1955 10 04 World Series Game 7 Dodgers vs Yankees OTR

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[@patricktucker9990]

This is sooooo cool to be able listen to this just like it was experienced by many back then

[@spacerazer]

The joy and celebration in Brooklyn that day/night is stuff of legend. Wish I could have been there.

[@brianthomas2434]

Some random observations: This game was played about three months before my second birthday. The umpires Honachik, Donatelli and announcer Bob Shepard were still working when I became a fan in the 70s. Alston's bid to break the game open by pinch hitting for Zimmer with Shotgun Shuba necessitated the substitution in left field , leading to Amoros' game saving catch. No mention of the absent Mickey Mantle, at least up to the sixth inning. That season Mantle led the league in triples, homers, slugging, on base percentage... And strikeouts. Edit: Mickey popped out as a pinch hitter in the Seventh. Finally, silly trivia: the announcer stated that with this game, Rizzuto broke Di Maggio's record for World Series games. Phil's record would be broken by Yogi, who still holds it and will for the foreseeable future. All three Italian Americans!

[@americangiant1003]

Great find. The 1955 Dodgers winning was basically what the 2016 Cubs were. A long suffering fanbase finally winning the world series. First time I heard the live radio broadcast of this historic game 7.

[@charlestessier7843]

When the Chicago Cubs won in 2016 the one thing that crossed my mind was most definitely how it must have been in 1955 when the BROOKLYN Dodgers finally took down the Yankees. There had to have been a sense of elation and at the same time of" Did this really happen? Did I really see the Dodgers beat the Yankees?" I had that kind of stuff that crossed my mind when the Cubs won in 2016 .

[@chrischristian6647]

I absolutly love baseball! Espesually these radio broadcasts. They're old fashioned and give out a good descriptions on what's happening in the ball game. It's so mesmerizing and beautiful. It's truly the american sport and pastime. God bless America, baseball, and all nations. Ooo-Rah!!!! Semperfi!

[@thememo9941]

I hate the thought of running out of them

[@georgesetzer5283]

I moved out to utah 3 years ago and I miss a beautiful Saturday Afternoon in September going south on route 32 coming into New Hope and a game on the radio. There was always something about the -peacefulness?- tradition is a better word.

[@kevinpyne5808]

They describe the game so beautifully, and only the game. No overanalyzing, just keeping it simple. You can actually see the game in your mind. Today's announcers just fall short, extremely short.

[@johnjacob5844]

George Setzer beautiful

[@emr6153]

@@kevinpyne5808 that depends where you are from. There are still a good 8 or 9 radio announcers in the game today!

[@hopesmith3741]

My father was 15 years old and a Dodger fan. He's always said this was the greatest game of his life! I'm listening now to just enjoy some history!

[@cbebutuoy]

I was an 11 year old dodgers fan. After the game I ran outside, looked up at the sky and said to myself today is the greatest day of my life. I’ve had a wonderful life, but that still was the greatest day - at least so far. I pause every October 4th to remember.

[@Flackack]

@@cbebutuoy that's awesome. I'm sure a great deal of pain was erased. See me, after the Cleveland Cavaliers won the 2016 NBA title. I pulled my 8 year-old son out of bed and made him take a sip of whisky with me... just so he'd never forget it.

[@gabbyhyman1246]

My dad took me to Ebbetts when I was 7. Then I grew up in Los Angeles. Long wait, but Dodgers World Series Champion, 2020

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

Yankees-Dodgers is the most common World Series matchup of all time. Prior to this, they'd met 5 times. Afterward, it was 5 times, with the Yankees winning 3 and the Dodgers winning 2 (namely 1963 and '81).

[@shrubbunny3299]

Awesome. Thank you

[@flipflopmcgurt3403]

Listen to those Old Time Accents. Awesome ...

[@robersire]

I was in the Army and I still have the Western Union my Dad sent me as I was a Dodger fan.

[@YOUNGGIOTTO]

fuck the army

[@MyREDTAIL]

We were partying in the Streets, In Brooklyn when they won in 55' Great Memories etc.

[@oldgordo61]

I can imagine..after so many years of frustration and heartbreak failing to beat the hated Yankees. But in time the Dodgers would win many more World Series and so would the Yankees but it would be sadly the first and last one for Brooklyn.

[@bayonnetenor]

I was born in Brooklyn in 1955. THAT'S why the Dodgers won!

[@whodey9444]

Wow! Would love to have been there. Unfortunately i am English, born here, lived here all my life.

[@douglaslowe5]

@@bayonnetenor I was born in LA in 58. Grew up at Dodger Stadium.. please don't hate me, lol!

[@bayonnetenor]

@@oldgordo61 Walking down 15th Ave right after the Mets won, I came across an abandoned car in the middle of the avenue that was on fire. The people in the neighborhood were celebrating around the car, and I joined in. One of the best times of my life.

