August 11th, 1979 - Pirates vs Phillies

[@tonytiger7675]

Growing up in the '70s in Pittsburgh, we took these monumental victories for granted. We had the Steelers, Pitt football, and the Bucs. Thank you for posting this game.

[@ccjjpp1966]

As a Phillies fan, I was at this game as a child and realized that after the Pirates came back from 8-0, it was just the Pirates' year. The Phillies had won the division 3 straight times 1976-77-78 but choked each time in the playoffs. The Pirates take the division in 1979 and win the World Series. It was very frustrating watching that happen when your own team couldn't do it the 3 previous years. Of course, at that time I had no idea what was in store for the Phillies the next season in 1980. I look back now at this 1979 Pirates team and appreciate them and respect them very much and find it so cool watching the old videos. Their fans went nuts at the home games too!

[@john4psu]

I don't think of the Phillies as choking those years. The Reds and Dodgers were very good teams.

[@andrewmiller4573]

She's not gonna sing "YOU light up my life" is she?????? Oh, thank God! Seriously, this brings back great memories of my youth! .......Except for hearing, "You light up my life", on the radio FIVE TIMES AN HOUR on the radio that year....

[@mariepavlov9144]

August 11, 1979 - One of the most memorable days of the Pirates 1979 We Are Familee championship season

[@materialissues]

I miss the 70s baseball….and my Pirates!

[@jaysmith3095]

Mans work at a young age. The secret to Stargell’s strength. Wow.

[@timcarroll490]

Great comeback by the Pirates! I remember this oh so well

[@jamescowger2581]

Thank you for posting the old games. The 1979 Pirates was My Team!

[@docadams7099]

They indeed were a great team.

[@nightowl5475]

Would you believe 79 was Pittsburgh’s year too. The Phillies were one year from their 80 championship. It just goes to show you, Pitching is everything. The Pirates needed a good solid 5 innings from Rooker to stay in the game; it didn’t happen. They had no choice. They needed to rest their starting rotation. The game was lost after 3 innings. Noles did the job. Very impressive!

[@gturcott1]

80 was almost Philly’s year Sixers lost in finals eagles lost in Super Bowl

[@tweezerjam]

That’s a mans man right there. I remember the number “8” in the upper deck at the Vet marking where Stargell hit it there once. 👍🏼

[@Inquisitor6321]

And he did it without steroids!

[@busterlouie6176]

@@Inquisitor6321 I bet Willie was about 35 here

[@bono6699]

That was a S for stargell not an 8.

[@michaelappel9725]

It was actually just a star. I used to stare at it all the time

[@tweezerjam]

@@michaelappel9725 i thought it was an eight inside a star. But i was so young, sat so far away 😂

[@VideosToMakeYouSmile]

Thank you so much!!!!! I love all of these

[@SPRPhilly]

I was 10 years old and I was at this game! Left field bleachers right behind the Bull.

[@goatuscrow4135]

Great game, I was listening to the radio broadcast at 14.

[@andrewmiller4573]

Literally my first Baseball Hero. As a kid, it seemed like his homers never "arched!" They just seemed to keep rising until it hit something. He was such a class act.

[@KeithFroehlich07]

In Pittsburgh it was John Milner. In Philadelphia it was Ed Ott. Not the best 2 weeks for Tug McGraw that season.

[@duanedorman6134]

This looks like it was the NBC Game of the Week. I will take baseball in any form; it would be nice to hear Garagiola and Kubek. Fewer commercials and more baseball please. Where is the end of this game?

[@RolloSmokes]

This was a local broadcast from KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh.

[@joshowenby6408]

The Phillies need to go back to these uniforms full-time.

[@3243_]

I agree. So should the Pirates.

[@Harpo.jr70]

As a Pirate fan I get crap about Pirates not winning the World Series since 1979, I laugh and point out that the Flyers haven't won the Stanley Cup since 1974 ! Look Pirates have 5 World series titles The Penguins have 5 Stanley Cups .And the Steelers have 6 Super Bowl wins. When Philadelphia gets close , let me know.

