The man was my PITCHING IDOL when I was playing, and I modeled my mechanics my mentality and my Slider after the Legend! We'll never experience the type of careers that we saw from Carlton, Gibson, Ryan, Seaver, Koufax...etc which is truly unfortunate.
Triple Crown 👑 winner for unreal 1972 season. The last pitcher to throw over 300 innings in a season, 304 in 1980.⚾ Yeah, could you even see that today?
With my growing up in the best baseball town on earth, heard alot from my Grandad and my dad about the 1-2 punch of B. Gibson and S. Carlton in '67 and '68. How the Cards lost the WS in '67 is unbelievable. Trading "LEFTY" for Rick Wise (WHO DA FUCK IS DAT???) over a $10,000 raise (Carlton wanted $65,000, CARDS DUMBASS FRONT OFFICE said stay at $55,000) was worst trade in MLB history. Lefty kicked our ass on a regular basis from '69 on.
What are you talking about? When talking about the best pitchers to ever play the game he's often mentioned as the best left hander ever even over Randy Johnson and Sandy Kofax.
It's been years since I'd seen it & I thought it was enough years for me to have forgotten about it all together.... Apparently, not so. Because I just saw it again & it did me no favors. Damn it !! Some things just enter your skull & make a home within your psyche for the rest of your entire existence. What am I possibly referring to ? The face of Willie Magee, of course..... 🚬😎
i ve always said cxarlton was one of the greatest lefthanders, # would be johnson, # 2 would be carlton, he played on bad teams from 70- 77, if he had hitting behind him , he would have had 450 wins easy
Um, what? Bad teams from 70-77? The 71 Cardinals won 90 games(Carlton won 20 of them). The '75 Phillies won 86 games and finished 2nd then they won 101 games in 1976-77 so I don't know where you get your information.
you weren t in philly, i saw those bad teams,yeah, 76, they were better, but still not winners, they didn t really start winning until pete rose came there, then it changed, carlton was always good, the phillies unfortunately wasn t
At the time they got Rick Wise in return so it wasn't like they were given a bum in return. Wise only lasted a season in St. Louis then helped the Red Sox win the pennant in 1975.
How about the night Steve was in cold and windy Candlestick Park having just joined the Phillies. The first batter Chris Speier got a hit. The next batter doubled Chris into a double play. Steve then retired the next 25 batters having only face 27 for the game. On his way to a 27 and 10 season with the worst team in baseball that only won 52 games.
What’s with Pete rose constantly pounding the ball into the astroturf at the end of an inning instead of just rolling the ball politely to the mound or the umpire for the opposing pitcher ? Wouldn’t somebody have to chase down that ball Pete launches into the astroturf after every inning ? I love Pete and get his competitive nature but it seems like a dick move on his part. Maybe I’m missing something watching this decades later. Bouncing the ball into a dugout perhaps?
He would also bounce it and grab it too, I suppose when he was happy with the play. I don't think he was doing it as a dick move, even though he was a dick.
Knowing Pete's competitive nature, I don't believe there's any malice behind his throwing the ball into the turf. Remember, he would tell the opposition a lot during batting practice "There's no way you can beat us" or "You can't win" etc, trying to get inside their heads. Pete was like, hey, this is nothing but a thing, bouncing the ball on the turf. A psychological tool. 🤷🏼♂️
The man was my PITCHING IDOL when I was playing, and I modeled my mechanics my mentality and my Slider after the Legend! We'll never experience the type of careers that we saw from Carlton, Gibson, Ryan, Seaver, Koufax...etc which is truly unfortunate.
He was a great hitting pitcher- He hit .291 in 1978 and .201 for his career, He hit .500 in 1977 and 1978 NLCS vs LA
329 wins, 4 Cy Young awards, Pitched in 2 World Series with St Louis (1967, '68) and 2 in Philly (1980 and '83)
Got a World Series Ring with the Twins in 1987, & was accused of being a secret service agent in the pic
@@jwchamberlain5862 what?..
