First WS I remember. I was ten. Loved those days. Daytime games are best.
@paleo7043 жыл бұрын
Low ratings though for obvious reasons
@johnmcclain28483 жыл бұрын
Especially in the fall
@djquinn113 жыл бұрын
We’re almost the same age, although I remember the ‘68 series when I was 6 because I was living in Detroit. That A’s team was awesome in the early 70’s.
@Wixom22003 жыл бұрын
I love daygames.
@jojoe71184 жыл бұрын
My Dad surprised my brother and I with WS tickets to ALL THREE games at Shea .. I felt like I won the Lottery !!!!! I was the MAN in my grammar school.......:) 'Never forget those cold October....Shea nights ..must have been 40 degrees and there goes Rusty Staub out in RF with no Longsleeve undershirt .... We had COATS on !!! He was in short sleeves. What a TREAT to see MAYS and Reggie Jackson on the same field! Seaver and Garrett, Milner and Koosman and Cleon Jones, McGraw....The games were Great ...series could have gone either way..Thank You DAD !!!!!!!!
@johnlevalley5213 жыл бұрын
Thats a great childhood memory. Thanks for sharing.
@merseybeat19633 жыл бұрын
Wow !
@Wixom22003 жыл бұрын
Sure.
@donsheffler15 күн бұрын
I was thrilled as a kid seeing Willie Mays and Hank Aaron making appearances in San Diego all through the early 70’s against my horrible Padres :)
@mikemulrennan794815 күн бұрын
I was at game 6 in Oakland
@mmcneil7774 жыл бұрын
The A’s knew how to win. And they had the coolest uniforms!
@berniecioffoletti339810 ай бұрын
I wish they would have stayed with the vests after the '71 season.
@BobJ19795 жыл бұрын
Amazing that Willie Mays played in the World Series in his rookie year, 1951 and 22 years later in his final season.
@cortr93104 жыл бұрын
Yes and lost both times for different New York teams (Giants, Mets) losing to repeat champions (Yankees, A's). Also, Mays was available to pinch hit in the 9th inning of game 7. With 2 outs and in possibly the last at bat of his career, with 2 runners on base and NY down 5-2, Mays was ready to pinch hit. With a left hander Darold Knowles pitching, Yogi Berra let lefty hitting Wayne Garrett bat instead of pinch hitting Mays. Garrett popped out to shortstop. Mays and Berra had feuded and Yogi left him on the bench. Had Mays come up as the tying run with 2 out in the 9th inning of game 7, it would have been one of the most dramatic at bats in baseball history.
@wilsonstone9354 жыл бұрын
@@cortr9310 you remember that, thank you, I was screaming to let Mays hit, I was 11 but always a big Mays fan and almost wrote a letter to berra asking why he didn't let Mays bat, his fielding was shot but he'd been hitting ok, -still mad, but glad someone else recognized that moment
@gergnosirrah14 жыл бұрын
@@cortr9310 That's a fascinating piece of (almost) baseball history. Too bad Berra didn't let Mays hit. Just imagine if he had homered and sent the game into extras......
@joelliebler56904 жыл бұрын
Bob Jalving It was Mays last Year playing and he made a critical error playing centerfield in the sun field in Oakland
@mariopalos92384 жыл бұрын
Got the first hit of the series as well! 3:44
@Chupacvabra4 жыл бұрын
I used to think Dennis Eckersley had a unique look. Now I realize he looked like the entire 1973 A's roster.
@arlieferguson39904 жыл бұрын
He basically had the same look going back to his days with the Red Sox.
@basilsmith1044 жыл бұрын
Great series.
@ronmackinnon93743 жыл бұрын
@@arlieferguson3990 He already had that look with Cleveland, brought it with him to Boston.
@classicsurvivor3 жыл бұрын
Charlie Finley paid a bonus to every player that grew a beard.
@scottn.3250 Жыл бұрын
Eckersley grew up just 20 minutes from the Coliseum and the '72 A's might have had an influence on him.
@hipstereagle60505 жыл бұрын
Pretty amazing to see Yogi Berra and Willie Mays wearing Met uniforms
@stephanierae6503 жыл бұрын
@MANCHESTER UNITED F.C To h*ll with soccer.
@houstonrebel44493 жыл бұрын
@M I've seen soccer games. If you blink you might miss the only score in the game. Otherwise, it's just kicking a ball back and forth.
@howie9751 Жыл бұрын
@M Give it a rest!
@samuelmoulds1016 Жыл бұрын
yeah, and remember, Berra was the Yankees' manager in 1964.
@samuelmoulds1016 Жыл бұрын
@@stephanierae650 yeah, and I have said for 30 years that soccer in America is a communist plot to get to get OUR kids off the baseball field!
@coilmanjoe5 жыл бұрын
Love those old time Met uniforms!
@mr.gogetter18285 жыл бұрын
The Mets, today, still wear those old time uniforms, even if they made them more bold with names on the back of them. They've gone around in circles, after many uniform changes over the years.
@bernardoconnor15024 жыл бұрын
Jerry Grote was an underrated catcher. He wasn't a great hitter, but as a defensive game caller he was as good as anybody. He was one tough Texan.
@lawrenceehrbar8667 Жыл бұрын
A decent hitter for a catcher during that time. As kids, watching him on TV, once a month or so he'd get hit by a foul-tip right to the groin, and would fall to the ground all scrunched up on his back, and we'd be laughing. Hey, we were kids. We loved him too, but it would look so funny.
@Robert-qm5so10 ай бұрын
@@lawrenceehrbar8667 lol 😆 , wow the stuff we remember when we were kids and that's stay stuck in our mind ✌️
@berniecioffoletti339810 ай бұрын
He was a better hitter than some people think. He was pretty clutch. He hit over .300 during that stretch run of August and September in '73, and he had a career high .295 in 1975.
@MrStradia4 жыл бұрын
Classic series. Man this is the first series I watched as a kid. Mets were my team then.
@STWRITES14 жыл бұрын
"Tom Seaver is so good blind people come to the park to hear him pitch." - Reggie Jackson, 1973 World Series
@marcsonnenberg6234 жыл бұрын
Reggie would have been on that Mets team had they drafted him instead of Steve Chilcott. SMH
@douglaslowe54 жыл бұрын
I used to say that about Nolan Ryan. He grunted so loud releasing pitches You could hear him in the nosebleed seats.
@howie97514 жыл бұрын
@@marcsonnenberg623 From what I read in a bio on him, the Mets' scouting report said Reggie dated white women so they passed up on him.
