WSNS Channel 44 - Boston Red Sox vs. Chicago White Sox (Last 7½ Minutes, 7/15/1977) ⚾

[@ellenfoss1206]

The 1977 Chicago White Sox were the best of all the time to watch!! Watching them was like a trip down memory lane!! I do miss the game to watch! 😎😎😎😎😎

[@paulnubreu6887]

Darn, the video stopped short.. I'm looking to buy a car and desired more info about the Pontiac.

[@commentingcollector]

God, I love EVERYTHING about this video! One thing I i will point out is Harry’s “shout outs” to viewers watching the game are classic. Thanks for your channel!

[@sumrose7972]

Ah thank you. I was just arguing with my guy, he was trying to tell me that wasn't Harry.. ummm yes this voice was in my background growing up all the time. I knew it.

[@newtheis]

In between guzzles of beer, he points out Ray from Streeter brought out a big group of friends. You got to love it!

[@michaelleroy9281]

1977 was like a carnival on the South Side

[@SaltyPalamite]

I was at this game, my first ever. I was five years old.

[@timcrnkovic8991]

Even in the 9th inning, with the game on the line, Harry just kept up with all of the name-dropping just as though it was the 2nd or 4th inning. Manager Bob Lemon, about 15 months after this, would lead the Yankees to the World Series championship after being fired by the Sox. Catcher Brian Downing would get traded to the Angels and become a star. The good old days when the bullpens were down the left and right field lines. Outfielders had to deal with 2 bullpen mounds down each line when they were running after balls.

[@lsmftymf]

Anyone else notice that organist Nancy Faust didn't play "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" immediately after this White Sox victory? That would change later that month.

[@buddmannable]

This is Gold!

[@charlessmith263]

Of course, keenly, I remember some of the classic "Comiskey Park" stuff from the Sox games on Channel 44 telecasts in that 1977 year.... 1. The post-game firework shows. They were cheesy (lots of dead time sometimes between shell blasts) but they were very boomy (loud of course), especially in the grand finales. 2. The exploding scoreboard with the hoots and hollering and even more fireworks...... 3. Nancy Faust on the organ as always. 4. And how about that Harry Caray leading it all---play by play announcer and leader of the 7th inning stretch. 5. And of course, Bill Veeck putting it all together.

[@B1jujv75]

This brings back memories :) Thank u for the awesome upload :) I love this stuff :)

[@jorgejohnson451]

You gotta love the postgame celebration. “We didn’t cure cancer, fellas. We just won a baseball game in mid-July.”

[@macdaddybop]

Channel 44, ahhh the memories

[@hailmaryrecordings8255]

Wow … Channel 44. We had it on cable in suburban Chicago, but it flipped to 32 in … 1980? I didn’t see another white-Sox game on TV until 1991 when we got sports-channel. My dad was a Sox-fan and we’d watch these games together when I was little. Awesome. ☮️

[@beaubear623]

Best Sox uniforms EVER.

[@sumrose7972]

Look like pajamas.. and I love them

[@rafaelsale6364]

No, the red uniforms before they changed them were better.

[@MichaelP-67]

@@rafaelsale6364 I’m with you. Red pin stripes at home. Powder blue on the road. Sox wore them from 1971-1975. My favorites too.

[@matthewcarey3148]

I thought I was the only one! My favorite Sox cap. I love the dark blue pants, white shirts, and, yes, WHITE SOX. 1977, channel 44, Harry Carray, and old Comiskey Park. Can’t get better than this.

[@zxccxz164]

Real crowd noise. Nothing fake pumped in like all sports do now

[@retronewfoundland]

And someone misspelled "Volkswagen".

[@stevoreno45]

Ay batta ay batta! Those mustaches tho! Man it's nice to hear Harry

[@JosephJohnson-kg5yr]

The Red Sox's helmets looks cool with that TV fuzz going on lol

[@epaddon]

Great footage as any kind of video from the 77 regular season, regardless of team is a rare item. The Red Sox wearing the pullover-sansabelt combo they would ditch after the 78 season. Harry Caray I have to say, proves why I didn't care for him as an announcer because in a tense situation with the game on the line you should NOT be breaking the rhythm by constantly name-dropping who's at the game. That is just stupid. People got on Phil Rizzuto for doing birthday greetings, but he never stopped to do that with the game on the line.

