then remember the 1975 series,, man that was great, i was for the reds,,, then remember chris chambliss homerun to beat the royals in the playoffs and freddie patek crying in the dugout, i was for kc.. then remember it was kc vs. yanks, and dodgers vs phils for a few years,, and remember that dodger infield,, cey, russell, lopes, garvey.. and remember fidryrich talking to that dam ball, and what about al hrabosky (the mad hungarian) and his antics,, what about george boomer scott,, how about gorman thomas as a center fielder.. how about oscar gambles afro,, dont know why im thinking about all this.. my glory days..
yeah, I remember all those good memories...I remember one time being on 33rd st Memorial Stadium and Oscar Gamble was taking BP, he pulled one so far foul into the upper deck, nobody was up there yet, back then 20,000 was a good night anyway..Well i`m on the left field side I look up where Gamble hit the ball, and no one went and got it, so I walked all the way around the stadium and all the way up stairs , it took me an hour to find that darn baseball up there,lol.
I remember Patek crying, Chambliss homer, The 75 series still stands out, 79 of course stands out alot to me ( I was there) Reggie 3 homer game...I could go on and on, I went to about 50 home games that yr in 1979...still recall games and scores and where I sat.
I remember Patek crying, Chambliss homer, The 75 series still stands out, 79 of course stands out alot to me ( I was there) Reggie 3 homer game...I could go on and on, I went to about 50 home games that yr in 1979...still recall games and scores and where I sat.
can you believe i was suffering with the braves,, 1982, we finally make the playoffs and are winning game 1 vs. the cards,, then it rains it out, and dang it -- we get swept,, remember the braves started that year 13-0... but 1991 started all the magic,, man the 91 series was great.. jack morris in game 7, lonnie smith falling down, thats my 1979 jman.. poor lonnie..
1975 World Series Red Sox - Big Red Machine:
Game 6, Boston charged to an early 3-0 lead in the first when Fred Lynn sent one into the right field seats at Fenway scoring Carl Yastrzemski and Carlton Fisk. The blast came as no surprise to Red Sox fans as the rookie had knocked twenty-one during the regular season while batting .331 with one-hundred five runs batted in.Luis Tiant held the Reds for a tense four innings, but Ken Griffey's two run triple and John Bench's run-scoring single evened it up in the fifth. George Foster followed suite adding a two run double of his own in the seventh and Cesar Geronimo finished the rally with a lead-off blast over the wall in the eighth. Now up 6-3, "The Big Red Machine" shifted into high-gear and was six outs away from a World Series title. Pedro Borbon, Cincinnati's fifth pitcher started his third inning by surrendering a single to Lynn and a walk to Rico Petrocelli in the bottom of the eighth. Anticipating a disaster, Sparky Anderson called for Rawley Eastwick as Dwight Evans stepped up to the plate for the potential tying-run. The Reds' reliever came up big striking out Evans and getting Rick Burleson on a liner to shallow left, but Bernie Carbo stepped in for reliever Roger Moret and became only the second man in World Series history to hit two pinch-homers. After Dick Drago sat down Cinci's line-up 1-2-3 to start the ninth, Boston went to work extending the Series.
First, Denny Doyle forced an opening walk. Then Carl Yastrzemski singled him to third as Will McEnaney came in to replace Eastwick. After intentionally walking Fisk to load the bases, Lynn fouled out and Doyle was caught at the plate trying to score. Finally Rico Petrocelli grounded out and the opportunity was gone. With one out in the eleventh, Griffey was on with Joe Morgan at the plate. The All-Star infielder nailed a long drive toward the right-field seats, but Evans made a spectacular, one-handed catch and caught the Reds' base runner off of first. As the Sox took their turn, Pat Darcy (a record tying eighth pitcher) retired his side for the second consecutive inning. Rick Wise (a nineteen game winner) entered the twelfth as both bullpens continued to empty. Boston's top winner found himself in a two on situation with one out, but managed to get Dave Concepcion on a fly ball and Geronimo on a strikeout. Both teams were starting to show fatigue as Fisk and Darcy squared off in the bottom of the inning for another one of baseball's most photographic moments. After launching a rocket toward left-field, Fisk started to run toward first, but stuttered as the ball appeared to be heading foul. The Boston catcher jumped up-and-down waving his arms fair as if to "will" the ball. As it came down it glanced fair off of the foul pole for the 7-6 game-winner.
