Phillies | Vintage Highlights

[@kevinbreslin8659]

I remember as a 7 year old never seeing grass so green as at Connie Mack....magical

[@fred8868]

I used to love going to old Connie Mack and seeing my hero Dick Allen, Cookie Rojas, Granny Hamner,Johnny Callison, Whitey Ashburn and good old Clay Darymple; not to mention Chris Short who was from.Delaware like me T hose were the days for a kid who loved baseball. And I loved listening to By Saam broadcast the game.

[@bobdickerson3434]

Johnny Callison was always my favorite player. Tony Taylor too. In little league I tried to copy Tony Taylor’s batting stance. We had family friend who a scout for the Phillies, and was the one who got Chris Short to sign to play for the Phil’s. I still have a bat he brought to the house that belonged to one of the Phillies.

[@jimlangdon6703]

I was 11 years old and went to the last 2 games with my dad. Still have my seats. Oscar gamble was signing autographs about 10 years ago and I asked him about that night and he laughed and said he remembered how the fans were tearing the stadium apart. I reminded him that he had the last hit

[@glenndavidshirey2808]

I spent many days and nights at Connie Mack Stadium when I was a little kid it was a beautiful place

[@oldcougar65]

Me, too. Our cub scout/boy scout troops used to go regularly in the 50's. I was a fanatical Richie Ashburn fan. It hurt when he was traded to the Cubs. I was at summer camp outside of Downingtown when Bunning pitched his perfect game. It was Mother's Day or Father's Day, something like that. We had dozens of kids intensly listening to every pitch (one of the kids remembered to bring a radio to camp.)

[@augustinecerronejr7968]

My 1st Phillies game ever was the last game played at Connie Mack Stadium in 1970 when Tim McCarver crossed the plate in the bottom of the 10th inning to win over the Montreal Expos. What a night, they literally took the Stadium APART.

[@215_Philly_4for4]

@@oldcougar65Father’s Day. My mom grew up in south Philly and her family were all huge Phillies fans. They had it on the TV when it happened. Her father said it was the best Father’s Day gift he could have been given that day

[@oldcougar65]

@@215_Philly_4for4 This summer camp was a Rotary Club camp for 'tomorrows leaders' so we were all Jrs in high schools all over the Delaware Valley. One of the kids became my college roommate. I knew it was either father or mothers day. thanks for straightening me out. I must admit that at 77 and away from Philly, I don't follow the Phils anymore. But in '64 it was life or death. As anyone who made it thru the next few months remembers.

[@jamescaron6465]

That old footage especially of the Baker bowl was brilliant.

[@warrenash5370]

Saw a game there in 1968 against the Pirates. I was 13.

[@glenndavidshirey2808]

I was 14 that year and saw a game against the Pirates it might have been the same one

[@steveswangler6373]

at about the 14:10 mark, when Bobby Wine catches the pop up during Bunning's perfect game, number 15 standing right by Wine is rookie of the year third baseman Richie "Should Be in The Hall of Fame" Allen, later changing to Dick Allen.

[@michaelvansant273]

This is beautiful well done!

[@brucesmith9144]

The venerable voice of Bill Campbell saying the "sound of ad-hoc demolition ... it was an inglorious farewell for a grand, old park."

[@roncaruso931]

It is a shame there aren't no video of Richie Allen hitting his monster home runs at Connie Mack Stadium. He hit a few over the Coke sign in left center. One was measured at 525 feet. He was one of a few who hit one over the tall scoreboard in right center. It's an amazing HR for a right-handed batter.

[@Olliemets]

Thanks for compiling. Baker Bowl !!!! So few pictures, let alone live film

[@nickalesi2753]

This is really cool. Job well done!

[@dpault]

I can’t believe Robin went 12 innings opening day in 1957. Even in that era it seems extreme.

[@resurrectionsunday]

When pitchers were pitchers

[@prisonersforprofit]

great footage, don zimmer, robin roberts, johnny callison, jim bunning, dick allen.

[@MikeHarmanos]

6:59 - It’s just so great to see the Sultan at full tilt in color, not some marbled black and white statue. I’m sure this movie has been around for years. This is the first I have seen it. Many thanks.

[@MarcCarriage121]

Love the Philadelphia Mummers string band music for the opening day film . Awesome!!

[@richarddenny5340]

the Baker Bowl must have something with its short right field wall and the signage that adorned it. One that stood out was the "Phillies Use Lifebuoy 'soap ad and a sports writer responded 'and they still stink'

[@johnschall7855]

Fantastic video. Fightin Phils.

[@RichD384]

Opening Day 1950: First game the Phillies played in the red pinstripe uniform

[@allenmurray7893]

Seeing action in the Baker Bowl is something I've never seen on film. ESPN and MLB never show anything like that. Robin Roberts going twelve innings on opening day. He would complete a lot of games, I think 28 in a row one time. 1957 was a bad year for him, he was 10 and 22.

[@danm3213]

You're overlooking the fact that Robbie won at least 20 games, I think it was six times in that decade before 1957. He wasn't overpowering and really only had two pitches, fastball and curve. His fast ball would top out in the high eighties. But he had otherworldly control and he knew how to pitch. Venerable sportswriter Stan Hochman tells a story of interviewing Roberts and asking him what was the key to his success. With Hochman expecting a long, descriptive answer, Roberts replied with two words: 'Strike One'. Roberts was one hell of a hitter, too, batting from both sides of the plate.

