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Anybody who thinks baseball is boring should take the time and watch this game. As a Met fan since 1968, this was by far the most excruciating game I’ve ever seen. The final out seemed surreal. The Astros were a hell of a tough out but the 1986 Mets always found a way fo win. Great job adding Bob Murphy to the broadcast. 4 gold stars. 🌟🌟🌟🌟
By far McDowell's biggest game as a Met. 5 scoreless and more importantly he kept the crowd quiet most of that time. Murphy and Thorne were my Radio gods back then. Later on Gary Cohen. I always loved listening to the Mets on radio. Thank you so much for the upload 🤗👍
Listening to Bob Murphy brings me back to my childhood. Didn’t have cable so when they weren’t playing on WOR 9 I was listening on the radio (1050 then 660)
Got home from work in between the 16th inning, stayed out in the driveway listening to this on the radio until the game was over. It was maybe a thirty second walk into the house and turn the TV on but i wasn't willing to miss anything by doing that
I was 13 and I remember holding in a tinkle for most of the five innings McDowell pitched. I finally relieved myself when the Mets scored in the 14th. I was in tears because I was convinced I jinxed the rally when Hojo popped up with the bases loaded and Hatcher tied the game with a home run. I've always been superstitious. Lol
Thanks so much for the effort you put into this. It is so much more fun to hear the voices of Met announcers, and you made the voice and video fit incredibly well for all but 2 or 3 pitches in the entire game. This is my most memorable Met game in 45 years as a fan for 3 reasons: a) It was one of the most thrilling games in memory (Murphy called it the most memorable game in 25 years of announcing, and McCarver called it the most tiring game he ever saw as a player or fan); b) It was like an elimination game, because if they lost they'd have to face Mike Scott, who had been unhittable in his 2 series wins, allowing just 1 run on 8 hits, 1 walk and 19 SO's in 2 complete games; c) The crazy way I had to follow the game. I had a class at Queens College that I couldn't miss during the first half of the game, so I placed a transistor in my shirt pocket under a sweater, the wire coming out of the neck into my left ear, and I kept my left fist over my ear, as I wrote with my right hand. The class finished in the 8th inning, and then I had a 2-hr trip home to Midwood, Brooklyn via subway. So I heard the 9th inning comeback, the nerve-wrecking 14th inning, and most of the wild 16th on the D train, updating a number of Met fans in my subway car throughout. I exited the train about 2 or 3 minutes before the game ended, hearing Murphy's final SO call as I walked home. As it occurred, car horns honked and lights flashed all over the place, mixed with exuberant celebratory shouts. So you really brought back a lot of great memories that I never thought I'd ever be able to re-live.
@@EdGloss One of a kind. He was a great overall announcer, with a rich, high-pitched sound that was extremely pleasant to listen to, unique expressions (fasten your seatbelts, a game of redeeming features, etc.), a superb HR call (and there it goes), and a fabulous way of building up tension in critical spots. He was a diehard Met fan, but kept the calls fair, not like the Yankee announcers who call opposing HR's as if someone was just shot to death. Finally, he was a truly kind American. I used to crack up as he tried to depict a positive side for even the most dreadful players, and as he would twist himself into a pretzel not to utter a bad word about a player, esp. if he was a Met.
After this year’s choke I am drugging myself with the 86 Mets ( a season that I went to 26 games got to run around on the field and go to the Dykstra game in the playoffs) I am up to this classic which I plan to watch twice (The Mets version and the ABC Version) I was 20 that yr and with each season that passes and the Mets fall short whether the season was bad good great mediocre or a choke I appreciate 1986 more and more each year. Don’t get me wrong I love 1969 but I did not experience it first hand and 1986 will always be the yr The Dream came true!!! (and then it did again 3 months later when the Giants won the Super Bowl!)
remember after school in 7 th grade listening this on radio playing wiffle ball with my friends then went home watched rest of the game with my entire family we all had swanson tv dinners while we watched last 5 innings together one of those days my childhood i will never forget. also a little over a week later i was at game 6 of world series
23 years old, I was in Manhattan working and ran up to my Dad's office after work, where we watched the remainder of the game, in to the night, on a little black and white TV. This to me, is my fondest of memories of that 86 run, Manhattan was joyous bedlam as I headed up to Penn Station after he final out. Truly an indelible lifetime memory. My hair still stands up when Murph calls that final pitch to Bass.
