Yankees Old Timers' Day 1989: DiMaggio, Mantle, Ford, Martin
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- These are the final four introductions during the Yankees Old Timers' Day festivities in 1989. Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, and Billy Martin; the four who had their numbers retired by that time and were present.
Rest In Peace to all of the legends in this game
Are you sure about Whitey? I think he's still alive, I haven't heard a news report that he passed away yet.
Tom McConville no I only meant the dead ones lol
Gotcha Dan, Joe Di Maggio, Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Phil " The Scooter" Rizzuto, Billy Martin are my all time Yankees heroes who I miss greatly. And we're blessed, at least, to still have Whitey Ford with us. And he came from Astoria, where my grandfather lived as a youth. And Tony Bennett I might add, one of my Dad's and my all time favorite singers.
Tom McConville now I do mean whitey. RIP to the chairman.
@@tommcconville4270 Berra, Rizzuto, and Bill Dickey were the other living retired numbers, but were not at old timers' day that year.
The final time billy Martin ever took the field at yankee stadium.
He was killed in a car crash 5 months later on Christmas.
He definitely deserves to be in the hall of fame. RIP billy
I was thinking about that when I watched this. RIP Billy!
@@rilenixx His controversies are the reason why he''ll never get in!!
Hall of fame? For what?
No, he doesn't. Richie Allen deserves to be in the HOF.
@@wilnerolivier7971What did he do? He was an average player at his best.
I get chills when ever I hear the name of the great center field joseph DiMaggio a great yankee my team for ever
Back in 1999, I actually helped a little old man across the street--a guy, 104 years old, trying to carry packages across 42nd St. in Times Square, NYC. I walked him to his apartment, helped him, etc. Turns out he was an usher at Yankee Stadium during DiMaggio's entire career. He said he had never seen a player like him before or after, who seemed like he got on base every time. To him, there was no one greater.
Interesting story. DiMaggio really was one of the very best - and very seldom struck out.
I always wondered who was the worst pitcher who struck out DiMaggio, similarly to who was the worst batter to hit a home run off Sandy Koufax.
This was my very 1st game at 9 year old! I’m 41 and I can say I saw Mickey Mantle play at my first game! Very special memory. My dad and I went to this game together. My name was lit up on the score board wishing me a happy birthday. Fast forward to April 5, 2005 My parents 30th wedding anniversary, second game of the season vs. Boston (we won, thx Jeter.) and Bob shepherds voice boom throughout the stadium reading my now husbands proposal ♥️ To go to that game with my dad and we both got to see our favorites his #7 and my #23. If you don’t know who those guys are then you probably don’t get how very special it was.
All of what you described is special. My dad and I are going to Yankee stadium in September and Derek Jeter will be there. I live in Maryland but grew up in SC. However, the Yankees are our AL team and the Braves are our NL team. My dad took me to a Braves game when I was 10 and now I am taking him to Yankee stadium 30 years later.
Too bad that DiMaggio and Mantle did not get along.
@@travlishallingquest5719 after all these years, it’s strange to see Derek Jeter decide to go on the defensive
That's why they don't have their names on the back. All someone has to do is say the number and a true pinstripe Yankees fan will know the name.
I was there that day. I vividly remember sitting three rows from the bottom of the upper deck and near the third base foul pole, and using my binoculars that I had bought a few months earlier at Caldor department store in my town. This was a good day there.
we were given tickets to this game at the last minute by my neighbors, so by the time we drove from Union, NJ, we just missed the Old Timers ceremony. Too bad, because it was my 5 yr old nephew's first game and it would have been awesome for him to see some of the Greats before they passed away.
My father and I were there also. I was 12 years old. Mickey Mantle was my fathers absolute favorite. It was such a treat to be able to see all of these greats. I miss the old stadium so much. We used to go to about 8 games a year because we only live a little over an hour from the stadium. Now my son is 19 and he has never had an interest in going. I also lost interest after 2008 when they built the new stadium. It just isn't the same.
@@rilenixx I've never been to the new stadium; I don't like to travel and the cost. A little disappointed sometimes to think the old stadium is gone completely.
Just seeing and hearing this stirs so many old memories and emotions. Simple times.
As a 21st century Yankees fan I must admit I was a bit choked up seeing all these legends and wondering how it could’ve been to see it live. Glad my Dad and grandpa were Yankees fans so I could always see recordings or documentaries pre Jeter era.
Whitey Ford passed away yesterday, 12 days shy of his 92nd birthday. All-time greatest Yankee pitcher.
