I was at this game! I was an 11 year old Met fan from New York, but when I realized my dad's business trip to Chicago coincided with opening day, I convinced me to take him with me and go to the game! Unforgettable!
This is the MLB debut for reliever Jesse Orosco. Remarkably, he would go on to pitch in 4 different decades and pitched 24 seasons. Orosco retired at the age of 46 after the 2003 season, and holds the MLB record for games pitched with 1,252. All but 4 of those games came in relief. Career stats: (87-80) 3.16 ERA 144 Saves. Orosco pitched for 9 teams, but is most remembered as a member of the '86 Mets. Orosco was 3-0 in relief in the 1986 NLCS, and pitched scoreless relief in all 4 games he pitched covering 5.2 innings in the World Series. He saved games 4 & 7 in the WS, and allowed only 2 hits with 0 walks and 6 strikeouts. With the score 7-6 and runners on first & second and 2 outs, he struck out Astros hitter Kevin Bass in the bottom of the 16th inning of game 6 to clinch the pennant for the Mets. Later in the World Series, Orosco pitched the final 2 innings of game 7 and struck out Red Sox second baseman Marty Barrett to wrap up the title for the Mets. Orosco also won a World Series ring in 1988 as a member of the LA Dodgers.
@@luckybestwash The broadcasters mention Jesse was supposed to be wearing #47 (his career Met number), so I'm guessing his uniform did not catch up with the team. May be that Jesse was added to the roster at the last minute.
Interestingly, Jesse did not have his famous slider until 1982, when George Bamberger taught him it. At that point, he became one of the dominant closers in baseball. You can see here he throws bullets and has a decent curveball.
Was just a kid who wasn't ready for the majors but the Mets were desperate. He went back for important seasoning and eventually made it back. One of the few good Met deals in those days as they dealt Jerry Koosman who was being wasted in NY and got a young talented lefty. Koos was 11 and 35 his last two years as a Met with a decent ERA. Tragic to watch!
This was back before Wrigley became a yuppie/corporate/hipster destination and was a true neighborhood ballpark. Also Mets catcher John Stearns. In my mind one of the most overlooked very good players in Mets history.
I love that you know Wrigley before it became a " mecca". Before Harry and the Sandberg game. It was a totally different atmosphere. Very blue collar and fun. Then.. a completely different trajectory into a mini Disney land fake experience. 100% bullshit zero fun. Selling the stadium over the team. 🖕
@@pheniafilmsthemlbarchiveso9229 the only thing you can improve is consistent naming convention for easier searching, sorting.....i suggest YYYY-MM-DD Team Visitor vs Team Home - Desc of source : ))))) love them all, hoping there are some horrible 70s indians teams in the mix
@@zxccxz164 no don’t think I’ll go there..I do the same kind of thing for pop icon Cyndi Lauper I’ve pretty much digitalized and remastered all her video archives it’s the same approach here..and if people are looking for these games they will find it spend time on the tags description etc..I’m not really looking to get likes or care how many views really..just want these out there..no sense sitting on a shelf totally for archival purposes
Same here. I was 9 and just getting into baseball when this game came on. WGN was on the local cable at the time, so I watched a lot of Cubs in my childhood days.
At 48:30, Dave Kingman hits the longest double in baseball history-over 600 feet. Only about 130 feet from home plate, but 500 feet straight in the air. Doug Flynn is waiting about 8 seconds for it to come back down to the ground. Amazing.
During the mid seventies I used to drop everything and run inside just in time for lead off man. Didn’t matter what I was doing - it was baseball, and that’s all that mattered. Then Star Wars came....
Remember in the spring of 1979 we starting getting both Cub and Met games on cable, it was great, and Sox too, would come home early to see the Cub home games, and loved the Sox games televised from Yankee stadium….thank you for this game….⚾️
I was at this game I remember seeing Sizemore high fly heading into the stands only for the wind to grab it and drop in fair territory. 43 years later seeing the replay 👍🤠
I’ve watched this game today Jan 11th 2023, 50’ degrees today in Bolingbrook Illinois , and it’s was perfect for a good old afternoon nap 😴 just like it was back in 1979 😂, thank You 🙏🏼 whoever posted this game!!! Jack Brickhouse Lou Boudreaux, Vince Lloyd were the greatest ever, the only thing missing was the 10th inning show. 😢 😊❤😊
This is absolutely a time warp. Thanks for the memories, past present and their future who didn't have a chance to see the Cubbie Game 7 victory in 2016..
Was at this game .The thing I remember about the Kingman home run was that it looked like a pop-up and the wind kept carrying it. When he hit it the infielders were playing it and there was one last gust of wind right before it hit the basket.
