Swingin' A's 1973 World Series Gm. 1 vs. Mets

[@ram3621]

Willie had to feel so good about the standing ovation. Tony Kubek so respected back then.

[@captainh3831]

The standing ovation they gave Willie Mays during the intros gives me goosebumps.

[@mook9708]

Willie retired after the 73 series....what a thrill for this 13 year old to see the greatest living hofamer in a Mets uniform.....awesome!!

[@montem19]

Monte Moore really brings this whole series to life 🐐🐐

[@rabbakahn]

Those were the days. We had a tv in our classroom so that the teacher and us could watch the A's. Good times.

[@mystermysterio5348]

This is why I love the A's. The very first World Series I ever watched and the same year I became an A's fan. 73" my favorite A's was Campy, Rudi, and Tenance. But the A's had an All Star Team.

[@kevinoconnor1912]

I was 9 years old in 1973, this was also the first WS I ever watched. Unlike you though this was season I became lifelong, diehard Mets Fan! I cried like a baby after game 7🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️😂

[@ericmcnally1822]

7uuuiiiiiiiii

[@rafaelramirez1507]

Mine were Bando , Vida Blue , Catfish Hunter and Rollie Fingers 🌟🤩🌟🤩🌟🤩🌟🤩👍

[@bufnyfan1]

Sad to believe these A's will just be a footnote in ancient history (just like the Milwaukee Braves and the Brooklyn Dodgers). The A's will be moving to Las Vegas by 2027 when their new $1.6 billion stadium is finished. I read that the A's ownership wants to get out of Oakland long before this and are willing to play in Las Vegas Triple A stadium until then

[@brad5015]

I was 7 years old in 1973. Our tee-ball team won the championship that year, our colors were green and white! We loved the A's!

[@darrinbaker00]

And just like THAT, I'm 8 years old again. Thanks.

[@dragonwarrior5152]

IKR? I was 11 when this WS was played -- God, I wanna go back to those days all of a sudden. :.)

[@boondocksaint2619]

...and I was nine..is it me or did the colors pop on NBC even without HD??

[@michaelward9880]

I'm 15 again. Last hurrah for my baseball idol, batting 3rd and playing center field, number 24, WILLIE MAYS!!!!

[@michaelward9880]

@Redwood Giant I guess they thought he earned it. It was sad to see him in decline though. Too bad we don't have guys like him around anymore.

[@michaelward9880]

@Redwood Giant that the Mets felt Mays had earned to do what he wanted when he wanted. He was a living legend and was still drawing fans to the park. The last time I saw him play "live" was 1971 in San Diego. He hit a homer into the upper left field seats and a double off the railing in center. Everyone there thought it should have been ruled a homer. You should have heard the booing! I still have vivid memories of that.

[@matta3968]

Monte Moore really was a good PBP announcer and I'm not sure he has been given the credit he deserves.

[@rodavis1363]

There was something about MLB Playoff games in the afternoon in the 70's & 80's. From that incredible A's run to Bucky Dents HR vs. the Sox, playoff baseball was so much better played in the afternoon on the east coast. I miss those days.

[@terrencedeagle4429]

I miss them too. So many great memories.

[@EdsterIII]

I really love these classic games!

[@NankerPhelge65]

I miss baseball

[@meterr]

R.I.P. Willie ❤

[@jamalmccoy3233]

I was only 2 years old when this world series was played in 73... But I love the 70s games and that's all I've been watching on the tube...

[@T.C.Clarien]

You should watch NPB🇯🇵 That's exciting too ....Nippon Series ....

[@dctrevett]

I sure miss the old Coliseum bleacher sections, and the fact that you could see out of the stadium above them with the trees and the Oakland hills beyond. If I owned the team, I would knock down Mt. Davis and put back the bleacher sections just as they were!

[@romelovesdan]

More Swingin' A's ...............PLEASE!!!!

[@romelovesdan]

@MANCHESTER UNITED Baseball takes a certain particular skill set....those countries' athletes have not mastered yet. At the highest level Far more difficult than playing Soccer at its highest level of expertise.

[@rafaelramirez1507]

@M who cares about that crap ... this is a classic baseball channel , not for no sissy soccer games .... so beat it !

[@snarfsnarf3062]

I was still a tad pole back then but I find it amazing to see the coliseum back then compared to now, all those memories, crazy.... Going next week double header

[@m.s.769]

I have seen a lot of baseball but I have never seen a play at first like the one involving Campy and Milner in the 8th. I love to see a reliever pitch more than one inning; Rollie pitched 3.1 innings and would have pitched four innings had he not walked a man in the 9th. Dick Williams is a very magnanimous and classy man.

