I am a lifelong Dodger fan. My all time Dodger idol was Sandy Koufax. In the mid 1970’s, I had the pleasure of meeting Sandy in San Francisco. He was a class man and talked with me for about 10 minutes. Before he went on his way, he gave me his autograph and I was in Heaven for several weeks.
@M It may be big but I just don’t think it’ll catch on in the States the way baseball or the rest of the pro spots have. Nothing against soccer but it’s just not a major draw in the US.
Crazy thing about this series. In all 7 games, the winning pitcher threw a complete game. The last time a series featured all complete games had been 1940, it has never been repeated since, and I guarantee it never will happen again, as the complete game is a lost art.
In retrospect, if you were managing the Dodgers, would you really have left Koufax out for all 9IP in Game 5 (with a 7-0 lead?!) . . . especially in hindsight, going back to him for Game 7 (2 days rest)? The greatest pitcher of that era, then ended up retiring at age 32, at the end of the following season . . . so maybe it's ok that that "lost art" has been lost!?
@@yuckyool no, I probably wouldn’t have had him go the distance with that kind of a lead, you can be smart but still at least leave the complete game as a possibility to use when appropriate. Not like today when pitchers are literally taken out with no-hitters going (and not only in post-season either). Also, Koufax’s arthritis that ended his career was referred to as “traumatic arthritis” and while it was certainly set up and aggravated by the number of innings he was pitching, the actual trigger was a dive back into second base while running the bases to avoid a pick-off throw in 1964.
I don't know, Vin, what kind of name is that? Maybe should change it to "Justin" or Skylar"...but then again, the kid just might make it in this kooky biz.
Remember watching this World Series and even collected World Series programs as a kid. The second W.S. I ever watched. Rooted for the Dodgers but living in Chicago and being a Sox fan I was able to see so many great players. Killebrew was a HR monster. Oliva was an awesome player. This was a great time to be a baseball fan. I took so many pictures of ball players and they would gladly sign autographs for us kids. Today it's all about money sadly. What a beautiful game baseball is and will always be the best game of all sports. Al Kaline you will be missed.
classic baseball played by classy players, the '68 season was the last real pennant race, Mayo Smith playing Mickey Stanley @ SS, lolich winning 3 games, beating Gibson in the 7th game. Northrup, Horton, norm cash,freehan, curt flood, Lou Brock, Orlando Cepeda , so many competitive players
i was so excited as a little kid in st. paul , watching the world series. i was so sad when they lost. it was hard to wait the next 23 years till they made it again. i remember meeting a lot of player's at the ford open house for the new car show at the ford plant. an exciting time for a little kid lol.
Dear Sports History Channel, What a wonderful year 1965 was. I saw Sandy Koufax pitch the Dodgers to victory at beautiful Dodger Stadium over the Houston Astros. Seeing Sandy Koufax pitch, in person, was surreal! It was practically a religious experience! He was so charismatic! What dynamism! He really looked like a Motion Picture Star! Sandy Koufax was such an intense competitor! He was so modest and such a gentleman! I was so fortunate and honored to have seen him in person!!!
I saw his perfect game against the Cubs. The Cub's pitcher gave up one hit, one walk and one error to lose 1-0. It was the most boring night I had suffered in my 11 years but a great feat.
Well, if you were a Jew, and watched him sit out the 1st Game for his/our observance of Yom Kippur, it kind of was a religious experience. One of the reasons, I love baseball and all sports -- it's about what someone does on the field, not one's ethnic, religious or national origin.
yeah that subdued celebration was odd even for that time. And Koufax was actually much more animated when he pitched a complete game to finish of the World Series just two years earlier. Wonder what the difference was.
This is a real treat to see these games in color and a quality picture. I recall seeing this series in Souther Cal and in black and white. The picture quality wasn't that great because we depended on an antenna. If there was any thing like a tree or other obstruction it cause picture problems. The 7th game Koufax didn't have his curve ball working she he had to depend on his fast ball and change up. Maybe he had a slider, not sure. Great series.
Ran home from school to watch this series IN THE AFTERNOON!! We had a color TV in 1965 and this was just beautiful. If anyone has a time machine, please go back and record these games in HD so no one has to watch the abortion that modern strike-out-or-home-run MLB has become ever again.
I grew up prowling the concourses of the Metrodome. I wish I'd gotten to see baseball at the Met, though! Target Field is such a great place for a ballgame these days, though, and barely a mile from my home!
Koufax dismantled the Teins on just two days rest throwing his second shutout in 3 days. What an incredible performance by a baseball icon even though it is 51 years later. He left the game and broke many hearts. To this day mine still aches!