[@thomaswolf723]

It was 33 CG in a row.

[@jmadratz]

Richie Ashburn was not only a great ball player and great tv/radio color man, but a genuinely nice person.

[@jamesthomas788]

The Baker Bowl looked like a tiny ballpark especially down the right field line.

[@steveswangler6373]

Baker Bowl opened as a baseball showcase but by the 20's and 30's it was a dilapidated band box. it looked tiny because it was tiny.

[@jamesbevan663]

In the 20's, the Lifebuoy sign in right field at the Baker Bowl said "The Phillies Use Lifebuoy!" and someone underneath wrote, "And they still stink!"

[@BobSarber]

"...shot last summer by a mad teenager."

[@jkjobs]

0:51 the real sounds of Philadelphia!

[@johnmoyer5515]

Very fitting music, yes that is philly mummer's. I have a banjo & a tenor guitar from that era both outta philly.

[@raypavey1102]

I never knew that the Phillies had a fight song

[@jp-hl5dr]

The early-mid 1900s were tough for the Phillies

[@steveswangler6373]

actually, the early 1900's the Phillies were at the bottom of the top division. they eventually won their first pennant in 1915. it was the late teens that the ownership started to sell any decent players we had, ostensibly to keep the team afloat. the seasons around 1930 the Phillies had one of the best offenses in baseball, unfortunately the pitching was historically awful. in the late 30's, early 40's the Phillies were absolutely terrible, but after some ownership issues, even having an owner banned for gambling on the team, (William Cox), the Carpenters took the reins then and after the War, our farm system was built up leading to our second pennant in 1950. the fifties didnt pan out the way Phillies expected, but had some competitive teams. the team sunk again until the mid sixties and the collapse of 1964. some more seasons of mediocrity until becoming basement dwellers again, until the Pope rebuilt our farm system once again and built up to our first world champions. yes in the early century we had some tough times but we also had some good eras and some great players. the great Grover Cleveland Alexander, sluggers Cy Williams and Gavvy Cravath and Chuck Klein. Phillies shortstop Dave "Beauty" Bancroft is in the Hall of Fame. just to name a few.

[@kellyjohnson9394]

The Athletics SHOULD have stayed. The Phillies should have moved.

[@piedmontphilly]

8:04 "the Phillies use Lifebuoy" And they still stink!

[@dariowiter3078]

😜😝🤣😆😁

[@pennhudson3268]

First ever MLB in the 50s. Warren Spahn and the Braves. Still have the pennant from that game

[@resurrectionsunday]

My first game was Father’s Day bat day 1968… dodgers 2 Phils 1.. rick wise .. home run

[@cjones3710]

Happy little polka song for fighting Phila eh. Thank ye. Orioles are my favorite and I understand your appreciation and fondness for places which have been taken away. . The Kingdom of God is a place I want to go even more though.

[@dirtylemon3379]

Connie Mack was a cool ballpark. Sadly they moved to Vet Stadium, a boring, round, artificial surfaced, concrete donut with no charm whatsoever.

[@oldcougar65]

You hit it on the head. The Vet was equally lousy for football and baseball. I saw a Penn State-Temple game there and we could barely make out the players. btw, talking of great stadiums, Franklin Field was the best place to watch a game, anywhere. We had season tickets to the Eagles for the late 50's and early 60's. 50 yard line seats for the NFL championship game against the Packers. Everywhere you were right on top of the action: a great stadium.

[@dirtylemon3379]

@@oldcougar65 Summer day games at the vet with field level seats was like sitting in a tub of boiling plastic. That fake turf just radiated heat. I’ve never been to Franklin Field but have driven past it many times and seen games on tv. I was always fascinated with the architecture. I like how they incorporated the brick, scholarly, university building at the open end of the stadium. Also how, outside, the stands hang over the sidewalk and the old time iron grates on the doors.

[@mkrull1]

Very cool

[@jediorder88]

Can you do Brad lidge save highlights?

[@jediorder88]

Just his perfect season highlights.

[@mjcruiser4238]

Grew up in Philadelphia in the fifties -they were invariably a second division team ( that means for you youngsters that of the 8 teams in the league-they were in the bottom 4! They did not have a Star black player ( Richie Allen) until 1964 -THATS SEVENTEEN YEARS AFTER Jackie Robinson Mmmmmmmm

[@SJK-uc6lf]

"No Gambling" sign didn't age well

[@jaymorgenthal9479]

Miserable neighborhood now.

[@woomychin8264]

U must be tired of living over there ..huh?

[@glenndavidshirey2808]

I remember the day Connie Mack Stadium burned down I was 17 I cried

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

4:36 -- The Phillies use LifeBuoy...and they and ESPECIALLY this ballpark still stink!! Baker Bowl? More like Toilet Bowl! :D

[@John-cl2uq]

Philadelphia A's > Philadelphia Phillies :P

[@Paul-fy7cv]

I only wish i could have seen one game here . I hear the stadium was incredible but the neighborhood was and still is terrible

[@trajanII]

Ugly rightfield wall

[@danielmorehouse9116]

The old 'spite fence'.