right after Texas and OU, football.

I miss the daytime games,

I miss those day-time playoff / World Series game.

@@paolo-n2000 And so do I. Even back then World Series Games were played at Daytime on Saturdays and Sundays.

@@Jiltedin2007 - My Dad took me to game 5 of the 1977 World Series at Dodger Stadium for a Sunday day game!!! I was 7 years old! My oh my, what great baseball memories!

JayDogTitan 1464 Yeah, The Late 70’s! The Middle Part of the Decade was all about the A’s.

pirates reds orioles yankees were 70s ⚾

And the Yankees-Dodgers and Phillies-Royals.

@@Jiltedin2007 Until Free Agency.

Yeah it was great. The Dodgers actually had heart and guts back then instead of being a bunch of Multimillionaire pussies who suck when the pressure is on.

'WAY BACK!' voice went up 3 octaves.

I actually like bid Ds call on gibsons HR more than any others.

Bruce Tracy man as a fellow dodger fan😎😎😎😎

I was at this game too...i was 8 and i was so excited when cey scored and the people ran on the field. I wanted to run on the field but i was in the reserved blue seats ..lol

I was there, A Dodgers loving 12 year old. Took three hours to get back to Victorville. Lots of traffic!

I was 8 yrs old and still remember that NL pennant win👍🏼

Dodger Stadium was a magical place in the 70s. I was there earlier this week. Still pretty cool but no more magic.

Outstanding players like Mike Schmidt, Ron Cey and Steve Garvey plus a great manager with character Tommy Lasorda what a classic

I did too cause LA always won.

Uncle Tony ...Not in 83 haha

@@awi92 In '83 regular season the Dodgers beat the Phillies 11 out of 12. In '88 regular season, the Mets beat the Dodgers 10 out of 11 with one rainout. In both seasons the team that won just one game during the season won the playoff series over the other.

Nothing beats Dodger Stadium. Call me a homer

Why so sanctimonious?

@@MichaelSmith-mi2vr it is what it is dude. Sorry to reveal the truth

@@mikehouliston5489 Dodger Stadium May be beautiful, but a lot of people were kicked out of their homes in Chavez Ravine so it could be built. No one had to lose their home when The Vet was built.

@@MichaelSmith-mi2vr The Dodgers always get blamed for that without the whole story being told. The Federal Gov't. sought that land back around 1950, They were going to use it for a housing project and other things. Those residents were given notices back then and most of the owners negotiated with the fed. on a selling price and sold their home. Some did not and stayed. When local elections took place and a new mayor was elected he wasn't favorable to the idea so the land sat there as is. Eventually, the federal gov't. nixed the idea and sold the land back to the city of LA. All the while those that stayed behind were living for free. They paid no property tax, paid for no city or county services yet still received them for several years. This is all after they were given notice that the gov't. was going to acquire the property. Then in '56-'57 LA started talking to Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley who was unsuccessful to that point in getting a new stadium site. They invited him out and showed him certain areas available. He picked Chavez Ravine. Not only did O'Malley buy that land with his own $$ he also bought the remaining properties of the still occupied houses and paid the owners far more than market value. The film footage you see of people being kicked out was all staged by the tv news crews. This was admitted to later by all involved. One of the families owned 11 properties and one was right in the area. It was all a big show.

Dodgers in 70s might have been there best decade roster wise. But they were in same division as Big Red Machine pre wild card.😉

@@douglaslowe5 you could say the exact same thing vice versa, i.e., LA beat out the Reds 74, 77, and 78.

@@douglaslowe5 yeah, pre-wildcard, u had to win the division, so the 162 game season matter, now, not as much.

@@douglaslowe5 The Dodgers, Reds and Pirates owned the National League in the 70s. They represented the National League in nine of the decade's World Series; the Reds four times, the Dodgers three times and the Pirates twice. The lone exception was the Mets in 1973. Then again, the A's Yankees and Orioles represented the American League for nine years. Each team went three times with the Red Sox being the exception in 1975.

@@jimgardner1569 the 73 Mets .only 4 games over 500 but nl east was woeful. Meanwhile my Dodgers won 90 games still finished second in west. I really hated the Reds as a kid, lol

40s, 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s.

And 2020s! 🏆

Great in 2020! 🏆 They were Great in 17 & 18 also, just got CHEATED! 🤬

Thanks for loading. I'll watch 1983 to keep things fair and balanced. 😎

Dodger won it in 81!

John Ramsey was the best

Vin Scully would always let you hear Ramsey on the PA making the announcement on a PH. Even the echo could be heard.

thpass they're ok but, I would rather have T. perez, Joe. Morgan, D. Concepcion n Pete Rose plus Bench!

Their known for their longevity than their talent. None of them are in the HOF. Many people make a claim for Garvey to be in the HOF but first basemen need to have monster numbers and he just doesn't have them like other first basemen do. He was great with the glove but had a woeful arm. Cey was a decent power hitter and fielder. Russell was an average or below fielder and a little better than average hitter for a ss back then. He was great in the clutch though. Lopes was an average hitter and had some power later in his career. He is best known for his prowess on the bases. He was a true student of the stolen base. He once stole 33 in a row without being caught.

@@jaycompany4886 What really made the difference for the Reds was Rose was playing left field and they had Geronimo in CF Ken Griffey (Sr.) in RF I think. I think they platooned him and George Foster. Foster was a RHB so he didn't play much only vs. Left handers. When Rose said he would play 3B that allowed Foster to play every day in LF. Foster ended up being their best power hitter. This happened in May '75. The Reds were about a .500 team then and they ended up 108-54. That year or the next he hit 52 HRs.

