1972 WS Gm3: Fingers fakes free pass, fans Bench

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10/18/72: Manager Dick Williams and pitcher Rollie Fingers decide to fake an intentional walk, resulting in a strikeout of Johnny Bench
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@monkeyb1820 Год назад

interesting that Bench didn't argue it. Even though it was coming from a righty, it was clearly outside.

@michaelgasiciel9317 10 месяцев назад

That pitch is almost as bad the lousy calls they’re making today. Definitely a ball.

@michaelengland6534 Месяц назад

Big A's fan in the 70's. I remember that play l. The Joe Rudi catch in left in the world series. What a dynasty, though short lived. Many great players!

@GizmoBeach 4 дня назад

Short-lived? The A's won five straight AL Pennants and three straight World Series...nothing "short-lived" about that.

@tomvanriper8084 6 лет назад

Bench wasn't even fooled. He followed the pitch all the way and took it a foot outside. Ump was duped into calling it a strike.

@Sparkball 6 лет назад

Tom Van Riper the strike zone was different at the time

@johnhenrycurry8209 5 лет назад

Whoa! Looks a lot different to me now that that I'm 68 thasn it did when I was 21(what year was this?).

@rayking9781 5 лет назад

Obviously he was, because he struck out and any close pitch can be called a strike......and it wasn't a foot outside.

@runawayuniverse 4 года назад

If Bench himself said he got "halfway ready", that means he was fooled.

@TexasTimeLord 3 года назад

You mad bro?

@furfamilysue 3 года назад

Saw this live on television back in 72. Wow!

@juanurena5675 Год назад

You’re really old. I listened to it on the radio in DR. I was ten, then.

@gregwatson8219 Год назад

Me too Mike!!

@jameshardin1100 4 года назад

Outside for a ball.

@viralbuthow000 3 года назад

Nope

@ShawnC.T. 3 года назад

It was close, but home cooking prevailed on that pitch, probably would've been called a ball at Riverfront...

@jumpstreet1197 6 лет назад

It's so funny that up until "K Zone" on the TV screen, these pitchers (Maddux and Glavine especially) used to get pitches that were clearly off the plate routinely called strikes...

@fredwright5954 3 года назад

Salty pirate fan

@jumpstreet1197 3 года назад

@@fredwright5954 lol

@themadhatter227 2 года назад

Really? I imagine that's for all teams then. Not just the Pirates. Go Brew Crew

@Mattrgrs1223 Год назад

The umps can't see the K Zone lol

@jumpstreet1197 Год назад

@@Mattrgrs1223 they see video after the game and realized they had to tighten up

@mickeyray9984 6 лет назад

How very anticlimatic. It was wide and Bench wasn't fooled by the ploy at all.

@GizmoBeach 4 дня назад

Reading about this play when I was younger they made it sound like Bench saw they were planning to walk him and then he just stood there bat on his shoulder and waited for the free pass but then looked as a fastball went by for Strike Three. Obviously NOT what happened...he doesn't even notice the Catcher calling for the pass and didn't swing at a WAY outside pitch.

@cheebateam 7 лет назад

Ball outside...

@michaelfitzgerald3467 3 года назад

@MANCHESTER UNITED F.C That's why baseball is special and unique and soccer is booooooring! Really, really, really boring. Far more boring than baseball which is boring but exciting compared to soccer.

@ynotttt 4 года назад

Bench wasn’t fooled by the ploy. Bench just took the pitch as it probably should have been called a ball. Still not the worst call I’ve seen though. Bench always had class. He would argue with integrity.

@runawayuniverse 4 года назад

Bench said he got "halfway ready", meaning he wasn't expecting an actual pitch to be thrown. He was fooled by it. He pretty much said so in the clip.

@jameswilliams1612 Год назад

48 second's look at Bench wrist. That's a swing.

@ethanweeter2732 11 месяцев назад

That is why I am a fan of swinging in that case if it is a strike, especially in a full count.

