12:10: The 1906 White Sox were known as the "Hitless Wonders" getting to the Series with a .230 team batting average. Their pitching ace was "Big" Ed Walsh, a spitballer who struck out 12 Cubs in game 3 and two years later in 1908 won 40(!!) games.
Used to listen to games with my grandfather on summer nights as a little kid. Sent this to my Dad, Baseball bonds all generations, truly one of the great pleasures in life 👏 ⚾️
Baseball back in the day? Sure. Baseball today? Pass. It lost its shine after the players strike with all the steroids, cheaters, terrible announcers, expansion teams and disloyal whores.
Being a Cardinals fan the 1985 world series with the Royals in game 6 with the Don Denkinger blown call at first base is a good example of why today there is instant replay. It was a part of the game at that time. The Cardinals became so unravelled, it was like they could no longer play baseball.
Sometimes you have losses that are punches to the gut. Some teams recover from it, like the 1975 Reds, who blew 3-0 and 6-3 leads in G6 against Boston when they could have wrapped up the Series. Watching Carlton Fisk's drive complete the Red Sox comeback could have been devastating and when they then fell behind 3-0 in G7 it looked like they were done for in a total collapse. But they managed to come from behind to win 4-3 and clinch the Series. Other teams, though, don't handle the gut punch so well. The Buckner debacle in G6 1986 sunk the Sox. Losing a game they should have won that would have given them their first title in 68 years had to hurt. But they could have put it behind them and won G7 like the 1975 Reds did, but instead the Sox blew the lead in that game too and the Mets got the trophy. Or 2002 when SF had a 5-0 lead on the Angels in G6 in the 7th inning and were only a few outs away from winning their first title since 1954. Every other time in MLB history that a team had at least a 5 run lead that late in the game in what would have been their title clinching game, that team had protected the lead, won the game and the championship. This scenario had happened many times in World Series history. Not the 2002 Giants. Bullpen collapsed, blew a 5-0 lead, lost G6 by a 6-5 score. Then the Giants lost G7 4-1 and the Angels won their only World Series ever. Worst though was the 1985 Cardinals. We can go on forever about the Denkinger call in G6 keeping the Cards from wrapping up the Series over KC. But St. Louis completely fell apart and came unglued. Jack Clark dropped a foul popup. The pitcher grooved a pitch that got smacked for a single. The catcher let a pitch get away for a passed ball that moved up the runners. Then another fat pitch resulted in a single that turned a 1-0 Cardinal lead into a 2-1 loss. Denkinger didn't make any of those mistakes, the Cardinals did. Then they didn't even show up for G7 in an 11-0 blowout loss. From the instant Denkinger blew that call St. Louis basically just gave up.
@@moeball740 i enjoyed reading your baseball history examples. Jack Clark was a fine hitter but no gold glove at first base like Keith Hernandez was in 1982. I know he had been an outfielder then playing first base but cannot recall how good he was when he played outfield with the Giants. Dane Iorg who got the big hit was also on the 1982 Cards and he could hit. They sure could have used some strikeouts from Todd Worrell in that inning and he did have a good season as the closer. Ken Dayley had pitched great right before the inning looking like Sandy Koufax. Today you would not at all second guess bringing in Worrell after Dayley pitched so well because Todd Worrell was the closer and sometimes a relief pitcher unusually pitching an extra inning is not the same. I'm glad they have instant replay today.
1903-1909 (Origins) 7:19 1910-1919 (Fame & Misfortune) 16:22 1920-1931 (The National Stage) 26:15 1932-1939 (The Called Shot, The Gashouse Gang & McCarthyism) 44:28 1940-1948 (World Series / World War) 1:03:51 1949-1956 (New York, New York) 1:17:49 1957-1964 (The End of an Era) 1:32:22 1965-1971 (Pitching & Defense) 1:51:27 1972-1981 (The Mini-Dynasties) 2:05:33 1982-1990 (Anything Can Happen) 2:23:14 1991-1995 (North, South & a quiet October) 2:40:45 1996-2002 (Returns & Arrivals) 2:55:53
Love of baseball ⚾️ It's the smells, not just in the stands like most people talk about (popcorn, cigar smoke) but when playing it's the leather glove, freshly cut grass, the actual smell of the baseball, the bubble-gum, even the hat you've been sweating profusely in all season.... 😁 ⚾️ 🥰
I think the magic of baseball is really what made it America’s Pastime. I’ve been to a MLB game, and it’s unlike any other experience. There was so much stuff to do before and after the game, the food was amazing, the crowd was alive, you could always keep up with what was going on. It’s a really special experience you can’t find anywhere else.
I was just watching this a few days ago. I've had this for at least a dozen years or so. This is a great DVD, and I wish there was a follow up for 2003 onward.
I loved him when he was with the Cubs I'm not sure but I'm pretty sure he either won or came in second for batting average one year with them he could throw his back at a ball and sometimes get a hit!
Legit vid. Timing is masterful. I’m eager to see how Whittaker does when he takes on top end talent. I hope he is able to continue putting on a show like this.
