Making Of Mr October - part 2

[@djquinn11]

Reggie was such an exciting player. Glad I got to watch his career.

[@veronaraven3099]

I was 10 years old watching this game in Southbury CT that night on a little black and white sony...Channel 8 out of New Haven....I may not be able to tell you what I had for dinner three nights ago...but I'll never forget Reggie's night.

[@BERNICEIVERY-hs5zx]

Reggie said he wanted to beat someone's Ass, He beat everyone's Ass 😂 especially my team.🏆

[@AggroQM2]

I grew up as a Mets fan in New York, so when my mom moved me to Los Angeles, California, I became a Dodgers fan. Reggie Jackson ticked me off, but I respected his skill and talent.

[@warrenboller7739]

In 77' I was nine years old.For Yankee fans REGGIE JACKSON WAS & STILL IS, & WILL ALWAYS BE MR. OCTOBER 💯💪😃

[@MrTCHOSS]

I've always loved a confident, almost arrogant player, as long as they back it up. In fact, there is almost nothing cooler than someone who talks the talk and then walks the walk.

[@cacornhusker2940]

like "The Greatest", Broadway Joe and Mr. October??

[@lawrencebenjamin502]

He Delivered !! Nuff Said.

[@HotSauce-mn1mp]

Deion sanders was the 90s version and then Floyd mayweather

[@anthonykearney7320]

Maybe George thought he might get more "Shine" then him if he won 2-3 moec chips! I kind of agree with that! 5 chips in NY and the Yankees with all that tradition.He'd have to give him a piece of the team!

[@RoofDoctorsJoanne]

Reggie was a winner. The bigger the moment the better Reggie was.

[@jcdova29]

The man did it without steroids. Mr. October!!

[@giffysstiffy887]

Mike Trout is better than Jackson in every area🙂😎🥳Mike has TONS of power and TONS of speed and TONS of skill

[@giffysstiffy887]

Mark Mcguire took creatine and that is really the extent of what he took...we all have different creatine levels🥸 I give Mcguire a pass because Mcguire said that it was really when he shortened his swing that he hit for more home runs🙂😎 Mcguire had a alot of natural power and Mcguire always hit alot of home rums from the beginning. It was BARRY BONDS that really took stuff that made his skull bigger

[@HotSauce-mn1mp]

@@giffysstiffy887and then you woke tf up

[@tree7187]

​@giffysstiffy8874giffytuck watch it mister your racism is showing !!?!!

[@musicartlover963]

​@@giffysstiffy887total BS about Mc Quire

[@peteramato9331]

This was my childhood. I loved baseball then. When Reggie was batting everyone watched.

[@marcyfan]

ice cube is perfect to tell mr. october's story.

[@nightowl5475]

I like when he said, Reggie, is dah proud black man that demands Respect!

[@Orcinus1967]

That was great. Thanks for posting it.

[@loucaruso3971]

I Was Born In "64, Luved Reggie !!! Same As Very FEW SUPERSTAR"S, Ya Only Had Say His 1st Name !!!! "77 & 78, I Remember As Was Yesterday !!!! UNBELIEVABLE !!!!,"79 With Thurman Was Ruff, What Hurt Reggie & Was Not His Fault, Being Up 2 - 0 In "81 World Series, My Favorite Player Get"s Hurt & We Loose Nettle"s For The Series, Back Then When Only 4 Team"s Went To Playoff"s,...You Had A Machine, Same As Gear"s Meshing Together, NOBODY Could Make Up His Defense, & NO 1 Can Pop Em Over The Fence Or Drive Them In The Alley !!!! Nettle"s Don"t Get Hurt & Early 80s After 81 Till "Tiger"s Dominant In "84,... Yank"s Could Of Got At Least 2 More Counting "81....& If Won In "81,. 3yr Contract Probably What George Would Of Gave Reg !!!.. REGGIE, All Talk & Could Back It Up & R.I.P.. George.....

[@seanyboston]

Reggie was ahead of his time and a total stud

[@kenverrill4205]

another dangerous thing about Reggie was his arm. I've seen countless times he would throw someone out at 3rd from deep right field; and there was NO rainbow in his throw, it was a laser from his left hand to Nettles. will never be another like him

[@deneenjeffries2768]

Yes I used to love watching him whiz that ball from right field he had a strong arm and was a pretty good outfielder. But everyone focused on some errors and said he was a bad fielder.

[@JoeCracco]

And I still miss Reggie Jackson. Reggie, Billy, and George the most perfect imperfect marriage! I miss all of them.

