I am a lifelong Dodger fan. My all time Dodger idol was Sandy Koufax. In the mid 1970’s, I had the pleasure of meeting Sandy in San Francisco. He was a class man and talked with me for about 10 minutes. Before he went on his way, he gave me his autograph and I was in Heaven for several weeks.
@M It may be big but I just don’t think it’ll catch on in the States the way baseball or the rest of the pro spots have. Nothing against soccer but it’s just not a major draw in the US.
Crazy thing about this series. In all 7 games, the winning pitcher threw a complete game. The last time a series featured all complete games had been 1940, it has never been repeated since, and I guarantee it never will happen again, as the complete game is a lost art.
In retrospect, if you were managing the Dodgers, would you really have left Koufax out for all 9IP in Game 5 (with a 7-0 lead?!) . . . especially in hindsight, going back to him for Game 7 (2 days rest)? The greatest pitcher of that era, then ended up retiring at age 32, at the end of the following season . . . so maybe it's ok that that "lost art" has been lost!?
@@yuckyool no, I probably wouldn’t have had him go the distance with that kind of a lead, you can be smart but still at least leave the complete game as a possibility to use when appropriate. Not like today when pitchers are literally taken out with no-hitters going (and not only in post-season either). Also, Koufax’s arthritis that ended his career was referred to as “traumatic arthritis” and while it was certainly set up and aggravated by the number of innings he was pitching, the actual trigger was a dive back into second base while running the bases to avoid a pick-off throw in 1964.
I don't know, Vin, what kind of name is that? Maybe should change it to "Justin" or Skylar"...but then again, the kid just might make it in this kooky biz.
For those who might not know, the Mall of America now sits on the same site as Metropolitan Stadium. The interior amusement park has marker where home-plate was
Remember watching this World Series and even collected World Series programs as a kid. The second W.S. I ever watched. Rooted for the Dodgers but living in Chicago and being a Sox fan I was able to see so many great players. Killebrew was a HR monster. Oliva was an awesome player. This was a great time to be a baseball fan. I took so many pictures of ball players and they would gladly sign autographs for us kids. Today it's all about money sadly. What a beautiful game baseball is and will always be the best game of all sports. Al Kaline you will be missed.
classic baseball played by classy players, the '68 season was the last real pennant race, Mayo Smith playing Mickey Stanley @ SS, lolich winning 3 games, beating Gibson in the 7th game. Northrup, Horton, norm cash,freehan, curt flood, Lou Brock, Orlando Cepeda , so many competitive players
This is a real treat to see these games in color and a quality picture. I recall seeing this series in Souther Cal and in black and white. The picture quality wasn't that great because we depended on an antenna. If there was any thing like a tree or other obstruction it cause picture problems. The 7th game Koufax didn't have his curve ball working she he had to depend on his fast ball and change up. Maybe he had a slider, not sure. Great series.
i was so excited as a little kid in st. paul , watching the world series. i was so sad when they lost. it was hard to wait the next 23 years till they made it again. i remember meeting a lot of player's at the ford open house for the new car show at the ford plant. an exciting time for a little kid lol.
I like how open the Twins ballpark was. It almost looked like a high school or college stadium. You could see the surroundings and it had a real nice feel to it and loved seeing the natural grass in both stadiums. Too bad the Twins couldn't win that final game for their fans.
Dear Sports History Channel, What a wonderful year 1965 was. I saw Sandy Koufax pitch the Dodgers to victory at beautiful Dodger Stadium over the Houston Astros. Seeing Sandy Koufax pitch, in person, was surreal! It was practically a religious experience! He was so charismatic! What dynamism! He really looked like a Motion Picture Star! Sandy Koufax was such an intense competitor! He was so modest and such a gentleman! I was so fortunate and honored to have seen him in person!!!
I saw his perfect game against the Cubs. The Cub's pitcher gave up one hit, one walk and one error to lose 1-0. It was the most boring night I had suffered in my 11 years but a great feat.
Well, if you were a Jew, and watched him sit out the 1st Game for his/our observance of Yom Kippur, it kind of was a religious experience. One of the reasons, I love baseball and all sports -- it's about what someone does on the field, not one's ethnic, religious or national origin.
yeah that subdued celebration was odd even for that time. And Koufax was actually much more animated when he pitched a complete game to finish of the World Series just two years earlier. Wonder what the difference was.
I grew up prowling the concourses of the Metrodome. I wish I'd gotten to see baseball at the Met, though! Target Field is such a great place for a ballgame these days, though, and barely a mile from my home!
