My Grandfather, who passed away in 1986, would always tell me that Reggie Jackson had the best swing in baseball. I agree with him, and I just wish he lived a little longer to see his Red Sox win the World Series. As a Red Sox fan, he respected the Yankees, and LOVED baseball.
Im happy there are red sox fans that respect the yankees. I was raised as a yankee fan but im now a fan of the red sox and tigers and tampa too. In fact i like all the baseball teams. We can all have favorites without disliking anyone.
@@pastoraddams5103 Exactly. I miss my grandfather very much, even to this day. He was a wonderful man. He never talked B.S. and would probably turn over in his grave if he knew what the world was like today. He was a sports fan, but baseball was always his favorite sport. I would visit him as a kid and see him always watching the Red Sox game. Everybody complained about Bill Buckner in the 1986 world series VS. The Mets for allowing the ball to go through his legs, but not my grandfather. He was a man of integrity and never played the "blame game". The Red Sox lost, and he never put all the blame on Buckner. He would say the ball took a funny hop. He just loved the game so much. Just wish he lived a bit longer to see them break the "curse". Actually, he died in 1988, and not 1986.
I was born and raised in Los Angeles…went to 10 Dodgers games in ‘77…low key I respected everything about the Yankees and can still name their starting lineup to this day
What's amazing right here is that through all these years neither the Yankees nor the Dodgers have changed their uniforms both home and away. Quite amazing considering two of baseball's premier and historic franchises.
Top 25 MLB Announcers of All-Time: 25. Mike Shannon (St. Louis Cardinals) 24. Ken "The Hawk" Harrelson (Chicago White Sox) 23. Ernie Harwell (Detroit 🐯) 22. David Niehaus (Seattle Mariners) 21. Bill 👑 (Oakland A's) 20. Tom Hamilton (Cleveland Indians) 19. Ross Porter (Los Angeles Dodgers) 18. Jack Brickhouse (Chicago Cubs) 17. Lon Simmons (San Francisco Giants) 16. Phil Rizzuto (New York Yankees) 15. Jon Miller (San Francisco Giants) 14. Joe Castiglione (Boston Red Sox) 13. Harry Kalas (Philadelphia Phillies) 12. Bob Murphy (New York Mets) 11. Michael Kay (New York Yankees) 10. Pete van Wieren (Atlanta Braves) 9. Marty Brennaman (Cincinnati Reds) 8. Todd Kalas (Houston Astros) 7. Jerry Howarth (Toronto Blue Jays) 6. Gary Thorne (Baltimore Orioles) 5. Denny Matthews (Kansas City Royals) 4. Bob Uecker (Milwaukee Brewers) 3. Jack Buck (St. Louis Cardinals) 2. Vin Scully (Los Angeles Dodgers) 1. Harry Caray (Chicago Cubs)
Herb Carneal? He only announced the Twins for several decades including 3 WS appearances - 65/87/91. He is a legend in the midwest. I'd place him way ahead of Hawk. Most of the other choices are fine. I personally don't like Miller but some folks like him. Thorne is okay but better at hockey. Not familiar with some of the other ones like Hamilton, Castiglione or Howarth. Scully is my #1 and Caray would be a few spots down perhaps behind Uecker, Buck, Harwell, King and Brickhouse. Rizzuto also was great as was Kalas. I would add Mel Allen since he did Yankees games for a long time.
Watching this as a child, it was this series that woke me up to baseball, and I've never been the same since. And I do miss those day games played on the weekends, but thanks to T.V., everything now has to be in prime-time.
I became a really good shortstop watching the 'game of the week' learning from Kubek and Gowdy Saturday mornings. At 13 it took awhile to hit, but the fun I had practicing endlessly and playing short was the best time of my shitty life. Baseball- berry berry good to me!
What would it have been like if Tommy Lasorda had managed Reggie Jackson (during Jackson's prime)? That player-manager dynamic might have been very interesting.
One interesting note about this World Series that had nothing to do with the series itself. On October 14, legendary performer Bing Crosby, who was a co-owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates when they won their World Series titles in 1960 and '71, died of a heart attack not long before the start of Game 3.
The fact that many millennial baseball fans say Dave Winfield was better had no clue how great a player Reggie was. Winfield had better numbers, but Reggie has the rings.
hard to believe, this October 18, will be 40 years since Game 6, '77 World Series, Reggie Jackson "Mr. October" 3 homers, all on the first pitch, and all of 3 different Dodger pitchers (Hooton, Sosa, Hough).
