1975 Game 4

[@dovid70]

Man you do not see baseball like this anymore. I love these announcers you can tell they love baseball.

[@josephgreen2824]

At least you don't have to listen to Joe Buck again

[@larrykaiser4622]

I followed every game of the reds from 72 to 78. The reds was my world for all thise years

[@thefrase7884]

Who comes to these games from time to time to see real baseball?

[@douglasiannucci5853]

I do, because real baseball is extinct. Thank God some real baseball was recorded!

[@joeleicht5764]

Real baseball began its slow demise in 1973, when the designated-hitter rule was adopted in the AL. It wasn't until the late 1990s that baseball began writhing in its final agonies when the DH was the focal point of every AL roster, as teams started drafting shortstops and 2nd basemen who hit homeruns at the expense of gold gloves.

[@patkottcamp4262]

Two complete WS games for Tiant and winning them, would NEVER happen now.

[@redriverwave]

Pre analysis by paralysis. When it was a game. 😢

[@davidsamuels9557]

​@@douglasiannucci5853I only watch '70's baseball now. The best era. Current game is unwatchable.

[@patchadams1473]

I guess after 43 years of following our great game, this has to be the most memorable series for me. Its like visiting an old friend, having the ability to watch these wonderful games again and again. Thank You!!

[@craigbrelsford]

Well said. Indeed, like visiting an old friend.

[@philiptucci2458]

I love all the old games, what a great treat to watch over and over

[@willmack5909]

Adored these uniforms, the red caps of the Red Sox, the look of the Reds logo, the belts, everything!

[@DonQwantsyou]

that's right, the unis of the 70's were the best, they suck today

[@cisium1184]

The Sox only wore these uniforms for a few years, and most Sox fans who remember them associate them with disappointment: the Series loss in 1975, the floundering 1976 season when so much was expected, the crushing late-season collapses of 1977 and 1978, and the Bucky Dent home run. The fundamental heartbreak of being a Sox fan prior to 2004 was solidified and mythologized in these years and events. While there is a bit of nostalgia, for the most part we were glad to be rid of them.

[@ChristopherWestbrooks-gz5yb]

I have watched baseball all my life this was the best world 🌎 series God bless ❤

[@johannesswillery5146]

Bench looks so natural and comfortable in the crouch.

[@robertray3746]

He looks like he could be in that crouch forever

[@danielpena6240]

I am grateful to see this game 4 that I cannot recall seeing live on tv when I was 7...so thank you.

[@timothyarts8969]

Very quite in between pitches - not a bunch of bombastic music explosions/just the pop of the glove.

[@stevecvino]

When professional's played the game. Now they're truly fully grown kids.

[@josephgreen2824]

​@@stevecvinoprofessionals

[@daytonsims8274]

My dad went to one of these games. Just awesome to see this many legendary players on one team

[@beatlepaul77]

I love no bombardment of advertising, not much showboating, the great announcers, the uniforms. Now that Im an adult I know better, but to me as a kid, it was just baseball.

[@colty7764]

just think, most of these players salaries were about the same as their fans. They played for the love of the game.

[@highgate4767]

I read somewhere that Tiant threw 163 pitches in this game. Back before they counted pitches.

[@craigbrelsford]

Thanks for posting this Game 4 of one of the best World Series ever played. Both teams fielded many great players, and they played hard and with great skill.

[@jaysoper3974]

this Series just kept getting better from one game to the next!

[@philiptucci2458]

Great World Series, so nice to be able to view again after all these years

[@ChristopherWestbrooks-gz5yb]

Pete rose 🌹 ♥️ the greatest player of all time ⏲️

[@arturotabanico5876]

This was truly a classic world series, our house was packed with by relitives who came over to watch the games.

[@cheebateam]

I was 4 years old and from Minneapolis....and the Reds were my favorite team..life long...this era was the coolest!

[@jobanijosegarciach0204]

Recuerdo esta serie, con mis 9 años ese octubre de 1975, la emocion de ver a concepcion en toda vzla era un sueño

[@johnogrady696]

The last two games of this series in Boston are very well known to all baseball fans. The other earlier games,especially the games in Cincinnati,are much less well known,even by real baseball fans. But this was a great series,the whole thing not just the last two games.

[@rafaelramirez3180]

1975 the year that I became a big Boston Red sox fan ... This world series did it for me ... the way they played and kept on fighting and competing against this dangerous big red machine

[@glencomstock8794]

The best time to watch a game in this stadium was during the construction of the new one. The entire outfield seating area was torn down, exposing a great view of the suspension bridge. I almost wish they had just remodeled the old stadium and left that great view of the river...

