Seeing Tim brings a tear to my eye… we use to have newsmen and women that tried to unite us as a people not tear us apart tim. He was one of the best… he’s very missed

Tim Russert was a pro. He was fair to both sides of the aisle. He loved sports and especially his Bills.

A fan since 1949...these men represent the wonderful game and the American spirit. Bless and Thank them all...

One of the best baseball interviews ever. Tremendous stories!

Loved Tim Russet for his passion and respect of organized sport... Also a quality political journalist. Sorely missed.

Gary Carter was so great. He played the game like it should be played.

This has to be the best baseball interview I have ever seen. Those 4 Hall of Fame Catchers have encyclopedic knowledge of baseball history. This interview should be in the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Great inverview.

Tim Russert was an awesome man in every regard, miss him a lot...

Wow, what a great job Tim Russert did and these guys bringing up the reality of how the game should be played! I miss the honor of going deep inside after a guy crushes a home run. I grew up when baseball was great.

A great moment with Russert in company with these outstanding players...Pudge Fisk-Deon Sanders story finally described in vivid detail.

Wow, this is so precious! Missing, RIP, Thurman Munson.

Weird knowing 60% of that panel are no longer with us. 5 great men and 4 of the best catchers that will ever live. What a unique and special 45 minutes.

One of the best baseball interviews of all Time. The iron men of the game. Fisk & Yogi are my favorites. Loved the story of Fisk confronting Sanders about playing the game right.

There is nothing better, than watching a true baseball fan interview some of the best in the game. Heroes one and all....

Johnny Bench is my favorite ballplayer of all time. Yogi was the same for my Dad. It was great to see those two together like this. I loved hearing Fisk’s story about that one clown’s antics at Yankee Stadium. All four of these men exhibited a true love of the game. I admired them all.

speaking as a Montrealer...i can tell you Gary Carter was such a class act!!!

Love all four of these guys. Yogi, was always my favorite catcher growing up...but the other three were playing at that time. I watched the other three guys as I grew up...and they are now on the same level in my mind...as Yogi was. Johnny Bench...was the greatest catcher I ever saw. An Astros fan here...and my dad made sure, when the Astros played the Reds at the Astrodome...we were there. Johnny Bench was my hero. Then Yogi became a coach for the Astros...and I remember seeing him in the dugout. It thrilled me. Today...I have a Berra Astros replica uniform. It is one of my favorite to wear. These guys were bigger than life to me. Also remember watching the Red Sox/Reds World Series on TV with my dad in 1975, when Carlton Fisk hit that home run. I was 9 years old...and it was like a fairy tale. I wanted to be Carlton Fisk at that moment. Catchers...are the heart of a team. And these four guys...were the Generals on the field.

As a catcher myself I’m happy as hell to see tim(RIP) interview 4 of the best ever….I’ve seen them all play and they all had different styles but they all worked…they took command….🔥⚾⚾⚾⚾

Tim Russert was always been a big baseball fan

Any interview including Berra is a treat. In his prime in today's salaries? Forget about it !

Such absolute genius of baseball on one stage. Goodness.

You can’t watch this without smiling. Legends of catching. RIP Tim, Yogi, and Gary.

RIP Yogi and Gary two truly a gentlemen.

I was a catcher growing up with Bench and Pudge as my heros . This was such a treat for me to watch!!

Absolutely the best. RIP Tim, Yogi, and Gary. This must have been taped after the 2003 season since Tim eluded to the Boone home run on game 7 of the ALCS.

Rest in Peace to Gary Carter. I hated that man as a kid. I was a Sox fan and 1986 broke my heart for real.

Aging Baby Boomer here and lifelong Bronx Bomber fan. Watching and listening to these truly great ballplayers and the also great Tim Russert brought tears to my eyes. All 4 of these men represented an era of baseball play that is sorely missed and needed today. And how very lucky I feel to have been a fan since 1960. In closing, not one Deion Sanders on that stage. 🇺🇸⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️🇺🇸

what a nice pleasure to watch!!! Really great interview!!! Those 4 were untouchable !!!

So amazing seeing 4 hall of famer catcher together. Gary Carter was my idol as a kid growing up in Quebec state in the 70's. He was so passionate playing baseball. What an inspiration for me.

As a lifelong (since 1958) fan of MLB, this was an awesome presentation.

Loved this. Takes me back to when baseball was honorable and played by real men.

Tim did great interviews. This one, and another he did with Yogi, Whitey F, and Rizzuto was another good one. RIP

Wonderful interview by Tim of the Titans of Baseball They were the best of the game and leaders of every game

It is such a delight to see these five great men on the same stage. Each one represents intelligence, class, and the cream of their profession. To Gary, Yogi, and Tim, you are loved and missed. To Pudge and Johnny, many more happy and healthy years.

