Carl Yastrzemski Versus Luis Tiant-September 11, 1979 

I couldn’t have said that better myself.

@@ericbarash8496 Thanks!

great player but i don't know about HOF

Any ball player that leaves the red sox to play for the yankees is right where he belongs. No hall!

@@stephendimino332 LOL!!! I'm a diehard Red Sox fan since 1959, and I found out the hard way how money talks. Especially when King George purchased the Yankees!

If Luis had played for some better teams early in his career, he would definitely be in the Hall of Fame. His arm injuries didn't help. That's why the Sox got him on the cheap. Other teams figured he was damaged goods, but they figured wrong.

No argument here. I've been saying that for years. In his book on the HOF Bill James himself shows how Tiant's stats are nearly identical to those of Catfish Hunter, who is in the Hall. One more postseason and Tiant would have been a shoo-in. Darn that 78 playoff game!!

Luis Tiant is a three time all star and He's a Hall of Famer??????????????????

@@vicepresidentmikepence889 jack Morris has career era of 3.90 but El Tiante has era of 3.30 , Bert Blyleven is in HOF and was in 2 all-star games , but to me they both were great pitchers and deserve to be in the HOF ..... LUIS Tiant has 49 career shutouts 😮 , has more than 2,400 career strikeouts , has won 20 or more games in a season 4 times 😳 has more than 220 career wins , has been in 3 all-star games is a pretty good mark in his career too but that 1968 insane year where he won 21 with 19 complete games, led the league with 9 shutouts with a 1.60 era 😳 that year was a single season that most of HOF pitchers today can't boast about ... and you can take that to the bank

His year in 68 was unbelievable. Also I think he is the last starting pitcher to deliver a shutout into extra innings

@@retromaven2159 the things that stand out for Hunter is his perfect game in 1968 and all those World Series appearances

@michaelburatovich3199 did you know his grandson Mike Yastrzemski plays outfield for the San Francisco Giants????!!!!!...I hope you will reply to this

&& Mike is Good! He looks like Grandpa Yaz!

I liked Ned. I'm a Yankee fan, but we got Red Sox games on eastern Long Island, and his commentary was always great.

I was 13 watching this in my Dorchester triple decker😊

​@@mikealessi7006 Triple what ? I was 9 in Norwich Ct.. Sox on WSBK tv38... absolute childhood highlight

I was 9 in Norwich Ct.. Sox on WSBK tv38... absolute childhood highlight

@@AMEER-114- triple decker is what you call the 3 family units in Boston. One apartment on top of another

yeah I have to agree, back then I enjoyed watching the game, Not anymore

I haven’t watched a single pitch of a single inning since the end of the 2019 season. Politics got involved in 2020. Not my game anymore.

Those were the days of Baseball Greats!! 😊

A huge factor was that the great players stayed with the club for a long time. When I think of any great from that era, Guidey, Garvey,Yaz, Carew... I immediately associate them with 1 club.

​@@thomasrastocky3871They don't miss you.

Every kid I grew up with did the same

I have a sign autograph ball from yaz

I remember him as a Cleveland Indian.

1975 WS. Tiant and Yaz.

@@stevencook4002 Me too. Indians couldn't afford to keep him around, unfortunately. Just like today's team, letting them walk or trading away. Do you know that Steinbrenner nearly purchased the Indians?

Thank you for letting me know. It would of been better to see the video of when Yaz got the big hit!

Family lived in Tuscaloosa, Frederic was bad here (trees blown down, one on my late Mothers vehicle while @ work) but nowhere near as bad as Mobile.

---WE were getting hammered at LSU during Frederic!!!!

1979 was the first year they (alternately) used male names for storms. Bob was first, then David, then Frederic. The last two were both pretty bad ones.

@@billslocum9819 Yeah I remember everyone was relieved when we avoided David, then a week later we weren't so fortunate with Frederic.

Hilarious 😀!!

And Uecker is in 90s still doing Brewers radio

@@AMEER-114-announcing isn’t the same as playing. Anyone can announce. Joe Buck is proof of that.

Your confused about something... I dont know what though... I certainly didnt compare playing with announcing... But I pointed out that UECKER is still announcing after 50+ years... Because it's a great feat... And MORE IMPORTANTLY.. because only he & a few others remain... that have any quality of character at all... Jon Miller (GIANTS) Steve Stone (WHITE SOX)

Sounds like something Uecker would be quick to point out!

False

Definitely..El Tiante !!

There's probably a strong reason he's been omitted, possibly because of some strained relations, perhaps we could petition for immediate inclusion?!?

Yes this was mostly his twilight era. You could tell because his trademark delivery wasn't as pronounced like it used to be. Hall of Famer in my opinion

@@williamchiafos3889 I agree. Tiant should be in the HOF!

He was a respectable 13-8 in ‘79 win an ERA under 4. His numbers were similar to ‘78, his last with the Sox. He had slipped from those great years he had in the mid-70s but was still pretty effective

Tiant was even better with the Indians

You should have seen Luis when he first came up with the Cleveland Indians! He had more 'stuff' than just about any pitcher I've ever seen! He didn't come up to the Major Leagues until age 23, and he pitched like a 10 year veteran. Man! To think what Tiant could have accomplished if not for the arm problems and crappy teams.

His command was perfection during that at bat too. Every pitch was perfectly placed.

I like them but remember the obvious everybody is one of a kind okay? Got it?

@@Iambriangregory 😆 you are right buddy 👍

But not everyone is a special one of a kind ball player like Yaz

what a year in 1967 he had, A one man wrecking crew

My favorite baseball player ever

Now Yaz's grandson plays for the San Francisco Giants. Makes me feel really old. I guess I am.

That was 44 years ago….nobody does that now.

