32:15 Dodge promotes its cars using the melody line from Dionne Warwicke's popular hit of the day, "Do You Know the way to San Jose? Plymouth then follows up 43:33 with a similar type use of Spanky and Our Gang's 'Sundays Will Never be the Same."
Well he wasn't the best Game 7 pitcher in 1968. I am from the theory that any record can be broken, albeit some are more unlikely but not impossible. Case in point: It was often said that Lou Gehrig's 2,130 consecutive games played streak would never be broken, the same with Gehrig's 23 career grand slam record, the same with Ty Cobb's 892 stolen base record, the same with Babe Ruth's 714 career home run record, the same with Walter Johnson's 3,508 career strikeout record, the same with Sandy Koufax's 4 career no-hitters record, the same with Don Drysdale's 58 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings record.
Dallas Brubaker, theoretically...yeah, sure, any record can technically be broken. But in today’s day and age? Relief pitching as specialized as it is? Seven complete game World Series victories on a row? Complete. Game. Complete...Game. Yeah, that record is safe.
Pirates fan here. Yes, second to the Yankees in World Championships, which is what it comes down to. Actually, the histories of all the teams that have been around since the 1900's are very interesting.
I am a huge Gibson fan as well. He was my favorite non-Tiger. I am asthmatic and when he came out with those Primatene ads, that clinched the deal for me.
Virgil Moody per Baseball reference.com Simmons was purchased by the Cubs from the Cardinals on June 22, 1966 a little over 2 years after the Brock/Broglio deal.
Brock's performances against Boston in '67 (12H, .414 avg, 7SB, HR, 2 2Bs, 3B, and 8 runs scored) were as dominating as his '68 performance against Detroit.
gibson was amazing in this game. 35 minute delay at the start, 1 hour and 15 minute delay in the 3rd, then pitching a complete game shutout thru pouring rain, mist, etc.
Virgil Moody imo the 7th inning of game 7 was a fluke...Gibby retires 20 of 21, then Cash gets a single, Horton hit a seeing eye 7 bouncer in the hole, Northrups fluke triple over Flood, then Freehan getting that floating double to short left...I just hate that inning but I can't quit watching that game. :(
hey no fluke---Gibson just tired. had 7 K's and only allowed an infield hit up until Cash's single. Horton poke one through the infield, then Flood misplayed the Northrup hit. Back then the starters usually went the whole game if they could. Schoendienst wanted Gibson to finish the game out of respect
@@loyaldude10 Shades of Game 2 of the '66 Series in which Los Angeles Dodgers Center Fielder Willie Davis misplayed two fly balls and committed three errors in the 5th Inning in which the Baltimore Orioles scored 3 unearned runs off Sandy Koufax. In the 6th Inning Willie Davis and Ron Fairly misplayed a line drive by Frank Robinson which led to a fourth run off Koufax which was an earned run! Frustratingly, it would be the great Sandy Koufax's last ever Major League Baseball game pitched. In later years, Sandy would say that he wished that he could pitch that game over again.
Wow. FYI. Sports TV Info. The Rain Delay forced NBC viewers to miss start of the AFL Football Game of the week (In those days IF I am correct no regional games for AFL Games then in pre merger era with NFL)between the Pats and Raiders. Plus this game was also shown in Canada on CBC Television.
Unfortunately, in those days NBC made a habit out of "wiping" (erasing) video tape so it could be used over again. That's why so many of their sports broadcasts, game shows and other programs from that era are lost. Fortunately, the CBC, which took a feed from NBC, saved every game of that classic 1968 World Series, albeit in black & white (the original broadcast was in color).
@@LarryBarkerPBP100 Correct, and somewhere here on YT there is a 1970 World Series game (forget which game) that can be watched in b&w from one post, and in color from another post.
Bill Freehan was really something. When he came up at 1:53:00, could not believe it said he led Tigers in games played in 1966-0 67. As a Catcher, b4 the DH. Was an 11X all star, 5X gold glove winner. Not in HOF, but can make a good case for induction.
If Gibson had been removed after the 7th inning of this game with a 6-1 lead, maybe he would not have run out of gas in the seventh inning of the seventh game. Even though Curt Flood misplayed Northrop's triple, Cash, Horton, Northrop, and Freehan all hit the ball sharply. The Tigers also scored in the eighth. The Cardinals did not even remove Gibson for a pinch hitter trailing in the game.