Ran home from school to watch this series IN THE AFTERNOON!! We had a color TV in 1965 and this was just beautiful. If anyone has a time machine, please go back and record these games in HD so no one has to watch the abortion that modern strike-out-or-home-run MLB has become ever again.
lou johnson the only man that got a hit from both pitchers in the sandy koufax perfect game, Bob hendly threw a 1 hitter ehile sandy well u know what he did
Derrick Johnson - LOU JOHNSON IS STILL FONDLY REMEMBERED IN TORONTO FOR BEING A GREAT MEMBER OF THE TRIPLE-AAA TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS IN 1961 - 1962 - 1963 ... YOU COULD NOT HAVE A BETTER TEAMMATE NOR A BETTER PERSON ON YOUR SQUAD.
@@claymarston8764 I remember Lou Johnson playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs in the early '60s. We had the Richmond Virginians in the Yankees organization. I graduated from high school in 1965 and saw this whole World Series.
Koufax dismantled the Teins on just two days rest throwing his second shutout in 3 days. What an incredible performance by a baseball icon even though it is 51 years later. He left the game and broke many hearts. To this day mine still aches!
Hey Koufax left the game because of arthritis in his left elbow!! it was not as if he left baseball on the TOP of his game! he did not QUIT!!! how many NO-HITTERS did he pitch!!?! how many STRIKEOUTS!!?! he left baseball because he could no longer throw a BASEBALL!! a very private, quiet man! and how many DODGER FANS would have gladly given him their left arms!!!
Four Hall-of-Fame players and managers came out of this 62nd World Series: Sandy Koufax (1972 inductee), Walter Alston (1983), Don Drysdale and Harmon Killebrew (both 1984). Plus two Ford C. Frick Award recipients: Vin Scully (1982) and Herb Carneal (1996).
Great to see this in color. More of game four would have been nice but considering technology at the time. I am grateful for this. Baseball has changed and the complete pitching game has gone bye, bye.
I remember that play by Gilliam. After that, Koufax seemed untouchable. The fastball had life & the curve buckled knees as it "dropped off the table." The first year the Yankees didn't make it into the World Series since '59. It was rough on this Bronx boy & they started their great swoon.
From 1949-1964, the Yankees went to the World Series 14 times in 16 seasons, missing only in 1954 (Indians) and 1959 (White Sox). They won 10 of those Series.
junior's back handed step ranks up with brooks robinson in the '70 series. heads up baseball. what a classic play by a really outstanding human who left us much too soon. I remember this world series in black & white. sandt was pitching on 2 days rest.
Worst thing about baseball is national league rules. The pitcher getting up and flailing around at the ball trying to get a hit is a joke and a waste of time.
@@therealjaystone2344 I'm not a big fan of the DH. However, it helped keep some guys around. Orlando Cepeda and Willie Horton were able to extend their careers due to the DH. How about keeping the DH and letting pitchers in the AL as well as the NL hit? Let all pitchers hit and both leagues DH.
The Los Angeles Dodgers between 1962~1966 were the elite in Major League Baseball! Fantastic pitching, speed and great defense. How I wish I could go back to that time! There weren't any divisional playoffs since there weren't many teams and there weren't designated hitters. I saw Sandy Koufax pitch in 1965 at Los Angeles Dodgers Stadium. I must say that it was a religious experience! Koufax was compelling to see in person! What a competitor!!!
yeah, about your 1962 - 1965 elite MLB Dodger teams, 'Spankie' Anderson (I would call him "Sparky', but he believed in discipline) said, "You give me speed, pitching and defense, and I'll show ya how this game was meant to be played!" (this was after the Detroit Tigers President traded away all its 'singles hitters' and brought in home run hitters to take their place. the Tigers then led the majors in Strike Outs for years, finished last 2 times, threatened the NEW YORK METS record of 120 losses in a season, and got Anderson fired!)
Danny Ozark, first base coach of the Dodgers....in just seven short years, he would be manager of the Phillies....this is when baseball was still pure, pitchers hitting, from Grant to Koufax....just the best era ever of the once great game......now, it's unwatchable, MLB, ESPN, MLB Network have destroyed the once great game of baseball....."The Mudcat", pitches a two hitter on two days rest, a CG, and "chips" in with the game winning 3 run HR.......incredible stuff.....and, when was the last time "you" saw a pepper game? Anyone?? Most today, have never heard of such a thing (a pepper game??)
It’s amazing how much this looks like today’s game. The batting stances, the uniforms, the celebrations in the dugout. All looks the exact same. Baseball is one of the only sports that truly has maintained most of its original culture. It’s pretty cool.