No. it is not. Farrah was all over my wall as a kid. Looks like a supermodel or playboy playmate perhaps. Thought it was Dorothy Stratton maybe, but it's not.
Man did I hate the Yankees, but I had to respect them and the team they had. I don't think I'll ever see what Jackson did in that series. You just knew something was going to happen! Jackson needed those 2 championships to validate his greatness, and betting on himself after being traded by the A's to the Orioles in the 1976 season. The Orioles knew he wasn't going to stay, but made the trade anyway thinking they were close enough to the Yankees and Red Sox to justify a one year go! It didn't work, as the Birds finished a distant 3rd and the stage was set for another 2 titles for New York! The Yankees owe it to the A's Charlie Finley for breaking up a Oakland team at it's full peak! Those of us who followed 70's baseball knew, the A's of that era if they had stated in tacted would have been even more than a 3 straight time winner. Imagine the A's of the mid 70's, merging with the talent brought in at the back end of the decade and into the 80's. Players like Ricky Henderson, Tony Armas, Dwayne Murphy, Steve McCatty, Mike Norris, etc...The dynasty would have kept going well into the 90's when Canceco and McGuire came on the scene. The A's for some reason have always been able to scout and develop talent. Even to this day. But it was the Ownership that wrongly broke up a perfectly constructed champion, and the Yankees eventually came all the way back to win 3 straight Division titles' fight off a young n coming Kansas City Royals team who in their own right was a "Reggie Jackson" away from a dynasty themselves. 3 straight A.L. Pennants and back to back World Series Championships. When the Yankees traded let the Angels sign Jackson in 1982 they wouldn't get back to the post season for 13 years. By that time most of the players from that era had long been gone, and a new Yankees dynasty began. Best era of baseball all time! Hands down!
That's because Charlie O didn't want to spend money whereas George Steinbrenner would've willingly gone bankrupt just to see the Yankees win every year!
Nice post. If Charlie wanted to pay his great players they definitely would have been in the hunt moving forward. However, 1975 Bosox swept them three straight in ALCS (fluke? Or just Boston was hot at the right time). I always loved the A’s and hope they stay in Oakland and get new ballpark because they have a great tradition, especially on this weekend of the 50th reunion of A’s Championship team of 1973.
The Yankees had more of a balanced attack on offense than the Dodgers. The Yankees had more speed and hit-and-run ability along with Jackson and Nettles hitting the long ball. On offense, the Dodgers were more of a one dimensional offense with their power hitting. The “death valley” in Yankee stadium killed three of their four 30 HR hitters. Reggie Smith hit a grand slam, but he didn’t do what Reggie Jackson did with the three home runs, which was the final death blow to the Dodgers.
Reggie Smith didn't hit a grand slam in the 1977 World Series. He did hit 3 homeruns in the 1977 World Series, including 2 at Yankee Stadium. Reggie Smith would later hit a 3-run homerun at Yankee Stadium in Game 4 of the 1978 World Series......Reggie Jackson hit 5 homeruns in the 1977 World Series, and 2 homeruns in the 1978 World Series.
If only the copy writer had come up with a different premise for describing Game 1. If only someone had burned Gowdy's script before it was recorded. If only any of those "if only" events had happened we wouldn't have had to hear "if only" 20 times.
If the Dodgers had no chance, then why weren't they swept in both series? And... the Dodgers had a 2 games to none lead in the '78 Series. To say they had "no chance" is an asinine comment. 👎
@@millypoo7713 No chance - meaning for the more knowledgeable: very low probability of the desired outcome. To use your line: The 1974 Dodgers (102-60) were superior to both the 77 and 78 Dodger teams and went 3-1 against the Pirates only to lose the WS 4-1 to the A's (90-72). In 77, the Dodgers lost the WS 4-2 to NYY and in 78 the Dodgers (95-67) took on NYY (100-63) who had jet lag and went down 0-2, but took the next 4 games to win the WS 4-2. Looks like you stepped in some poo. BTW: I'm a Red Sox fan. The 1970s Red Sox like the Dodgers stepped in plenty of poo.
@@johnjacobs7928 It's nice sometimes to have people agree with me, but as a physics professor it certainly isn't something I expect or need, but thanks nonetheless.
@@drbonesshow1 You're very welcome. Thank you for your honesty as well as for sharing your insight regarding the 1970s Dodgers and the 1970s Boston Red Sox......
The four greatest baseball teams are ? The New York Yankees, The St Louis Cardinals, The Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, The New York/San Francisco Giants. They were and are baseball. Sure you have Boston, Houston, Philadelphia, Chicago. But those 4 were baseball.