[@bobwitt5224]

Tug McGraw pitched 6 innings in Game 2

[@3bzgbp7]

thank you again great game keep it coming.

[@bobsmith3217]

Old videos like this are how I enjoy the baseball postseason now, especially after the cluttered mess that MLB has made of the pennant races and postseason in the past few years. Also, the broadcast has a simple, relaxed style that is gone forever, replaced by an overbearing barrage of camera angles, screen graphics, and statistics.

[@FreePlayGamingChannel]

Really enjoy seeing these classic games, including these from before I was born! I was lucky to be in attendance at the Swingin' A's reunion in Oakland last year so it's great to have a chance to see them in action

[@RobertClibbon]

Nice seeing Rusty Staub and enjoyed the long ovation for Willie Mays. Oakland was a great team from 72-74. I also enjoy watching these classic games

[@mystermysterio5348]

They say what you like and love during your life time as a kid is what eventually you grow up loving. Because in reality it sticks with you and you carry it forever. The A's became the team i love and grew up rooting for...collecting all the A's baseball cards and they were all in action. The glory days" A's much respect, the history is real.

[@togaplop]

You are so right, but in this case it is a blessing and a curse. This team and those three years were magical, but the next 13 years were a roller coaster, with the early 80' as the bottom of the pit. But 4 titles in 50 years, it is hard sometimes.

[@Mason-wt3ku]

X

[@michaelleroy9281]

I always liked the PA announcer at the Oakland Coliseum

[@sportsmedia25]

How awesome to hear the voice of God.... Roy Steele!!!

[@gregoryevans8179]

I knew Manny Trillo was with another team before the Cubs but didn’t remember it being the A’s.

[@jasonlassiter9229]

Damn!, that Jim Nabors can sing!

[@rafaelramirez1507]

Jim Nabor would Visit Spanish Harlem regularly at 112th street in Manhattan , his voice was unmistakable 😆 👌🏻

[@johnwalker4329]

Gomer pile

[@b.t.2796]

I was at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota and i heard this voice. It sounded familiar but i knew it wasn't friends or family. I turn around and there was Jim Nabors. Shazam!

[@KBB4eva]

This series was a great memory whe Oakland ruled the Bay Area

[@zcam1969]

the ERA of Baseball . Pete Rose ,Clemente .Bench . Joe Rudi. etc..............

[@docadams7099]

Tony Perez, Joe Morgan, Luis Tiant, Carl Yastrzemski, Carlton Fisk, Al Kaline, Tom Seaver, Willie Stargell, Steve Carlton, Mike Schmidt, Steve Garvey, Tommy John, Walter Alston, Hank Aaron, Sparky Anderson, Gaylord Perry, Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Juan Marichal, Nolan Ryan, Rollie Fingers, Reggie Jackson, Jim Palmer, Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, and many others.

[@lewtube1]

Funny how the NL batters would take off their helmets after they reached first base and pop on the cap they had in their back pocket.

[@vafrakes]

Back when the World Series was played when it should be...in the daytime...

[@ds94703]

Wow - I had no idea Willy Mays was playing against the A's in the 73 World Series.

[@darwinblinks]

His final games.

[@generalbullmoose]

But in the end, he was slipping & sliding out in CF so much that the Mets were forced to put Staub in with his bum shoulder.

[@bobwitt5224]

His last at bat King in game 2 where he singled between short and third I believe for an rbi. That was his last at that in the series. If memory serves if you look at the box score I believe he batted forth cleanup hitter as a 41 or 42-year-old player at

[@jetfan1535]

Sal Bando scouting Buddy, the long ball hitter. lol

[@chrisspearline767]

Felix Milan brings new meaning to choke up

[@rafaelramirez1507]

It's a mystery to me how he or anybody for that matter could hit that way ... I played ball for most of my life and I can't, I can't even figure how anybody could 😮

[@chrisspearline767]

@@rafaelramirez1507 I know right. You don't see guys doing that anymore in the MLB neither

[@glennsecord3038]

Felix Millan really choking up on the bat

[@rafaelramirez1507]

Unbelievable 🤔 .... how could he hit that way? 😳

[@b.t.2796]

I thought it was upside down at first

[@sammyhagar495]

A great time to call the Bay Area home

[@veiledsorrow]

1972 1973 1974 ... The Big Green Machine 🔥⚾ 💯

[@whydoineedahandle406]

Wow Willie Mays swung right through strike 3 in that 1st AB but the umps gave him the call. I've never seen such a full swing get called a ball. lol. 21:49

[@rafaelramirez1507]

R . E . S . P .E . C . T

[@Greg-jw2gb]

It wasn't just Mays. Back then batters could go much farther with check swings without having strikes called than they can today. Today almost every check swing is called a strike. Also, the practice of asking the first or third base umpire to call check swings has greatly increased strike calls, but that didn't begin until the '80s.