@jorgeespinosa31794 жыл бұрын
@@douglaslowe5 When Nolan Ryan pitched, the ball landed in the catcher's mitt and the ball sort of groaned, like it got the wind knocked out of it. That's my recollection.
@keko9224 жыл бұрын
@@howie9751 Donald Grant was a racist. Cleon Jones was found to have been with a white woman and he made him apologize in a press conference or to the media.
@viralbuthow0004 жыл бұрын
My Met fan dad cried about this for years. If only Felix had grabbed that grounder. But the A's had the better mix of batting and pitching. Gotta tip the hat.
@pst7024 жыл бұрын
Yeah but going up 3 to 2 and a better pitching staff and needing only one game...Yogi screwed up, period....logic sez George Stone gets the ball for game 6 and Seaver( on regular rest) and Matlack and basically everyone for game 7...they had a golden opportunity to win and Yogi blew it.
@stevekalba99514 жыл бұрын
Love the vintage soundtrack and filmgraphy..you cant watch old World Series highlight films any other way!
@michaelm95195 жыл бұрын
I love the music and the a's uniforms , mets unis were cool too
@MrManfly5 жыл бұрын
i loved the A's white ones with yellow and green trim. always thought they were snappy!
@josemeda45924 жыл бұрын
@@MrManfly Me 2.
@wolfiethedog764 жыл бұрын
The music is funky...love it
@stephanierae6503 жыл бұрын
@@MrManfly Swingin' A's in "Wedding gown" white-reserved for Sundays.
@lincolnmaceachern24103 жыл бұрын
@@wolfiethedog76 Check out the book "Big Hair and Plastic Grass", about '70's baseball. I was 11 in "73, and, in rural eastern Canada, pre- cable, our TV networks would pick up the World Series, but not the playoffs.
@robertdecker47804 жыл бұрын
Always thought Yogi was So Cool in this,with his Unique Coaching Style,Way of Speaking,and especially the arguments.
@dantheman57454 жыл бұрын
25:48 Nobody choked-up on the bat like Felix Millan.
@viralbuthow0003 жыл бұрын
And it worked! Led Mets in average many of those years.
@kencummings9533 жыл бұрын
@WinConsinSportsNutRW Ron Hunt for one.
@kelvinhouston42872 жыл бұрын
It's amazing he didn't get his hands broken 5 or 6 times in his career.
@johnlittle234 Жыл бұрын
Lenny Dykstra not Kenny dykstra
@TheMaggiesdaddy4 жыл бұрын
So many hall of farmers n this series: Hunter, Jackson and Fingers for the A’s; Mays, Seaver and Berra for the Mets.
@ogrebattle227634 жыл бұрын
I was just a 10 year old Mets fan watching this with my dad & I'll never ever forget that play at the plate as long as I live watching Willie staring at the catcher both him & the umpire & Bud coming across the plate everything in slow motion than Bud being called out & all hell breaking loose... what a time as a kid & as a Mets fan... who expected The Mets to go 7 with The A's & to even make it that year... But one thing The Mets did have was great pitching...
@softyme633 жыл бұрын
I was ten as well and a big Met fan… I remember thinking if only they had a healthy Rusty and the ball didn’t go through Felix Millan’s legs lol
@scottkeimig8571 Жыл бұрын
I was eight and I'll never forget that it broke my heart LOL it was a tough pill to swallow
@marklennox2151 Жыл бұрын
As Cleon said.. "we should've started George Stone..."
@scottkeimig8571 Жыл бұрын
@@marklennox2151 wasn't he known as the stork
@marklennox2151 Жыл бұрын
@@scottkeimig8571 No it was George Theodore who played a few years later and really did look like a stork. George Stone was a mid-year pickup who went on fire and was almost unhittable at the time. I think he went 12-3 and I agree with Cleon that he was their best chance in game 7.
@steveswangler63737 жыл бұрын
Tugger pitched 6 innings in relief in game 2 and appeared in game 3 as well. relievers today couldn't even dream about doing that. these are the days when relievers earned saves, instead of coming in for one inning with a 3 run lead and getting credit for a save.
@sludge41254 жыл бұрын
Ah, another shithead... Your statement shows that you are a pathetic asshole. The game has changed. We don’t know which pitchers could do that because a manager simply won’t let a pitcher do it. Fkn moron. And, it’s pathetic that you can’t enjoy this wonderful video without WHINING like a little bitch who needs her diaper changed that the game has changed in the past FORTY SEVEN YEARS, almost half a century. What an asshole.
@nala30383 жыл бұрын
Sludge oh shut the hell up douchebag. Smh!
@lawrenceehrbar8667 Жыл бұрын
A few times during Tug's tenure with the Mets he'd fall into a slump. So, the Mets would have him start a game and he'd go six innings and would be cured.
@johnlittle234 Жыл бұрын
Tug helped the 1980 Phillies win a World.Series their first he was traded in a 6 player swap The Phillies rookie catcher was who the Mets wanted Tug who the Phillies wanted looks like the Phillies got the better end as they did with the Kenny Dykstra trade
@johnlevalley5213 жыл бұрын
I always enjoyed watching this film during a Mets rain delay on WOR-TV in the late 70's.
@gergnosirrah14 жыл бұрын
The opening sequence is a perfect illustration of why I love instant replay in baseball. As a player growing up, and as a fan for my entire life, it always burned me up that umpires could totally blow a call and would NEVER change it despite how passionate the arguments from the players and manager involved. Harrelson was SO safe on that play at the plate. Even at normal speed, it's obvious that the catcher completely missed him. The umpire can be heard telling Berra, "Tell your player to slide." Sorry ump, just because he didn't slide shouldn't have influenced your pitiful call. Harrelson's reaction upon hearing he was called out is classic - almost George (Pine Tar) Brett-worthy. Those early-70's A's were quite a team!
@pst7024 жыл бұрын
I agree, even worse was a call in the 1970 World Series when catcher Elrod Hendricks tagged Bernie Carbo out with the glove hand empty and the right hand with the ball in plain sight except the umpire who called Carbo of the Reds out.. .incredible! Ump was wrong on the Harrelson play and lead to extra innings for the Mets who eventually won the game but wasted pitching in the process.
@ronmackinnon93743 жыл бұрын
@@pst702 That was because the umpire in the 1970 game knew that the way he was positioned--watching to see if the ball would stay fair before Hendricks grabbed it--had interfered with Hendricks' ability to make the tag. He knew that he had inadvertently--to use an analogy from basketball--'run a pick' for Carbo. And Carbo griped about the call when he himself had failed to touch home plate.
@mikecamp486 Жыл бұрын
I grew up in this Era and loved it back then now not so much
@rondy7024 жыл бұрын
As a kid, Joe Rudy in left field was one of the best!
