1978 AL East Playoff: Yankees @ Red Sox

[@stephendacey8761]

My beloved grandfather who never saw the Red Sox win the world series, and passed away in 88', always watched and loved baseball, especially the Sox, but always had admiration for Reggie Jackson, and always told me he had the best swing in baseball, and a great ballplayer, and he was right. R.I.P. grandpa.

[@JustCallMeKen]

Saw this at 11 years old; couldn't wait to get home from school to watch. The first 6 innings were pretty uneventful; but the last 3 innings made this the best ballgame I've ever seen.

[@fasteddie9867]

I remember running home from the bus stop on Staten Island at 12 to see this epic game!

[@bradbroemmer9106]

Same here.

[@gib59er56]

Me too man. I was standing at my front door as my friend came over and I heard "Deep to left!" spun and saw Bucky whip the bat down ! Never ever will forget that day.

[@kurtacocella8013]

If I remember correctly, it was a Jewish holiday. We had no public school in NYC on that day.

[@bridder01]

I love Phil Rizzuto's announcing! He is sorely missed.

[@petersanmiguel1164]

Rizzuto was great.

[@howie9751]

Yes but he was best with Bill White.

[@wilnerolivier7971]

@@petersanmiguel1164 Better than Sterling!!

[@ednunez7682]

​@@wilnerolivier7971 different stykes

[@jaycompany4886]

​@@howie9751 yes the chemistry between them was great.

[@sertsj1]

Bill White and Phil Rizzuto... Nobody was better. I miss those days.

[@jvelez1998]

Still watching this in 2024. Classic. 🙏

[@bionicbigfoot2790]

Few things that stand out: pace of play is incredible. No stepping out of the box and adjusting Robocop armor, no pitchers wandering around the mound between pitches. Superior announcers; today we have....Joe Buck. Superior product to today’s game.

[@jacktorrance2633]

Joe Buck does a fine job as a play-by-play announcer. He's very similar to "Scooter" and Frank Messer,both I listened to as a Yankees fan on WPIX channel 11 growing up in the 70s and 80s. Buck doesn't scream like a fool during the game like most of the idiots announcing games these days. Is that what you prefer?

[@kdinva]

Bill White a fine, underrated announcer.

[@Winforall]

Tru That.

[@jktz122]

@@Winforall i loved listening to that team on the radio back then .. rizzuto , white i think fran healy and someone else i cant remember

[@howie9751]

@@jktz122 Frank Messer. I think Healy joined later.

[@jktz122]

@@howie9751 forgot who it was but one of the radio announcers was a former catcher was that healy?

[@howie9751]

@@jktz122 Yes, I believe so.

[@oldschoolmuscle4436]

Hands down the best of times.

[@jeffwilson3363]

There is something about these games from the 70s that is so fun to watch again.....the game seems so pure.

[@josephhiggins4880]

Yeah, somehow more "little league" and exciting

[@SasfootBigsquatch]

Yeah baseball was still simple and more enjoyable back then. Now it's just an over the top game of metrics...it's changed for the worse.

[@wilnerolivier7971]

@@SasfootBigsquatch You forgot to that the game is now home runs & strikeouts!!

[@BrianKirkwood-g3s]

@@wilnerolivier7971 And as such, the pace of game is completely ruined.

[@jaycompany4886]

Holy cow! It's the scooter, white and frank....these type of broadcasters are instinct...man ty yt for bringing back great memories

[@stevegosselin1353]

Red Sox fan ; biggest play of the game was Piniella's play in the 9th. Fenway wasn't built up like it is now, it was almost 5:30pm and the sun was a sinking fireball hanging over the rim of the old 3B side roof boxes. Remy could have had a walk off inside the park home run, except for one of the greatest, but overlooked plays in MLB history.

[@gilbertgiles]

@Cavalcade of Fred Couples lmao you wish pal

[@Milordvega]

At 2:27:48

[@kevinmcdonald6477]

I 'm a Met fan but I remember this game very well. I don't think Piniella's recovery on that ball is overlooked at all. Especially by Sox fans. Plus he made a strong throw to keep Rooster at 2nd. If he's on 3rd Rice could have driven him in with a sac fly to tie it.

[@flynnhagerty1368]

That's not even the biggest play Piniella made, IMO. Cheating to his left because he realized Guidry could be pulled and catching a Fred Lynn flyball in the corner with two men on was his biggest play. If he doesn't do that, it's 4-0 and Guidry is out of the game.

[@tektoniks_architects]

Given the context, the most intense game I've ever seen.

[@tommycscat]

1:32:53 Bucky Dent at bat, 1:35:42 Bucky Dent HR, 1:52:40 Reggie Jackson at bat, 1:53:58 Reggie Jackson HR

[@danielkelegian5306]

2:27:45 Pinellaaaaa can't see the ball!!

