1974 08 07 Angels at White Sox 9th; Ryan no hit bid

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[@josephr.costella3940]

Nolan Ryan & Jim Kaat, when starting pitching was about being a true horse, not pitching 3 innings & going to the bullpen like the game is now!

[@kmac1766]

Harry brought an enthusiasm and excitement that brought our great game to life. RIP Harry

[@philiptucci2458]

I remember this game very well, Nolan was phenomenal, the greatest power pitcher in the history of baseball

[@elvicare35]

You heard ALL about the Legend of Babe Ruth, and then Nolan Ryan, after coming to Texas, well, it was the experience of a lifetime ACTUALLY seeing a LEGEND in the flesh, SO cool!!!!!!!!

[@blacktopdreamz2428]

Nolan Ryan The Texas Express. Power Pitcher Elite.

[@philiptucci2458]

Nolan was amazing for 27 seasons, had a great career in baseball, always enjoyed his pitching

[@tomfreese5190]

As a life long Sox fan I have fond memories rooting for this team. These are best Sox uniforms ever. This video also reminds me of the weird, unique field configuration for Comiskey in those days. Artificial turf infield with natural grass outfield. Has anyone else ever did that? And I always think of Haray Caray more as a Sox announcer than a Cubs announcer or Cardinals for that matter.

[@raylsullivan]

Infield Astroturf/grass outfield was at Tim McCarver Stadium in Memphis in the 80s and 90s. Home of the Memphis Chicks.

[@ricogomez4020]

The zipper made the uniforms great not when they try to use them now with buttons.

[@superfly9173]

Harry was in STL from 1945-1969. Cardinals announcer first Cubs announcer second, White Sox third, Oakland A’s last

[@elwoodblues6663]

wrong @@superfly9173

[@Jessica_Roth]

@@superfly9173 You should specify that you're discussing the length of Harry's tenure, not chronological order. I was confused for a moment.

[@glenngrinter6818]

Jim Kaat was at Manchester VT community library 10/20/22 & talked about this game & how Dick Allen hustled to first.

[@daniellinehan63]

Jimmy gave us 2 20 win seasons

[@MrSoxfan56]

"Memories galore watching this. I have been a Sox fan for 62 years, I am 72. I loved "Ritchie "Dick" Allen, he is my all time favorite Sox player. He literally saved the Sox from moving from Chicago with his MVP year in 72. The Sox were not drawing at all and he brought people back. He was one of the few players, maybe the only player for the Sox that no matter what the score, no one would leave the game until he had his last at bat. I saw him hit a home run that went to straight center field over second base at about 20 feet high and when it went into the center field bleachers it was still going up. I have so many stories about the Sox that I could tell that are truly unique but if I told them all it would look like a book".

[@mariocisneros911]

Not mine . One of my few white sox I despise. He quit on the team the same way Derrick rose did on the bulls.

[@mariocisneros911]

Not mine .He didn save the team from leaving, the American league wouldn't allow it. In fact he ran away. Quit on the White Sox in Sept 1974 and didn t come back the next year. A primadonna.

[@dthtoneocons1]

If I'm not mistaken, at the old Comiskey Park, the center field wall was 440 ft...

[@dthtoneocons1]

@@mariocisneros911 , I disagree with you in regards to Dick Allen. However, I'm with 100% on Derrick "I'll play if I feel like it" Rose. That asshole was a cancerous growth. Sadly, with Garpax and Jerry Reinsdorf we'll never see another championship in Chicago.

[@herbpetrillo163]

@@mariocisneros911 agree hes like ortiz of the red sox who packed it in in 2012"when team did badly.plus big poopy fatty was a roider

[@stankatic8182]

The great Dick Allen who belongs in the Hall of Fame. RIP one of the greats .

[@CharlesDorsey-nh6vj]

Amen!

[@CharlesDorsey-nh6vj]

3 years b4 the Southside hitmen and " nah nah hey hey"

[@ricogomez4020]

He had the talent but not the numbers to belong. But since Harold Baines is in everybody belongs in including Bill Melton.

[@screenwriter44]

I saw Dick Allen hit a homer over the triple deck and OUT of the park in 1972 on a Friday night game vs the Yankees. Great hitter.

