1973 Monday Night Baseball-Tigers at Red Sox featuring Al Kaline Full at Bat!
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- Опубликовано: 11 фев 2023
- Here is a rare treat. A full at bat by Detroit Tiger Hall of Famer Al Kaline during a 1973 Monday Night Baseball game at Fenway Park. Kaline faces Bill "The Spaceman" Lee in the first inning of this game played on June 25, 1973. A rare commentator pairing of Curt Gowdy and Howard Cosell call the action. Don't miss Cosell's attempted gibe at Gowdy's expense near the end of the clip. Please note this clip does not come from a complete game. No ownership of this material is claimed.
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This is better than ANYTHING on TV right now ... he types on Super Bowl Sunday 😄
10000 percent agreed
HIGHLY AGREE I NO LONGER WATCH SPORTS EVEN NASCAR IS WOKE
🙄I wasn't looking to procure another lazy political discussion, 'just wanted to point out that this is a very, very cool clip 🙂
Agreed
Then you missed one Hell of a Super Bowl
This is just ridiculously vintage. Strange to hear Curt Gowdy and Howard Cosell in the same booth.
This was the year NBC decided to experiment with a guest 3rd announcer in the booth alongside Gowdy and Kubek. In this case Cosell, but I can remember people like Danny Kaye and George C. Scott in the booth that season. Anyone remember who some of the other guest announcers were?
Very interesting. I would have been not quite 5 years old when this game aired. I wish I could remember these games that clearly.
Thanks again for such a great post!
@@retromaven2159 Emmitt Ashford, the first Black umpire. He did a fine job. Joe Dimaggio was useless in the booth. George C. Scott was crazy that night! The Tigers won in extra innings and was ecstatic! He also busted Kubek's balls for kissing Cosell's ass all night.
@@retromaven2159 Foster Brooks, Joey Heatherton, and Professor Irwin Corey?
@@mikefitz6957 Great recall!
So awesome that Fenway is basically still the same. Hard to believe that after Fenway and Wrigley...all the other ballparks were built in the 60s or later.
The great al Kaline - a class person
Curt Gowdy, Tony Kubek and Howard Cosell on NBC. Cool!
I would love to watch the entire game.
He was an Energizer Bunny - he had his batteries 🔋 Alkaline batteries.
Oh no, Danny Cater playing 1B for the Red Sox!! Bringing back all those bad memories of the Sparky Lyle for Cater trade 😖
Danny Cater was a good ball player…almost won the batting title in 1968…but he was several years older than Sparky at the time of the trade and Lyle wasn’t’ exactly lighting up the league back in ‘71
That did not seem like a bad trade at the time for both teams. Just like the Steve Carlton for Rick Wise seemed like a good trade for both teams.
The Red Sox made up for that when they traded Cater to the Cardinals.
For the record, the youngest NL batting champion was Pete Reiser of the Dodgers, who was 22 when he hit .343 in 1941. But I’m sure Howard knew that already having grown up in Brooklyn.
Maybe, Cosell hated baseball, thinking it was a dull, outdated game. He said as much, many times.
Karine was 20 yrs old in 1955 won beating title w I th 340 avg,against, it up
Wow, I started watching MLB in 1977 and had no idea that Monday Night Baseball was originally on NBC for 10 years. Learn something new every day.
This was the top of the 1st from the game of Monday night, June 25, 1973.
Karine was a true pro. A class act. He had a rifle for an arm.
I was only 1 week old when this game aired. I love seeing games and events that happened during this time. but I just turned 50 a few weeks ago. That 50 years seems like it went way too quick. 🤔😂😂😂
50 is the new 40, at least that's what someone told me!
And belated Happy Birthday!
Kaline and Horton, two of my most favorite players growing up!
Bill "Spaceman" Lee on the mound.
in is first season as a Red Sox starter as well…two years later he would be pitching for the Bosox in a memorable World Series
1973 was the first of 3 straight seasons in which Lee would win 17 games for the Sox.
And he's still pitching at 76.
Bill Lee came to speak at my Little League banquette in 1973.
I think of Kaline & Clemente as almost clones. Their talents & careers were almost the same. They started around the same time and their careers ended within a couple of years. They played the same position. Clemente hit for a higher average and was a faster runner, while Kaline had more power. Clemente is much better remembered because he was much more dramatic, and of course the way he died. Kaline was quiet and didn't draw attention to himself. When they got their chance in the World Series, both did great things.