@@drbobperkins You can't judge 1968 standards by today's baseball standards With today's universal analytics practices, literally EVERY pitcher comes out of the game after 5 or 6 innings. In 1968 and earlier, the game was played TOTALLY different. No analytics. Pitchers routinely finished games unless physically or poor pitching prevented it.
Gibson was the best hitting pitcher in baseball in 1968 (career 24 HRs, 144 RBI) and on the all time short list. Wasn't much the avg pitch hitter might do that Gibson couldn't. He most likely was left in for that reason, along with being in the midst of a streak of 7 complete WS complete game victories during an era where iconic starting pitchers dominated the game, compared to relievers.
ironic that Tony Kubek is interviewing Tim McCarver at the beginning of the video. At the time Kubek was the color man for the Number 1 network baseball coverage, and in about 15 years or so McCarver would be.
Umpires (Game 4) HP Bill Kinnamon (AL) 1B Doug Harvey (NL) 2B Bill Haller (AL) 3B Tom Gorman (NL) (Crew Chief) LF Jim Honochick (AL) RF Stan Landes (NL)
49:25 Gibson has to strikeout Detroit's Bill Freehand TWICE in one at bat. Freehand initially takes an obvious FULL swing and strikes out, but the ump claims he "check" his swing, lol. Gibson then has to bear down with runners on base and strike out Freehand again.
1:51:17 - If Mathews had been able to straighten that one out, it might have shifted the momentum of the game & given the Tigers a chance. Not likely, but maybe.
that would have been wishful thinking, my friend. Gibson was unbeatable in games 1 and 4. He tired in game 7, and Mickey Lolich was even better that day. One of the best WS I ever saw.
I feel so fortunate to have to have been a boy growing up in the 1960s!!! This was the last World Series before the dreadful expansion of 1969! I regard Baseball played between 1960~1968 as the best ever! So many Hall of Fame inductees played in that wonderful era. Those players were the elite!!! The players were clean shaven, lean, wore stirrups, black shoes and looked like professional ball players!!! You know, I absolutely hate today's baseball TV coverage!!! You notice that in the 1960s, cameraman filmed from various angles!!! When the pitcher would go into his windup, the camera angle from "behind" the catcher would be featured instead of redundantly filming from behind the pitcher!!! What a tragedy! Many of the 1960s World Series films were wiped!!!
@@stephenmitchell663 Pleased go to "Google" and enter History Of Major League Baseball TV Coverage/Wikipedia. It's a fascinating look at the evolution of Baseball Television coverage. Just look at all those camera angles!
@@stephenmitchell663 Here's a better description - Major League Baseball on television - Wikipedia & Historical Major League Baseball over - the - air television broadcasts - Wikipedia.
@@stephenmitchell663 Can you believe many of these classic 1960s World Series games were wiped!!! It's reminiscent of the buffoons at NBC who destroyed many of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" tapings from the 1960s. Also, the British Pop/Rock Television Show "Top Of The Pops" destroyed many of there 1960s tapings including the 1966 live in studio appearance of The Beatles lip synching to their new Single - Paperback Writer and Rain! Unbelievable!
13 shutouts contributed to that. He had 5 shutouts in June, and 8 shutouts in 11 starts in June & July - and only gave up one run in each of the other three. At the end of that streak on 30 July, he had an ERA of 0.96. On 30 May, he was actually 3-5, and went 3-3 in the month of September.
yeah but there was only 1 Bob Gibson. His World Series performances speak for themselves, even surpassed Koufax in that category for number of games with 10+ K's.
Yeah. I think that since the hitters were juicing up in the league to hit all those home runs, major league baseball should have put that 6 inches back on the mound. It would've been fair since most of the hitters were smashing tape measure homers with regularity at the time. Denny McLain said that himself a few years ago. As a former little league, and Babe Ruth league all-star pitcher myself, I'd enjoy that.
After being in the dumps with this game I hoped the Lions would cheer me up but they began their horrible streak of losing 13 straight games to the Minnesota Vikings.
Yep. The 24-10 loss to the Vikes was originally scheduled for Detroit, but was switched to Minnesota because of the Tigers being in the WS. Lions, Vikes game was shown on tape delay, not live that day in Detroit.
Ernie Harwell was over on NBC Radio with Pee Wee Reese calling games 1, 2, 6, & 7 in St. Louis, Jack Buck was with Pee Wee Reese for the games in Detroit.
I love these types of videos with the full games AND full commercials.
32:15 Dodge promotes its cars using the melody line from Dionne Warwicke's popular hit of the day, "Do You Know the way to San Jose? Plymouth then follows up 43:33 with a similar type use of Spanky and Our Gang's 'Sundays Will Never be the Same."