[@stankatic8182]

@@screenwriter44 There aren't many "sluggers " today that would be able to hit the monster shots Dick Allen hit with a bat as heavy that he swung. Go back in the archives and see how many of the bats back then shattered into toothpicks.

[@mickstan24]

Love the Chisox red uni's.

[@tonydio666]

They do look very sharp.

[@pf4671]

The White Sox uniforms..cool BUT .. the sox are red 🤔 should have been the Red Sox

[@Jessica_Roth]

@@pf4671 Well, the red stockings have a PICTURE of a white sock on them, does that count?

[@gnagh]

I remember watching this game like it was yesterday. I even remembered Sharp's winning single to the right side! Ryan dominated until the 9th. Good to hear Harry in his prime again, including a Falstaff to ya!🍻

[@anonnumber1]

Love those Sox uniforms...

[@joemeehan9329]

I always think of Dick Allen when I see the red unis.

[@firebird6522]

@@joemeehan9329 Yup. Same here.

[@joeambrose3260]

Hate 'em

[@stankatic8182]

My favorite and bring them back!

[@highgate4767]

and the oversized numbers on the back, no names.

[@Erborne1979]

Even though this was heartbreaking to watch... I love how even though there's a Mound visit... there was never even a question of coming to get him

[@seabrook1976]

Damn good catch there. No such thing as pitch limits back then.

[@BaddogSports]

Nolan Ryan threw a ridiculous 7 no hitters. But he also threw 12 one hitters. Just flat out DOMINANT!

[@mariocisneros911]

Great to be a kid than. The games were cheap , so was the food , games were free on tv and your parents paid for everything.

[@homerun8032]

Now we are the parents paying for every, but what great memories.

[@alansands256]

Growing up in So cal, I remember local station would broadcast EVERY road game for the Dodgers and Angels.

[@josecarranza7555]

@@alansands256 What channels?

[@alansands256]

@@josecarranza7555 Dodgers KTTV Channel 11. Angela KTLA Channel 5

[@josecarranza7555]

@@alansands256 Nice. So you became a fan of which team?

[@andykluth5746]

I was 9 years old and at this game and everybody wanted to see a no hitter, I remember cheering for Dick Allens hit not knowing any better.

[@CAPNJACKY]

You were a good kid.

[@tomitstube]

you were in the majority, clearly the fans were cheering on the sox to get to ryan.

[@termtech1]

Now I fully understand how Ryans win percentage was so awful! Games like thru 26 years on shitty teams the guy would've won 370 games easy

[@thedeucemonkey2331]

Exactly, Ryan on Baltimore wins closer to 400 wins...Kinda like Walter Johnson, although Johnson won 400+...

[@roseforyoubabe]

@@thedeucemonkey2331 lots of pitchers played on bad teams but had better success then ryan like tom seaver for example

[@elvicare35]

@@roseforyoubabe It ALL depends on how the team is supporting you with runs and HOW the bullpen handles things when they enter the game, Nolan would have won up to 100 plus more games with more SUPPORT, he did HIS job, he didn't care about records he ONLY wanted his team to succeed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@davidgee2988]

Those Angel teams he pitched on were among the most anemic ever. One season I think they barely hit 50 hole runs.

[@elvicare35]

@@davidgee2988 No kidding, pretty much EVERY team that Nolan played for had trouble scoring runs, relief pitchers providing, NO relief and BLOWING leads that Nolan helped build, pretty much, SINGLEHANDILY, errors at the worst times, as far as ruining no-hit bid's, and of course, "A FEW" wins!!!!!!!!

[@Erborne1979]

Nolan Ryan's career in a nutshell: his determination, his competitiveness, his defense, his offense, his teams..... imagine him on the Orioles or the Yankees during the 70s that's all I'm saying

[@watchout361]

HE WOULD HAVE HAD OVER 400 WINS!!

[@elvicare35]

Right on!!!!!!!

[@williammalloy5314]

If he pitched for the 70s Red Sox they would have won a couple. I'm not even a huge Ryan fan. But, if he was backed by that offense, good for an extra 5 or 7 team wins a year.