@TheMaggiesdaddy4 жыл бұрын
rondy702 Rudi, with an i
@Muddyrich4 жыл бұрын
@@TheMaggiesdaddy Rudi Can't Fail
@TheMaggiesdaddy4 жыл бұрын
@@Muddyrich How awesome was that batting stance!? Even as a lefty, I tried to copy it, but it just never looked correct from the left side.
@ronmackinnon93743 жыл бұрын
@@Muddyrich '70s baseball plus a Clash reference. Gotta love it!
@Muddyrich3 жыл бұрын
@@ronmackinnon9374 Saw them in the Coliseum too!!
@KTF05 жыл бұрын
Those A's uniforms are fire. Home, away, and the alternates.
@mr.gogetter18285 жыл бұрын
They were better than the current A's uniforms that look too plain. If they bring back those uniforms from the 1970's, they should add the elephant on the left sleeve.
@juan833blue4 жыл бұрын
Statutory Grape loved those Oakland A’s Uniforms of the 70s! #Amazing
@rustywilliamson71404 жыл бұрын
I'll take those sleeveless jerseys from the late 60s.
@darryljorden91774 жыл бұрын
As much as I liked their green and gold uniform tops, I loved the polar bear white home uniforms that they wore on Sundays (see game two).
@MrsChristianMom4 жыл бұрын
Guys would dye their spikes white to be like the A's.
@DJ_DKBGD4 жыл бұрын
I was just a toddler in 73 and became a Mets fan on the last day of the 83 season thanks to Rusty Staub. Staub nailed a bullet pinch hit to Right Field finishing the come from behind rally against the Expos. It was the most exciting baseball game I had watched up to that point. He was the best hitter the Mets ever had. Great to see Cleon Jones who I had completely forgotten about until watching this video. I had no idea that Willie Mays played for the Mets. On the A's side it was nice to see Reggie earning his way to become the world's first Million Dollar athlete. What a National League Pitcher killer he was! He sure mutilated the Mets and Dodgers pitchers. It was also nice to see Catfish Hunter at his prime. Nice video!
@lawrenceehrbar8667 Жыл бұрын
Rusty tied mlb record for most consecutive pinch hits - 8. and holds mlb record rbi's as pinch hitter season - 25
@johnpcomposer3 жыл бұрын
I was also ten that autumn and a Oakland fan. Indeed those were the days. It was the 2nd world series I watched. 1972 Oakland vs Cincinnati was my 1st.
@joemartinez333 Жыл бұрын
In 1973, I loved all 3 of the A's uniforms especially the white one, their Sunday home uniform.
@howie9751 Жыл бұрын
I loved the gold letters on the green uniforms.
@michaelleroy9281 Жыл бұрын
But they didn't wear the white one for game 7 which was on a Sunday they wore green
@Mryrhodesian4 жыл бұрын
I've been watching baseball for 50 years and i still think that Oakland dynasty had to be the most disrespected of any champion in history. I think because outside of 1971 they never won 100 games. All they did was win and win and win again!
@sludge41254 жыл бұрын
Winning three series in a row, by anyone other than the Yankees, is phenomenal. In fact, these Oakland teams were the only team, other than the Yankees, to do it. Sensational!!!
@Muddyrich4 жыл бұрын
Regular season wins mean nothing, other than getting you to the post season
@sludge41254 жыл бұрын
Silvy, are you the village idiot? I have read your other posts. Village idiot might actually be too kind of a description for you.
@christinacascadilla44734 жыл бұрын
The A’s of that era were nearly in five World Series in a row. In 1971 they were beaten in the playoffs by that Baltimore team they had four 20 game winners. Then they were in the series 72, 73, 74, and then in 1975 were beaten in the playoffs by the Jim Rice, Carlton Fisk, Fred Lynn Red Sox. They had an amazing run. Free agency ended it. The owner didn’t exactly help either.
@Muddyrich4 жыл бұрын
@@christinacascadilla4473 Finley was definitely his own worst enemy. In 1971 he had the bright idea of having the A's visit Nixon at the White House, having not won anything, just having good record and an Eastern road trip. I'm sure just up the highway Earl Weaver did not hesitate to use this for a little extra motivation for the current World Champions.
@paulsiegel29152 жыл бұрын
back when highlight films were an art form
@michaelbarnhart2593 Жыл бұрын
Such a great series that I watched on TV as a teen. Anyone old enough to remember a World Series "day" game? Haha!
@marklennox2151 Жыл бұрын
Mr. B ... I went to a catholic parochial school back in the day and in '60s the crazy nuns would stop classes when the games started and put on the TV and start our education on the sacrifice bunt and so on !
@johndoiron961511 ай бұрын
I was 7 for this series, and I definitely remember World Series games during the day. I still don't like night games all these decades later.
@EphSBGGSO4 жыл бұрын
Willie and Hank.....my boyhood baseball heroes. And then came Reggie....
@patriciawalters67783 жыл бұрын
And then came Ricky...
@hermanator743013 жыл бұрын
I love it,...baseball uniforms, low styrups and all. No pajamas on these guys.
@frankmccarthy262411 ай бұрын
I watched this as a 10 year old living in NE Pennsylvania. I was a pitcher and center fielder that year in LL so Seaver and Mays were my hero’s. I hardly cared that they lost.
@marcjennett9721 Жыл бұрын
First world series I remember and made me a lifetime baseball fan. Wish the video was more like what we saw on the network.
@renevega66724 жыл бұрын
I remember those Mets vividly and I was only 11 years old at the time! They were my favorite team.
@juan3zz4 жыл бұрын
I Miss Shea Stadium! It was like a second home to me for so many years.
@howie9751 Жыл бұрын
Shea was just a shell with a baseball field inside. Cold a lot of the year and your perspective on fly balls from the upper deck was off. The park had no atmosphere. Luckily the fans did.
@juan3zz Жыл бұрын
@@howie9751, What on earth are you "Trying" to say??? Back in the 1980s and 1990s, I was at Shea Stadium every weekend. And when the Mets were out of town I was at Yankee Stadium the other weekends. The Fans at Shea back then had way more energy than Yankee Fans. It was a real fun place to be. Also, Shea Stadium had better Sports bars and better concessions areas than that cramped out of date Yankee Stadium. Yankee Stadium was beautiful when you were in the stands looking at the field, but it was an Absolute Joke when you were in the common areas and Concessions.
@howie9751 Жыл бұрын
@@juan3zzI'm not sure why you're bringing the badly remodeled Yankee Stadium into the discussion, but maybe you ought to re-read what I wrote. Shea had no atmosphere in an of itself (unlike Fenway and Camden Yards), it was the fans that made Mets games memorable.
