With the death of Ron Santo, MLB.tv released a brief highlight video of the 3rd baseman's playing days. Included in it were clips from many games over the 1969-1972 seasons. One clip that stood out was a part of the Ken Holtzman no-hitter that I had never seen.
A big hat tip goes out to twib77 for bringing these clips to my attention.
In the past, I had seen clips of the 9th inning. We will get to that later. What I hadn't seen until a few months ago was the footage from the 7th inning. On top of that, what I hadn't seen until 3 days ago was the clip from the FIRST inning of that game.
All of this footage is WGN COLOR broadcast footage. I'll break it down after the jump.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Happy New Year and 1971 Cardinals
Happy New Year to all. This week, I'll be posting a few clips of 1971 St. Louis Cardinals broadcast footage. I will preface this as saying that MLB has already informed me that these come from highlight videos and that actual full game broadcasts do not exist. That's their official statement, take it for what it's worth.
First up, we have a clip of "Lefty" Steve Carlton at Wrigley Field. Before we get into other stuff, let's nail down a few parameters. First off, the two Cardinals in this clip are Joe Torre and Steve Carlton. Both were on the team together from 1969-1971. Furthemore, per uniwatch, the St. Louis Cardinals switched to the pullover tops that Torre and Carlton are both wearing for the first time in the 1971 season. So while Torre was with the Cardinals through the 1974 Season, Steve Carlton painfully was not.
With that in mind, let's get into the action.
First up, we have a clip of "Lefty" Steve Carlton at Wrigley Field. Before we get into other stuff, let's nail down a few parameters. First off, the two Cardinals in this clip are Joe Torre and Steve Carlton. Both were on the team together from 1969-1971. Furthemore, per uniwatch, the St. Louis Cardinals switched to the pullover tops that Torre and Carlton are both wearing for the first time in the 1971 season. So while Torre was with the Cardinals through the 1974 Season, Steve Carlton painfully was not.
With that in mind, let's get into the action.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
1960 World Series Game 7 Live-Blog
Schedule:
Wednesday
7:30 EST - Bing and Baseball
8:00 - 11:00 EST - 1960 World Series Game 7
Thursday
12:30 EST - Bing and Baseball
1:00 - 4 am EST - 1960 World Series Game 7
2:30 EST - Bing and Baseball
3:00 - 6:00 EST - 1960 World Series Game 7
Thought lost forever, tonight the world (those who didn't order the DVD from Amazon.com) gets to see the game broadcast for only the second time in history. This broadcast marks the 2nd time in only a handful of years that one of the most significant games in baseball history was unearthed from oblivion. Wednesday
7:30 EST - Bing and Baseball
8:00 - 11:00 EST - 1960 World Series Game 7
Thursday
12:30 EST - Bing and Baseball
1:00 - 4 am EST - 1960 World Series Game 7
2:30 EST - Bing and Baseball
3:00 - 6:00 EST - 1960 World Series Game 7
Years ago when I started getting serious about really old classic baseball broadcast, there were only a handful of games to be known out there. The widely circulated ones like the 1952 World Series, 1965 and 1968 World Series, as well as the 1969 Fall Classic. Most of the content was scattered over a multitude of private collector's who feared confiscation, regional sports networks/broadcast partners who feared losing their claim to copyrighted content or was hidden away in the various team/MLB vaults never to be seen by fans.
With the advent of MLB Network, it seemed MLB became more focused on filling their network with content as well as doubling down on their efforts to catalog all their existing footage. Likewise, this brought more collectors out of the woodwork and made visable to non-collectors who had footage that there was someone out there looking for it.
Not to continue on from this little history jaunt, this 1960 World Series game ranks up there with 1962 World Series Game 7, 1951 NL Playoff Game 3 and Aaron's 715 game as defining moments in MLB history. And tonight, for those of us not alive when Bill Mazeroski punched his HOF ticket with a 9th inning shot over the brick wall at beautiful Forbes Field, we get to experience what it must have felt like seeing it live.
In this game, we get to see in live motion, not edited to only show their great feats some truely legendary figures. Maris, Mantle, Groat, The Great One, and Yogi.
I only have 1 major groundrule for tonight, if you normally don't post or even if you do, make sure you use a unique username. It makes it easier to put words to one particular poster. If it is a thread of anonymous, it'll seem like all one person.
If you've just been a fan in the past and never posted, jump in tonight. You might not get another chance to chat with fellow classic broadcast fans during one of the greatest events we could possibly have.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Announcement: MLB Network Presents 1960 World Series Game 7
Tomorrow night, I plan on live blogging the 1960 Rebroadcast. It won't be anything official in nature, more of a laid back dialogue between commenter and fans alike. Hopefully it will allow us more of a 'community' feel.
It is rare that a night like tomorrow night comes along. A year ago, if you asked me to come up with a top 5 Holy Grail baseball broadcast list, this game would be on it everytime. So, let's try to make the most of it.
Just drop by a little before 8 pm EST when the broadcast actually begins. At 7:30, MLB Network is airing a special on Bing Crosby and the discovery of this print.