[@seabrook1976]

Imagine him on the Big Red Machine.

[@billplate3125]

I was at this game Frank Robinson hit a home run to give the Angels the 1-0 lead we had free tickets from school perfect attendance my buddies and i went down by first base for the 9th inning I was 15 my mom drove us all probably 5 or 6 guys Great memory

[@goombafrank]

Oh I can relate to those free tickets...Interlake who was a major Sox sponsor had a program where you got 2 pairs of general admission tickets for perfect attendance, and the same for straight As. I was lucky enough to have both so I earned 4 sets, and since most students at my high school were Cub fans, a couple of students I knew gave me their tickets too since they had no interest. So we had several outings to Comiskey in the 76 and 77 seasons, including the first time the Sox wore shorts, and a Saturday afternoon game when Harry broadcast from the center field bleachers. We just took the L... Great times and memories indeed!

[@GetBenched2010]

Harry at his craziest and its glorious!

[@andrewm4564]

I saw Nolan Ryan's last game. It was in the Seattle Kingdome on 9/22/1993. I was a Mariner's fan, but I went to see Nolan Ryan pitch. He threw 29 pitches, pitched to 6 batters and didn't record an out. He gave up a single, 4 walks, and a grand slam. He threw his arm out. They pulled him in the middle of an at bat because he just couldn't throw any more. It was a sad ending to a great career.

[@timothymaynard5122]

"Holy cow! What smoke!". Harry. 102 mph pitch that cost Nolan a no hitter!

[@kevinmulloy693]

I watched this game at my Grandmother's house (It was a Wednesday afternoon if I remember correctly). I had just turned 14 and Ryan was THE pitcher I wanted to see. He had 2 no-hitters the year before and everyone in baseball was talking about that fastball. I am a Cubs fan and so we didn't get to see him pitch too often - only against the White Sox on channel 32 out of Chicago. He ALMOST did it!

[@BaseballPlayer0]

this is a night game

[@daniellinehan63]

Night before Nixon quit

[@willdrucker4291]

Dick Williams once described this game as one of the most heartbreaking losses he’d ever witnessed during his HOF managerial career....he had just recently taken over the club; but the Angels roster was filled with rookies and old has been veterans...once said that Nolan Ryan would have won THIRTY GAMES on his World Champion A’s teams..

[@hermanator74301]

Yes, and Williams guided the Red Sox to the 1967 A.L. title only to lose out to St.Louis in the World Series.

[@elvicare35]

Right on!!!!!!!

[@adriangarza8849]

Wow. Just amazing how hard he threw. Wow Ryan is the greatest Period 👍

[@victorialouden1912]

Adrian Garza Tom Seaver buddy was more a dominate pitcher remember this Seaver got 3000 S.O. and 300 wins 10 years before Nolan even thought about it!! Ryan is a 500 pitcher Seaver I think has 125 victorys over 500

[@thejuansshow6410]

@@victorialouden1912 Ryan is a 526 pitcher and Ryan had a longer career seaver couldn't held on after 41

[@thejuansshow6410]

@@victorialouden1912 mind you seaver was more complete I don't deny it

[@ernestpassaro9663]

@@victorialouden1912 Tom Seaver was much better than Ryan get educated pal !

[@daniellinehan63]

Those pitches to Jorge Orya and Dick were about 106-109 mph....in the 9th

[@danfuller478]

14:03 Caray's on-camera post-game recap/rant here is fabulous, in particular as the calls out major leaguer hitters for not running hard on ground balls, including guys on the White Sox, the team he was working for at the time. THEN he raises a bottle of Falstaff in salute to that night's victorious Sox squad, with a 'We'll be enjoying this in a moment' as he sets it aside to wrap up. They don't make 'em like Harry any more.

[@666finnegan]

Man, Ryan could throw smoke!

[@RobbieB_]

Yep! Final pitch of the game was a curve.

[@robolds1204]

Johnny Bench said that Nolan threw so hard, he had to start swinging as he was leaving the dugout!

[@watchout361]

FASTEST PITCH EVER 108.5 MPH

[@elvicare35]

Lol, Great line!!!!!!!!