Great show from a great news person. RIP Tim Russett

Love this interview. Tim was a good interviewer and those four great players were fun to listen to.

I'm a bit late watching this but.....BEST45 minutes I have had in quite a while. TYVM

This was in 2003? Its amazing it's in such an intimate venue. I would think it would have been in an auditorium, getting 4 Hall of Famers (especially of This magnitude) together is very rare. Great moments in time. 🧡

Not only great players,These are Role Models..big difference. 👍🏻

Tim Russert was the last great newsman. He had a fairness and toughness that is long gone in network news.

i wish baseball and news crews would do more of this with pro players with all sports players

I can watch this every year and grin all the way through the show! Great guys and great interviewer in Tim. Gone too soon! This is May 2022 and I'll be back again, Lord Willing.

Recovering from surgery and have found some great old interviews. Great time watching these legendary players sharing so many stories.

4 of the greatest, blessed to have grew up watching 3 of them and wishing I had watched the 4th.

This interview proves that baseball is a game of life. The players speak very frankly about themselves, each other and the game. Being from Detroit, I liked hearing Frank Tanana. Great Interview.

Great interview! I really got a kick out of Bench…not just an all-time great catcher, but just a super funny guy… a real comic…

Gotta love Carlton Fisk!!

A golden moment in time.

I wore #5 for Johnny Bench from age of 6 to senior year of high school. I was a catcher and my knees show it.

This is pure gold, thanks for posting.

Whoever gave this great interview a thumbs down should be keelhauled. And here's my shameful story. In 67 ( I was 13 and a Yankees fan) my father met a Mets VP and my brother and I got box seats and a tour of the dugout with Ed Kranepool as our host. So there we are in the Shea Stadium dugout before the game and Yogi was there about 10 ft away. I look at him absolutely gobsmacked...... Yogi looks at me for a few seconds with what I now know was a look saying "ok, kid, if you're going to get my autograph, now is the time to do it"........ and the few seconds went by and Yogi walked away. I kick myself today. What was going through my mind? To be honest?.... "wow, that's Yogi Berra"..... and also "wow, I'm taller than he is, I bet I could play as well as he can. After all, I was pretty good in Little League..... maybe?". Wow.... the idiocy of youth. After the game I did get Tommy Davis' autograph.

Yogi Berra had a Superior mind. Every team needs a Yogi Berra ! The game would be more fun. Thanks. Be Blessed

what a wonderful segment. Thank you!

This is fantastic, thanks so much for posting

One of the great interviews of all time.

My dad saw all these greats, he also saw Josh Gibson and called Josh the GOAT by far!

What a treasure of a video! Thank you!

I needed that - thanks.

Tim Russert knew Baseball, 1-derful interview, and those four guys were great !!!

37:30 It’s so strange to me to see that Carlton Fisk, a life long Red Sox, had more respect for Yankee Stadium than Dion did as a Yankee...

Love all four but Yogi has to be my all time favorite even though I'm a St. Louis Cardinal fan and love Yadier Molina devotedly. In time I believe Yadi will also be in the Hall of Fame. As this post is written it's 2022 in August and Yadi is playing in his announced final year of baseball. Thanks for this video. OH and as an admirer of catchers, the amount they are paid could never be enough compared to the beating they take back there.

These guys are the best

I enjoyed this when it first aired; it's nice to finally see it on KZfaq.

That was really interesting to just see them interact-big personalities with a little bit of competitive ego. As great as Carter was, you could tell that he wasn’t always a player favorite. You could kind of feel that JB considers himself the goat (resents the lung surgery changing the course) where as yogi feels very secure with his rings as his legacy. The commander was still as brash/fiery as ever.

All great catchers to me Johnny Bench was the greatest catcher of all time.

Very Awesome show Loved every minute of it

Yogi in the 50s was my most feared Yankee (I was a Detroit Tigers fan)

I didn't realize Gary Carter passed away and it was ten years ago! Here it is August 14, 2022. Wow... rest in peace, Gary. I loved watching you play. btw, one of his nicknames was "lights", because he loved the camera.

This was outstanding. It shows why you would want to be a catcher.

Dad took me to a night game in 1949 at Comiskey Park. Yankees were in town. I saw Joe D and Tommy Henrich and a fellow with the funniest name ... Yogi Berra.

Yogi was playing left field when Mazeroski hit 1960 home run to win the World Series.

THIS IS GREAT! Johnnie Bench is so funny

I just saw the name Tim Russert and I was immediately was transported to a more civil and rational time.

I loved this !!! Absolutely love it.

This is wondrous. Amazing to have KZfaq.