Wish I could agree, but I can't. When I began watching MLB in 1970, the culture and coverage of play was far more conservative and reserved than today--by a LOT! The reserve clause was still in effect, and free agency lay years away. You had to be there 😏
Thanks for posting this - brings back great memories ❤ it’s amazing how little they were paid relatively with no retirement plan. And pitchers who went 9 innings. I saw Koufax pitch often as we used to go to Dodger stadium quite often in those days. My folks would keep score in the programs. I believe I have a program from this series, I know I still have the felt Banner they sold for the series :)
I was in the 8th grade at the time of this WS. As a Yankee fan I had to root for the AL Twins. I bet $5.00 on the Twins with my good friend and classmate Sully. It was a tough series and my bank account from caddying was lightened by a Lincoln. Koufax was unreal. Best there ever was!
I was in Little league back then. My Twins lost to L.A. Our English teacher was Awesome---he let us watch as much of the game as his class would allow. What fun. Great days.
The first World Series for the Minnesota Twins! They might have won except for a guy named Sandy Koufax pitching for the Dodgers! I was 13 yrs old and still remember like it was yesterday. also Vin Scully announcing#
The 1961 Minnesota Twins, were of course the established team, the Washington Senators, while the 'new' Washington Senators, established themselves as the team starting from scratch. (expansion team)
My JR High School would show a free movie with some shorts on Saturday afternoons and this is where I saw it. This is the first time seeing since then.
Remember they played the radio broadcast through the classroom loudspeaker system during my 7th grade math class...I seriously doubt they would do this today in the "public skool" ....
How I miss Vin Scully. I moved to San Diego in 2005 from my native LA and there was nothing absolutely nothing that compares brought a smile to my face when I heard “ it’s time for Dodger baseball”
Jim Gilliam's play at third in the fifth inning was a huge play for the Dodgers, because as Vin Scully mentioned in his narration, the Twins could have easily have scored two to three runs in that inning. Gilliam's sparkling play was also a big psychological lift for the Dodgers, which tilted the World Series in their favor. 😁
8 years old....all about baseball laying on the living room floor with a pillow ......... good ole days. It was sports, comic books and NASA then .......
The Angels were happy to leave Dodger stadium that year to move to Anaheim. Also their attendance was horrible with crowds of 1,000 or less in some games near the end of the season.
Two of the key players on the Dodgers -- Lou Johnson and Junior Gilliam -- weren't even on the opening day roster. Wes Parker was a rookie. Even then, the 40-man was critical for a team winning a championship (especially, when the regular season generated only two playoff spots.)
Drysdale came back to win game 4, & Claude Osteen throwing a sinker ball that never got above a batter's toes to win game #3 in LA to keep the dodgers in the series. Katt beat sandy in game 2, a great 7 game series
I have the World Series program, a vinyl record for the Twins 65 season and autographs of many of these Twins and Dodgers. Still have some of my 64, 65 Topps cards. A great time to be a baseball fan.
Worship the vin-dawg....the demi-god who graces us with his dulcet tones....mind you this guy really paid his dues for the gig - 23 and set for life....vin-dawg...down on all four and worship uncle vin-dawg chevrolet.
I didn't know that former Mariners announcer Ron fairly played in this world series, alongside former Mariners manager Jim Lefebvre. Wow! Another wow factor is hearing Vin Scully calling the action here.
Yes. Fairly was a pretty good Dodger first baseman and outfielder. He also played for the Montreal Expos (now the Washington Nationals) in their inaugural year.
Almost 60 years later, it still puzzles me how low-energy the immediate post-game celebration was. Compare this to the pile-on after they defeated their hated rival the Yankees in 1963.
The Highlights Were First Shown On Television On April 8th, 1966 In Syndication Order. Unfortunately It Is A Bit Repetitive To Fit Their Schedule At They Reran The Highlights Twice. Once In September, And Again In Early October To Fit The Schedule.
mudflap ........ aka mudcat ...... or the other way around ......... terrific guy ........ off the field ........great names ........ terrific memories .....sandy valdespino .....have his ball card ....... use it as a book mark .......... bob m ....agree totally ....terrific article in the cleveland plain dealer this past sunday by terry pluto on mudcat .....
Amazing Koufax was able to throw a complete game shut out in game 7 on two days rest (and he has arthritis in his throwing elbow). He probably would have started game 1 (which would have given him 3 days rest for a game 7) , but game 1 falls during the observance of Yon Kipper (which he chooses to honor) . Claude Osteen wins a crucial third game for the Dodgers. If he would have lost , the Dodgers would have been down 3-0 .