Hey Koufax left the game because of arthritis in his left elbow!! it was not as if he left baseball on the TOP of his game! he did not QUIT!!! how many NO-HITTERS did he pitch!!?! how many STRIKEOUTS!!?! he left baseball because he could no longer throw a BASEBALL!! a very private, quiet man! and how many DODGER FANS would have gladly given him their left arms!!!
For those who might not know, the Mall of America now sits on the same site as Metropolitan Stadium. The interior amusement park has marker where home-plate was
lou johnson the only man that got a hit from both pitchers in the sandy koufax perfect game, Bob hendly threw a 1 hitter ehile sandy well u know what he did
Derrick Johnson - LOU JOHNSON IS STILL FONDLY REMEMBERED IN TORONTO FOR BEING A GREAT MEMBER OF THE TRIPLE-AAA TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS IN 1961 - 1962 - 1963 ... YOU COULD NOT HAVE A BETTER TEAMMATE NOR A BETTER PERSON ON YOUR SQUAD.
@@claymarston8764 I remember Lou Johnson playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs in the early '60s. We had the Richmond Virginians in the Yankees organization. I graduated from high school in 1965 and saw this whole World Series.
Great to see this in color. More of game four would have been nice but considering technology at the time. I am grateful for this. Baseball has changed and the complete pitching game has gone bye, bye.
I remember that play by Gilliam. After that, Koufax seemed untouchable. The fastball had life & the curve buckled knees as it "dropped off the table." The first year the Yankees didn't make it into the World Series since '59. It was rough on this Bronx boy & they started their great swoon.
From 1949-1964, the Yankees went to the World Series 14 times in 16 seasons, missing only in 1954 (Indians) and 1959 (White Sox). They won 10 of those Series.
junior's back handed step ranks up with brooks robinson in the '70 series. heads up baseball. what a classic play by a really outstanding human who left us much too soon. I remember this world series in black & white. sandt was pitching on 2 days rest.
Four Hall-of-Fame players and managers came out of this 62nd World Series: Sandy Koufax (1972 inductee), Walter Alston (1983), Don Drysdale and Harmon Killebrew (both 1984). Plus two Ford C. Frick Award recipients: Vin Scully (1982) and Herb Carneal (1996).
Thanks for posting this - brings back great memories ❤ it’s amazing how little they were paid relatively with no retirement plan. And pitchers who went 9 innings. I saw Koufax pitch often as we used to go to Dodger stadium quite often in those days. My folks would keep score in the programs. I believe I have a program from this series, I know I still have the felt Banner they sold for the series :)
I like how open the Twins ballpark was. It almost looked like a high school or college stadium. You could see the surroundings and it had a real nice feel to it and loved seeing the natural grass in both stadiums. Too bad the Twins couldn't win that final game for their fans.
Worst thing about baseball is national league rules. The pitcher getting up and flailing around at the ball trying to get a hit is a joke and a waste of time.
@@therealjaystone2344 I'm not a big fan of the DH. However, it helped keep some guys around. Orlando Cepeda and Willie Horton were able to extend their careers due to the DH. How about keeping the DH and letting pitchers in the AL as well as the NL hit? Let all pitchers hit and both leagues DH.
8 years old....all about baseball laying on the living room floor with a pillow ......... good ole days. It was sports, comic books and NASA then .......
The Los Angeles Dodgers between 1962~1966 were the elite in Major League Baseball! Fantastic pitching, speed and great defense. How I wish I could go back to that time! There weren't any divisional playoffs since there weren't many teams and there weren't designated hitters. I saw Sandy Koufax pitch in 1965 at Los Angeles Dodgers Stadium. I must say that it was a religious experience! Koufax was compelling to see in person! What a competitor!!!
yeah, about your 1962 - 1965 elite MLB Dodger teams, 'Spankie' Anderson (I would call him "Sparky', but he believed in discipline) said, "You give me speed, pitching and defense, and I'll show ya how this game was meant to be played!" (this was after the Detroit Tigers President traded away all its 'singles hitters' and brought in home run hitters to take their place. the Tigers then led the majors in Strike Outs for years, finished last 2 times, threatened the NEW YORK METS record of 120 losses in a season, and got Anderson fired!)
I was in the 8th grade at the time of this WS. As a Yankee fan I had to root for the AL Twins. I bet $5.00 on the Twins with my good friend and classmate Sully. It was a tough series and my bank account from caddying was lightened by a Lincoln. Koufax was unreal. Best there ever was!
