Chicago WHITE SOX at California ANGELS 5/23/81 Original WGN Broadcast

Recorded off pre recorded VHS tapes and transferred to DVD in 2002 , now digitalized/ (Blu Ray) and uploaded to my youtube for the first time.
Original WGN 9 Broadcast with Harry Caray, Jimmy Piersall and Joe McConnell from Anaheim Stadium.
Probably the longest 9 inning game I have in my MLB game archives, game turns out to be a blow out for Chicago with infielder Bill Almon's solid hitting & clutch hits (3 for 4 w/3 RBIs) and backup catcher Jim Essian with a big hit and 3 RBIs
Ross Baumgarten vs Steve Renko
Boxscore
www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1...

[@johantrenier1685]

Played pickup basketball w Chet Lemon a couple of times. Nice guy.

[@pbrickley6247]

"it was 24 degrees Celsius here today". Jimmy Piersall.

[@JC-pu7gi]

So awesome too see Harry & Jimmy Piersal I grew up at a great time

[@GrowthruGod]

Announcers who are free to speak their mind

[@vicepresidentmikepence889]

Yes, we all know Joe Buck never speaks his mind😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@user-co7fb6qe5w]

Jimmy Piersall definitely did that for a couple more years before getting canned for doing it. Gotta love Piersall

[@victorhell1907]

Piersall on hp ump Al Clark: "He's too fat to work!" Bwaaahahahahhahaha

[@richardszablewski1420]

I wish their was Chicago White Sox games from 1972 and 1973 , with the red pinstripes uniform

[@leftykoufax7084]

I really enjoy these old ballgames, thank you.

[@johnmanier7968]

I remember watching this game at a high school party. It was late Saturday night and seemed to last forever. I was wasted.

[@williampremo3096]

So was harry.

[@rafaelramirez1507]

During the rendition of the national anthem, I noticed in the Cal Angels dugout , Rick Burleson and Fred Lynn together .... cool 🌟 🌟 🌟

[@lawnboyfreak]

My dad told me he was watching this game when my mom went into labor. I was born a White Sox fan the next day!

[@pheniafilmsthemlbarchiveso9229]

great story lawn boy that’s the things I like to hear uploads 😎✌️

[@lawnboyfreak]

@@pheniafilmsthemlbarchiveso9229 I was shocked to see the full game uploaded! I actually talked to Carlton Fisk when the Sox retired Frank Thomas’ number.

[@rafaelramirez1507]

I just love your comment 👍

[@dionisioiacobelli6689]

Harry and Jimmy holy cow.

[@darwinblinks]

Perfect timing for these gems with the Sox opening in Anaheim this weekend.

[@martinfelsenfeld6012]

Only one week later, on May 28, 1981, Jim Fregosi (seen with his infamous lucky jacket in the dugout), a former Angels shortstop, would be out as the team's manager. He would manage the White Sox in 1986! And then came the baseball strike in June of 1981.

[@rafaelramirez1507]

@@martinfelsenfeld6012 I strongly feel that the strike of 1981 ruined a few baseball career stats for a whole lot of ball players 😔

[@mreppen1]

I went to the Sunday game in Anaheim. For some reason I loved the Angels more than the Dodgers, still do.

[@vagrante13]

This was my first ever Angel game, LOL!

[@scottsheldon2610]

2:32:40 Harry-"Did you take your pill today?... You wear me out Jimmy you talk so much...Just relax a little bit" 😅

[@OldMcEyeballs]

What a catch by Bobby Clark 11:13 Piersall was known as a great fielding OF himself, you can hear his appreciation

[@rick2340atyahoocom]

Jimmy and Harry were the best. Loved listening to these guys.

[@douglaslowe5]

Harry and Jimmy's final season together. Piersall was finishing his playing career with Angels when my dad was taking me to Halos games at "Chavez Ravine".

[@joedebaun4547]

My dad starting taking me to the Ravine in 1962 to watch the Angels!

[@user-co7fb6qe5w]

1967?

[@martywheat9726]

Love the whitesox uniforms

[@drewp8314]

Fun to watch these old games. I was a Sox fan kid living in El Toro back then. Christ - The Sox would get screwed non stop against the Angels. Hoyt especially. Bobby Grich was the nicest guy - signed my glove, gave me a hug...I loved those 80's Angels.