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I am a lifelong Dodger fan. My all time Dodger idol was Sandy Koufax. In the mid 1970’s, I had the pleasure of meeting Sandy in San Francisco. He was a class man and talked with me for about 10 minutes. Before he went on his way, he gave me his autograph and I was in Heaven for several weeks.
Thanks for Sharing!!!!
I would have been in heaven for a couple of years😂
Excellent story! 👍😀
Wow. What a legend. The great Koufax.
Oh man this is just so classic.The song,the teams and of course the great Vin Scully.
His voice looks younger than his older and current one.
@M nobody asked
Dodgers are one of the greatest franchises ever dodgers and the Yankees the 2 best franchises to do it
@@heavenboy4493 Definitely. Two of the most classic franchises in the sport
@M It may be big but I just don’t think it’ll catch on in the States the way baseball or the rest of the pro spots have. Nothing against soccer but it’s just not a major draw in the US.
Afternoon World Series games... wonderful memories!
They should bring this concept back for some of the world series games on the weekends 💯
Crazy thing about this series. In all 7 games, the winning pitcher threw a complete game. The last time a series featured all complete games had been 1940, it has never been repeated since, and I guarantee it never will happen again, as the complete game is a lost art.
In retrospect, if you were managing the Dodgers, would you really have left Koufax out for all 9IP in Game 5 (with a 7-0 lead?!) . . . especially in hindsight, going back to him for Game 7 (2 days rest)?
The greatest pitcher of that era, then ended up retiring at age 32, at the end of the following season . . . so maybe it's ok that that "lost art" has been lost!?
@@yuckyool no, I probably wouldn’t have had him go the distance with that kind of a lead, you can be smart but still at least leave the complete game as a possibility to use when appropriate. Not like today when pitchers are literally taken out with no-hitters going (and not only in post-season either). Also, Koufax’s arthritis that ended his career was referred to as “traumatic arthritis” and while it was certainly set up and aggravated by the number of innings he was pitching, the actual trigger was a dive back into second base while running the bases to avoid a pick-off throw in 1964.
Mudcat Grant- amazing player and wonderful person RIP
For all those players we grew up with. Thanks for the memories!
Gee, that narrator is excellent. I think he has a chance for a long career in announcing.
I don't know, Vin, what kind of name is that? Maybe should change it to "Justin" or Skylar"...but then again, the kid just might make it in this kooky biz.
LOL. Very subtle!
That's long time Dodger announcer, Vin Scully.
@@deedonnerramone4757 Vin Scully is a legendary baseball announcer. He went to Fordham University in the Bronx. Vince Lomardi went to Fordham as well.
Isnt that joe buck?
For those who might not know, the Mall of America now sits on the same site as Metropolitan Stadium. The interior amusement park has marker where home-plate was
Picture quality is crazy good for footage that old. Looks carefully restored.
Remember watching this World Series and even collected World Series programs as a kid. The second W.S. I ever watched. Rooted for the Dodgers but living in Chicago and being a Sox fan I was able to see so many great players. Killebrew was a HR monster. Oliva was an awesome player. This was a great time to be a baseball fan. I took so many pictures of ball players and they would gladly sign autographs for us kids. Today it's all about money sadly. What a beautiful game baseball is and will always be the best game of all sports. Al Kaline you will be missed.
classic baseball played by classy players, the '68 season was the last real pennant race, Mayo Smith playing Mickey Stanley @ SS, lolich winning 3 games, beating Gibson in the 7th game. Northrup, Horton, norm cash,freehan, curt flood, Lou Brock, Orlando Cepeda , so many competitive players
This is a real treat to see these games in color and a quality picture. I recall seeing this series in Souther Cal and in black and white. The picture quality wasn't that great because we depended on an antenna. If there was any thing like a tree or other obstruction it cause picture problems. The 7th game Koufax didn't have his curve ball working she he had to depend on his fast ball and change up. Maybe he had a slider, not sure. Great series.
i was so excited as a little kid in st. paul , watching the world series. i was so sad when they lost. it was hard to wait the next 23 years till they made it again. i remember meeting a lot of player's at the ford open house for the new car show at the ford plant. an exciting time for a little kid lol.
I like how open the Twins ballpark was. It almost looked like a high school or college stadium. You could see the surroundings and it had a real nice feel to it and loved seeing the natural grass in both stadiums. Too bad the Twins couldn't win that final game for their fans.
