1975 Game 3

A full game of baseball in nineteen hundred and seventy-five.

[@docadams7099]

I was there at Riverfront for this game. My father took me and my brother Bruce. The game ended just after Carlton Fisk and Ed Armbrister collided. Fisk also hit a home run in this game. This was a memorable Series between 2 teams that played baseball the way it should be played. As a Reds fan, i'm delighted that the Reds won the Series. But the Red Sox earned my appreciation too.

[@andrewwashington9904]

Yep me too..

[@mikelikesbama]

You're a lucky man. I wouldn't be born for another 10 years and I'm jealous

[@learnpianofastonline]

@M Who cares!

[@charlielinville1384]

@@andrewwashington9904 DAD TOOK MY MOM AND BROTHER AND ME TO THIS GAME. NEVER FORGET IT!

[@docadams7099]

@@charlielinville1384 Do you remember where you all had seats? Our seats were at the top of the upper red deck; there was just a media work space above us. I was, in a word, terrified. I am afraid of heights, so that was quite an experience for me.

[@stevewiencek1354]

This is awesome! This was the first WS I got to watch every inning of as a kid. I was 10 yrs old. And, though I'm from Milwaukee, I became a longtime Reds fan. For years after I would carefully tune my radio to WLW which I could get if the weather was clear; hearing Marty Brennaman's voice here brings back so many memories. What a great series this was. Every game is interesting with so many good plays. (1) It's shocking to see how different baseball was then compared to today. So much better back then, in my opinion. All the little things really mattered in those days. Nowadays it's too often about which team jacks more homers. (2)One of the great things about this series was the number of great defensive plays...and not just diving catches, but good throws, smart decisions, crisp teamwork. (3) Pre-steroids and pre-weight training....all the players look like normal everyday people. Even the big hitters (Bench, Foster, Perez, Fisk, Lynn, Yaz) are not bulky or outsized. (Though it is funny seeing Little Joe up at the plate with Fisk standing behind him.) Also, pre-speed gun for pitches, thank goodness. (4) Home runs were not followed by prima donnas standing at home plate in a pose. (5) The Armbrister play was interference. The Reds got a break. (6) Johnny Bench is a really, really, really good defensive catcher. It's incredible just watching him. Any kid wanting to be a catcher should find film of him and watch him. (7) Historically, the Reds bullpen is the start of the end for complete game pitchers. It's a change that makes sense and obviously works, but nowadays managers just use computer-generated numbers to make decisions. It's one area where the game has lost some personality.

[@mnamhie]

Love these old videos. I was a HUGE Johnny Bench fan when I was a kid. Obsessed. Great thing about having a catcher as your favorite player, you could watch him every pitch when he's on defense. Johnny was such a natural behind the plate. He was born to catch. If you were a pitcher you must've felt so good, safe and secure looking in to Bench knowing he's catching you. And wow, what a fucking lineup the Big Red Machine had. The Great Eight!

[@Scott-ly2nk]

I was the same way with foster

[@richiec1627]

Representing Portsmouth, Ohio … Hello Reds fans!

[@RyansColoradoRailProductions]

My granduncle is from Portsmouth, and my dad was at either this game, game 4 or game 5, or 1976 game 1 or 2. Does the name Jim Kricker sound familiar to you?

[@matta3968]

Rick Wise looked like a high school math teacher.

[@docadams7099]

So did Pittsburgh's Kent Tekulve.

[@Scott-ly2nk]

Wise was a hell of a hitter

[@MikeBozart]

back when I was 11 ... a great memory with my dad relived, thanks.

[@learnpianofastonline]

I was 10 in 1975. This World Series was when I first took an interest in baseball, although I had watched some earlier in the season.

[@georgemyers4829]

Best team in all of baseball history. The Reds, obviously.

[@DonQwantsyou]

+George Myers you must be kidding. They just edged the red Sox here, lost to both the A's and Orioles, and had very average starting pitching. Eastwick was inconsistent as well in this series.

[@MrGMillet]

+George Myers '98 Yankees !

