I'm an A's fan and even I had to give this a thumbs up. It's an iconic moment in baseball history. History is always appreciated...after about 25 years
Thank you for posting. I’ve watched this game and this Series every autumn since 1988, either on my original Beta tape recording, my DVD purchased since, or on RUclips. Joe garagiola and Vin made such a great team, their baseball acumen was superb; this was the last Series directed by the great Harry Coyle of NBC, and it was greatly directed. There’s such a smooth flow to every game, there’s something to see or hear even in the non-scoring innings. NBC’s theme music was great, too. And to think we used to get such great televised baseball as this without a subscription, free of pitching changes and stolen bases “sponsored by”, and without overlaid graphics throughout the game.
+Brian Stuart not only vin but also 2 da strong political message delivered by First Lady Nancy Reagan very sad how she passed away today at 94 years old but it was her time 2 go.
Top 10 MLB announcers of all-time: 10. Dick Enberg (NBC Sports/CBS Sports/Los Angeles Rams/California/Anaheim/Los Angeles Angels/UCLA Bruins/San Diego Padres) 9. David Niehaus (Seattle Mariners) 8. Skip Caray (Atlanta Braves/Turner Sports) 7. John Sterling (New York Yankees) 6. Jon Miller (ESPN Sunday Night Baseball/San Francisco Giants) 5. Al Michaels (MLB on ABC) 4. Ken "Hawk" Harrelson (Chicago White Sox) 3. Jack Brickhouse (Chicago Cubs) 2. Vin Scully (Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers/CBS Sports/NBC Sports) 1. Harry Caray (St. Louis Cardinals/Chicago White Sox/Chicago Cubs)
The other thing that is SO poetic about this game is another unsung hero. Gibson’s replacement in the Dodgers lineup was Mickey Hatcher, who had hit ONE home run all year, and he hit a two run bomb in the first inning. Without his replacement picking him up and coming through like that, Gibson would never even have gotten this chance for this legendary moment-score would have been 4-1 A’s instead of 4-3 and there wouldn’t have even been any point in bringing Gibby to the plate here. That’s teamwork if I’ve ever seen it!
No point they couldn't improve on the real thing, wouldn't even get close. Also who could possibly do Vin Scully's legendary call justice? It's like making a movie of the A Team, that didn't work.
@@voice_of_reason5604 every single bit of it happened.... even the injury... It was just more believable that it would be two legs out instead of some kind of weird gunshot abdominal injury from 20 years prior lol
To see Kirk's final at-bat brought back many, MANY memories! The excitement & intensity was Awesome! The dejected looks in the A's dugout.... PRICELESS! Thanks for posting this vid!
Scully is the best. Where most any other announcer (Joe Buck) would babble on about the historic home run, the A's heartbreaks, etc., Scully shuts up for a full minute and lets the crowd and picture tell the story. What a joy to be able to listen to him, for the 50 years I have been a baseball fan.
I think, the best part that makes him a good announcer is when it's the big moment, and that's when he lets the moment speak for itself. I mean seriously I bet he didn't want to wait a minute fourteen seconds to say something after that home run but that's what makes him great. Also happy he's by himself now
The best thing about this clip is that it lets people who don't live in Los Angeles slip in to a long, warm Vin Scully bath. And as good as he is on TV he's even better on radio. NO ONE can paint a picture like Vinnie. This is going to be a tough year knowing it's his last. I'm going to savor it.
@@samiam619 You're so right. There were so many times that I'd pull in to my driveway and just listen to him instead of running in to turn on the TV. It was a different experience and, like you said, you really could see it in your mind.
I have yet to see a better baseball broadcasting combo like Vin and Joe! Ironically after this world series ended Joe would leave NBC and be replaced by Tom Seaver the following season. I hated to see baseball leave NBC after 1989. I continued to follow baseball but it just really wasn't the same after leaving NBC!
When I was a kid, my Dad gave me a copy of Joe's book "Baseball is a Funny Game". It was fun and entertaining, and also I learned a lot about the game. Joe was a catcher, and often the catcher is the player on the team with the best knowledge and understanding of the game.
This moment lives in my family lore. I'll always remember being six years old and my dad saying, "Eckersley's gonna make a mistake." What an incredible moment.
The drama while watching this all play out live was unbelievable. Watched it with a friend and when Gibson hit that shot we just jumped up and down in his living room like a couple of crazy people...I'm sure that was happening all across the City. Best LA sports moment ever no doubt!!