Dear Sports History Channel, What a wonderful year 1965 was. I saw Sandy Koufax pitch the Dodgers to victory at beautiful Dodger Stadium over the Houston Astros. Seeing Sandy Koufax pitch, in person, was surreal! It was practically a religious experience! He was so charismatic! What dynamism! He really looked like a Motion Picture Star! Sandy Koufax was such an intense competitor! He was so modest and such a gentleman! I was so fortunate and honored to have seen him in person!!!
I saw his perfect game against the Cubs. The Cub's pitcher gave up one hit, one walk and one error to lose 1-0. It was the most boring night I had suffered in my 11 years but a great feat.
Well, if you were a Jew, and watched him sit out the 1st Game for his/our observance of Yom Kippur, it kind of was a religious experience. One of the reasons, I love baseball and all sports -- it's about what someone does on the field, not one's ethnic, religious or national origin.
We just won the World Series!! Now let's all walk off the field in an orderly fashion.
Nowadays teams go berserk when they win an April game on a sacrifice fly.
yeah that subdued celebration was odd even for that time. And Koufax was actually much more animated when he pitched a complete game to finish of the World Series just two years earlier. Wonder what the difference was.
now they interview the 7 year old and the wife.
@@ADEAL918 the difference was that earlier he had beaten the mighty Yankees - Mantle, Berra, Maris, Ford. That's it!
@@mikewhitney8615 Maybe, but Killebrew, Oliva, Kaat, Batty, and Allison ain't too bad either.
My grandfather is Claude Osteen
That's a great shot of Metropolitan Stadium, The old Met really was a good stadium and home to the Vikings and Twins.
yeah, I saw baseball there!
The Hail Mary.....
It's now the Mall of America.
I grew up prowling the concourses of the Metrodome. I wish I'd gotten to see baseball at the Met, though!
Target Field is such a great place for a ballgame these days, though, and barely a mile from my home!
Wow the fans clap so politely after each great play... amazing
Minnesota Nice 😊
Booooring
@Boxscot49 Baseball in the 60s was definitely a game for purists
Sounds were dubbed later but they did a nice job of it
Love the video especially the old unis.
Great reminiscing. The first World Series I can remember watching. I was a 7 year old living in NJ and remember how special Koufax was.
The Left hand of God ... that's how Koufax was often referred!
I was 10 years old and snuck my transistor radio to school so i could get bits and pieces of the game.
Remember seeing this Sandy Koufax unreal curveball
Yes I do! and he pitched the last game on 2 day rest!,
Ran home from school to watch this series IN THE AFTERNOON!! We had a color TV in 1965 and this was just beautiful. If anyone has a time machine, please go back and record these games in HD so no one has to watch the abortion that modern strike-out-or-home-run MLB has become ever again.
Thanks so much for adding this video. I've heard stories about this series from my grandpa (Lou Johnson), but it's awesome to see him on the field.
Derrick Johnson
Your grandpa is the original Sweet Lou? That's wonderful! Give him my best, from a fan just a little too young to have seen him play in person...
lou johnson the only man that got a hit from both pitchers in the sandy koufax perfect game, Bob hendly threw a 1 hitter ehile sandy well u know what he did
Derrick Johnson - LOU JOHNSON IS STILL FONDLY REMEMBERED IN TORONTO FOR BEING A GREAT MEMBER OF THE TRIPLE-AAA TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS IN 1961 - 1962 - 1963 ... YOU COULD NOT HAVE A BETTER TEAMMATE NOR A BETTER PERSON ON YOUR SQUAD.
@@claymarston8764 I remember Lou Johnson playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs in the early '60s. We had the Richmond Virginians in the Yankees organization. I graduated from high school in 1965 and saw this whole World Series.
Koufax dismantled the Teins on just two days rest throwing his second shutout in 3 days. What an incredible performance by a baseball icon even though it is 51 years later. He left the game and broke many hearts. To this day mine still aches!
True, but Mudcat Grant shut down the Dodgers too. A close series that someone had to come up short.
Hey Koufax left the game because of arthritis in his left elbow!! it was not as if he left baseball on the TOP of his game! he did not QUIT!!! how many NO-HITTERS did he pitch!!?! how many STRIKEOUTS!!?! he left baseball because he could no longer throw a BASEBALL!! a very private, quiet man! and how many DODGER FANS would have gladly given him their left arms!!!
@@samuelmoulds1016 Koufax threw 4 no hitters one of them was a perfect game
You mean the Twins!!!!