[@elvicare35]

Lol, that's awesome!!!!!!!

[@williamdunphy352]

Harry Caray & Bob Waller on the White Sox television network.

[@gonzalo9690]

Easily the most impressive thing I've seen in a athletic event. A 1972-77 Nolan Ryan Fastball. As exaggerated as it might sound I believe that it was well well over 100MPH. Today an elite pitcher throws 180-200 Innings. To put this in perspective that year Ryan issued 202 Bases on Balls (and still had an ERA under 3.00, he would do this twice in his career). Now that I've seen this video it all makes sense. Ryan definitely had a weapon (an equalizer) that allowed him to bend the rules of pitching. He did not have to locate the ball. HE JUST NEEDED TO THROW STRIKES. That doesn't apply to the other mortals.

[@seabrook1976]

Couldn't agree more. I've never seen a human being throw a baseball harder than I have in this exact video. No exaggeration at all, most of those pitches were well over 105. Easy...

[@ernestpassaro9663]

@@seabrook1976 yes too bad he couldn’t throw strikes lol

[@seabrook1976]

Nolan Ryan had 12 one-hitters in his career, which means he was 12 outs away from 19 no-hitters. Also, 18 two-hitters. 2:08 that ball just explodes out of his hand.

[@dthtoneocons1]

The crazy thing about those insane stats is,, he never pitched a perfect game, or won a Cy Young award. Speaking of Cy Young, Nolan Ryan is only second in games started, to,,,Cy Young. What fricken career!!!

[@aa697]

That is what baseball will always be to me. Not the crap of today's game.

[@swami1]

This was the night before Nixon resigned.

[@mikepatrick5909]

@Christopher Hagee Nixon was set up by the deep state and like a fool he fell for it.

[@keithcarlson7267]

Ryan’s fastball was just lethal during his Angels tenure.

[@tigermike74]

His fastball was lethal his entire career. 👍

[@daniellinehan63]

That 2nd pitch to Pat Kelly had to be 106 mph.

[@amado1506kk]

Great hustle by Dick Allen to first base, and later by Ken Henderson to 2nd base. Today, Dick Allen went into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Heaven. He was the most exciting player I watched in person or on TV; oh that 1972 season! If only Melton had not fallen off his roof and injured his back. His Grace ad Atonement, Kyle Kyle2020.com

[@daniellinehan63]

He fell off saving his son Ed Spezio from SD wasn't enough

[@johnmanier7968]

The San Diego Chicken visit to Wrigley Field appears to have been on July 8, 1979.

[@vaughnmild4467]

Dick Allen was a good baserunner. Even later in his career when he filled out.

[@michelleshereck6961]

Great base runner

[@kennethdonnelly2402]

He was rated as maybe the best baserunner in baseball behind Joe D. Pretty good praise. And if want to check it, he should have won the Gold Glove at 1B in 1972. He had a far superior year with the glove compared to the winner, George Scott of the Brewers.

[@KeithFroehlich07]

This is the perfect kind of game that the eternal optimist Chuck Tanner's team would find a way to win 😂

[@cheddarcheese7928]

Holy S**t!.I've watched a alot of baseball over the years but I've never seen a ball get there as fast as it did at around 3:27 against Dick Allen.It looked like it was going 110 mph..Geeze..

[@seabrook1976]

It probably was 110. You can tell by how quickly the catcher has to move his glove in order to catch it. You don't see that today.

[@evelk5233]

so this tape is because someone in the Sox organization contacted a family member and told then to turn on the VCR.

[@Scatdiddy]

"Hah-rey...Cah...rey back at the ballpark....we move into the bottom of the 9th...Jorg Orta is going to lead it off"...LOL! I watched this game sitting on my in my porch in Edgebrook. I loved when Harry refers to Falstaff beer after the game....LOL!

[@user117831]

This was when Cominsky had artificial turf on the infield and grass in the outfield.

[@Tbone3471]

Yeah I noticed. Such an odd choice . It looks very bush league

[@timcarroll490]

Long live Nolan! He's the greatest!