The most exciting and dramatic moment I have ever seen in baseball and I've been a part of the game in some capacity since 1965. Above and beyond the home run, this was the greatest at bat I have ever seen! Gibson not only was hurt, but he was down 0-2 to the best reliever in baseball, battled back to 3-2 and then hit it out to win the game! Incredible.
With all the talent on the Oakland A's it's amazing they only won one World Series with this group. This was Game One and they completely fell apart after losing on a walk off home run to Kirk Gibson. (spoiler alert)
This still hurts. Oakland won 104 games that year and were the best team in baseball. Nobody gave L.A. a chance. We came back and won it in 89 and got swept in 90, but 89 was the only World Series we won out of the 3 and that is a hard pill to swallow.
The gut walked up with no legs and hit the homerun off the best relief pitcher in the league. He won another game against the Mets in extra innings with a homerun. And He his homerun against Goose gossage in the 1984 world series against the Padres won the world series for the tigers. How many times the guy need to prove homself. Don't doubt me dude
Not saying Ortiz wasn't clutch. But not on this level. Look at this at bat. It's unreal. And to do it on two different clubs. 2 world series won off the most dominant relievers on the game. Gibby was tough
I can't think of any other heroic baseball moment that tops Kirk Gibson's home run. There have been plenty of amazing performances, but Gibson hitting a pinch-hit game-winning home run in the bottom of the 9th with 2 out, on two busted legs, is the stuff of legend and will never be forgotten.
Gibson's HR is the single biggest momentum swing of an at-bat in the history of the MLB postseason! What separates it from the rest is not only the level of competition the Dodgers were facing, but the fact that they won leading to their "down the season stretch" unhittable ace pitching Game 2! Those A's were ridiculously good and their seemingly invincible aura was challenged during that game and then sapped by Gibson's swing of the bat! It was the entire series in my opinion! I was in my junior year of HS and vividly remember the exact spot where I was sitting watching it to this day
... this is the 1st time I've actually seen the game... at the time I was tending bar in a little French bistro in L.A., and the owner didn't allow TV's in the place. But he let me bring in a radio, so I listened to it... at the end, after the HR, the crowd was so loud that the radio announcer, Don Drysdale, couldn't be heard, so I didn't know what exactly had happened for several minutes. I knew it was something good, but I thought Gibson had singled to tie the game...
I was nearly 10 years old I was playing baseball outside with my friends and came into the house around the 8th inning. I saw this unfold so many minutes later and never forgot. Just amazing!
This was the first World Series game that I ever watched (TV). I was ten years old. (My son is ten years old now. He plays the game with passion.) Coming from a family with plenty of baseball history, the game was pretty important to me in the first inning. After the ninth it was everything!
Man, the Internet is so cool. I was born 12 years after this, and otherwise would never be able to see this game. I have a Dodger hat with a patch referencing this series, and now I get to say I've actually seen Game 1, even though I wasn't alive at the time.
Just went back to how it was before 1977. Only then did the networks hire ostensibly impartial national broadcasters for the World Series. Until then, they would contract with the announcers of the participating teams. So Scully had broadcast the ‘63, ‘65, ‘66, and ‘74 series nationally under those earlier rules.
I'm so glad I didn't live in L.A. until 1998. Look at the freaking smog!!!!!! Granted I was only 40 minutes away but my god. It's hard to believe this was in 1988. It was nothing like that when I moved there.
Thank you very much for posting this game. The '88 World Series is my all-time favorite series of all time- my brother and I would re-watch Kirk Gibson's historic home-run over and over again, and then reenact it in our back yard. Vin Scully and Joe Garagiola have amazing chemistry- Scully is one of the greatest announcers in all of sports history. (In my opinion he's the very best.) My only question is whether there is any way that you could post the other games in this series? I'd love to see all of the games, but I would especially LOVE to be able to watch Game 5- where the Dodgers, and Orel Hershiser- clinched the championship.
remember gibson talking about that pitch. i think it was his hitting coach told him you can bet dollars to donuts that if you get eckersly to a 3/2 count he will throw you a back door slider. so he was looing for that pitch and when it came he put it in the bank that for my money was the most dramatic home run . there have been series winning walk offs but those were people that were healthy and were capable but gibsons injuries is what made it special
I was watching this game in '88. Thank you, It re-kindled my love for baseball after it was broken by Dave Henderson in '86 against the Angela. I love Hatcher's Fire, Sax's fire, Gibson's fire. I wish my current home team, Seattle Mariners, would watch stuff like this... they need it.