[@DonQwantsyou]

+MrGMillet yeah, to be considered the greatest, or one of the greatest, you must be great in all aspects of baseball. You could make a good argument that the Yankees of '96-2000 were the best, at least of the modern era, with great pitching, Cone, El Duque, Pettit, Key, and relief with Wettland, hall of famer Rivera, ect. The lineup was very consistent Jeter, Knobloch, O'Neill, Williams Martinez , Brosius, ect. Very good especially in the clutch, more so than these Reds as well. 4 championships, as well as 6 WS appearances, all top the 70's Reds. Reds had a great lineup, no question, with also great speed and hall of famers, Rose, Morgan, Bench but mediocre pitching. Older players on this Red Sox team like Yaz and Petrocelli had a field day against Red pitching. If Sox had won this game, Reds won due to dubious non interference call, they would have won series in 6. As far as greatest teams of all time you have to look at '27 Yankees and Yankees of late 30's and 40's as well.

[@abesdemise]

+DonQwantsyou You cant compare eras though. Reds were greatest team of the 70's and arguably the greatest starting 8 ever assembled in all aspect of the game not just hitting. Yankees have had great decades more often, yes. As for winning on a bad call, that's crazy, even if Armbrister was out there's no way to know what would have happened the remainder of the inning or game for that matter. You cant assume that the Red Sox would have won or lost. It was NOT "due to" just that call. Reds pitching was hardly mediocre it was good but not great. Good enough with that starting 8. No doubt the 75 series was the greatest ever played, still.

[@DonQwantsyou]

+abesdemise yeah ok, but A's of 1970s must also be included in this discussion. They won 3 WS, more than Reds, and had some excellent players like Jackson, Bando, Rudi, and Campaneris, Green. Terrific pitching with Blue, Catfish Hunter, Fingers and they beat the Reds in 1972 WS WITHOUT superstar Jackson.

[@jwsnotruth7106]

i was 7 watched this with my dad and brothers still remember fisks anger it was so HUGE !

[@ethanweeter2732]

Even with that being interference, Fisk should have tagged Armbrister.

[@AmericasChoice]

I said so when the play happened, He was too busy being the New England hothead he was...

[@charlessmith263]

If I were the umpire who wanted to call that play, I would rule Armbrister out for interfering with the catcher's attempt to catch a pop-fly bunt. That is, "out by obstruction."

[@MrPocketfullOfSteel]

Stopped at 7:28 to comment. "Pete MIGHT play another 3 yrs." He didn't know Pete Rose like he thought he did...lol.🤣

[@GratefulInRecovery]

Lol, I thought the exact same thing.?

[@matta3968]

Sparky was 41 but looked closer to 60.

[@mikelikesbama]

Hahahaha, so true. When they said that in game 1 I was like "wait did I hear that right?!"

[@charlessmith263]

I know Game 3 since I watched the "Super Series" highlight film reel. I am guessing that in World Series history, the Cincinnati Reds were the real "Big Red Machines" between 1972-1976. 1972 WS - they forced the A's to a 7-game marathon but lost the series 4-3, even with the great Pete Rose. In 1975, the Reds were hot again. Bench blasts the homer in Game 3 of the 1975 WS. He almost got the MVP. The Cincinnati crowd loved that game. The Reds finally won the series 4-3. Quite a stretch. And the Big Red Machine got hot again - this time against the Bronx Bombers in the Bicentennial Year of 1976 in still another World Series. Johnny Bench's fireworks - especially the two "dingers" in Game 4--was the main reason for the Cincy's sweep of the Yankees in just 4 games, and led Bench to get his WS MVP in that year.

[@laus7504]

:) This was the most exciting sports event of my life! I was total flop at the little girls' softball league. But I knew the basic rules. Dad explained the lead-offs, stolen bases, and why it was an error when this crazy bouncing baseball made it past his glove. There is so much more I would love to jabber on about. Except this 10 year old girl tried her best and lacked baseball/softball skills, had the ability to comprehend those basic rules anyway on the softball field. And Dad explained the differences. And who who! Go Cincinnati Reds! I just loved these guys more than any other sports team over my lifetime :) Yeah! No one cares! I just have to say this stuff anyway :)

[@aboxofbroken8tracks983]

Happy memories are what sports is all about. And the people we share them with.

[@docadams7099]

I played baseball from 1972-75 when I was in knothole. I was my team's SP (That's not "Starting Pitcher"; it stands for "Sorriest Player" in my case.) If you believe you were a total flop, in girls' softball, I GUARANTEE you, I was worse!