@@ANTHONY0808able that’s awesome. Glad you have that memory with your dad. Another memory that got me was the last 4 minutes of part 2 of. The 86 Mets 30 for 30. They focused on the Friday night game of 4th of July weekend against Astros. In July 3rd. I was at that game with my dad it was the 100th anniversary of Statue of Liberty I remember that night like it yesterday. And the song they used in documentary every one wants rule the world by tears for fears is one of those songs that brings you right back to that time. Of me being 12 years old. Not going to lie I teared up it just hit me a certain way
@@bb-gc2tx I teared up at several parts of the ESPN Once Upon a Time in Queens documentary. It was SO well done that it literally brought you back to the crazy, wild and fun 80's in your mind. Including the people you were with for all those indelible moments.
In those days a team that wins a major league best 108 wins is definitely set to win the world series - today ....... with a watered down game full of scandals, fraud, and cheating - it's very likely that that team will be defeated just as likely to not even get to the big dance. Baseball sucks now.
If you enjoy the videos on this channel, please consider buying my book YELLS FOR OURSELVES, a chronicle of the Mets and NYC during the tumultuous 1999 and 2000 seasons. Thanks! www.indiebound.org/book/9781947848801
Anybody who thinks baseball is boring should take the time and watch this game. As a Met fan since 1968, this was by far the most excruciating game I’ve ever seen. The final out seemed surreal. The Astros were a hell of a tough out but the 1986 Mets always found a way fo win.
Great job adding Bob Murphy to the broadcast. 4 gold stars. 🌟🌟🌟🌟
watched it as a 10 year old
incredible game
By far McDowell's biggest game as a Met. 5 scoreless and more importantly he kept the crowd quiet most of that time. Murphy and Thorne were my Radio gods back then. Later on Gary Cohen. I always loved listening to the Mets on radio. Thank you so much for the upload 🤗👍
No doubt, Roger was the unsung hero of this game.
Listening to Bob Murphy brings me back to my childhood. Didn’t have cable so when they weren’t playing on WOR 9 I was listening on the radio (1050 then 660)
Got home from work in between the 16th inning, stayed out in the driveway listening to this on the radio until the game was over. It was maybe a thirty second walk into the house and turn the TV on but i wasn't willing to miss anything by doing that
I was 13 and I remember holding in a tinkle for most of the five innings McDowell pitched. I finally relieved myself when the Mets scored in the 14th. I was in tears because I was convinced I jinxed the rally when Hojo popped up with the bases loaded and Hatcher tied the game with a home run. I've always been superstitious. Lol
It feels like when God comes back and gives us hug good work😊
Loved listening to Murphy's broadcasts, especially in those mid 80's seasons
One of the greatest games ever played… pure and simple… top 10 in the history of the game IMO
Thanks so much for the effort you put into this. It is so much more fun to hear the voices of Met announcers, and you made the voice and video fit incredibly well for all but 2 or 3 pitches in the entire game. This is my most memorable Met game in 45 years as a fan for 3 reasons: a) It was one of the most thrilling games in memory (Murphy called it the most memorable game in 25 years of announcing, and McCarver called it the most tiring game he ever saw as a player or fan); b) It was like an elimination game, because if they lost they'd have to face Mike Scott, who had been unhittable in his 2 series wins, allowing just 1 run on 8 hits, 1 walk and 19 SO's in 2 complete games; c) The crazy way I had to follow the game. I had a class at Queens College that I couldn't miss during the first half of the game, so I placed a transistor in my shirt pocket under a sweater, the wire coming out of the neck into my left ear, and I kept my left fist over my ear, as I wrote with my right hand. The class finished in the 8th inning, and then I had a 2-hr trip home to Midwood, Brooklyn via subway. So I heard the 9th inning comeback, the nerve-wrecking 14th inning, and most of the wild 16th on the D train, updating a number of Met fans in my subway car throughout. I exited the train about 2 or 3 minutes before the game ended, hearing Murphy's final SO call as I walked home. As it occurred, car horns honked and lights flashed all over the place, mixed with exuberant celebratory shouts. So you really brought back a lot of great memories that I never thought I'd ever be able to re-live.