The sad thing about Gibson’s homer is it obscures the true hero of that series, lights-out LA pitcher Orel Hershiser. Any psychological edge Gibson’s dramatic blast gave the Dodgers was countered when Mark McGwire hit a walk-off to win game 3 in Oakland. But the A’s could not dent Hershiser.
It was a great moment, but I completely agree with you, it was Hershisher's performance (and underperformance on the part of the A's) that lead to the Dodger series win. What people seem to ignore is that this happened at the end of game 1, not game 5 or game 7 etc. It's a wonderful moment in baseball history (which I was fortunate enough to witness), but it didn't decide the series.
The entire Dodgers pitching staff shut down the Athletics. That was the real reason they won. The Dodgers actually match up well with the power hitting Athletics with their pitching that year.
I was 9 years old and was in Vegas with my parents and brother when this game was played. My Dad asked if I wanted to bet on the game. I said give me the A's for 10$ to win the game. I saw jose hit the grand slam in the first and then went down to the arcade to kill Operation Wolf and Rampage. Didn't know I lost till the next day. I still have my betting slip.
I WAS WATCHING THE GAME WITH ALL AS FANS, GLEN HUBBARD WAS PLAYING FOR THE AS we all played with him HERE IN OGDEN UTAH GROWING UP,,, WHEN HE HIT IT I JUMPED UP AND WENT CRAZY, they still wont forgive me to this day;;
Couple of interesting historical moments during this game: 1) Vin Scully predicts Kirk Gibson will not play tonight "for sure." 2:12:04 According to Gibson, back in the trainer's room watching the TV, this comment by Scully spurred his decision to make himself available to pinch hit. 2) The beginning of the steroid era, Canseco denies using. 2:17:39
The baseball gods erased Canseco's grand slam with an even more dramatic World Series walk off. No one will remember Jose's first career slam. No one will forget Kirk Gibson, bottom of the 9th , in 1988.
Sorry to break it to both of you, but the VAST majority of good players in the 80's and 90's were heavy roiders. Now you can get over guys using or having used them or stop watching pro sports
Just realized that not only was it his only at bat for the series but also his last at bat in a world series for his career. The dude is such a stud. In the post interview he praises and thanks his teammates for giving him the moment instead of letting his head swell and taking all the credit. thinking back on this when we was watching it live on TV.....we were jumping up and down and i actually hugged my mother in law at the time...Thanks Gibson! lol
This is actually the SECOND iconic homer Gibson hit in a World Series. The first was in Game 5 in 1984 for Detroit. Both times he humbled a cocky superstar closer who went against the manager's orders and pitched to him. (Goose in '84, and Eckersley in '88.)
I really was excited watching this game, little did I know that my sister, Kim and some of her friends were at that game. What a game, and I was glad that the Dodgers won that 1988 World Series.
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One of my favorite childhood memories with my dad... remember like it was yesterday. Both screaming and high-fiving while mom was wondering wtf the fuss was about... lol
I was 10 years old...I remember watching this game with my Dad. I remember the Canseco grand slam. At some point, I went to bed before the game ended... The next morning, my Dad was like, "You have NO IDEA what you missed, son! It was INCREDIBLE!" Damn! I still wish I'd stayed up for it.
True story about that grand slam: The next day, before game 2, the NBC cameraman whose camera was dented by that grand slam, Jimmy Mott, asked Jose Canseco to autograph the camera. Canseco obliged. :D
Time of this game 3 hours. Time of game 1 2022 4.5 hours. Look at the pace of the pitches and the batter not goofing around. The pitch clock was necessary and I'm looking forward to it.
Gotta love the guy slamming on his breaks in the parking lot. Tried to beat traffic on the way home, misses one of the greatest moments in the history of baseball lmao
I was 11 years old when I watching this game! I am an Oakland Athtletics fans and uff that really cause on me an impact! Watching my team losing this game in that way!
Agreed! I love how he said absolutely nothing for the perfect 90 second pause and just let the crowd roar, you could feel the environment enough to get goosebumps through the radio call. I remember watching this game live, with my dad and his friends; Ed Parkin, Rocky Hill, Rick Uhlir, and Big Pat Milhollin. I was shocked, and a little upset because I was a Ricky Henderson fan.
This to me is the #1 moment ever in world series play. Period! I'll even go s far as saying it's the greatest moment in American sports history. It all starts at 2:28:50.
Miracle on Ice > Gibson's HR. And it's not even close. Buckner's error, Fisk's HR, the rally off of Rivera in 2001, the rally by the Cardinals in 2011, Mazeroski's HR to win the Series in 1960, Joe Carter's HR to win the Series in 1993...c'mon. Gibson's home run was epic, but I wouldn't even automatically make it the #1 play in World Series history, let alone American sports history.