[@KabarkadaTV681]

COMMENTATOR: HARRY CARAY TV NETWORK: WSNS 44 (IND; NOW TMD) DATE: 7 AUGUST 1974

[@hannover5551]

There’s no way anyone today has that type of velocity. The jugs gun was so different back then. So in accurate. The ball is jumping out of Ryan’s hand it doesn’t even look normal

[@elvicare35]

Love the observance!!!!!!!

[@marknowlin8356]

Game at its best.

[@homerun8032]

Back in the day when real men went 9 , unlike these 6 inning sissies of today.

[@backbay2242]

Ahh back when the old Commiskey had astroturf IF and grass OF. And I loved those red pinstripes.

[@GrowthruGod]

Love how Harry makes game interesting

[@elvicare35]

Nolan Ryan...no-hitter into the 9th!!!!!!!

[@cominghometorome811]

Wow the White Sox looking like the Philadelphia Phillies home uniform.... never knew at one time they played on AstroTurf 😱

[@tb7214]

sportsguy 9999 half AstroTurf and half real grass.

[@etiennescarbinski7890]

Need this whole game

[@terrytyler3139]

Carey was a passionate announcer. it skipped a generation though

[@aboxofbroken8tracks983]

If you're referring to Skip Caray, I loved his laconic wit. BIG props for not yelling "Holy Cow" or trading on his Dad's name/style.

[@terrytyler3139]

its bland thumbs down to dullness

[@skifusya2814]

Loved listening to Harry, could not stand Skip. Dull, and always seemed to come off as a caustic know-it-all, rather than a possessor of laconic wit.

[@davanmani556]

Skip was a better basketball announcer better than Marv Albert I would say.

[@pbrickley6247]

Davan Mani skip Carey was a tremendous anmouncer

[@vinniemorciglio4632]

That was Nolan Ryan in a nutshell back then......

[@17donhol]

It anyone thinks someone threw harder than Ryan, have them watch this ... Well over 100 mph

[@elvicare35]

And he threw SO many inning's AND years, as a power pitcher!!!!!!!!

[@billyhollister8768]

And none of those crappy inflated so called "speed guns" back then.

[@17donhol]

@@elvicare35 you are so right !!!

[@daniellinehan63]

Closest was Big Train and maybe Sandy ( occasionally)

[@17donhol]

​@@daniellinehan63I actually think the closest to Nolan was Bob Feller...

[@erikrichards5072]

Appreciate Harry's honesty. The 3rd baseman did cost Ryan a no hitter and the error a CG SO victory.

[@VolumedMusicMan]

The Angels could never score runs enough for the dominant pitching of Nolan Ryan. One year he lost 18 games yet he had an OK area 3.36. That’s insane!

[@oneofspades]

Too bad. if Nolan had played for the Big Red instead.

[@firebird6522]

He lost 16 games for the Astros in 1987 and won the NL ERA title. Go figure. Most of his starts that year were like the one in this video. He'd pitch great but then there'd be some freak play and that was all she wrote. And, of course, the other team's pitcher, no matter who he was, would pitch the game of his life.

[@paysonfox88]

I maintain to this day that if Nolan Ryan had been on the Cincinnati reds and New York Yankees in the seventies and eighties, he would have had 400 wins when he retired. This guy played for mostly last place to lower third place teams in his career. The Texas rangers never contended, the California Angels never contended, and the only have one good year with the Mets. Had Ryan played for a team that gave him a lot of offense, or a world series contender at least half of his career, the win total would be a modern-day record.

[@elvicare35]

Right on, and THANK YOU!!!!!!!

[@rmartin7558]

I think the White Sox should go back to the red. It's time to retire the gangsta rap look.

[@jackj4112]

Dick Allen =HOF

[@DanStrayer]

I just can’t get over the turf infield/grass outfield & foul territory.

[@stevetravels5182]

Just to think, this was one of two games from 1972 to 1979 where Nolie lost going into the 9th with a lead.

[@dzanier]

The other was versus the Yankees in July of 79.

[@joeambrose3260]

@@dzanier Was that the no-no broken up by Reggie

[@dzanier]

@@joeambrose3260 yes.

[@johnblack8036]

Some of those pitches look like they're well over a 100 mph. Unhittable if he had his control going.