[@adrienotis404]

I know Im asking the wrong place but does any of you know of a method to get back into an Instagram account?? I somehow lost my password. I would love any tips you can give me

[@maximcurtis2586]

@Adrien Otis instablaster =)

[@Radionut]

In reference to the Armbruster bunt. It looked like to me he was going to go toward first. Maybe I’m mistaken that was a great series. I was in the army in Texas at the time or I would’ve been there at that game

[@Tuning_Spork]

Agreed. He headed straight toward 1st base, just as he should, after laying down the bunt. Fisk ran into him and pushed him into fair territory. Correct call by the umps, imho.

[@kokoken1]

The thing is, Armbrister hesitated because it seemed he lost track of the ball. He was in the spot first, and Fisk had to crawl over him to get to the ball. It's controversial only because Fisk's throw afterward was terrible. Plate umpire Larry Barnett must have ruled that the contact had nothing to do with Fisk's bad throw. If the throw had simply been late to second base, maybe there's an argument for interference.

[@shockingtopsy]

@ 7:10 "Rose takes great care of himself. Durable. Should have three or four more years." LOL

[@MrPocketfullOfSteel]

I know. You beat me to it. Hope this finds you and finds you well.👍

[@elolivetv9331]

In my opinion he is one of the greatest non steroid hitters ever actually the all time hit leader.He gambled on baseball as a manager not a player he deserves to be in the HOF 100 times more than bonds Sosa McGuire palmiero who used steroids to hit incredible home run records.

[@markvidpa]

They meant decades lol

[@mikelikesbama]

Hey thanks for the upload, kind stranger

[@mran7042]

Curt Gowdy was incredibly biased throughout the entire series. Pathetic.

[@AmericasChoice]

He sounded suicidal when the Reds won Game 7. ha ha

[@TonyWud]

Wait. Wise hit 2 HRs in the game in which he pitched a no-hitter?

[@docadams7099]

Yes, he did that. There was no DH then. Wise pitched the first no-hitter at Riverfront.

[@onlyjesussavesjohn1463]

I remember walking home from Jr. High school, over 2 miles, and watching the playoffs and the World Series in the afternoon when I lived in Omaha. The Reds were my team. Kids don't walk that far now and they'd rather play video games. Great memories of a better time. Trust Jesus! Even those memories will be replaced by a place in Heaven if you ask Jesus to forgive you of your sins and save you!

[@davanmani556]

Oh, there are kids that still do, you have to reach out to find them.

[@docadams7099]

Jesus is the only Savior. He paid the way for all sinners to be saved. Then He rose again.

[@learnpianofastonline]

@M Who cares!

[@jeremycrandall2899]

What the hell do Jesus or soccer have to do with Game 3 of the 1975 World Series????? How about sticking with the subject at hand?

[@williamdunphy352]

NBC Radio: Joe Garagiola (PBP) & Dick Stockton (C) 1st half & 10th inning Stockton (PBP) & Garagiola (C) 2nd half

[@markgray6982]

The catcher got in front of the runner,,,,Armbrister has the right to run to first base,,,,,,Good Call

[@ethanweeter2732]

And he has to make sure the ball is not hitting him out of the box or hitting his bat out of the box either.

[@johnperrigo6474]

I just listened/watched the bottom of the 10th. The crowd seemed very subdued compared to what you'd expect today. I went to the 1982 World Series games in Milwaukee and the crowd was much rowdier.

[@ethanweeter2732]

Used to playing in big games. They had made the Playoffs almost every year and been to 2 WS before this series under Sparky.

[@fredkruse9444]

As a Reds fan in 1975 myself, there was a lot of tension. We knew they had a great team, but lost in the playoffs in '70, '72, '73 and finished a close second in '74. At the time I was a nervous wreck-- maybe it just wasn't meant to be.