***** I think another one of the reasons why this is such a beloved moment is that the Dodgers eventually won the Championship. No doubt, it would be a great heart and soul story regardless if the Dodgers won. But because they won, it had the champion dimension added it to it.
RIP to the best play by play man ever, Vin Scully. Baseball, football, golf, he excelled at every one. This may have been his best call.
Amazing moment with Gibson limping around the bases with start the chainsaw fist pump around second base.
Amen brother
A true professional and radio first guy.!
A true legend.
One of Vin Scully 's greatest calls. R I P Mr. Scully, all of baseball will miss you.
RIP Vince Scully you were the best baseball announcer of all time!
Rip Vin. So glad to be able to listen back on these, we'll be listening to you forever.
Major RESPECT to both Kirk Gibson & Dennis Eckersley for being great sportsman about this magical moment
I'm an A's fan and even I had to give this a thumbs up. It's an iconic moment in baseball history. History is always appreciated...after about 25 years
Watched this game with the grandparents, never forget it!
This was one of the best MLB games of all time. It's a timeless classic.
RIP Joe Garagiola. You're deeply missed. God bless your soul.
HIs baseball colloquialisms were the best.
@@carlosgoulart6206I’m reading in 2024 Joe’s book called “Baseball is a funny Game”.
I no longer watch any of the major sports. I'm 62 now. But I will watch these old games all the time for MLB and the NFL-these are great. Thanks
I’m 67. Isn’t it nice to see both teams NOT wearing pajamas with the bottom of the pants dragging in the dirt?
@@samiam619 I agree those pajama pants players wear nowadays look terrible
Cmon old timers times changed we like our baggy clothing….
Cmon old timers times changed we like our baggy clothing…. Go Dodgers beat NY !!!! Skuly n Valenzuela
Go easy, Vin. You were the greatest ever.
Thank you for posting. I’ve watched this game and this Series every autumn since 1988, either on my original Beta tape recording, my DVD purchased since, or on RUclips. Joe garagiola and Vin made such a great team, their baseball acumen was superb; this was the last Series directed by the great Harry Coyle of NBC, and it was greatly directed. There’s such a smooth flow to every game, there’s something to see or hear even in the non-scoring innings. NBC’s theme music was great, too. And to think we used to get such great televised baseball as this without a subscription, free of pitching changes and stolen bases “sponsored by”, and without overlaid graphics throughout the game.
The best Game 1 ever of any world series and one of the best moments in baseball history! Beautiful Drama!
Wait until 2024 game 1 World Series!!!
even as an A's fan this is still one of the greatest moments in baseball history
I could listen to Vin Scully all day long.
+Brian Stuart he doesn't speak from 2:35:50 to 2:36:59, and it's awesome.
+Brian Stuart I've been listening to him since 1958 and he sounds just as good today as back then. (Garagiola is horrible)
+Brian Stuart Him and Keith Jackson.
+Brian Stuart not only vin but also 2 da strong political message delivered by First Lady Nancy Reagan very sad how she passed away today at 94 years old but it was her time 2 go.
Top 10 MLB announcers of all-time:
10. Dick Enberg (NBC Sports/CBS Sports/Los Angeles Rams/California/Anaheim/Los Angeles Angels/UCLA Bruins/San Diego Padres)
9. David Niehaus (Seattle Mariners)
8. Skip Caray (Atlanta Braves/Turner Sports)
7. John Sterling (New York Yankees)
6. Jon Miller (ESPN Sunday Night Baseball/San Francisco Giants)
5. Al Michaels (MLB on ABC)
4. Ken "Hawk" Harrelson (Chicago White Sox)
3. Jack Brickhouse (Chicago Cubs)
2. Vin Scully (Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers/CBS Sports/NBC Sports)
1. Harry Caray (St. Louis Cardinals/Chicago White Sox/Chicago Cubs)
Beautiful game. Beautiful moment at the end. The best baseball moment in my lifetime. Vin Scully's call. Fantastic. And I'm not even a Dodgers fan.
Me Either. But It Was Pretty Dope.
Miss you Vin Scully! You are the greatest.
"in a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happenend!"
Absolutely classic Scully!!!!
Mike Davis' ability to extend the inning really made a huge difference.
The other thing that is SO poetic about this game is another unsung hero. Gibson’s replacement in the Dodgers lineup was Mickey Hatcher, who had hit ONE home run all year, and he hit a two run bomb in the first inning. Without his replacement picking him up and coming through like that, Gibson would never even have gotten this chance for this legendary moment-score would have been 4-1 A’s instead of 4-3 and there wouldn’t have even been any point in bringing Gibby to the plate here. That’s teamwork if I’ve ever seen it!
