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.
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.
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.
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 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!!!
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.
I too saw them at Fenway back in their Hay Day! I used to ask Dad to get the Twi Night Double Header tickets so I could see Brooks & Company play twice!
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.
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
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.
Paul Blair and Earl Weaver died in 2013, prob not long after this. Others who passed from that team are mark Belanger, Dave McNally, Mike Cuellar, Moe Drabowsky (who starred in 66 world series), Jim Hardin, Elrod Hendricks. Orioles were unbelievable from 1969-71
@@robertsprouse9282 Wishing I could give him a punch in the beak for disrespect. 70 Os were a powerhouse and Brooksie's performance in the WS go's down as one of if not greatest few games of baseball ever played. Real Bird fans remember everyone of those boys of summer.
Boog Powell, Dave Johnson, Mark Belanger, Brooks Robinson, Don Buford, Paul Blair, Frank Robinson, Elston Howard, Jim Palmer, Mike Cuellar, Pat Dobson, Dave McNally...
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
Growing up in Towson and playing Rodger's Forge Little League there were certain unwritten, but obsered, rules. The best player on the team wore #5. The second best wore #20. As a catcher I wore #8 through Little League, high school, American Legion, and on. No, this was way before Cal Ripken. #8 was for Andy Etchebarren. RIP. It's so hard to see the heroes of my youth age. Frankly, it's hard to recognize the guy's face shave every morning. I cr8ed when Frank Robby died. I'll be inconsolable when Brooksie is gone. *One story about #5. We moved from Towson to Richmond. In the early 80s, before his election into the HOF, Crown Petroleum was sponsoring an autograph promotion featuring Brooks Robinson, a spokesman for the company, at local Crown stations. I made a plan to stop by the nearby station, when I arrived there was Brooks. Sitting by himself at a table under an umbrella. I was a little nervous, I mean it's Brooks Robinson. I introduced myself, mentioned my Uncle John who handled some of his insurance needs. He also asked how my aunt was. He couldn't have been nicer, so gracious. I spent 30 minutes with him. Not one person came by while I was there. I finally, hesitantly, said my goodbyes. He said, "You sure you cant stay a little longer?" I finally left posters in hand. Yes, I still have them. Fast forward to the 90s, I'm living in Jacksonville, and the local Books-a-Million is having a book signing featuring Brooks Robinson. I drag my wife with me and when we arrive there is a line out the door. I tell my wife I'm not going to stand in line. So we walk into the store and make our way to the back where the book signing is taking place. I just want to catch a glimpse of Brooks. We get within 10 feet of the table and inexplicably Brooks looks up, we make eye contract, he raises his hand, waves and says, "How's your Aunt Pat?" One of a kind! Thank you for so many wonderful memories.
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!
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The first time I watched the world series was 1970. I was a fan of both Pete Rose and Johnny Bench, I didn't know that Frank Robinson was black nor did I that Brooks Robinson was white. I thought they were brother's.... my big brother who was well read in the arena of big league baseball, brought me up to speed and I found out what the Robinson's could do to any opposing team!!
There's a story about a high school kid who managed to get press credentials in 1966. He got to enter the clubhouse after the fourth game and spoke to the players, including Frank Robinson. He finished his interview and lastly asked Frank if he was Frank or Brooks. Number 20 simply replied, " Can't you tell?"
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.
Jajaja !!! That's clever Randy !!!! Elrod Hendricks tagged Bernie Carbo with his empty mitt while the ball was in his throwing hand, away from the runner, who never touched home plate and only stepped on it accidentally while arguing with Burkhart. Ken was the chief umpire and he was wrongly positioned to call foul or fair on Ty Cline's high bouncing chopper, therefore he ended up blocking Carbo's path to score and Hendricks' space to put the tag on the in-coming runner. Since Burkhart died in 2004 he would have been represented here by a relative wearing an umpire uniform, he definitively helped the Orioles in that Game 1 !!!
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?