I boo the sht outta everybody. Deal

@@ynotttt It happens.

Don't you think it might have something to do with Tiant's long tenure with the Red Sox?

People had more respect back then. And the avg Joe could afford a ticket back then instead of the rich snobs of today..

Well, that would be David Ortiz

Yaz was washed up by 79

​@@bigt5699not quite yet.....21 hrs and 87 rbi in '79...not bad considering he was turning 40 by season's end

@@melrichardson4091 well, David Ortiz was 8 years old when Yaz retired, so he wouldn’t be, as I said, “in those days.” But yeah, Big Papi fit the bill in his days.

Perfectly stated! ⚾

The battles they had with the Reds? What are you talking about? Do you know anything about baseball? They met in one World Series in 1975. One! Maybe you need to read up on your baseball history before posting comments on RU-vid

@@njdxnjdx Excuse the F out of me Jackass, Battle singular. I lived it F’off

@@njdxnjdx And the Reds won it! Ha ha, and who was Series MVP? Charlie Hustle, deserves to be in HOF.

@@njdxnjdx Battle, singular, excuuuuuse me! I got a big fat finger for ya 🖕 still would have kicked their ass if they had inter league play back then!

@@njdxnjdx Don’t have to read about it, lived it. Reds won it in 7. Pete Rose MVP. Every game a battle, more than one, battles. Charlie Hustle belongs in the HOF! Greatest Baseball player of all time, period!

Spoiler alert. He didn't get hit #3000 until the following evening!

He had to make an adjustment midway through that 1979 season due to a sore Achilles tendon injury. Not the classic Yaz stance for sure!

Yes is a man like everybody else good points better points and lesser points

No argument here! Hopefully some day...

You are a man of exquisite taste in play-by-play broadcasters!

Ned was a definite part of my childhood sports fan soundtrack.

Sacrilege my foot! He was hreatost of his career!

To me it was snapshot of a memorable moment in time. Hearing that TV 38 Red Sox broadcast with Ned Martin and Hawk Harrelson. The players involved, including Yaz and El Tiante. And it was the night before number 3000. To me, the nostalgia is the point of the video, not some specific highlight.

He got it the next night. The point of this video was showing Yaz against his longtime teammate while going for hit 3000. I was 10 years old at the time and remember it well.

This video was strictly about El Tiante against Yaz. I know what you mean though.

Yes, it was a ninth-inning HR at the Stadium on June 30th. I believe it is on one of the Yaz TV specials I have from that era. If I can find it I will post it for you.

@@retromaven2159 Thank you so much! He pulled it inside the right field foul pole. I was at the game the next day when Eckersley gave up the 5 HRs and Jim Rice picked up Jerry Remy like a baby and carried him off the field.

@@bstnd3 love them ... Yaz Rice, Eck ,and Remy pure gentlemen with class 🌟🌟🌟🌟👍

Yes it's so sad that Jerry is no longer with us. Great ballplayer, announcer and gentlemen

I remember that one. The ball rolled back to the first baseman who picked it up like it was a red hot cannonball.

We'll never know if the Sox would have matched the offer. The Yankees put the contract in front of him and told him if he left the room to try and use their offer as leverage they would withdraw the offer. It was take it or leave it, and Tiant took it. Yet another reason to despise the Yankees

@@retromaven2159 Well, that is pretty low down. They should of let him take the offer home with him. That's more or less, an ambush. What do you think? I think Boston could of matched the offer. Look what they did to Mike Torrez! Sure, Boston easily could of matched the Yankees offer, 2 years @ $330.00 thousand a year! Boston needed it's pitchers to have a healthy minimum 4 man rotation. I think that is how Steinbrenner does business. He buys up all the talent. The Yankees had utility players just sitting on the bench. Those same guys would be playing every day on other teams. Take a look at Sparky Lyle, in 1977, he was the first relief pitcher to win the Cy Young award. He helped bring the Yankees to the World Series. The following year in 78, Steinbrenner signs up, Rich Gossage, the best closer in the game. Even today, when Clevland or Detroit beats the Yanks, I'm happy because baseball has learned to survived. The Bo-Sox and the Orioles are the only thing standing in the way of the Yankees winning their division. Plus it always backfires when the Yankees think they can buy a pennant.

@@nightowl5475 Tiant was one of Boston's emotional leaders and the Yankees went for the jugular to rip out the Red Sox' heart. And, it worked. The Sox wouldn't hit the 90-win mark again until 1986. Welcome to the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry

Nedley is a hof announcer for me. Didn't talk non-stop. Curt Gowdy, Ken Coleman, Hawk, Jim Woods, John Miller, Remy are some of his co-workers

@@kinggavs if forced to pick my favorite would have to say, but outside of the red sox Santos and Bob wilson along with Chief were great as well.

Agree with you regarding the old time Red Sox players and announcers, but pretty sad that you wouldn't allow yourself to enjoy the amazing championship era of 2004-18 over other fairweather fans. Newsflash: Every fan base has fairweather fans, aka frontrunners or the so called pink hats.

And Yaz's odd stance!

Manny Sanguillen was the first catcher I remember doing it. He would sit right down with one leg stretched out. Only when there were no runners on base, though.

@@marksieving7925 Amazing that you mentioned him! I was catching the other day and mentioned the old school NY catcher using the stance to the HP umpire. He said that Manny was the first catcher to use that stance from what he remembered as well. 😃 I too can't use it with runners on base. Too difficult to hop up from that position to throw to the bases. And forget about firing it with just my arm at my age.

He was forced to change his stance midway through that season due to a painful Achilles injury. Hence the hunched-over crouch....

@@retromaven2159 - Ah! Thank you for the information.

@@FerdinandCesarano My pleasure!!