Jim Gilliam's play at third in the fifth inning was a huge play for the Dodgers, because as Vin Scully mentioned in his narration, the Twins could have easily have scored two to three runs in that inning. Gilliam's sparkling play was also a big psychological lift for the Dodgers, which tilted the World Series in their favor. 😁
The first World Series for the Minnesota Twins! They might have won except for a guy named Sandy Koufax pitching for the Dodgers! I was 13 yrs old and still remember like it was yesterday. also Vin Scully announcing#
The 1961 Minnesota Twins, were of course the established team, the Washington Senators, while the 'new' Washington Senators, established themselves as the team starting from scratch. (expansion team)
I was in Little league back then. My Twins lost to L.A. Our English teacher was Awesome---he let us watch as much of the game as his class would allow. What fun. Great days.
It’s amazing how much this looks like today’s game. The batting stances, the uniforms, the celebrations in the dugout. All looks the exact same. Baseball is one of the only sports that truly has maintained most of its original culture. It’s pretty cool.
Wish I could agree, but I can't. When I began watching MLB in 1970, the culture and coverage of play was far more conservative and reserved than today--by a LOT! The reserve clause was still in effect, and free agency lay years away. You had to be there 😏
Remember they played the radio broadcast through the classroom loudspeaker system during my 7th grade math class...I seriously doubt they would do this today in the "public skool" ....
How I miss Vin Scully. I moved to San Diego in 2005 from my native LA and there was nothing absolutely nothing that compares brought a smile to my face when I heard “ it’s time for Dodger baseball”
My JR High School would show a free movie with some shorts on Saturday afternoons and this is where I saw it. This is the first time seeing since then.
Drysdale came back to win game 4, & Claude Osteen throwing a sinker ball that never got above a batter's toes to win game #3 in LA to keep the dodgers in the series. Katt beat sandy in game 2, a great 7 game series
The Angels were happy to leave Dodger stadium that year to move to Anaheim. Also their attendance was horrible with crowds of 1,000 or less in some games near the end of the season.
Two of the key players on the Dodgers -- Lou Johnson and Junior Gilliam -- weren't even on the opening day roster. Wes Parker was a rookie. Even then, the 40-man was critical for a team winning a championship (especially, when the regular season generated only two playoff spots.)
The only reason why Sandy Koufax did not pitch in Game 1 of this World Series was because it fell on Yom Kippur, A Jewish Holiday. That is why Don Drysdale pitched that game. Koufax was scheduled to pitch Game 1. After the Minnesota Twins hammered the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1, Dodgers Manager Walter Alston asked Don Drysdale 'Why couldn't you be Jewish?".
Danny Ozark, first base coach of the Dodgers....in just seven short years, he would be manager of the Phillies....this is when baseball was still pure, pitchers hitting, from Grant to Koufax....just the best era ever of the once great game......now, it's unwatchable, MLB, ESPN, MLB Network have destroyed the once great game of baseball....."The Mudcat", pitches a two hitter on two days rest, a CG, and "chips" in with the game winning 3 run HR.......incredible stuff.....and, when was the last time "you" saw a pepper game? Anyone?? Most today, have never heard of such a thing (a pepper game??)
I have the World Series program, a vinyl record for the Twins 65 season and autographs of many of these Twins and Dodgers. Still have some of my 64, 65 Topps cards. A great time to be a baseball fan.
I didn't know that former Mariners announcer Ron fairly played in this world series, alongside former Mariners manager Jim Lefebvre. Wow! Another wow factor is hearing Vin Scully calling the action here.
Yes. Fairly was a pretty good Dodger first baseman and outfielder. He also played for the Montreal Expos (now the Washington Nationals) in their inaugural year.
Amazing Koufax was able to throw a complete game shut out in game 7 on two days rest (and he has arthritis in his throwing elbow). He probably would have started game 1 (which would have given him 3 days rest for a game 7) , but game 1 falls during the observance of Yon Kipper (which he chooses to honor) . Claude Osteen wins a crucial third game for the Dodgers. If he would have lost , the Dodgers would have been down 3-0 .
Worship the vin-dawg....the demi-god who graces us with his dulcet tones....mind you this guy really paid his dues for the gig - 23 and set for life....vin-dawg...down on all four and worship uncle vin-dawg chevrolet.
Spoiler alert. Do not read further if you do not know the result of Game 1. When Koufax declined to pitch Game 1 in observance of Yom Kippur, Drysdale got the start. In the 3rd inning, with the score 7-1 in favor of the Twins, Alston went to the mound to lift Drysdale. When he got there, Drysdale greeted him with , "I bet you wish I was Jewish".
mudflap ........ aka mudcat ...... or the other way around ......... terrific guy ........ off the field ........great names ........ terrific memories .....sandy valdespino .....have his ball card ....... use it as a book mark .......... bob m ....agree totally ....terrific article in the cleveland plain dealer this past sunday by terry pluto on mudcat .....