Clemente was far better all around than Kaline
@@ericw3229 I watched them both and don't know a single thing that Clemente was better at than Kaline, except getting publicity. He had a better batting avg., but Kaline made that up with more power. Clemente had his famous throwing arm, but Kaline's was just about as good. If Clemente's was superior, it wasn't enough to make that much of a difference. He just got to show it off more because, in their day, the NL was more of a running league than the AL, so his throwing arm came more into play.
@@ericw3229 Far better…No way
Kaline, Clemente.... =
@@ericw3229 No he's right, they're almost weirdly similar statistically.
Gowdy got snarky with Cosell at the end! 😂
Yeah, Cosell had that effect on the best of people!
Yeah, he did. Cosell trying to demonstrate his superior intellect got bitch slapped by Curt Gowdy!😂
Red Sox won this game 2-1 on an 8th Inning home run by Carlton Fisk.
He also invented AlKaline batteries. Very versatile guy!
That’s a fact ! 😂
The Spaceman throwing that 76mph heat. 😂😂😂
There's the greatest Detroit Tiger I ever saw and my second-favorite
Who is your first??
@@retromaven2159 I bet it's Willie Horton (who is MY all-time favorite athlete.
Monday Night Football. Monday Night Baseball. Great stuff. Not endless B.S. like today. Not endless commercials. Nor, 18 people talking over each other.
What are you watching where 18 people are talking over each other?
wish there was more footage...but i know i know blame NBC🤣🤣🤣
My friend, I feel your pain! Thanks for watching!
Wow a 1973 video survivor !
Hooray!!
@@retromaven2159 1973 and ‘73 seem to be black holes when it comes to MLB game footage. Thanks for posting.
@@swami1 Yes, not much at all but perhaps a bit more to post down the road!
@@retromaven2159 That would be great. I look forward to it.
I love beasball thank you you don't have NBC Monday night beasball
No one does.
Great all around person tv commentator for tigers games he was kind of before my time but I would say of all the Detroit tigers he is probably number one
It just seems odd seeing Al Kaline in the then-ultra modern pullover jersey/beltless pants uniform combo.
Gotta love Sansabelt. It was “the look” of the 70s.
If I recall correctly the 1971 Pirates were the first to wear the double knit, polyester, pullover uniforms.
1972 was the year the Tigers switched over for the road uniforms. They never did for the home whites. Button-down jerseys returned in '85, belts in '92.
@@CatStanleySpaceDemon I always thought that was odd. The best uniforms were the 1975 Red Sox, 1974 Astros, 1972-1986 Twins, 1977-1983 Blue Jays and 1972-1979 A's.
@@dirtylemon3379 The Texas Rangers were the first baseball team that never wore wool uniforms (if you don't count their beginning as the Washington Senators).
Glorious failure for the Sox in the 70s, so close in 72, 74, 75, 77, and 78. If only the Roli Fingers deal hadn’t been scrubbed by Bowie Kuhn in 76.
I'll always remember Luis Aparicio tripping over 3B in the showdown series against the Tigers in 1972!
I believe they were supposed to have also gotten Joe Rudi from the A's as well at that time.
He was good enough to have his name on batteries
Wow I was 5 when this aired
Umpires wearing burgundy coats. Love it.
With shirts and ties. This was the first season for that uniform.
Baltimore's own al kaline....never understood why orioles never tried to trade for him......i think 1973 was Sam "Mayday" Malone's first year with red sox.....
I believe this was the year NBC would have a celebrity commentator on Monday Night Baseball. I remember the game where Danny Kaye was crazy about the Expos catcher's last name and kept saying: Boc_ca_bella !! As for Al Kaline, my most favorite Tiger of all time! Later did a great job doing color commentary on the Tigers Network.
In 1970, NBC began having a celebrity commentator as part of their Saturday Game of the Week broadcast. Curt Gowdy *HATED* that, believing it was a reflection on his abilities that the network had to bring in a celebrity to help boost ratings. He complained as much to his friend Howard Cosell, as Howard wrote in one of his books.
