Vintage videos and some new content from "Baseball's Greatest Catcher", Johnny Bench. A Hall of Fame catcher for the Cincinnati Reds, national broadcaster, business man and television star, Johnny has been around the world and is sharing some of those adventures with you.
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id watch this in my full uniform before my little league games as a kid on saturday mornings. it aired at 7 am my games didnt start until 10 am. i miss the innocence of youth
What a great video !! Went into tears about 10 seconds into the intro song because I remembered when I was 9 years old and life was so easy. Thank you for uploading.
As someone who is legally blind my favorite jokes with umpires and referees are the blind jokes. I have left friends in stitches making them while enjoying gemes together.
I played a lot of baseball, and other than catcher, I thought 3rd base was the toughest position to field. I preferred 2nd base or even shortstop to 3rd. The ball just came at you to darned fast!
Bench still had a surprising burst of speed, but by this time, his best years were behind him. It’s a shame the NL didn’t have the DH rule back then; it could have extended his career.
I saw a news report on Johnny Bench in which they paid tribute to him by playing "Yesterday" as they showed highlights of his great career. Whenever I hear that song, I remember Johnny Bench.
Wow! What a great interview! Johnny Bench was my idle also growing up. I played catcher in HS and of course wore #5. I also loved the Big Red Machine of the 70’s. I cried during both the Orioles and the A’s series! Was such a big part of my childhood. Loved it! ❤️👍
Johnny Bench is the greatest catcher of all time but he has a TERRIBLE memory. Not only did Tom Seaver NOT give up two runs, like Bench says, in his debut as a Cincinnati Red at Olympic stadium versus the Expos, he didn't even allow ANYBODY to reach second base. He was absolutely dominant, pitching a complete game, 3-hit shutout with no walks. THE DATE WAS JUNE 18TH, 1977. And Russo's memory is no better. Johnny Bench did NOT catch Tom Seaver's no hitter, Don Werner did. Come on guys. A little more accuracy in your storytelling, please.
I remember a play where a runner came sliding into third base and was called out . He jumped up and started to argue the call . Ron Luciano said “ You know you were safe and I know you were safe , but 40,000 people saw me call you out , so your outta here .”
10:05 Funny, but I never thought about it before. The Reggie Jackson call (where he was not called out for interference for getting in the way of the throw) should never have happened. Piniella should have been out with Jackson and Munson holding their bases because of the intentional drop rule. Bill Russell clearly dropped that line drive on purpose. A variation of the intield fly rule, if there is a runner on first only, first and second, first and third, or bases loaded and less than two out, and an infielder intentionally drops a fly ball or line drive, the ball is dead, the batter is out, and the runners hold their bases. This is to prevent the defense from getting a cheap double play. The rule does not apply if the ball is allowed to fall untouched. Also, note that there are more situations where this rule applies than the infield fly (which only applies with first and second or bases loaded and one out, and which cannot be a line drive).
3:10 Pam Postema got screwed out of a major league job. She umpired in spring training and Houston Astros pitcher Bob Knepper said that his religion forbid women to be in a position of authority over men and as such, she was not qualified to umpire games that men played in. Several other players questioned the idea of a woman umpire as well, and she was fired at the end of that season as MLB was no longer considering her for an MLB job. She was the only umpire who did Spring Training games that year who didn't get at least some regular season major league games. She later wrote an excellent memoir entitled "You've Got to Have Balls to Make it in this League."
@@t21229513 He was a popular player who spouted off to the media, and MLB decided to cave to him and a few others who may have agreed rather than break the barrier.
Bench is the greatest catcher of all time. Led the National League in HR and RBI twice. Ten consecutive Gold Gloves. Near unanimous first ballot Hall Of Fame. Voted to all century team. League MVP. Rookie of the year. World Series MVP. What else is there to say.