@jameshardin1100 3 года назад

Got him, and Johnny addmittee it.

@stever1791 Год назад

Bench didn't get fooled often - But on this was he got caught

@balrog322 Год назад

0:11: No one likely remembers, but for some reason in the 1972 WS there was no limitation on the manager going to the mound as many times as he liked without the pitcher being removed from the game. Needless to say, this didn’t catch on.

@user-nb2xs3ss1g 2 года назад

Horrible call, I grew up a Reds fan and I was devastated! Actually I did watch that series but I was young and don’t remember much of it. But seeing it now, clearly not a strike.

@takingbacktoxic7898 2 года назад

Watch it again, he swung at the pitch

@bnegs521 11 месяцев назад

@@takingbacktoxic7898😂

@outpost31mac 5 месяцев назад

It clearly was. Outside corner.

@ronniecozzi8385 Месяц назад

Bring back the intentional walk.

@domxem5551 4 года назад

Umpire was on drugs

@runawayuniverse 4 года назад

I think they were all on drugs back then

@thefungoden3978 Год назад

Great pitcher's pitch. It caught the outside part of the plate, doesn't matter where it hits the catcher's glove. Bench knew it, he didn't argue nor say otherwise in the interview.

@hamburg1306 7 лет назад

Can't do this now because of New intentional walk rule

@overthetip 3 года назад

What a lame rule

@christopherdunne7848 3 года назад

Tell me about it. Manfred has broken the rule of if-it-ain’t-broke-don’t-fix-it.

@ethanweeter2732 11 месяцев назад

It would be illegal probably too because you made the sign to intentionally walk, which I think means now you would have to intentionally walk the guy unless they swing at the pitch.

@christopherdunne7848 7 лет назад

Is it true that MLB is considering adopting the "free pass" to substitute for the intentional walk? This needs to be shown.

@dallasbrubaker6054 7 лет назад

Yep...and it has been used this season. Stupid, eh? Now it is possible for an inning to end without a pitcher trowing a pitch.

@davidlafleche1142 7 лет назад

That has always been possible. What if a reliever comes in with the bases loaded, and throws three pick-offs?

@christopherdunne7848 7 лет назад

I don't know who did it, but I had read (from Funky Facts cartoony baseball cards in the 70s) that a pitcher won a game without throwing a pitch (picked off a runner in a tie game, then his team won the game in the bottom of the inning).

@dallasbrubaker6054 7 лет назад

I am talking about a starter, David Lafleche

@ethanweeter2732 11 месяцев назад

They have and I like it because it keeps the pitch count down.

@guileweaver4691 6 лет назад

Bench didn't argue .

@fredwright5954 3 года назад

So?

@DaveDaShrubber 7 лет назад

Hey, Sparky Anderson, don't ever embarrass nobody by comparing them to Gene Tenace.

@jonathanbirenbaum3643 3 года назад

Love that

@charleswinokoor6023 3 года назад

Clever with excellent execution.

@duradim1 2 года назад

No it wasn't.

@nikkiLee-hf6gx Год назад

actually, it was poorly executed and id a Balk.

@TheBatugan77 5 лет назад

Ball four.

@viralbuthow000 3 года назад

Uh, no

@hawkeye6626 2 года назад

Strike 3!

@soarinskies1105 Год назад

*It’s big brain time*

@travvypoo 6 лет назад

It was an obvious ball.

@viralbuthow000 3 года назад

That's what Johnny said. lol

@davidkast3587 7 лет назад

Fwd this video to Joe torre

@brentgindelberger8851 10 месяцев назад

A smart hitter (i.e. Johnny Bench) had to be thinking "Why would they intentionally walk a batter that already has 2 strikes".

@Whomever209 8 месяцев назад

Just ask Tony LaRussa.

@bennygarcia1913 3 месяца назад

That was a ball

@jameshudson169 Год назад

this is dirty. fingers should have gotten a suspension for that.