[@drewp8314]

Also got a sign from Dicky Schofield & Gary Pettis. We moved out of El Toro...(Lake Forest) - closed the base a few years later when I was in college. Damn I loved baseball in those days, tho.

[@martinfelsenfeld6012]

Soon after this game was played, Jim Fregosi was fired as Angels manager (he also would be manager of the White Sox in 1986, and one of his own pitchers threw a no-hitter against his old team that year!). Gene Mauch replaced him.

[@pheniafilmsthemlbarchiveso9229]

5/22 The intentional walk to Fisk which backfired pitching to Luzinski first pitch HR probably the move that cost Fregosi his job

[@PrinceTron1]

No hitter by Joe Cowley 1986

[@davanmani556]

He was fired two days later after a home loss to the lowly Toronto Blue Jays.

[@Landrew1208]

I could never get used to seeing Greg Luzinski in anything but a Phillies uniform.

[@user-co7fb6qe5w]

I agree. I'm a Tribe fan but I appreciated talent wherever they played.

[@cjones3710]

Wow our country was great.

[@glennhavinoviski8128]

Harry and Jimmy were a wonderful announcing team. Harry was the consummate fan, JImmy was sharp as a tack.

[@kevinvanmeter2264]

Organist is Shea Torrant.

[@user-co7fb6qe5w]

I had dinner a couple of times with Jimmy in the 90s. His stories were not an attempt to embellish or to put himself in a better light. Just the truth. When asked about one sensational catch he( almost) made in that right center corner jettison at Fenway Jimmy immediately snapped " yes I caught it but dropped it after I got knocked out. His mind was like a computer on demand. Trust me I tested him. Like you said, sharp as a tack! He was not as crazy as purported. But yes he used that to his advantage.

[@beast1960]

Wish there were more like this from that time in Anaheim.

[@joedebaun4547]

I saw many a game at Anaheim stadium till I moved away in Aug. 1980.

[@stephan1467]

10:46 they talk about the Big A expansion for a sec

[@chrisadams2656]

3:08:54 "Well, I could use a cold Budweiser right now"

[@romanm9718]

They were more entertaining than the 2023 White Sox lol

[@arthurwilliams8778]

Vintage Jimmy Piersall dogging the ump Clarke for being too fat to properly call the balls and strikes lmao oh how I miss those days.That would get you fired now back then not even news worthy

[@zxccxz164]

It is really fun hearing these guys for first time. I grew up in Ohio market

[@williamdunphy352]

Harry Caray (PBP) & Jimmy Piersall (C) 1-3/7-9 Joe McConnell (PBP) & Piersall (C) 4 McConnell (PBP) 5

[@mariopalos9238]

Joe McConnell was a top notch announcer!

[@mikek7190]

@@mariopalos9238 For football as well. He announced the Bears for several years.

[@williamdunphy352]

Umpires HP Al Clark 1B Steve Palermo 2B Ted Hendry 3B Jim Evans (Crew Chief)

[@diamonddog13]

Al Clark was the only umpire with his name on his cap.

[@zxccxz164]

Damn these r Apollo much fun to watch!

[@ken_danerdiest1]

This was about 8 months after the final White Sox game aired on WSNS channel 44.

[@MrDuds1984]

This is the Anaheim Stadium I want to remember not that Disneyland dump they turned it into

[@robertlee6781]

Couldn’t agree more. I wish they returned it to what it was before they expanded it for the Rams. The phoney retro theme park thing bugs the tar out of me.

[@snotloutisagod2956]

This was the last season the White Sox would wear these uniforms as they would have new ones the following season.

[@tf1453]

I wish the Tribune Company did not put the shackles on Harry ripping on the players or saying what’s on his mind when he signed to do Cubs games. The comments would have been more entertaining than some of the sad sack teams I followed during his run there,.

[@americangiant1003]

Tony I only watched the last couple of Harry's Calling games in the early/mid 1990's on WGN as my family did not get cable until right before that time. Maybe because he was already a "Legend" there was games in which the Cubs was playing poorly, that I thought he did under the radar criticized them. However go to know that for almost his entire stint with the Cubs, Harry had to generally paint a "rosy picture' for the North Siders.