[@williammize8270]

Where are the other games 5-6-7 world series no replay on the rudi bunt?

[@charlessmith263]

Here is what I would call it when NY pitcher Matlack tried to pick-off Campy at 1st base in Game 1..... "Matlack is destined to gun down Campaneris. He's watching his every move as Campy leads, and Matlack sets. And Matlack faces first, throws, as Campy dashes toward second but Milner has to jump high for the ball to avoid a very costly error, blocking the ball from going to the dugout--gutsy block but regrettably, this leads Campy to steal second base unchallenged! You hear the Oakland rally trumpets go off again in the stands. The Oakland fans go wild!" The color commentator would say..... "I think what happened is that Matlack, on the pick-off throw attempt, did that overhand but on the release, allowed the ball trajectory to go at an upward angle to a point 3 feet or so over Milner's head. Milner had to jump to keep the ball inside fair territory but cannot hold on to the ball, making it impossible to get Campy out on his steal. Next time, Milner needs to angle down MORE on the overhand so what happened to Matlack here never happens again."

[@Fordham1969]

21:49 they called that a check swing! Even after checking with the first base ump. I would say it was all due to Mays legendary status but I've seen some other absolutely ridiculous check swing calls from back then, I remember one by Boog Powell in the 69 WS.

[@jerryferko8309]

loved the A:"S .....even when they were in KC ...................... wayne causey .....jerry lumpe ....... norm siebern.........diego segui.....gino cimoli.....MANNY JIMINEZ ......... !!!

[@williamdunphy352]

NBC Radio: Jim Simpson (PBP) & Ralph Kiner (C) 1st half Kiner (PBP) 2nd half

[@johnwalker4329]

A check swing in those days would be called a swing today

[@KBB4eva]

Love day World Series games on grass

[@jonathanrice1070]

Hard to believe the A’s are leaving town in a few month.

[@NankerPhelge65]

everyone who can is leaving the bay area

[@dok_ham218]

Post game 7 of this series

[@ProfessorTime]

2:08:15 Feels like we're watching the Zapruder film.

[@b.t.2796]

Haha, i needed that comment today!

[@bufnyfan1]

Oakland has now lost all 4 of their major sports teams. The Raiders left in 2020 for Las Vegas, the Warriors moved across the bay to San Francisco (Chase Arena), the NHL Oakland Seals folded back in the early 70s and now the A's are leaving. And I just read that in the event of another earthquake in the bay area, the Oakland/Alameda area would be the most severely damaged due to a number of fault lines that cross the area. Oakland simply can't catch a break

[@zcam1969]

somehow i don't remember the 73 Series . i remember 72 and 74 clearly though

[@williammize8270]

I couldn't tell rudi in or out batters box when bat touched ball I don't think it waz?

[@williamdunphy352]

Umpires (Game 1) (16:18) HP Marty Springstead (AL) (Crew Chief) (1st) 1B Augie Donatelli (NL) (5th) 2B Jerry Neudecker (AL) (1st) 3B Paul Pryor (NL) (2nd) LF Russ Goetz (AL) (1st) RF Harry Wendelstedt (NL) (1st)

[@killertigerace]

First World Series the al umpires wore the maroon blazers

[@mikeforte7585]

Most of the AL umpires said those jackets made them look like Captain Kangaroo...

[@kmac1766]

Harry Coyle 😎

[@matta3968]

Good to see that the A's got rid of the number on the front of the jersey. Looked like crap before.

[@williamdunphy352]

Curt Gowdy (PBP) Monte Moore-Tony Kubek (C) 1st half Moore (PBP) Gowdy-Kubek (C) 2nd half

[@santiagoandujar2518]

I believe Met announcer Lindsey Nelson worked radio broadcasts in Oakland, but did the tv side with Curt and Tony on NBC while in New York ( Monte Moore switched to the radio booth while in New York).

