This is my first time getting a chance to watch this series. Although I was alive, I don’t think I was old enough to to remember it. The best playoff series I remember was both LCSs from 1986
1:36:49 God I miss that place. I little piece of heaven here on earth. $1.00 to get a seat in the 1980s and 1990s at the 700 level but ya just go up, and sneak down after a while. Sit anywhere you want. General admission.
The 1980 NLCS was without a doubt one of the greatest league championship series of all time. There was drama in every game, I rank this in my top three of all time, #3 2017 ALCS #2 2004 ALCS #1 1980 NLCS Those are my three top league championship series of all time.
?? The 86 NLCS was over in 6. 4 games to 2. Not so great in reality. Then an error, ppl remember the final 10 innings. The error is the only reason that is even remembered. And it's a shame Buckner is now remembered for that. You can't put the 86 nlcs with the greatest series, not like this one. Or the 04 alcs. Watching all 5 games play out on this one, and watching the 86 nlcs, you see the difference. It ended great, but the Mets were done, got lucky, but ya need s lil luck sometimes. This series wasn't really any luck. 2 teams battling top to bottom
And the pitchers today don’t even ask how he did it. Lefty said recently no one listens to him or asks for advice. 25 years and almost never hurt. He would get 700 million contract today
Orioles fan here: i appreciate the games here because with the new rule changes none of this would be possible. Those rule changes, made to placate the short attention span of the Gen Z crowd, have ruined the game.... P.S. I HATE Rob Manfred. P.S. II: I love the ABC/NBC crews that made these games so memorable with timeless calls...
This era is so great. Someone commented something like it’s so good that the modern era is so much better or something. I’m lost with that comment. And one that lives through both I believe would take that era over this era
Agree 100%. Gen Z can watch today’s games. Not me. Haven’t watched a game since 2021. Manfred ruined it. Yet since 2021 I’ve watched 69 World Series 5 times., and thousands of games 1960-91. Crazy how quickly they killed baseball.
1:36:40 The Bull! Greg Luzinski hits the titanic two-run game-winning home run. The ONLY home run hit in the entire 1980 NL Championship Series. After three failed tries (1976, 1977, 1978), the Phillies finally win an NLCS game at home. And after two epic wins in Houston, they finally advance to the World Series. The World Series versus Kansas City was a great one but almost felt anti-climactic.
@@richardstrom5150 and just for kicks, the NFC title game in 1980 between the Eagles and Cowboys was the first in 8 seasons that didn't feature either the Minnesota Vikings or Los Angeles Rams.
I love the Phillies but I can’t stand Cosell. He turns a complement into an insult. Even the other play-by play guys can’t stand him. With comments like, “So and so would of caught that.” He’s an instigator and I would rather listen to Harry Kalas and Richie Ashburn. Half of the time, while he’s on the air, he’s drunk. For once, I would love to hear Don Drysdale say, “Howard, shut up, please.” Cosell continues to report Steve Carlton’s pitching count because he isn’t quite pitching his kind of game. When Carlton strikes out the Astros player, Cosell says, well, that’s only his 3rd strike out. I would of loved somebody to pull off that rug on his ugly head.
Amazing the in game interview with McGraw asking him why he was dominating in 80, he said he didn’t know. 1979 he was awful. Grand slam to. Buckner in the 23-22 game. Slam to Ed ott in the pirates epic comeback game. He gave up 4 slams to 4 lefty hitters in 79, only pitcher ever to do that in one year. But in 80 he is striking everyone out! And in crucial season on the line situations time and time again. It’s incredible. Gotta respect him as maybe top 10 relief seasons EVER
Trust me, DO NOT judge this series in this 1 game. Even though its a nail biter if you dont know the outcome and for the ppl watching live, this gets better and better. To the point it cant get any better.
I think KC was a better team than NY and Philadelphia was clearly better than Houston but Houston was gutsy this year. Philly was knocking on the door every year.
See 1:40:29 for the still: Forsch is called out on the pick-off. Note that Trillo has yet to apply the tag. With replay system today, he would have been ruled safe. Cabell would single later in the inning; with Forsch on, would be runners on the corners, 1 out -- not 1 on, 2 out. Perhaps cost Astros the tying run in the 7th. Times have thankfully changed ...
You know with a runner on 2nd, that Carlton would pitch differently than just going after a guy with bases empty that single likely don't happen. A walk would be chosen over a single with first base open. Maybe a 2 run homer happens. But most likely Carlton works around it.
Forsch is a pitcher. He almost certainly would not have made it to 3rd. The right thing to do is pinch run, IMMEDIATELY for forsch, get the pitcher off the bases put speed on. But Virdon didnt. And Bob Boone and Manny Trillo got him. Grasping at straws here 40 years later.
If you get a heapin bowl of cherries and then a triple scoop ice cream cone of burgundy cherry ice cream and then some dark cherry lollipops, that makes watching these Phillies 1980s games so much cooler! Does not prevent run-on sentences. But still very cool. Did Rocky Cherry pitch for the Phils? No other team comes as close to the burgundy power the Phillies had in the 70s and 80s! Yea hoagies and wooder!
These Phillies were competing against recent past demons,having been defeated in the LCS By the Reds and Dodgers in 1976,77,and 78 and in 1979 having been expected to dominate,got off to a great start,21-7,I think,and then fell flat in the 2nd half and had a mediocre year. 1980 was a vindication year for the Phillies. But a very good young Astros team almost beat them,probably should have beaten them.
MLB does. Pricks have all great old games and there's no reason they shouldn't be available, in fact, free to watch. It's old, it's history. But they have it all stashed. Ad revenue clone could help these players that didn't make much.
Morgan was nursing a strained knee in game 1 that's why he didn't play. He injured it the day before in the 1 game playoff between the Dodgers and Astros. IIRC Morgan didn't play until game 3.
Danny Ozark, the Phils manager from 1974-1979 let the inmates run the asylum so to speak. Dallas Green was a no nonsense manager who took no crap and whipped the team into shape. The players didn't like it but they responded.
He was a hardcore tyrant play by my rules or suffer my wrath manager. Interestingly, Pete rose said in 2022 interview that they wouldn’t have won if not for Dallas green approach.
I wish someone could invent a device that muted Howard Cosell's voice. What an annoying know nothing jerk. Drysdale set him straight. I loved Drysdale's analysis and his voice.
1:40:00 Virdon was an idiot for not pulling Forsch for a pinch runner. Landestoy failed to protect the runner. Forsch was an incompetent baserunner. Houston did not deserve to advance to the WS.