Elrod Hendricks and Andy Etchebarren are often forgotten when the 20 game winners Jim Palmer, Dave McNally, Miguel Cuéllar and 1971s, Pat Dobson are celebrated. Ellie and Andy did a 1-derful job handling those great pitchers.
Sadly, we also lost Paul Blair in 2013, Mike Cuellar in 2010, Andy Etchebebarren in 2019, Jim Hardin in 1991, Elrod Hendricks in 2005, Curt Motton in 2010, Dave Mcnally in 2002, Tom Phoebus in 2019, Frank Robinson in 2019 and Earl Weaver in 2013, Great Memories for me and I was only 8 years old then.
Boog Powell, Dave Johnson, Mark Belanger, Brooks Robinson, Don Buford, Paul Blair, Frank Robinson, Elston Howard, Jim Palmer, Mike Cuellar, Pat Dobson, Dave McNally...
what a team.108-54 then won 7 of 8 playoff games= 115-55...crushed the 'big red machine', in fact, shoulda swept them 4 straight., anyways, they clobbered them in 5.....69? fluke win by an at best, a mediocre massively overachieving ny met team.... team. proof? what were the mets in 70? an 82-84 win team? how about 71? 83-84 win third place club? how about 72?
This was my team and was responsible for me playing baseball. I remember in school in CA, they would wheel the TV into the cafeteria and play the World Series. I still collect baseball cards but only from about 1978 and earlier. Don't get me going about the overpaid, ego driven players of today!
I'm a Yankee fan, but I gotta tell ya that this team here is when I just started getting interested in baseball as a kid. Maybe because I always got a kick out of the name Boog Powell. I did, but this was a good team for years.
@howardbueker9796 Howard, I’ve been a Os fans since the early 60s. During that time I’ve experienced the good, the bad and the ugly. Your Reds had a great team in 1970 but unfortunately ran into a Brooks Buzz saw!!! My Os after years of suffering have finally turned the corner. Thanks for sharing.
There were a number of managers who were good "umpire baiters" and could make an ump look silly. Leo Durocher was a good one among others, but nobody could do it better than Earl Weaver could. I remember one incident when Earl and some umpire go into a heated argument. Finally the ump said " I can prove it Earl, I have the rule book". Earl came back with "That doesn't help me any, I can't read braille" Brilliant.
The one thing I remember about those Baltimore teams, they were good. Had great pitching staffs and loved their hats with the cartoon Oriole bird. I actually went out and bought it back in the 1970's with any saved money I had from doing chores. That's when Baseball was Baseball and you knew the players and teams.
I was in the 6th grade during this World Series. We watched part of one game in gym glass since they still did day games for the World Series then. I was born in Baltimore, though I live in NC now. But I am STILL an O's fan. Such mixed emotions seeing this video. It was great to see these men, but so sad to know that so many had passed, but still great that their wives or sisters could represent them.
I live in Cincinnati and know quite a bit about the Reds from this era. On paper, the Reds looked like they had a great chance to beat the Orioles, then Brooks Robinson showed up and turned off The Big Red Machine
Fun fact, Steinbrenner sent Cal Ripken a blank check to play for the Yankees when Cal was up on his contract. Its stated that Cal signed with Os for 36 Million and the Yankees would have signed him for 100 million Plus
My favorite team was the ,'66 club. Their first championship. Balt was third, 2 games out in '64, 1 game behind Chisox who finished 1game behind Yanks. Who in turn lost to the Cards in the WS. In '65 Os finished 2nd won 94 games but Minn won 100. Another almost but no cigar. Frank R came during Dec of 1965. A real Christmas present. The team went on to contend for many yrs to come. Brooks was the only player that stuck all those yrs. Frank, Boog and Davey J were all eventually traded. Frank replaced by Don Baylor, Davey J by Bobby Grich. Doug DeCinces eventually took over for Brooks when he retired.
Boog was always my favorite, but I loved all these guys. They gave me such a thrill when they won the Series. Still have my scrapbook with newspaper clippings, and I just turned 66.
I remember as a kid, growing up in MD near Andrews AFB, seeing many of these guys play in their prime. Sobering that even TEN years ago, so many had already passed on. Since then, Frank Robinson as well, and I'm sure a few others that appeared for this 40th anniversary of that 1970 World Series Championship team.
I also started watching baseball in 1970 during the World Series. I took the Orioles because all the other boys in my fourth grade class liked the Reds. I was amazed by Frank Robinson’s hitting and Brooks Robinson’s fielding. I imitated them in my backyard for years, hitting rocks “out of the park” like Frank and bouncing a ball off the bricks making diving stops like Brooks! Although I live in NC, the professional teams of Baltimore became my lifelong teams. Thank you 1970s Baltimore Orioles!!!
