"Crashed" The Pete Reiser Story. Trailer

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WatersStillRunDeep

6 жыл бұрын

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@juliagoolia5604 3 жыл бұрын

Thats my Great Uncle! My favorite Great aunt Ginnys Brother! So awesome to see this!

@scotttape1418 10 ай бұрын

Woah! He is also my great Uncle! My grandfather is Ralph and he is his brother.

@juliagoolia5604 10 ай бұрын

@@scotttape1418 well hello there cousin! My grandma is Cecilia and great aunts practically raised us grand kids : Aunt Ginny, aunt Duke (Julie) , and Aunt Boozie (Estelle I think! Lol we never called her real name before..) they were all backup grandmas :)

@theaterdreamer 6 ай бұрын

Pete was an absolutely amazing player. And fearless, which sadly, led to those injuries that both impacted his performance and shortened his career. If only they had the kind of protections in the 1940s that they do now. I have a very strong feeling that Pete would be immortalized in Cooperstown as one of the greats.

@Johnnymac638 5 жыл бұрын

My father saw Reiser play many times. Always lamented what could have been.

@Brooklyn3955 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent. Reiser was one of the best if not the best ballplayer no one save the old school fan of New York baseball knows about.

@allegrettoart4130 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful documentary. My compliments.

@donaldschmidt2990 2 жыл бұрын

I was shocked when Ty Cobb said that Joe DiMaggio was the most natural player. He must not have seen Pete Reiser. Clearly Reiser was as talented and natural player as ever existed. Leo Durocher told it straight when he said Willie May's was the only player that could do as many things as Reiser. As to his foot speed Durocher said, "Name who you want, Reiser was faster." His throwing arm was the equal of Mays. He hit for power as well. What would have made Reiser better than Mays or Mantle was his ability as a contact hitter. He didn't strike out as much as those center field titans. Quite probably the most gifted player ever. I was stunned Ken Burns in his great special Baseball made no special mention of Reiser. Had he not been self destructive as a player he could have set records that would still stand. The Greatest "What If" in the history of sports. Bar none.

@thomasjefferson6 Жыл бұрын

Pete Reiser was also a switch hitter, but Paul Waner talked him into only batting right handed. Reiser could also throw right or left handed equally well. One of the saddest stories in baseball is the story of Pete Reiser. The Dodgers should have moved him to the infield, rather than risk using him in the outfield.

@johnsrous1616 4 жыл бұрын

Pete Reiser was to the Brooklyn Dodgers what Mickey Mantle was to the New York Yankees. Both incredible players who never reached their full potential because of injuries.

@theaterdreamer 6 ай бұрын

And that’s frightening. Look at how good they were. Mantle is top ten in MLB history in OPS+, and played all but his rookie year with a destroyed right knee. How the hell could a Major League ballpark in the 1940s have concrete walls that an outfielder could crash into? Surely they had to have had some other substance they could have used to protect t players. I mean, Pete could have pulled up, but the fact that he was so keyed on the ball had disastrous results. He fractured his skull, suffered a brain injury, and separated his shoulder.

@transcomdrvr 2 жыл бұрын

My family's last name is Reiser. My Dad grew up watching the Brooklyn Dodgers play at Ebbets Field. My Dad was a HUGE fan and talked so much about them that I named my first son Pete! I couldn't name the kid PeeWee, could I?