So, I'll put up a post tomorrow afternoon and drop by during the broadcast and give a running commentary of what you think of the broadcast. Let's have some fun with it. Discoveries like this will become fewer and further between from here on out.
In the immortal words of the late Jack Buck: We'll See You Tomorrow Night!
It is rare that a night like tomorrow night comes along. A year ago, if you asked me to come up with a top 5 Holy Grail baseball broadcast list, this game would be on it everytime. So, let's try to make the most of it.
Just drop by a little before 8 pm EST when the broadcast actually begins. At 7:30, MLB Network is airing a special on Bing Crosby and the discovery of this print.
So, I'll put up a post tomorrow afternoon and drop by during the broadcast and give a running commentary of what you think of the broadcast. Let's have some fun with it. Discoveries like this will become fewer and further between from here on out.
In the immortal words of the late Jack Buck: We'll See You Tomorrow Night!
Saturday, November 6, 2010
1962 World Series Game 7: Newsreel or broadcast?
The biggest thing that comes along when doing this 'investigative' work is trying to decipher what you're really seeing. When it comes to game footage, in general, you can tell if something is a kinescope because of the way the image will be lit (coming off the TV screen), or you can tell something is more likely game film because of camera angles and old MLB Productions 'effects'. With videotape, it's also very obvious because of the saturation and framerate.
However, when it comes to this footage, I honestly can't figure it out.
MLB Networks showed this clip for the first time I'd ever seen back in the spring. I saved it for a future article, in fact, I've written this article on 2 separate occasions but deleted it because I honestly can't tell if this is broadcast footage or a news reel.
Thus, I turn to you, the readers for your help. What you'll need first is a link to the video.
However, when it comes to this footage, I honestly can't figure it out.
MLB Networks showed this clip for the first time I'd ever seen back in the spring. I saved it for a future article, in fact, I've written this article on 2 separate occasions but deleted it because I honestly can't tell if this is broadcast footage or a news reel.
Thus, I turn to you, the readers for your help. What you'll need first is a link to the video.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Facebook Share Added
Allowing you to link to the blog posts on your Facebook walls, should you chose. Only problem right now is trying to find way to get descriptions to NOT be the first comment by a commenter.
Anyone with HTML knowledge, feel free to help.
Share away!
Anyone with HTML knowledge, feel free to help.
Share away!
We're off on the road to Morro---er, Pittsburgh
By now, I'm sure all of you have heard the story. But it is worth retelling on this, the 50th anniversary of 'The Game'. Some say this game alone is what got the sure-handed Bill Mazeroski into the HOF. On this date, 50 years ago at 3:36 pm, the 2nd basemen did what few men could do: Brought the powerhouse Yankees to their knees.
Last month it was reported that the curator of the Bing Crosby estate had contacted MLB about a rare print he had found in the basement. Robert Bader told them that he had found a print that when projected seemed to show the complete broadcast of the 1960 World Series. As he tells it, they replied back to him "You must be mistaken..." Yet, there is was, in the basement/wine cellar/film vault of the old crooner.
What makes this story remarkable is that no one ever thought to look or for that matter no Pirates historian never even thought of it. The closest we came to that was a lead Doak Ewing once had, per a 2006 USA Today article:
Last month it was reported that the curator of the Bing Crosby estate had contacted MLB about a rare print he had found in the basement. Robert Bader told them that he had found a print that when projected seemed to show the complete broadcast of the 1960 World Series. As he tells it, they replied back to him "You must be mistaken..." Yet, there is was, in the basement/wine cellar/film vault of the old crooner.
What makes this story remarkable is that no one ever thought to look or for that matter no Pirates historian never even thought of it. The closest we came to that was a lead Doak Ewing once had, per a 2006 USA Today article:
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Redundancy and some such....
In this hobby, loss of material is a constant battle we face. For years, we've been fighting against the elements: fire, water, dust in the destruction of rare prints or footage of game broadcasts. Once we lose these precious resources, they are gone forever.
However, in today's world of technology, we face a new adversary: data loss. In that battle, I lost. A little personal backstory: Since 2006, I've been a nearly rabid collector of St. Louis Cardinals complete game broadcast. There were, up until a few weeks ago, only a handful of games from the 2006-2010 seasons that I didn't have. With this being a hobby and not the entirety of my life, recordings don't get edited right away, drives get filled, things don't always get done in a timely fashion. Not to mention, my collecting/recording was not limited to the Cardinals. Some NFL, PGA and the Cleveland Cavaliers also kept the personal collection going year round.
Then data loss hits. A combination of Cavaliers games, Cardinals games (2009-2010) and the reason this blog hasn't been updated: my classic game recordings all were lost. Now, that doesn't mean all my classic game material is gone. Hard copies were made, some games and footage were already transferred to portable drives.
