This game took place on July 24, 1973. It was the 40th anniversary of the very first All-Star Game played in 1933. In recognition, most of the surviving players from the 1933 game were in attendance. I own a historic baseball signed by every one of the surviving players who were at this game and also other old time Hall of Famers & stars from yesteryear who were there. A total of 32 signatures.
@@MrVegasdeuce, prematurely gray. It happens. He played in the Majors one season. In ‘59 at the age of 25, he was traded by the DODGERS, to PHILLY where he hit .218 with no pop and 34 rbi for the cellar dwelling 64-90(one unresolved tie) PHILS, playing second base in the NL during one of the last of its seasons carrying only eight teams. None of the AL nor NL expansion teams wanted him later on, lol. His next MLB appearance came in 1969 as the third base coach of the new SAN DIEGO PADRES. The next season he was named as third base coach of the CALIFORNIA ANGELS, one day later, he was offered and accepted the manager’s job with the CINCY REDS..
As always, a snapshot of a moment in time as well as a crossing of eras. The soon-to-be Home Run King Henry Aaron. In their prime Reggie Jackson, Nolan Ryan, Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, Pete Rose, Willie Stargell, Don Sutton, Tom Seaver, Catfish Hunter, and Thurman Munson. The happy goodbye to Willie Mays and the sad goodbye to Roberto Clemente. Bobby Bonds and Cesar Cedeno were good players but didn’t quite live up to their lofty expectations. And up and comers Carlton Fisk, Rod Carew and Bert Blyleven. Thanks for the great film and this look at 1973.
Somebody out there has this full game. It hasnt come out yet! Now top player of the 70's. Clearly Reggie Jackson. Lets look at it. Reggie had 4 ( 30) HR and 3 (100) RBI seasons. He one an MVP too. Rose had one MVP too. Also Reggie LED the A's and Yankees to 5 World Series championships. Rose had just two BUT Bench and Morgan led the way. Reggie also powered the AL to a huge 71 All-star game win with a titanic shot ( still talked about(. I was in my teens in the early 70's so I lived it too. Now top pitcher: that's up for debate. 'nuff said
Well, I was also focusing on Kansas City's famous "Crown Scoreboard", or "Royal Crown Scoreboard", at Kauffman Stadium. Figured out a little of the intricacies: 1. The scoreboard information was at the bottom, which included the line score format, and shows balls, strikes, and outs given. 2. Above that is a sort of vertical "Jumbotron" that tells things like player stats, does advertising displays, and reacts grandly on certain baseball plays in real-time. 3. When a home run is hit in the 1973 year, whether it is Royals or the National League All-Stars, no fireworks, but instead, the scoreboard responds with "We Love You!" or "Home Run" in big letters, usually in a strobing style. The crown area above the scoreboard lights up with lights as well.
I was barely 14 years old. Have never seen this till today, in 2023. I lived and breathed baseball at 14 yards old then. This was the ERA of my baseball life! I lived this footage. A changing game, and a changing society. Pete Rose-- greatest player of the 70's. Tom Seaver-- greatest pitcher of the 70's. End of story.
1980s were cool too. 1990s were alright. Just like everything else in this world started to suck in late 90s ,early 2000s. You know. Steroids,sabermetics,social media, pitchers getting taken out of games after the 5th inning,,etc etc. Now a player is judged on every swing,and the angle of the swing,and if he does get a good hit,it's judged on the stadium he's playing in,and the humidity that day,and what the pitcher ate for lunch. Ridiculous. Despite all my bitching,I still love baseball,it's my favorite thing in the world,and there are some good men still playing the game today.
@@joejordan1259, for a few years that was a thing some of the players did in the STAR GAMES. Similar trading of helmet logos transpired in some of the old postseason COLLEGE ALL STAR FOOTBALL GAMES back in the 1990’s..
@ 12:04 - Frank Robinson commented, "Nolan Ryan may not rack up as many strikeouts as he possibly is right now....." Later in the same quote ..... "he'll be around the plate more and the hitters will be hitting the ball more......" You're absolutely one of the all-time greats Frank, but 20 years and 5,100 strikeouts later the Major League hitters never got around to doing much of the "hitting" thing against Ryan..... LOL..... However, you could tell just by the way Frank smiled as he talked about Ryan, that he was a huge fan..... R.I.P Frank Robinson (1935 - 2019)
Where is the complete live and unedited colorized version of this game? Does Major League Baseball not have one, of it, for the 1973 44th Annual Major League Baseball All-Star Game? If anyone knows where or how to watch this particular game in it's entirety, please let the rest of us know. Thank you.
I always thought the Astros either should have gone back to the mid and late 60's primary navy blues with the shooting stars on the front and that font or moved back to the early 1970's primary orange, (pre-orange/yellow/burnt orange/red, nightmare, rainbow-)which featured orange sleeves and the shooting star. Heck, they could have modernized it a bit, but same font as back then. Man, those were great looking unis. The ones they have today are bland as hell.
@@robertsprouse9282 You mean the 1972-1974 uniform? Those were definitely very nice, possibly the best double-knit uniform the Astros ever had. The ideal wool uniform came the year prior in 1971 when the team flipped the colors and made orange the primary color.