I cant believe ABC gave Cosell permission to do NBC work (or Cosell just "blow off" ABC's policy). I believe this was just a one night only thing as I remember reading NBC would use a different guest analyst for it's then Monday Night Baseball coverage (a la ESPN's first year of it's Sunday Night NFL coverage in 1987) Bob Uecker was a guest analyst on here one time.
@@ryanstrnad8442 Roone Arledge was the head of ABC Sports and a friend of Cosell and his biggest promoter and supporter. Arledge was a little more forward-thinking than other network Sports' Presidents, and wouldn't have had a problem with that.
@@ryanstrnad8442 NBC had the rights to MNB until 1979 and then ABC took over in 1980. Howard had already gained his fame with Monday Night Football. In 1973, ABC hadn't caught the baseball bug yet.
Al Kaline, one of only two players to win a batting title before his 21st birthday. Ty Cobb was the other one. Al was about 2 weeks younger than Ty when he did this.
Game won by the Red Sox 2-1. Kaline, who played at 1B this game, would homer in his next at bat in the 4th inning to account for the Tigers only run. Fisk solo home run in the 8th proved the game winner. Both Lee and Jim Perry of the Tigers went the distance for their teams. Lee finished the game with a 9-2 record and a gaudy 1.94 ERA. Perry would likewise show 8-6, 2.74. Lee would finish the season 17-11, 2.75, 18 complete games and 120 strikeouts and even made 5 relief appearances, and was named to the all-star team.
I was at that Monday Night game when George Scott was a guest host. My older sister took me and a bunch of friends . We were freshman in Hschool. I believe Frank Howard hit a homerrun to win it.
I believe that game was played on a Monday night on 8/6/73 against the Yankees. Howard hit a 2-run pinch HR to tie the game in the bottom of the 9th, and the Tigers won it in the bottom of the 10th when Sparky Lyle threw away a sacrifice bunt attempt. Wish that one was still around to watch!
@@retromaven2159I remember that like yesterday. I'm getting old now. Thank God my Dad taught us the love of baseball and getting along with others. This world is crazy.
Mr. Tiger
Late Al Kaline would retire after next season (1974). He fell one HR short, reaching CD (400) career HR plateau
Yes! Six years later Yaz became the first AL player to hit both 400 HRs and 3,000 career hits. Kaline joked that if he knew how important it was he would have returned in 1974 just to hit HR #400!
@retromaven2159 Great Carl Yastrzemski, who spent his entire 23-season career w/Red Sox did reach both, CD (400) career HR/MMM (3,000) career hit plateaus in 1979 season. He'd play 4 more seasons w/BoSox (1980 thru 1983) before retiring after 1983 season
@@user-qv3wb2gy1f I saw HR #400 in person! He hit it off the A's Mike Morgan at Fenway.
With Spaceman Bill Lee pitching
This IS AMAZING !! I NEVER realized that Gowdy and Cosell ever WORKED TOGETHER !
so, when Kaline came up to the BIG leagues, Cosell didn't think Kaline would make it. Kaline is in the baseball HOF. it just goes to show you. even the so call expert sports announcers can be WRONG.
Hey, we're talking about Cosell. He was always wrong.
Al kaline also known as battery man
They could have used pitch clock.
Commentators:
Curt Gowdy, Tony Kubek & Howard Cosell.
Al Kaline really needed to be a pitcher or catcher so he could have been on of the battery positions.
Wait wait wait…Howard Cosell…broadcasting baseball…ON NBC?…🤨🤨🤨🤨
Cosell was a guest announcer on this evening. In 1973 NBC added a celebrity guest announcer for their Monday Night Game of the Week broadcasts. This is the only surviving broadcast from that series that I know of and it turned out to be Humble Howard, lucky us....
I have heard that Gowdy and Cosell were friends even though their personalities and announcing styles were completely different.
They weren't great pals but they were friendly. Then again Gowdy got along with everybody. There was the thought that Cosell was jealous of the critic's love for Gowdy though Cosell considered himself the better announcer because he "told it like it was". Then again his in-your-face style only naturally made enemies among the press and media.
@@retromaven2159 I wonder about Joe Garagiola. According to my father, who wasn't an industry insider, Garagiola politicked his way into the NBC play-by-play job, cutting out Gowdy (in the late 70's). As my father would say, "The same way he did to Mel Allen with the Yankees". Later on I found Dad's historical chronology was kind of mixed up, but he was prejudiced. He just didn't like Garagiola (who he said "talked too much").