[@edwardklintworth2004]

Certainly the A's had some good hitting, Jackson and Bando in particular. However, the team was built on outstanding pitching with Blue, Hunter, Holtzman, Fingers, etc.....

[@captainh3831]

I don't know that there will ever be another team quite like the A's of that time. They had so many weapons and ways to beat you. If Finley hadn't dismantled the tram they probably would have won another 2 or 3 World Series...posdibly into the 80's. Possibly

[@bobsmith3217]

They just knew how to win. They didn't overwhelm you, but they did all the little things right and took advantage of mistakes.

[@randquadrozzi5850]

I know their pitching was good but the Mets lineup was horrible.your in trouble if Grote is hitting 6th.

[@BobJ1979]

And the Mets had only 82 wins during the season.

[@hmhm856]

they won 83 games on 161 games played. So they could have won 84 games. But the 1973 Mets was still the same core of the 1969 Mets (sadly, minus Nolan Ryan), but with John Matlack and George Stoner.

[@johnniemela5066]

The Mets Kept the A s Homerless until Game 7

[@michaelleroy9281]

Campaneris and Jackson, Reggie at least got one

[@hippiecolleen1352]

Gomer pile sings anthem and really confused me..... Game 7 Lou rawls AND he sat next to me! I'm like 7 years old

[@skatalyst00]

Random thoughts from going on 50 years later. I'm surprised how relatively few people in the crowd have the team colors on. These days the crowds look like political party rallies where there's no variation from the main colors. The Oakland announcer sounds much older than he looks. But I will give him his props, when he said that the Coliseum was just a big hole in the ground he was quite right! You can't tell the backstop wall from The Outfield wall other than who's standing in front of it. And even though they had gobs of room for it, I still think it's lame to have the bullpen in foul territory. And what was up with leaving trash strewn about left-center field for like two innings? Gee, they sure choked up on the bat in those days. The camera work was very bad at some points, although if you check out the 74 series they really improved in just one year, and in fact we're well on their way to how it's done now. I wore the exact same color and style shin pads in Little League in 76 that the Mets catcher was wearing. You got to love the uniforms, Finley was years ahead on that, although the Pirates had some pretty cool variations by the end of the 70s. Of course the bottom line is is the game is the same no matter when it is played

[@mystermysterio5348]

Yes" The Pirates, A's and Astros were teams with vibrant uniforms at that time and they were alive vibrant and in living color.

[@vicepresidentmikepence889]

Also at 2:22:30..2 outs..Oakland is about to win game 1 of the world series and the fans are seated..Today the fans would be standing with excited anticipation..Fans back then just didn't have the same passion as fans, today

[@mrvantagepro]

@@vicepresidentmikepence889 Today, the fans would be standing in the first inning with 2 strikes on every hitter.

[@mrvantagepro]

@@vicepresidentmikepence889 You are right about the way fans back then reacted to the way they react today, granted, it was a different world back then. But please don't assume that fans back then were not as passionate as they are today just because they did not stand up until their team won the game. I was a fan back then, as was my whole family. And we were all very, very passionate about our teams. No one can ever tell me that we were not intensely passionate fans just because we did not stand up until our teams actually got the final out to win the game. We just waited for our team to get that final out. Then we stood up and celebrated. Look at the end of the 1969 World Series and tell me that the fans were not passionate about their team. Look at the celebration that took place on the field after the 1976 American League Championship Series. By contrast, today, everything seems rehearsed. Its like the fans (not all), celebrate just for the sake of celebrating. IMHO, the greater majority of todays fans and players seem to manufacture their celebrating rather than just letting it happen naturally. And when a player hits a "walk off" home run today its as if the players are telling each other, "OK! Lets all get in a circle and as soon as he touches home plate lets all jump up and down with our arms around each other. In today's game that kind of celebrating happens in every victory. It's like the players priority is not so much winning, but celebrating. IMHO

[@jefflewis4]

They didn't sell jerseys or jackets back then, very few fans would have worn team colors back then. it just wasn't a thing until the 80's.

[@gilbertdennis4872]

Go A’s

[@michaelward9880]

Let's go Mets!

[@Uns_Maps_8]

Buddy Harrelson 4:00

[@hmhm856]

43:00 Felix Millian and his batting 52:41 Felix Millian error

[@wolfwilliams]

No way Willie Mays is 5' 10".... no way. He looks barely a hair over 5' 8". Baseball players, especially before the 1990s, were not generally large people. I met Reggie Jackson and Walter Payton back in 1989. No way either guy was over 5' 9". No way. Mays looks small when he's at the plate.

