Swingin' A's 1972 World Series Gm. 2 vs. Reds

The first era of the A’s in Oakland, known as the “Swingin’ A’s,” won three consecutive World Series championships in the early 1970s, something only one other Major League franchise (the Yankees) has ever been able to equal. The A’s 1972 World Series win was also the Bay Area’s first professional championship.
The 1972 team, known as The Mustache Gang, won 93 games and another division title in 1972. Facial hair aside, this team was about dominant pitching. Five starters posted ERAs better than 3.00. The leader of the pack was Catfish Hunter, who had arguably the best season of his Hall of Fame career, going 21-7 with a 2.04 ERA.
Catcher Gene Tenace belted four homers in the series, including two in the team’s Game 1 victory. The A’s won the World Series in seven games-six of them decided by one run-and Tenace won the MVP Award. Oakland returned home to be celebrated by the entire Bay Area, which had never seen one of its teams win a championship in any major professional sport before the A’s.
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[@davewhiting9730]

That catch by Rudy was one of the best ever. I remember it being on the LP cover of The Swinging A's 1972 recap. As kids we always emulated that catch

[@TheVCRTimeMachine]

MLB needs to get on the ball an remaster more games like this. This looks amazing in 720p. Would love to see these and more games in 4K

[@bamafan62]

it's like i'm 10 years old again....remember watching this live

[@epaddon]

This has been unaccounted for in the MLB vaults for decades. FINALLY, it's great to see it liberated. And boy, what a reminder of how poor off we've been that Al Michaels hasn't called a World Series since 1995.

[@iljackb]

All time clutch world series catch by Joe Rudi!! Lets go Oakland!!!!!

[@robertboruski4302]

Joe Rudi climbing up the wall ..."Highway Robbery" at it's best !!! The Oakland A's dynasty was the Best !!!!

[@dariowiter3078]

It's amazing how well restored this game video really is! ⚾⚾⚾⚾⚾ 📺📺📺📺📺 😀😀😀😀😀

[@romelovesdan]

MORE Swingin A's please! This was a pleasant surprise to be able to see a 1972 World Series game we thought 'lost'!!!

[@riptheripper9060]

Great teams, great game and great announcers. Love Curt Gowdy and post game interview by Tony Kubek was fantastic. Loved it.

[@macddezy101]

Incredible how fast Catfish worked. Seems like he throws a pitch every ten seconds. Young Al Michaels on the call. Very cool

[@justyndelbridge7467]

I can’t believe that such high quality videos like this and can’t be seen by the public. This is amazing!

[@Tuning_Spork]

Outstanding picture quality. It's like it's 1972 and I'm 9 years old, sitting cross-legged on the living room floor eating a silver foil wrapped Hershey bar and watching the World Series on our Magnavox color TV. :-D

[@philiptucci2458]

Great World Series, two wonderful teams, really brings back very fond memories of life

[@JayDogTitan-he6wo]

The A's were not only the best team fundamentally but they were also the best looking team, Even back then they had different varieties of uniforms.

[@mortimerzilch2608]

crowd is quiet because they are shocked at how GREAT The Catfish is.

[@joedimaggio3687]

Al Michaels is only 27 years old here. Unbelievable.

[@wildforthecats661]

Great video. Loved the A’s back in the day.

[@richardsmith6496]

The Catfish Hunter interview is priceless.

[@craiggibson4037]

YES! I felt certain that this game existed on video. In Ken Burns Baseball documentary from the early 90's there were a few brief broadcast clips from this series that gave me hope, but 'experts' would say "no they were wiped." Yet here it is.

[@elvis55555]

Great quality! I was in grade school in SiouxCity Iowa in '72. My 3rd grade teacher wheeled a tv into the room and we watched the games live!