@@samuelbarrett5648, the road gray and home white double knits came in the same season..1972. You’re right. On FATHER'S DAY OF 1972.. my, now late, DAD and I and my stepmom watched JERRY REUSS throw a no-hitter for 8.1 innings over the PHILLIES before the PHILS finally got a hit in the top of the ninth when LARRY BOWA slapped a basehit past ASTROS 3B MAN, DOUG RADER who was playing in on the inner turf(there were only dirt cutouts around the bases and no "skin" areas in the infield between third and shortstop, and second and first base) AND NOT BEHIND THE BAG, AND not GUARDING THE LINE because HOUSTON held a 10-0 lead, in those white double knit, no-belt buckle pants, orange numbers, letters, and caps/batting helmet unis. REUSS got the last two outs and that terrible and inexperienced PHILLIES team lost by that 10-zip score. And, yes, if RADER had been guarding the line with the "no doubles" defense, WITH DOUG R.'S STRONG ARM..REUSS who later threw a no-no, would've likely finished with two in his career..BOWA hit the ball fair inside the outfield foul line; about 20 feet off it, the ball went sharply past DOUG RADER's leftside with the ball hit so hard, that RADER hardly moved, not coming close to gloving the grounded smash. If he had played on the line (or not and deeper), he would've had a chance to dive for it. The 'STROS WORE THOSE '72 D-KNITS and proceeded after HARRY WALKER'S firing, to win 8 in a row that summer under new skipper, LEO DUROCHER, and move within 2.5 games of the CINCY REDS..then came the collapse to the visiting NY METS after holding an 8-1 lead in the top of the 8th..and losing 9-8.. After that defeat..THE ‘STROS then dropped their next eight in a row. All of that see-sawing came in those double knit home white and orange with navy blue trim, and d-knit road gray and orange unis with thin navy blue trim. Yep..
Well done , nice to see the adjulation for the "say hey kid" I was 10 years old and Mays left an indelible mark and I barely saw him play,this was his final year
Ewing Kaufmann's Royals' Stadium shines out its glory with its fountains and the scoreboard Jumbotron with a crown on top with light standards all around it on the L and R sides. Ironically, no fireworks - even in that 1973 All-Star game. I think Kaufmann did not want fireworks yet from the stadium in the early to mid-1970s decade because all of the baseball bling was good enough for his baseball fans.
1970 game is out there. We just haven't got it all, YET. 1969 game, one of my favorites after the 1970 and 71 game( my dad took me too both , thank God I saved the pennants) has almost a complete game.
@@Wixom2200 , Good.. but other people read my responses, too; right? And, I never said that you did not know that. You got defensive and assumed that I said you did not know that. I was just adding to what you said. Got it? I do have a question for you: Were the stands full.. as mostly out of town people who came in for the Tuesday nite game had to rearrange their hotels and travel schedules? I am curious.
The 60zzz pitchers dominated especially the national league, they lowered the pitching mound, Harmon Killebrew out homered Hank Aaron by 100 h.r.sss in the 60zzz and he had 500 less at bats
REDS, ORIOLES, DODGERS, ANGELS, INDIANS(playing MGR., first black manager in MLB).. and playing career retirement. Coaching MLB and only MLB non-playing managing were next. Worked in MLB FRONT OFFICE ADMINISTRATION, too.
I love how the A's got away with sending players with two different color jerseys. Even now it's strictly home whites and road greys for the All-Star uni's.
TV forced the color boon, and baseball began to see DOLLAR SIGNS in unis and gear sales. So, if the A's brought three different, primary colored/ kinds of jerseys, oh well...
There was a recent season where the Florida Marlins only wore their road greys one time, at the all-star game. They wore their black jerseys for all of their road games that year.
Lol, I don't think I've ever seen that before, not even in All Star game competition, the late Willie Davis, who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers in this game, was wearing an Atlanta Braves batting helmet, and he hits a home run in it...
Davan Mani MLB may have not stressed it back in 1973, but in later years, and especially today, wearing another teams batting helmet, hasn't been allowed. It goes against conformity, that's like a New England Patriots player, wearing a Green Bay Packers helmet in a game...
Catfish's untimely hand injury in the 1973 All Star Game - at the 14:40 mark - reminds me of Don Gullitt's injury in the 1976 World Series Game 1. Also untimely...
Was old Leo hitting the cherry comparing Cedeño to Mays, Cesar never lived up to the hype......i hated when they start comparing young players to legends.
Jay Company, Leo was measured on Cedeno being the next Mays...he simply stated he has a chance to be as good as Mays. He was 21 y/o batted 321, 20 plus HR and stole 55 bases in fact he stole 50plus bases several times early in his career and led the league and the majors in doubles. The first five years of his career were impressive. However ten years in the Astrodome which was not homer friendly and several injuries squashed those Mays comparisons.
