I can name every player by sight, makes this 60 year old feel great, wish I had my old baseball cards ⚾️ RIP Vida Blue

Uniforms , announcers , players all better than today ....I miss baseball

As I watched this on, June 9th 2023 , it’s like going back in time,when I was 12 years old. Watching this game with my Dad. Boy , do I miss those days.

Back when the all star game had meant something and was magical

no gold chains, no tattoos, proper uniform wearing, except mr blue, a real stadium with 400 obstructed view seats, concrete and steel, batter up

Al Kaline played 22 years in the majors, and said Jackson's home run this evening was the hardest hit ball he'd ever seen.

ASG’s lost its luster when inter league began. This is in my opinion, the best all star game ever

23 Hall of Famers in this game. WOW!

The uniforms are more beautiful and everything

I was one of the winners of the contest sponsored by Chrysler-Plymouth that Don Drysdale is promoting in the commercial at 1:47:17 (well, officially my Dad was the winner since I was only 12 years old and not a licenced driver). I won one of the "2000 other prizes"-- an official 1971 Allstar Game Baseball signed by Reggie Jackson. I was so excited when I received this ball in the mail! I went right out to play with it and show it off to my neighborhood buddies. It picked up a few grass stains before I was advised to preserve it but to me playing with it and getting stains on it just made it more "real". I still do have the ball and the cardbord box it came in!

When baseball was still a "game". I loved Willie McCovey. I met him at a NY Mets game once. What a nice man. A gentleman. RIP Mr. McCovey.

This is one of the greatest all star games ever.

I was 10, and this was the first major league ball game my dad ever took me to. We met Curt Gowdy in the concourse before the game and I still have the program with his autograph on it. Our seats were in the second row of the upper deck just above the AL dugout so we had a perfect view of Reggie's blast, and of my idol, Brooks Robinson at 3rd base. Definitely one of my best memories!

Frank Howard was huge!

Now THAT was an all-star line-up.

RIP Vida Blue. Just passed away last month (June, 2023).

When I fell in love with it, now I'm divorced from it...

Vida had 17 wins at the all star break. Amazing

Curt Gowdy, Tony Kubek, and Lindsey Nelson were total pros. Today's announcers need to watch this. This is how you broadcast sports!!!

I was almost 10 years old, and this was my favorite era in my lifetime.

I remember this like it was yesterday. Everything about it is better than baseball today, from the players to the announcers. No one compares o Curt Gowdy, the voice of sports when I was growing up.

Clemente, Killebrew, Kaline, RJackson, Munson, BBonds, WDavis, Santo, Rose, Carlton, Seaver, Marichal, Jenkins, Palmer, Lolich, ..........And they were the reserves. Greatest assemblage of talent in the history of the game.

These are the guys I grew up loving and wanting to play like

I watched this game as a 10 year old on a sketchy black and white TV in Jasper Arkansas.. This was one of those things I will never forget.

Oh man did I love baseball back then. Vida Blue and Tom Seaver were my favs. Long ago and far away now. Summers were fun then.

I can listen to curt gowdy and tony kubek all day. Makes announcing an art form!!

OMG!!!! All of those mythical-like legends who actually existed!!!!!

Old tiger stadium ,,,,,awesome!

How many HOFers one after another. Had a big smile watching this. I was 10 years old again.

The all-star game was really something to be excited about back then. It was something you looked forward to as much as the World Series. It was a chance to see the stars from both leagues, and if you were a national league city, this was one of the few opportunities to see the other league's stars, and vice versa. A real treat for a baseball fan, and boy did this one live up to it's billing.

This is golden. Thank you for posting this game. I was very young boy in Manville, NJ and was excited to see this game. Everyone in the neighborhood was a Mets fan, I was an Orioles fan. My friends were rubbing it in that the NL had won 9 in a row and were going to make it 10. It looked that way until Reggie Jackson hit the light transformer on the roof with his 2- run home run. The AL won 6-4 and the Orioles did well. Frank Robinson hit a 2 run homer, Brooks started a double play and had a hit. Jim Palmer and Mike Cuellar combined to pitch 3 or 4 scoreless innings. Don Buford had an at bat. Earl Weaver was the manager. Curt Gowdy, Tony Kubek, and Lindsay Nelson were the greatest announcers. Low key yet analytical and friendly. The pre-game festivities were classy. The players were modest and represented their teams well. Someone called this game as one in which your favorite baseball cards came to life. Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Willie Stargell, Willie McCovey, and Johnny Bench for the NL. Just an incredible memory. Bittersweet but golden.