[@rifham]

Lynn saved the game with that catch, Tiant was a real warrior... With the best yet to come..what a series.

[@golfmetrics8315]

Tiant threw 163 pitches in this game. Talk about something you'll NEVER see again!!!!

[@matta3968]

He also had to hit and run the bases! Tiant was a real man and a helluva pitcher.

[@thefrase7884]

golfmetrics ......now we’re lucky to see 85 pitches by 1 pitcher in a game

[@adamsoboleski6857]

Against the big Red Machine too.

[@joeambrose3260]

For sure, I think Ryan threw 200+ in a game

[@golfmetrics5088]

@Kevin K - We got news for MANCHESTER UNITED. Tiddlywinks will be bigger than baseball in America BEFORE soccer (a.k.a. fútbol) EVER will be. Americans will never take to a sport where feigning injury (i.e. "flopping") is one of the primary tenets/strategies of the game.

[@saxplayer59]

Thanks so much for posting game 4. My dad brother and I was there 2nd deck center field seats. I remember how surreal it was soaking it all in as a young 15 hr old. Even thought the Reds lost that game it didn't take away from the once in a lifetime thrill of seeing so many hall of famers on the field at the same time. I still have my ticket stub. Go Reds!

[@1burnman]

That's awesome

[@MIKIEEYEZ1975]

saxplayer59 You’re Dad & Brother “WERE” THERE” I am from the Grammar Police!! Did you go to school?? 😂😂😂

[@MIKIEEYEZ1975]

I loved Joe Garagiola & Tony Kubek announcing the Game of the week!! They were a great pair!! You looked forward to that game!! It was special. Besides your local teams all you had was the game of the week & once in a while Monday night baseball!! Garagiola was one of the best baseball play by play guy ever!! Kubek gave you a lot of inside baseball information that even the average fan could understand!! Before Cable, Before MLB NETWORK, Before Baseball tonight, Before Baseball streaming on your phone you had Joe & Tony & every game was special!!

[@MrErnie43]

Thanks for this. Brings back memories.

[@spryfol]

Is it me, or did it seem like Luis Tiant pitched a whole game in just the 1st inning! If that were today, the pitching coach, and the guys in the booth would be counting down to Tiants' 3 inning or less outing.

[@danielpena893]

Hall of fame performance by Luis Tiant.

[@candicesmith4824]

Luis was bad ass

[@candicesmith4824]

Pete rose said Tiant was better the second time

[@docadams7099]

he was a terrific pitcher.

[@glencomstock8794]

I also like how everyone is "watching" the game. Nobody on cell phones, taking selfies and waving at the camera making spectacles of themselves.

[@DonQwantsyou]

crowd seems awfully quite as compared to audiences today, especially for a WS game

[@sportsrevisited9699]

back then there used to be a lot of criticism and complaining that during the playoffs and world series tickets would be scooped up by big companies and well to do people, shutting out the actual fans of the teams and so the the crowds would be more subdued because they weren't true fans of the teams.

[@berniecioffoletti3398]

Totally agree! I went to a game at Yankee stadium last year vs Oakland: people just couldn't stay in their seats, walking up and down the aisles with food; are there too many concessions? For crying out loud, dud you come here to see a ball game or eat? Isn't that why we have restaurants? Walking through stadiums today is like walking through shopping malls.

[@jeffreymcfadden9403]

most importantly, no kneeling!

[@BookClubDisaster]

@@DonQwantsyou It's the midwest. Crowds have always been quieter than they would be in Boston, or NY, or Philly. People here on the East Coast just like to yell!

[@kevinconlin5909]

at this point no one had any idea how great this series was going to be....

[@sparkytdg]

When men still pitched whole games. All pitchers who had any experience threw junk half the game and had great careers. Now they last 4 or 5 years and die because they all throw exactly the same and don't understand the hurt arm game these guys used to have. Push the runner, hit the cut-off man, run the bases... this was the last great age of baseball.

[@billny33]

Curious what you mean by "they threw junk half the game," meaning a lot of breaking balls and changeups to go easy on the arm? I would think if you aren't a great junk ball thrower you're going to get shelled regularly and this isn't a good strategy for everyone. Do today's pitchers feature more power/strikeout guys than back in the day? I just assumed pitchers threw just as hard then throughout the game as they do now.

[@larrykaiser4622]

So true. I am 65 in atlanta know but grew up in cinci and went to one World series game in 75. Such a great time

[@matta3968]

Pretty cool to see Rose at the hot corner. He played several positions during his great career.

