Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, and Duke Snider talk about Koufax and Drysdale.
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2022
- This is the same video I posted yesterday, but the highlight is the replies the 3 of them gave when asked "Who was the toughest pitcher you ever faced?" Be ready for a good chuckle.
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Those days are over and never to be repeated again . 😢
Don't give up yet
The 3 great centerfielders of the 1950s.
You're talking baseball, especially Willie, Mickey and the Duke !
One of the greatest baseball songs ever by Terry Cashman.
And Warner Wolf asking the questions.
I’m from Vero Beach, FL where the Dodgers used to Spring Train. This was real baseball. And Duke Snider was a real gentleman
Talkin' Baseball, Willie, Mickey and the Duke. Imagine living in New York at that time and you have Mays playing for the Giants. Snider with the Dodgers and Mantle with the Yankees. 3 of the greatest center fielders of all time.
I lived in NYC at that time - IT WAS WONDERFUL. BORN 1948
@@frankbracken4523 you mean Waynderful.
@@frankbracken4523 what a time to be alive👍🇺🇸
I saw Koufax pitch as a teen. Best left handed to ever take the mound. He would be just as good today.
Bob Gibson too
Any idea where Koufax’s fastball sat in his prime?
Three legends!!! It doesn't get any better than this!
Willie, Mickey and the Duke.
Incredible video, three of the greatest ever, on the same sofa at the same time. Willie is still with us, although Mickey and the Duke are playing center field in Heaven right now.
I could listen to these guys all day.
Love Willie’s comment about being on the ground all the time. Being from SF, I saw many a Giants/Dodgers game (Russ Hodges and Lon Simmons announcing) and most times Koufax would come in high and tight and every time Drysdale would come in high and tight in the first inning and Willie’s uniform was dirty the rest of the game.
Koufax wasn’t nearly as mean as Drysdale.
Wow. I need to find this entire interview ! Imagine sitting at a bar with these guys and listening to the stories !
ruclips.net/video/uFJeMxtsZcE/видео.html
Go to the RUclips search window and punch in Willie Mays they have the whole interview.
You didn't want to be in a bar with mickey! It was a sad affair.
@@ralphshelley9586 Good company, though.
Here it is: ruclips.net/video/uFJeMxtsZcE/видео.html&ab_channel=WarnerWolf%27sGreatestInterviews
Those were the days when pitchers like Don Drysdale, Bob Gibson and Gaylord Perry had two pitches: High and inside, and in your ear.
You did NOT want to crowd the plate on Drysdale or Gibson. There was a price to pay.
I had the privilege of meeting Mr. Mantle at a signing,,l shook his hand and haven't washed it since. Harmon Killebrew was another gentleman l met who spoke with much respect of Sandy Koufax. As a young boy, l thought and still do think of Koufax as not only great on the mound, but someone l would like to emulate in life.
I met The Duke several times, we lived in the same town. As nice as you can get.
Harmon played in Payette Idaho and my father-in-law played against him in high school. Harmon hit the ball so hard in high school the home runs were line drives you could barely see. My FIL played short and said he'd hit so hard, he could make the play and throw him out at first because even Harmon didnt have time to react and get running in time. Like a lot of them, he opened Killebrew motors lol. Bill Buckner opened a car lot here too
Three of the best to EVER put on the uniform!!!🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
3 all time greats
The 1960's was by far the best decade for MLB and had the best stars.
50s had Campanella, Banks at his peak and Ted Williams.
The Man.
@@logalogalogThe Man. Stan Musial.
@@logalogalogWilliams was better in the 40s … the 60s are way more competitive
Ted Williams was better from the first game from 1939 to 1960. Willie Mays was the best all-round.@@JoshGibson-fb7mf
Three of greatest at there game
Those were the days😊😊😊
The day after Drysdale filled in for Koufax on Yom Kippur-and gave up seven earned runs-he said, "Walter [Alston] probably wished that I was Jewish."
Great players.
Great line! The mid-'50s to 1972 (before the DH) were the best years for MLB. So many great players, the Robinson boys (Brooks at 3b for Balt. and fearsome Frank in NL for Cin., before his '65 trade to Balt and MVP WS '66 win), Musial, Ernie, The 3 CFs in the video, the astonishing '60 Pit Pirates and Bill Mazeroski, only the Yanks had a near-monopoly in the AL, while the NL was always a free-for-all. Best almost-two decades!
The 1960 Pirates, might be the luckiest team to ever win a World Series. The M V.P of the series WAS NOT a Pirate, it was Bobby Richardson of the LOSING YANKEES!!! Can you imagine? Mantle was as good as Bobby in that series too. The 3 games the Yanks won.
16-3......10-0.....12-0!!!
That's 38-3 in baseball!!!
@@JAF720
Everyone’s goal going into a World Series is to win four games. When you win four and they win three, that’s not luck. And it doesn’t matter if you win or lose by 1 or by 20, it’s still either one win or one loss, depending upon which end of the score you were on.