Gibson, the best big game pitcher ever. 7 World Series wins and complete games in a row. never be broken.
Well he wasn't the best Game 7 pitcher in 1968.
I am from the theory that any record can be broken, albeit some are more unlikely but not impossible. Case in point: It was often said that Lou Gehrig's 2,130 consecutive games played streak would never be broken, the same with Gehrig's 23 career grand slam record, the same with Ty Cobb's 892 stolen base record, the same with Babe Ruth's 714 career home run record, the same with Walter Johnson's 3,508 career strikeout record, the same with Sandy Koufax's 4 career no-hitters record, the same with Don Drysdale's 58 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings record.
Dallas Brubaker, theoretically...yeah, sure, any record can technically be broken. But in today’s day and age? Relief pitching as specialized as it is? Seven complete game World Series victories on a row? Complete. Game. Complete...Game. Yeah, that record is safe.
red sox fan here, the cards have certainly been one best franchises in mlb history
Pirates fan here. Yes, second to the Yankees in World Championships, which is what it comes down to. Actually, the histories of all the teams that have been around since the 1900's are very interesting.
Second most successful MLB franchise after the Yanks.
Detroit won down 3 games to one. Gibson who 😢😢😢
Gibson is my favorite pitcher all time and the reason I became a pitcher. love Gibby !!!
I am a huge Gibson fan as well. He was my favorite non-Tiger. I am asthmatic and when he came out with those Primatene ads, that clinched the deal for me.
Brock was a beast in this game. Huge HR over 440 ft, and his double and triple were both over 400 ft each.
Brock was a spark, and had a great WS in 68
Virgil Moody we traded Ernie Broglio to get Brock.
Virgil Moody per Baseball reference.com Simmons was purchased by the Cubs from the Cardinals on June 22, 1966 a little over 2 years after the Brock/Broglio deal.
Brock's performances against Boston in '67 (12H, .414 avg, 7SB, HR, 2 2Bs, 3B, and 8 runs scored) were as dominating as his '68 performance against Detroit.
gibson was amazing in this game. 35 minute delay at the start, 1 hour and 15 minute delay in the 3rd, then pitching a complete game shutout thru pouring rain, mist, etc.
Virgil Moody my favorite of all time too. love these games Virgil. thank you so much.
Virgil Moody imo the 7th inning of game 7 was a fluke...Gibby retires 20 of 21, then Cash gets a single, Horton hit a seeing eye 7 bouncer in the hole, Northrups fluke triple over Flood, then Freehan getting that floating double to short left...I just hate that inning but I can't quit watching that game. :(
hey no fluke---Gibson just tired. had 7 K's and only allowed an infield hit up until Cash's single. Horton poke one through the infield, then Flood misplayed the Northrup hit. Back then the starters usually went the whole game if they could. Schoendienst wanted Gibson to finish the game out of respect
@@loyaldude10
Shades of Game 2 of the '66 Series in which Los Angeles Dodgers Center Fielder Willie Davis misplayed two fly balls and committed three errors in the 5th Inning in which the Baltimore Orioles scored 3 unearned runs off Sandy Koufax.
In the 6th Inning Willie Davis and Ron Fairly misplayed a line drive by Frank Robinson which led to a fourth run off Koufax which was an earned run!
Frustratingly, it would be the great Sandy Koufax's last ever Major League Baseball game pitched.
In later years, Sandy would say that he wished that he could pitch that game over again.
Eddie Mathews, only player to play for the Braves in Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta
Great left handed hitting 3rd baseman.
Yes, I already know that, anything else new you got for us
Wow. FYI. Sports TV Info. The Rain Delay forced NBC viewers to miss start of the AFL Football Game of the week (In those days IF I am correct no regional games for AFL Games then in pre merger era with NFL)between the Pats and Raiders.
Plus this game was also shown in Canada on CBC Television.
CBC broadcast explains black & white feed, as NBC would have broadcast in color then.
Thank you -- seeking the 72 alcs too .
What a throw by kaline in the 4th i saw him in the early 70s at old comiskey park
Last game of Hall Of Famer Eddie Matthews.
Last of the original Boston Braves, and the only man to play for the Braves in Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta.
@@larryfine4512 Good catch Larry. Btw, how's Moe and Curly doing?
The pride of Santa Barbara High!
I'm impressed that the CBC feed is the only network that survives the baseball games in the years before they did the Jays.