That was cool. Yogi as a player was just a bit before my time but I saw the other three play and of that group, Johnny Bench was the gold standard. I always admired catchers because it takes more guts to play that position than any other on the diamond. I was the teams utility guy because I was fast, smart, and most importantly, could not hit breaking balls worth a hoot. That meant I had four jobs, defensive replacement, pinch runner, BP pitcher, and insulting the opposing pitchers mother. I played every position but I only caught one inning. Our starter was late getting to the park and our regular backup was out sick. The manager told me to suit up. I said "I've never played catcher before." He said "Neither has anyone else so don't f**k it up." The worst inning of my life. Fortunately only one guy got on but he stole second then third because I would stick out the glove, turn my head, and hope like hell the batter either hit the ball or the pitcher hit my mitt. I cursed out the catcher when he finally did show up and that was it as far as me and that position went. I will say hearing Pudge talk about putting that showboat Deion in his place raises my esteem for him. I could not stand that guy when he played whether it was baseball or football. Can you imagine him pulling a stunt like drawing a dollar sign in the dirt with a pitcher like Gibson on the mound? Neon Deion would have earned a trip to the dentist if he acted like that back in the day against a guy like Gibson. Seeing Yogi was great. So many Yogi-ism's. One of my favorites was "Nobody goes there anymore because it's too crowded." RIP Yogi. I never saw you play but you remain a legend. And this is coming from someone who hates the Yankees.

Anyone else catch the Yogi-ism at 8:56? “I think pitchers are the dumbest guys on the mound!”

What a gem. So glad I found this.

Yogi was playing left field when Bill Mazeroski hit his homerun in the 9th inning of the 7th game of the 1960 World Series. Mickey was in Centerfield that day too

What a great night, indeed. Thank you, Tim Russert.

There is a reason why more former and current managers are and have been Catchers and when you assess the last 20 World Series winners, over 95% of the managers were Catchers.. Its the precise reason I am so observant with everything in my life. Calling a game is the most fun there is.

I'm a Reds fan, but I wish someone had mentioned something about Thurman Munson.

Great watch. Like Pudge said, it is tough to take when you know you can't play the game anymore. Old man now, I still miss it and dream of squaring up a baseball with a Louisville Slugger.

...grew up a Johnny Bench fan (& Reds for that matter) in Iowa...when I was playing little league my coaches needed a catcher & they asked me to do it...turned out I loved it...& I always asked for #5 when they were passing out uniforms...when he would mow down guys trying to steal second...Jesus H. Christ he had a canon for an arm...& ALWAYS on the dot 6" above & in front of second base...it was amazing to watch him...I also liked him because he was from Oklahoma & at the time that was in the midwest but more importantly a state that had Big 8 Conference schools like my home town Iowa State Cyclones...Ha! ...liked to watch Fisk late in his career when he was playing for the White Sox...got to see him play in "old" Comisky a couple times...was an absolute treat...& he was STILL an effective hitter...liked Carter & Yogi as well...loved these stories...

Kid is my Idol. R.I.P

Johnny Bench and Yogi should’ve had a show. Watching Berra here, you can feel that old yankee magic.

I was a catcher from little league through college. Wore Yogi’s number throughout

Tim would of been beside himself with the 2020 Buffalo Bills. He loved his Bills something fierce.

Speaking of the "war". Yogi was at Normandy. He actually did get wounded, but never submitted the Purple Heart paperwork because he didn't want his mother to worry upon her getting the notification telegram.

For years, Yogi hit .400 after the 7th inning.

Great interview!

The void left behind by the untimely passing of Tim Russert, the “Everyman” of broadcasters, remains unfilled to this day. Pity.

I love listening to these guys tell baseball stories!

Great insight into the game of baseball from a catcher's perspective!

Great interview! As a Yankees Fan, as much as I hated Fisk and the Red Sox, I truly admire his greatness in his career, errr, especially as a Yankee killer, and the physical sufferings that he as well as all the other catchers had to endure throughout their careers. I put them right up there, just behind Policemen, Military Men and Firemen. Also, the sadness that sunk in when they felt they were no longer able to play the game. It wasn't all about the money. It was about the love of the game for all of these guys!

johnny bench...second to none...PERIOD..

Greatest interview ever

Pudge talking about the Neon Deion incident kept referencing the Red Sox/Yankee rivalry but when that actually happened he was no longer playing for Boston, he was with the White Sox at that time.

Fiske had to catch two of the most interesting characters in pro baseball (besides Dizzy Dean and Yogi)- Bill "Spaceman" Lee and Luis Tiant. I'm not sure how he dealt with those personalities, much less controlled them! Ooops, I forgot about Mark "The Bird" Fidrych!

Kudos to a great video I had not seen. As a former Catcher of 28 years I could have sat with them and engaged with every one of them...