@@RRaquello Your father was right about Garagiola. He did politick his way to the top (I suppose most or all do), but he did use people, and Harry Caray hated him because Joe used Harry, and then ignored Caray after getting what he wanted. You dad was also right about Joe talking too much. He did, as did Tony Kubek, who knew the game, but talked incessantly and spouted so much nonsense. Bob Costas did a good job of keeping Kubek in line, often challenging the former Yankee shortstop on some of the stuff he was saying.
Do you have the game in it's entirity?
Yes, as I noted in the comments box above unfortunately this is not from a complete game, only short fragments. Thanks for your inquiry.
Why did they save only this??
It's a home recording (not a network recording) so there are only fragments. This was a rare complete at bat. Tapes were very expensive back then so people would keep hitting the pause button and record bits and pieces. Annoying now for sure..
gowdy seems triggered by cosell, "what are you doing? we going to get into a big match of wits tonight, huh?" perfectly legit to ask who the youngest n.l. player to win the batting title. it's juan soto now, but cosell would have been referring to pete rieser of the brooklyn dodgers 1941, who spent 3 years in world war II and was never the same.
Yeah seemed a little snarky of Gowdy.
@@davidmitchell6873 i got the same vibe from kubek, howard was a little too real for the era.
What the hell was Cosell doing at NBC?
1973 was the year NBC added a guest to each of their Monday Night Baseball broadcasts. Humble Howard just happened to be that night's guest.
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Al Kaline hit 399 lifetime HR's, but never hit 30 HR's in a single season.
he would have been the first right hander to hit 400 and 3,000 but a home run he hit in one game got rained out
@@richardleibold4700 To be honest, he had an injury-plagued career. Lost a few months one season due to a broken collar bone he suffered diving for a line drive off the bat of Elston Howard. Took a called third strike at Fenway and slammed his bat into the bat rack, breaking his right index finger; that cost him 6 weeks. A few other injuries here and there. Still put up one huge HOF career.
I thought Cosell worked for ABC?
Yes, he was a guest announcer on this evening. In 1973 NBC added a celebrity guest announcer for their Monday Night Game of the Week broadcasts. This is the only surviving broadcast from that series that I know of and it turned out to be Humble Howard, lucky us....
@@retromaven2159 Hard to imagine in the decades since that one network would allow one of its stars to appear on a show for another network. Gowdy also did American Sportsman and Olympic coverage for ABC during his NBC tenure.
@@diamonddog13 Yes, can you imagine with the tight contract restraints that kind of thing happening today? I don't think so!
@@retromaven2159 Here in 2023, good point. Kenny Albert (Fox for the NFL & MLB and TNT for NHL Hockey)and both Kevin Harlan and Ian Eagle(CBS for the NFL and NCAA Hoops & TNT for the NBA)are the only major National Play-Play Announcers who are under contract on 2 different network/sports cable channel.
@@americangiant1003 Hockey is so specialized that wherever hockey goes it seems the same hockey announcers follow. Kenny Albert is an exception. Most hockey guys only do hockey and non-hockey guys don't do hockey because they don't know the sport.
Baseball today is unwatchable. All the rule changes have ruined the game.
and lacking creditable talent to me.
The time clock is good. A baseball game should not go 3 hours.
@@jamesanthony5681 how long should a game last for you not to whine about it taking too long?
@@matta3968 Whining?? Champ, *YOU'RE* the one that's complaining about it being unwatchable and that rule changes have ruined the game.
How long should a game last? *For as long as it takes* . Understand? Meaning, enough with hitters stepping in and out of the box adjusting the velcro straps on their batting gloves, wrist and elbow pads; or pitchers stepping on and off the rubber to get a new sign, to psyche out the hitters, or to check out the women in the field level seats.
The game is unwatchable? Great. Watch cricket or pickleball. Or darts. We'll miss you.
@@jamesanthony5681 You're are the one that said three hours was too long. Now you say as long as it takes. Which is it? Pitch clocks, placing runners at second to start an extra inning are Bad rule changes. I agree about excessive stepping in and out of batters box sucks but too bad that is baseball. Maybe you should watch cricket or bowling .