Unfortunately, in those days NBC made a habit out of "wiping" (erasing) video tape so it could be used over again. That's why so many of their sports broadcasts, game shows and other programs from that era are lost. Fortunately, the CBC, which took a feed from NBC, saved every game of that classic 1968 World Series, albeit in black & white (the original broadcast was in color).
LarryBarkerPBP100 Canada has always been more forward thinking than US in all aspects in life. Thank god for CBC.
@@LarryBarkerPBP100 Correct, and somewhere here on YT there is a 1970 World Series game (forget which game) that can be watched in b&w from one post, and in color from another post.
Bill Freehan was really something. When he came up at 1:53:00, could not believe it said he led Tigers in games played in 1966-0 67. As a Catcher, b4 the DH. Was an 11X all star, 5X gold glove winner. Not in HOF, but can make a good case for induction.
IMO, he'd be in if he played in any other era, as his offensive numbers would have been better.
He was the premier catcher in the American League before Carlton Fisk, and Thurman Munson came along.
He sure was the best all around for years, but I didn't know about that endurance. still hard to believe.
Strange to see Joe Garagiola wearing a fedora.
If Gibson had been removed after the 7th inning of this game with a 6-1 lead, maybe he would not have run out of gas in the seventh inning of the seventh game. Even though Curt Flood misplayed Northrop's triple, Cash, Horton, Northrop, and Freehan all hit the ball sharply. The Tigers also scored in the eighth. The Cardinals did not even remove Gibson for a pinch hitter trailing in the game.
No way to know that but your point is well taken. He should have come out. A 6-1 lead is substantial
@@drbobperkins You can't judge 1968 standards by today's baseball standards With today's universal analytics practices, literally EVERY pitcher comes out of the game after 5 or 6 innings. In 1968 and earlier, the game was played TOTALLY different. No analytics. Pitchers routinely finished games unless physically or poor pitching prevented it.
Gibson was the best hitting pitcher in baseball in 1968 (career 24 HRs, 144 RBI) and on the all time short list. Wasn't much the avg pitch hitter might do that Gibson couldn't. He most likely was left in for that reason, along with being in the midst of a streak of 7 complete WS complete game victories during an era where iconic starting pitchers dominated the game, compared to relievers.
when Cardinals went up 3-1 after this game, everyone thought Series was over. Gibson was so overpowering, esp in gm 1
Tigers had better hitting than Cards---way better in fact. And Lolich was just superb in games he pitched. They just beat the Cards 1 gm at a time
Bob Gibson completes 28 out of 35 starts. The only ones he failed to complete were games he was removed for a pinch hitter
George Kell (PBP) & Curt Gowdy (C) 1st half
Gowdy (PBP) & Kell (C) 2nd half
Tony Kubek (field reporter)
ironic that Tony Kubek is interviewing Tim McCarver at the beginning of the video. At the time Kubek was the color man for the Number 1 network baseball coverage, and in about 15 years or so McCarver would be.
Almost an audition for McCarver.
1:50:17 - With a swing like that, I'm surprised Northrup didn't hit more home runs than he did.
I love Gibson's reaction after, even though he was still up 6-1.
Umpires (Game 4)
HP Bill Kinnamon (AL)
1B Doug Harvey (NL)
2B Bill Haller (AL)
3B Tom Gorman (NL) (Crew Chief)
LF Jim Honochick (AL)
RF Stan Landes (NL)
Marvin Gaye doing the anthem wow
Definitely a different time. They wouldn't likely play in weather like this now👍🙉🙈🙊
Hank Greenberg threw out the 1st pitch for Game 4.
49:25 Gibson has to strikeout Detroit's Bill Freehand TWICE in one at bat. Freehand initially takes an obvious FULL swing and strikes out, but the ump claims he "check" his swing, lol. Gibson then has to bear down with runners on base and strike out Freehand again.
1:51:17 - If Mathews had been able to straighten that one out, it might have shifted the momentum of the game & given the Tigers a chance. Not likely, but maybe.
that would have been wishful thinking, my friend. Gibson was unbeatable in games 1 and 4. He tired in game 7, and Mickey Lolich was even better that day. One of the best WS I ever saw.
Likely ends up 10-2 with Mathews homering.
Nothing like series inthe north in october
I am 51 now and I always thought life in old days was in black and white haha....Gibson was a all out sob pitching
I heard on day Gibson was pitching, none of his teammates could even talk to him, he was so intense and focused.