Love the fact that you attended this game very cool and the wind was crazy in this game even gold glover Doug Flynn had a rough time on some of those infield pop ups..I would have done anything to had the chance to go to Wrigley in those days..unfortunately I have no desire to see a game there now not this baseball era..more like A ball to me lol
@@pheniafilmsthemlbarchiveso9229 Comiskey Park was the best! Used to just hear about Wrigley, but we went to Chicago one week to take in some games at both Wrigley and Comiskey (and also at County Stadium in Milwaukee) and Comiskey was the better park to watch a game. As a matter of fact, best park that I've ever been to watch a game, I'd rate the parks I've been to as: 1. Comiskey Park, 2. pre-1973 Yankee Stadium, 3. Milwaukee County Stadium, 4. Wrigley Field, 5. Fenway Park, 6. Memorial Stadium (Baltimore), 7. Municipal Stadium (Cleveland), 8. Camden Yards, 9. Shea Stadium, 10, Three Rivers Stadium. I haven't been to any of the newer stadiums. Missed Tiger Stadium, to my great regret.
@@pheniafilmsthemlbarchiveso9229 I lucked out having relatives in Chicago. I got to see Wrigley and Comiskey 1978-1979-1980. Talk about fun and atmosphere. A big difference from the parks where I lived that were constructed only 10-15 years earlier! Not to mention the fun teams I got to see.
@@RRaquello yes another I would love to see Cominskey! I’m my life time attending games say 1974-2009 been to Shea, Yankee, San Diego stadium (8/80),Dodger Stadium (4/85),Fenway (9/86),The Vet 7/2002, and recently Jacobs Field 2017 and Royals Stadium 2019
@@RRaquello Grew up as a Cubs fan but I agree about Comiskey; the place was electric when the Sox had a decent sized crowd. One of the best seats I've ever sat in was the first row of the upper deck just a little bit to the right of home place. It was basically right on top of the field.
Love all the games you show. What a fantastic collection. I went to many Sox and Cubs games in the 60s on so these bring back great memories. Two Hall of Famers announcing, Jack Brickhouse and Lou Boudreau as a player.
The Mets were dreadful in the late 70's/early 80's, but that is also when I became a die-hard Mets fan, so I appreciate you posting even these games from their bad years. If you have it or ever come across it, I would love to see the full Mets-Giants game from June 14, 1980 (aka "the Steve Henderson Game").
Reminds me of both the Cubs and Mets were occupying the bottom of the NL East of a game they played and when the inning ended there was a Mets fan who held up a sign that read, "Game of the Weak."
That Steve Henderson game must've been the one that I listened to on the radio, as a 10 year old, riding along in the backseat of my dad's car, driving back from one of our Pennsylvania relatives visits. He hit a game winning homerun as I clearly recall. It's Amazing how I can still remember certain things and so clearly from So far back.
I remember watching the Steve Henderson game on tv. It came shortly after the Mike Jorgensen game against the Dodgers. I was at that game. It was nice run.
The Rocky intro!!! Yes! Yes! Yes! The first Cubs broadcast open I remember. This game happened because Chicago was finally able to clear the roads after the blizzard. ;)
At just the right camera angle, I can see the black blurry dot from the 15th floor lakeside apt when I was 8 years old. Too bad I can't go back and knock to let me know, how I am doing in the future..I would have to tell Jack and Lou its 2016...Miss yous!!
sure gonna miss #12 Bad dude Stearns heart of gold out there I had the pleasure of seeing him play many-a time at good ole Shea what a heartbreaker losing him this year 😔
I loved to watch John during his tenure as a Met. I lived walking distance from Yankee Stadium, my whole family were Yankee fans, they couldn’t understand it. The Mets & Stearns had my teenaged heart!💜 Ironically, I became a Yankee fan much later in life. I found out about 2 weeks ago John passed away…I’m so sad over it. Love you John🤎
They drew only 700,000-plus fans at Shea Stadium--their lowest ever in New York until last year (which would have not counted--and this year will also have an asterisk to the attendance).
Top ten is a stretch, but Kingman was an anomaly. He is the only player who could drive in nearly 100 runs with a batting average hovering around the Mendoza line. When Kingman was released by the A's after the '86 season I believe he was in the Mariners spring training camp, but didn't make the roster and no team made any attempt to sign him. I recall Kingman saying he believed MLB was conspiring against him because he had nearly 450 HR at the time, and MLB didn't want him to reach the 500 HR mark. Because if he reached 500 HR he would have to be considered for the Hall of Fame.
Collusion DID cost Dave a shot at 500 HRs. Up to that point every player with 500 was in the HOF. Conspiracy 100 percent. 87' was the rabbit ball year as he could have fell outta bed and hit 30 while reaching 500 the following year before the age of 40.
Love me some Kingman. But if you think he is a “Top Ten All Time” player, then you know nothing about baseball. The guy isn’t even in the Hall (and never will be).