Gotta love the sideburn styles back then

Unique in that it was a combination of many guys at the end of their HOF careers and those at the beginning. Gowdy was a great announcer.

I remember that game. I was just a elementary school kid and loved listening to Curt Gowdy and Tony Kubek giving the play by play of games on NBC.

Incredible line ups on both sides.

Curt Cowdy had a wonderful voice.. made me love and follow baseball…

That contraption on the field reporters head tho 😳😂🤷‍♂️😂

Love that they wore their team uniforms

The great met announcer Lindsey Nelson....with his loud jackets....those were the days, great announcers back then....this is when the all star games were great.

could watch this over and over forever.......my childhood in a nutshell....notice how they SWING the bat and don't look to walk?!?! Todays hitters could learn a lot watching these guys play

I saw this game at home in Puerto Rico with my parents. When Clemente hit the home run standing on his left leg only we went crazy.

Although the players today are muscle heads they can't come close to any of these players. No way. They might be bigger and stronger today maybe but they dont know how to play the game like these guys.

My first ball game with Dad - Tiger Stadium, 1968. What a park. Won in '68 and the Roar of '84. Shame to see it go.

This was the All-Goat Game! Talk about some best-evers, in that joint! And the first-ever Black pitcher (Peace on, Vida Blue) v. Black pitcher (Continued peace Doc Ellis)

This is very cool and what is amazing is how many guys on these squads are now in the Hall of Fame!

I lost my grandpa in 2015 ,he loved baseball so much he played his whole life and softball up till he couldnt run anymore.... oh what i would give to be able to kick back on the couch put this on and watch this together, he would absolutely love this ❤💔🙏

I was that typical Detroit kid I was enamored with that stadium. Later on, I operated the scoreboards for a season. After it closed, I played an exhibition game there as part of the city’s 300th birthday. Dreams come true. Sometimes.

I'm from Detroit, and I can officially say that this was the very last MLB All Star Game that the old Tiger Stadium would ever have. Reggie Jackson a.k.a. "Mr. October" 's homer was by far the biggest highlight of that game!

Ha ha, I don't know why I watched this from start to finish. I was a High School sophomore when this game was played. I probably watched it but don't remember for sure. I was a big baseball fan back then. I remember most of the players in the game. I think my high school baseball cleats are still in my 3rd floor attic somewhere, lol.

The Detroit Tigers were never the same team after they left Tigers Stadium. I love the intimacy feel of the stadium. Comerica Park lost a lot of that intimacy and closeness from the fans and players alike.

Crazy number of HOF'ers in this game....... the uniforms were so much better back then, too

My favorite All Star Game. Lived up to the quality of all the players involved. The names, the legends, the Homers. Had to be a great atmosphere in Tiger Stadium that night.

A rare look at baseball over half a century ago. What a treat to see all these great players in their prime. Brings back a lot of memories. For me, Reggie's homer was the highlight. People still talk about it today.

The talent on display here is awe inspiring.

I grew up watching these players,its interesting all these years later to have a look and see if it was as good as you remember it."Yes, it was"!

Aaron too looks in great shape.

Grew up in Western PA in the 70's. Wore my mustard yellow Bucs cap with pride. Good memories.

Brooks Robinson my all time favorite player and I can still name all of the starting players on their 1970 great team

Great memories. Loved the 70's A's. Thanks for posting.

OH YEAH! Dodge Dart Swinger with "FREE" automatic transmission! I remember it seemed like everyone had one.

The greatest collection of All Stars ever!

so many great players in this game.

This All star game had the most Hall of famers of all time

RIP Mr Vida Blue.

Thank you for posting this brings back many memories

Makes me want to watch baseball again.

Can you imagine the first two batters you face are Mays and Aaron? I remember watching this game as a kid. All the future Hall of Famers...

I watchd this on TV. What a game.

As a detroiter and life long tigers fan I can tell you Comerica Park doesn’t have a tenth of the charm that old Tiger Stadium had.

Lindsey Nelson was the original sideline commentator

Respect goes out to Manny Sanguillen and Steve Carlton who didn’t get introduced.

The combined salaries of all these great players, multiplied by 10, doesn't equal what current "superstar" Mike Trout, who spends more time in the training and rehab facility than the field. That's how out of control baseball has become.

