Richard Nixon KNOWS Baseball (NY Mets Post Game Show 1987)
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- Опубликовано: 8 апр 2024
- After a New York Mets game in 1987, former President Richard Nixon appeared on the post-game show with broadcaster Fran Healy.
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Imagine falling asleep during the game and waking up to see Nixon recapping the game
I never shouldn't have eaten that pizza before bed.
"Damn that was one HELL of a fondue party"
Sounds like a great night.
Since he's been dead 30 years, it would come as quite a surprise.
Richard Nixon: veteran, congressman, president, elder stateman . . . and total sports nerd.
😂😂
If I remember correctly, Richard Nixon had at least one bowling lane constructed in the White House.
@@captaincarl8230Yes there is! Eisenhower had the bowling alley installed in 1953 (Nixon was VP then). I bowled a couple games in that alley a few years ago.
He used to show up at Giants games in East Rutherford too!
Perfectly said
In another universe Nixon would be an incredible analyst or play caller. I could listen to him talk about sports forever. His voice is PERFECT for baseball.
Agreed, he's perfect. I knew he was a massive football fan. Didn't know he was a baseball fan too
He kinda sounds like the Sports Talk Baseball Sega announcer 😂
He could speak on virtually any subject. Be it world affairs, national matters, or baseball, his analysis are deep and engaging. What a man!
I shook hands with Mr. Nixon in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in NYC after Roger Maris’ funeral mass in 1985. He was very approachable and gracious. A true baseball aficionado.
Thank you for sharing these gems. Such a brilliant president
He was a war criminal. But I could talk baseball with him all afternoon.
An articulate and very intelligent man. What a pleasure.
How can you watch this video and not come to the conclusion that RMN was extremely likeable and more knowledgeable (of baseball) than we would have ever imagined.
First President utterly destroyed the media. Orchestrated hit job just to test and see / prove they could.
Hunter S. Thompson *hated* Nixon like no one else on the planet, but deeply respected his football acumen.
Oh I can think of one big big big reason
@@5LbSquirrelChild’s play. He took the fall like a real man. He had his flaws like everyone but was undeniably a great and intelligent statesman. Top 10.
@@timprescott4634 no lol
Met Nixon at Shea in 1985 when I was 13. Got his autograph. I referred to him as "Mr President", i think he liked that.
Should've called him Mr. Crook.
@@joeybaseball7352Watergate was horrible, no doubt, and showed Nixon's greatest character flaw: a lack of trust that at the very least bordered on, and some would say crossed over into pathological paranoia. But if we could isolate all the other things that defined Richard Nixon, the things he did as president, the way he led the US to conduct itself on the international stage, his political reform agenda in his second term, his commitment to a conservatism of principles rather than cheap populism, he may well rank among the greatest presidents the United States had over the course of the 20th century, and in my estimation would easily be the greatest president of the post-WWII era of the 20th century.
If you had asked me about him a year ago I would have said the same thing you said: he was a crook who was undeserving of the office of the president. But after REALLY studying the man and his accomplishments while in the Oval Office as well as before that, and the flawless way in which he continued to analyze international politics during his post-presidency right until he died, I have had to conclude the man was brilliant and easily one of the greatest intellects to ever occupy the White House. Deeply flawed? Yes, absolutely. But also absolutely brilliant.
All the best and God bless!
@@joeybaseball7352
Be my guest to throw the 1st stone,
Mr. EFF-ing Perfect.👎🏻👎🏻
wow, I remember this. I worked for SportsChannel back in 1987 and worked on this broadcast that night. :)
I appeared on sports channel in December of 1987 and appeared on the air with Harvey Pack from the studio in Aqueduct racetrack. Were you involved?
@@rstefanie2622 I didn't work at the track studios, I worked at the Master Control studios in Floral Park, NY. I went to college with the Producer of that show Mitch Levites. Great times, fun days.
@@fastbobby504 Yes, you are 100% it was Mitch who called me to appear on the show. You had to mail Sportschannel a letter about wanting to appear on-air. I believe he still works for NYRA.
@@rstefanie2622 Geez, I haven't seen Mitch now in about 30 years. Lots of fun memories associated with him. Thanks for the memory!
Dear social media team of the Richard Nixon Foundation, please lets have more of these "not at all important but fun nostalgia" type things.
