Oh man! the” stick”and all its glory . Recall many nights shivering in chilly, foggy wind blowing over the top of the stadium like some sort of demon . Ughhh! Loved every minute of it though !😊
8/31/1979 until 31:59.....then Game 2 from 9/1/1979. Interesting that the Pirates wore the same uniform combo in both games of that double header. Game 1 was the famous game where Kent Tekulve played left field. According to Tekulve that game was not televised, and the footage was captured "...by a local SF TV crew".
The Tekulve catch was televised as I remember seeing it live on KDKA 2. Tanner brought Grant Jackson in to face Darrel Evans and he hit it right to Tekulve in left field. The telecast came on when the first game of the doubleheader was in the 8th inning if I recall. Good times
Oh man the Bucs, the club that beat my beloved Orioles in two World Series both went seven games, but 1979 was one that stung because we were up three games to one, ouch!
There’s still to this day, a good many people throw Milo under the bus 🚌 as a life time Braves fan we had him in Atlanta the first nine years of the club’s existence, and missed him when he was sent away, he was a fine announcer 🎙️always respected Pittsburgh baseball ⚾️ thank you, Billy
Thanks for posting this think this was Rooks first game as color analyst before he took it over in 1981. Not sure when I was kid always loved West Coast games especially when they were on Friday night got stay up later or listen to the game on radio my option. It is odd Milo was talking about the 19 inning marathon against Padres would love to see that game again. So many memories of that game and whole 79 season. Thanks again for posting this
I remember that 19 inn game, put it on the radio in the 10th inn, I'm from Jersey and was a big pirates fan, if I remember right, think Scurry came in with the bases loaded no outs,struck out the side n the bucs end up winning, I can't recall how but I remember the impossible jam Scurry got out of, anyone else remember with anymore details
Great great post, as are the others you've put up! I'm a big fan of those 70's early 80's bucco's teams, followed them closely on radio and whenever they were on TV(I'm from New Jersey) .. the Curtis game was from August 31, the Bibby game was game 2 of double header. Keep posting these great treasure's, priceless! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Or they could have put in a new Astroturf and maintained it. Every 4 years that old fashioned Astroturf should have been replaced, no matter what stadium it was in.
Uh ... around 32:00 the weather improves, the Pirates change their pants, and Jim Bibby is pitching and not Don Robinson. Never seen a team change pants during a game before.
If memory fails me I think it wasn't televised I think they showed the last few innings bout 4 o'clock Pittsburgh time I remember hearing about Teke's catch on the radio even had a chance to talk to him about it in person several years ago at my Dr appointment
Gee, I remember the literal battles between the Pirates and Phillies in the 70's and early 80's. The biggest shame of the 70's was the Pirates not getting their due, for they had, in my opinion, every bit the success as the Big Red Machine.
What a treat, to watch baseball when it was in my opinion BASEBALL! I don't watch, in my opinion the slop product today they created, to me that's not baseball. Just my opinion, the game I grew up watching,playing, loving is gone! No stradigy, no hit and run,no base stealing, today it's launch angles, home runs, strikeouts, bat flips, shifts, analylitics, phoney stats, juiced balls, small ballparks, liberal charitable official scoring, it's un watchable, atrocious! Keep up the good work posting these games, they are treasure's of when baseball was AMERICA'S GAME, the national pastime
Funny that today's starting pitchers can't pitch a complete game to save their lives, let alone get through 6 measly innings, and then many have to get Tommy John Surgery... but from the 1970's all the way back to the beginning of the sport in the 1870's pitchers routinely had 20 or 30 complete games in a season. Heck, Satchell Paige has been credited with pitching complete double-header games in one day. Look at baseball-reference.com stats of all the old pitchers, even the worst of them, many had easily HUNDREDS of complete games. Look at guys who won over 200 games and see how many complete games they pitched - Bob Gibson, Fergie Jenkins, Gaylord Perry, Robin Roberts, Juan Marichal, Tom Seaver, Warren Spahn, Steve Carlton, Walter Johnson, Carl Hubbel, Catfish Hunter, Bob Feller, Nolan Ryan, Dizzy Dean, etc - Even the worst pitchers stil had 15 or more complete games in a season every year. Even the great Babe Ruth had 107 complete games as a pitcher, before he even became an everyday outfielder. Babe Ruth had 35 complete games as a starting pitcher in 1917 alone! and then played many more years as an outfielder, and never needed any arm surgeries! Something is truly out of whack with modern baseball's physical conditioning.
@@davidlafleche1142 ??? Yeah,so, what's ur point, I heard that too, I'm 62, that's an appearance looking comment, same as the hangin pants, a whole nother subject. what's that got 2 do with the GAME, the way the play n everything of it has evolved,changed to
@@albrownfromtheothersideoft3115 I agree. Pitchers should be expected to throw complete games, on less than 110 pitches. Also, if I were an umpire, I would warn both teams: "Batters are NOT getting time-out, just so they can step out of the box and fidget. STAY IN THE BOX, or I'll CALL A STRIKE." Above all, teams should go back to wearing knickers, with those colored stirrups.
Milo Hamilton did Pirate Baseball from 1976-1979. Milo did the Cubs broadcasts from 1980 to 1984. He was supposed to be the #1 announcer for the Cubs once Jack Brickhouse retired after the '81 season. However, the Cubs ownership paper company decided to bring in Harry Caray under Hamilton's nose in 1982 which really peeved Hamilton to no end because of their prior negative experiences from over 20 years before. In 1985 Hamilton then did the Astro's play calling from then on in...
Dave Parker had the most massive crotch sweat of any athlete in history, with the exception of Leon Lett perhaps. Every game the Cobra had a sweat patch from the crotch to half-way down one or both legs. And you KNOW whoever cleaned those uniforms was dying every time from the funky smell.
@@danacoleman4007 Darrel Evans, Larry Herndon, Bill Madlock, Jack Clark, Tim Foli, Derrel Thomas were there two years prior, all would make it to World Series teams.
Why do the hitters swing at the first pitch ??? Why don't they step out of the box after every pitch and work the count? This isn't baseball. Players should be ashamed of themselves..........................NOT !!!! This is the way baseball should be played.