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

At 7:37, learned that Mutual was doing the national broadcast. I thought it might have been NBC, as they did the World Series for many years. I did know that Mutual was the World Series (that was the only postseason back in the day) network before NBC. Since 1998, it's been on ESPN Radio. CBS did it from 1975-97.

[@LuisPerez-vr4ks]

Ladies and gentlemen, the Brooklyn Dodgers are the champions of the world- Vin Scully

[@markdantonio1582]

and that was all he said for the next 90 seconds......

[@cygnus_XI]

@@markdantonio1582 Exactly. These days all the casters just want to talk. Let the noise of the crowd do it for them.

[@williamdunphy352]

Umpires (Game 7) HP Jim Honochick (AL) 1B Frank Dascoli (NL) 2B Bill Summers (AL) (CC) 3B Lee Ballanfort (NL) LF Red Flaherty (AL) RF Augie Donatelli (NL)

[@rudolphbradshaw6124]

I was in the 6th grade and could have stayed home and watched but was too nervous

[@gilbertgiles]

What game. And Corum says afterward that the Dodgers had a helluva stout hearted man named Podres who stood against the Yanks and 2:31:00 a little boy named Sammy Amoro that made the great play that saved it. Ugh.

[@glentv]

Love this

[@FiddlePig]

WORLD CHAMPS! Two years later off to Los Angeles!

[@Thalatta401]

Is there a video of this entire game on KZbin?

[@larryloveless2967]

This is amazing hearing this game from so long ago the only time the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Yankees. I play the STRAT-O-MATIC baseball game and have the 1950 Yankees and the 1953 Dodgers teams as they only offer some oldtimer teams. Enough players from those teams were on these teams so it is like making the players on my teams alive. Too bad Jackie Robinson and Mickey Mantle were not in the lineups that day. Elston Howard and the MOOSE are in there. STL Cardinal fan from St. Louis Thanks!

[@edh6841]

Sitting here playing some 1983 SOM as I listen myself. Cheers mate.

[@joeambrose3260]

That ending was bizarre. You would think it was game 5. Where was the jubilant "Dodgers are the Champions of the World"

[@dape8993]

Final out is at 2:30.

[@xmanrules2001]

dape Thanks !😂😂

[@Terp311]

You mean 2:30:00

[@markdantonio1582]

what I would have given to be there. school be damned!!!! LOL Go Brooklyn!

[@leftykoufax7084]

Baseball gold, thanks for the post!

[@michaelmika2995]

That was my big passion back then. I was twelve-years-old. I collected the entire set of Topps baseball cards, in MINT condition. They must be worth thousands. I suspect my second wife, 'Runaround Sue,' sold them. I just loved the Brooklyn Dodgers and Ebbets Field . I attended Pratt Institute of Technology for engineering back, in Brooklyn, in '61. I lost interest after the Dodgers moved to L.A. I still remember the entire lineup and their respective positions, including their uniform numbers. Those were the days. The good ol' days.

[@thememo9941]

She drank them up

[@billhaywood3503]

my first wife ripped them up

[@cbebutuoy]

Michael - we are joined forever by the memory of that day.

[@miraclemeditations3919]

My first year as an MLB baseball fan was in 1955! Midway through the season, I was listening to a radio game with my Grandpa. The Dodgers were a couple of runs behind with two outs in the ninth. That's when the great Duke Snider strode to the plate. I was pretty familiar with baseball because we lived in the Bay Area and had gone to many Pacific Coast League games, but I didn't know anything about Duke Snider or the Dodgers. Anyway, The Duke hit a homer to win it, and from that moment on, I was a Dodger's fan. They won the World Series that year, and being a self-centered little kid, I thought they won because I was rooting for them. I found out, however, in game seven of the following year that it didn't work that way. My family has been Dodger fans ever since, and living in the San Francisco Bay Area has been a challenge at times. I'm excited to watch this game again as I haven't seen it in 67 years. I just wish my Mom and Dad were here to watch it with me like they did the first time all those years ago. GO DODGERS!

[@jamesrogers6302]

I was one month and one day old on 10/4/1955.

[@jdm711]

The last out was described as though it was game 55 in early June..."Dodgers win 2-0" not even mentioning it was a WS win. Announcer should be fired as soon as possible ;-)

[@bruceburen3728]

Is Vin Scully's call of this game available anywhere?

[@44032]

This was a national broadcast over the Mutual Network, so these aren't the team's announcers. Helfer was a full-time Mutual guy and Neal was part of the Indian's broadcasting crew so there's a certain detachment here. Actually, I looked it up and Helfer had started with the Dodgers under Red Barber back in the late 30's, had switched to Mutual after the war but came back to the Dodgers in 1955 so I he had done the second half of the game, you might have gotten a little more emotion, although Al, like his mentor Barber, was noted for his objective delivery of events.