In all reality no idea how this channel got algorithmed into my rotation but even if I don't always agree with the man he is a fantastic orator and highly intelligent man.
You got to love this man. Good solid thoughtful answers off the cuff. The man was a thinker.
the interviewer's jaw dropping; 'cause, Nixon recalls the interviewer's narration.
This kind of interview will never ever happen again. Awesome!
Nownwe get a past their prime old hairpiece wearing shock jocks talking to a propt up incoherent Alzheimer patient
Esp now that he’s dead
😂
He called Minnesota 100%
St. Louis too.
Epic series.
AND THE WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
I'm far to the left but Nixon seems like he would have been a fascinating guy to talk to. Obviously intelligent as all get out. I think he sincerely loved this country, too.
killed a million Vietnamese in a war for profit, lefty.
He was railroaded by the cia because he knew it was them who killed jfk. He also was a prosecutor that brought charges and got a guilty conviction against a hero of the establishment back then.
Wow,! How impressive was that. Came across as a man who knew his baseball. Watching this interview gave me a new found respect for Richard Nixon…awesome post..thanks!
I ❤ this! Any President that can really talk baseball is awesome
I'm not a sports fan but I enjoy listening to President Nixon.
Watch his kitchen debate with Khrushchev. He made him look like a brain-dead thug effortlessly.
@@va3svd Which Khruschev was.....
@@jaybee8748 I take a slightly more charitable view of Khrushchev. Firstly, he knew he wasn’t the sharpest tool in the shed, but actively tried to educate himself throughout his life. He read a lot and took a whole bunch of university and trades courses to improve his education. He never finished them because there was always some political task or crisis he had to attend to. But he tried. And, during the Great Patriotic War (what the Russians call WW2), he showed great courage. During the Battle of Stalingrad, he was a General in the NKVD, he kept his command post on the west side of the river, at the front at all times. Most other senior NKVD leaders kept their commands way further back, but Khrushchev didn’t.
When he became General Secretary of the Communist Party and therefore Premier, the USSR had lived for almost 30 years under the most intensive political repression imaginable under Stalin. His campaigns of terror against his own people had filled everyone with dread, almost like they thought Stalin would come back to life and recommence his terror campaigns. Khrushchev ended that. At a Party congress in 1955, he denounced Stalin to the entire Party in what is called the “Secret Speech”, shaming the entire Party for complicity with Stalin’s crimes, and to drive the point home, had guys remove Stalin’s body from the Kremlin during the speech and had it buried outside the walls. He then led a multi-year campaign of destalinization of the USSR including restoring freedom of expression - or, some of it, anyway - to arts and media and academia. He tried to de-escalate the Cold War in several ways, including his visits to the USA and invitations for reciprocal visits to the USSR. This period is known as The Thaw, and in Soviet history was basically the best things would ever get.
Was he an evil Commie? Sure. Was he hypocritical for denouncing Stalin only after his death, when he dutifully participated in the Purges himself? Sure. Did he have a maniacal commitment to collectivization of farming despite the repeated failures and famines? Sure. But despite the evil he perpetuated, he did try to change the course in some key regards. I don’t have the same animus for him that I do for Lenin or Stalin or Beria or Yezhov or a host of others.
Nixon was right about the Twins and the Cardinals in 1987
I had no idea RMN was such a baseball fan. Great commentary. Nice suit, too.
Odd that he didn't mention Gerald Ford on his baseball team. Almost certainly the best athlete who's ever held the office.
True. Ford a utility infielder? Designated hitter? He did the job when the entire country was down in the mouth.
This was a great watch. Great to see a more better and fun side of Nixon.
Still a crook.
Ridiculously smart man.
Wow. What a treat this was to listen to. Thank you for posting.
So cool of a clip to hear Nixon's take. I remember Gary Carter going through his injuries that Nixon mentioned. Gary was a great catcher. Even I was a Phillies fan and coming from Philly, it was hard not to say the Mets were on a good run in the mid-late 80s. Speaking of Philly, so cool to hear Nixon mention Connie Mack. That's a historic part of Philly that's sadly gone.
Good grief, how friggin brilliant was this guy. His attention to detail is impeccable.
Also, there’s a hilarious audio clip on YT where he’s watching a Redskins football game. His daughter walks in, and he’s explaining the game to her.
