The Year in Baseball 1988

[@joestrum8056]

I love this, I was 14 in 88. Plus, Mel Allen, I feel bad kids today don't have the old school broadcasting.

[@Joseph-lz5er]

It's pretty incredible to look back and see how Oakland assembled a team with a bunch of over-the-hill pitchers, transformed them into all-star-level pitchers, and built the best team in baseball for the next 3 seasons. Major credit to Tony La Russa and Dave Duncan.

[@cardboardempire]

I have been binge watching these videos for days now. Man I loved the 1980's. Good baseball and colorful characters.

[@littlebob1261]

I miss these so much :(

[@MIKEDOMO]

I’m grateful to live in a time with expanded playoffs, how many good team was out in that season.

[@stevenmccart709]

Mel Allens voice brings back Soo much nostalgia.

[@marks9220]

The "Baseball in the 80s" video is AMAZING.

[@tonypalm139]

had this video over 20 years. Greatest postseason ever. GO DODGERS!

[@anthonysanicola9044]

Mets fan different reaction still great time for baseball

[@Whistler33]

have this on VHS.....one of my faves from my childhood

[@ooammo632]

same

[@toddrandall68]

The year I became a baseball fan.

[@DetroitLove4U]

I was ten in 88. I remember for the Los Angeles area it was a big sports scene with the Lakers defending their title and then the Dodgers, a clear under dog against the Mets and A's, prevailing.

[@TMC1982Part2]

The music that's used beginning at the 22:44 mark is "Money 59" by John Devereaux and Andy Clark. In 1988, ABC Sports used "Money 59" in its opening for their Monday Night Baseball telecasts.

[@Jiltedin2007]

There were more Balks called in 1988 than any other Baseball Season!

[@Jiltedin2007]

Only One Word can sum up The 1988 Baseball Season: IMPOSSIBLE!

[@StFidjnr]

38:04 1988 was the year of the no hitters and perfect games broken up in the 9th inning

[@carlJura-tl8lt]

Barry Bonilla...classic

[@Jiltedin2007]

R.I.P.: Tommy Lasorda 😢

[@badnewskellyleak5974]

This is so awesome

[@bernieudo4399]

Fans could hardly wait for 1989. #1 Draft Pick Ken Griffey Jr.'s debut season & Upper Deck, which ushered in the modern era of sports cards, with Jr. its leadoff.

[@edreed5571]

Dumb

[@bernieudo4399]

@@edreed5571 Clearly you weren't paying attention back in 1989. A key year in the sports card industry. How soon we forget.

[@StFidjnr]

28:21 Mel Allen is sitting at the right hand of the baseball lord and for good reason

[@KenAdams426]

Chili Davis now the batting coach of the mets.

[@sofaking27]

In other news, Darryl strawberry led the majors in cocaine consumption in 1988....

[@brianshukie3705]

This is such a well done video

[@mysticakhenaton1701]

👍👍👍👍

[@StFidjnr]

4:44 as bob uecker once said "that's 1 thing I didn't want to be an MVP just for moments like that"

[@StFidjnr]

27:24 Jose with the look that only a mother would love

[@LinkRocks]

Frank Viola was such a badass during this time period.

[@evans5150]

I'll be posting The Year In Baseball 1986 soon!!

[@StFidjnr]

4:59 another CG job for bulldog hershiser himself

[@ceciljustice7283]

1980's, one of the Decades that didn't produce a 50 Homer guy. With the exception of Mark McGwire who held a rookie record 49 in 1987

[@eltravo2112]

@10:52 Mel. Who is Barry Bonilla? 😂

[@sportsmedia25]

Sounds like an all-star to me because Mel said so

[@baltimorez-wad7281]

Lmao. I thought I was the only one who heard that

[@knightrdrx]

I came here to see if anyone else wrote that. A Ralph Kiner type flub

[@Whistler33]

IMO, funniest part of the whole damn video 😂

[@tonyc8752]

We have Bobby and Barry Bonds. Why can’t we have Bobby and Barry Bonilla?

[@rmartin7558]

2:07 "Dodger Stadium" sure looks a lot like the Oakland Coliseum.

[@nala3038]

How so?

[@StFidjnr]

5:52 the 1st managerial casualty of '88

[@eltravo2112]

StFidjnr I think Atlanta’s Chuck Tanner was 2nd one on May 22, 1988

[@StFidjnr]

@@eltravo2112 5:15 at least Chuck tanner was lucky to last the 1st month of the 1988 baseball season

[@killyourtelevision999]

In 1988, Dave Stewart earned 21 wins and 12 losses. He started 37 games, completed 14, and pitched 275 innings. That's an incredible amount of pitching (and wins). How did his arm not fall off?