The great thing about moments like this are the replays. I will never tire of watching a great movie scene or one of these great sport moments.
gives me the chills everytime I watch Kirk Gibson.
How was a movie not been made about this moment yet..goosebumps still every time i see it
they did... 4 years earlier....it was called "The Natural"
@@2345allthebest 😂 I thought that also. Thing is you see the Natural and think, wow but that would never happen? ..oh no?
No point they couldn't improve on the real thing, wouldn't even get close. Also who could possibly do Vin Scully's legendary call justice? It's like making a movie of the A Team, that didn't work.
@@voice_of_reason5604 every single bit of it happened.... even the injury... It was just more believable that it would be two legs out instead of some kind of weird gunshot abdominal injury from 20 years prior lol
@@2345allthebest and that sports fans round the world can still reminisce about an iconic game / at bat 32 years later.🏴😀
To see Kirk's final at-bat brought back many, MANY memories! The excitement & intensity was Awesome! The dejected looks in the A's dugout.... PRICELESS! Thanks for posting this vid!
The game was amazing. The NBC theme music was amazing. Vin Scully was amazing. As always, he was at his best when the stage was the biggest.
Scully is the best. Where most any other announcer (Joe Buck) would babble on about the historic home run, the A's heartbreaks, etc., Scully shuts up for a full minute and lets the crowd and picture tell the story. What a joy to be able to listen to him, for the 50 years I have been a baseball fan.
I think, the best part that makes him a good announcer is when it's the big moment, and that's when he lets the moment speak for itself. I mean seriously I bet he didn't want to wait a minute fourteen seconds to say something after that home run but that's what makes him great. Also happy he's by himself now
In Buck's defense, he is a radio guy, use to giving the audience a picture. Miss this, NBC sports and the team.
Jack Buck’s call for CBS Radio was pretty good and Don Drysdale’s call for the Dodgers Radio Network was awesome.
Amen
The best thing about this clip is that it lets people who don't live in Los Angeles slip in to a long, warm Vin Scully bath. And as good as he is on TV he's even better on radio. NO ONE can paint a picture like Vinnie. This is going to be a tough year knowing it's his last. I'm going to savor it.
A book I have about Vin is called “I saw it on the Radio”. And he COULD make you see it in your mind…
@@samiam619 You're so right. There were so many times that I'd pull in to my driveway and just listen to him instead of running in to turn on the TV. It was a different experience and, like you said, you really could see it in your mind.
Vin Scully: Put into the Hall of fame in 1982. STILL The Best in the Business!!
Second best actually...the title of best goes to Robert George Uecker.
Dee Jay no sorry. Vin calling baseball is as it should be.
DoomedWill Harry Kallas FTW.
@@travismcdonald6576Not really, he was great narrating NFL films but not so great with baseball
Rest in peace Joe Garagiola! You and Vinnie complimented each other well.. I will never forget 1988!
+Pebbles Nava Several players are now deceased as well, inc. Mike Sharperson, Bob Welch, Tony Phillips, Dave Henderson, and Tim Crews.
And one of the best TV personalities as well!
I have yet to see a better baseball broadcasting combo like Vin and Joe! Ironically after this world series ended Joe would leave NBC and be replaced by Tom Seaver the following season. I hated to see baseball leave NBC after 1989. I continued to follow baseball but it just really wasn't the same after leaving NBC!
When I was a kid, my Dad gave me a copy of Joe's book "Baseball is a Funny Game". It was fun and entertaining, and also I learned a lot about the game. Joe was a catcher, and often the catcher is the player on the team with the best knowledge and understanding of the game.
@@chrisbath3956 The only ones I can think of is Skip Caray & Pete van Weren, then Jon Miller & Joe Morgan.
This moment lives in my family lore. I'll always remember being six years old and my dad saying, "Eckersley's gonna make a mistake." What an incredible moment.
Thank you so much for posting this full game. I will never forget this game.
The drama while watching this all play out live was unbelievable. Watched it with a friend and when Gibson hit that shot we just jumped up and down in his living room like a couple of crazy people...I'm sure that was happening all across the City. Best LA sports moment ever no doubt!!
The greatest moment in world sport. Ever
I will never get tired of seeing Gibson's at-bat... or hearing Vinny's shout "SHE IS.....GONE!". Loved it then, love it now.