He’s just The Best!!
I didn't even watch the game and feel like Nixon's details gave me everything I needed to know.
We’ll not see his like again. A philosopher king - a great intellectual and a great man.
A crook.
@@joeybaseball7352we got plenty of them.
Boomers didn't respect him. 😮
wtf are you on about?
I shook his hand as a 19 year old kid outside of Yankee Stadium before a game
The man never had a Duff in his life……
But I love him
LOVE that quote!! lmao!
Nixon was more of a Scotch guy. Only at night, & only few drinks. LBJ was a Scotch guy too, only he was hardcore , finishing 2 full bottles of Cutty SarK every night.
I also want to express my fondness, for this particular beer LOL
@@teddelguercio2173 hilarious!
😂😂😂😂😂😂
The “which president would you put in which position” was interesting to me not for the gimmicky topic but because it showed just how quick Nixon’s mind worked and how so much information was there in his mind at his immediate command. Incredible.
Love seeing this side of the president. He was a genuinely likeable guy when not dealing with politics.
Commissioner Nixon vs Steinbrenner woulda been fun
Nixon was one of the few genuine sports fans amongst the presidents. He didn't just show up to be seen being "just a regular guy". When the Apollo 11 crew was recovered following the first moon landing one of the first questions Nixon asked them was "Did you hear about the All-Star game yesterday?" The rest of the non-US world was probably wondering what the hell he was talking about. I also used to see him frequently at hockey games, Devils & Rangers.
I was born in 1998. It’s very upsetting that I’ve never experienced this level of eloquence in the White House.
I really feel like I missed out on the great American experience.
Sadly, the only thing the history books taught me about Nixon was Watergate, acting as if this defined his Presidency.
After watching this clip, and others with Nixon discussing foreign policy, he would be a saving grace and breath of fresh in today's political scene.
Nixon was incredibly intelligent. His personality did him in.
@@GFYM_Finance Well said.
I mean, Obama gets pretty high marks for eloquence as well. However, appearing clearly more intelligent than your voters is no longer a winning quality in American politics, especially for a Republican. GWB is, by all insider accounts, a smart man who played a rube in public; Donald Trump is a genuine braying moron. Both defeated better-spoken rivals within their parties and in the general election.
@@GFYM_Financethe crazy thing is Watergate was child’s play compared to the crap that today’s politicians are involved in
Fantastic. A regular guy that can speak eloquently. How far we have fallen
Why did his eloquence enact special homosexual rights ?
He was no illegal mexican !
I would take Rich over Biden 8 days a week.
A regular guy? He was the president
@@subg8858 Exactly ... he was a President, Vice president and US Senator. He stopped being a "regular guy" decades before this interview was filmed. I suppose the guy who made the comment meant to say "Baseball Fan"
a crook
I met Nixon beck in November 1989. He was warm, engaging and almost grandfatherly in a way to me. He really loved sports. I can just see him calling some of the great calls of Vin Scully:” And a hopper, it gets by Buckner, here comes Knight and the Mets win it!” He would make it perfectly clear!
I remember watching this. I was very impressed.
Compared to the 20+ years of bozos we've had in the oval office, it is so refreshing to hear someone speak so eloquently.
Obama was very eloquent. But you undermine him because he's black.
Man we could sure use him now.RIP Mr Nixon
This was the man that was so villified?
He was going to drain the swamp and end wars, so they had to get rid of him. Sound familiar?
Boomers thought he was a crook?
He knew what the cia was doing and was going to expose them. He also knew the cia killed Kennedy.
The CIA ruined him because he knew they killed Kennedy,
If he was that great he'd have been on Kiner's Korner instead of the B show with Fran Healy.
I'm telling you: Nixon was a remarkable human being. Obviously Watergate will always be a bad thing, but he had human qualities that we could need in politics today.❤️
To bad the leadership today only cares about social media clicks and likes and hardly governs anymore and don’t care about the people they serve.
Watergate was a set up. Presidents after Nixon committed far worse crimes and none of them had to deal with the persecution or humiliation he did, save maybe Trump but Nixon was a giant compared to Trump.
All presidents have done worse than Watergate. Woodward wad a CIA plant.