Our 7th grade Shop teacher had the World Series on a radio in class each day. It was Great!
(Hosterman Jr High, New Hope MN).
This is how I want to remember Dodger Stadium not the over signage circus it is now
@MANCHESTER UNITED F.C Wow.
Soccer will never be big in the US of A.
I watched this game, and indeed, all 7. I was 15 years old. I'll never forget the save by Gilliam at 3rd. THAT was the game on that play.
Four Hall-of-Fame players and managers came out of this 62nd World Series: Sandy Koufax (1972 inductee), Walter Alston (1983), Don Drysdale and Harmon Killebrew (both 1984). Plus two Ford C. Frick Award recipients: Vin Scully (1982) and Herb Carneal (1996).
Jim Kaat made it this year. Long overdue.
@@imilliemedina666 exactly
RIP Vin Scully
I was a big Koufax fan back then (in 5th grade) and remember that grab by Gilliam as if it were yesterday.
Great to see this in color. More of game four would have been nice but considering technology at the time. I am grateful for this. Baseball has changed and the complete pitching game has gone bye, bye.
Raise the mound!
What about game 2 or game 6? Twins pitcher hit a homerun and it didn't even make the highlight. Very biased for LA, especially for an MLB promo film.
I remember that play by Gilliam. After that, Koufax seemed untouchable. The fastball had life & the curve buckled knees as it "dropped off the table." The first year the Yankees didn't make it into the World Series since '59. It was rough on this Bronx boy & they started their great swoon.
That was baseball
From 1949-1964, the Yankees went to the World Series 14 times in 16 seasons, missing only in 1954 (Indians) and 1959 (White Sox). They won 10 of those Series.
junior's back handed step ranks up with brooks robinson in the '70 series. heads up baseball. what a classic play by a really outstanding human who left us much too soon. I remember this world series in black & white. sandt was pitching on 2 days rest.
Sandy,not sandt (typo)
Ahhh the good old days when pitchers pitched and hit.
Worst thing about baseball is national league rules. The pitcher getting up and flailing around at the ball trying to get a hit is a joke and a waste of time.
Worst thing about baseball is the American League DH. Pitchers should learn how to hit. Hell, Bob Gibson had 2 World Series homers.
Rick Wise once threw a no hitter and hit 2 HRS
in the same game.
The worst thing now is when the AL has competition and the NL is trash.
@@therealjaystone2344 I'm not a big fan of the DH. However, it helped keep some guys around. Orlando Cepeda and Willie Horton were able to extend their careers due to the DH.
How about keeping the DH and letting pitchers in the AL as well as the NL hit? Let all pitchers hit and both leagues DH.
The Los Angeles Dodgers between 1962~1966 were the elite in Major League Baseball! Fantastic pitching, speed and great defense. How I wish I could go back to that time! There weren't any divisional playoffs since there weren't many teams and there weren't designated hitters. I saw Sandy Koufax pitch in 1965 at Los Angeles Dodgers Stadium. I must say that it was a religious experience! Koufax was compelling to see in person! What a competitor!!!
They had an off year in 1964
yeah, about your 1962 - 1965 elite MLB Dodger teams, 'Spankie' Anderson (I would call him "Sparky', but he believed in discipline) said, "You give me speed, pitching and defense, and I'll show ya how this game was meant to be played!" (this was after the Detroit Tigers President traded away all its 'singles hitters' and brought in home run hitters to take their place. the Tigers then led the majors in Strike Outs for years, finished last 2 times, threatened the NEW YORK METS record of 120 losses in a season, and got Anderson fired!)
Danny Ozark, first base coach of the Dodgers....in just seven short years, he would be manager of the Phillies....this is when baseball was still pure, pitchers hitting, from Grant to Koufax....just the best era ever of the once great game......now, it's unwatchable, MLB, ESPN, MLB Network have destroyed the once great game of baseball....."The Mudcat", pitches a two hitter on two days rest, a CG, and "chips" in with the game winning 3 run HR.......incredible stuff.....and, when was the last time "you" saw a pepper game? Anyone?? Most today, have never heard of such a thing (a pepper game??)
It’s amazing how much this looks like today’s game. The batting stances, the uniforms, the celebrations in the dugout. All looks the exact same. Baseball is one of the only sports that truly has maintained most of its original culture. It’s pretty cool.
Wish I could agree, but I can't. When I began watching MLB in 1970, the culture and coverage of play was far more conservative and reserved than today--by a LOT! The reserve clause was still in effect, and free agency lay years away.