The most exciting and dramatic moment I have ever seen in baseball and I've been a part of the game in some capacity since 1965. Above and beyond the home run, this was the greatest at bat I have ever seen! Gibson not only was hurt, but he was down 0-2 to the best reliever in baseball, battled back to 3-2 and then hit it out to win the game! Incredible.
With all the talent on the Oakland A's it's amazing they only won one World Series with this group. This was Game One and they completely fell apart after losing on a walk off home run to Kirk Gibson. (spoiler alert)
This still hurts. Oakland won 104 games that year and were the best team in baseball. Nobody gave L.A. a chance. We came back and won it in 89 and got swept in 90, but 89 was the only World Series we won out of the 3 and that is a hard pill to swallow.
I still think the Mets were the best team in baseball in 1988. At least they were until October.
Orel was unconscious that season. the mets an the A's didn't stand a chance although they were the best teams
There was no way on paper that the A's should have only won one out of those 3 World Series,but the playoffs are always a different animal.
As a Dodgers fan, I felt the Mets had the best team in 1988. It was much tougher playing against them for us.
Gibson has to be the best clutch player ever. The heart of a champion!
+mike Bankuthy Uhhh, david ortiz???
The gut walked up with no legs and hit the homerun off the best relief pitcher in the league. He won another game against the Mets in extra innings with a homerun. And He his homerun against Goose gossage in the 1984 world series against the Padres won the world series for the tigers. How many times the guy need to prove homself. Don't doubt me dude
btw that vid doesnt even show the hits he had in the 2013 WS
Not saying Ortiz wasn't clutch. But not on this level. Look at this at bat. It's unreal. And to do it on two different clubs. 2 world series won off the most dominant relievers on the game. Gibby was tough
@@mikevannuys and no steroids
I can't think of any other heroic baseball moment that tops Kirk Gibson's home run. There have been plenty of amazing performances, but Gibson hitting a pinch-hit game-winning home run in the bottom of the 9th with 2 out, on two busted legs, is the stuff of legend and will never be forgotten.
Gibson's HR is the single biggest momentum swing of an at-bat in the history of the MLB postseason! What separates it from the rest is not only the level of competition the Dodgers were facing, but the fact that they won leading to their "down the season stretch" unhittable ace pitching Game 2! Those A's were ridiculously good and their seemingly invincible aura was challenged during that game and then sapped by Gibson's swing of the bat! It was the entire series in my opinion! I was in my junior year of HS and vividly remember the exact spot where I was sitting watching it to this day
... this is the 1st time I've actually seen the game... at the time I was tending bar in a little French bistro in L.A., and the owner didn't allow TV's in the place. But he let me bring in a radio, so I listened to it... at the end, after the HR, the crowd was so loud that the radio announcer, Don Drysdale, couldn't be heard, so I didn't know what exactly had happened for several minutes. I knew it was something good, but I thought Gibson had singled to tie the game...
I was nearly 10 years old I was playing baseball outside with my friends and came into the house around the 8th inning. I saw this unfold so many minutes later and never forgot. Just amazing!
RIP Vin Scully the Greatest to ever do it
This was the first World Series game that I ever watched (TV). I was ten years old. (My son is ten years old now. He plays the game with passion.) Coming from a family with plenty of baseball history, the game was pretty important to me in the first inning. After the ninth it was everything!
Man, the Internet is so cool. I was born 12 years after this, and otherwise would never be able to see this game. I have a Dodger hat with a patch referencing this series, and now I get to say I've actually seen Game 1, even though I wasn't alive at the time.
I still remember watching this live when I was 16 years old.
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Whenever I feel down I just need to search in youtube for game 1 of 1988 series. This is baseball. Thank you very much!!
It must have been tough for Scully to remain impartial, considering that he had already been the voice of the Dodgers for so long.
Yep. You know he was giddy on the inside, professional on the outside. At the end, he let the crowd tell the story. One of the best of all time.
Vin Scully was the ultimate professional. He was loyal to the Dodger organization but he was never a "homer" if you know what I mean.
Just went back to how it was before 1977. Only then did the networks hire ostensibly impartial national broadcasters for the World Series. Until then, they would contract with the announcers of the participating teams. So Scully had broadcast the ‘63, ‘65, ‘66, and ‘74 series nationally under those earlier rules.
I'm so glad I didn't live in L.A. until 1998. Look at the freaking smog!!!!!! Granted I was only 40 minutes away but my god. It's hard to believe this was in 1988. It was nothing like that when I moved there.
I lived in Chino. My hometown. But, I was at this game.