@@mauricescribner7025, it was not just the baseball injuries that did it. He got involved with the shooting of a woman down in the Dominican Republic early in his career during an off-season. The parafin tests showed that he either fired or did not fire the gun. I don't remember, but he was not charged, however, he was never the same after that. He did suffer injuries, too, no doubt about that. But, he was never the same after the shooting incident. Oh, what could have been! He was that good. And, yes, he would have hit 40 before all of his problems started if he had played in a place such as Fulton Co.Stadium in Atlanta. The Astrodome was truly where the longball went to die. Check out his age 35 season off the bench in 1985 in St.Louis down the stretch, his last hurrah. Man was magnificently talented.
Today, no sports league would award a marquee event to a stadium only four months after its opening. Given all the delays with construction at the Truman Sports Complex, MLB took a gamble awarding the '73 game to Kansas City. Wondering if Bowie Kuhn had a contingency plan to swap Milwaukee and Kansas City as host sites in '73 and '75.
On the contrary, with the stadium boom since the mid '90's MLB's M.O. has been to entice cities into building new stadiums with the promise of All-Star games and such. That and the threat of taking their teams away.
Yes, ROYALS STADIUM was actually supposed to open in '72, but did not till '73. Municipal Stadium had two "farewell" games in back to back years, lol.. Bret Favre would have been proud.
But maggots like Rob Manfred would take All Star Games away from deserving cities in the name of “social justice”. What are ridiculous world we live in.
A.L. had few BLACK U.S. PLAYERS, THE N.L. WAS WAY AHEAD OF THEM AND IT KILLED THE A.L. IN THE STAR GAME. BOSTON HAD NO U.S. BLACKS UNTIL PUMPSIE GREEN IN '59, 12 years after J. ROBINSON AND DOBY...are you bleepin me? Now, baseball has few black U.S. players and it is hurting the game, shortening the talent pool. The Cubans and Japanese can only makeup for just so much of that shortage. It is hurting the game. Twenty five percent of 650 MLB'ers in the '80's were BLACK AMERICANS, TODAY ITS LESS THAN NINE PERCENT. There are more Dominicans and Venezuelans today than ever before, but that still does not make up for the U.S. Blacks talent pool shortage. There are also a dearth of good P.Ricans, only a handful of stars, right now. Those shortages are killing Baseball...killing the athletic quality of play and hitting.
Why is that? American League teams have to beef up the hitting because with few exceptions most A.L. teams can murder the ball. The D.HITTER, forces the A.L. CLUBS to find hitters and not play pitcher bunt ball, or concentrate strictly on defense. The parks in the A.L used to be smaller. That is no longer the case. The NL parks in Colorado, Arizona, Philly, and Cincy are homerun and extra base hitting delights, not to mention Wrigley. Colorado has a big park, but altitude makes a difference. Only bandbox left in the A.L. is Boston, with the leftside of Houston's a short distance. Pitching therefore becomes an NL priority. But, teams then go after low obp, high strikeout guys. A.L. teams feature better obp guys, more extra base hit guys, more homers. In an ALL-STAR GAME, usually the hitting tells the tale. Pitchers are not going to strain their arms striking people out. Every now and then, you will see a pitcher pumped to K, but usually the hitters do okay. And, the cycle favors the A.L. right now, too. The interleague outside of last season, favored the A.L. for over a decade. Finally, keeping up with Boston and NY Yanks forces A.L. teams to upgrade those lineups, particularly with more veterans and hitters. Experience makes a difference in the STAR GAME, too.
It's nice to see the respect that Frank Robinson has for Nolan Ryan, but he couldn't have been more wrong when he said that Ryan "probably wouldn't rack up as many strike outs".
Actually, after Ryan turned 30, he never approached 383 strikeouts again, and he did become a much better control pitcher, still wild at times, but much better and smarter, too. So, F. Robby was right. I do not believe he struckout 300 or more again after the late 70's. He may have, just do not remember it happening. In fact, I don't believe any pitcher fanned 300 or more in the '80's. I could be wrong about that. MAYBE ONE YEAR MIKE SCOTT DID..MAYBE.
Nolan Ryan topped 300 k's again in 1989 at age 42, which still amazes me. I remember watching this game with my dad and him commenting that Willie May's was 42 (same age as my dad at time).
Actually NOLAN was only a routine 300K’er for a couple of more seasons. His walks dropped and he started to command better in the zone, but the K’s dropped, too. RYAN still could deliver 200+ K’s but what got him to 5700+ was his longevity, which for a fastball curve guy was AMAZING.. The only critique that I ever read about 1980’s RYAN was that he did not go to his best pitch enough on a two-strike count, and in the ‘86 ninth inning of I believe.. game 5 of the NLCS at the METS, using his curve and not the heater, COSTED/COST HIM DEARLY.