I second that completely, Whitey Ford was probably my favorite pitcher on the Yankees. He holds the Major League record for most starts in World Series competition with 26 and most World Series wins. Whitey and Mickey Mantle were my favorite Yankees, and of course Yogi Berra. I'm 70 years and saw them all play at the original Yankee Stadium. The REAL Yankee Stadium, not the fiasco at 161st. and River Ave. nowadays. May Whitey rest in peace, along with all the immortal Yankees heros.
The best season Whitey Ford ever had was in large part because of a reliver named Luis Arroyo . Ford would pitch 6 or 7 innings and Arroyo would finish up . Arroyo was an All-Star in both leagues , that was before relief pitchers were credited with saves .
1961 the year Ford won 25 games , Arroyo was 15-5 with 29 saves . The Yankees scored a lot of runs and it made it easier to pitch with a leed . Ford's average for starts that year was less than 6 1/3 innings per game .
@@timothyantoine5321 Ford's ERA was often below 3.00 but in 1961, considered his best season, it was 3.21. Ironic.
@@torrjpct9492 Actually it's not that hard to figure out if you think about it . The expansion in 1961 with the addition of two teams California Angels and Washington Senators . The 1960 Senators became the Minnesota twins and Washington got a new team for 61 . The major league talent became diluded . All offensive numbers were up thru out the league . Marris 61 Home Runs , Norm Cash from Detroit hitting .361 , everybody scored more runs .
I met Joe Dimaggio in the Marina Safeway in San Francisco in the mid 1970's dressed really dapper standing in the produce section with a basket in his arm just staring at the fruits that were on the table, like he was mesmerized by them.....This is the truth....I was just a kid then, a teenager, but I know that was Joe D. because he was doing Mr. Coffee commercials back then on TV and recognized him....
Yeah, he had a house in the Marina on Beach St. I think that he bought in the 1930’s or 40’s. There was a picture of him standing in line at Marina Middle School days after the ‘89 quake.
I lived in SF from 10/01-12/06, at the eastern foot of Telegraph Hill, two blocks from the Embarcadero. I'd often shop at the same Marina Safeway. It still had that retro look then (and may now but I dunno). I get a kick out of seeing that same store on the famous "Bullet" car chase scene right past Safeway and Marina Green.
@@mmaranta785 love to know what he paid for it back then. When I left there in '06, those basic Marina homes were going for $1.5 mil. Love the earthquake story with getting the local cop to let him in to "get something" and out he comes with opaque plastic bag with either $600k or $800k! Love that. Joe didn't grow up rich and even in his later years didn't want to have to go back to work on the fishing boat-lol!
@@teller1290 In the early 80’s my sister worked in a coffee shop in Walnut Creek and Joe was friends with the owner and he would eat there sometimes. It turns out that there was a brothel upstairs. My sister and her friends figured it out. I’ll be Joe wasn’t there just for the coffee! True story.
I Love Billy Martin. Like his son said, He Wanted to wear those Pinstripes Forever. A True Yankee
We will miss these legends of all time for all time since they’re not with us anymore physically but are here for all time spiritually
It’s so sad that most of these guys aren’t around. I hope people who got to see them in person know how lucky they were.
I was there that day and vividly remember seeing DiMaggio, for example, coming out of the dugout through my binoculars and him tipping his cap and then the sun hitting his white hair. I had bought the binoculars a few months earlier at Caldors department store in my town. I was sitting near the third base foul pole, three rows from the bottom of the upper deck.
Never see any like that again
Hard for me to watch, baseball hasn’t been the same to me since about 2000. Grew up with the 70’s & 80’s Yankees. Was nice watching Old Timers Days with the guys who were the next link back to Ruth and Gehrig. Miss Billy most of all. Miss the quality announcers too.
Lots of people didn't like what Ruth and the juiced ball did to baseball. It went from hit and run, bunts, stolen bases, a double in the gap and a play at the plate to a dull, boring slow trot around the bases after a juiced ball got smashed. There is something to be said for small ball, it's more exciting and more action than a slow jog around the bases.
Your 100% right about the announcers. Kay couldn’t hold a candle to Bill White or Frank Messer. Never a fan of Sterling and Waldman either.
@@j.t.thomas9242 I do think Cone is a great announcer though
@@NYLFR He is but he’s cast with a bunch of clowns. He’d be more valuable in the Mets Booth where they still have quality announcers.
@@j.t.thomas9242 I can’t listen to Kay or Waldman at all. I’m gonna be honest though, I like Sterling. He’s the only announcer they have that I find amusing in the same way I found Scooter amusing. Yeah the big difference was Scooters baseball IQ but I like the guy. 😊
This might be the only video I've ever seen that didn't have one hater. 50-0. Glad I got to see it an save it!!