[@AmericasChoice]

@@fredkruse9444 They won in the playoffs in 70,72. Lost to the Mets in 73

[@steveprestegard5151]

The entire World Series broadcast team was reminiscent of the baseball game in "The Naked Gun" movie: GAME 1: Curt Gowdy, Tony Kubek and Dick Stockton on TV, Joe Garagiola and Marty Brennaman on radio. GAME 2: Joe Garagiola, Kubek and Ned Martin on TV; Gowdy and Brennaman on radio. GAME 3 AND 5: Gowdy, Kubek and Brennaman on TV; Garagiola and Martin on radio. GAME 4: Garagiola, Kubek and Brennaman on TV; Gowdy and Stockton on radio. GAME 6: Garagiola, Kubek and Stockton on TV; Gowdy, Brennaman and Martin (after Brennaman left for the Reds clubhouse) on radio. GAME 7: Gowdy, Kubek and Martin on TV; Garagiola, Brennaman and Stockton on radio. It's possible that in the entire history of broadcasting there has never been this complicated an announcer schedule.

[@aboxofbroken8tracks983]

It's kinda sad they were phasing out Curt Gowdy.

[@DNSKansas]

NBC had its package cut in half in 1976 because MLB wanted ABC for the Monday Night games. NBC then thought it was time to make Garagiola the #1 PxP man. Part of it was Gowdy's criticism of umpire Larry Barnett during the Fisk/Armbrsiter play.

[@Jorge-mg7or]

13:16 The first homerun hit in the 1975 World Series - Carlton Fisk.

[@jameskolak4017]

Baseball really was better without the DH.

[@aboxofbroken8tracks983]

I agree. Pinch-hitting, double switches, a whole level of strategy thrown out the window. A seasoned fan can appreciate a well-placed bunt as much as a home run.

[@Himlee335]

In 75 sparky Anderson looked so old.. Now he looks so young.. lol

[@OnTheRoadWithDan]

That blown call by Barnett when Armbrister interfered with Fisk in fielding the ball will go on in infamy forever, the correct call could have changed the fortunes for the Red Sox and it would have been a 57 year drought instead of an 86 year drought, but either way it was a great Game 3 and was the best game in the series up to that point.

[@tonypalombinijr2946]

No telling how the game ends, but it was most certainly interference. That's an opinion from a Yankees' fan. No love for the Red Sox from me, but the ump blew the call.

[@mowm88]

How do you give up back to back homers to Concepcion and Geronimo!?

[@darrenjohnson118]

mowm88 umm... they were great ball players

[@DonQwantsyou]

just call him Rick "gopher ball" Wise

[@ruthlesshack1279]

It's more than clear that mowm88 doesn't have a damn clue as to how great the 1975/1976 Cincinnati Reds really were to make that pathetic statement.

[@brianwiseman9518]

Listen to the comentator say rose will probably play 3 or 4 more years and get his 3000 hits cracks me up

[@DonQwantsyou]

isn't that what happened?

[@1981lashlarue]

+DonQwantsyou He had a whole lot more than three or four more years. lol He had more than 10 more years and well surpassed the 3,000 hit mark which was the implication of the announcers-- he would play a few more years, get to that plateau, and retire. That's why Brian Wiseman thought the announcers saying that was so funny and it was.

[@medaelmtree1538]

@@1981lashlarue He didn't just get to 3000, he beat the record for most hits.

[@1981lashlarue]

@@medaelmtree1538 Yeah. Thanks for telling me. I had no idea.

[@ruthlesshack1279]

@@DonQwantsyou again, you show your ignorance...

[@luisvaldes1568]

Top of 2nd, talking about DH. Next year DH was used for first time in series.

[@williamdunphy352]

Umpires (Game 3) HP Larry Barnett (AL) 1B Dick Stello (NL) 2B George Maloney (AL) 3B Satch Davidson (NL) LF Art Frantz (AL) (Crew Chief) RF Nick Colosi (NL)

[@melbias5046]

jesus i remember them well 40 years later those were really good umps at the time.

[@williamdunphy352]

@@melbias5046 All 6 umpires were umpiring their 1st World Series in 1975, which was very unusual.

[@williamdunphy352]

Curt Gowdy, Tony Kubek & Marty Brennaman on NBC.

[@michaelhoward6782]

Gowdy and Kubek.. American League lover's.. thought the Big Red Machine was not as good as the jackass's from Boston

[@AnthonyMancuso-pt4ru]

Fisk goofed by throwing to 2nd. Once he set had clear look. The play was to tag armbrister or just throw him out at 1b. Sparky was right NO ONE can compare with Johnny . Imagine him making that mistake

[@vaibanez17]

The 10th inning call was correct by rule BUT you can tell the Reds runner stops on purpose to mess up Fisk. So there you go.