The boos directed at Earl Weaver were hilarious.

Fergie Jenkins and Billy williams and Santo got no love. Jenkins was in his 5th year of winning 20 games. He won CY Young that year but no start. Year before Williams led NL in hits, runs, total bases. 42 hr. 137 rbis both 2nd most . Bench got Mvp that year. Williams didnt make 70 allstar team? Thats how good you had to be. Only 24 teams then.

Thanks to whoever posted this. It's a great game with so many Hall of Famers that it's hard to keep track of. Interesting that Curt Gowdy kept brining up Hank Aaron's bad knee and seemed to doubt that he could catch Babe Ruth. I also like that some ads were kept in. Sears used to have a monopoly on just about everything back then. Paint, tires and just about everything else

I love the car commercials

My dad and I sat in the LF upper deck. Hot and windy night.

What a power lineup for the national league talk about murders row. And you have Roberto Clemente not even starting.

Wow, Torre was in great shape in 71

A lot of Pirates in this game. Pittsburgh had a great team that year.

Vida Blue really had great velocity on his fastball.

When baseball was king 👑

Never seen them play or what they looked like now I can put a face to the name awesome 😊😊😊😊😊

First game Sparky managed at Tiger Stadium.

Amazing quality for the time. Thanks for sharing!

I had just graduated hs and was with my family on a road trip. I watched the entire ball game in a motel room. It was awe inspiring. The lineups for both sides was legendary. Reggie's shot was still ascending when it hit the transformer. Epic ballgame.

This is the first year I really followed baseball, and it's sobering to think that Charlie Gehringer, a figure of the distant past in my mind, is as far removed in time from that game as Wade Boggs is to this year's game. Whatever happened to the pitch, hit and throw winners? They're aged 59-62 in 2021--if they're all still alive.

I love KZfaq so we can go back in time and watch these moments. Especially for some of us who weren’t around then

Lindsey Nelson’s jacket. Wow.

Ese béisbol si era deporte se jugaba sangre y honor en cada partido

I sure miss the days of these great announcers. It meant we were seeing a game of the week or playoff game. Now it is so watered down the mystique is gone.

Batters 1,2,4,5,6 starting for the National League combine for a career total of 2,800 home runs!

Incredible lineups and a great game, colossal home runs, terriffic pitching, and some excellent glove work including some neat double plays with lightning fast pivot, and Mickey Lolich making three sweet plays by himself on the mound.

7 NL HOF starters, 5 on their bench. 5 AL HOF starters, 4on their bench. The 2nd AS i watched. I always remember my big bro saying; "You might see AS games when you're older, but you'll never see greater players on one field like this!" I was 7 then, at 56 I've yet to disagree on that point. My favorite moment is brief, probably unimportant to all but @ 2:10:22 My two All time favorite players meet possibly for the 1st and only time. Roberto Clemente greets Thurman Munson!!! And every time I watch this, I'm 7 yrs old again watching this in PR with my brother Junior.

Classic. Even the commercials. Did anyone see John Amos and Allen Melvin (Sam the Butcher from The Brady Bunch) in the commercials?

Was 9 years before I was born but this is how I envision my Field of Dreams with all these players that played. And having it at Tiger Stadium is the ultimate Field of Dreams (I grew up going to Tiger games at the Corner) More odd to see Sparky managing the game in Detroit not with the Tigers.

Martin, Jackson and Munson. Different uniforms, in the same line, probably didnt even know each other. Their future history would collide like thunder.

I was behind the Cardinals dugout in dodger stadium in 1999 when Mark McGuire hit a ball that hit the top of the left centerfield pavilion and bounced into the parking lot. Even after witnessing that moon shot I still have never seen a ball hit harder than the one Reggie Jackson hit in this all star game!!

The rosters for this game... amazing! Clemente doesn't start. Rose, Brock and Munson don't get in until the final 2 innings. That contraption on Lindsay Nelson's head? And the commercials. Ed Lauter in a Special K ad? When you're out of Schlitz, you're out of beer ... the list goes on and on ...

I looked up this video after hearing about the passing of Willie Mays, RIP. I was at this game, 11 years old. What a thrill to see these NL greats back before interleague play: Aaron, Clemente, Bench, Mays, plus all the local heroes: Kaline, Cash, Freehan, Lolich. I didn't count, but I read somewhere there were 21 HOFers in this game.