My all-time team would have to be... 1st base: Lou Gehrig 2nd base: Ryne Sandberg 3rd base: Brooks Robinson SS: Cal Ripken Jr. LF: Carl Yastrzemski CF: Mickey Mantle RF: Hank Aaron C: Johnny Bench P: Sandy Koufax P: Pedro Martinez P: Nolan Ryan P: Cy Young P: Walter Johnson DH: Babe Ruth Bench: Willie Mays; Frank Robinson; Jimmie Foxx; Mike Schmit; Joe DiMaggio; Stan Musial;
And same Davis who made 3 errors in one inning of the 1966 World Series v.Balty, he had problems judging flyballs and the sun blinded him, too. JOHN MAYBERRY of my KC ROYALS got involved in drugs, and that cut his career off, ended up with Toronto or the Yanks, washed up before 34. His son was so-so in the bigs. At one time, Houston had Mayberry, Colbert, and Cuellar and let them all leave in trades, not to mention MORGAN.
Mike Custenborder Baseball is full of it, it's slow, boring an does not have best athletes. It conspired to run the Blacks out game, the Latin ball player will never be better then the Blacks but baseball being what it is a racist sports would rather white an lil light then be right. Football is #1, Basketball a close #2 an baseball a distant third.
@@royalflush396 You do realize, Einstein, that a high percentage of Latin American players are Black like Carlos Santana, Aroldis Chapman, and Yasiel puig
@@vicepresidentmikepence889 It not for me realize that. Baseball is a weak water down sport. The very best athletics are African Americans, you do realize that? An baseball being the racist institution it is has systematically kept African Americans out. You see to racist it doesn't matter if the product is not as good as long as they achieve their so call racist aims. Baseball is the only one of the 4 major sports that it's level of talent an play is much worse then it was in 1970's. The 1970's was the hey of African Americans in baseball it was more exciting! The Latin players of today are no match to the Banks, Mays, Arron, Robi n son ECT. Only Roberto Clemente was in their class he was a true African Latino not like today's White Hispanics player.
Mark Belanger should have been starting over Campeneris. I'm sorry, but Campeneris was nowhere near the shortstop Belanger was. Belanger had a much higher fielding pct., and could cover more ground. A's nepotism by Dick Williams I guess.
Turf, surf, didn't matter. Belanger could cover ground on any surface. Grass is harder to play on than turf anyway, so what makes you think turf would be harder? The man won 8 Gold gloves, and played on that same exact surface in Kansas City when facing the Royals in the American League. Campeneris was serviceable compared to Mark Belanger.
Fans elected starters back then, too. Only between the ballot stuffin in '57 by CINCY fans, and 1969, did the league(mgrs.&players) pick the starters. As for Campy, he stole far more bases, was a far better hitter, not quite the fielder, but not so lacking that Belanger's fielding made up for it, and played on WORLD CHAMP TEAMS FOR THREE STRAIGHT YEARS..
This game took place on July 24, 1973. It was the 40th anniversary of the very first All-Star Game played in 1933. In recognition, most of the surviving players from the 1933 game were in attendance. I own a historic baseball signed by every one of the surviving players who were at this game and also other old time Hall of Famers & stars from yesteryear who were there. A total of 32 signatures.
Great time to be a kid.
Agree!! My 1st favorite ballplayer was Bobby Lee Bonds who missed being the 1st 40-40 guy by one lousy HR. His son is a HUGE turd, btw...
It’s a shame the NBC broadcast for this game was wiped. Glad we at least have this film program!
Most amazing thing watching this, is realizing Sparky Anderson is only 39 yrs old in this game.
Yes-I was always amazed at how much older Sparky always looked.
I always wondered if Sparky dyed his hair grey/silver...
@@MrVegasdeuce, prematurely gray.
It happens.
He played in the Majors one season. In ‘59 at the age of 25, he was traded by the DODGERS, to PHILLY where he hit .218 with no pop and 34 rbi for the cellar dwelling 64-90(one unresolved tie) PHILS, playing second base in the NL during one of the last of its seasons carrying only eight teams.
None of the AL nor NL expansion teams wanted him later on, lol.
His next MLB appearance came in 1969 as the third base coach of the new SAN DIEGO PADRES.
The next season he was named as third base coach of the CALIFORNIA ANGELS, one day later, he was offered and accepted the manager’s job with the CINCY REDS..
As always, a snapshot of a moment in time as well as a crossing of eras. The soon-to-be Home Run King Henry Aaron. In their prime Reggie Jackson, Nolan Ryan, Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, Pete Rose, Willie Stargell, Don Sutton, Tom Seaver, Catfish Hunter, and Thurman Munson. The happy goodbye to Willie Mays and the sad goodbye to Roberto Clemente. Bobby Bonds and Cesar Cedeno were good players but didn’t quite live up to their lofty expectations. And up and comers Carlton Fisk, Rod Carew and Bert Blyleven. Thanks for the great film and this look at 1973.
Somebody out there has this full game. It hasnt come out yet!
Now top player of the 70's.
Clearly Reggie Jackson.
Lets look at it.
Reggie had 4 ( 30) HR and 3 (100) RBI seasons. He one an MVP too. Rose had one MVP too.
Also Reggie LED the A's and Yankees to 5 World Series championships.
Rose had just two BUT Bench and Morgan led the way. Reggie also powered the AL to a huge 71 All-star game win with a titanic shot ( still talked about(. I was in my teens in the early 70's so I lived it too. Now top pitcher: that's up for debate.