[@sandy3482]

REG-GIE-REG-GIE REG-GIE I will never forget that third home run in the 1977 World Series, my friends and I were all watching the game, we're all huge Yankee fans we were drinking and smoking we were having a high old time with the Yankees on the verge of winning the World Series and I remember saying with the knuckleball pitcher on the mound, Lasorda doesn't want Reggie to hit that third home run and boom there it went I jumped straight up in the air and ended up Landing in the middle of the cocktail table almost sprained my ankle but delirium broke out. Like Reggie would say " If you could do it - it ain't bragging"

[@southamcaballero]

He didn't just stir the drink that night. He made everybody a Long Island Iced Tea to celebrate!

[@melvinmunson8331]

Reggie you could hit like nobody.I Thank You for making my Childhood great.When Reggie would get ahold of one he knew it was gone.So did everybody else.You watch the old tapes he pounded the Home Runs.Reggie Jackson was a big Guy he was built for hitting home runs.You don't owe anybody an explanation Sir.Im still a Big Fan

[@deneenjeffries2768]

When he was doing the imitation of the car dealer and the cop who stopped him, awesome.

[@coachking5208]

Strawberry shortcake room service. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@stevemeinecke5240]

Omg the best baseball player always came up in the clutch in the world series 😁

[@ltod2]

1977 Reggie made mark in Yankees history,3 hr's in game 6 of World Series vs LA Dodgers.Won championship for NYC,was series MVP

[@sabbster1157]

Yes we just watched it ass wipe

[@albailey4307]

Mr October was one best sluggers of all time and he was my childhood hero growing up I wanted to be just like him George made a big mistake not extending his contract another five years a move George later regretted Reggie Jackson was a the straw that stirred the drink ✌️

[@depaola63]

I got to hang with him on JANUARY 1st , 2022 🌟 with a mutual friend and Mr.Jackson was very genuine to me as we also share the same birthday on May 18th⚡️ I was actually born on 5/18/63 ,,,( he hit 563 career HR’s ) that was my icebreaker I always loved the man!

[@lloydkline6946]

❤reggie Jackson, .my hero

[@papasolo4788]

Reggie Reggie Reggie :

[@ccth22]

I was in 5th grade that night in October. Growing up in North Jersey with a excellent view of Midtown and the Empire State Building from my bedroom window. I sat there watching my TV set and seeing my childhood hero do the unforgettable. I don’t I slept 3 hours that night. However Ms Collins my teacher looked a Ebony Fashion Fair model so I stayed awake in class😉⚾️

[@JakeBuckminster]

SImilar. I was 7 years old. I starting playing organized baseball in April 1978 and haven't stopped. He may not have the numbers, but Reggie's that dude in my book!

[@Mike-yg8ig]

Sounds like Weehawken or North Bergen. Great area man, that's where I'm from too. Jackson wasn't just my favorite baseball player, he was my favorite athlete. No one had the style and flair of Reggie, before or since. I was watching the all star game when he hit that laser beam off Doc Ellis. I was an A's fan. My dad was watching from his recliner. I told him Jackson was goin yard. I knew what kind of pitching he destroyed and what Ellis was throwing was like filet mignon. If it hadn't hit the transformer on the roof of Tiger Stadium it might still be travelling today.

[@ccth22]

I hear you, those were great times. Actually it was Summit, were elevated so we could see almost everything in a 30 mile radius.

[@Mike-yg8ig]

@@ccth22 Nice. My friends and I in high school used to eat lunch in the parks along the Hudson. We watched the WTC go up floor by floor. Sad to see what this country is becoming.

[@lawrencebenjamin502]

Reggie hitting bombs and your teacher looking Fine as @#π+?*. Those are some nice memories, my brother.

[@lesliemartin8669]

Hands Down!Reggie Jackson was won of the Best MLB Ballplayers of all time. Allah Bless Him...

[@johnmoss2211]

Reggie was Mr. October long before he went to New York.

[@robvegart]

As a boy I remember the Yankee ball park being 417' straight center, and just left of that being about 430' and nobody complained back when this team was a powerhouse. Today the fences are in closer to like 410', but the complaints are astronomical. Pitchers only pitch 7 innings, where in the past it would go 9 innings if you gave up a few runs. Today the tenth inning they put a runner on second. Today both leagues have des hitter rule. Today there is a pitch count and a clock. Baseball fundamentals are all but gone.

[@sabbster1157]

Right field in New Yankee stadium is like 200 foot. Weak AF

[@CharlesIngram-b5m]

There is no one like him on the current Yankee team.

[@gabriel-1957]

Reggie Jackson was the Best! Hands down!

[@mikesbaseballcards]

23:17 Read the book, The Best Team Money Could Buy. Its a day by day type diary on the 1977 Yankees. Great read n riveting! Biggest mistake Steinbrenner did was let Reggie go.