Having played small town ball for 20 years, I can tell you that strong, gusty winds are an absolute nightmare. When somebody hits one straight up the elevator shaft and you realize too late that it's going to land 20 feet behind you is one sick feeling. Makes for good watching, though.
But another New York team, the Yankees, except for those two weekends for the Little League World Series in August of 2018 and 2019, never wear names on their uniforms. Babe Ruth, history has been said, didn't want his name to be seen and told other Yankees the same thing--but I'm not sure!
@@martinfelsenfeld6012 And as of the 2021 season, every MLB team, with the exception of Boston's home uniform, and the Yankees, have their names on the back of their uniforms.
Big Rick, the Cubs pitcher, seemed to be throwing palm-balls. It's a special type of loose based pitching grip style that's especially effective for those with Extra Big Hands. I had his baseball card Way Back in the day. He was listed at 6'3 230 lbs. He may very well had been closer to 250 though. He was a Very Big Fellow for that time-period. The Mets had this extremely skinny pitcher, during this time-period, Pat Zachary. He was listed at 6'5 175 lbs. He scrunched up his entire upper body while pitching the baseball. ⚾️ He was basically built like that one Character from the game 🎮 Street Fighter. Dhalsim. Rick Rueschell looked like he could've been John Candy's brother.
We Had season tickets for the Pittsfield Mets and ivan dejesus was the coach and he was always kind to my kid's as he would take them to bring the lineup cards to the ump and my 6 year old is looking up at massive steve balboni.plus he probably signed 50 of his old cards for them before the game.
Freddy Fender on the anthem, Stan Hack throwing out the first pitch, this is so classic. I was at the '77 Wrigley opener when Seaver dusted the Flubs. Any chance you have that game? It was on WGN.
Yes, the Good Old Day’s. To bad for today’s senior citizens, who can’t watch their beloved Chicago Cubs on free Television anymore, they can’t afford to see the Cubs in person because they are on a fixed income. And they can’t afford cable. It’s all about greed, that’s what my elderly neighbor says who is a life long Cubs fan.
45:26 this clip of a wind-blown single was used in a Mets 25th Anniversary video as an indicator of the rough times the team was going through at this point.
This is Very Interesting to watch. 1979 was the year that I started to watch baseball. I turned 9 in may of that year. I started collecting baseball cards that year as well. I still remember that 1979 Mets yearbook that I had. Not sure if I still have it around somewhere. I also had a 1982 Mets yearbook. In 1979 my favorite Met player was Lee Mazzilli. In 1982 my favorite Met player was Dave Kingman. This is obviously a Chicago broadcast. I'd Really Like to see a Mets broadcast, from 1979, Especially with those commercials from Way Back then. I Still always remember one particular commercial from Way back in 1979, or maybe it was from 1980. It had this Man and Woman riding they're bicycles. They were the skinny tire 10 speed type bicycles that were Super Popular back then. Anyway, they were basically racing along on they're bikes, and then they reach they're finish-line point, and they both raise they're arm in the air. I think it was a bank commercial if I'm not mistaken. Metropolitan bank I'm guessing. I also remember that Pepperidge Farm Cookies commercial from Way back then, with that old farmer saying Pepperidge Farm remembers.
im hoping to find the 3rd game of this series broadcast on 4/7/79.......also,the mick kelleher collision with kingman from 1977 when dave played with the padres....
John Stearns could fight. He and Gary Carter had a good bout and he broke Dave Parker's jaw. People didn't mess with the Dude. He was also drafted in the NFL.
That's pretty funny--a 4.05 ERA put them at the bottom of the league in 1978, now it's probably better than half the teams. Two things jump out at me; almost no foul balls compared to today and nobody stepping out and monkeying with their batting gloves after every pitch.
These were not major league umpires. Most of these umpires were college umpires who were brought in due to the 1979 MLB Umpire Strike which lasted til mid May.
I thought Manny Trillo was still 2nd base in 1979. I thought Ted Sizemore was for back up duty. Then again in 1979 I was 12. Saw some of this game when I got home from school.
To my surprise, the Mets look like a good ballclub here. Young talent coming in to their own, a few veterans mixed in. A strong performance by Swannie as well. However -1979 was arguably the worst season in Mets history. Though they did not lose as many games as in 1962, at least the 1962 club was colorful. As the 1979 season progressed, the Mets pitching staff immolated -not that it was great to begin with. The front office got so desperate they tapped washed up Dock Ellis and Wayne Twitchell just to eat innings. The offense wasn't much better -Montanez was dumped mid season (he was their best hitter in 1978), Hebner was a malcontent who sort of sat out the middle of the season, and the kiddie corps were not contender-quality.