'nuff said
23 Hall Of Famers (including both managers) involved in this game.
Well, I was also focusing on Kansas City's famous "Crown Scoreboard", or "Royal Crown Scoreboard", at Kauffman Stadium. Figured out a little of the intricacies:
1. The scoreboard information was at the bottom, which included the line score format, and shows balls, strikes, and outs given.
2. Above that is a sort of vertical "Jumbotron" that tells things like player stats, does advertising displays, and reacts grandly on certain baseball plays in real-time.
3. When a home run is hit in the 1973 year, whether it is Royals or the National League All-Stars, no fireworks, but instead, the scoreboard responds with "We Love You!" or "Home Run" in big letters, usually in a strobing style. The crown area above the scoreboard lights up with lights as well.
I was barely 14 years old. Have never seen this till today, in 2023. I lived and breathed baseball at 14 yards old then. This was the ERA of my baseball life! I lived this footage. A changing game, and a changing society. Pete Rose-- greatest player of the 70's. Tom Seaver-- greatest pitcher of the 70's. End of story.
So Cool. Real Players, Real Old School Baseball. I Loved Baseball in the 1970's.
1980s were cool too. 1990s were alright. Just like everything else in this world started to suck in late 90s ,early 2000s. You know. Steroids,sabermetics,social media, pitchers getting taken out of games after the 5th inning,,etc etc. Now a player is judged on every swing,and the angle of the swing,and if he does get a good hit,it's judged on the stadium he's playing in,and the humidity that day,and what the pitcher ate for lunch. Ridiculous. Despite all my bitching,I still love baseball,it's my favorite thing in the world,and there are some good men still playing the game today.
Me to I can't hardly pay attention to new baseball. It's just not the same.
Willie Davis had a Braves batting helmet on...
He sure did and that was his last year with the dodgers. He was traded to Houston for Jimmy winn.
@@joejordan1259, for a few years that was a thing some of the players did in the STAR GAMES.
Similar trading of helmet logos transpired in some of the old postseason COLLEGE ALL STAR FOOTBALL GAMES back in the 1990’s..
@ 12:04 - Frank Robinson commented, "Nolan Ryan may not rack up as many
strikeouts as he possibly is right now....." Later in the same quote ..... "he'll be around the plate more and the hitters will be hitting the ball more......"
You're absolutely one of the all-time greats Frank, but 20 years and 5,100 strikeouts later the Major League hitters never got around to doing much of the "hitting" thing against Ryan..... LOL.....
However, you could tell just by the way Frank smiled as he talked about Ryan, that he was a huge fan.....
R.I.P Frank Robinson (1935 - 2019)
i was a pro ball player i would have wanted to be a teammate of Frank Robinson or have him manage me. Baseball man personified
When and where did you play?
Rod Carew was an amazing ball player! Reggie too! Carlton Fisk too, wow, those were the days!
All of Johnny Bench's highlights were from the 1970 season
Sounds like Lindsey Nelson narrating.
METS numero uno mic. man ON TV.. co-numero uno on radio..
Where is the complete live and unedited colorized version of this game? Does Major League Baseball not have one, of it, for the 1973 44th Annual Major League Baseball All-Star Game? If anyone knows where or how to watch this particular game in it's entirety, please let the rest of us know. Thank you.
Love the uniforms of that era!
Me too
I always thought the Astros either should have gone back to the mid and late 60's primary navy blues with the shooting stars on the front and that font or moved back to the early 1970's primary orange, (pre-orange/yellow/burnt orange/red, nightmare, rainbow-)which featured orange sleeves and the shooting star. Heck, they could have modernized it a bit, but same font as back then. Man, those were great looking unis. The ones they have today are bland as hell.
@@robertsprouse9282 agreed. their best uniform run was from the late 60's through the 80's
@@robertsprouse9282 You mean the 1972-1974 uniform? Those were definitely very nice, possibly the best double-knit uniform the Astros ever had. The ideal wool uniform came the year prior in 1971 when the team flipped the colors and made orange the primary color.
@@samuelbarrett5648, the road gray and home white double knits came in the same season..1972.
You’re right.
On FATHER'S DAY OF 1972..
my, now late, DAD and I and my stepmom watched JERRY REUSS throw a no-hitter for 8.1 innings over the PHILLIES before the PHILS finally got a hit in the top of the ninth when LARRY BOWA slapped a basehit past ASTROS 3B MAN, DOUG RADER who was playing in on the inner turf(there were only dirt cutouts around the bases and no "skin" areas in the infield between third and shortstop, and second and first base) AND NOT BEHIND THE BAG, AND not GUARDING THE LINE because HOUSTON held a 10-0 lead, in those white double knit, no-belt buckle pants, orange numbers, letters, and caps/batting helmet unis.
REUSS got the last two outs and that terrible and inexperienced PHILLIES team lost by that 10-zip score. And, yes, if RADER had been guarding the line with the "no doubles" defense, WITH DOUG R.'S STRONG ARM..REUSS who later threw a no-no, would've likely finished with two in his career..BOWA hit the ball fair inside the outfield foul line; about 20 feet off it, the ball went sharply past DOUG RADER's leftside with the ball hit so hard, that RADER hardly moved, not coming close to gloving the grounded smash. If he had played on the line (or not and deeper), he would've had a chance to dive for it.