[@carlsandefer5678]

Great show

[@144Donn]

Excellent documentary! Unfortunately, as a Met fan we were on different sides of the field...BTW we should have won in 73 but for the Ump's bad call at home plate.

[@TheBatugan77]

Mets passed up on Reggie in the draft. 😃👍

[@hatcher2262]

@11:25 Keith Jackson said when ABC did not want him to retire. The ABC folks kept asking him to keep working by offering more money. Mr. Jackson said, the USC and Texas CFB Championship game would be his last, he said he did not wanna die in a parking lot.

[@bradlott9876]

Vince Young on 4th and 5…..”He’s going for the corner…..He’s got it”

[@ltod2]

R Jackson was such exciting player and time

[@RoofDoctorsJoanne]

Billy Martin for all of his demons....was probably the Greatest in Game manager of all time. He actually used Reggie in the right decision in Game 5 against the Royals.

[@luisvaldes1568]

I love how Jackson runs right over two guys at 18;20.

[@roberthitchman]

I am neither a Reggie fan or hater. I am a Met fan, but I’m a baseball fan as well. I respect Reggie’s talent. And Billy had his issues but always bother me when this story comes up how he benched Reggie in the fifth game either, no one mentions the fact that Billy had a good reason not to plan. Reggie never hit Paul Splittoff. I think he hit something like .120. It was a sound move. And we see he had him available later in the game.

[@usaveteran-retired6464]

Great special on the great Reggie Jackson, BUT I couldn't disagree more with the narrator suggesting that Billy Martin was "sticking it again to Reggie" by benching him for Game 5 of the 1977 ALCS. Reggie was only 1-14 up to that game, then got big RBI Single late in Game 5.

[@pudder68]

nah bro its a slap in the face .. he's the highest payed player and most explosive bat on the team .. and you sit him? clearly it only takes one at bat to change the slump mentality .. it worked out obviously but Martin would of gotten murdered if they lost and Reggie never saw a pitch ..

[@TheBatugan77]

​@@pudder68 Martin made the right call. Cut the crap.

[@chuckincharlo]

I wish they would bring back the REGGIE bar!

[@ronsunshine3469]

Straight up, Da Cube done laid down some phat narration up in this piece. Kept it mad real when talkin bout my man Octobah. #AhhhhShit

[@HotSauce-mn1mp]

I feel like you over did the Ebonics which makes me think you definitely ARENT black

[@ronsunshine3469]

@@HotSauce-mn1mp Insofar as your critique has validity, it in no way detracts from the substance of the message inherent in the post, nor does it diminish the timeless truth of the aphorisms therein. Put another way, Da Cube ain’t never fronted and my man ain’t ‘bout to start now. He didn’t take no static from that buster Eazy, and ain’t no damn way he was gonna let da ghost a dat pasty-ass Billy Martin front on Reg’s legacy. #TruDat

[@HotSauce-mn1mp]

@@ronsunshine3469 smh like I figured

[@mikedunham8481]

Saw Reggie play numerous times n saw his 400th HR n went to his induction.

[@Realdanielmiguel]

Damn u old

[@mikedunham8481]

@@Realdanielmiguel Everything in life is a numbers game.

[@johnlee5197]

Yes. They played against the White Sox. After he hit that home run off Brit Burns he went to the stands and hugged his dad.

[@mikedunham8481]

@@johnlee5197 Dont remember that but I do remember he hit it to right field n was like a line drive. My late father n I were sitting in the first row of the the upper deck behind home plate.

[@johnlee5197]

​@@mikedunham8481 Yes it was one of his line drive home runs. I remember it lol. I'm a huge Reggie fan coming from Brooklyn.

[@guylainjacques368]

Vu live à la tv mon frappeur préféré avec willie stargell

[@jorgeb4963]

Is that Ice Cube narrating? Wtf

[@marcusjohnson7772]

Yes

[@southamcaballero]

Oh sh**! I thought you were joking!

[@eddieq2189]

Clearly there will only be 1 Mr October and that's Reggie Jackson that name that title is his alone

[@dirtylemon3379]

Who is that voice at 24:36? I know that voice but I can't remember who it is. Driving me crazy.

[@danielhood4062]

Frank Messer. It was Rizzuto, White, and Messer for WPIX Yankee broadcasts

[@dirtylemon3379]

@@danielhood4062 Thanks.

[@southamcaballero]

I actually watched that game live on Tuesday night baseball on channel 6 WCIX in South Florida, where they would show the Yankee games each Tuesday. It was a great moment.

[@briansmith96]

Sweeties homerun swing ever!!!

[@NkrumahTure]

Martin didn't like Jackson before he came to the Yankees. Jackson would have had a even better season if Martin wasn't acting like a villain toward him.