Cubs back then somehow traded for really good talent like Bill Madlock, Manny Trillo, and Ivan DeJesus but then stupidly traded them away when they wanted to get paid. Cubs never developed even one good position player over a twenty year period.
These were a continuation of the brutal Joe Torre Mets. Not his fault as the collection of garbage he had to manage was ridiculous. They had to win their last 6 games to avoid 100 losses and they made Richie Hebner out to be David Wright at 3rd base. He was a horrible glove, had no power and hated playing in NY and forced his way out after the season. Willie Montanez at first was another guy made out to be John Olerud and he sucked with his BS snatch catch. He was so brutal they couldn't wait to deal him and did. The pitching stunk, the hitting stunk and the team was brutal. A 63-99 Mets team!
A game without so many graphics that I can see the actual game? I refuse to watch, the score of the game has been shown way to many times, I need launch angle, exit velocity , wins above sea level and tire rotation rate. Bobby Mercer was boos every at bat because he made $320,000 thousand dollars and he sucked. He was taken out during the game for a guy making $21,000. Jason Heyward still plays and gets 22 million a year to suck at baseball
Rick was never a cub favorite.he always got hammered.cubs wouldn't spent a dime on pitching those days.as if they knew we were only coming to see big Dave hit homers.cubs front office was totally clueless as to what they were doing.cubs fans hated hernandez too.he always sucked in chicago.
I was at this game! I was an 11 year old Met fan from New York, but when I realized my dad's business trip to Chicago coincided with opening day, I convinced me to take him with me and go to the game! Unforgettable!
Oh my gosh ! Bobby Murcer was still on the Cubs for a last few months. Wow !!
This is the MLB debut for reliever Jesse Orosco. Remarkably, he would go on to pitch in 4 different decades and pitched 24 seasons. Orosco retired at the age of 46 after the 2003 season, and holds the MLB record for games pitched with 1,252. All but 4 of those games came in relief. Career stats: (87-80) 3.16 ERA 144 Saves. Orosco pitched for 9 teams, but is most remembered as a member of the '86 Mets. Orosco was 3-0 in relief in the 1986 NLCS, and pitched scoreless relief in all 4 games he pitched covering 5.2 innings in the World Series. He saved games 4 & 7 in the WS, and allowed only 2 hits with 0 walks and 6 strikeouts. With the score 7-6 and runners on first & second and 2 outs, he struck out Astros hitter Kevin Bass in the bottom of the 16th inning of game 6 to clinch the pennant for the Mets. Later in the World Series, Orosco pitched the final 2 innings of game 7 and struck out Red Sox second baseman Marty Barrett to wrap up the title for the Mets. Orosco also won a World Series ring in 1988 as a member of the LA Dodgers.
Hilarious how Orosco was given a blank uniform with no name on it.
Orosco first batter faced was Bill Buckner
@@luckybestwash The broadcasters mention Jesse was supposed to be wearing #47
(his career Met number),
so I'm guessing his uniform
did not catch up with the team.
May be that Jesse was added to the roster
at the last minute.
Interestingly, Jesse did not have his famous slider until 1982, when George Bamberger taught him it.
At that point, he became
one of the dominant closers in baseball.
You can see here he throws bullets
and has a decent curveball.
Was just a kid who wasn't ready for the majors but the Mets were desperate. He went back for important seasoning and eventually made it back. One of the few good Met deals in those days as they dealt Jerry Koosman who was being wasted in NY and got a young talented lefty.
Koos was 11 and 35 his last two years as a Met with a decent ERA. Tragic to watch!
This was back before Wrigley became a yuppie/corporate/hipster destination and was a true neighborhood ballpark.
Also Mets catcher John Stearns. In my mind one of the most overlooked very good players in Mets history.
I love that you know Wrigley before it became a " mecca". Before Harry and the Sandberg game. It was a totally different atmosphere. Very blue collar and fun. Then.. a completely different trajectory into a mini Disney land fake experience. 100% bullshit zero fun. Selling the stadium over the team. 🖕
Another Phillies organization player. But with Boone and Johnny Oates & Tim McCarver what more did they need?
Wow. Yuppies, corporates, AND hipsters! It's almost as if you don't have any idea what you're talking about!
Love these old games when baseball was baseball.
this is by far my favorite channel! every day is an exciting anticipation of what time capsule will appear
very cool nice to hear (I’ve only just begun,) it will take all summer to get most of what I have in there so stay tuned for some real baseball
@@pheniafilmsthemlbarchiveso9229 the only thing you can improve is consistent naming convention for easier searching, sorting.....i suggest YYYY-MM-DD Team Visitor vs Team Home - Desc of source
: ))))) love them all, hoping there are some horrible 70s indians teams in the mix
@@zxccxz164 no don’t think I’ll go there..I do the same kind of thing for pop icon Cyndi Lauper I’ve pretty much digitalized and remastered all her video archives it’s the same approach here..and if people are looking for these games they will find it spend time on the tags description etc..I’m not really looking to get likes or care how many views really..just want these out there..no sense sitting on a shelf totally for archival purposes
@@pheniafilmsthemlbarchiveso9229 Thank you love watching these games.
Keep these classics coming...I'm reliving my childhood...Thanks
Same here. I was 9 and just getting into baseball when this game came on. WGN was on the local cable at the time, so I watched a lot of Cubs in my childhood days.
I remember this like it was yesterday... Feeling nostAlgic... Mets fan until the End.
Kingman had a monster 1979. 48 homers, 115 ribbies and a .288 average.
At 48:30, Dave Kingman hits the longest double in baseball history-over 600 feet. Only about 130 feet from home plate, but 500 feet straight in the air. Doug Flynn is waiting about 8 seconds for it to come back down to the ground. Amazing.
During the mid seventies I used to drop everything and run inside just in time for lead off man. Didn’t matter what I was doing - it was baseball, and that’s all that mattered. Then Star Wars came....
Remember in the spring of 1979 we starting getting both Cub and Met games on cable, it was great, and Sox too, would come home early to see the Cub home games, and loved the Sox games televised from Yankee stadium….thank you for this game….⚾️
I was at this game I remember seeing Sizemore high fly heading into the stands only for the wind to grab it and drop in fair territory. 43 years later seeing the replay 👍🤠
Jack Brickhouse and Lou Boudreau! Hey Hey Hey!
I’ve watched this game today Jan 11th 2023, 50’ degrees today in Bolingbrook Illinois , and it’s was perfect for a good old afternoon nap 😴 just like it was back in 1979 😂, thank You 🙏🏼 whoever posted this game!!! Jack Brickhouse Lou Boudreaux, Vince Lloyd were the greatest ever, the only thing missing was the 10th inning show. 😢 😊❤😊
Did we get any of Arnie's famous hat shots?🤠
This is absolutely a time warp. Thanks for the memories, past present and their future who didn't have a chance to see the Cubbie Game 7 victory in 2016..
Was at this game .The thing I remember about the Kingman home run was that it looked like a pop-up and the wind kept carrying it. When he hit it the infielders were playing it and there was one last gust of wind right before it hit the basket.
Love the fact that you attended this game very cool and the wind was crazy in this game even gold glover Doug Flynn had a rough time on some of those infield pop ups..I would have done anything to had the chance to go to Wrigley in those days..unfortunately I have no desire to see a game there now not this baseball era..more like A ball to me lol
@@pheniafilmsthemlbarchiveso9229
Comiskey Park was the best! Used to just hear about Wrigley, but we went to Chicago one week to take in some games at both Wrigley and Comiskey (and also at County Stadium in Milwaukee) and Comiskey was the better park to watch a game. As a matter of fact, best park that I've ever been to watch a game, I'd rate the parks I've been to as: 1. Comiskey Park, 2. pre-1973 Yankee Stadium, 3. Milwaukee County Stadium, 4. Wrigley Field, 5. Fenway Park, 6. Memorial Stadium (Baltimore), 7. Municipal Stadium (Cleveland), 8. Camden Yards, 9. Shea Stadium, 10, Three Rivers Stadium. I haven't been to any of the newer stadiums. Missed Tiger Stadium, to my great regret.
@@pheniafilmsthemlbarchiveso9229 I lucked out having relatives in Chicago. I got to see Wrigley and Comiskey 1978-1979-1980. Talk about fun and atmosphere. A big difference from the parks where I lived that were constructed only 10-15 years earlier! Not to mention the fun teams I got to see.
@@RRaquello yes another I would love to see Cominskey! I’m my life time attending games say 1974-2009 been to Shea, Yankee, San Diego stadium (8/80),Dodger Stadium (4/85),Fenway (9/86),The Vet 7/2002, and recently Jacobs Field 2017 and Royals Stadium 2019
@@RRaquello Grew up as a Cubs fan but I agree about Comiskey; the place was electric when the Sox had a decent sized crowd. One of the best seats I've ever sat in was the first row of the upper deck just a little bit to the right of home place. It was basically right on top of the field.
Orosco vs. Buckner....two key players in the 1986 World Series.
Love all the games you show. What a fantastic collection. I went to many Sox and Cubs games in the 60s on so these bring back great memories. Two Hall of Famers announcing, Jack Brickhouse and Lou Boudreau as a player.
The Mets were dreadful in the late 70's/early 80's, but that is also when I became a die-hard Mets fan, so I appreciate you posting even these games from their bad years. If you have it or ever come across it, I would love to see the full Mets-Giants game from June 14, 1980 (aka "the Steve Henderson Game").
Reminds me of both the Cubs and Mets were occupying the bottom of the NL East of a game they played and when the inning ended there was a Mets fan who held up a sign that read, "Game of the Weak."
That Steve Henderson game must've been the one that I listened to on the radio, as a 10 year old, riding along in the backseat of my dad's car, driving back from one of our Pennsylvania relatives visits. He hit a game winning homerun as I clearly recall. It's Amazing how I can still remember certain things and so clearly from So far back.
I remember watching the Steve Henderson game on tv. It came shortly after the Mike Jorgensen game against the Dodgers. I was at that game. It was nice run.
Even though I wasn't a Cubs fan living in ohio, I loved baseball and watching Jack and Lou was always fun and entertaining on WGN.
You are posting some amazing content I've never seen before. Keep up the fantastic work.
Thanks guys more to come
loved wgn even though i lived in LA 1979. worked night shift but my cable had wgn so i could get my baseball fix in daytime, great memories
The Rocky intro!!! Yes! Yes! Yes! The first Cubs broadcast open I remember.
This game happened because Chicago was finally able to clear the roads after the blizzard. ;)
Same here. I knew it at the time as the Cubs song. Only later did I realize it was the Rocky theme.
Thanks for posting. Your respect and appreciation for history is greatly appreciated!
Hope you have some Pirate games from '79. Keep them coming. Great Job!!
At just the right camera angle, I can see the black blurry dot from the 15th floor lakeside apt when I was 8 years old. Too bad I can't go back and knock to let me know, how I am doing in the future..I would have to tell Jack and Lou its 2016...Miss yous!!
AWESOME video. Thank for posting. Always loved the "Rocky" starting.
RIP John Stearns
sure gonna miss #12 Bad dude Stearns heart of gold out there I had the pleasure of seeing him play many-a time at good ole Shea what a heartbreaker losing him this year 😔
@@pheniafilmsthemlbarchiveso9229 da aaaaa Yankees win John Stearns 😮?
Didn’t know he died this year. 😢. Didn’t know he played for the Mets either.
I’m heartbroken!💔
RIP Stearnsie🧡💙@@pheniafilmsthemlbarchiveso9229
I loved to watch John during his tenure as a Met. I lived walking distance from Yankee Stadium, my whole family were Yankee fans, they couldn’t understand it. The Mets & Stearns had my teenaged heart!💜 Ironically, I became a Yankee fan much later in life. I found out about 2 weeks ago John passed away…I’m so sad over it. Love you John🤎
@@Solitaryman70John Stearns came to the Mets from the Phillies in the Tug McGraw deal.
I remember the 1979 Mets as being particularly bad. Thanks for the upload.
They drew only 700,000-plus fans at Shea Stadium--their lowest ever in New York until last year (which would have not counted--and this year will also have an asterisk to the attendance).
1:23:35..Dave Kingman, definitely top 10 baseball players of all time
Top ten not really suer about that, but he was interesting to watch.
Top ten is a stretch, but Kingman was an anomaly. He is the only player who could drive in nearly 100 runs with a batting average hovering around the Mendoza line. When Kingman was released by the A's after the '86 season I believe he was in the Mariners spring training camp, but didn't make the roster and no team made any attempt to sign him. I recall Kingman saying he believed MLB was conspiring against him because he had nearly 450 HR at the time, and MLB didn't want him to reach the 500 HR mark. Because if he reached 500 HR he would have to be considered for the Hall of Fame.
Collusion DID cost Dave a shot at 500 HRs. Up to that point every player with 500 was in the HOF. Conspiracy 100 percent. 87' was the rabbit ball year as he could have fell outta bed and hit 30 while reaching 500 the following year before the age of 40.
Put the weed down.
Love me some Kingman. But if you think he is a “Top Ten All Time” player, then you know nothing about baseball.
The guy isn’t even in the Hall (and never will be).
Thanks. Fun to watch.
Having played small town ball for 20 years, I can tell you that strong, gusty winds are an absolute nightmare. When somebody hits one straight up the elevator shaft and you realize too late that it's going to land 20 feet behind you is one sick feeling. Makes for good watching, though.
Richie Hebner's off season grave digging gig more lively than 1979 dreary Shea Stadium tomb mirroring atmosphere 😆
First Mets game with NOB of uniforms! Thanks for the post!
But another New York team, the Yankees, except for those two weekends for the Little League World Series in August of 2018 and 2019, never wear names on their uniforms. Babe Ruth, history has been said, didn't want his name to be seen and told other Yankees the same thing--but I'm not sure!
Only five teams didn't wear names in 1979--the Angels, the Blue Jays, the Brewers, the Red Sox, and the aforementioned Yankees.
@@martinfelsenfeld6012 And as of the 2021 season, every MLB team, with the exception of Boston's home uniform, and the Yankees, have their names on the back of their uniforms.
For the 1979 season, the National League mandated that all of its teams have names on the back of their road uniforms.
Fun fact - this was the first game the Mets played with names on the back. For some reason, leadoff batter Lee Mazzilli went without one.
Orosco didnt have one either, what a pathetically run team at that time
Damn, Rick Reuschel has a lot of movement on his pitches.
Like every one of them breaks.
Big Rick, the Cubs pitcher, seemed to be throwing palm-balls. It's a special type of loose based pitching grip style that's especially effective for those with Extra Big Hands. I had his baseball card Way Back in the day. He was listed at 6'3 230 lbs. He may very well had been closer to 250 though. He was a Very Big Fellow for that time-period. The Mets had this extremely skinny pitcher, during this time-period, Pat Zachary. He was listed at 6'5 175 lbs. He scrunched up his entire upper body while pitching the baseball. ⚾️ He was basically built like that one Character from the game 🎮 Street Fighter. Dhalsim.
Rick Rueschell looked like he could've been John Candy's brother.
I noticed that, too. And the way he was placing the pitches, hitting the corners was impressive.
Back when they had still had unreserved seats...
We Had season tickets for the Pittsfield Mets and ivan dejesus was the coach and he was always kind to my kid's as he would take them to bring the lineup cards to the ump and my 6 year old is looking up at massive steve balboni.plus he probably signed 50 of his old cards for them before the game.
Bill bucker almost got one there in the 9th.he was a cub favorite.they should've never traded him.
Good times, bad cub teams, $20 practically got you a train ride, gen admission tic, food and cash leftover
Freddy Fender on the anthem, Stan Hack throwing out the first pitch, this is so classic. I was at the '77 Wrigley opener when Seaver dusted the Flubs. Any chance you have that game? It was on WGN.
Yes, the Good Old Day’s. To bad for today’s senior citizens, who can’t watch their beloved Chicago Cubs on free Television anymore, they can’t afford to see the Cubs in person because they are on a fixed income. And they can’t afford cable. It’s all about greed, that’s what my elderly neighbor says who is a life long Cubs fan.
Thats what all sports has turned into.
Love the dude bring in a sleeping bag @9:41. Preparing for extra innings? Doubt that would fly today
53:09. A good reason why Marla Collins was a ball girl for a few seasons in the eighties.
45:26 this clip of a wind-blown single was used in a Mets 25th Anniversary video as an indicator of the rough times the team was going through at this point.
Wow Freddie Fender top notch entertainment
This is Very Interesting to watch. 1979 was the year that I started to watch baseball. I turned 9 in may of that year. I started collecting baseball cards that year as well. I still remember that 1979 Mets yearbook that I had. Not sure if I still have it around somewhere. I also had a 1982 Mets yearbook. In 1979 my favorite Met player was Lee Mazzilli. In 1982 my favorite Met player was Dave Kingman. This is obviously a Chicago broadcast. I'd Really Like to see a Mets broadcast, from 1979, Especially with those commercials from Way Back then. I Still always remember one particular commercial from Way back in 1979, or maybe it was from 1980. It had this Man and Woman riding they're bicycles. They were the skinny tire 10 speed type bicycles that were Super Popular back then. Anyway, they were basically racing along on they're bikes, and then they reach they're finish-line point, and they both raise they're arm in the air. I think it was a bank commercial if I'm not mistaken. Metropolitan bank I'm guessing. I also remember that Pepperidge Farm Cookies commercial from Way back then, with that old farmer saying Pepperidge Farm remembers.
RIP Willie Hernandez, Donnie Moore, Larry Bitner, Bruce Sutter, Dick Tidrow, Bobby Mercer, Ken Holtzman, and the great Bill Buckner!
Only Brickhouse would get excited about Barry Foote and Ted Sizemore. 🙄
I forgot what an awful announcer Jack Brickhead was. I listened to him from 1974 to mid summer 1977.
I was thinking the same thing. Sizemore was cooked by the times the Cubs got him.
@@akbarlebowitz8151Awful? What are you smoking?
Great opening in a lousy Met. Season. I remember the 1979 mets well
What they need to do is flip DeJesus for Larry Bowa and a throw in named Ryan Sandberg 👍❤️
im hoping to find the 3rd game of this series broadcast on 4/7/79.......also,the mick kelleher collision with kingman from 1977 when dave played with the padres....
let me know when you find those games
John Stearns could fight. He and Gary Carter had a good bout and he broke Dave Parker's jaw. People didn't mess with the Dude. He was also drafted in the NFL.
It was a touching sight to see Stearns at the Mets Old Timers Game, Summer of 2023. He was the DUDE. Rest easy in the Cornfield for eternity.