The 'STROS WORE THOSE '72 D-KNITS and proceeded after HARRY WALKER'S firing, to win 8 in a row that summer under new skipper, LEO DUROCHER, and move within 2.5 games of the CINCY REDS..then came the collapse to the visiting NY METS after holding an 8-1 lead in the top of the 8th..and losing 9-8..
After that defeat..THE ‘STROS then dropped their next eight in a row.
All of that see-sawing came in those double knit home white and orange with navy blue trim, and d-knit road gray and orange unis with thin navy blue trim.
Yep..
Well done , nice to see the adjulation for the "say hey kid" I was 10 years old and Mays left an indelible mark and I barely saw him play,this was his final year
Back when Kauffman Stadium was brand new!
Ewing Kaufmann's Royals' Stadium shines out its glory with its fountains and the scoreboard Jumbotron with a crown on top with light standards all around it on the L and R sides. Ironically, no fireworks - even in that 1973 All-Star game. I think Kaufmann did not want fireworks yet from the stadium in the early to mid-1970s decade because all of the baseball bling was good enough for his baseball fans.
I believe this is the only ASG that do not have the full game video from the 1970s or at least normal footage not as condensed film.
No video tape from 1970 game and 1972 is very incomplete.
1970 game is out there. We just haven't got it all, YET. 1969 game, one of my favorites after the 1970 and 71 game( my dad took me too both , thank God I saved the pennants) has almost a complete game.
@@Wixom2200, in 1969, the nightgame was rained out, only to be played the next day in DC..
@@robertsprouse9282I know that!
Denny McLain came in late for the day game was supposed start ;just a tidbit for you .
Peace
@@Wixom2200 , Good.. but other people read my responses, too; right?
And, I never said that you did not know that.
You got defensive and assumed that I said you did not know that.
I was just adding to what you said.
Got it?
I do have a question for you:
Were the stands full.. as mostly out of town people who came in for the Tuesday nite game had to rearrange their hotels and travel schedules?
I am curious.
At 23:04 Willie Davis of the Dodgers wearing an Atlanta Braves helmet
the one thing i will remember from this video
Reggie and Stretch McCovey were jacked in their day. Even li'l Joe Morgan was always pretty shredded for a small guy.
Joe hit few homers in Houston's Astrodome, but became a homer hitter in Cincy.
The 60zzz pitchers dominated especially the national league, they lowered the pitching mound, Harmon Killebrew out homered Hank Aaron by 100 h.r.sss in the 60zzz and he had 500 less at bats
Aaron outslugged the KILLER in the 1950’s..
It's f'ing ridiculous that you left that test pattern in there!
WOW , SO AWESOME !!!!!!
Willie, "Say goodbye to America". Sad moment for a legend.
THIS IS WHEN BASEBALL WAS A GAME!!
Frank Robinson an Angel in 1973?
Yup. The Dodgers traded him in the off season that included Andy Messersmith
REDS, ORIOLES, DODGERS, ANGELS, INDIANS(playing MGR., first black manager in MLB).. and playing career retirement.
Coaching MLB and only MLB non-playing managing were next.
Worked in MLB FRONT OFFICE ADMINISTRATION, too.
Background music is very 1970s.
Skip to 1:27 👌🏻
I love how the A's got away with sending players with two different color jerseys. Even now it's strictly home whites and road greys for the All-Star uni's.
Robert Martin Today all teams have alternate jerseys. The A’s, pirates and Orioles started the alternate jersey sensation.
For the All-Star game you haven't seen a player wear an alternate jersey for about 25 years.
TV forced the color boon, and baseball began to see DOLLAR SIGNS in unis and gear sales. So, if the A's brought three different, primary colored/ kinds of jerseys, oh well...
@@rmartin7558, I don't know about 25, but it has been awhile. Nowadays, MLB accents the regular unis and caps for the Star contest.
There was a recent season where the Florida Marlins only wore their road greys one time, at the all-star game. They wore their black jerseys for all of their road games that year.
Tape recorders sure have come a long way. 3:16
Lol, I don't think I've ever seen that before, not even in All Star game competition, the late Willie Davis, who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers in this game, was wearing an Atlanta Braves batting helmet, and he hits a home run in it...
S. Chris T. Looking at past games, it seemed to be pretty common.
Davan Mani Wearing the other team's batting helmet in game competition has never been pretty common, it's against the rules for uniform policy...
S. Chris T. But an All-Star game is an exhibition.
Davan Mani MLB may have not stressed it back in 1973, but in later years, and especially today, wearing another teams batting helmet, hasn't been allowed. It goes against conformity, that's like a New England Patriots player, wearing a Green Bay Packers helmet in a game...
I remember Lance Parrish for my hometown Detroit Tigers wearing a Cleveland Indians helmet in an all star game sometime in the 80's
Catfish's untimely hand injury in the 1973 All Star Game - at the 14:40 mark - reminds me of Don Gullitt's injury in the 1976 World Series Game 1. Also untimely...