Wow.
Game 6, Boston charged to an early 3-0 lead in the first when Fred Lynn sent one into the right field seats at Fenway scoring Carl Yastrzemski and Carlton Fisk. The blast came as no surprise to Red Sox fans as the rookie had knocked twenty-one during the regular season while batting .331 with one-hundred five runs batted in.Luis Tiant held the Reds for a tense four innings, but Ken Griffey's two run triple and John Bench's run-scoring single evened it up in the fifth. George Foster followed suite adding a two run double of his own in the seventh and Cesar Geronimo finished the rally with a lead-off blast over the wall in the eighth. Now up 6-3, "The Big Red Machine" shifted into high-gear and was six outs away from a World Series title. Pedro Borbon, Cincinnati's fifth pitcher started his third inning by surrendering a single to Lynn and a walk to Rico Petrocelli in the bottom of the eighth. Anticipating a disaster, Sparky Anderson called for Rawley Eastwick as Dwight Evans stepped up to the plate for the potential tying-run. The Reds' reliever came up big striking out Evans and getting Rick Burleson on a liner to shallow left, but Bernie Carbo stepped in for reliever Roger Moret and became only the second man in World Series history to hit two pinch-homers. After Dick Drago sat down Cinci's line-up 1-2-3 to start the ninth, Boston went to work extending the Series.
First, Denny Doyle forced an opening walk. Then Carl Yastrzemski singled him to third as Will McEnaney came in to replace Eastwick. After intentionally walking Fisk to load the bases, Lynn fouled out and Doyle was caught at the plate trying to score. Finally Rico Petrocelli grounded out and the opportunity was gone. With one out in the eleventh, Griffey was on with Joe Morgan at the plate. The All-Star infielder nailed a long drive toward the right-field seats, but Evans made a spectacular, one-handed catch and caught the Reds' base runner off of first. As the Sox took their turn, Pat Darcy (a record tying eighth pitcher) retired his side for the second consecutive inning. Rick Wise (a nineteen game winner) entered the twelfth as both bullpens continued to empty. Boston's top winner found himself in a two on situation with one out, but managed to get Dave Concepcion on a fly ball and Geronimo on a strikeout. Both teams were starting to show fatigue as Fisk and Darcy squared off in the bottom of the inning for another one of baseball's most photographic moments. After launching a rocket toward left-field, Fisk started to run toward first, but stuttered as the ball appeared to be heading foul. The Boston catcher jumped up-and-down waving his arms fair as if to "will" the ball. As it came down it glanced fair off of the foul pole for the 7-6 game-winner.
Wow.
Deniro..Tthat Houston Philly series game 5 went back and forth,lol...I remember that game very well...
SSI, I remember that rainout too, and 13-0 start, that was when we first had the superstation here and saw all the Braves games...Eggs Benedict and co. Murphy, Claudelle Washington, Horner , CHambliss , Bedrock , Garber, Mahler, Niekro..
SSI, I remember that rainout too, and 13-0 start, that was when we first had the superstation here and saw all the Braves games...Eggs Benedict and co. Murphy, Claudelle Washington, Horner , CHambliss , Bedrock , Garber, Mahler, Niekro..
yes, ogilvie, thomas and sixto.. whatever happend to old sixto,, cecil cooper was a good player.. something that stands out in my memory is -- Rose's 44 game hit streak, the night it ended, we were playing in a little league all star game, i wasnt home to watch but our game ended and we rushed to the truck to turn the radio on,, rose didnt have a hit but was coming up, and gene garber got him out,, talk about disappoint, that was my lowest braves moment,, they pitched him like game 7 of the world series, and this is when the braves lost 100 each year.. nothing is as exciting as the hitting streak, read some excerpts of joe's streak, guys in montana would say, "did he get one today" and people knew what they were referring to..
I remember Rose saying he felt they basically pitched around him,lol..I remember that streak and how it was covered as it grew... Cecil Cooper had that unique stance, similar to Eddie Murray, he was some hitter, they also had a young Yount asd Molitor, Don Money, Jim Gantner, I think even Sal Bando may have still been there...That was a hacking team,lol...They could really score back in the late 70`s early 80`s...