None of this is an excuse for going dark. It just sucked the joy out of the hobby. A lot of stress and work went into maintaining free space and manipulating a personal schedule to acquire those games only to see them disappear in a nanosecond. Anytime I even thought about writing, it was a reminder of the games I lost that I doubted I'd ever get back. It was also a reminder of my own personal failings in falling behind in my editing and cataloging of materials. With that, the totality of the data loss will never be truly known.
Hopefully, with a return to some normalcy I'll begin to try to go out into the community and fill in the missing holes I have from my collection. For someone that was very specific in how he recorded the games and how he maintained quality on them, that will be a challenge. With that, though, I will hopefully begin to update this blog again as the off-season clip shows and rebroadcasts begin to pop-up on schedules.
To those who have contacted me over the last few weeks, I appreciate the words and the interest. Those who I had arrangements with, those will be coming soon.
Thanks to all for your patience and BACK UP YOUR DATA!!!!
However, in today's world of technology, we face a new adversary: data loss. In that battle, I lost. A little personal backstory: Since 2006, I've been a nearly rabid collector of St. Louis Cardinals complete game broadcast. There were, up until a few weeks ago, only a handful of games from the 2006-2010 seasons that I didn't have. With this being a hobby and not the entirety of my life, recordings don't get edited right away, drives get filled, things don't always get done in a timely fashion. Not to mention, my collecting/recording was not limited to the Cardinals. Some NFL, PGA and the Cleveland Cavaliers also kept the personal collection going year round.
Then data loss hits. A combination of Cavaliers games, Cardinals games (2009-2010) and the reason this blog hasn't been updated: my classic game recordings all were lost. Now, that doesn't mean all my classic game material is gone. Hard copies were made, some games and footage were already transferred to portable drives.
None of this is an excuse for going dark. It just sucked the joy out of the hobby. A lot of stress and work went into maintaining free space and manipulating a personal schedule to acquire those games only to see them disappear in a nanosecond. Anytime I even thought about writing, it was a reminder of the games I lost that I doubted I'd ever get back. It was also a reminder of my own personal failings in falling behind in my editing and cataloging of materials. With that, the totality of the data loss will never be truly known.
Hopefully, with a return to some normalcy I'll begin to try to go out into the community and fill in the missing holes I have from my collection. For someone that was very specific in how he recorded the games and how he maintained quality on them, that will be a challenge. With that, though, I will hopefully begin to update this blog again as the off-season clip shows and rebroadcasts begin to pop-up on schedules.
To those who have contacted me over the last few weeks, I appreciate the words and the interest. Those who I had arrangements with, those will be coming soon.
Thanks to all for your patience and BACK UP YOUR DATA!!!!
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
1973: The Year of Nolan Ryan
Annoyingly enough, the media has dubbed this season the 'Year of the Pitcher' because of the rash of no-hitters being thrown. This is just foolishness, as this season doesn't have more no-hitters than more than a handful of other seasons.
With Garza throwing the 5th no-hitter of the season last night, it brought this season into a tie with 1973. In that season, Nolan Ryan had arguably his best season as a pitcher. Becoming only the 4th player in Major League history, and the last to do so, to throw 2 no-hitters in a a single season, Ryan finished his highest in the Cy Young voting that year. He lost to Jim Palmer, despite having a mind boggling 383 strikeouts.
For a player bemoaned as over-rated by some, it is fascinating to look at Nolan Ryan's statistic and wonder how anyone could come up with that idea. If the objective of a pitcher is to give his team the best chance to win each day he takes the mound, Nolan Ryan did that. Not only did he throw 7 no-hitters in his career, when none of his contemporaries even threw 3, he took 24 games into the 7th inning with a chance for a no-hitter only to have them broken.
Above that, Ryan holds the record for most strikeouts in a 9 inning no-hitter with 17, on July 15, 1973.
And that's the game we are going to talk about today.
With Garza throwing the 5th no-hitter of the season last night, it brought this season into a tie with 1973. In that season, Nolan Ryan had arguably his best season as a pitcher. Becoming only the 4th player in Major League history, and the last to do so, to throw 2 no-hitters in a a single season, Ryan finished his highest in the Cy Young voting that year. He lost to Jim Palmer, despite having a mind boggling 383 strikeouts.
For a player bemoaned as over-rated by some, it is fascinating to look at Nolan Ryan's statistic and wonder how anyone could come up with that idea. If the objective of a pitcher is to give his team the best chance to win each day he takes the mound, Nolan Ryan did that. Not only did he throw 7 no-hitters in his career, when none of his contemporaries even threw 3, he took 24 games into the 7th inning with a chance for a no-hitter only to have them broken.
Above that, Ryan holds the record for most strikeouts in a 9 inning no-hitter with 17, on July 15, 1973.
And that's the game we are going to talk about today.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
The 1965 All-Star Game Review
"They invented the All-Star Game for Willie Mays." – Ted Williams
With this broadcast, we have the lone full game that features a Willie Mays homerun. Willie didn’t waste any time as he took the second pitch he saw deep into the left-center stands. Mays, wearing Billy Williams batting helmet, batted lead off in this game. Mays batted leadoff in 8 All-Star Games, something he rarely did in the regular season.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)