I listened to the game in Midwood Brooklyn. Murph was the best.
@@EdGloss One of a kind. He was a great overall announcer, with a rich, high-pitched sound that was extremely pleasant to listen to, unique expressions (fasten your seatbelts, a game of redeeming features, etc.), a superb HR call (and there it goes), and a fabulous way of building up tension in critical spots. He was a diehard Met fan, but kept the calls fair, not like the Yankee announcers who call opposing HR's as if someone was just shot to death. Finally, he was a truly kind American. I used to crack up as he tried to depict a positive side for even the most dreadful players, and as he would twist himself into a pretzel not to utter a bad word about a player, esp. if he was a Met.
This was replayed on the fan once . I still have it on 4 cassette tapes
After this year’s choke I am drugging myself with the 86 Mets ( a season that I went to 26 games got to run around on the field and go to the Dykstra game in the playoffs) I am up to this classic which I plan to watch twice (The Mets version and the ABC Version) I was 20 that yr and with each season that passes and the Mets fall short whether the season was bad good great mediocre or a choke I appreciate 1986 more and more each year. Don’t get me wrong I love 1969 but I did not experience it first hand and 1986 will always be the yr The Dream came true!!! (and then it did again 3 months later when the Giants won the Super Bowl!)
remember after school in 7 th grade listening this on radio playing wiffle ball with my friends then went home watched rest of the game with my entire family we all had swanson tv dinners while we watched last 5 innings together one of those days my childhood i will never forget. also a little over a week later i was at game 6 of world series
23 years old, I was in Manhattan working and ran up to my Dad's office after work, where we watched the remainder of the game, in to the night, on a little black and white TV. This to me, is my fondest of memories of that 86 run, Manhattan was joyous bedlam as I headed up to Penn Station after he final out. Truly an indelible lifetime memory. My hair still stands up when Murph calls that final pitch to Bass.
@@ANTHONY0808able that’s awesome. Glad you have that memory with your dad. Another memory that got me was the last 4 minutes of part 2 of. The 86 Mets 30 for 30. They focused on the Friday night game of 4th of July weekend against Astros. In July 3rd. I was at that game with my dad it was the 100th anniversary of Statue of Liberty I remember that night like it yesterday. And the song they used in documentary every one wants rule the world by tears for fears is one of those songs that brings you right back to that time. Of me being 12 years old. Not going to lie I teared up it just hit me a certain way
@@bb-gc2tx I teared up at several parts of the ESPN Once Upon a Time in Queens documentary. It was SO well done that it literally brought you back to the crazy, wild and fun 80's in your mind. Including the people you were with for all those indelible moments.
@@ANTHONY0808able it’s right up there with the last dance as greatest sports docs in history
That was a good game in a great timeframe, the 80's.
It doesn't get any better.
Thanks so much for this!
Bob Murphy (PBP) & Gary Thorne (C) 1-2, 5-6, 9-10, 12, 14, 16
Gary Thorne (PBP) & Bob Murphy (C) 3-4, 7-8, 11, 13, 15
The extra innings of this game was a masterpiece from Bob Murphy. He did an incredible job with this game.
Bobby O = 1986 postseason MVP.
This is a met treasure
When MEN PLAYED BALL
I miss the 80s
Agreed child bratsnow play. Bohm the baby yeatwrday.
I had several little heart attacks watching this back then
Swing and a miss! The Mets win it! Bob Murphy was the man
Real announcers too
In case you didn't know....one of the Astros coaches for Hal Lanier.....Yogi Berra!
All of New York stopped during this game
Now a days they would have pulled Ojeda in the 1st
In those days a team that wins a major league best 108 wins is definitely set to win the world series - today ....... with a watered down game full of scandals, fraud, and cheating - it's very likely that that team will be defeated just as likely to not even get to the big dance. Baseball sucks now.
3:45:40
Mini baseball games are boring this wasn't one of them