[@garypora7214]

OK Phillies were in the World Series last year and the Eagles were in the Super Bowl. Just letting you know.

[@samuelattias5407]

Du bist ein Monster! und das ist es!

[@tomhotchkin868]

Thanks for posting!

[@MichaelV1024]

Legends of the game

[@omenoflaherty1294]

They don’t make ballplayers like this anymore. This was when the game still had its blue collar dignity in tact.

[@AlvaroMolano]

This is the first game I attended. Great memories

[@MrEvans1973]

Alvaro Molano I *think* this was my first game, too! My dad took me on a bus trip for my birthday. He figures it was Saturday, but might’ve been Sunday. It was definitely this weekend!

[@AlvaroMolano]

@@MrEvans1973 Here is the complete boxscore (by the way, it was a saturday) www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI197908110.shtml

[@shrubbunny3299]

Enjoyed. Thank you

[@williamdunphy352]

Milo Hamilton (PBP) & Nelson Briles (C)

[@kevinvanmeter2264]

Manfred today ruled Pete Rose is forever banned from baseball.

[@kevinolivas8075]

I love how the announcers could have mentioned their thoughts on movies during the 5th inning. "You know, Larry, I am still waiting on a really good movie about Mozart. I mean, what true baseball fan isn't. Right? So I'm thinking round about 1984 there should be a pretty decent movie about him. Now talk is that blond kid from the Star Wars might be in it.

[@samuelattias3805]

This Baseball Movie Is On DVD & Blu-Ray December 17th, 2019

[@bertramwitcraft1162]

If the central had to keep St. Louis and Chicago. Pittsburgh shouldn’t have left the east

[@samuelattias972]

The Pennsylvania Girls are the Main Antagonists of the 2019-Live-Action Baseball Movie: MLB Pennsylvania

[@bafa7353]

Stargell, Parker, Rose and Schmidt. That's 4 HOF caliber players in this game. IMO, Parker makes it if not for injuries and cocaine use.

[@mactheknife7049]

Five: Bill Madlock by all rights should be in the HOF as well. But he isn't in large part because on every team he played for (especially the Pirates), he wasn't the biggest star. Al Oliver, who'd left the Pirates by then, is in the same class.

[@Shirel102]

MLB Pennsylvania on DVD & Blu-Ray December 17th

[@davidb5728]

major league baseball needs more african american baseball players, back in 1979 the pirates had mke easler, bill madlock, grant jackson, jim bibby, dave parker, john millner bill robinson, rennie stennet, lee lacy and of course willie stargell..

[@DIMP11]

How about African-Dominican players such as Pedro Guerrero, David Ortiz, Pascual Perez, Alfonso Soriano, Jose Uribe, Vladimir Guerrero, Juan Guzman ? Close enough ? Torii Hunter had his own opinion on why they became so popular with GM's and owners.

[@CommackMark]

The Lumber Company

[@wadevandort1598]

Schmidt slumped from this point at .274 and 39 HRs since finished '79 at .253 and 45 HRs.

[@LRM724]

We Are Family Team Pirates,Milo Hamilton broadcaster for Chicago Cubs & Houston Astros too.

[@materialissues]

Debbie needed the lyrics written down?

[@SCUMCRODE]

Blown GS call, then lies about it. And what’s all this “we” crap? Are these 2 PIT announcers on the roster? What homers! The more others I hear the more grateful I am for Kalas / Ashburn. They may have been Philly fans but they were baseball fans first and got just as genuinely stoked over a great opposing team play as one by the Phils.

[@douglascavanaugh5160]

There were multiple occasions during this game where I thought those announcers and I were watching different games. Except for anything ever broadcast by Howard cosell, I think this was the worst announcing I ever had to suffer through.

[@piedmontphilly]

at 2:59:00 Tim Mc Carver's fly is open, he has to reach down in between pitches to zip up.

[@kool-aidcorncrap7880]

You would notice something like that 😂

[@wickedflea]

Pervert

[@The_Husband_of_Jane_Lane]

I feel like I miss the days when the Pirates and the Phillies were division rivals. The battle of Pennsylvania used to be one of the biggest rivalries in the National League Eastern Division (along with the Cardinals-Cubs rivalry).