You had to be there 😏
Notice how the fans are all dressed respectfully, hats, ties, white shirts, misses in modest clothing. Those were the days, before the hippies
The hippies were beatniks in waiting...
Willy Mays yep. All we had was racists and the LA riots. The good ol days?
Awesome series.
Watched it with Lamarre, Claude Lamarre in Limoilou, Qc
Thanks for posting this - brings back great memories ❤ it’s amazing how little they were paid relatively with no retirement plan. And pitchers who went 9 innings. I saw Koufax pitch often as we used to go to Dodger stadium quite often in those days. My folks would keep score in the programs. I believe I have a program from this series, I know I still have the felt Banner they sold for the series :)
Major Leagues did have retirement benefits at that time.
That's what the All Star Game was started for, was to fund that retirement!
I was in the 8th grade at the time of this WS. As a Yankee fan I had to root for the AL Twins. I bet $5.00 on the Twins with my good friend and classmate Sully. It was a tough series and my bank account from caddying was lightened by a Lincoln. Koufax was unreal. Best there ever was!
14:07 Now THAT'S how you run into 1st base!
Amazing to see how restrained the Dodgers are at the end of the game. No leaping on each other or hugging, or jumping around.
I was in Little league back then. My Twins lost to L.A.
Our English teacher was Awesome---he let us watch as
much of the game as his class would allow.
What fun. Great days.
The first World Series for the Minnesota Twins! They might have won except for a guy named Sandy Koufax pitching for the Dodgers! I was 13 yrs old and still remember like it was yesterday. also Vin Scully announcing#
@vitoduval 1991
vitoduval they have never won one road WS game.
The 1961 Minnesota Twins, were of course the established team, the Washington Senators, while the 'new' Washington Senators, established themselves as the team starting from scratch. (expansion team)
@@remmymafia3889 And the second version of the Senators bailed out of D. C. also. It's bad enough to lose your team once, but twice?
A great time for us baseball fans. I was 8 years old and couldn't get enough of baseball. Buying Topps baseball cards was part of growing up.
Most surprising moment! Koufax, a notorious bad hitter, actually had an RBI single.
Sweet Lou Johnson. I used his bat model in college. Does anyone recall wood bats in college baseball?
I played kids incorporated baseball with wood bats
Wow, all the players slide feet first ... what a concept.
My JR High School would show a free movie with some shorts on Saturday afternoons and this is where I saw it. This is the first time seeing since then.
Billy Martin third base coach for the twins.
Remember they played the radio broadcast through the classroom loudspeaker system during my 7th grade math class...I seriously doubt they would do this today in the "public skool" ....
Sad but true.
How I miss Vin Scully. I moved to San Diego in 2005 from my native LA and there was nothing absolutely nothing that compares brought a smile to my face when I heard “ it’s time for Dodger baseball”
I remember that opening song playing before Dodger radio broadcasts in the late 70's
Jim Gilliam's play at third in the fifth inning was a huge play for the Dodgers, because as Vin Scully mentioned in his narration, the Twins could have easily have scored two to three runs in that inning. Gilliam's sparkling play was also a big psychological lift for the Dodgers, which tilted the World Series in their favor. 😁
yeah, how many World Series did Jim Gilliam play!!?! 5!!?! had 1953 Topps baseball card of him.
Metropolitan stadium at its finest.
I love how they got the Coke ad in.
8 years old....all about baseball laying on the living room floor with a pillow ......... good ole days. It was sports, comic books and NASA then .......
For me it was Harmon Killebrew and Hefner's magazines.
3:21 Love how well dressed the fans are
To be well dressed in public was the norm back then, similar to keeping your front yard neat and tidy.
Notice no team gear
yeah, the church I just left, the pastor preaches in gym shorts and a T-shirt. guess he's never been to a catholic church.
Sorry I love team merchandise and jerseys can't get enough of it
Sand Koufax my favorite pitcher of all time.
The crowds applaud so politely with every hit! Plus, look how warm it is compared to the stupid winter ball we play nowadays.
Great series.
Sixteen years old starting twelfth grade in High School..those sure were the days indeed..
I see what everyone is talking about. He has a great announcer voice. Vin Scully. RIP.
Thanks for the post. Lava & Dee you may be on to something. But Derrick "Sweet" Lou Johnson was a monster in the time, your a lucky kid.
Hands-down, Vin Scully, the very best ever. EVER. -----MJL,77 y/o
Nice stop at third!! The twins threatens but the boys in blue managed and with grace finished the twins of good game!! And great hitting good days!!
