The Oldest Full Color Baseball Broadcast - Boston Red Sox vs. Minnesota Twins, 9-30-1967

The full game from September 30, 1967. It is game #161 of the season for both teams from Fenway Park. This is the oldest known broadcast in existence of an MLB game in color.

[@skipbolance]

Nice to watch a baseball game without all the annoying interviews in the middle of the game

[@ericn1450]

I wish I could give this more than 1 thumbs up. As a life long Red Sox fan i grew up with everyone talking about this team and how exciting the series was. Too actually get watch the game is thrilling. Coleman and Martin were great announcers. I don’t recall Parnell from my youth so I don’t know when he retired.

[@billplaney2585]

It's nice to see a broadcast where every single play isn't shown multiple times thanks to the lack of instant replay.

[@victormarrotti2575]

This is a wonderful broadcast. It is such a pleasure.. Watching baseball on ESPN is painful.

[@daves2058]

I learned about all these players from playing Strat-o- matic baseball. Videos like this make the Strat cards come alive!

[@Heraclitean]

This just reminds me of all the ways the game has been ruined. MLB has become unwatchable. This right here was real baseball, and an enjoyable broadcast.

[@EdsterIII]

Look at the Line-ups. Harmon Killebrew, Tony Oliva, Rod Carew, Carl Yastrzemski, George Scott, Harrelson, and other great players. This has to be saved. Games like this need to be preserved. So our kids, and their kids can look back at what baseball used to be, and the great players who played during those years.

[@michaelbeaule1966]

Great seeing Fenway in its glory without all those corporate ads emblazoned across the monster and all over the park. I miss the magic of baseball I experienced as a kid.

[@JamesDavidWalley]

I was there! Several rows behind the 3rd base dugout. Haven't managed to spot myself yet.

[@ConversionCenters]

I watched this in TV in '67. The town was on fire. They weren't supposed to be good that year. Yaz and then Jim Lonborg too, just carried the whole bunch. Look at how far off the plate the batters stand, none of them had any protection on their arms or legs as they do today. Reggie Smith didn't wear a full batters helmet. I agree with the poster here on the game call....they let the sounds of the game be a part of the game for the listener. Jimmy Kaat threw 183 complete games in his career...whaaat!? Justin Verlander has 26 complete games. Look up this Twins team....5 hall of famers...just where are you going to get that?

[@Lfw073]

Played this tape against tonight’s Sox broadcast. Noticed how much less Ken Coleman and Mel Parnell talked during regular at bats, sometimes just saying “outside”, “strike, 1and 2”, that’s it- saving their voices for when needed to get your attention. Now, my God, count the words on each pitch, endless over-talking and analysis , give it a rest boys . Let the game do the talking once in a while.

[@jstaruk2]

I was there the next day, October 1, 1967 when Jim Lonborg pitched and the Red Sox won the pennant. I (along with thousands of other fans) ran onto the field after Rico caught the infield fly to end the game. I still have a bottle of infield dirt I scooped up that day!

[@user-vy8zs5xz2t]

I was in 1st grade for the '67 series. The sisters rolled in the tv and we watched the '67 world series. It was amazing. Weymouth, Ma. St. Jeromes school.

[@ultrametric9317]

The 1967 WS was the first sporting event I ever saw in color. We would sprint home (down the hill!) after school to see it. Nice to have a friend with a color TV!

[@Mike1614b]

no ads on the backstop. and the announcer doesn't talk his head off.

[@theodoreyoung1339]

I wish we can go back to that simple style of Baseball telecasting.

[@1969EType]

What a treat for baseball fans! Thank you for posting this. Here in 2024, the things that really stand out are the SOUNDS of the game and the ballpark. I miss the way the announcers from this era allowed the pictures to speak for themselves. Nowadays, the announcers talk entirely too much. Paul Skenes is lights out...I do not need to hear about his "influencer, gymnast girlfriend" although I'm sure she's a delightful person. No pitch clock, unlimited mound visits, unlimited pickoffs, no advertisements in the stadium, no chryon graphics littering the screen, umpires wearing suits with bowties, plate umpire using the balloon chest protector, no strike zone box, no video replay, Billy Marting coaching at 3B for MIN, Rod Carew's batting stance, Yaz and Killebrew...baseball as it was meant to be. Thank you again for sharing!

[@peterterry398]

I remember that weekend and will never forget...The Impossible dream !!!

[@markwilliamson4628]

I started collecting baseball cards in 1970 so this is the first time I've seen a lot of these guys "live". Some observations: Reggie Smith batting using the soft cap with the insert. I wonder who was the last to do it? And this was after Tony Conigliaro's injury too. Almost no batting gloves. A few people using one, nobody using two. A lot of dirt being used on hands. A lot. No replays. That mound DOES look high from the centerfield shots. This was a year before they lowered it. Mostly competitive at-bats from the pitchers. Fastball velo definitely less overall. No names on uniforms. Some unusual looking throwing motions too... some very typical looking bodies of guys who grew up in the 40's and 50's (Adair, Allison etc...). Jim Kaat was a big horse, no wonder he played for 60 years!

[@michaelm6948]

I was 7, growing up in Boston, listening to all these games on my older brothers transistor radio. We didn't even see a color TV until the late 70s.