[@DonQwantsyou]

armbrister backed up into fisk, causing the wild throw, geronimo was out at third anyway, they missed that too.

[@michaelhoward6782]

No, he was shoved aside by the much bigger catcher.. Armbrister avoiding the contact the best he could.. the errant throw came AFTER the obvious shove by Fisk

[@davidcwik2624]

It looks as if the bunted ball actually hits the front part of home plate... a foul ball

[@gooberclown]

@@michaelhoward6782 I think you called it right. Armbrister would have to have eyes in the back of his head to avoid Fisk, who clearly shoves him from behind.

[@ethanweeter2732]

Fisk could have tagged Armbrister and should have.

[@williamdunphy352]

Curt Gowdy (PBP) Tony Kubek/ Marty Brennaman (C) 1st half Brennaman (PBP) Kubek/Gowdy (C) 2nd half

[@steveprestegard5151]

Gowdy was PBP for the 10th. It would have been interesting to hear Brennaman call The Bunt.

[@michaelhoward6782]

We All knew that Curt Gowdy and Tony Kubek were American league traitors and wanted the punks from Boston to win.. it's sad to hear Brennamen wholeheartedly agree with them that it was offensive interference on the Bunt play. It's as if Gowdy and Kubek started making up rules stating that Armbrister interfered..it was Punk boy Fisk that bullied his way to the Ball.. easily pushing Armbrister aside. The Boston lover's couldn't stand that their prize winning catcher threw the ball out into center field..this is the heart of the matter (besides Fisk interfering with the baserunner)

[@williamdunphy352]

@@steveprestegard5151 Thank you.

[@ruthlesshack1279]

@@michaelhoward6782 It feels as if Marty was agreeing with Kubek, especially since he was a guest of NBC in the booth with two NBC Pro-Boston American League Homers.

[@gooberclown]

Looking at Armbrister's bunt and subsequent motion, I got the impression that he was wishy-washy in an unintended way, but it did look like interference. Oh well, the Red's went on to take the series. Boston had opportunities aplenty to stop the Red's from taking the series after this lame call, but I still think the Red's were better. But the Red Sox had a really tough team and gave the Red's a serious run for the money!

[@BrianKliewer]

And the Red Sox were missing Jim Rice due to a broken wrist. Hard to be without one of your top batters in the WS.

[@ethanweeter2732]

Red Sox would have won game 7 if Bill Lee had not thrown that dumb zeephus pitch to Perez.

[@bokchow]

Curt Gowdy's last baseball game. He got fired for his comments about the Fisk / Armbrister play.

[@sdwriter2626]

No, he worked the rest of the World Series. He was not “fired” - NBC promoted Joe Garagiola to play-by-play since he also was the spokesman for Chrysler, a primary advertiser. Plus, Gowdy was the top NFL and college basketball announcer for NBC and hosted an ABC outdoors show. He was everywhere then.

[@steveprestegard5151]

@@sdwriter2626 Gowdy worked for NBC until Super Bowl XIII.

[@JohnSmith-op1tc]

I am not hearing Gowdy say much that is incendiary about the situation, acknowledging that it may have historic significance is part of his job at the moment. If Fisk had tagged Armbrister and held the ball, they could have intentionally walked Rose and tried for a double play to extend the game, just sayin'.

[@DonQwantsyou]

yeah fisk made an impulsive, foolish play. his intensity did in the red sox in this situation.

[@michaelbanaszak7775]

Carlton Fisk, along with Bill Lee, were the darlings of the Bolshevik sports media, so nary a negative word was uttered against any of their actions on the baseball ⚾️ field....

[@mike190ify]

Sorry but Carlton Fisk Homer should be higher. This obviously is your opinion Carbo should be higher than Mitch Moreland as well because Sox were down to last 4 outs

[@bernardomatos3876]

When I see the baseball of that time, I came to the conclusion that it was not better than baseball, contrary to what has always been said.

[@melbias5046]

Baseball was great at this time now corporate America got in and now they want thousands for a box seat and have out priced the average joe and we see self centered players and roided players at that. Who disrespect the guy and act like ass holes

[@AmericasChoice]

Fisk should have just tagged out Armbrister and held the ball, freezing the runner on second. He messed up and lost his cool. Typical New Englander.