[@Tampa370]

Those first few pitches were smoke, I found another Ryan game on here it's from playoffs about 5 years later with Ryan against the Orioleskzbin.info/www/bejne/n5nbmWevhq-khKM

[@CapAnson12345]

From what I've seen of video Ryan almost certainly hit 105+ regularly up until 76-77 or so, then he started dialing it back a bit. Still capable of high 90s up until the end.

[@jamvan2k]

And that’s in the 9th inning after having pitched 120+ pitches.

[@josephmcfarland8442]

Loved these White Sox unis

[@SmilingSynic]

0:45. Fastest recorded pitch in MLB history. 108 MPH. Guiness Book of World Record.

[@standepain]

Actually that's not the pitch. He wasn't clocked until a few weeks later.

[@tommyriam8320]

100.8 and it(the measurement) was taken at a different game

[@kfmidd83]

It’s an ongoing tragedy that Dick Allen isn’t in the Hall of Fame!

[@Creek54]

Take a drink every time Harry says 'HOLY COW'!

[@subg8858]

Back when Harry was great. He was a shell of himself most of the time with the Cubs

[@roseandbench]

Can you imagine if Ryan had pitched for the Reds during this time?

[@elvicare35]

The Big Red Machine just got BIGGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@watchout361]

HE WOULD HAVE HAD OVER 400 WINS!

[@daniellinehan63]

28 game winner

[@kevinpyne5808]

Modern baseball has Nolan lifted after the Dick Allen check swing single. Shocked he was not lifted after Sox tied the game, but guess I shouldn't be.

[@herbpetrillo163]

Modern badeball has him lifted as soon as he got to 80 pitches

[@tommyriam8320]

_'Modern baseball has Nolan lifted_ 2 to 2.5 innings earlier once he'd reached his preordained, arbitrarily set "pitch and/or inning count limit" in favor of some bum from the blow-pen.

[@nicoleknight9412]

Here's some irony; the Mets were the only team Ryan didn't pitch a no-hitter for. The Mets were also the only team Ryan won a World Series with.

[@elvicare35]

He was AWESOME, for AND against the Mets!!!!!!!

[@johnhennington4487]

Was the infield artificial turf and outfield grass?

[@tommyriam8320]

Yes.

[@bobheck7303]

What a loss of not only the no hitter, but the game

[@richbaritone67]

Dick Allen was fast. People forget that.

[@kennethdonnelly2402]

Damn right he was. Until he got hit over the shoulder with a bat by that asshole Frank Thomas, he was a complete ball player. He was an outfielder with a good arm, but the Phillies just jammed him at 3rd, which he had never played before. That's how he got the rep as a bad fielder, which was bullshit.

[@CharlesDorsey-ov2ht]

Ken Henderson very underrated player

[@jamvan2k]

This must of pissed off Ryan... his very next outing he struck out 19 Red Sox. 🤣🤣🤣

[@paysonfox88]

Well when a check swing accident turns into the first hit of the game, you know that you're dealing smoke. The batter wasn't even trying to swing at the pitch, and it was a bang bang play. Nolan Ryan lost so many no hitters in the 8th and 9th innings that way. Had he and Adrian beltre playing third base, that would have been an out.

[@KeithFroehlich07]

It's amazing listening to Harry Carey call a game by himself and you he's not the drunken lush that was on WGN his final 10 years. Should be a lesson for all broadcasters to quit while you're ahead before you become a laughingstock who hung around too long.

[@jorgejohnson451]

What are you talking about? I recall him being a drunken lush in centerfield at Comiskey Park during his Sox stint. Even here he talks about the width of a Falstaff bottle.

[@kamala2111]

Enjoyed this

[@richiemorii260]

Todays managers would be shitting in their pants after the first hit off of Ryan, they'd go to the bullpen for some scrub.

[@tommyriam8320]

They're all idiots

[@jorgejohnson451]

12:50 Sox fan here. I wouldn’t have objected if Ryan had beaned the batter here. 😂

[@grandcosmo]

Carey hated Melton and it comes through a little here.

[@davanmani556]

David Kelly so did Dick Williams, two years later.

[@mariocisneros911]

No it doesnt

[@charlesmcbarron7295]

He shouldn't have gone after the first pitch.