@@TheeRobertPhoenix Watergate was one of many scandals directed by Nixon and his associates - the worst were carpet-bombing Cambodia, bombing the dikes of North Vietnam, the coup in Chile, subverting the Vietnam peace talks in 1968, and "rat f**king" the 1972 Democrats primaries. Read "Nixonland" by Rick Perlstein for footnotes.
RMN was mainly a football & baseball fan - then when Duke- one of his Alma Maters - got big on the late 80s - he got into basketball too! 🏀
He liked hockey too. I remember seeing him & Yogi Berra sharing a box at Devils games in NJ. They'd show it on TV.
He was the most powerful man in the world at one point in time. He had plots and schemes, playing the empire game with the best of them. And when he wasn’t doing that, he was watching baseball, and watching it closely.
Patient zero of media double standards
This guy knew his stuff!!
we pretty much got the "world series" he was talking about at 8:18 with the World Baseball Classic
I realize that his mind grasps and pulls apart every subject he encounters. I knew he was intelligent but I did not realize to what extent.
Wow Gary Carter is from my hometown. So is Nixon. Cool to hear him say he’s an angels fan
When you're Hunter Thompson watching a ball game in 1987 and the acid hits
A brilliant man who let his flaws control his behavior. Sad, really.
I loved Nixon!
The first two teams he mentioned that needed to be watched (Twins & Cardinals) were the two teams in the World Series that year. Good call
I can just hear the collective dads across the nation screaming at their TVs when this guy came on.
I shouldn’t be surprised to see you here, JJ, but I am.
Wow he could have been a sports broadcaster on top of everything else. What a remarkable man.
Nixon loved baseball huge Angels fan
Mentioning an SST and a true world series is unfathomably based
as a fan of both Nixon and the World Baseball Classic, I think he sounds almost prescient regarding international adoption of the game. Workable SST is still pending, but the Classic has turned a lot of folks into fans of global play, and it is good for the sport. People who criticize the Classic have never watched it. It is baseball pride and national pride wrapped up together in its best possible form. Better than the Olympics to some of us.
Thank you for sharing this video ⭐️
I never remember this announcer, but what a fantastic job. He asks solid questions and is respectful. The mid 80s Mets were one of the funnest teams to watch. I almost quit school once April came around so I could watch the Braves, the Cubs and the Mets on cable. It was like heaven, it was all I wanted to do. Screw school except for playing sports.
THATS FRAN HEALY LOL
I used to finish my homework quicky so that I could watch the games on WWOR Ch 9. I used to get afternoon Cubs games too on cable so I was always watching baseball then going outside to try and replicate the plays and players lol.
@@HelloooThere I honestly don't remember him. I remember Ralph Kiner and Tim MacCarver. Loved Kiner! I looked up Fran and it sounds like he was mostly radio.
@@anthonyriche552 Anthony I was in heaven watching free baseball. I didn't know life could be so good. I hated school it was like a prison sentence. I just wanted to watch baseball.
He was very impressive, very intelligent man! He was fascinating to listen to and quite a baseball fan too! Awesome guy!🙂👍
Watergate aside, President Nixon remains a great pleasure to listen to. Always eloquent and intelligent, whether he was talking of US or world affairs, politics, and sports.
Watergate aside, whats that supposed to mean?
@homecomp6850 Despite the grave damage caused to his reputation by Watergate, it remains true that President Nixon was very smart and eloquent.
@@Milordvega Watergate was one of many scandals directed by Nixon and his associates - the worst were carpet-bombing Cambodia, bombing the dikes of North Vietnam, the coup in Chile, subverting the Vietnam peace talks in 1968, and "rat f**king" the 1972 Democrats primaries. Read "Nixonland" by Rick Perlstein for footnotes.
Great interview!
Such a Great man and Great Presedent !!!
He was quite the man, intelligent, articulate, personable and a great leader of the free world. We need him today…bad
Lets not go crazy. He was a big baseball fan and he could be charming but he was terribly dishonest. He was bombing the hell out of the North Vietnamese, writing memos expressing his fury at the failure to achieve his goals in the war - and simultaneously giving television interviews and saying the exact opposite. This would be funny and charming; except that real people were getting killed.
What a gracious and intelligent guest !
Very very nice Mr President
With his knowledge, passion and good voice for broadcasting, he could have been the best baseball analyst in his day.
He was a terrific sports fan and knew football and baseball very well. He could have announced.