[@user-co7fb6qe5w]

Absolutely

[@orbyfan]

This game was played two days after the White Sox defeated their top farm team, the Edmonton Trappers of the Pacific Coast League, 4-3 in their only visit to Edmonton.

[@jamesbowman8138]

Didnt Edmonton become the Angels affiliate?

[@danorthsidemang3834]

2:53:50 "YOU BETTER DO IT DAMMIT"

[@ericsamuelson5656]

This station is where Harry was for the rest of his life. After his run with the White Sox, he moved to Wrigley Field by 1982 where he became The Voice of the Cubs and he carried on the televised 7th Inning Strech which has been a Cubs tradition ever since.

[@user-co7fb6qe5w]

Cubby games were broadcast on WGN

[@AgustinRodriguez-dd6mj]

Can't believe Tony LaRussa is still Sox manager 😂

[@user-co7fb6qe5w]

Lol. Full circle huh

[@Classicrocker6119]

I really want one of those Chisox vintage jerseys!!!

[@robertlee6781]

Shea Torrent on the Angel Hammond Organ.

[@danorthsidemang3834]

3:02:09 "HIGH AND TIGHT TO BERNAZARD, HIGH AND TIGHT"

[@McDreamyn_mdphd]

boy, I remember when the white sox used to play in chicago. Those were the days!

[@nala3038]

They still play in Chicago

[@danorthsidemang3834]

3:00:14 "A REAL LEMON! JUST LIKE THE UMPIRE!"

[@danorthsidemang3834]

34:19 "HEY MEADOWLARK"

[@romelovesdan]

This is a fun game folks! Hey, Harry just wants the "Right Guys to win"!

[@douglaslowe5]

Homer Harry...

[@jaycompany4886]

Yeah, the good guys.

[@debbiehenson1096]

70's and 80's, that stupid chewing tobacco.

[@williammize8270]

He stole that base on pitcher downing lazy behn plate too doesn't help either

[@williamdunphy352]

1:28:42 Joe McConnell

[@krismaraviglia5776]

That's awesome that these broadcasters are very critical about coaching and the players. What happened to that? Now, it feels like the MLB player's union rep is announcing the games.

[@MrDuds1984]

Harry Carey and Jimmy Piersall were no nonsense back then and were very critical of the Sox at times when they deserved it, So much that players often confronted Piersall at times in the club house, physically, it’s legend in Chicago

[@davanmani556]

But they got exposed with the Disco Demolition thing concerning the Neo-Nazi fan punks. They were scared like ghosts. After that, their commentary got old and useless.

[@jude999]

And no interviews from the dug out during the game.

[@christopherdunham5037]

The Sox uniforms are not something you see every day.....

[@user-co7fb6qe5w]

You should of seen their 1976 uniforms. About the same but they had shorts!

[@williammize8270]

Didn't piersal go nutsicucko on the red Sox in Boston?

[@joedebaun4547]

And played for the Angels in the mid 60's.

[@MrDuds1984]

Watch the movie Fear Strikes Out

[@user-co7fb6qe5w]

He lost some time very early in his career. He is the only MLB player to have a biographical movie made about his battle with mental illness. He came back and had a 17 year career. Red Sox, Indians, Senators, Mets and the Los Angeles Angels.

[@johantrenier1685]

Buzzies son Bill Bavasai’s wife was my daughter’s kindergarten teacher.

[@elwoodblues6663]

r.i.p jimmy and harry best duo ever g.o.a.ts

[@jude999]

Isnt Caray doing a White Sox game a sacrilege?

[@jameswalton3930]

No, after years of being the face of the Cardinals, he really was at his best his White Sox years, entertaining, and very knowledgeable.

[@user-co7fb6qe5w]

Cardinals, White Sox and then finally Cubs. So beloved Harry was from everybody

[@CharlestonHestons]

I miss unpolished announcers. Technically they're better today, better trained, etc. but nowhere near as interesting, too corporate.

[@danorthsidemang3834]

3:00:37 "HEY NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT"