Leo Durocher remembers the NY Giants' Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World"

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7 жыл бұрын

Leo tells us what he told Bobby Thomson before he batted against Ralph Branca in the 9th inning of the final game of the 1951 National League playoff series.

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@WillyMickyDuke 3 жыл бұрын

I love the way Mickey says '250' referring to ridiculous short porch at the Polo Grounds and then Hank Aaron chuckles at the joke

@matta7739 3 жыл бұрын

Leo was one of the greatest!

@EphSBGGSO Жыл бұрын

The one detail Leo got out of sequence was that Monte Irvin popped out after Mueller’s single…..after Irvin’s out, Lockman hit his double.

@COACHINHBALL 2 жыл бұрын

Leo the Lip... what a Legend.

@Brooklyn3955 4 жыл бұрын

Great story about the game that legitimizes the Pennant in each League as an accomplishment. Great seeing Hank there with Mickey as well.

@swalterstennis 2 жыл бұрын

I LOVE the stories by my childhood heroes! Durocher and Mantle tell the best stories. Henry Aaron is such a gentleman letting the others speak so much. It’s an awesome video. Thanks.

@acousticshadow4032 Жыл бұрын

They didn't call him "Leo the Lip" for nuthin'! 😆

@TheBatugan77 4 жыл бұрын

Most of you don't know this... Both Leo and the Mick wore #7 for the Yankees.

@MrRufusRToyota 2 жыл бұрын

That was very generous of Leo to play at a level that the number wouldn’t be retired.

@paultheaudaciousbradford6772 2 жыл бұрын

@@MrRufusRToyota Well, of course! Leo prided himself on being a “nice guy” as we all know.

@leobrussel9471 2 жыл бұрын

My first awareness of Durocher when I was a kid were his apoesrances, as himself, on Mr. Ed as well as the Munsters.

@PatHouseworth Жыл бұрын

He also was on the Beverly Hillbillies when he was recruiting Max Bear to pitch for the LA Dodgers...

@leobrussel9471 Жыл бұрын

@@PatHouseworth Oh yeah.

@paultheaudaciousbradford6772 2 жыл бұрын

Good clip. I’d love to watch the whole show.

@pianopappy 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Paul, for your comment. I just posted the entire show as it aired on the "Decades' broadcast channel about five years ago, minus their commercials. I didn't post it until now; because, I had planned to transfer the original PBS broadcasts from the VHS cassette that I used to record it back in 1979. PBS broadcast it in three half-hour segments, with no commercials--which means the whole program lasted 90 minutes. This rebroadcast version runs only 67 minutes. Apparently, Decades made lots of cuts so they could fit in their commercials. I still hope to digitize the original PBS shows and upload them. However, both of my VCRs are on the fritz;. so we'll have to make do with this for the time being: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l8iRmtJm2b--lIE.html

@johnconway9882 Жыл бұрын

Legend. Seems like wherever he played or coached history happened. Member of the famed Gashouse Gang.

@TheOGSticks11 11 ай бұрын

That Cardinals team rivals the Murderer's row club and I don't care what anyone says. That's when they became the NL's premier squad, really have stayed that way. Fight me Dodger fan.

@scottodonnell7121 2 ай бұрын

One of the great trivia questions: Who was on deck when Bobby Thompson hit that home run? Willie Mays.

@taylorchandler7058 Ай бұрын

And Willie said he was the last guy on home plate after Bobby hit the home run. He didn’t realize the game was over.😂

@thewkovacs316 8 ай бұрын

leo put together the first all african american of in the majors with mays, thompson and irving he was a brilliant baseball manager

@EphSBGGSO Жыл бұрын

My dad got Leo’s autograph for me and my brother at a trade show many years ago,

@pianopappy 2 жыл бұрын

This clip is from a rebroadcast, by the over-the-air "Decades" channel, of an edited version of three half-hour shows that aired on PBS in 1979. You can watch the complete "Decades" version at: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l8iRmtJm2b--lIE.html

@garygiampa2557 6 жыл бұрын

Hi great players

@tedjob21 10 ай бұрын

My dad said my grandfather threw a hammer through the window when this happened.

@GiuseppeVerdiLodge 4 жыл бұрын

How about the telescope in the clubhouse stealing signs ???

@mikeforte7585 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah when does he get to the part where they stole the signs from the catcher??...

@northover 3 жыл бұрын

That fact has taken a little luster off “the shot heard ‘round the world”.

@ernestpassaro9663 2 жыл бұрын

Yes the giants cheated their way to the pennant !

@willdrucker4291 7 жыл бұрын

I recognize Dick Cavett, the Mick, Henry Aaron, and Leo....but who's the last guy in the blue suit?....Duke Snider??

@pianopappy 6 жыл бұрын

Tom Gorman (1919 - 1986), National League umpire from 1951 to 1976 (per Wikipedia)

@curtlewis2795 6 жыл бұрын

Gorman also had a cup of coffee with the Giants in the late 30s. A pitcher, I think

@bucksdiaryfan 4 жыл бұрын

How the hell did Dressen bring in Branca to face Thomson when Thomson took him yard last time they faced off?