1972 he went 27-10 1.97 ERA 310 K's 30 complete games and 346.1 Innings pitched all were league leaders
In a season where the Phillies only won 59 games. Carlton was 27-10. Amazing!!!
he was my hero when I was growing up
Triple Crown 👑 winner for unreal 1972 season. The last pitcher to throw over 300 innings in a season, 304 in 1980.⚾ Yeah, could you even see that today?
His slider was so devastating that it was just as effective against right handers as left handers.
With my growing up in the best baseball town on earth, heard alot from my Grandad and my dad about the 1-2 punch of B. Gibson and S. Carlton in '67 and '68. How the Cards lost the WS in '67 is unbelievable. Trading "LEFTY" for Rick Wise (WHO DA FUCK IS DAT???) over a $10,000 raise (Carlton wanted $65,000, CARDS DUMBASS FRONT OFFICE said stay at $55,000) was worst trade in MLB history. Lefty kicked our ass on a regular basis from '69 on.
one of the most underrated pitchers ever.
I wouldn't say that, most people give him respect of being in the top 3 LH pitchers of all time.
What are you talking about? When talking about the best pitchers to ever play the game he's often mentioned as the best left hander ever even over Randy Johnson and Sandy Kofax.
I wish baseball was more like this than today's inferior, unrecognizable product.
And today happens to be his 76th birthday.
It's been years since I'd seen it & I thought it was enough years for me to have forgotten about it all together....
Apparently, not so.
Because I just saw it again & it did me no favors. Damn it !!
Some things just enter your skull & make a home within your psyche for the rest of your entire existence.
What am I possibly referring to ?
The face of Willie Magee, of course.....
🚬😎
0:56 His slider was simply disgusting.
i ve always said cxarlton was one of the greatest lefthanders, # would be johnson, # 2 would be carlton, he played on bad teams from 70- 77, if he had hitting behind him , he would have had 450 wins easy
Um, what? Bad teams from 70-77? The 71 Cardinals won 90 games(Carlton won 20 of them). The '75 Phillies won 86 games and finished 2nd then they won 101 games in 1976-77 so I don't know where you get your information.
you weren t in philly, i saw those bad teams,yeah, 76, they were better, but still not winners, they didn t really start winning until pete rose came there, then it changed, carlton was always good, the phillies unfortunately wasn t
The Cardinals should've never traded Carlton.
At the time they got Rick Wise in return so it wasn't like they were given a bum in return. Wise only lasted a season in St. Louis then helped the Red Sox win the pennant in 1975.
How about the night Steve was in cold and windy Candlestick Park having just joined the Phillies. The first batter Chris Speier got a hit. The next batter doubled Chris into a double play. Steve then retired the next 25 batters having only face 27 for the game. On his way to a 27 and 10 season with the worst team in baseball that only won 52 games.
Phillies won 59 games in 1972.
I’m glad to of
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What’s with Pete rose constantly pounding the ball into the astroturf at the end of an inning instead of just rolling the ball politely to the mound or the umpire for the opposing pitcher ? Wouldn’t somebody have to chase down that ball Pete launches into the astroturf after every inning ? I love Pete and get his competitive nature but it seems like a dick move on his part. Maybe I’m missing something watching this decades later. Bouncing the ball into a dugout perhaps?
He would also bounce it and grab it too, I suppose when he was happy with the play. I don't think he was doing it as a dick move, even though he was a dick.
Knowing Pete's competitive nature, I don't believe there's any malice behind his throwing the ball into the turf. Remember, he would tell the opposition a lot during batting practice "There's no way you can beat us" or "You can't win" etc, trying to get inside their heads. Pete was like, hey, this is nothing but a thing, bouncing the ball on the turf. A psychological tool. 🤷🏼♂️
That was his thing when he played 1st base.