[@KratostheThird]

$1100 for groceries was really generous back then. Sort of envious you guys had cheaper tickets for ballgames, complete with better broadcasters, fewer commercials and less advertising at the ballparks.

[@3243_]

Better uniforms too.

[@KratostheThird]

@@3243_ Along with lack of tattoos and having a bunch of ‘armor’ to protect against baseballs.

[@frankpalancio8471]

Typical Danny Ozark panicking and pulling Noles for a tired reliever.... besides that, the next 2 champions slugging it out.

[@derby2510]

29 second home run trot by Omar Moreno, the stolen base leader for the 79 season.

[@mactheknife7049]

Well, Omar hit so few dingers, he felt compelled to savor the experience... LOL

[@Ontariosound]

Back when players were interesting.

[@samuelattias4722]

The Pennsylvania Boys Freedom Fighters VS Pennsylvania Girls

[@cjs83172]

As potent as that 1979 Phillies team seemed, there must have been something wrong with the game management, because this wasn't the first time the Phillies bullpen blew a big lead. In fact, it wasn't even the biggest lead they blew that year, because they were up 12 in bottom of the fifth inning in the 23-22 game at Wrigley Field, and yet the Cubs came all the way back against Tug McGraw and Ron Reed before Mike Schmidt, who started that game with a HR, ended the scoring that way, as the Phillies had to scratch out a victory they should have had in the bag. And an argument can be made that the blown 8-run lead in this game was an even bigger indictment on the game management and the Phillies bullpen than the blown 12-run lead earlier that season at Wrigley was, because Veterans Stadium was a much bigger park than Wrigley was, especially with the wind blowing out, and home runs were not nearly as big a factor as they were in the Cubs' 12-run comeback. Then after the Pirates had completed their 8-run comeback, Ed Ott applied the Coup de Gras with a grand slam HR, which was at least the fourth grand slam that McGraw had given up to a left-handed hitter that season. The announcers mentioned it was the second grand slam he gave up to a left-handed hitter in a week (John Milner had gotten him in Pittsburgh), and of course, he also gave up Bill Buckner's grand slam HR in the 23-22 game at Wrigley earlier that season, as well as one to Terry Kennedy.

[@augieschannel705]

9:52

[@redriverwave]

Fun times in the seventies- when it was still a game.

[@Borrow919]

39:08 - Larry Bowa SACFLY (RBI) 42:17 - Pete Rose 3B (RBI) 54:08 - Greg Luzinski (2 RBI)

[@unityostara6380]

My literal birthday!

[@shirelattias329]

Vous êtes des Sorcières, et C'est Fini! European French Version Vous êtes des Monstres, et Ça y est! Canadian French Version You are Monsters, and that's It! Original Version אתם מפלצות ושם אתם! Hebrew Version Sie sind Monster, und das war's!

[@matta3968]

The Pirates probably had a different uniform for each of the five games this series.

[@samuelattias2959]

-Welcome to the Phillies-Pirates Game. -WELCOME TO THE DEAD PHILLIES-PIRATES GAME! -Peter and Steve: This Time, Girls, You Are Finished! The Boys Put Evil Pennsylvania Girls In The Sandbags and They Attached them. They Throw 4 Cruel Girls and the Baseball Players Hit Them and EVil Pennsylvania Girls Die on the Ground and the Pennsylvania boys freedom fighters save the day. -We Did It! -Yes! We Beat The Girls!

[@Disneylandonacid1982]

Huh?

[@LRM724]

I miss the colors in Road uniforms Grey uniform these days are dull astro turf field stadiums all looked the same back in the day

[@davidb5728]

was milo hamilton always this much of a homer.. boy danny ozark was a terrible game day manager, the worst..if those phillie teams in the late 70's had a better manager they would have at least two world series., they had a great offense, but ozark couldnt run the pitching staff

[@scoundrel99]

Just about a week after Thurman Munson died.

[@user117831]

2:20:58 LOL

[@MichaelV1024]

She actually had to read the lyrics of the song....ridiculous!! Disgrace