[@oldiesgeek454]

@@44032 I'm curious to know who the TV announcers were... NBC?

[@44032]

@@oldiesgeek454 NBC did the TV broadcast with Mel Allen and Vin Scully. Mutual did the radio broadcast. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_Series_broadcasters

[@oldiesgeek454]

@@44032 Thanks. It too bad that game tape or kinescope didn't survive.

[@44032]

Sports Illustrated decided to name a "Sportsman of the Year" for the firs time in 1955. They were all set to name William Woodward Jr., the owner of the Horse of the year, Nashua, as it's first ever SOY when Woodward's wife shot him. They had pictures and a long article on Woodward but decide to scrap it. The editor still wanted an SOY named as they'd announced it and asked "Who do we have a good picture of? They scrambled around and found a good color shot of Johnny Podres. they quickly wrote a half-page article on Johnny and he became the first ever Sportsman of the Year.

[@williamtownsend5401]

Wow! great story. Barber might've said to your excellent comment, "Oh-ho, Doctor!" P.S. I do wish to heck Alston had played Robinson at 3rd.

[@montrealexpos7070]

Jackie was injured and could not play

[@usaepfl1pfl982]

Great game. Brought back a lot of pleasant memories and reminded me of why I love the game. Back in those day the game was played by real men and not by a bunch of political activist promoting woke ideology.

[@markdantonio1582]

I just played this ending at 3;44pm today--Oct. 4, 2022...67 years ago to the minute...great day-BEST DAY ever for the Dodgers.

[@dodger7111]

The old time world series are American classics.

[@willdrucker4291]

Wowwww...legendary Yankee PA announcer BOB SHEPPARD asking the fans to stand for “Our National Anthem”....in 1955!!!....that’s so cool...

[@davidlainson942]

Announcer botched the great play by Sandy Amaros

[@markum5094]

The Dodgers are once again the baseball champions of the world, 2020!!!

[@williamdunphy352]

Al Helfer (PBP) 1st half Bob Neal (PBP) 2nd half

[@MickTheQuickk]

That catch in the left field corner in the bottom of the sixth was the best play Jim Gilliam ever made sitting on the bench. (The announcer corrected himself and credited the amazing catch of Yogi's fly ball to Sandy Amoros.)

[@TRRyan]

Gilliam was at second base, having replaced Zimmer.

[@williamtownsend5401]

God love Junior Gilliam's presence with the Dodgers. Best "utility" man I ever saw in my life. I'm 68

[@roccovalenti3514]

Gilliam was faster than I thought. 😊😊

[@larryloveless2967]

Wanted to add to my comment below I was born in 1953 so I missed the Brooklyn Dodgers days. I remember Johnny Podres well from his L.A. Dodgers days.

[@timreffett3639]

Just bet my dimwitted friend 100 dollars on this game😂

[@timreffett3639]

Its fun to wager on these obscure games when you don't know the outcome 😂

[@dape8993]

The Amoros catch begins at 1:41:40.

[@daniellack3559]

Wow what a botched call...he had gilliam playing left field instead of Amoros , then he had amoros dropping the ball when he clearly caught it....disaster!

[@cbebutuoy]

@@daniellack3559 but sandy caught the ball and that’s what counts.

[@ronflatter1235]

No. He says "grabbed" the ball, not "dropped."

[@roccovalenti3514]

You would never guess what happened, if you didn't already know.

[@kingofpentacles3213]

2 Giants fans found their way here. lol

[@michaelwilber774]

Pee wee Reese for mvp of the game

[@-C.S.R]

Dem Bums did it! Hope they can do it again!!!

[@gabbyhyman1246]

They just did in 2020!!!!!!!!

[@-C.S.R]

@@gabbyhyman1246 *Go Dodgers*

[@thememo9941]

Duke and Billy were the real Mr October

[@thememo9941]

@@louismacchia25 I heard about these series all my life and finally got a chance to experience them. The bad thing is- I want more !

[@williamtownsend5401]

They were the Mr. October or their day, especially Martin in my birth year of 1953. Reggie Jackson was jaw-dropping in his WS with NYY.

[@comprehensionpassword803]

Enemy Have a good day. Thank you. To you.

[@gerryjenner7375]

He's no Ernie Harwell... . Somewhat dispassionate for game 7...

[@johnvrabec9747]

I bought a New Era fitted 1955 Brooklyn Dodger hat to commemorate this win! I love the Brooklyn Dodgers, I hate the LA Dodgers.

[@jasonnstegall]

3:10 - Tiny Tim sang the National Anthem?!?!?

[@mikethomas2641]

Fantastic. 👍👍👍🍺⚾️🌭🍔.