There are 3 numbskulls now. Sure, the players in the video are filthy Yankees but some of the greatest to ever strap it on, how do you hate that?
They almost seem more legendary retired,then when they were playing.
The comparison of Mantle and Bo Jackson is almost chilling. Although Mantle still had a great and Hall Of Fame career the leg injury certainly knocked something of what those final numbers would have been. Sadly a little over a year and a half from the date of this event Bo Jackson would have his football career ending injury.
Really awesome video. So cool to see these legends. Thanks so much for uploading!
When the old timers game had "legends".
Great Yankees. Great times.
Joe❤5️⃣
So cool to watch this.. thank you!
Field of Dreams
This is an old clip , Mantle couldn't hardly run because of his knees . DiMaggio was 20 years older and ran better .
And fat
Let's Go Yankees
Billy last time as a Yankee
He died some 4 months after
on Christmas
All gone now😢
this is amazing thx u
"These 2 million a year salaries nowadays" lol
DiMaggio 56 game hitting streak
The fan attendance at Old Timers Day has dwindled over the years.
Most of the legends are dead. In 20 years when they bring back the 90s and 2000s guys it’ll pick up.
Yes, I've noticed when watching it on TV that the stands are less than 50% filled during the OTD festivities and then fill up when the regular game starts. OTD was cause for attendance to spike at one time.
@@rgb8289 I've been to old timers day twice in the last six years. Decent loud crowds each time. Lots of 90's Yankees.
It is just not the same at the new stadium. My father and I were at this one. I was 12 years old. What a day.
2:57 5️⃣🐐
I was never a fan of Billy Martin because of his reputation for being a hothead, but even I have to admit he didn't deserve to die the way he did.
And Billy Martin would be killed in a car accident on Christmas Day, 1989, passing away at the age of 61.
Imagine being born today and going through life known as “Whitey Ford”
It's a wonder that Bob Sheppard wasn't announcing the Yankee old timers. Of course, they didn't have Yogi Berra there, but I'm sure it was because of his bitterness towards George Steinbrenner for unceremoniously firing him five years earlier and replacing him with Martin.
Who is the announcer? It sounds an awful lot like Garry Moore of I've Got a Secret.
Curt Gowdy and don’t know the other guy
Curt Gowdy and Greg Gumbel. Gumbel was an MSG network Yankee broadcaster that year, and was joined by Gowdy for Old Timers' Day coverage.
@@torrjpct9492 I think Curt Gowdy and Greg Gumbel were the play by play announcers. The PA announcer's voice was different than their distinctive voices. You can hear their voices at 1:26, and then the PA announcer speaking over Gowdy's voice. Still curious! Garry Moore interviewed so many of these players over the years.
@@PeterAndrewMajeed that’s what he said
@@Dansharley51 Greg Gumbel.
Whitey Ford.
Mantle looked like he was starting to trot but said forget it ("Thanks, Joe").
Wow 1989 32 years ago the Yankees were a bad team that year
TV did not look this bad in the 80s and 90s and vcr's could record better than this yet every video of this era looks like it was filmed on a potato lol.
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Nicely said.
say what, foo?
Joe was not the greatest living player. You could say hank Aaron, Mays, Stan Musial, Ted Williams, mantle, were better
I think DiMaggio is sort of like Sandy Koufax; a shorter career (Joe D. lost because of WWII) and the career totals aren't quite up there, but both are considered better than most. Both were known to never make mistakes. Ted Williams would be a better hitter, but not all-around player. I think Mays could possibly be better.
DiMaggio required that be said at any event he went to. I agree 100% with you. Mays was the greatest baseball player - period. Musial is always overlooked. Williams was the greatest hitter. Mantle as great as he was - what could have been if he had knees!
DiMaggio had nothing to play for was giving his position to mantle went to the World Series every year and has proven himself he got bored and if he hasent he would’ve had 3000 hits and 500 homeruns
@@elfuego233 DiMaggio did have a shorter career. Besides losing three seasons to WWII he played his last game in the 1951 World Series, but didn't even turn 40 until November 1954.
Joe D was a right handed hitter when left field and left center were about 461 feet. Lots of deep fly ball outs that would've been homers elsewhere.
Billy Martin was a drunk!!!
A few days ago I was listening to a RUclips video of a Yankee game from 1987 and Martin was a color commentator on WPIX with Phil Rizzuto and Bill White. It's amazing how mild mannered and nice he seemed in contrast to all the arguments he had with umpires and fights with players and other people.
Martin was known to be nice to the fans. I think it's possible that some players who he didn't like were ones that would refuse to sign autographs, etc, for example. That was the nice side that Martin had.