@pianopappy 4 жыл бұрын

Dodgers right-hander Carl Erskine was on a PBS program hosted by Curt Gowdy, along with Branca, Thomson, Don Newcome, Durocher and some others. On that program, Erskine remembered that he was also warming up in the ninth, along side Branca. When Dressen called the bullpen coach to find out who was ready to come in, the coach said, "Erskine just bounced a curve." Erskine went on to say (with a smile), "That was the best curve ball I ever threw."

@smug8567 5 жыл бұрын

I think in the end Leo declined on signing Cavet because he said Mr. Omalley wouldn't want to pay for the inevitable damage to stadium from Cavets dumb voice

@pianopappy 5 жыл бұрын

Leo declined on signing Dick Cavett for what?

@smug8567 5 жыл бұрын

@@pianopappy 3rd base

@MrAitraining 5 жыл бұрын

Fail

@GGE47 4 жыл бұрын

A lot better story than the second place Nationals winning the w.s. No divisions, no wildcards. The 1951 Giants won an incredible pennant race and these playoffs were part of the regular season since it was for the National League Pennant. The drama of that pennant race overshadowed the World Series. Willy Mays for the Giants and Mickey Mantle for the Yankees were in their first World Series as rookies. Joe DiMaggio was in his last as he was retiring. Yankees won in 6 but nobody pays any attention to that. What real baseball fans understand and today's "fans" don't understand. As much as I hate to say it, they just don't play a World Series anymore. Not a true blue World Series. They have really cheapened the sport and it takes an eternity to play a game. This game was played in 2 hours and 28 minutes. I looked at the box score. THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT!! THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT!!

@GGE47 4 жыл бұрын

That is the 2nd place Nationals, not the 1st place Nationals. How phony can you get ?

@TheBatugan77 4 жыл бұрын

@@GreatDarkWing0491 You sound like a turd. 💩

@mikeforte7585 4 жыл бұрын

@@GGE47 it's unwatchable because it's all about money...money...money...

@GGE47 4 жыл бұрын

@@mikeforte7585 You left out money, money, money mooooney. MOOOOOOOOONY like the Ojays sang in their song.

@GGE47 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheBatugan77 This system is more like Little League than big league. Why don't they just have single game elimination and be done with it ? At least in Little League, they can play in a reasonable time. That is not enough to feed your habit, so they should add more teams like that idiotic wild card game in each league before the playing starts. Always quantity over quality and don't think all of these unnecessary games ruins the quality of the game.

@PatHouseworth Жыл бұрын

Mickey was my favorite player growing up, nobody else even close, but it appears he was a few drinks into the wind when this was broadcast live...still great stuff with Great Players and Leo the Lip...

@ThekiBoran 2 жыл бұрын

Too bad for the Giants the Yankees were in the middle of their 5-peat in 1951.

@johnnyreed8537 2 жыл бұрын

Durocher said he called Newcombe everything he could think of. I hope none of those were racist remarks. Early 50's, who knows?

@COACHINHBALL 2 жыл бұрын

Of course he called him racist stuff...but remember Durocher stood up for Jackie Robinson.

@PatHouseworth Жыл бұрын

You can bet he did, they men, not wimps back then...

@mayhemjr.803 Жыл бұрын

@COACHINHBALL Leo also was very fond of Willie Mays. Mays himself called Leo his " second father"

@ernestpassaro9663 2 жыл бұрын

He also stole babe Ruth’s watch !

@deepcosmiclove 4 ай бұрын

Yeah Babe was drunk one night, lost his watch to some ho and blamed Leo.

@mcgurkryans 3 жыл бұрын

0:42... kinda ironic Leo directs his story of calling Don Newcombe "everything" (probably racial s#it) to the guy who likely received the most vile racial s#it) when he was chasing Babe Ruth.

@kevinmiller1985 4 жыл бұрын

The Giants didn't win the 1951 pennant, they stole it.

@mikeforte7585 3 жыл бұрын

The managers for the Astros Red Sox and Mets were all fired and most likely drummed out of baseball...while Leo went to the HOF...go figure!

@fr.joeobrien3678 2 жыл бұрын

Giants won 33 of their last 40 games to force a playoff. Must have been a little talent involved, too?

@8avexp 2 жыл бұрын

@@mikeforte7585 Leo was inducted posthumously. His 1947 suspension for associating with gamblers was probably why.

@mikeforte7585 2 жыл бұрын

@@8avexp I agree....I have met Leo great guy....a real treasure!

@ernestpassaro9663 2 жыл бұрын

I heard Leo was a real dick!

@vsdube 3 жыл бұрын

Jeez Louezz...Deroucher is annoying just describing the play. You would have thought Leo hit the dinger. I am a Giant fan and I still wish Newcombe punched his lights out after the name calling. What a tool.