[@dtricamo]

Don't know why it's sped up, but watch it at .75 speed and it's perfect. I didn't notice until Henderson's hit.

[@kim0755]

Your average AAA minor league player makes both those plays, and Ryan has another no hitter. He pitched well enough, that's all he could do.

[@steveisgood2go]

Ryan’s career would go another 20 years !!!!!!!!

[@anthonyrichard8001]

wow! thx!!!!

[@morleysobol6656]

It was such a different game back then. Harry Carey doing the play by play all by himself. No mention of pitch count. No one up in the pen. No one, apparently, even considered the possibility of bringing in a relief pitcher.

[@tommyriam8320]

_It was such a_ *wonderfully* _different game back then'_

[@MrBagui-ll6jx]

Nolan Ryan!

[@spcooper94]

I wish I could see how hard he was throwing in better quality

[@tracejohnson5519]

100+

[@supportingsmallyoutubers4300]

Ryan threw just as hard, if not harder, than anyone since. Plus, he’s throw 300 innings in the 70’s, and was still throwing 200 innings into the 90’s. How did he do it? Why can’t anyone else do it? Chapman can maybe throw harder, but I doubt he can do it for more than two innings.

[@Jessica_Roth]

Had no idea that Nolie came so close to having EIGHT no-nos (none for the Mets, you bastard!). Huh.

jorge orta .a rare black mexican

[@rayjr62]

Caspar Kite . a common racist turd.

[@s.christ.2197]

Casper Kite He's actually of Cuban descent, he was born in Mexico, his father played baseball there...

[@tommyriam8320]

@@s.christ.2197 He's of African descent

[@BlorbusUnimax]

back when baseball was king

[@briandelmore7188]

not sure of how far into the season it was for this game, but not the batting averages and how much higher they were than what they are now. to much emphasis on long angle and exit velocity and how far is goes crap. Sad that you so many times just need a sacrifice fly or move the runner over and it can't be done . would love to know how many teams even practice hitting sac flys ?

[@daniellinehan63]

The BEST against the BEST

[@joeambrose3260]

I think the ump who called Allen safe was Jim Joyce, Sr

[@tommyriam8320]

It was a "great" call i.e., accurate

[@LydellFisk]

Sharp Bill. And why not?

[@homesforsaleindesmoinesiow147]

Should have had 8 no-no's if for the swinging bunt.

[@あああいいい-n1j]

Do you not have a video of 1~8 innings

[@watchout361]

Where is the whole game?

[@kevinmiller6324]

Sure don't like the fact that Comiskey Park once had artificial turf; so glad they tore it out and replaced it with grass.

[@tommyriam8320]

The outfield was still natural

[@kevinmiller6380]

Makes me wonder who invented the phrase Holy Cow, Harry Caray, or Phil Rizzuto?

[@tommyriam8320]

Neither..

[@chrisbath3956]

This has to be one of Nolan Ryan's greatest disappointments in his career, first losing a no hitter in the bottom of the 9th inning then losing the game.

[@jamvan2k]

It was so disappointing that his very next outing against the Red Sox he struck out 19 batters. 🤣🤣🤣

[@tomitstube]

exciting stuff. dick allen had speed for a big man, it all started unraveling for ryan right there, ryan overpowered jorge orta (a really good hitter who didn't strike out much) striking him out 4 times, the great harry caray on the mic. ryan is the hardest thrower of all time, and he was a freak, *able to do it for 27 years!!!* not only does ryan have the most no-hitters with 7, he's tied with the most 1-hitters with 12, and 18 two-hitters. this was a 3-hitter.

[@lawnboyfreak]

I heard Dick was only 5’9”-5’10”

[@tomitstube]

@@lawnboyfreak you're right, allen not as big as i thought he was, and i saw him live, players weren't the tree trunks they are now, 5-11 190 is what i've seen for dick, he always looked bigger, 190 lbs without an ounce of fat, and that huge bat he swung.

[@ernestpassaro9663]

Dick Allen wasn’t that big for a power hitter sort of like mantle

[@ernestpassaro9663]

Old Harry sure put a few away lol