Thank you very much for posting this game. The '88 World Series is my all-time favorite series of all time- my brother and I would re-watch Kirk Gibson's historic home-run over and over again, and then reenact it in our back yard. Vin Scully and Joe Garagiola have amazing chemistry- Scully is one of the greatest announcers in all of sports history. (In my opinion he's the very best.)
My only question is whether there is any way that you could post the other games in this series? I'd love to see all of the games, but I would especially LOVE to be able to watch Game 5- where the Dodgers, and Orel Hershiser- clinched the championship.
Great games, I remember vividly watching this game on TV, that amazing ending. Not even a Dodgers fan, but that was pretty damn dramatic & exciting.
remember gibson talking about that pitch. i think it was his hitting coach told him you can bet dollars to donuts that if you get eckersly to a 3/2 count he will throw you a back door slider. so he was looing for that pitch and when it came he put it in the bank that for my money was the most dramatic home run . there have been series winning walk offs but those were people that were healthy and were capable but gibsons injuries is what made it special
I'm actually here to watch the whole thing.
One of the best moments EVER in baseball!
I was watching this game in '88. Thank you, It re-kindled my love for baseball after it was broken by Dave Henderson in '86 against the Angela. I love Hatcher's Fire, Sax's fire, Gibson's fire. I wish my current home team, Seattle Mariners, would watch stuff like this... they need it.
RIP Vin. You will be missed.
Here after the news of vins passing . He’s always going to be part of our family . 😭
This game just never gets old. Kirk Gibson will always be considered the toughest s.o.b. in modern baseball and the greatest clutch hitter as well.
I remember this game at bat - I was 8 years old #greatmemories!!!!
The sad thing about Gibson’s homer is it obscures the true hero of that series, lights-out LA pitcher Orel Hershiser. Any psychological edge Gibson’s dramatic blast gave the Dodgers was countered when Mark McGwire hit a walk-off to win game 3 in Oakland. But the A’s could not dent Hershiser.
It was a great moment, but I completely agree with you, it was Hershisher's performance (and underperformance on the part of the A's) that lead to the Dodger series win.
What people seem to ignore is that this happened at the end of game 1, not game 5 or game 7 etc. It's a wonderful moment in baseball history (which I was fortunate enough to witness), but it didn't decide the series.
The entire Dodgers pitching staff shut down the Athletics. That was the real reason they won. The Dodgers actually match up well with the power hitting Athletics with their pitching that year.
I was 9 years old and was in Vegas with my parents and brother when this game was played. My Dad asked if I wanted to bet on the game. I said give me the A's for 10$ to win the game. I saw jose hit the grand slam in the first and then went down to the arcade to kill Operation Wolf and Rampage. Didn't know I lost till the next day. I still have my betting slip.
I WAS WATCHING THE GAME WITH ALL AS FANS, GLEN HUBBARD WAS PLAYING FOR THE AS we all played with him HERE IN OGDEN UTAH GROWING UP,,, WHEN HE HIT IT I JUMPED UP AND WENT CRAZY, they still wont forgive me to this day;;
Couple of interesting historical moments during this game:
1) Vin Scully predicts Kirk Gibson will not play tonight "for sure." 2:12:04 According to Gibson, back in the trainer's room watching the TV, this comment by Scully spurred his decision to make himself available to pinch hit.
2) The beginning of the steroid era, Canseco denies using. 2:17:39
The baseball gods erased Canseco's grand slam with an even more dramatic World Series walk off. No one will remember Jose's first career slam. No one will forget Kirk Gibson, bottom of the 9th , in 1988.
Sorry to break it to both of you, but the VAST majority of good players in the 80's and 90's were heavy roiders. Now you can get over guys using or having used them or stop watching pro sports
25yrs on and I still get goose bumps....Hollywood could not have written a better ending
Just realized that not only was it his only at bat for the series but also his last at bat in a world series for his career. The dude is such a stud. In the post interview he praises and thanks his teammates for giving him the moment instead of letting his head swell and taking all the credit. thinking back on this when we was watching it live on TV.....we were jumping up and down and i actually hugged my mother in law at the time...Thanks Gibson! lol
The Gibson at bat was the greatest moment in sports history! Absolutely legendary. Between the lakers and this, the 80s were amazing.
I remember this game like it was yesterday
This is actually the SECOND iconic homer Gibson hit in a World Series. The first was in Game 5 in 1984 for Detroit. Both times he humbled a cocky superstar closer who went against the manager's orders and pitched to him. (Goose in '84, and Eckersley in '88.)
What a moment that was! And Vin's call was nothing short of brilliant.