And Bobby Richardson did earn his MVP award.
That s great ,,,wish was longer
To have these 3 guys in the same outfield today.......
Mickey in left field, Willie in center, and Duke in right!
Love these old stories...
I was very good friends w/ Don & still am good friends w/ Sandy. In early '89, I had the singular experience of standing at the foot of DaVinci's statue of Michael w/ Sandy.
We discussed the amazing ability of DaVinci to have capture, in stone, an image of someone setting their body, tensing the appropriate muscles in preparation to throw.
We had both seen numerous images of the statue, but only by seeing it in person, were we able to see the incredible lifelike research & detail DaVinci put into the sculpture.
I was an Athletic Trainer in the Dodgers org & an Exercise Physiologists, by education; Sandy had spent years studying the mechanics of throwing.
From each of our perspectives, we saw the same thing.
Don & I were friends because we made each other laugh & I was one of very few who could keep up w/ him, drink for drink, & not pass out or puke. The man liked his alcohol, fortunately for me, my partial Irish ancestry over compensates in that area, well... it did when I was young.
The memories of my time spent w/ both is a treasure, & strangely, had little to do w/ baseball; our Dodgers association was simply how we met.
Interesting stories. Thanks for sharing 👍
@@johnz8843 you're welcome
Why waste four?
Mays had Drysdale's Number. Batted .330 with 13 HRs in 243 PAs. Drysdale hit him twice.
drysdale was NOT in the league of Koufax....nor was he a great pitcher
@@jadezee6316 There was a reason he was known as a headhunter.
I remember when I wax a kid in 1958 when the Dodgers came to LA, they were bigtime
Willie, Mickey and the Duke!! wowwwwwww!
Love Duke's Drysdale story. Too bad money and stupid rules have ruined the only true sport.
If they let present day pitchers pitch like Drysdale did, there would probably be deaths. They are much bigger and throw much faster, and there would be virtually no reaction time. Every team now has guys 6’6” who throw in the high 90s.
agree, the DH the beginning of the end.
Those were the freakin' days!
Duke Snider: Hey how come I didn't get into the HOF until my ELEVENTH try and how come my cards aren't worth nearly as much?? Not like I ever did anything important...just two world championships and four league championships, eight All-Star games, 407 HR's, and I really should've gotten that '55 MVP...
Snider was great, Mantle was greater, and Willie was the GREATEST!
All played centerfield in NY city at the same time.
Amazing.
I NEVER would have thought of that...but you're absolutely correct.
Absolutely phenomenal video.
Look at Warner. I can't tell if he is nervous as hell, or just giddy. To be with those three legends - real legends, not what passes for that today - while they talk about Koufax ... I mean, Jesus. That is the freaking holy of holies of baseball, right there.
The Duke actually had a few plate appearances for the Mets and the Giants and was a teammate of Willie Mays in 1964. He had the opportunity to face Koufax and Drysdale. I don't know if he ever did. On May 2, 1964, in the top of the 9th inning at Dodger Stadium, Duke hit a two-run game tying homer off Joe Moeller for the Giants that enabled them to beat the Dodgers in extra innings.
Warner Wolf, brings back some memories
Baseball greatness there. Willie Mays was my all-time favorite growing up. He was my pick to beat Babe Ruth's HR career record.
probably would have if Willie hadnt gone into the military
@@hammer44head Well nevertheless, he was my favorite and remains so to this day.
@@vargviper7192 - mine too, i loved Willie.
@@hammer44head 👍
@@hammer44head Willie lost a lot of home runs with the horrible winds in San Francisco before Candlestick Park was enclosure..
There is a story that Mays stepped in to hit, digging in as normal. Then he looked up, saw that he was facing Drysdale, and called time. Then he reached down, filled in the depression where he had dug in, and stepped back into the box.
It was fun to watch these 3 greatest players that baseball had ever produced talk about the great don drysdale about throwing at these guys ❤😅👍
Warner Wolf with Mickey, Willie & the Duke -
We’re Talkin’ Bassssssseball!
We're talking baseball......
Warner Sotero
to think some of us had baseball cards of these guys. so lucky to have seen them play
Baseball was great when I was a boy Bob Gibson was the man to me
Mantel n Willie were on their way out when I was young
Today's; Baseball is a bunch of girls
Gibson & Mantle are on my all time favorite team. Mantle in center field makes Mays my DH.
All of us that went to Hillcrest High School with Mickey Mantle Jr. We should have been trolling for autographs constantly. But as it was, we didn't bug him out of respect.
Why waste 4 🤣🤣🤣
Obviously Drysdale was not only great, but nasty.
Probably the best line in the clip. Although Drysdale asking Mantle where he'd like to get one is close.
"If (Koufax) would have been as mean as Drysdale, nobody would have ever hit him." -Mickey. Loved Sandy when I was a kid, even though I wasn't a Dodger fan. Just something about him.
