each other. They all made plays. They all contributed. And the great Tommy Lasorda out coached the great tony Larussa, which is not a easy task. I’m really not sure if the dodgers win that series if Gibson doesn’t hit that homerun.. it absolutely sparked that team, it gave them the momentum and I think it really made them think that they would do it. They never Gave the momentum back. The dodgers came out and hit the a”s right in the mouth and they never recovered.