[@lsmftymf]

Broadcasters - Al Helfer Top 1st-Top 5th (6:51-1:15:53) / Bob Neal Bottom 5th-Bottom 9th (1:15:53-2:30:28). Anyone else besides me notice that Frankie Frisch almost sounded like the late actor John Mahoney?

[@tat3917]

I don't know about Frisch, but O'Malley sounds like the late actor James Gregory.

[@slimphotog]

What? You mean they played a MLB game in a little over 2 hours?

[@logalogalog]

They didn't have TV network timeline time-outs.

[@franksantore2327]

The play by play guy for the final half of the game was actually Bob NEAL, not Bob Wolff. Neal was Hall of Famer Jimmy Dude's partner in Cleveland for many years. He also did a lot of work for Major League Baseball doing All Star games and World Series games for Mutual.

[@williamdunphy352]

Frank Santore It should be Jimmy Dudley.

[@comprehensionpassword803]

Steve. Nate. Me. Im gettin back my dog. Scene.

[@jasonnstegall]

It’s good to know that post-game broadcasts haven’t changed all that much in (as of 2022) the last freaking 67 years. If anything, this celebration seemed more lively than most…but then again, Brooklyn had been waiting 66 freaking years for this.

[@RR-fg2rl]

Does anyone have Mel Allen Vin Scully call on radio? I can't find it

[@matthewdixon3694]

2:30:02 if you’re interested.

[@kevinmiller1985]

I left out the word 'play'.

[@wally1452]

I love a Yankee/Dodgers match-up!

[@SRP3572]

Where is the announcement for "alright fellas, sit in your favorite chair, light up a Lucky, make sure the kiddies are listening and the wife is in the kitchen where she belongs and is shut up like she's supposed to"??😂😂😂

[@leafyutube]

Babe Ruth was no longer in his prime by this time.

[@georgesetzer5283]

Why wasn't Mickey in the lineup?

[@peterlaskowich4769]

Mantle was out with a leg injury.

[@Lava1964]

Johnny Podres said he liked his chances when he heard that Mantle was on the bench.

[@titusmccarthy]

Punch-Out stole this theme in 1987.

[@TRRyan]

Interesting to listen to the crowd sounds on the Sandy Amoros catch. The fans didn't cheer that much on the catch, perhaps because many weren't sure that Sandy, in the left field corner, had actually caught the ball. But when he fired to Reese, who relayed to Hodges, doubling up MacDougal, the crowd erupted in its realization that the Yankee rally had been derailed. In all likelihood, had Amoros missed the ball, I feel the Yankees would have taken the lead in that inning and won the game. And Sandy was in left only because in the top of that inning, Grim wild pitched Furillo to second, so they walked Hoak and lefty Shuba pinch hit for righty Zimmer, which meant Gilliam had to move from left field to second base. For once, the breaks went Brooklyn's way.

[@williamtownsend5401]

I re-read your comment because it is so so great in describing why Amoros was there. Gilliam likely, very likely, would not have had the speed to make that grab. Do you agree, Mr. O"Rion? I would like your opinion and others.

[@howard4405]

Praise Jesus

[@Dominik-jv5vm]

better times. world is fucked up now

[@williamtownsend5401]

oh no, TOTALLY disagree. Since you took this thread off baseball, I will not let it pass. For Blacks, horrifying racism was raging; women had little chance for economic independence; schools were segregated; not a black actor in sight on television; and unions had a hell of a time getting living wages for members in all unions, some yes. I could go on, but america was NOT great then and still is not. The nation is fucked up, but you and I will have disagreements, im sure, about why it is that way. oh, do u hear a black announcer in any booth in that year? Latino? Asian? Give me a break, mister.

[@a.j.vincent3047]

beep sound? 7:19

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

It was used to signify the top of the hour.

[@franksantore2327]

Dude's = Dudley's. Sorry

[@dape8993]

The idiot who announced the last half of the game mistakenly thought Gilliam was in left in the bottom of the 6th (it was Amoros who made the famous catch) and he had no idea intially that Amoros relayed the ball to Reese to double up McDougald at first.

[@olidesking58]

Bob Wolf is who your taking about, and he called Larsen's no hitter the following year.

[@glen4338]

Dape, he's not an idiot, he just made a mistake. Don't we all? Bob Wolff is a highly regarded and respected announcer.

[@glen4338]

See, I just made a mistake, myself! I just found out it was Bob Neal, not Bob Wolff!

[@steveprestegard5151]

Bob had a cold, according to Al Helfer.

[@krezzykrezz]

@@steveprestegard5151 I listened to Bob Neal for many years in Cleveland and when I heard him giving the lineups I thought that either the tape was slowed down or it wasn't him. Listen to 6/10/66, Washington at Cleveland (Sonny Seibert's no-hitter) to hear what Jimmy Dudley and Bob Neal really were like.

[@comprehensionpassword803]

I belled her.

[@LarsCarlsen-or6ky]

Expecting a humdinger....