As a lifelong Cardinals fan who grew up watching Gibson, Gibby is my all-time favorite pitcher. Sandy is next.
Whether you just played Little League, won a World Series, or are in the Hall of Fame these are funny stories.
Awesome
Wow. Just awesome.
These players had character and class!! Todays players, and going back say 10 or 15 years, are all over grown gorillas. All on roids or weight training.
This should be an hour long
"a good day against Koufax was a walk and 3 ground outs..."
This is freaking dope!! Nothing but g.o.a.t.s sitting together
3 LEGENDS talking about another 2 Legends! Koufax threw so hard he sadly threw his arm out, and Drysdale was so mean legends like Mays and Mantle feared him! When Sports were Sports and there were no women announcing in luxury dresses!
Talk about Field of Dreams!!
As Archie would say, "Those were the days".
I used to watch Koufax back in the 1960's. Just hitting a foul ball was a moral victory. But the thing I remember most was when the Cardinals were playing the visiting Pirates. A Cardinal player hit a line ball down the right field line. All the fans were on their feet. We all thought the hit would be a easy triple. I looked and saw the 3rd base coach holding up his hands for the runner to stop at second base. The crowd was very loud. When Roberto Clemente threw the fastest outfield throw I had ever seen, the whole crowd shut up. Complete silence broken by a loud "smack"as the ball hit Ken Boyer's glove.
Legends!!
Remember Dizzy sayin' Duke can hit the ball a "country mile", 3 Great ones playing at the same time.
My dad said he use to listen to Dizzy Dean when he was a kid as he butchered the English language and sing "Wallbash Cannonball" for no reason.
@@dohanddonuts5716 I remember one special incident that happened toward the end of Dizzy's color commentary/play-by-play career with Pee Wee Reese. Somebody arranged for him to sing " The Wabash Cannonball " over the ballpark (forget which one) public address system between innings. Dizzy got through the first verse but when he started to sing another verse, the plate umpire was more than a little annoyed and shouted for him to stop but Dizzy kept going until someone finally switched the power off on his microphone. Yes, Dean's grammar was lacking but he could sure tell a great story.
Can you imagine these 3 at 20 years old in the same outfield??!! 😂 😅...You'd win a 110 games a year, minimum!! Lol
When baseball was baseball.
That's awesome.
Beisbol been berry berry good for me.
That was FUNNY!
Warner Wolf (sp?) was the best evening sports guy ever: "roll the tape." He got so much information packed into five minutes.
Yes. Let's go to the videotape. Washington had some really great sports guys.
Warner Wolf was the BEST , the " Originator " of the Modern Day TV sports reporter . NOT the " Talking Heads " with " HOT Takes " just trying to be purposefully combative , just the sharp entertaining sports reporting segments !
Here's a link to the song that pays tribute to these three, among others.
ruclips.net/video/fWKA9Zi5-_Y/видео.html
1980's---1990's Id go to a dozen games a year....Now I wouldn't go if you paid me too
Oh, thats funny! Koufax was Dr DeBakey while Drysdale was Dr Evil.
I believe the Duke played right field although I could be mistaken
Centerfield
CF.
Duke played CF. Carl Furillo played RF
Frank Robby always had the last laugh against Drysdale.
Not true. In 89 plate appearances vs. Drysdale, Frank batted .215 with 2 HRs and 14 strikeouts. He did a little better against Koufax, batting .233 with 7 homers in 121 plate appearances.
Well, at least they didn't have to face Steve Dalkowski.
I used to play golf with Mantle. He said he turned to the ump and said "How am I supposed to hit that sh...t?
I could totally hear him saying this 😂❤
"I can see how he won 25. What I don't undetstand is how he lost 5" - Mantle speaking about Koufax during the 1963 World Series.
@@joebarr725 No that was Yogi
Ross, for some reason when you share this video, Mickey’s last name comes misspelled: Mantel. Please check out inside the video and make the correction. Thanks.
Hey gavega! Shove your spelling bee tidbits! K?
All the best!
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Wow! Lol
The Dodgers of the mid sixties were the weakest hitting team ever to win multiple World Series. Drysdale was out of town when he heard the news that Koufax had pitched his second no-hitter. His first thought was "did he win?"
With all due respect to the Duke. He couldn't come close to the other two
Still a great player, though.
If they hadnt added on a lot more games to play no one would have broken any of the old baseball records .steroids and extra games broke the records not better men .
Sour grapes, jimmy boy. Sour grapes.
You can't blame everything on peds, there was expansion teams (creates watered down pitching), smaller dimensions to newer ball parks, lighter and harder bats like maple bats, juiced balls, and the pitchers throw harder so they go farther.
Willie getting an attitude.
A lot of fun. But if Duke were alive today and he told that story, Drysdale would be depicted as a racist.
Great players❤