I think Fisk played the position of catcher, he played with a real competitive edge, like he was slightly angry. As a Cincinnati Reds fan (especially in the '70s) I really came to respect Fisk and the Red Sox as a whole. In fact, I used to root for the Red Sox, especially when they played the dreaded Yankees, who twice beat the Reds in the World Series. I took great delight in the Reds beating the Yanks 4 games to 0 in '76. There's nothing like having a common enemy. I loved seeing Fisk and the Red Sox on the Game of the Week on NBC.
4:50 That encapsulates why this man is my favorite ballplayer of all time. "If you finish a game and your uniform is clean, I don't want you for a teammate."
So funny, how old are you? I dont know how he became my favorite player ever. I’m 55, he’s the man, would love to have the opportunity to meet him, he’s THE Classic. I have his rookie card in a protective sleeve at my office desk, see it all the time. I’m from Alabama so how does this happen? Carlton, if you’re out there, reach out sometime, would love to hear from you. Your baseball ethics seeming ly match my everyday. You’re either IN or OUT, if OUT…get out of the way.
In my 50s as well. I went to the last game at old Comiskey & kept the stub in my wallet. Maybe 2 years later I happened to bump into him at a volleyball game his daughter was playing in. Took out the stub, nervously approached & asked if he'd sign it. He obliged. Pretty cool.@@chuckrussell419
My first favorite ball player. Saw him hit a home run in my first game on Bat Day at Met Stadium in the summer of 75 when I was almost four. Didn't see his game 6 World Series home run but I remember my dad telling me about it the next morning. My first pennant was a Red Sox not Twins (I lived In Minnesota). Rod Carew was second to him... I went to college in MA, or as I referred to it "Red Sox Nation." They still sucked, and my Twins won the World Series in '91, and I celebrated it heartily, not knowing the Sahara Desert like championship drought that it would kick off for Minnesota sports that continues to this day...
Someone asked Bench if he was the best catcher ever....he said...."Yeah...probably" The reporter asked him 'Who's #2?"...He said,..."Carlton Fisk"...the writer said,"...Really?...Bench said,..."Oh sure"...
How long would this guy have lasted if he could catch from one knee ? Hell , you kind of have to figure that were he playing today , the original pudge’s bat would have forced a great deal of organizations to seriously consider finding somewhere else for him to play defense . Who knows , he might have been able to play baseball in 5 different decades
@@patrickgray5633Deion Sanders was a Hall of Fame football player and Super Bowl Champion who was good enough to play a SECOND sport professionally. I'll take Deion
@@lewalcindor9356deion was never a top 100 player. He just brought people to the stadium. He was never half the baseball player Fisk was. Deion had 500 career hits. Fisk had 2400. Two different players. Fisk was also right.
@@JacobDoe69 Deion was a MUCH better baseball player than Fisk was a football player. You sound like a clown disrespecting a man good enough to play 2 professional sports at the same time.
I don't understand the Boston obsession with game 6 of the 75 world series. They lost game 7 . They blew a lead to lose game 7. Tony Perez homers to tie . Morgan drives in the go ahead. McEnany slams the door closed. But Boston fan wants to imagine that game 6 was bigger than the world championship, the ring and the money for some reason
If you were from Boston, what would you celebrate: Game 6 or Game 7? 🤔 Easy choice, no? It evened the series in extra innings with a home run off the foul pole. How often does that happen? For drama, it was the best game of the 7 in that series. Many sports pundits still dub it as the best World Series game ever played.
This guy was vastly overrated. Fisk built up his stats mostly from longevity rather than consistency and high level performance. Hard nosed player who played passionately but he just wasn't that good