[@abelincoln5698]

Reds had 4 MVP award winners, and then Tony Perez - HoF player and dangerous clutch hitter , Ken Griffey ,who was lighting fast , a great outfielder and hit near .300 over a very long career, then a gold glove centerfielder with a rifle arm in Geronimo , + arguably the best all around SS of his era in Concepcion , who won a bunch of gold gloves and was an all star several times. Its a wonder they didn't win the pennant every year from 70 - 78.

[@garyknapp9617]

I remember watching the best World Series 1975,1976,1977 I will always love the big red machine my favorite player was Johnny Bench but I like the whole team they were the best team I ever watched that old big red machine was the best of all time

[@gmaqwert]

Nice to see a game without 12 pitching changes.

[@searchforthestrangler5034]

@MANCHESTER UNITED F.C what the heck does your reply have to do with that comment?

[@anthonyduva1268]

Soccer sucks

[@robertray3746]

You had me at Dave Concepcion

[@PaulGoodeK]

Tiant threw 163 pitches. The last was a curve to Joe Morgan, who was sitting on a fastball, that, Morgan said later, just about everyone in Riverfront Stadium knew was coming. But "he turned it over" instead, and a startled Morgan popped up. Morgan was a class act, and in his account of the at bat was openly impressed with Tiant's nerve under tremendous pressure.

[@DavidBrown-jx3mq]

163 pitches. Never see that today. "El Tiante" belongs in the Hall Of Fame

[@NinjaTrump]

That’s right sir !l miss so much seeing Luis Tiant against Big Doggie Tony Perez , Tiant was probably one of the best on that era but man The full reds team was something else what a team

[@PaulGoodeK]

@@NinjaTrump Have you seen The Lost Son Of Havana? It's wonderful. www.imdb.com/title/tt1362435/

[@freedomisntfree2089]

My two fav teams, great classic game

[@searchforthestrangler5034]

One can only imagine Jim Rice being there for the Red Sox. Then again Oakland beat the Reds in '72 without Reggie Jackson.

[@michaelbanaszak7775]

😊 Excellent point!

[@tomvanriper8084]

Strange - no Curt Gowdy in the booth. He was there for some of the other games of the series.

[@DonQwantsyou]

gowdy did games 1,3.5, and 7 on TV, and games 2,4, and 6 on network radio, he alternated with j. garagiola.

[@williamdunphy352]

DonQwantsyou If you are wondering: Game 1-Joe Garagiola & Marty Brennaman Game 2-Curt Gowdy & Brennaman Game 3-Garagiola & Ned Martin Game 4-Gowdy & Dick Stockton Game 5-Garagiola & Martin Game 6-Gowdy & Brennaman (Martin extra innings) Game 7-Garagiola & Brennaman (Stockton did the rest of the game when Brennaman went to the clubhouse for the post game).

[@davidmedeiros6587]

In this series the Red Sox were without Slugger (Jim Rice) - who was missed because of a hurt wrist from a pitch thrown from (Vern Ruhle) late in the year so the team needed his strong bat against the Reds but Lost in 7 games.

[@michael.prescott4016]

man you get thru rose then griffery, morgan, , then perez, bench, foster, awesome lineup

[@robertray3746]

You got that right brother

[@ericcasavant543]

Tiant was a special pitcher he could pitch forever .

[@eriktremblay3011]

So are they playing on artificial turf?

[@docadams7099]

yep, it's good ol' astroturf.

[@williamdunphy352]

Joe Garagiola (PBP) Tony Kubek & Marty Brennaman (C) 1st half Brennaman (PBP) Garagiola & Kubek (C) 2nd half

[@mariepavlov9144]

NBC Radio Curt Gowdy (PBP) Dick Stockton (C) 1st Half Stockton (PBP) Gowdy (C) 2nd Half

[@williamdunphy352]

Marie Pavlov NBC had a very weird configuration for the 1975 World Series. There were 6 announcers for the whole series. NBC-TV: Curt Gowdy (1-3-5-7) Joe Garagiola (2-4-6) Dick Stockton (Boston-1 & 6) Ned Martin (Boston-2 & 7) Marty Brennaman (Cincinnati) Tony Kubek

[@williamdunphy352]

Umpires (Game 4) HP Dick Stello (NL) 1B George Maloney (AL) 2B Satch Davidson (NL) 3B Art Frantz (AL) (Crew Chief) LF Nick Colosi (NL) RF Larry Barnett (AL)

[@jeffreymcfadden9403]

you sure do not see the GARBAGE flowing across the field here like you do at NY and Boston. coastal elites at their finest.