[@staunchx]

First time i ever watched this game, all i can say is wow! 10/10, this game doesnt get mentioned enough as being one of the alltime greats. Thank you for posting.

[@djrr1003]

I was and still am a huge NY Yankees fan and still remember this game, I was age 14 at the time, I ran home after completing my paper route, the Yankees never gave up in '78, 14 games behind, they stayed the course and ran their record to 99 wins, tied with Boston and forcing this one game playoff. Totally unexpected that Bucky dent would ever hit a homer over the green monster. What a difference in pitching back then, Guidry was 25 and 3 that year and pitched this game on 3 games rest and Gossage relieved. So different than today with starters out half the time after 3 or 4 innings and 4 - 6 relievers come in.

[@melbias5046]

boy, i miss watching munson play.

[@jasonzee4561]

He was my favorite player

[@kyokogodai-ir6hy]

@@jasonzee4561 Mine too. Been gone 40 years now. Was such a sad day.

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

At least he didn't crash his plane three blocks from the building in which I grew up.

[@lloydkline6946]

@@jasonzee4561 great clutch hittter and leader

[@lloydkline6946]

If Thurman Munson was playing in 1981 world series Yankees might have won

[@BigGuyDave524]

ran home from school this day , didn't want to miss an inning , what a game

[@lloydkline6946]

I still was in middle school at that time, can't miss game

[@fredbobberts5753]

Me too we had transistor radios and we ran shifts to the bathroom and library to get updates...”Red Sox 2-0”, “Someone just homered for New York, it’s 3-2”, “WHO ?”

[@dantwomey4215]

Ditto. We all ran home. It was just intense.

[@steveclayton2353]

Me to,ran from the bus,got in the door and my dad said 1-0 yaz just hit a home run!Il never forget!

[@stevedrums1675]

I was 8 at this time and now my son is 8. Such a different sport now than it was then. I prefer it then.

[@akitalady]

@MANCHESTER UNITED F.C Soccer is and always will be a EU game. Nothing against it, but it's not our game. You don't understand the love of Americans for their National Past-time.

[@brettsinger9565]

Players behaved a different way. They were generally low-key, which was why Reggie Jackson stood out so much.

[@psyclonejack1523]

I watched this game on WPIX, I was 15 and my Dad said I could stay home from school that day. The Yankees had nothing going, and I was thinking we'd lose....until Bucky!! I went CRAZY when he hit it!! Great memories!!

[@markhousman8447]

The difference in pace of play between now and 40 years ago is unbelievable. I wish so much that today's MLB could match this pace.

[@fasteddie9867]

today's MLB is an abomination.

[@johnw8984]

Today's baseball is based around commercials. The game is secondary.

[@Nolibtards_allowed]

Guys take forever to figure out how to hit a baseball.. after the third or fourth at bat they finally make contact

[@ceddycedchin]

Two great teams. As a 9-yr old Yankees fan in 1978, I absolutely feared the Red Sox. A fantastic ballclub, probably the greatest team that did not make the post-season. Boston would have been favored to win the World Series if they had prevailed. Certainly one of the most exciting games ever.

[@rafaelramirez3180]

Ced Chin I'm with you Ced 👍👍

[@dougg2012]

Nah, Boston was injured and slumping by the time they played this game. Even if they had made it they would’ve been on fumes against KC. Royals would’ve taken them down imo.

[@molzerib]

@@dougg2012 The Red Sox had to win its last 8 regular season games to force the playoff and 12 of its last 14. I cannot speak to the health of every player at that stage but the team certainly wasn't slumping.

[@footerotica882]

Not likely the red sox would have been favored over dodgers . The dodgers were favored over the Yankees, who beat them the previous year

[@billb.2673]

@@dougg2012 Yeah, wrong.

[@dzanier]

This game is an absolute classic performance by two teams that battled all year. In some ways there was no loser. Boston played a great game. They hit some balls very hard off Guidry & had 5 hits versus the Goose. It's not too often that a team plays as well as it can possibly play and loses. That's what happened to Boston in this game. And the Yanks, both in 77 & 78, had a knack for clutch hitting & timely fielding plays. Both teams put on a performance that will never be forgotten.

[@torrjpct9492]

Guidry was an amazing pitcher. As you can see, he would just get the ball and throw, get it and throw again, and again and again. Almost no time between pitches. Like a pitching machine, and pitched a lot of innings.

[@rafaelramirez3180]

The greatest of baseball announcers, Phil Rizzuto, Bill White and Frank Messer...Scooter was one of a kind, White was one of the best and Messer was no slouch...they don't come any better than this terrific trio 👍👍👌

[@michaelwallin1665]

Great name. You ever play shortstop?

[@harryfrezza2563]

Rafael Ramirez PHIL was much better than people recall when it came to analysis

[@danielgolus4600]

The Scooter was my favorite Yankee.

[@larryc8568]

How about Mel Allen and Red Barber?????

[@carltonreese4854]

That was helluva battle Fisk had with Gossage in the eighth! I especially love how the pace moved along between pitches -- and this was even considered slow back then.

[@k.a.parker2576]

I was on a flight from JFK to SLC and the Pilot put the game on the cabin speaker system of the plane. It was the most incredible flight I have ever experienced. I wish I would have thanked him then....but I'm doing it now. 😉👍

[@coreyveasey4153]

Ruzzoto-Messer-White. If you didn't live in NY and follow the Yankees on WPIX from the mid 60's to the mid 80's. You don't know what Im talking about

[@dzanier]

They were a GREAT team.

[@RickyPisano]

If you were a Red Sox fan from the mid 60's to the mid 80's you KNOW what he was talking about........BELIEVE ME!!! LOL.

[@dennbb]

HOLY COW!

[@gungadin1389]

bs we were in Connecticut and knew the Mets,Yanks and Redsox.

[@nyceyes]

Yes. Great comment! I loved those three guys, too! What a time in NYC and what a team (Yankees and Frank Messer, Bill White and Phil Rizzuto).

[@nyterpfan]

IMHO the greatest game in baseball history--ESPECIALLY given the rivalry and the dramatic road each team took to get to that point. So many people forget that Boston won 10 or their last 12 games (including 8 straight at the end of the season) to erase a 3 1/2 game deficit and force a playoff----a team without heart couldn't have done that!! All that's remembered is that they lost a 14 game lead---fans don't remember the gutsy Sox comeback at the end of the year. Two out--bottom of the ninth--Gossage against Yaz with the tying run on base and the winning run at the plate---it doesn't get any more dramatic than that!!

[@grudgerun]

Absolutely, and thanks for bringing it up. The Sox comeback in the waning days of the regular season was awesome. I'll never forget the Sunday afternoon when they miraculously forced the one-game playoff.

[@howie9751]

No one's forgot that. But it means the Sox weren't good when they had the lead, the got it together when they fell behind. Same thing in 1977 when they blew a 4 1/2 game lead to the Yankees.

[@devilsadvocacy]

I think people forget about that final week of the regular season because of the Sox’ epic collapse that led to it. Not just the 14 game lead, but the Boston Massacre series at Fenway early in September, and three more losses in the Bronx the following weekend. That was half the 14 games right there

[@michaelmiller2397]

indeed ONE OF THE GREATEST GAMES ever...Mets game 6 WS against Red Sox better...but that was supernatural !

[@sodapopinski690]

This game sticks in my memory more than any other MLB game I ever saw and I've seen a lot over the years. 12 years old at the time and the Yankees were my team. Hustled home from school and watched every minute of this game glued to my chair and the only time I got up was when Bucky Dent (of all people) hit that homer in the 7th inning. I remember jumping up and down and cheering like crazy at that moment. like most Yankee fans I very much despised the Red Sox so it was a cherished moment.

[@deepdrag8131]

Sticks in my mind too. For a long time it was my most painful baseball memory ever. (Much worse than 1986.) And then came 2003, and Aaron Boone. THAT was killer! (Of course, there have been a few consolations since then … such as YESTERDAY!)

[@DrDeath26]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!! for uploading this complete game!!! I was all of 13-years old when this game was aired live - I remember coming home from school and tuning into watch this. And to see the entire game again is just magical!!! Gotta LOVE the Internet!!! Everybody credits Bucky "F**king" Dent with the game winner... but it was Reggie Jackson who hit the game-winner!!! THANK YOU so much for this upload!!! SO MUCH APPRECIATED!!!

[@dennbb]

I was in a logging camp and had to listen to it on the radio but is was still as exciting as hell. probably the greatest single baseball game ever played, partly because of how NY got there.

[@exchequerguy4037]

I was 15 and we had a "teacher work day", so I got to see the whole game. :)

[@fasteddie9867]

I was 12 and remember running home from school to watch this--I caught Mickey Rivers' at bat. No better time for baseball--hands down.

[@michaelleroy9281]

I was lucky not to working in 1978 on this Monday afternoon, so I saw this whole game

[@brianodonnell8553]

Phil Rizzuto discussing Torrez. He is very excitable Latin Type 🤣🤣🤣. I miss that world.

[@DodgerFan1988]

In the 1970's the Yankees terrorized 3 teams: Red Sox, Royals, and Dodgers.

[@markc5771]

My three favorite teams ... ugh

[@searchforthestrangler5034]

GREAT POINT!

[@jamalmccoy4904]

All three respectfully hated the Yankees then lol...

[@dzanier]

I've just finished watching this game for about the 8th time, and it never gets old. And much as I'm a Yankee fan, it just has to be said that Boston was one whale of a team. They battled till the end. Very few times have I felt too much compassion for a losing Red Sox team, but this is one of those times. The way the season of 1978 played out, you would've thought it was designed by a higher authority who wanted to thrill and entertain the masses of those two northeastern cities. I just don't have enough words to say about this season and this game.

[@DonQwantsyou]

A buddy of mine attended the game. He got box seats the week before when they went on sale and we were laughing at him saying it wouldn't happen. I've always envied him for the experience of being at that game

[@dennbb]

Boston played pretty close to .500 ball in the second half the Yankees played an insane .763. don't quote me on that but I know I m close.

[@dzanier]

+dennbb Very close. After the games of July 17th 1978, Boston was 61-28 and 14 games ahead of New York. The Yanks were 47-42. The rest of the way the Sox went 38-36 while the Yanks went 52-21. I'm not counting this game. The Yanks played at a .712 clip. You were close enough. The Sox played at a .513 clip.

[@dzanier]

+DonQwantsyou I also envy him. He got to see something beyond special.

[@df5295]

The way I remember that season is that the Yankees had a lot of injuries in the first half and then Boston had a lot of injuries in the second half. In the end it all evened out.

[@PAN-jo2go]

Great game and right down to the wire and how about those announcers fort he Yankees. I so much enjoyed listening to them as a kid in the late 1970's...

[@Milordvega]

HIGHLIGHTS 28:35 Carl Yastrzemski homer off Ron Guidry in bottom of 2nd, Boston up 1-0 1:18:35 Jim Rice hits RBI single to give Boston a 2-0 lead in bottom of 6th 1:25:38 Great play in right field by Lou Piniella (no Gold Glover) to rob Fred Lynn of a hit and keep Bosox lead to 2-0 after 6 full innings 1:29:10 As Jim Spencer was setting up to pinch hit, the announcer says "Yankees down 2-nothing, they need the long ball here in the 7th inning." Jim Spencer didn't hear him and flied out to left. 1:35:42 Bucky Effing Dent did hear the announcer and hits his famous (or infamous) 3-run homer as Yankees take 3-2 lead in top of 7th 1:43:21 Thurman Munson hits RBI double off reliever Bob Stanley to give Yankees 4-2 lead (crowd got quiet) in top of 7th 1:53:58 Reggie hits the towering solo homer in top of 8th off Bob Stanley to give Yankees 5-2 lead; 5th run proves to be the winning run of the ballgame - why isn't Bob Stanley considered as much of the real culprit among Boston pitchers as starter Mike Torres?! He also cost them the 1986 WS more than Buckner. 2:01:44 Jerry Remy starts Bosox rally by hitting leadoff double off Goose Gossage in bottom of 8th as Bosox cut lead to 5-4 (2:04:47 was Yaz's RBI single, 2:11:06 was Fred Lynn's). 2:27:48 Another nice play by Lou Piniella off a Jerry Remy single to keep Boston runners on first and second (or else Jim Rice's long fly which followed at 2:28:58 would have been a sacrifice fly to score Rick Burleson and tie score) 2:31:14 Carl Yastrzemski pops up to end game, in what Yaz would say was the one at-bat in his career that he would have liked to take back

[@nickc3224]

That team had so many heroes, and as a result I think Roy White was totally underrated. He suffered through some of the worst years of that era and then when the yankees came back to glory, he always seemed to be on base in clutch situations and scoring critical runs. He walked and scored the go-ahead (winning) run in the 1977 ALCS game 5, singled and scored on Dent's iconic home run in the '78 playoff game against the red sox, homered for the go-ahead (game winning) run in the 1978 ALCS game 4 and scored the winning run on Piniellas clutch hit in '78 WS game 4. He was always around doing something to help the Yankees win in the most pressure-packed situations.

[@markravitz1684]

Don't forget Roy's Friday night, game tying HR in the bottom of the 9th, off Bill Campbell in June of 1977. That was a week after the Yankees got creamed in Boston and were left for dead. It was also the series where Billy an Jackson had their " disagreement"

[@johnmasciola1047]

He was my favorite player when I was a kid

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

at 2:28:10 Pinella saved the game by fielding a ball he couldn't see.

[@df5295]

That was a great play by Pinella.

[@flagtheoffense]

And, even better, he didn't freak out (granted, it was a liner) and forced the runner on first to wait just an extra second because he wasn't sure.

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

@@flagtheoffense He was bluffing.

[@nickc3224]

If he missed that ball, the game is over. It's at least a triple and a tie game--and Rice probably drives in the winning run. Or, if it rolls all the way to the right field corner, Remy might have an inside-the-park homer

[@Ozziemints]

Great play and throw in by Big Lou!!

[@jackkitchen737]

I am watching this broadcast right now on MLB Network lol. I came in here because I missed the start of the game, and the announcers had said that Reggie Jackson's fly ball (17:20) in the first inning would have been a HR, had the wind switched directions the way it did in the second. I can see why. This is awesome. I remember racing home from school to watch this game as a 12 year old.

[@u2keaneshaped]

I've always said the key to the Yankees victory wasn't necessarily Dent's homer, but rather Lou Piniella's defense in the sun-splashed RF. Twice he thwarted Sox rallies, first in the bottom of the 6th when Lynn drove one into the corner and Lou made the basket catch with the runners on the move, then in the 9th with the last second snare of Remy's one-hop liner and Burleson rounding 2nd. If that Remy drive gets by Lou, with Remy's speed he scores or at the very least ends up on 3rd, tie game, with Rice and Yaz coming up.

[@taxitalknyc7600]

+Tony Moy Bingo !!

[@ricsanta1]

+Freddie Last Which is probably why Phil Rizzuto said the following in the bottom of the eighth after Jim Rice flied out to Pinella: "I tell you, that Pinella is unbelievable. He's not the most graceful outfielder in the world but when he gets to a ball he catches it -- you know, that play he made on Lynn in the sixth was a game-saver".

[@taxitalknyc7600]

TRUE gamer !! Let's go METS !! (Psst - Yankees suck !! )

[@devilsadvocacy]

Rice’s fly ball to the outfield with one out would certainly have scored Burleson from third, and we would have had extra innings. Imagine that!

[@howie9751]

In the sixth Piniella moved a couple of steps towards the line because he felt Guidry was losing a bit on his fastball. That's why he was able to make the catch.

[@PresidentGas1]

I'm a junior in high school in California and I convince my history teacher to allow me to bring in a transistor radio so the class could listen to the game. Actually despised both the Yanks and the Sox but that game was a big deal. I'll never forget that .... amazing.

[@Bentom86]

1:35:40 Russell Earl Dent!!!! And the phenomenal call by the great Bill White! Yankee Baseball on WPIX--the BEST!!!!!!

[@JosephDungee]

11alive WPIX-NY I remember watching this game (Even though I was die-hard Mets fan...lol) They still hate Bucky "freaking" Dent as much as Aaron "freakin" Boone in Beantown! Yankees vs Red Sex, greatest rivalry I have ever experienced in sports! (Thinking of 2004, AMAZING series (Can't BELIEVE the Yankees lost 4 STRAIGHT!!)

[@izzonj]

I like that they let pitchers pitch back then. Today, no way in the world Gossage would have been kept in the game for 2 2/3 giving up 5 hits and 2 runs!

[@humanbeing2420]

Yep - he didn't have his best stuff that day. He has said he was really nervous, until he faced Yaz in the ninth and realized it was just a game, and he relaxed and started throwing the heat.

[@ProperProductions-ez9rf]

Thanks for posting. My third grade teacher, Sr. Augustine, was a huge Yankees fan, and let us listen to the game on the radio in our classroon. Then when I got home I slouched in front of the TV and watched the rest of the game on WPIX. We lived in upstate NY, and had just gotten cable tv earlier that summer, and had watched the Yankees come back from 14 behind. Great memories. For some strange reason I feel like having a Miller Beer now.

[@dannyboy34677]

Bucky Dent gave the Yankees the lead in the 7th. That's the HR everyone remembers. However, it would be Reggie's HR in the 8th that would be the clincher.

[@PAN-jo2go]

Don't ever say "Bucky Dent" when in any public place in Boston...

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

At the time Jackson's homer was the "game winner" but Dent's would qualify now as it gave the yanks the lead for good.

[@davidr5961]

@@PAN-jo2go or Boone for that matter.

[@jamalmccoy4904]

Phil rizzuto Frank messer and bill white the old wpix broadcast crew... I miss those days in the late 70s early 80s those were so memorable for me as a 10 year old kid in Newark NJ....

[@bernard6255]

I remember this day sooo well as an 11yr old red sox fan. It was on a school day and i was in 6th grade. I remember school let out and i could hear bucky dent happenening just as i was getting on the school bus over the bus drivers portable radio. What a horrible wonderful memory.

[@epaddon]

To explain the broadcast in these days the teams were permitted to do their own separate local telecasts even though this game aired nationally on ABC (there was also a local Red Sox telecast with Dick Stockton and Ken Harrelson). Likewise, in the ALCS the local teams would also do their own broadcasts competing with the national ones. This changed starting in 1984 when such local telecasts were banned.

[@waydebaker33]

Coincidence that it all changed in 1984? Or did The Party see to it that it happen that way? This is Doubleplusungood.....

[@paulsonj72]

@@waydebaker33 Part of that came about as a result of the 1982 NLCS where the Braves were involved. TBS(Then WTBS) tried to claim they were a "local" broadcast despite being seen across the country for those who then had cable. MLB got involved and said no after ABC complained. To avoid any issues in the future when the next TV contract was signed(the 1984 one) local broadcasts stopped happening.

[@Tony-hz8ld]

Thanks for the upload. The scooter, Bill White and Messier made the game 10 times better, especial Phil. As a 10 year old, the scooter made you interested in the game with the "Holy cows" and getting exited and raise his voice when the Yanks made a great play in the field or got a hit. The 1976-81 Yankees were just as good as the 96-00 Yankees. If the divisions were the same as the 70s, the 96-00 Yankees would have only won 2 championships. The Cleveland Indians would have won the division in 1996 and 2000.

[@danielgolus4600]

Lived this broadcast crew. Especially the Scooter my favorite Yankee!

[@fredflagstone181]

There's absolutely no way in today's game that Torrez would have still been out there in the seventh with two aboard.

[@Seemsayin]

I was 14, and RAN home, after school. With all the people who stopped by here, who watched this live, when we were kids... little did we realize just how legendary it would become. Along with the 1977 season, with Billy Martin and Mr. October's big night in that series... Wow. What a time to be a Yankees fan!

[@jamesy4003]

I do wish they’d bring back afternoon post season games - sadly the game has lost its magic

[@americangiant1003]

James Yasko Other than 1st round aka a couple of divisional playoffs, you correct that almost all MLB playoff games is only late afternoon/evening start times. MLB should bring back at least 1 daytime World Series preferably on the weekend say starting at 4pm eastern.

[@paulsonj72]

@@americangiant1003 This HAD to be an afternoon game as ABC had Monday Night Football that night. And no cable outlets were available to help(ESPN itself didn't start up for almost another year)

[@americangiant1003]

@@willzimjohn There was NO College Football as this was a Monday. I think as someone said before ABC also had a Monday Night Football game basically almost right after this classic game.

[@paulsonj72]

@@americangiant1003 Monday Night Football came on the air at 9 PM ET. ABC came on the air at 2:30 ET.Not sure when 1st pitch was) and the game took 2:52 to play. I am going to guess (no source here just a hunch) that ABC was on the air from 2:30-6:00 PM ET which allowed the network to have World News Tonight and local stations to have the 6PM News and whatever programs they had before Prime Time started at 8 PM ET

[@JayDogTitan-he6wo]

The entire 70s baseball era was awesome.

[@kenyongray2615]

Bucky Dent's 15 seconds of fame that has lasted over 40 years and will continue for as long as baseball is played. Thanks for the video.

[@deepdrag8131]

Yeah, they even gave him a ticket to last night’s game (for all the good it did the Diablos. Hahaha). I’ll bet he didn’t even pay!

[@daviddemaria3982]

Ummm yeah he was also the World Series MVP

[@kenyongray2615]

@@daviddemaria3982 Yes, but what do you remember him for? Unless you look it up probably 99.9% of fans don't know that.

[@kenyongray2615]

@@daviddemaria3982 He is famous for that ball going over the Green Monster and always will be.

[@daviddemaria3982]

@@kenyongray2615 of course he is, but that "15 seconds of fame" comment was inaccurate.

[@Dontuween]

As of this writing, this game was 40 years ago today. Hard to believe. Classic all around!

[@gib59er56]

Thanks Don. Nothing like feeling old as hell!! I remember this game as if it happenned a day ago. "Deep to left" in my 11 yr old ears was music. Sorry for typo misspell , I think it`s Alzheimer`s

[@vccstudents]

Bucky Dent would go on to be the MVP of the World Series that year.

[@scoobycarr5558]

You could say that Bucky put a huge Dent in the Dodgers' dreams of winning the 1978 World Series.

[@josemeda4592]

@@scoobycarr5558 Funny but sad.

[@tedperry6466]

2nd basement Brian Doyle shoulda got co-MVP. He had an awesome series too. LOL

[@navyguyinva]

This game was shown nationally on ABC, in New England on WSBK & in NY on WPIX.

[@robertburklund3664]

love the Way Mr.October Hit the Ball..

[@lloydkline6946]

The staw that stir the drink

[@rstefanie2622]

God ...this seems like yesterday I swear hearing Messer, Rizzuto, and Bill White once again. Man o man...so cool.

[@americangiant1003]

Happy 40th Anniversary to this historic and maybe the best MLB game of the 20th Century and possibly of all time. 1978-2018.

[@navyguyinva]

Scooter left the booth to conduct anticipated interviews. Bill White singlehandedly and brilliantly announced one of the most thrilling half innings in MLB history.

[@davidschecter5247]

One of the best games I ever watched (on TV). I was working in Colorado at the time, but we had a TV on at the time. So cool!

[@mariosaccoccio1688]

I moved to Denver after this game! It turned my cousin from a lifelong Sox fan to a Denver bears fan, eventually he became a Rockies fan!

[@danielkelegian5306]

Everyone looks at Dent's HR but Reggie's monster was the game winner.

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

The game winning homer is the one that puts a team ahead for good, but that wasn't the case in 1978.

[@hamburg1306]

Also Munson’s rbi double in 7th driving in 4th run too.

[@howie9751]

The unsung hero of the game was Lou Piniella. In the sixth, he moved over closer to the right field line because he thought Guidry was getting tired and the Sox might pull the ball. They did and he was in position to catch a liner that otherwise would have been a double. In the bottom of the ninth, he lost a fly in the sun, faked that he was going to catch it, then reached out to stop the ball after it landed. His fake kept Burleson at second, otherwise Rick would have scored on the next fly ball.

[@MrAitraining]

It wasn't that Bucky's HR was ever considered the game winner. It's because it was Bucky Dent. The guy had 40 career Home runs. Was a shock.

[@lloydkline6946]

The straw that stir the drink, you do not have to give me a star, I brought it with me;:, reggie Jackson

[@ENB1968]

Scooter described Torrez as "excitable, Latin type." Oh, boy....he would be crucified if he said that today!

[@clubhouseme]

freedom of speech lol

[@treverp4938]

Eric Beer I know and the thing is what's wrong with says that? It might be uncomfortable but not racist. We all know what he means, it's more of compliment. Adrian Beltre is an excitable Latin Type lol. What's wrong with that?

[@AngelSanchez-tq6lx]

Agreed. Excessive political correctness notwithstanding, cultures do differ. Our Latin culture does stress that a man must stand up for himself and confrontations can occur on a dime. Scooter was not being offensive.

[@sha9infinite450]

I got home from school and this game was on. My generation knows...

[@danielgolus4600]

I never get tired of watching this. Bucky Dent!!!

[@mariosaccoccio1688]

A great game at the end of a great season, certainly one that I will never forget!

[@allencollins6031]

Those were the days. They've ruined the game.

[@michaelmello42]

Wow. It has been 45 years since I watch this game. I was 13 years old and I watched or listened to every Sox game that season. So much has happened since then but this loss still stings a bit after all these years.

[@afzx960]

Loved seeing this game! I've heard about it for 25-30 years, since I started following baseball when I was 11-12 years old, and loved seeing it as it happened.

[@johnsain]

3:30 ..."Torres, Very Excitable, Latin-Type..." - Would've gotten Rizzuto canceled today...at the time, no one was offended....Zero.

[@thefrase7884]

Back in a time when we didn’t realize how good it was

[@TheGiantspwn]

man gene monahan was still with the yankees back then. and to think he just retired in 2011 is crazy how long he was there. great man. never gonna forget him.

[@krustymadrid4953]

the announcer says Mike Torrez is a very excitable " latin type" he'd be cancelled today for that remark

[@johannysantana6614]

This looks more entertaining then baseball nowadays 😂

[@jameslisle7775]

1:53:58 One of the most underrated home runs in MLB history! Mr. October to dead center!

[@williampremo3096]

My favorite red sox team. Got way ahead that season, blew a big lead and then clawed back to tie the yanks on last day of year. This was a tough loss.

[@ter521fad]

I just love the fact that the Yankee announcers Phil Rizzuto and Frank Messer started off this broadcast by going over Red Sox failures from 30 years before. Such homers.

[@scoobycarr5558]

Did I overhear Denkinger the umpire? I just learned that he was one of the crew in the 1985 World Series between the Royals and the Cardinals. Denkinger not only called one of the Royals safe in a controversial play at first base but he also ejected Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog and had put Cardinals pitcher Joaquin Andujar in a huge tissy fit.

[@ter521fad]

Yes, you're absolutely 100% right. This was a CLASSIC baseball game. It had the attention of pretty much everybody in New York and Boston. The Yankees-Red Sox rivalry wouldn't be this intense for another 25 years.

[@dtruth5988]

I remember watching this same game on channel 11 WPIX as a kid in the bronx. I lived on the Grand Concourse about 4-5 blocks from the old Yankee Stadium, so that was the start of me being a die heart Yankee fan.

[@brsfan66]

yep I remember watching this when I was a young kid and it was painful too watch how the Red Sox lost this but then again came 2004 and that settled all the misery that you muster.That was the all-time greatest comeback not in just the baseball world but in the sporting world.

[@buzzawuzza3743]

lots of fun to see this game, very cool, thank you for posting

[@scienceofficer5473]

Always thought Dent homered in the ninth with 2 outs. Didn’t know it was in the 7th. And that Boston battled back in the last 2 innings, it was a very competitive game right to the end. Nice to see Guidry and Jackson in their prime. Rizzuto and White, a fun duo to hear as always.

[@kwasimensah6013]

Lou Pinella was an unsung hero, for two outstanding plays in the outfield.

[@bluebird925]

I didn't know either that Dent homered in the 7th inning until now.

[@fasteddie9867]

God I miss this type of true baseball unlike the atrocity that passes for it today.

[@lloydkline6946]

❤ ron guidry my hero

[@davidr5961]

Its funny, how Bob Stanley was the one who gave up the game winning homer to Reggie, and then eight years later, happened to be on in relief in game 6 against the Mets, when facing Mookie Wilson.

[@danielgolus4600]

Gave up a wild pitch, which tied the game. Stanley never did get Mookie out...

[@ericponce8740]

Love old fashion announcers...no bullshit talk about exit velocity and launch angles.

[@AT-sd9qq]

OMG I forgot all about the Miller Time ad, hahaha.

[@juan833blue]

RIP "the Scooter" Phil Rizzuto

[@08jag81]

We got to watch this live, in art class at high school.

[@peterhunt5072]

Thank you for this wicked good game!

[@JerichoMile4]

Carl Yastrzemski tidbit : hit final out on flyballs in two epic games in Boston ! 1975 world series game 7 vs Reds 1978 al east playoff game vs Yankees

[@calebadams2876]

think he was the last out in the 67 series as well

[@DonQwantsyou]

@@calebadams2876 no Yaz singled off Gibson to lead off ninth in game 7.

[@calebadams2876]

@@DonQwantsyou k . had heard otherwise. Thanks for the clarification.

[@larry930legend]

@@calebadams2876 George Scott struck out against Bob Gibson last out 1967 World Series

[@calebadams2876]

@@larry930legend I have been corrected previously but thanks for telling me what happened. :)

[@Devsfan202]

Remember this game like it was yesterday, Great hearing Bill White and Phil Rizzuto calling the game again-like taking a step back in time! I was at the Stadium when they retired Guidry's no. in 2003- that's my pic in front of his monument there on fb..

[@mo9504]

One Jim Rice Short of winning this game, Bucky Dent or no Bucky Dent. Dont hate. I am 62 years old still a red sox fan, it is what it is. We got ours since 2004. It is all good.

[@uncletony6210]

who were you rooting for in the 78 WS?

[@nsd1901]

Who says baseball isn't opera? This game here is the perfect example!

[@TheZayne34]

I remember where I was standing, watching this game on T.V. and when Dent homered I was yelling my head off with excitement! Yhe doorbel rand and I answered it , it was my friend Brian from the same street as me and he goes "You see that ?' Replays were still shown for about 10 minutes it seemed. I was 11 years old and had the house to myself cuz my parents were still at work and who the hell knows where my brother was. HOLY COW AMAZING!!!!

[@davidkaiser]

I'm delighted this is available, but I'm sad the Red Sox broadcast, which I watched, is not. I will never forget my sense of absolute disbelief when Dent his home run. I mean, when the Yankees got two men on I was screaming at Zimmer to get Torres the hell out of there, but of course he didn't. But then it looked like everything was under control. But what I will never forget, and it isn't on this tape, is that when Dent circled the bases, the Red Sox broadcast camera went to Torres on the mound. I have never seen anyone so enraged on a baseball field in my entire life. He was completely beside himself.

[@navyguyinva]

I'm incredulous as to why WSBK refuses to share any Red Sox game on KZbin.

[@pedropachanga7743]

Phil Rizzuto, Bill White, and Frank Messer were the best baseball broadcast team I have ever heard. I mean, 35 plus years have gone by, and NOBODY has ever come close to those guys. Those 3 men helped make the 1976-1978 Yankees my childhood heroes. No sane latin would be offended by the Scooter's comment. Everybody loved the Scooter.

[@painterphilippe]

Ditto

[@kimkelly5512]

And then came Bucky Dent 20 ⚾⚾⚾⚾⚾⚾

[@3321far]

I snuck out of school early to watch this game too. Great day. This was the most satisfying win for me out of all the ones' I've seen. Reggie's 3 homer game and winning the World Series at Shea are up there, but this number 1.

[@johnhenryclark911]

Yankee Stadium 🏟️⚾, Not Shea Stadium 🏟️⚾🚫That Is, Unless The New York Mets Were In The 1977 World Series 🏆🙄😅😂🤣

[@Surfer041]

Watching the life in Fenway Park die, nothing better.

[@VMan29397]

i know its priceless

[@jeremydes100]

So was 2004..remember? Choke!!!!

[@Surfer041]

It took 86 years, a ton of steroids, and the luckiest bounce in the history of baseball. In case you're keeping score, it's 27 to 8.

[@jeremydes100]

What bounce?? And if it makes you feel better, Yankee fans are no longer my pick for the biggest jerks in baseball..that's Toronto

[@Surfer041]

Watch game 5. You probably weren't even a thought when the 04 ALCS was played.