In a parallel reality Richard Nixon was a commissioner of MLB baseball. He definitely knows his stuff.⚾
Oh my god. Nixion and the Mets
Although on two different sides of the aisle politically, I really enjoyed this interview! RIP Mr. Nixon! Love you.
awww the good old days--Nixon alive, Reagan in the White House and baseball the way it was for 100 yrs before Selig ruined it. It's completely unwatchable now. Hockey is the only pure sport left.
Yep the golden age of America. The decline started slowly in the 90’s under Clinton, then 9/11 happened and Obama got elected - game over for this country.
whether you like him or not that was a pretty good interview with nixon
awesome to hear him talk about the true world series with all different nations, glad it came true
Richard Nixon's favourite player during his years as Vice President was Washington first baseman Roy Sievers, who led the American League in home runs and RBIs in 1957 while playing for a last-place team.
@orbyfan Why is it that seems the like the Senators, after guys like Sam Rice, Joe Cronin, Walter Johnson, Buddy Myer, Goose Goslin, during the team’s later years, including after they took the original team out of Washington, put them in Minnesota, and then added the Senators back as an expansion team, were the team with some of the most overlooked players of their era: Mickey Vernon (two time batting title), Frank Howard (237 home runs for the club), George Case (who was a maniac on the base paths), Roy Sievers (as you mentioned), Eddie Yost (who was a walk machine for seven years), amongst others?
Nixon knows more about baseball than me
He knew more about everything than virtually everyone.
8:06 he predicted the World Baseball Classic
True ...But So Far Russia has Not been in it ...Czech Republic is Close
I sure did. He was a HUGE baseball fan. Knew his stuff too.
Was a great American
Awesome archve
Makes sense
I remember this
For some reason,
people got mad at the Mets for
this interview
Seriously 😐
Nixon derangement syndrome
What a fascinating guy - so dang interesting.....
Most intelligent president we had in the 20th century
Great to see a smiling Nixon….
I miss this guy.
That's the Montreal Expos , ( Washington Nationals )for you kids out there.
Much better than the interview with Truman on what he thought about the Miracle Mets!
I know it's not Woodstock, but I too was at the July 4 Righetti no-hitter game!
This is the biggest political scoundrel in American history!?
That's what they like to peddle!
@@NixonFoundation It's true.
Compared to FDR & Woodrow Wilson? Learn some history.
@@RRaquello Wilson is up there for sure. FDR would be if he didn't get results. What did Nixon's nefariousness do for anyone but himself?
@@thehaughtcorner Not even close. But don't stop playing.
I thought that was one weird question about which presidents would play what positions on Nixon's "dream team" But Nixon actually put some great thoughts into it, especially putting Teddy Roosevelt in as a relieve pitcher. Yeah, he would give old Al Hrabosky "The Mad Hungarian" a run. Also agree with him on Reggie Jackson...that home run Jackson hit in the All Star game in 70 or 71 at Tiger Stadium was one of the most impressive ones ever.
I just happened across this randomly today. This is quite the find. It makes me think that whether or not you cared for President Nixon, he seems like he was a good person to have a conversation with. Baseball may be my second or third favourite sport after hockey (due to me being a Canadian), but I probably would have liked to have talked baseball with him if it was possible at the time. RIP, President Nixon.
❤❤❤
0:40 while Gene Autry didn’t live to see the Angels win the World Series when they won it in 2002 there were Autry tributes everywhere
NIXON
NOW
I love Fran Healy but I was hoping for a Kiner's Korner. "Welcome to Kiner's Korner, Its an honor to welcome former President Eisenhower, uh, Nixon I should say..."
Whenever there’s a party Nixon is always bringing the smokes
Nixon was such a class act, smart, great personality..
I’ve read that Nixon didn’t really have any interests. Instead he would write down his opinions on foreign affairs. This video demonstrates something different. He seems like he spent a lot of time watching sports.
He had many interests. Sports, yes --- mainly as a fan but he also played golf and bowled. (He was the one who put an alley in the WH basement.) He was quite good on piano. And of course he read voraciously on all sorts of subjects.
@@marilena7848Eisenhower built the bowling alley in 1953 (Nixon was his VP then). Beautiful two lane alley with all kinds of presidential mementos.
The existence of the Montreal Expos made baseball a foreign affair.