[@billb.2673]

All these years later and it's still a total BS non-call

[@angelic7007]

I don’t know they loss to the A’s and Orioles and the Red Sox’s should have won they blew it.

[@DavidBrown-nx8hh]

Where’s Jim Rice?

[@DavidBrown-nx8hh]

Wasn’t he a rookie in that team (along with Fred Lynn)?

[@JohnSmith-op1tc]

Rice apparently took a pitch off his wrist in the last week of the regular season, missing the AL Championship Series and the World Series. Looks like it was the Tigers' Vern Ruhle who did him in. www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET197509210.shtml

[@GGE47]

@@DavidBrown-nx8hh I remember Jim Rice and Fred Lynn playing in the minor leagues with the Pawtucket Red Sox in the AAA International League in 1974. The next year they were both with the Boston Red Sox.

[@user-yg1rh3og2q]

broken wrist

[@domxem5551]

56:52

[@mostlyautumn]

Wise wasn't fooling anyone

[@DonQwantsyou]

neither was Nolan

[@michaelhoward6782]

Get that Math teacher in glasses Off the field

[@watereewolfe]

five white guys in the commissioners area, with one baseball player. Henry Aaron. Class act Henry to shake Bench's hand after being ignored by the white elites surrounding you. Noted Summer of 2020. Nothing has fucking changed.

[@Cincinnatus1869]

It must suck to have an inferiority complex. Rise above it

[@Nash55ppp]

2:15:20 no interference call

[@stephaniegormley9982]

Ump said it was incidental contact. If anything, I thought it was interference by Fisk.

[@DonQwantsyou]

out at third on Armbrister interference play

[@ruthlesshack1279]

BULLSHIT, Fisk never had the ball when Armbrister was already in front of him. Try to argue what happened all you want, but you still LOSE 45 years later!

[@DonQwantsyou]

@@ruthlesshack1279 all commentators agree that armbrister interfered with Fisk, he stepped back into the catcher before heading toward 1st base after the bunt. If armbrister interefered with Fisk grabbing baseball than he is out.

[@ruthlesshack1279]

@@DonQwantsyou BULLSHIT, all commentators do NOT agree with your LIE that Armbrister interfered with Fisk. For any one Boston commentator you know that might actually think that horseshit, I can bring many more that will say differently. You STILL LOSE and always will, understand that???

[@DonQwantsyou]

@@ruthlesshack1279 name 'em, kubek, garagiola, and gowdy all agreed it was interference by armbrister

[@ruthlesshack1279]

@@DonQwantsyou BULLSHIT, Garagiola NEVER called it interference and we all need something better than the two American League Pro-Boston Homers (Gowdy was a former Red Sox announcer and his call of the Reds winning the WS is pathetic!) and a pressured NBC guest Marty Brennamen agreeeing with them in the the booth that night. Try something else that actaully has some TRUTH to it, you fucking numbskull. I know that's an extremely hard proposition for you, so you LOSE AGAIN.

[@philcrowley1344]

Watching this STILL pisses me off. Home plate ump Larry Barnett blew it and was so full of himself that he wouldn't ask for help. Maybe the Reds still would've won but Barnett ruined a great game.

[@headphonejedimaster3755]

Phil Crowley Fisk had no problem fielding the ball, and Armbrister was not in the way when Fisk overthrew second base. So the ump made the right call to not call interference

[@RonnieLeeDuck]

The call was correct. But also, Fisk has himself to blame. He was pressing to try to get the out at 2nd. He easily could have settled for the out at 1st. In hindsight that would have gotten them out of the inning.

[@pauljensen9678]

@@RonnieLeeDuck I agree. Everyone focuses on the ump's decision. But Fisk could have easily thrown Armbrister out at first and then claimed interference to bring Geronimo back. Worst case scenario...runner on second with one out...pass Rose to set up the double play. Trying to get the out at second was a big no-no. The Red Sox probably had a better case for arguing that Geronimo was out at third.

[@michaelhoward6782]

Phil Crowley.. you must be a Boston fan.

[@ethanweeter2732]

@@RonnieLeeDuckOr just tag Armbrister and throw to 3rd.