Did you notice most men on the standd wore shots and ties the women in dresses , awsome era , where have we gone wrong
@@waltkimballjr5133 I prefer all the team merch that is worn today
Claude Lamarre approuve cette vidéo 28/11/20
Back then their was lot of homeruns
Its looks very good.
I was on the "tenth Man" team that year in at dodger stadium in LA. My junior year pitching on the baseball team at my high school.
The Angels were happy to leave Dodger stadium that year to move to Anaheim. Also their attendance was horrible with crowds of 1,000 or less in some games near the end of the season.
Attendance isn't much better today 😆
Two of the key players on the Dodgers -- Lou Johnson and Junior Gilliam -- weren't even on the opening day roster. Wes Parker was a rookie. Even then, the 40-man was critical for a team winning a championship (especially, when the regular season generated only two playoff spots.)
I remember when soda in a cup had the little plastic condom wrappers! 1968-1972? 4:24Minutes
I wish I was old enough to have seen those
I love it that these guys congratulate each other like REAL MEN with handshakes. It's just less than masculine to touch your body against another man.
Wonderful to see stadiums without every square inch occupied by advertising
Drysdale and Kaat did nothing special in this series, but Mr.
Sandy Koufax showed why many consider him the greatest left-hander of all time.
Drysdale came back to win game 4, & Claude Osteen throwing a sinker ball that never got above a batter's toes to win game #3 in LA to keep the dodgers in the series. Katt beat sandy in game 2, a great 7 game series
Still love going to Dodger Stadium hope its here a hundred years from now. @19:32
Awesome baseball.
Great baseball.
Poor Zolio. Ended up like Leon Wagner.
I have a game day program from 1965........25 cents......
+Tim Allen What a rip off!...lol
I have the World Series program, a vinyl record for the Twins 65 season and autographs of many of these Twins and Dodgers. Still have some of my 64, 65 Topps cards. A great time to be a baseball fan.
Worship the vin-dawg....the demi-god who graces us with his dulcet tones....mind you this guy really paid his dues for the gig - 23 and set for life....vin-dawg...down on all four and worship uncle vin-dawg chevrolet.
RIP mudcat 6/12/2021
Still, in 2023: Claude approves. Big time!
I didn't know that former Mariners announcer Ron fairly played in this world series, alongside former Mariners manager Jim Lefebvre. Wow!
Another wow factor is hearing Vin Scully calling the action here.
Yes. Fairly was a pretty good Dodger first baseman and outfielder. He also played for the Montreal Expos (now the Washington Nationals) in their inaugural year.
Billy Martin's first World Series since 1956. But as Twins third base coach.
+James Mathews And he managed to get through all 7 games without hitting someone!
That's right. He didn't brawled with someone.
@@jamesmatthew3681 His nickname was "Pepper" for a reason!
i can't believe how they hammered Drysdale in game 1.
I was there damn the
Twins were great
Koufax beat them.
Almost 60 years later, it still puzzles me how low-energy the immediate post-game celebration was. Compare this to the pile-on after they defeated their hated rival the Yankees in 1963.
Dodgers pitching out did the heavy hitting Twins
Back when the Mall of America looked good!
Before the mobs of "teens" and possible Islamic Terrorist inspired Sales?
Yes. Before somali's took over ahahaha
Thank Obummer for that. Hope you get out and vote today.
Let's Go DODGERS World champs 1965 AND 2020 !
The Highlights Were First Shown On Television On April 8th, 1966 In Syndication Order. Unfortunately It Is A Bit Repetitive To Fit Their Schedule At They Reran The Highlights Twice. Once In September, And Again In Early October To Fit The Schedule.
Met Koufax. Real gentleman.
really like the Twins uniforms...
Just over 50,000squeezed in for game 7
On 2 of Sandy Koufax's Game 7 World Series win he threw knuckleballs!
mudflap ........ aka mudcat ...... or the other way around ......... terrific guy ........ off the field ........great names ........ terrific memories .....sandy valdespino .....have his ball card ....... use it as a book mark .......... bob m ....agree totally ....terrific article in the cleveland plain dealer this past sunday by terry pluto on mudcat .....
Amazing Koufax was able to throw a complete game shut out in game 7 on two days rest (and he has arthritis in his throwing elbow). He probably would have started game 1 (which would have given him 3 days rest for a game 7) , but game 1 falls during the observance of Yon Kipper (which he chooses to honor) . Claude Osteen wins a crucial third game for the Dodgers. If he would have lost , the Dodgers would have been down 3-0 .