As an English man not raised with Baseball, I must confess to being seduced by it's theatre and pageantry' I'm here as a result of Ken Burns wonderful documentary series on Baseball.
Robert Dore It’s such a beautiful sport. Instantly classic. I’ll never forget my first game. Chicago Cubs. It’s set up so much different than the other American giants. Hearing the crowd roar on a game ending strike three call from the umpire was such a rush. A nice steady pace rather slow but tensions develop on a whim sometimes. Not a constant running back and forth between hoops or goal posts. Just slow and steady.
NO OTHER SPORT LIKE BASEBALL WITH IT'S HISTORY AND YET THAT HISTORY IS SO PRESENT IN THE PRESENT GAME ITSELF....GENUINE AWESOME GREAT AND NO TIME CLOCK LIMITS.
Growing up there was two world Series moments that are some of my best memories as a kid and it will live in my heart and my memory until the day I die!! One is the 1986 New York Mets winning the world Series and the other is Kirk Gibson's 1988 home run!! If there was ever a moment in baseball that seemed like it was a movie script it was Kirk Gibson's 1988 world series home run!! A old beat-up ball player coming to the mound with bad knees and saving the day with a home run!! It was almost like God whispered in his ear and said son today is your moment go get it!!! That was one of the most emotional things I've ever seen in my life!! And in my opinion one of the greatest moments in baseball
I read a lot of comments about the audio being out of sync with the video, but there were more vintage photos and videos than there were present day comments, so why all the complaints?
1966-1969: 1966 and 1967 both featured Triple Crown winners that season ( Frank Robinson and Carl Yastrzemski), 1968 a 30 game winner ( Denny McLain) and 1969, along with maybe the 1914 Boston Braves, the most improbable World Series champion of all time, the New York Miracle Mets.
When I was a kid (1950's) there were 16 teams in baseball. If your team didn't make it to the world series then you cheered for the underdog. It was a great time to be a baseball fanatic as a kid. We could tell you the stats on every player in the majors all season long. And if a player was traded it was big news. Damned Yankees!!!
In The 90’s we all new Griffey Jr. was the best player in Baseball unless you were a SF Giants fan Lol and the best SS in Baseball was Barry Larkin unless you were a Stl. Cardinals fan. 😏
@@duanedorman6134 Rose and Ryan. You said better hitter so I went with Rose. Better player is Carew. No contest between Ryan and Seaver. Ryan was, no doubt, the better pitcher.
I appreciate this and all I did to correct the sound was to download it, edit the sound so it synced up...perfect and worth watching. Thanks again for the upload. I'm sorry for the people who were "Angry" about it...just relax...life goes on. AND it was only off by about 1 second...geez!
By the end of the video, it was off by more than 12 seconds. The audio track was actually faster than the video. This is easily resolved, though, by playing the video in 2 separate windows, giving the muted video window a head start, and occasionally briefly pausing the audio window to keep it from getting ahead.
I bought this DVD in the 2000’s and watched it so many times. The special features are just as good with last out and celebrations in the clubhouse for many of the World Series. It ends at 2002 World Series. I also bought the 100 Years of the New York Yankees DVD released 2002. Awesome documentary about the Yankees history.
@@dondressel452 That was a great World Series. One of the greatest games be seen with the 2001. As a Dodgers and Angels fan I was happy obviously. Giants fans got to celebrate 8 years later and 2 more.
1991 World Series was the greatest World Series I've ever seen. I am a Braves fan. Kirby Puckett played out of his mind in that World Series. I've never seen such a gut-wrenching back and forth world series ever.
Kirby and his Twins beat my Toronto Blue Jays in the ALCS to advance to the World Series. I was heart broken. But Jays got their titles in '92 and '93.
I grew up on the Cubs and lived in ATL thru the Nineties. It was gut wrenching being a Braves fan. Knowing you've got HoF pitchers and can't.... Thank God for 95
This was great fun. However, as a Tiger fan, I'm a little disappointed in the description of the 1940 Series between the Tigers and the Reds. The video missed one great personal interest story. Bobo Newsom won 2 games for Detroit, He was scheduled to come back and pitch Game 7. Right before the game, Bobo was told his dad had died. He still went out and ppitched a gem, but lost 2-1.
But the biggest impact in the History of the World Series came on the 101th year after Very First World Series In 1903 on the 100th Edition of “The Fall Classic”!
To me Mickey Mantle was the greatest. With all those injuries and as banged up as he was, you would never know of those injuries when he played. He was a trooper, never even limped. Joe D on the other hand, as great as he was, he was too much of a showman and too Hollywood. He craved the limelight and that was one thing Mickey never wanted to do; he just wanted to be the best at baseball.
Sorry, forgotten to tell you why, because the synchronization of the sound and image is really annoying and really too bad because it is really WORTH to correct this outstanding documentary!!!!!!!