@michaelleroy92814 ай бұрын
@@juan3zz The original Yankee Stadium had seen it's final game by the time this World Series began
@juan3zz4 ай бұрын
@751 Yeah, I agree. Shea Stadium was out in the middle of no where. It was not a neighborhood Arena like Yankee Stadium, Fenway, and other such Stadiums. And yes, there was no doubt a buzz in the Bronx and in the surrounding area when the Yankees were playing. There is so much to do outside of Yankee Stadium.
@millypoo77134 жыл бұрын
In 1973, only 3 AL players hit 30 or more home runs with Reggie Jackson leading the way with a modest 32. In 2019, a whopping 31 AL players hit 30 or more home runs. Baseball sure has changed. Imo... not for the better.
@depaola635 жыл бұрын
I was THERE !! Oakland as a 10 year old saw game 7 w/Nick Sr. and Willie Mays' last at bat ! " Mr. October " MVP!! and I share the same birthday on MAY 18th ! ...32 years later I would sing The National Anthem for The A's on that same grass 14 x ( from 2005-2014) ..of the A's winning 12 of those I sang at!! ( find me here on KZbin)..also I played in The Oakland Coliseum on 11/28/80 as we WON The NCS 4A High School Championship !! #1 in the east bay, PITTSBURG PIRATES !! .....*..The Coliseum is very special to me !
@Wixom22003 жыл бұрын
Sure.
@depaola633 жыл бұрын
@@Wixom2200 ....absolutely sir! Thank you sir! Why don’t you look up the 4 times of the 14 here on KZbin sir, I’m sure sir! Type in my name sir, thank you sir, sure is right sir!
@johnlittle234 Жыл бұрын
Mets Yankey. Subway world series great to see the Tanks prevail 2007 2008 Mets classic flop 2022 another dramatic Mets flop
@davidzwisohn5478 Жыл бұрын
In 1972, my dad took me on a boys-only trip to the west coast, so his impressionable 9-year old son could see the US Open Golf championship in Pebble Beach, and as many baseball games as we could go to. The A’s became “my team” (weird for an east coast kid). I remember watching every single second of the 1972, ‘73, and ‘74 Playoffs and World Series on TV with my dad (except when he was at work). This video brings back everything I felt back then (50 years ago this fall), including the adoration, admiration, and love I had for my father 😀⚾️
@tomitstube3 жыл бұрын
great series, had everything, ole bert campaneris, reggie jackson, sall bando, joe rudi, rollie fingers, what a great team. forgot all about that "sun field" in left at the alameda county stadium, all 4 games in oakland were day games starting at 1pm, the 3 games in new york were night games.
@pfunkster834 жыл бұрын
Yogi blew this series for the Mets by moving Seaver up for game 6. A well rested Tom Seaver in game 7 would have been tough to beat.
@millypoo77134 жыл бұрын
You mean the same Tom Seaver who took a 2-1 lead into the 8th inning of game 3... but gave up the tying run in a game the Mets lost 3-2 in 11 innings? If Seaver holds that lead... the Mets win the series in 5 games. I can see where you might second guess Berra... but to say Yogi "blew it" because he wanted Seaver & Matlack pitching games 6 & 7 is preposterous.
@pst7024 жыл бұрын
George Stone should have gotten the ball for game 6...his era was killing the A's and a rested Seaver and Matlack for 7 with the pitching staff would have been a advantage for the Mets....Yogi blew it.
@Wixom22003 жыл бұрын
I agree!
@Wixom22003 жыл бұрын
@@millypoo7713 No Yogi blew it.
@graciemaemarie11jones16 Жыл бұрын
seaver just couldnt do it in the biggest game.rested?didnt lolich win game 7 in 68 on 2 games rest?
@LEETCH_26 жыл бұрын
It would have been really cool to see the Mets and A's World Series rematch in 1988. Unfortunately Davey Johnson made some boneheaded moves against the Dodgers, and the heavily favored Mets lost in 7 in the NLCS.
@ATCguy19735 жыл бұрын
I agree. Not bringing in Randy Myers in game 4. Starting Ron Darling instead of Dwight Gooden in game 7. It should have been the best 2 teams in baseball that season. The Mighty A's hitting against the Mighty Mets pitching although the Mets had some great hitting and the A's had great Pitching. It would have been a series for the 80s. But the Dodgers shocked the world and won it all fair and square with a lot of passion
@scoobycarr55585 жыл бұрын
Cubs fan here. The 1988 NLCS could have gone either way for sure. But those bad moves by the Mets cost them a chance to make it to the World Series.
@irar46655 жыл бұрын
David Cone shooting his mouth and then getting hit hard in Game 2 against the weak hitting Dodgers cost them the series more than any manager moves in that series
@marcsonnenberg6234 жыл бұрын
@@ATCguy1973 I was at game 4 and went home heartbroken. That was the turning point. Instead of being up 3 games to 1, the series was tied up 2-2. We will never know how Randy Myers would have pitched in the 9th, but a tired Gooden, and not the same Doc Gooden of '84 and '85 should have been pulled after 8 innings. Today it is rare for a starter to be out there in the 9th inning.
@ATCguy19734 жыл бұрын
@@marcsonnenberg623 Yes I agree. I was a die hard Mets fan in 1988 and really wanted to see the A's and Mets matchup. I would have been at game 2 of the world series at Shea had the Mets made it.
@johndoiron961511 ай бұрын
So many people only think of Reggie Jackson with the Yankees, but real fans know where he got his great start. He is still my favorite player of all time, and will always be an Athletic to me.
@anthonydavella835010 ай бұрын
hope you guys keep your team
@brianbiechele195810 ай бұрын
Yeah, The Kansas City Athletics.
@rpc7179 ай бұрын
I think of him as an A who played as a fake Yankee.
@johndoiron96159 ай бұрын
@@rpc717I like this take.
@michaelleroy92814 ай бұрын
Nobody remembers he played for the Orioles, 1976 and the Angels 1982-1986
@rogernesmith22796 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for this. Greatly appreciated.
@billybergendahl35154 жыл бұрын
The Oakland A's of 1972-74 are my all-time favorite baseball team.
@johndoiron961511 ай бұрын
I became an A's fan from the east coast as a little kid in 1972, and they're still my favorite.
@chuckwood84524 жыл бұрын
I was 7 years old and I remember watching every single game of this series
@dannymundycomedy4 жыл бұрын
I also was 7 and I have always loved Reggie.
@michaelleroy92814 ай бұрын
@@dannymundycomedy I was slightly older, like 18
@mikevanriel75737 жыл бұрын
This was a more heartbreaking World Series loss for the Mets than I thought. Took them over 10 years to recover.
@loyaldude105 жыл бұрын
Mets were very fortunate to even get there.
@davanmani5565 жыл бұрын
That was the racist and homophobic M. Donald Grant.
@mikeforte75854 жыл бұрын
@@davanmani556 i.new Grant was an idiot...racist too??
@pst7024 жыл бұрын
@@loyaldude10 well, the National League East didn't have any great team that ran away with it... in fact up until the last week there was 3 or 4 teams in the running for the East title...the Mets strong point was their pitching...the Mets pitching kept this team in contention with the powerful Cincinnati Reds, the Big Red Machine... those '73 Mets won a tough 5 game series...it was basically an upset by beating the Reds in 5 games.. the Mets HAD the Oakland Athletics on the ropes after 5 games with a 3-2 advantage and could have won the 3rd game that went into extra innings (would have been a sweep at home after winning game 2 in Oakland)...Yogi's error was not using his hottest pitcher.... George Stone for game 6...would have had EVERYTHING for game 7 if Stone failed in game 6...Seaver, Matlack, Koosman, MacGraw,etc...Seaver was not up to par in game 6 and Yogi gave the ball to a 2nd year pitcher (Matlack) for a pressured game 7.....bad move... always save your best for last....Mets had it in their hands and lost it.
@mdteletom12884 жыл бұрын
@@mikeforte7585 I think that's a reference to the Cleon Jones incident during the '74 Spring training. Look up Cleon Jones, van, Grant and apology and you should get the answer.
@basilsmith1044 жыл бұрын
Great series.
@moncaman1 Жыл бұрын
Excellent watch!!!!....💪😎🇺🇸🗽✨😇⚾, nearly 50 years later 🤔🤨👍, I know every player !!!!....🤺🎯, Thank you for this amazing video...✌️....
@jeremydavidson91944 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see a montage of one of today's teams done with this music and in this style.
@brucewettin3 жыл бұрын
went to game 5 with my dad i was 10 we had it up 3-2 going to Oak!..I met Rusty in my lobby years later very nice to me, he was huge!
@johnmichaelniemela95575 жыл бұрын
Tug Had The Screwball,He Was Amazing
@michaelshaffer339317 күн бұрын
I was at this game. I was 8. Still gives me goosebumps. Sad the Oakland Alameda county Coleseum will be gone after this season. What a beautiful stadium still in great shape. Sad they are tearing it down because it a top 5 ballpark in the majors.
@TomAutoTV3 жыл бұрын
Grew up in Antioch, Moved to Idaho, A’S Fan Always
@Anthony-hu3rj4 жыл бұрын
Back when the World Series meant everything. The only series. None of the present-day playoff-for-profit stuff.
@Muddyrich4 жыл бұрын
there had already been league championship series for 5 years by then.
@kevaninthe41354 жыл бұрын
Gowdy is playing up the Holtzman at bat line a bit too much. Dude spent several years in the National League and 1973 was the first year of the DH. Holtzman was plenty familiar with hitting.
@graciemaemarie11jones16 Жыл бұрын
agree.he was clutch. good hitter.agree.love holztman. he gave to them basturds fron new shit city
@hmhm856 Жыл бұрын
An unreal stat is that the light-hititng 1973 Mets had outhomered the power-hitting 1973 Athletics in the WS four home runs to zero in the first 6 games.... but then in game 7, Oakland hit home runs
@mikelliteras3975 күн бұрын
I was 7 during this series. Big Met fan from NJ with my dad watching the games. I thought Willie Mays was always a Met. I’m amazed at how much I remember. Rusty Staub was my favorite player along with Felix Millan. What a pitching staff they had. Too bad they didn’t keep Nolan Ryan. Imagine Ryan, Seaver and Koosman on the same team. I don’t remember how to spell his name, but he was amazing
@joesakic914 жыл бұрын
The last time the Athletics won a winner-take-all postseason game: 1973 World Series Game 7 against the New York Mets. Since then, the A's are 0-9 in those playoff games.
@stephanierae6503 жыл бұрын
I've heard and don't doubt that, but there's some sort of qualifier involved-as they have won 2 more World Series('74, '89) since.
@ronmackinnon93743 жыл бұрын
Those were won in 5 and 4 games respectively, so what proved to be the final games of those series were not winner-take-all. The OP means postseason series that have gone the limit--the 5th game of a best 3 out of 5 series, the 7th game of a best 4 out of 7 series. The A's have been in such postseason games since' 73, they just haven't won any of them.
@michaelleroy9281 Жыл бұрын
They were upset by the Dodgers in 1988 Reds in 1990
@michaelleroy92814 жыл бұрын
Darold Knowles pitched in all 7 games
@howie9751 Жыл бұрын
Rollie Fingers always got the credit and Knowles is all but forgotten. But not by me.
@Jiltedin20073 жыл бұрын
Gone are the Daytime Postseason Games played on Saturdays and Sundays!
@michaelleroy92812 жыл бұрын
FOX drags them out way past midnight now
@Jiltedin20072 жыл бұрын
@@michaelleroy9281 At a time when Children need to be put to bed. Hate to say it, but Baseball is no longer A Family Game on Television.
@ogrebattle227633 жыл бұрын
Those were the days with Curt Gowdy ....
@flybob639 күн бұрын
Hard to overstate just how good the 73 Mets played that September; especially with all the injuries. Shows just how good underdogs can be.
@Thesage503 жыл бұрын
What i remember most about that series is Willie Mays singling in the winning run in game two, then turning into Joe Hardy while struggling to make a catch in center, and Joe Rudi continuously climbing the left field fence at Shea, robbing the mets hitters in the process!
@michaelsemmijr20956 жыл бұрын
It's interesting to hear Reggie, obviously a big fan of Server, compliment the Mets pitcher, saying that he wasn't the regular Tom Server of old, and how he is the games best athlete.
@ATCguy19734 жыл бұрын
It would have been awesome if they were teammates. That could have happened had the Mets drafted Reggie number one overall in the 1966 draft instead of Steve Chilcott
@pst7024 жыл бұрын
@@ATCguy1973 true, Reggie Jackson was the best player available but Bob Schieffing made a costly mistake that cost the Mets dearly... Reggie who's half African American was dating a white woman (actually she was/ is a white Latino.....Jeanne Campos.... Jackson is also half Latino, mother's side)..its unbelievable that race played a part in a decision in the 1966 draft for the Mets....New York is a liberal and progressive city(even in 1966) and that wouldn't have been an issue .... I have read some of Reggie's books and Reggie had an axe to grind against the Mets..... look at the home run in game 7 .... a giant leap of a stomp at home plate .... tell me that's not on a subconscious level a sign of a payback...he has in his many autobiographies admitted it on some level....throw in George Stone in game 6 and Mr. October would have started his legacy a little later, 1974..and beyond
@ronmackinnon93743 жыл бұрын
@@pst702 While knowing that his middle name is Martinez, it never occurred to me that was a good indication that he was half Latino.
@drbonesshow15 жыл бұрын
Dick Williams went from the 1967 Red Sox to the Oakland A's mini-dynasty.
@billfilice64084 жыл бұрын
Until 74 when Alvin Dark won it
@michaelleroy9281 Жыл бұрын
Dick Williams resigned after the 1973 World Series because of the Andrews thing and he couldn't work for Charlie Finley anymore
@robertdecker47804 жыл бұрын
This narrarator had a Really Cool Old Nerd type of Voice and overall very mentally engaging commentator style delivery. Anybody realize that Bert Campanaris,normally a spray-hitter belted 22 home-runs in 1972..?! I always was fascinated about that. He must've been powerlifting during that particular year. : )
@bryantc3824 жыл бұрын
Curt Gowdy was the guy calling the game
@Muddyrich4 жыл бұрын
Look up Dick Green, he too had a bizarre anomalous power-hitting year...
@ronmackinnon93743 жыл бұрын
1970, not 1972, was that outlier year for Campaneris with 22 home runs.
@howie9751 Жыл бұрын
Curt Gowdy, one of the best. Called Super Bowls too.
@mainman1273 жыл бұрын
Everybody always talks about Willie Mays falling down in the outfield ...what about Joe Rudi and Cleon Jones ? They fell down too on fly balls in the blinding sun
@samuelmoulds1016 Жыл бұрын
yeah, I didn't get to see the series and was told Mays was the only one not seeing the flyballs and falling down. THEY WERE WRONG!.
@flybob638 ай бұрын
Harrelson and Campy. Two of the best defensive shortstops of the era.
@user-nr8vj3qf5lАй бұрын
They may not have had the greatest players but someone always made the big play in key moments!
@hippiecolleen13522 ай бұрын
I was there! Cant believe i got to see Yogi, Willie,hank Aaron and Reggie all in one series! Not to mention that entire As team Rollie catfish,vida, campy ..,...
@zxccxz1645 жыл бұрын
are there more high quality 70s videos like this.....maybe the pennant races?? love this!
@Muddyrich4 жыл бұрын
mostly just playoffs and WS, but some creative word input keeps turning up things
@pmsfar-outgrooviness80252 жыл бұрын
@@Muddyrich all-star games too
@scottn.3250 Жыл бұрын
Nice to see Reggie get the Series MVP a year after missing out on the '72 Series because of injury.
@scoobycarr55585 жыл бұрын
Did you know that the A's uniform logo that resembles an elephant has been the same since the franchise was founded in 1901?
@stephanierae6503 жыл бұрын
Coincidentally Finley also embraced a mule named after him who'd parade around the field meeting fans before games. Good ol' days!
@michaelleroy92812 жыл бұрын
They put it on the uniform sleeves in 1988
@armorybrunotjr.32044 жыл бұрын
After the Oakland A's won the 1973 World Series, manager Dick Williams resigned because he and owner Charlie Finley had personal differences the entire season. Alvin Dark moved behind the bench and gave the A's their third World Championship. Williams returned as manager of the then-California Angels in midseason of 1974.
@ronmackinnon93743 жыл бұрын
The Yankees wanted to hire Williams (Ralph Houk had unexpectedly resigned at the end of the '73 season), but Finley wouldn't let him out of his contract unless the Yankees gave him top prospects. They wound up hiring Bill Virdon (who'd been let go by the Pirates in September) instead. By spring training '74, Finley had brought in Al Dark as a replacement (his second go-round as A's manager), and (as you mentioned) Williams had to settle for the Angels job in mid-'74. No luck there, but he later had success turning losers into contenders in both Montreal and San Diego, even getting back to the World Series with the latter.
@michaelleroy92812 жыл бұрын
Finley and Steinbrenner and their many managers
@michaelleroy92814 ай бұрын
@@ronmackinnon9374 1984 against the that Tigers team that began the year 35-5 they had no chance
@ronmackinnon93744 ай бұрын
@@michaelleroy9281 Yup. A thankless job for the Padres, having to be the opponent of that Tigers team. Same managers as in the '72 series, but Sparky Anderson won this time.
@bernardoconnor15024 жыл бұрын
Love the Maroon jackets on the American League umpires
@steventesta67824 жыл бұрын
How about playing world series games during the day. It was fun being 10 years old in 73!!!
@lincolnmaceachern24103 жыл бұрын
I was 11; no cable TV in eastern Canada in those days, but our networks carried the World Series ( but not the playoffs ). I loved the day games too; were they just the weekend games or all the games?
@steventesta67823 жыл бұрын
@@lincolnmaceachern2410 they were during the week to. I remember coming home from school on a Monday afternoon and watching the 1978 one game playoff between the Yankees and red sox when bucky dent hit the winning home run.
@ronmackinnon93743 жыл бұрын
@@steventesta6782 The question was about World Series games, that 1978 game was a game 163 divisional tie-breaker game (which, by the way, as a 12-year-old Red Sox fan at the time, I will excruciatingly recall to the end of my days). The answer is, by '73, there were no more weekday World Series games played during the day. The last World Series to consist entirely of day games was 1970. In 1971, to begin getting bigger TV audiences, they had one of the three weekday games played at night. For the '72 series, all three of the weekday games were scheduled to be night games; but because bad weather forced a postponement of Game 3, it threw the schedule off and necessitated rescheduling Game 5 for Friday afternoon--so there was one weekday day game in the '72 series, it just happened to be an unscheduled one. By '73, though, the plan of maximizing TV revenue with all the weekday games taking place at night was in place. In '76, they even experimented with a Sunday night game (Game 2). Starting in '77, while keeping weekend games during the day, they began scheduling World Series to begin and end (should it go the full 7) during the work week, so that there'd be just one pair of weekend day games to work around, rather than a pair at the beginning and another at the end. And then, mid-to-late '80s, they even phased out the weekend day games, started having them at night too (thus they were OK with starting and ending World Series on weekends again, too, didn't matter either way). And that's how it's been ever since.
@jimirwin56235 жыл бұрын
Now THAT is baseball !!
@musicoldies834 жыл бұрын
Freeze the video @15:43, and you can see WHY the home plate ump blew the Harrelson call. Note that the ump's head is totally fixated on home plate, based on how low his head is when crouching down, and staring right in the direction of the plate itself, which means that only the corner of his eye was able to catch Ray Fosse's glove swiping at Harrelson. The ump then saw the swipe occur right before Harrelson's right leg touched home plate; but because of his head angle, was not able to tell that the glove never actually touched Harrelson, whereby he only assumed that it did. Unfortunately the ump, for whatever unknown reason - possibly because he was too lazy - never got up from his crouched position once the ball was hit into the outfield by Felix Milan, and remained in his crouched position as the outfielder threw the ball to the plate. The ump should have already been in a standing position once he saw the thrown ball go to the left of Fosse towards the third base side, and immediately position himself to the right of home plate - a little towards the first base side and away from the basepath - so that he could have had a clear level view of the play once Fosse caught the ball. Had that happened, he would have clearly seen the miss, and Harrelson would have been called safe.
@darkstarharry29473 жыл бұрын
This was Home Plate Umpire Augie Donatelli's last season as an umpire. He retired after the series.
@acitoneroyal6002Ай бұрын
I watched em all a starry eyed 13 year old. These were great days for baseball.
@thomaswolf7238 ай бұрын
Mays’ difficulties in center field have become a metaphor for a once great player sticking around too long. However, from these highlights and Curt Gowdy’s commentary, it is evident that the sun caused havoc with all the outfielders in day games. Until 1971 all WS games were played in the daytime and the sun had to have played a role in a good number of plays. See game two of the 1966 WS in which another Willie, Willie Davis, lost two fly balls in the Los Angeles sun.
@mikevanriel75736 жыл бұрын
The 1973 Oakland A’s did something no team never before or since: Win 2 Game 7 World Series games. Not even the world famous Yankees have done this.
@Mryrhodesian6 жыл бұрын
You must mean back to back Cards did it in 64 & 67.
@jamesmatthew36815 жыл бұрын
No. What he meant was win two World Series in both in 7 games in two years.
@willdrucker42915 жыл бұрын
Ehhh..the Mantle/Berra/Ford Tankees usually finished off their opponents by game 6...no need for a game 7..
@ronmackinnon93743 жыл бұрын
@@willdrucker4291 Tell that to the '52, '55, and '56 Dodgers, the '57 and '58 Braves, the '60 Pirates, the '62 Giants, and the '64 Cardinals.
@Wixom22003 жыл бұрын
@@davidcadwallader434 LOL
@stardaddyo94 жыл бұрын
Huge respect for that Mets team for hanging in there with Oakland.
@ronmackinnon93743 жыл бұрын
And for rising all the way from last place to first by going 20-8 over the last month of the season; and for knocking off the heavily favored Reds in the NLCS.
@waldenspondmedia11054 жыл бұрын
wow - I remember this Series so well - Tug McGraw, Willie Mays(the last WS for Mays)
@rd97935 жыл бұрын
The Mets losing this series broke my heart.....all these years later and it still hurts.
@pst7025 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I was a 10 year kid who cried for the only time for a baseball outcome... but '86 relieved the memory of this series...one thing, loved Yogi for ALL he did as a manager but he had a hot pitcher in... George Stone and didn't use him... could have started him in game 6 and have Seaver, Matlack, MaGraw, and even Koosman for the 7th game... they had a 3-2 lead going to Oakland... has nothing to lose with Stone in game 6... in fact, his era stats were great in the postseason... yeah, I get it you want Seaver for the clincher BUT you would have gotten an extra days rest for Seaver by sending him on game 7
@rd97935 жыл бұрын
@@pst702 Cried in front of the tv when Garett popped out to end the series. I was 10 as well. Was a magical season....and I will remembrr 1973 as my favorite summer.
@scoobycarr55585 жыл бұрын
Cubs fan here. This kind of reminds me of 1945 when the favored Cubs lost in 7 games to the Tigers. But this debacle of a game in my point of view was pretty much a disaster.
@domxem55514 жыл бұрын
I felt the same when the reds lost in 72. But I recovered in 75 and 76.
@michaelleroy92814 жыл бұрын
Yes losing a World Series can be heartbreaking how do you think the players feel
@josecarranza75556 жыл бұрын
I find it amazing that Willie Mays and Yogi Berra were on the exact same team together, a New York team (Mets) other than their previous New York teams (NY GIants, Yankees), in the World Series playing together for the title. Willie Mays played two seasons with the mets 1972-1973 and his last seasons in MLB.
@stardaddyo93 жыл бұрын
Joe rudy has a knack for making routine catches look spactacular.
@ronmackinnon93743 жыл бұрын
*Rudi
@drbonesshow15 жыл бұрын
Vida Blue (209 - 161) ERA 3.27 SO 2175 was Dwight Gooden (194 - 112) ERA 3.51 SO 2293 before Gooden and they both fell short of the HOF.
@kellymikoloff37634 жыл бұрын
Could not agree more. Sadness of substance abuse.((((
@flame-sky71486 ай бұрын
THey are trying to put Curt Schilling in the HoF, but look up his numbers and achievements, they are very similar to that of Vida Blue.
@nicholasbruno94973 жыл бұрын
The last World Series to be won in the daylight!😢
@hmhm856 Жыл бұрын
We came close in 1984 to having WS day games that started and ended in daylight, if the Cubs had just managed to beat the Padres in the 1984 NLCS (Cubs first night game in Wrigley Field was 1988),
@lawrenceehrbar8667 Жыл бұрын
In '69, game 3, Tommie Agee led off bottom 1st and homered. Garret in '73.
@Nativeblkft7 жыл бұрын
Finley was notoriously cheap. He bought the Players cheap, scratched diamonds for their World Series Championship rings. The least he could have done for his players was buy them some good rings for winning the World Series.
@mr.gogetter18285 жыл бұрын
Free Agency was a wake-up call for Finley, as many players left him for bigger fortunes, starting with Catfish Hunter, after he won the Cy Young award in 1974.
@pst7024 жыл бұрын
Charlie Finley was the modern day Charles Cominsky
@billfilice64084 жыл бұрын
@@pst702 I was one of those LL age kids at that time and I loved Charlie O. He had the .50 bleacher games, fan appreciation games where I got to meet all the players, and more. I have nothing but endearment to Charles Finley. He would sit behind 3rd base too with the fans.
@DJ-bj8ku3 жыл бұрын
I remember when he started trading away all of the A’s talent. Vida Blue and Joe Rudi were supposed to go to the Red Sox but Bowie Kuhn killed the trade.
@mariocisneros9114 жыл бұрын
I wish they returned with day world series games
@michaelleroy9281 Жыл бұрын
Since I'm retired that would be OK with me
@lezfriend7 жыл бұрын
This was a great World Series. I am surprised that it is not shown more frequently on highlight shows. The 1969 World Series had a more shocking outcome, but this World Series was much closer and had much more overall excitement than that one did.
@chrisuncleahmad7 жыл бұрын
lezfriend I think part of that is due to this being overshadowed somewhat by the tremendous WS of '72
@SuperShawn20205 жыл бұрын
It was a great series. My hero Tom Seaver let the Mets down that year. He will always be my favorite player - but his mediocre performance cost the Mets the championship.
@samuelmoulds1016 Жыл бұрын
yeah, I hated the O's for decades after the 1969 World Series for losing to the upstart Mets!!!
@jamesmatthew36814 жыл бұрын
37:08 The A's were the first team to do the traditional dogpile after winning the WS.
@jeremydavidson91944 жыл бұрын
And yet, 4 years later, in NY, Reggie Jackson was running off Yankee Stadium field like a line backer looking to level fans to the ground as he tried to escape the on-field chaos caused by thousands of fans.
@pst7024 жыл бұрын
@@jeremydavidson9194 that's because A's fans were a lot more civilized than those savages from the south bronx...if you were rooting for the opposing team, I heard that you were pelted with stuff...I guess the only way to watch a game as a fan of the opposing team was to get your John Rambo suit out of the cleaners...a M60, a rocket launcher and a couple of hand grenades to sit in Yankee Stadium...things have changed of course over the decades...you're NOT mugged physically any more just financially at Yankee Stadium
@ronmackinnon93743 жыл бұрын
Didn't the Phillies doing that in 2008 wreck Brad Lidge's career?
@howie9751 Жыл бұрын
@@jeremydavidson9194 Your point?
@arealmench4 жыл бұрын
The good ol days when some of the post season games were played in the daytime.
@walterm.robertsiiiphd21574 жыл бұрын
Yea. I remember racing out of school at 3pm to find out what the score was of those daytime games. A purer time, certainly.
@ronmackinnon93743 жыл бұрын
@@walterm.robertsiiiphd2157 Except they were done with weekday (school day) World Series games by '73. Nice that they still kept day games on the weekends, though--until they phased those out too, mid-to-late '80s. (Edit) Though the OP does say 'post season games,' and yes, there were still some daytime games in the LCS.
@howie9751 Жыл бұрын
So fielders could lose the ball in the sun and batters can miss the pitches coming out of the shadows. I've been to many ballgames and they're always more exciting at night. The fans get crazy too.
@Luke-yr2yu Жыл бұрын
They used to run these World Series highlights of the great Oakland dynasty years during Cubs rain delays on WGN in the 1970s. I fell in love with these. It's great to see them again.
@scottn.3250 Жыл бұрын
The A's and Cubs traded a lot back then. Maybe because Finley was from Illinois. Ken Holzman came over from the Cubs and was a key starting pitcher in the A's rotation those three series.
@michaelleroy9281 Жыл бұрын
@@scottn.3250 Billy Williams played his last years with the A's
@scottn.3250 Жыл бұрын
Unfortunate that B. Williams didn't get a World Series ring with the A's. Matty Alou got one, though.
@basilsmith1044 жыл бұрын
Awesome series .
@lawrenceehrbar8667 Жыл бұрын
My Dad liked Willie but kept saying he shouldn't have been hovering around the plate during that play on Buddy.
@mikeamico6763 Жыл бұрын
I was a 9 year old mets fan watching this what thrills also ultimate disappointment when they lost. I did not know that the next nine years they where in the toilet before they turned it around 85-86 .
@scmasshole5 жыл бұрын
Nice catch, Willie. 13:55
@dantheman57454 жыл бұрын
Instead of starting Seaver (and subsequently Matlack as well) on short rest, Yogi should've started George Stone in Game 6 and gone with Seaver on normal rest if Game 7 was necessary. Stone was no slouch for the Mets in '73.
@pst7024 жыл бұрын
Dan, you are the man...100% correct ..a key element most people don't take notice is this: the A's had trouble hitting lefties like Koosman, McGraw and Stone.. George Stone was on fire in the Reds series and in the W.S. with a low era...Yogi lost this series for the Mets by NOT using Stone for the 6th game,..I HAVE heard over the decades that pressure by management or Seaver himself might have been the reason for Stone not starting game 6...most likely to believe it was Seaver pressuring Yogi.... but logically, George Stone would have been the best choice because (1) he's a lefty and was baffling the A's hitters (2) even if Stone failed you'd have Seaver, Matlack, McGraw and maybe Koosman for an inning for game 7....everything plus the kitchen sink for game 7...its a " there is no tomorrow " game...the Mets had the advantage in pitching on that one...Yogi was asked over the years about this blunder and ducked this questioning time and time again...he took it to the grave and never let Mets fans know as to why the decision to start Seaver instead of Stone for game 6...incredibly enough, this loss started a downward spiral for the Mets (10 years)...had they won, they would have gotten the attention of premier players who were on the trade talks with their teams. Historically, most teams who have traded with the Mets always were looking for pitchers. Another factor would have been that the Mets would have solidified their place as the #1 team in NYC...the Mets never recovered until the following decade....and THAT'S another sad story of a short lived team that had potential to be a dynasty as well.
@davanmani5562 жыл бұрын
Apparently, Tom went to management to start Game 6.
@graciemaemarie11jones16 Жыл бұрын
@@pst702 yep, blame and point fingers instead of giving credit to a clutch team like the A's...and thats with a CAPITAL A.....
@pst702 Жыл бұрын
@@graciemaemarie11jones16 oh, they did their part but I am old enough to remember that the Mets HAD a 3-2 advantage and had the A's on the ropes with good pitching....Yogi Berra, the manager made a extremely costly mistake...instead of following what (A) the numbers said and (B) go according to the rotation...he gave Seaver the ball for game 6 instead of holding him for a game 7 with complete rest. Yogi SHOULD have started George Stone in game 6 BECAUSE his stats against the A's were off the charts with the LOWEST ERA ...a manager like Berra should have been a more professional by saying "NO!" to Seaver's request to pitch game 6...Gil Hodges (had he lived) would have done the logical thing. Not to take away from the Oakland A's talent but you CANNOT negate the pitching talent that the Mets had in that series...the A's batting average is the lower in the 1973 series than when they faced Cincinnati (1972) and Los Angeles (1974)....the Mets came within a hairline of winning this series because of their dominant pitching but ONE costly mistake (because EGOs got in the way) cost them the title. Yes, your A's won fair and square 👏but one RIGHT decision could have changed the outcome.