You gotta upload the full game.
You gotta upload a life
@@orbonds3603 why are so mean
@@orbonds3603 he want a full game man
Was old Leo hitting the cherry comparing Cedeño to Mays, Cesar never lived up to the hype......i hated when they start comparing young players to legends.
Jay Company, Leo was measured on Cedeno being the next Mays...he simply stated he has a chance to be as good as Mays. He was 21 y/o batted 321, 20 plus HR and stole 55 bases in fact he stole 50plus bases several times early in his career and led the league and the majors in doubles. The first five years of his career were impressive. However ten years in the Astrodome which was not homer friendly and several injuries squashed those Mays comparisons.
Jay Company The astrodome took down Cedenos HR numbers. Mays had the Polo Grounds and Candlestick most of his career.
@@mauricescribner7025, it was not just the baseball injuries that did it. He got involved with the shooting of a woman down in the Dominican Republic early in his career during an off-season. The parafin tests showed that he either fired or did not fire the gun. I don't remember, but he was not charged, however, he was never the same after that. He did suffer injuries, too, no doubt about that. But, he was never the same after the shooting incident.
Oh, what could have been!
He was that good. And, yes, he would have hit 40 before all of his problems started if he had played in a place such as Fulton Co.Stadium in Atlanta. The Astrodome was truly where the longball went to die.
Check out his age 35 season off the bench in 1985 in St.Louis down the stretch, his last hurrah.
Man was magnificently talented.
Today, no sports league would award a marquee event to a stadium only four months after its opening. Given all the delays with construction at the Truman Sports Complex, MLB took a gamble awarding the '73 game to Kansas City. Wondering if Bowie Kuhn had a contingency plan to swap Milwaukee and Kansas City as host sites in '73 and '75.
On the contrary, with the stadium boom since the mid '90's MLB's M.O. has been to entice cities into building new stadiums with the promise of All-Star games and such. That and the threat of taking their teams away.
Yes, ROYALS STADIUM was actually supposed to open in '72, but did not till '73. Municipal Stadium had two "farewell" games in back to back years, lol..
Bret Favre would have been proud.
@@rmartin7558, any hosting in the first year or after over a year of construction delays? I do not think so.
Al contrare..
But maggots like Rob Manfred would take All Star Games away from deserving cities in the name of “social justice”. What are ridiculous world we live in.
The national league dominated the all-star game for years, now it's almost American league every year
A.L. had few BLACK U.S. PLAYERS, THE N.L. WAS WAY AHEAD OF THEM AND IT KILLED THE A.L. IN THE STAR GAME. BOSTON HAD NO U.S. BLACKS UNTIL PUMPSIE GREEN IN '59, 12 years after J. ROBINSON AND DOBY...are you bleepin me? Now, baseball has few black U.S. players and it is hurting the game, shortening the talent pool. The Cubans and Japanese can only makeup for just so much of that shortage.
It is hurting the game.
Twenty five percent of 650 MLB'ers in the '80's were BLACK AMERICANS, TODAY ITS LESS THAN NINE PERCENT. There are more Dominicans and Venezuelans today than ever before, but that still does not make up for the U.S. Blacks talent pool shortage. There are also a dearth of good P.Ricans, only a handful of stars, right now.
Those shortages are killing Baseball...killing the athletic quality of play and hitting.
Why is that? American League teams have to beef up the hitting because with few exceptions most A.L. teams can murder the ball. The D.HITTER, forces the A.L. CLUBS to find hitters and not play pitcher bunt ball, or concentrate strictly on defense. The parks in the A.L used to be smaller. That is no longer the case. The NL parks in Colorado, Arizona, Philly, and Cincy are homerun and extra base hitting delights, not to mention Wrigley. Colorado has a big park, but altitude makes a difference. Only bandbox left in the A.L. is Boston, with the leftside of Houston's a short distance.
Pitching therefore becomes an NL priority. But, teams then go after low obp, high strikeout guys. A.L. teams feature better obp guys, more extra base hit guys, more homers. In an ALL-STAR GAME, usually the hitting tells the tale. Pitchers are not going to strain their arms striking people out.
Every now and then, you will see a pitcher pumped to K, but usually the hitters do okay.
And, the cycle favors the A.L. right now, too. The interleague outside of last season, favored the A.L. for over a decade. Finally, keeping up with Boston and NY Yanks forces A.L. teams to upgrade those lineups, particularly with more veterans and hitters. Experience makes a difference in the STAR GAME, too.
@@robertsprouse9282 don't forget the braves stadium, i forget the name.
@@jaycompany4886, FULTON COUNTY STADIUM?
Or..the one they are in now?
@@robertsprouse9282 the one they are in now.
It's nice to see the respect that Frank Robinson has for Nolan Ryan, but he couldn't have been more wrong when he said that Ryan "probably wouldn't rack up as many strike outs".