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I really was excited watching this game, little did I know that my sister, Kim and some of her friends were at that game. What a game, and I was glad that the Dodgers won that 1988 World Series.
Kirk Gibson HR as Lance McAlister had said set the tone for the 1988 World Series
02:29:01 = Greatest Moment in Baseball History! I love it!!! It gets better every time!!!
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The 35 dislikes is Eckersley, who's changed his account around 35 times since this video originated on youtube.
LOL. Actually, Eck is cool with this. He did an interview with Gibby in recent years, and he was as gracious and good-natured as could be.
The rest of the dislikes are giants fans! Lol!!!!
2:35:45 is every baseball player's dream. 9th inning, 2 outs, tying run on 2nd, and then BOOM!
Greatest walk-off EVER!!!
Thank the Good Lord, Amen. Those were the days when people had some integrity. Kirk Gibson is the man!
Most clutch player ever!
this is why i always loved this sport,, the best of all,,,,, baseball,, what happiest moments,,,
I don't believe what I just saw!
One of my favorite childhood memories with my dad... remember like it was yesterday. Both screaming and high-fiving while mom was wondering wtf the fuss was about... lol
I was 10 years old...I remember watching this game with my Dad. I remember the Canseco grand slam. At some point, I went to bed before the game ended...
The next morning, my Dad was like, "You have NO IDEA what you missed, son! It was INCREDIBLE!"
Damn! I still wish I'd stayed up for it.
I wish my brother George was here. What a game, I remember it well.
Also, the 1988 World Series was the first year that players wore the World Series logo on their uniforms.
45:15
Tv Banner says:Jose canseco “has never hit a grand slam”
Jose Canseco: hold my steroids
True story about that grand slam: The next day, before game 2, the NBC cameraman whose camera was dented by that grand slam, Jimmy Mott, asked Jose Canseco to autograph the camera. Canseco obliged. :D
lol
Thank you Bob Costas 4 a remarkable career full of great baseball history, enjoy your retirement 🙏. You will be sorely missed.
I ditched work to go to this game. We bought tix in the parking lot and sat in the red section behind home plate. best baseball memory of all time!
The most devastating loss in Oakland A's history!
i was 18 years old and i remember exactly where i was and what my dad said when we watched this happen live on TV ...
Time of this game 3 hours. Time of game 1 2022 4.5 hours. Look at the pace of the pitches and the batter not goofing around. The pitch clock was necessary and I'm looking forward to it.
Never get tired of watching this game. Go Dodgers Blue.
Gotta love the guy slamming on his breaks in the parking lot. Tried to beat traffic on the way home, misses one of the greatest moments in the history of baseball lmao
It's funny, Jim Gray who was just a fan at the time but would become a sport reporter, was one of those who left the game early to beat the traffic.
Joseph Aguirre In the history of sports.
best at bat I've ever seen.
Part 2 just happened tonight!!!
On 2 bad legs, Kirk Gibson wins the game, and lifts his team to an eventual Series win.
This never gets tired.😃👍🏾
I was 11 years old when I watching this game! I am an Oakland Athtletics fans and uff that really cause on me an impact! Watching my team losing this game in that way!
What a beautiful opening shot of Los Angeles😍
This is the year that it all comes full circle! I want to see a Dodgers vs Orioles Series!
Agreed! I love how he said absolutely nothing for the perfect 90 second pause and just let the crowd roar, you could feel the environment enough to get goosebumps through the radio call. I remember watching this game live, with my dad and his friends; Ed Parkin, Rocky Hill, Rick Uhlir, and Big Pat Milhollin. I was shocked, and a little upset because I was a Ricky Henderson fan.
rickey was still on the yankees in ‘88
Greatest moment is Los Angeles sports history. Wow!
This to me is the #1 moment ever in world series play. Period! I'll even go s far as saying it's the greatest moment in American sports history. It all starts at 2:28:50.
Miracle on Ice > Gibson's HR. And it's not even close. Buckner's error, Fisk's HR, the rally off of Rivera in 2001, the rally by the Cardinals in 2011, Mazeroski's HR to win the Series in 1960, Joe Carter's HR to win the Series in 1993...c'mon. Gibson's home run was epic, but I wouldn't even automatically make it the #1 play in World Series history, let alone American sports history.
***** I think another one of the reasons why this is such a beloved moment is that the Dodgers eventually won the Championship. No doubt, it would be a great heart and soul story regardless if the Dodgers won. But because they won, it had the champion dimension added it to it.
Come on guys. Only game 1. Dramatic, yes. All-time ? Absolutely not