[@RRaquello]

Fred Hutchinson was only 44 when he died. He would have been 55 during this series and it's possible he might still have been the Reds' manager. He was a baseball lifer so even if he wasn't still with the Reds he probably would have been managing some team in MLB in this year.

[@jasvvolo]

EL TIANTE with over 200 piches

[@johnmartucci8746]

The Beatles got together again?? Did I miss something?

[@slapjohnson2808]

The Big Red Machine never got to celebrate a World Championship at Riverfront. Kinda sad.

[@slapjohnson2808]

Amazing that the BRM only won 2 world championships. Should have beaten the A's in '72 and were upset in '73 by the Mets in the NLCS. By trading Perez for Fryman prior to the '77 season, the Reds were never the same.

[@slapjohnson2808]

We lived and died with the Reds back then. Many trips to old Crosley Field. Watched the BRM in its infancy. Many forget that Lee May, Tommy Helms, Bob Tolan, Woody Woodward, and Alex Johnson were original members! Rose started in RF..LOL!

[@DonQwantsyou]

the Reds had a terrific lineup throughout the 70s. They didn't win more WS 'cause their starting pitching was shitty.

[@steveclayton2353]

Big red machine has power failure!

[@ZMOA2006]

Dave Concepcion the best SS ever!

[@kevinaraujo758]

ZMOA2006 what makes him so special?

[@robertray3746]

What about the big dog at first

[@williamdunphy352]

Joe Garagiola, Tony Kubek & Marty Brennaman on NBC.

[@mariepavlov9144]

Curt Gowdy & Dick Stockton on NBC Radio

[@williamdunphy352]

Marie Pavlov Here was the radio configuration for the 1975 World Series on NBC Radio: 1-Joe Garagiola & Marty Brennaman (Boston) 2-Curt Gowdy & Brennaman (Boston) 3 & 5-Garagiola & Ned Martin (Cincinnati) 4-Gowdy & Dick Stockton (Cincinnati) 6-Gowdy & Brennaman with Martin for extra innings (Boston) 7-Garagiola, Brennaman & Stockton (Boston)

[@1981lashlarue]

@@williamdunphy352 If Marty was doing all this broadcasting for television, who was doing the radio broadcasting for 700 WLW radio w/ Joe Nuxhall?

[@ChristopherWestbrooks-gz5yb]

Jonny bench was a special kind of player

[@matta3968]

Did Johnson have such little faith in his pen or was it because he had that much confidence in Tiant?

[@ousux4307]

both

[@DonQwantsyou]

in those days you went with your ace all the way if he was ahead and wanted to stay in there.

[@kevinaraujo758]

is 1975 game 7 uploades yet?

[@robertray3746]

Geronimo in center what a arm that guy had

[@TheRedDevil_NC]

There’s a strike!!

[@johnybaltimore3687]

imagine the outcome of this series had Jim Rice not been hit on the hand by Vern Ruhle in September.

[@johnybaltimore3687]

Bernie Carbo may have sat out.

[@NoName-hs3sf]

I liked back then when they wore there uniforms everyone wore it the same not some with there pants all the way down over there shoes or way up on the calve it was all classy back then you followed rules not do what you want!

[@golfmetrics8315]

I had forgotten how BAD an experience it was listening to Joe Garagiola call a game. OMG, the guy never stopped talking, ... and most of the time it was just pure nonsense.

[@RisingSon011]

He thought he was a comedian. But he wasn't

[@mowm88]

He rocked. You can have Joe Buck.

[@MIKIEEYEZ1975]

golfmetrics You’re just a Baseball JERKOFF !! Actually You’re just a JERKOFF period!! 😂😂😂 Garagiola was one of the best of all time but you’ll always be a JERKOFF!! 😂😂😂

[@MichaelJohnson-wx8nw]

golfmetrics Joe was awesome

[@robertray3746]

Sorry I disagree

[@ericcasavant543]

No pitch count then it wasn’t about the money with pictures know to much money in the game. Pitchers pitched for the love of the game& there team know it’s about money way to much .

[@richardsmith6496]

This was the worst ball/strike called World Series game I've ever seen. Tiant, though at times a bit wild was painting the corners all night long. Literally dozens of strikes not called and who knows how many strikeouts there'd have been. I've since read he taught at an umpiring school and died tragically. RIP but as a home plate umpire, he should have kept his day job.

[@hannover5551]

The game was way better then. Now it’s all about a home run and a strikeout. Steroids ruined real baseball. Any good baseball player can adjust to any strike zone as long is the Empire is consistent.

[@joeambrose3260]

Quasi Dynasty

[@peterwall583]

I've always said that the Red Sox won this world series 3 games to 4