[@quack34]

It's really amazing how much managers let pitchers just pitch, none of these pitch counts, I really enjoyed baseball back then.

[@MGAF688]

Stewart may have been underutilized for several seasons prior to 1988. He bounced around and no team seemed to know how to utilize him in a way that maximized his potential. LaRussa figured it out though!

[@StFidjnr]

hey @@quack34 can you please upload the 1986 world series NBC sports version

[@bernieudo4399]

@@quack34 Old school managers (Bochy) did look at stats but experience always determined decision. That's why you let a rookie finish a shutout even though it's his first. When a guy's hot he's hot.

[@ousamaabdu794]

Until about 20 or so years ago, that many innings and complete games were pretty commonplace for most above average to elite pitchers.

[@Jiltedin2007]

In a year that was so Improbable, THE IMPOSSIBLE HAS HAPPENED!

[@StFidjnr]

28:55 this prove that Mel allen's baseball narrative is gospel

[@swaugertim]

even though they lost the world series to the dodgers, I believe the "88 A's were possibly the most fun team ever to watch.

[@LouisTheTraveler76]

Amen - The reigning MVP, the rookie of the year AND the game's most dominate closer. Did anyone ever break McGwire's rookie record of 49 bombs in 87' ?

[@sparky24k]

I smashed my game so many times that the red lights are sunk below the board. Game is such bullshit.

[@StFidjnr]

3:29 since the twins won the 1987 world series the MLB have been thru the winter and have a crackdown on balk

[@Jiltedin2007]

1988: The Year of the Balk.

[@joestrum8056]

Im Chili Davis, I WILL NEVER RETIRE!!! LOL

[@StFidjnr]

6:10 how bad is Baltimore's start to the 1988 season

[@joeski734]

The worst ever actually. That team had Cal Ripken, Eddie Murray, and Fred Lynn and still went 0-21. They were bad, no question. But 0-21? The chance of a team with a .355 winning percentage (their final mark) losing their first 21 is about 1 out of 10,000. Some of it was just a sad fluke. I know because I watched the whole depressing thing.

[@travismcdonald6576]

Joe Szymanski Their pitching was dog shit.

[@nateallen9293]

8:02 Pete just lost 50K.

[@StFidjnr]

And a month holiday to boot

[@StFidjnr]

7:17 the duck egg has broken

[@TDTam11]

Notice in 1988, you see mostly Caucasian & Black Players and rarely see Latin Players??

[@hilariobalmori5355]

My god I HAD SEEN THE BEST PITCHERS IN baseball,l FERNANDO, OREL AND KERSHAW

[@ericselvig5808]

Kershaw was born in 1988

[@kevinheath716]

10:52...." Barry Bonilla"..... lol

[@LampwicksCigar]

10:52 Barry Bonilla?

[@StFidjnr]

6:38 I bet he watched T.W.I.B

[@erikwestervelt6083]

Barry Bonilla…

[@drewkosnik4582]

51:26 watch this one.

[@melvinpervis6678]

Let's go mets

[@jonstefanik9400]

Barry Bonilla?

[@StFidjnr]

5:25 oilers over the falcons

[@rkid727]

Feel like this was the last era of real baseball. Home runs, situational pitching, and shifts have killed the game. Too long and too one dimensional.

[@ckendall67]

Then get rid of home runs, OK??

[@rkid727]

@@ckendall67 of course not. Bring back base hitting though.

[@ceciljustice7283]

Especially in 1988, which is now the Hall of Fame nub as today's game committee this is also the the rise of some serious outcomes. The birth of the steroid era

[@joestrum8056]

I gotta remember Dave Conception the next time I get asked about crazy overrated sports figures. He might have the title.

[@joestrum8056]

If I misspelled it, deal with it.

[@fasteddie9867]

WS 1988 in a nutshell: Cheaters (Canseco, McGwire) never win

[@LouisTheTraveler76]

Jealous of the bash brothers?? 😁 And in fact they did win, the very next year 1989 champs - reclaiming the series they were favorited to win 4-1 in 1988.

[@michaelleroy9281]

But they won the World Series in 1989 😆

[@LouisTheTraveler76]

A's were robbed!!!

[@nala3038]

Evidence please

[@LouisTheTraveler76]

@@nala3038 Well sure, they lost 😋😋. And don't get me started on the absurd homerun from a guy who could hardly walk. Oh the pain....