[@mikem591]

They were short! I stood next to Steve Garvey and he was around 5’7 or 5’8. I was surprised how short he was. I think the 70’s infield of the LA Dodgers was all super short other then their Shortstop.

[@johnwalker4329]

Compare how the coliseum looked in those days "especially the out field bleacher" to what it has become with the addition of "mount davis". Yuck! It used to be one of the best stadiums to watch a baseball game in, with a perfect view of the beautiful oakland hills.

[@robertromeo3765]

The only reason the Mets lost the series is because Felix Meons' error which allowed two unearned runs in a 2 to 1 loss in game one.

[@mikeforte7585]

I have been saying that for years....the Met blew game 3 by stranding 14 base runners a series record at the time...plus Tom Seaver didn't win a game...

[@robertromeo3765]

@@mikeforte7585 Seaver actually pitched pretty good. He gave only two earned runs in each game. Ask mentioned, Second baseman Meons' error allowed two runs in game one's 2 to 1 loss. In game six, the Mets had first and third with one out in the eight, and the tying run on third. Manager Yogi Berra elected to leave in Staub against a left hand pitcher, when he had Willie Mays as a potential pitch hitter. Rusty struck out and the Mets didn't score.

[@lindac7966]

Well, everyone makes mistakes. After all, you spelled his name Meon instead of Millan! 😊

[@littlejohnny4470]

I'm Curt Goudy, but I'm not really rooting for the Mets! LOL!

[@danielzerbe8567]

3rd inning the batter attempts a bunt and the runner takes off toward 2nd base. The bunt is foul and the runner is thrown out?? I always thought if the runner takes off and the ball is foul, he must return to 1st base. What happened there?, the announcers simply said the runner must have thought it bounced away further?? The runner could not have gone back and tagged up, so what happened there?

[@harivolis2154]

Well. Golly! Shazaam. ...

[@willdrucker4291]

Wait a minute…how did Manny Trillo end up on that roster before game one?…remember…the Mike Andrews incident focused on Andrews signing a phony health report so that Trillo could join the team..

[@santiagoandujar2518]

I think Bill North was injured for the Series ( still was allowed to dress in uniform). A's skipper Dick Williams ( before game 1) requested the umpires, MLB, and lastly Mets skipper Yogi Berra (during lineup card exchanges at home) if Trillo could be allowed to sit in the A's dugout. Yogi joked that it was ok , as long as he remained there if there was a fight ( this after the infamous NLCS brawl between the Mets Bud Harrelson and the Reds Pete Rose).

[@luckybestwash]

Willie Mays literally strikes out 2 times in the first inning, then hits a single.

[@michaelward9880]

Mays didn't strike out in the 1st inning. He had one at- bat and singled.

[@sdwriter2626]

Close pitches but ...

[@sicfrynut]

@@michaelward9880 close no call on the check swing. great trivia question with Mays getting the first hit of the series @ 42 years old.

[@michaelward9880]

@@sicfrynut what are you talking about? The original comment said " Mays literally STRIKES OUT 2 times in the first inning, then hits a single." Mays had one at bat in the 1st and singled. What is so confusing about that? Where did that guy get that he struck out twice in the 1st? C' mon, man.

[@sicfrynut]

@@michaelward9880 @ 21:49 mays checked his swing and 1st base ump waived it off. i believe the OP is misusing the term literally and should have said almost. @ 21:35 the pitch at the knees was close as well. so mays almost struck out two different times in that at bat. I wasn't confused at all. obviously you can't or didnt bother to read the rest of my comment where i noted that mays singled in the at bat. don't get your panties in a bunch over nothing slick.

[@NankerPhelge65]

Game 7 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYC8eXagmsaDppIsi=pwx6BjlijSKc6T5d

[@kcwilshaw4449]

Mets should have won the Series

[@jerryp6731]

This video is a perfect example of why I do not consider 1970's baseball as modern baseball. Those "checked swings" I see. Watch Willie Mays first at bat. You will see a complete swing with 2 strikes that is called checked swing.

[@dereckcatone4933]

Gene Tenace was a family personal friend to us Great team I use to go to stadium and shag balls during bating practice before games Sat with the wives of the players and spent Many times in the clubhouse with all the great players of the time. Very blessed I was..the things I saw and experienced are burnt in my memory