NBC broadcasted in color, CBC feed in b/w
33:20 to watch bob Gibson
I feel so fortunate to have to have been a boy growing up in the 1960s!!! This was the last World Series before the dreadful expansion of 1969! I regard Baseball played between 1960~1968 as the best ever! So many Hall of Fame inductees played in that wonderful era. Those players were the elite!!! The players were clean shaven, lean, wore stirrups, black shoes and looked like professional ball players!!! You know, I absolutely hate today's baseball TV coverage!!! You notice that in the 1960s, cameraman filmed from various angles!!! When the pitcher would go into his windup, the camera angle from "behind" the catcher would be featured instead of redundantly filming from behind the pitcher!!! What a tragedy! Many of the 1960s World Series films were wiped!!!
@@stephenmitchell663
Pleased go to "Google" and enter History Of Major League Baseball TV Coverage/Wikipedia.
It's a fascinating look at the evolution of Baseball Television coverage.
Just look at all those camera angles!
@@stephenmitchell663
Here's a better description -
Major League Baseball on television - Wikipedia &
Historical Major League Baseball over - the - air television broadcasts - Wikipedia.
@@stephenmitchell663
Can you believe many of these classic 1960s World Series games were wiped!!!
It's reminiscent of the buffoons at NBC who destroyed many of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" tapings from the 1960s.
Also, the British Pop/Rock Television Show "Top Of The Pops" destroyed many of there 1960s tapings including the 1966 live in studio appearance of The Beatles lip synching to their new Single -
Paperback Writer and Rain!
Unbelievable!
The cards without brock and gibson is like disney without walt
Lots of hall candidates on these teams and some shouldas!
Gibson was 22-9 in the regular season. What I'd like to know is how did he lose nine with a 1.12 E.R.A. But wow, the guy had some great stuff.
13 shutouts contributed to that. He had 5 shutouts in June, and 8 shutouts in 11 starts in June & July - and only gave up one run in each of the other three. At the end of that streak on 30 July, he had an ERA of 0.96. On 30 May, he was actually 3-5, and went 3-3 in the month of September.
good question. Cardinals hitting attack was weak though that year. Cepeda's numbers dropped tremendously compared to 1967.
yeah but there was only 1 Bob Gibson. His World Series performances speak for themselves, even surpassed Koufax in that category for number of games with 10+ K's.
Yeah. I think that since the hitters were juicing up in the league to hit all those home runs, major league baseball should have put that 6 inches back on the mound. It would've been fair since most of the hitters were smashing tape measure homers with regularity at the time. Denny McLain said that himself a few years ago. As a former little league, and Babe Ruth league all-star pitcher myself, I'd enjoy that.
He lost five games by a 1-0 score.....thus adding to his greatness
After being in the dumps with this game I hoped the Lions would cheer me up but they began their horrible streak of losing 13 straight games to the Minnesota Vikings.
Yep. The 24-10 loss to the Vikes was originally scheduled for Detroit, but was switched to Minnesota because of the Tigers being in the WS. Lions, Vikes game was shown on tape delay, not live that day in Detroit.
Rest in Heaven Gipson
Dave, let us not get ahead of ourselves. As far as I know, unless something happened in the last couple of days, Bob is alive and well. 😁
Gibson was the greatest
I stand corrected. I did not know my favorite pitcher of all time had passed. So....RIP Bob Gibson. I am saddened.
I thought the Tigers were thru after this game. Was I wrong.
You weren't alone. A lot of us thought the same thing.
Like Yogi always said.....It ain't over until it's over....
What's up with some Detroit players having a sleeve number on the right and some have the number on the left?
Willie Horton was ridiculous in the 4th inning. Come on now.
17:28 I swear that black man is Jackie Robinson
It is.
Looking at this clip looks like next to Jackie Robinson is then Vice Pres. Hubert Humphrey.
Brock and Cepeda than Kaline.and Lolich
Where was Ernie Harwell he was better than George Kell.
Ernie Harwell was over on NBC Radio with Pee Wee Reese calling games 1, 2, 6, & 7 in St. Louis, Jack Buck was with Pee Wee Reese for the games in Detroit.
NBC-TV:
Curt Gowdy & Harry Caray (St.Louis)
Gowdy & George Kell (Detroit)
Tony Kubek (field reporter)
NBC Radio:
Pee Wee Reese & Ernie Harwell (St. Louis)
Reese & Jack Buck (St. Louis)
Jim Simpson (Game 7)
Brock and Cepeda than Kaline.and Lolich
Brock and Cepeda than Kaline.and Lolich