[@anthonykearney7320]

What did David "Wiffield" do during his years w the Yankees? I'll 2 out 3 championships w Mr October than a couple of "L's with "Mr.Regular Season!" George gambled and lost big time! If he would have paid Reggie his money that man would have tried to get you 3-5 more rings because if he gets 5 rings in NY he would be forced to retire and be renamed" Mayor Reggie" because he'd own the city!

[@nightowl5475]

When Reggie came back to Yankee Stadium as an Angel, Guidry gave him that ball straight down the middle because Guidry and the Yankee team couldn't stand Steinbrenner and actually wanted Reggie to thumb his nose at George for not resigning him back to the 1982 Yankees. George didn't want to sign Reggie for another 5 year contract. Reggie actually only had 1 decent year left after he left the Yankees. 82 was Jackson's last best year. It showed too, that his numbers just weren't there and the game just passed him by. I would of gone 2 more years if I were Steinbrenner and offered him a resign for only 2 more years. Reggie wouldn't sign for 2 years as a Yankee. I can understand how he felt as a player, to try to get a 5 year million dollar contract. If I was Reggie, I would of signed with the Angels too. I don't wanna sound inconsistent but I would do 2 different things depending on whether I was a player or owner to one of the teams. I love Reggie, but business is business and no hard feelings.

[@davidsamuels9557]

You're in fantasy land. Guidry is a competitor. He was trying to get Reggie out. Reggie took him deep.

[@nightowl5475]

​@@davidsamuels9557Gator and Reggie were best buddies when they both played for the Yanks and they both shared one thing as do many Yankee players, they both got screwed by Steinbrenner. Reggie wanted to stay in New York and get a 5 year contract as a free agent with the Yanks, but Steinbrenner had himself a new slugger, Dave Winfield, which he later screwed him over a few years after that. Guidry got screwed over by Steinbrenner because Guidry wanted to end his career with the Yankees and didn't want to play for another team. Steinbrenner refused to pick up Gator's contract after it expired. Guidry was crushed by that. He just retired from the game. He could of gotten a few more years in the majors playing with another team but Guidry was a die-heart Yankee true and true. Both men were competitors, true. But both wanted to stick it in Steinbrenner's ass! Gator threw that pitch right down broadway and Reggie gave it a ride all the way into the bleachers. And you know what, Guidry stood there and cheered Reggie on. The crowd at Yankee Stadium cheered for Reggie too. They didn't want Reggie to go. Gator had class and he threw his special fuck you George pitch right where Reggie could extend those arms and send George a message! There were people chanting Fuck Steinbrenner! Gator didn't want to strike out Reggie. He had class and let Reggie have it. The thing about it was, Reggie knew Gator let him crush it. They were teammates and best of friends. The Yankees weren't going anywhere that year. If it was a playoff game that meant something, Ronnie wouldn't of thrown that pitch. Look at the video again. Both of them knew what that meant. They were sending Big George a message!

[@HotSauce-mn1mp]

You just wrote all of that from what you speculated. Smh

[@CrookedEyeSniper]

20:50 - "I must kill the Queen."

[@stevemeinecke5240]

I was not even born til 1978 I was told about him

[@sabbster1157]

Then shut up

[@marcusjohnson7772]

Reggie Jerkson

[@loucaruso3971]

EXCELLENT !!!!

[@JamesWyatt-o5j]

The voice over guy needs a speech pathologist.

[@OroborusFMA]

Yankees weren't going to win in 1982. Reggie might have made a different in 1983. 1984 wasn't an issue because Detroit started like 34-4. In 1985 and 1986 the Yankees were one starting pitcher short. By 1987 he was at the end of his career. So if he had resigned for five more years the Yankees might have made the post-season once.

[@nunyabizznizz7326]

am i the only one without a foundation?.....

[@mirandamiranda5830]

Reggie bar

[@garywilson7438]

Jaws qiuony

[@raygsbrelcik5578]

Too bad it took him so long...

[@Jiltedin2007]

Reggie Jackson really showed us why he was “Mr. October” the way he cheated in 1978!

[@kingcassius2586]

Yes.. let's single out that one play(which countered Bill Russell cheating on that play) as his October legacy.

[@Jiltedin2007]

@@kingcassius2586 Like the one person said who responded to my comments on Jackson’s cheating, “They don’t call him Mr. October for nothing”.

[@kingcassius2586]

@@Jiltedin2007 that makes about as much sense as your original comment.

[@Jiltedin2007]

@@kingcassius2586 It was meant as a joke.

[@kingcassius2586]

@@Jiltedin2007 Without any indication of a joke.. how would one know you're not just making some crazy, baseless statement that frequents every comment section on the net?

[@BillZappasodi]

MLB's most overrated player, hands down

[@bobma6342]

That's two speeding tickets that he should have received and had I been the cops he would have.