@robbernard4342 6 лет назад

As others have noted, that was a ball. Outside

@jmt967 2 года назад

Outside

@nikkiLee-hf6gx Год назад

Balk!!!!!

@markmcintyre1360 2 года назад

That ball was a foot outside! cheap ploy by Oakland. That is the way they operated.

@juanurena5675 Год назад

Bench said it was a good pitch. He was there; at the plate.

@roypavao7498 2 года назад

Today, that pitch would be called a ball!!!!

@Steve98NYy12550 2 года назад

That was clearly a ball. Bench wasn’t fooled, the umpire was.

@captainobvious6025 5 лет назад

That A's team was the best team in the last 50 years. They were brawlers too, if they were not fighting on the field, the were fighting in the locker room. To all you clowns who didn't like the play, you're all whiners. It was classic and this series was a classic too. A's were called underdogs but I don't think they ever were, they won 3 series in a row and probably would have won more if Chuck Finley didn't ruin baseball forever with the free agent thing. The rest is history. If MLB ever goes to a salary cap system, the A's organization would very quickly climb to the top, their system is loaded with talent, talent that they cannot hold on to because they cannot spend the money to keep them.

@SEATTLEPRO 4 года назад

@S. Young the Big Red Machine would have dominated them

@bengaljam4550 2 года назад

The A's had pitching (especially bullpen) and Reggie Jackson. A few better than average players. Other than pitchers, Reggie Jackson is the only Hall of Famer. In the 7 game series pitching matters. Rose, Morgan struggled against pitchers they had never seen before.

@michelleh8425 20 дней назад

I was at this game and yes, Bench was fooled. It was a replay of something that happened in the Little League World Series a bit before the Big League World Series in 1972. We laughed our -- off when it happened. Could not believe the actors these A”s players turned out to be.

@MrKyletallent 2 года назад

I have heard about this play. But I heard Fingers threw it right down the middle. Not the case at all. It wasnt even in the strike zone.

@thomaslriterman757 6 лет назад

Johnny Bench swung at the pitch

@vestibulate 4 года назад

Yeah, I saw that too. He went all the way around and nearly fell over.

@rayking9781 5 лет назад

Well, you won't see that ever again after MLB ruined the game by eliminating the Intentional Walk by forcing a pitcher to throw to the catcher because MLB figured they could save 2 whole minutes for the casual observing fan who complains the game is too long.

@SEATTLEPRO 4 года назад

ruined? are you serious?

@rayking9781 4 года назад

@@SEATTLEPRO ...yes, these bogus new rules have ruined the game. Instead of making the pitcher throw 4 balls it's an automatic walk .

@christopherdunne7848 3 года назад

Hey if they wanna save more time, how about cutting down on the commercials? ;)

@rayking9781 2 года назад

@@christopherdunne7848....commercials only come on during between innings or during a pitching change so that won't matter on the time of the game.

@ethanweeter2732 11 месяцев назад

It is also to limit pitch counts and less stress as a result. Plus why throw 4 balls and waste time.

@kevaninthe4135 6 лет назад

Douche move. Cheap. But it's the A's. Everything about the A's is cheap.

@dallasbrubaker6054 6 лет назад

No, smart move.

@willt65 6 лет назад

3 World Series wins in a row say it wasn't cheap. Whiner.

@ruskie099 5 лет назад

Cry harder you little pussy boy

@robertaxel 5 лет назад

@@willt65 They even won without their top slugger, Reggie Jackson, who was injured during the playoffs...

@fredwright5954 3 года назад

@@willt65 so, the Astros did good?

@donrichardson5626 3 года назад

I NEVER LIKED THIS PLAY...JOHHNY BENCH WAS A MAJOR POWER HITTER...THE NEXT TIME THEY MEET JOHHNY BENCH COULD HAVE KNOCKED ROLLIE FINGERS JAW RIGHT OUT OF HIS FACE SO TO SPEAK...I KNOW THE POWER BEHIND A PISSED OFF BATTER WHEN THE BALL COMES AT YOU... FELLERS...FOGITABOUIT