Actually, after Ryan turned 30, he never approached 383 strikeouts again, and he did become a much better control pitcher, still wild at times, but much better and smarter, too. So, F. Robby was right. I do not believe he struckout 300 or more again after the late 70's. He may have, just do not remember it happening. In fact, I don't believe any pitcher fanned 300 or more in the '80's. I could be wrong about that. MAYBE ONE YEAR MIKE SCOTT DID..MAYBE.
Nolan Ryan topped 300 k's again in 1989 at age 42, which still amazes me. I remember watching this game with my dad and him commenting that Willie May's was 42 (same age as my dad at time).
Actually NOLAN was only a routine 300K’er for a couple of more seasons.
His walks dropped and he started to command better in the zone, but the K’s dropped, too.
RYAN still could deliver 200+ K’s but what got him to 5700+ was his longevity, which for a fastball curve guy was AMAZING..
The only critique that I ever read about 1980’s RYAN was that he did not go to his best pitch enough on a two-strike count, and in the ‘86 ninth inning of I believe.. game 5 of the NLCS at the METS, using his curve and not the heater, COSTED/COST HIM DEARLY.
@@JAMwithGeo, was an outlier in that decade of 162 game seasons for NOLIE.
My all-time team would have to be...
1st base: Lou Gehrig
2nd base: Ryne Sandberg
3rd base: Brooks Robinson
SS: Cal Ripken Jr.
LF: Carl Yastrzemski
CF: Mickey Mantle
RF: Hank Aaron
C: Johnny Bench
P: Sandy Koufax
P: Pedro Martinez
P: Nolan Ryan
P: Cy Young
P: Walter Johnson
DH: Babe Ruth
Bench: Willie Mays; Frank Robinson; Jimmie Foxx; Mike Schmit; Joe DiMaggio; Stan Musial;
Manager billy martin
Guarnteed mantled be looe every game
lilly white with one spot huh. Must been thinking of cocate or swimming.
4:54 What awesome music is this? 😀 It's my jam!
Nolan Ryan at 22:20
Thank you good sir. That was the only reason I came here.
❤ Nolan Ryan my hero
Narrated by Lindsey Nelson.
At 23:02 Willie Davis from the Dodgers wearing a Braves helmet.. Looks like it worked out for him.. 🤣
Willie Davis the man.
Same Willie Davis who stole a bunch of bases 11 years earlier? Mayberry's son played college baseball at Stanford
And same Davis who made 3 errors in one inning of the 1966 World Series v.Balty, he had problems judging flyballs and the sun blinded him, too.
JOHN MAYBERRY of my KC ROYALS got involved in drugs, and that cut his career off, ended up with Toronto or the Yanks, washed up before 34. His son was so-so in the bigs. At one time, Houston had Mayberry, Colbert, and Cuellar and let them all leave in trades, not to mention MORGAN.
Unwatchable after three seconds. Would it have killed you to remove the test pattern? Geezus.
Hall of farmers galore
Mike Custenborder Baseball is full of it, it's slow, boring an does not have best athletes. It conspired to run the Blacks out game, the Latin ball player will never be better then the Blacks but baseball being what it is a racist sports would rather white an lil light then be right. Football is #1, Basketball a close #2 an baseball a distant third.
@@royalflush396 STFU, ran blacks out baseball, prove it.
@@briangulley6027 You imbecile look at HISTORY! An you STFU crash dummie. Baseball is a girlie man sports anyhow. according to Arnold lol.
@@royalflush396 You do realize, Einstein, that a high percentage of Latin American players are Black like Carlos Santana, Aroldis Chapman, and Yasiel puig
@@vicepresidentmikepence889 It not for me realize that. Baseball is a weak water down sport. The very best athletics are African Americans, you do realize that? An baseball being the racist institution it is has systematically kept African Americans out. You see to racist it doesn't matter if the product is not as good as long as they achieve their so call racist aims. Baseball is the only one of the 4 major sports that it's level of talent an play is much worse then it was in 1970's. The 1970's was the hey of African Americans in baseball it was more exciting! The Latin players of today are no match to the Banks, Mays, Arron, Robi n son ECT. Only Roberto Clemente was in their class he was a true African Latino not like today's White Hispanics player.
Mark Belanger should have been starting over Campeneris. I'm sorry, but Campeneris was nowhere near the shortstop Belanger was. Belanger had a much higher fielding pct., and could cover more ground. A's nepotism by Dick Williams I guess.
the professor but on turf?
Turf, surf, didn't matter. Belanger could cover ground on any surface. Grass is harder to play on than turf anyway, so what makes you think turf would be harder? The man won 8 Gold gloves, and played on that same exact surface in Kansas City when facing the Royals in the American League. Campeneris was serviceable compared to Mark Belanger.
the professor agreed, Mark Belanger was/is one of the most underrated shortstops of all time
Fans elected starters back then, too. Only between the ballot stuffin in '57 by CINCY fans, and 1969, did the league(mgrs.&players) pick the starters.
As for Campy, he stole far more bases, was a far better hitter, not quite the fielder, but not so lacking that Belanger's fielding made up for it, and played on WORLD CHAMP TEAMS FOR THREE STRAIGHT YEARS..
Both were below average fielders statistically.
11:08 Good Lord!
clemente was dead