[@wmbrown6]

And both had "Holy Cow!" as a catchphrase.

[@tubesocksbrigade3031]

@epaddon let's agree to disagree. You had to be a White Sox fan at the time (or in general, a fan of either team in town) to enjoy Harry Caray. But i will say this...Caray, Ruzzito, Scully, even Ken Harrelson are great announcers and are not as bland as the current crop of announcers today in baseball

[@davanmani556]

That was Bill Veeck’s fault.

[@albrownfromtheothersideoft3115]

@@tubesocksbrigade3031 ur right, I'm not a sox or cubs fan, I'm a baseball fan n I go back to the late 60's, baseball today stinks 4 me, unwatchable, strikeouts, launch angles, exit velo,bat flips openers, replay n politics,the announcers r simply PUTRID pathetic,give me Harry,peirsol,Rizzutto,white,Messer,Bob Murphy,Harry Kala's,the Nbc crew,Garagiola,Kubek,and many of the others I missed,give me the 70's,80's even the early 90's baseball,baseball was the last sport 2 be destroyed,forget basketball,they destroyed that 25 years ago, but baseball now is a joke,n the announcers are embarrassing, politicly correct, they hype every play, routine fly balls are homeruns that they hype, it's pathetic,pure n simple and a shame!

[@tubesocksbrigade3031]

@@albrownfromtheothersideoft3115 you mentioned some great names in thr booth. And I'll even add Don Drysdale, Keith Jackson, and (gulp!) Howard Cosell doing the Monday Night Baseball games on ABC back in the day as well

[@newtheis]

Amazing what's in stored for the people in this video. Less than a year later, the manager of the White Sox will be fired, and then a few weeks later be asked to lead the Yankees to the world champion. Six years after Freddie Lynn singles, he'll come back to Comiskey Park to set history.

[@ken_danerdiest1]

In 1976, the White Sox win-loss record was very lousy because the roster wore shorts exposing their bony knees. When 1977 kicked in, the South Side Hitmen showed up and woke up big time. What a difference a year makes!

[@michaelleroy9281]

They only wore them for 2 games ( KC and Bal)

[@ken_danerdiest1]

@@michaelleroy9281 Two games? 🤔 That's great to know!

[@michaelleroy9281]

If they had some pitching they could have won the AL West

[@gregorypalmer5403]

Ralph Garr

[@strangerintown3676]

@@gregorypalmer5403 I remember the Roadrunner from his years with the Braves.

[@footpuppy100]

That's when baseball was baseball. The good ol' days.

[@newtheis]

No bat flippin. No minority yelling at his opponent, or grabbing himself because he did something.

[@wheelinthesky300]

No center field camera?

[@ChristopherHagee]

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[@vtsullivan]

Great memories, but where was Jimmy Piersall?

[@Jean0987654321]

PBP: Harry Caray

[@merbac]

They were so tough on "my" Red Sox. They were very similar to the Red Sox, lots of pop, very short on pitching.

[@davanmani556]

I think of Mickey Rivers.

[@romelovesdan]

Why Why Why? did those folks do that to us? Record over what now is considered MORE valuable...a glimpse and testament to the Sox' South Side Hitmen Summer of 1977! Foolish and lacking historical perspective.

[@wmbrown6]

I see even with baseball teams was there a rivalry between each "side" of Chicago.

[@romelovesdan]

@@wmbrown6 BIG rivalry. North Side Cubs, and working Class South Side White Sox . Both fan bases had a fun summer winning ballgames in 1977. Unfortunately, for Chicago baseball fans, not too many seasons where both teams played well at the same time.

[@BigDogCountry]

So strange to hear Harry here--I know the called a bunch of teams including the Sox; But he's always the sound of the Cubs to me.

[@TELEVISIONARCHIVES]

Those terrible uniforms worn by the White Sox

[@tubesocksbrigade3031]

That's one person's opinon

[@jamesfarina7247]

RED SOX weren't any better IMO

[@michaelleroy9281]

They would be gone after the 1981 season

[@MrZinjanthropus]

Those are great uniforms. Very unique.

[@strangerintown3676]

Uniforms look like they would be hot to wear in the middle of summer.