Memorable moments - 1969 - The Amazing Mets deny the Baltimore Orioles the title. 1970 - Baltimore holds off Cincinnati and gets the title. 1971 - Roberto Clemente helps PIttsburgh win the World Series against the Birds (Baltimore Orioles). He got the MVP - but sadly he died 2 years later in a plane crash. 1972 - 1973 - The As had to deal with 7-game WS marathons to get the 1972 championship against the Big Red Machine, and in 1973 against the Mets. 1974 - THE A'S THREEPEAT after they beat the Dodgers in Game 5 winning the series 4-1. Almost a sweep! 1975 - The Big Red Machine wins against the Red Sox in a 7-game marathon. 1976 - Bicentennial World Series - Yankees vs. the Big Red Machine. And the Big Red Machine routs the Yanks in 4 - a shocking sweep of the series! 1977 - Reggie Jackson and the Yankees bite back against the Dodgers and the Yanks redeem themselves and win their World Series with Reggie getting the MVP.
@@Shindler39 no, sorry, 1960, 7th game, bottom of the 9th, Bill Mazeroski walk off winning home run, against Mickey Mantle and the Yankees, greatest world series moment of all time, nothing even comes close
9:00: I see that and think of the parallel in football when the Jets ( from the "upstart" AFL beat the Colts ( established NFL) in the 1969 Super Bowl.
keep in mind baseball started in mid or late 19th century . They had early versions of the World Series in 1880s to 90s with NL and American Association. Before that the top team would be considered champion
@MANCHESTER UNITED as a rabid baseball fan I have to admit that football (soccer) is the world's game and for these reasons; all you need is a ball, it's a simple game and even the poorest country can afford teams. Baseball is a rich persons game where expensive equipment is a must.
@MANCHESTER UNITED stop acting like a moron. You are historically ignorant as well. My country saved your sorry asses twice from those bad ass Germans besides we kicked your worry butts also twice, once in 1776 and again in 1812 so STFU! One more thing the British Empire got rich off of beating the shit out of third world countries who used spears against machine guns. Whenever Britain had to fight some 'real boys' aka Boers, Germans twice, Japanese, Afghans, Israelis and us you got your asses thrashed. I'm a historian so don't talk trash to me.
@MANCHESTER UNITED yeah, soccer is definitely not the most powerful sport in the world. Most corrupt? Absolutely! Nothing is more fun than watching guys kick a ball around for 90 minutes and end in a 0-0 tie. Pffft!! Please. Other than endurance soccer requires no skill. The best soccer players in the world could not compete against an American athlete. Btw, Europe (which isn't a country fyi) is definitely not superior to the US in any way shape or form. Don't forget we kicked the British out twice and saved all of Europe more than once.
Well in 1884 Moses Fleetwood Walker was the first player to intergrate professional baseball but they say it's Jackie Robinson when he played 63 years later. People tell the narrative the way they choose too. Just like the "original six hockey teams" were in fact not the original six.
I believe the sound difference was meant to be. Everything happens for a reason. I’m learning a new skill. Bedtime should be called ‘Time travel’. I enjoy travelling for 8 hrs, 4 hrs and my favourite 15 mins.
Go Cardinals!! Haha I’d have to say the Cardinals, Yankees, Red Sox and Cubs simply given all four different histories have been my favorite franchises to follow. The game of baseball is beautiful ⚾️
That ole ck swing conclusion to it but you had to root for both, I was. Hell of a battle. Wanted both but Now Dodgers have it going. What pitching. Awesome game Ruff ruff.
@@chrishall6419 I know, but put your shoes in a die hard Red Sox fan. Millions who lived and died without ever witnessing a Red Sox world championship.
In the 1979 World Series the Pirates weren't down 3-1 and won 3 in a row to win the World Series, they did that in 1979. In 1971 they were down 0-2, won 3 straight to go up 3-2, lost Game 6, then won Game 7. So in 1971 they were down 0-2 and won 4 of the next 5.
It's interesting to me watching this how much baseball really is a team game. Great teams needed great players, but the best player did not always win--Babe Ruth only won four World Series with the Yankees in the 14 years that he played there. Generally great teams rallied around their pivotal players to produce the winning combination for that year.
Big baseball ⚾️ 😎 fan love ❤️ 😍 the game in the fun in memory's great food in drinks destination 😀 phoenix arizona diamondbacks area favorite film angeles in the out field its makes fell like am still on the field looking to win 🏆 😀 yea me with a home run like baby Ruth or berry bonds cool 😎
And what do you do if you don't have a computer??? I'm watching on a tablet,can you please help me to fix the synchronization? would be much appreciated 🙏👌
The audio is about 3 full seconds behind the video on this one. Almost all of TY videos are 'out of sync' .. most are barely recognizable, but some ... like this one, are WAY off. ~~~
In World Series play, the Twins have never won a road game (0-9) and are 11-1 at home, their lone defeat in Minnesota being Sandy Koufax' Game 7 gem in '65. (they were 2-7 on the road when they were the Washington Senators) They've had a tough time of late getting back to the WS to try to get that 1st-ever road win. They've now lost 18 straight post-season games.
Super Doc but very unfortunate the unsynchronized image and sound from the middle until the end becomes really difficult to follow!!!! otherwise I really appreciate the documentary, insightful and rich!Bob Costas does really a good job but for the fan of baseball that I am,can you please help me to restore the problem??most appreciated, greetings from Brussels Belgium!!!!!