@@bbigjohnson069 yeah, i know and he played pretty well there...not the best but, another hitter in that loaded lineup, man "big red machine" will never be forgotten.

@@jaycompany4886 Yeah from '75-'79, '80 an MVP and 2nd place another year. Sparky would fit right in with today's managing style. He never left his starters in very long. He would hate the 3 batter rule though. He loved to play matchups. He has one of my favorites lines about Kirk Gibson. He said, "People say he's not a HOFer and I don't disagree with that. But I bet you everyone who's ever played the game wishes they wanted to win as much as he does."

+michael. prescott Garvey has mostly BETTER numbers than Ryan Sanberg who is in the Hall of Fame. Garvey has a better batting average, more hits and more RBIs. Sanberg only leads on HRs, and only by 10 (282 to 272). Plus, Garvey, unlike Sanberg, did not choke during All-Star games.

+michael. prescott Because Gravey goes good on Turkey not in the Hall of Fame, DUH

gingo dingo lol.

The writers don't consider All-Star game stats when voting for the Hall of Fame. And, you can't compare a first basemen's stats to a second basemen's stats. Thus, both your comments have absolutely no merit whatsoever. Oh... and it's Ryne Sandberg. Not Ryan Sanberg. LOL

simplygu If they were vying for Gold Gloves, then your point would have been more valid about playing different positions. But we are talking about hitting statistics. In various points, both were clean-up hitters. Both had nearly identical batting stats, expect Garvey never choked during All-Star OR playoff games!

Very rare for Mike Schmidt to lead off in a game.

And fans being allowed to go shirtless, if I'm seeing correctly in this broadcast.

@@remmymafia3889 Since when do fans have to wear a shirt at a baseball game?

I was thinking the same.

He probably lost it in the glare of the sun and the shirtsleeve background. Day games at Dodger Stadium have always been tough for outfielders, even for a gold glover such as Maddox.

👍🏼 We Love LA

What?

@@bbigjohnson069 mistook 1977 for 1978, In game 3 in 1977 there was a controversial call that allowed a Dodger rally to continue and they ended up getting 4 runs in the 9th to win 7-5. In 1978 Philly won game 3

@@paulsonj72 With 2 out and the tying run on 3B, Lopes hit a bullet at Schmidt that went off his leg but caromed over to SS Larry Bowa who grabbed it and fired to first. In a bang-bang play the speedy Lopes was called safe and the tying run scored. Can't tell for sure on the replay but it looked like maybe the throw had him beat. Worse was that Garber then threw over to first and threw it away allowing Lopes to go to 2B and score the go ahead run on Russell's hit This was after an error on Mota's 2B allowing him to go to 3B and score on Lopes' hit. With better D the Phils might have won that game or at worst it's tied even with the questionable call.

Yep they were swept in 3

"lifetime loyal Angels fan" take commitment!

What's really weird is that you always read and hear about how much the Carlton Fisk HR 3 years before this was a game-changer in television coverage, how the "reaction shot" became a must-have. That was NBC and this was ABC, granted (generally cheaper coverage and maybe fewer cameras), but it wasn't exactly an overnight sea change.

I’m thinking it was desperation. Maybe trying to spark something

I think Kapler was managing.

What do you expect? He’s a Red.

What would I expect? Bench had no experience whatsoever calling games in the booth, he was still an active player in 1978 and still a productive player and helped the Red's to the 1979 division title from the Dodgers the following year. Bench went on to do radio with Jack Buck years later and even with Vin Scully numerous times. He did a good job but never pursued announcing much after the late 1980's...

Exactly. Bench ruined the moment talking over Al Michaels. I am sure Michaels talked to him afterward.

Late afternoon sun in October isn't a a problem in CF at Dodger Stadium. It was a low line drive he probably lost it in the crowd. Sun is more a problem in RF.

lots of teams were donning them back then: Twins, Cards, Cubs, Expos, Rangers, Brewers

@@uncletony6210 I think Royals did too....they were nice.

It was even worse a few years earlier. It's much much better now.

It was worse back then lol its actually not that bad now

was before the Libtards got all CA power and ruined the entire state including its environment......to hell with all democrats every single one of them

What about the poor Royals in the 70's?

Brian f*ckin' Doyle, you mean.

DodgerFan1988 The Dodgers lost in ‘78 World Series because Reggie cheated in Game 4. That was The Turning Point in that World Series. Game 3, it was The Grand Larceny of Graig Nettles Glove that won it for the Yankees.

Watch the '78 WS Game #1 Lopes hit two HRs you can see the tears well up in his eyes.

@@bbigjohnson069 The video is too grainy to tell.

The only chance the Phils had would've been for Maddox to pick up the ball and immediately throw it home. Once he failed to make the grab, the game was over and he knew it.

It wasn't hit hard so by the time he got to it Cey was already around 3rd and no chance for a play.

Rough inning for Gary. He struck out in the top of the 9th. Then he dropped Baker's fly ball and let the game winning hit skip by him, though it probably would not have made a difference had he scooped it cleanly.

and Roy's wearing an ape mask...oh wait, that's just Roy.

You too

@@thefrase7884 nice!

@@thefrase7884 Wow, did you come up with that all on your own? How cute.

He started and batted 1st only 8 times in his career. It looks like they were all in '78. In this series he hit 1st when a LHP started for LA.

@@bbigjohnson069 He had a terrible year in 1978 against left handed pitching. Hit only .210 in 138 at bats. He did manage to draw a few walks so his on base percentage wasn’t terrible. He also only had eight home runs against lefties

spack, j s but we won in 81 and 88. Loved these rivalries especially the Phil's uniforms..

the last laugh until 81.