That's pretty funny--a 4.05 ERA put them at the bottom of the league in 1978, now it's probably better than half the teams. Two things jump out at me; almost no foul balls compared to today and nobody stepping out and monkeying with their batting gloves after every pitch.
The sponsors in the opening have so many things that are no longer relevant; 76 fuel, Zenith, the Yellow Pages, Pontiac, and Major League Baseball
76 Gasoline is still around.
The 76 Brand is still around
@@MrDuds1984 And a long time sponsor of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Lol.
The Mets brought up Kelvin Chapman and demoted Chico Escuela.
That home plate ump was all over the place. Not much has changed for them it seems...😝
These were not major league umpires. Most of these umpires were college umpires who were brought in due to the 1979 MLB Umpire Strike which lasted til mid May.
When I want a ballgame on, this is the ticket. MLB is dead to me in 2021.
You could come up with a pretty good "I was traded for Willie Montanez" team
I thought Manny Trillo was still 2nd base in 1979. I thought Ted Sizemore was for back up duty. Then again in 1979 I was 12. Saw some of this game when I got home from school.
Jack Brickhouse (PBP) 1-4/7-9
Lou Boudreau (PBP) 5-6
If only the salad days of baseball would come backi
To my surprise, the Mets look like a good ballclub here.
Young talent coming in to their own,
a few veterans mixed in.
A strong performance by Swannie as well.
However
-1979 was arguably the worst season in Mets history.
Though they did not lose as many games as in 1962,
at least the 1962 club was colorful.
As the 1979 season progressed, the Mets pitching staff immolated
-not that it was great to begin with.
The front office got so desperate they tapped washed up
Dock Ellis and Wayne Twitchell just to eat innings.
The offense wasn't much better
-Montanez was dumped mid season (he was their best hitter in 1978),
Hebner was a malcontent who sort of sat out the middle of the season,
and the kiddie corps were not contender-quality.
Controversial play at 1:45:43. Maddox out, but Flynn reached 2nd on interference by Sizemore.
51:00 Bartman's dad costs the Cubs a run and possibly the game and maybe the season!
Do you have any Cubs vs Indians games from the 1990s that you can put on. I went to Chicago in 1998 to see Cleveland vs cubs
Cubs didnt play the indians in 98.
At 15:48, Rick Reuschel is showing why he never won a Gold Glove.
You go guys
Hmm, I wonder why most but not all of the Mets had their names on the backs of their uniforms. That's not very...uniform.
“It don’t matter where your from what’s matters is your uniform”
two powerhouse clubs the 1979 mets and cubs 🤣
Cubs back then somehow traded for really good talent like Bill Madlock, Manny Trillo, and Ivan DeJesus but then stupidly traded them away when they wanted to get paid. Cubs never developed even one good position player over a twenty year period.
They did get Ryne Sandberg for DeJesus.
Yes they sure did, they were too cheap too
Andre Thornton too. Until Jody Davis and Dunston came who was the last good position player they developed and kept. Williams and Santo?
These were a continuation of the brutal Joe Torre Mets. Not his fault as the collection of garbage he had to manage was ridiculous. They had to win their last 6 games to avoid 100 losses and they made Richie Hebner out to be David Wright at 3rd base. He was a horrible glove, had no power and hated playing in NY and forced his way out after the season.
Willie Montanez at first was another guy made out to be John Olerud and he sucked with his BS snatch catch. He was so brutal they couldn't wait to deal him and did.
The pitching stunk, the hitting stunk and the team was brutal.
A 63-99 Mets team!
Umpires
HP Dennis Riccio
1B Lanny Harris
2B Dick Cavanaugh
3B Joe Pomponi
to bad its not ralph kiner and lindsey nelson or bob murphy calling the game.. lets go mets
Swannie had good stuff, but, oy, the way he lands on that front foot and jerks up.
Looks like he could have easily torn a hamstring.
These players are making less money than I do now
A game without so many graphics that I can see the actual game? I refuse to watch, the score of the game has been shown way to many times, I need launch angle, exit velocity , wins above sea level and tire rotation rate.
Bobby Mercer was boos every at bat because he made $320,000 thousand dollars and he sucked. He was taken out during the game for a guy making $21,000.
Jason Heyward still plays and gets 22 million a year to suck at baseball
De Jesus had huge thighs and was pretty fast
Rick was never a cub favorite.he always got hammered.cubs wouldn't spent a dime on pitching those days.as if they knew we were only coming to see big Dave hit homers.cubs front office was totally clueless as to what they were doing.cubs fans hated hernandez too.he always sucked in chicago.
What are the odds Donnie Moore comes in to face Steve Henderson? God bless both their souls 🙏
Steve Henderson is still alive.
@@bluebird925he got Steve confused with Dave Henderson.
All that trash on the field.
Not to mention the garbage as well😂