Agree 100%, big Harmon, took Sandy deep

why so they could run around and fan each other with towels and do interviews during the game

they should. There are many fans like me that are sick of the politics that has infested mlb/nba/nfl. Something normal and wholesome like this would be good for the game.

"Politics" LOL

@@fatsmagoo63 you find it funny? Ballplayers are entertainers. You want to kneel, walk out, or protest? Do it on your time.

For an old man that really was a strong and pretty swing. I thought the same thing when they showed the slow motion replay of it

@@Sludgehammer138 KIllebrew was hardly an 'old man' here..he was 48.

@@willshad he looked older

@@willshad Wasn't Julio Franco 49 when he finally finished in MLB?

HK= Old school power 💪

Willie Mays homeruns with the Mets

Search KZfaq you can find the full game

@@johnfarr2738 I did find the entire game a little while after I posted that. What a great era of baseball heroes.

great observation!

Probably using sticky stuff

@@JackieDaytona1776 LMAO imagine someone using sticky stuff at an Old Timers game tbh it's baseball, I 100% could see it, haha

Love that swing from Harmon Killibrew ! You can tell he's older and heavier and kinda walks and runs like a heavier older man, but that swing was still awesome, like he was still in the majors !!

@@MrManfly I was thinking the same thing. That profile shot of his swing makes it easy to see why he hit almost 600 homers.

Him and Peyton Manning

Is it true that Sandy did not pitch in high school or play baseball most years? Thats really cool though!

@@spcooper94 Yes, I believe that's true. He started out on the basketball team and played first base. I think he started pitching on an outside league. Unfortunately, my dad is no longer alive to gather any information or stories from him.

And go at least 7 full innings

get your own material that joke is older than Koufax.

@@RWildekrav66There are more factors that go into starters pitching less innings than you think.

The ephus!!!!😂

@@turtle19dad That was beautiful - perfect

They had the hall of fame classic about a month ago

Etchebarren was the last batter Koufax faced in his MLB career. He hit into an inning ending double play in game 2 of the ‘66 World Series. Koufax was betrayed by his outfield in that game - Tommy Davis committed three errors in one inning, and then he and Ron Fairly let a routine fly ball drop for a weird Frank Robinson triple. The Orioles completed their sweep before Koufax had a chance to pitch again.

Sandy would do that.

Where was this?

@@SSNESSI’m pretty sure this was at RFK stadium. The old home of the senators. They had the games there for a handful of years.

He was that modest despite the incredible talent he possessed

The people who played baseball in the 1800s were often about as far removed from gentlemen as can be. It’s similar to the fiction that “back in the good old days, players played for love of the game. Now it’s all about money.” People who were pros always played for love of the game but more so for money. Just like today. Back in the good old days were the 1919 White Sox. Their love of the game was so intense that they took money to blow the World Series. They didn’t earn much? Entirely because the owners owned them. Now they don’t, so they have to pay people who bring in millions and millions dollars in revenue their fair share of those millions. The guys of the past would have done the exact same thing. Shoeless Joe Jackson couldn’t sign his own name. He played great but still took the gamblers’ money. Ty Cobb was a notorious non- gentleman. Babe Ruth too. And they were the greatest.

@@haroldsteinblatt2567 Look up people who play by 1860s rules. You'll find videos here on KZfaq. No overhand pitching. No gloves. No leagues, baseball was played on the local level. And no owners.

Every sport needs to do this more often

I envy you.

I remember this writer writing. Younger players: thick hair and thin bellies. Older players: the opposite.

After that game Mantle said, "I can see how he won 25 games. What I don't understand is how he lost five".

I believe it was Yogi Berra who made that comment about Koufax. What Mantle said, after Koufax fanned him, was: "Yeah, like anybody can hit that shit."@@joebarr725

@@joebarr725 I think Yogi said that but maybe I'm wrong.

@@victorblock3421 It was in fact Yogi who said it.

Harmon Killebrew was the definition of "Power Hitter" in his prime.

He was born June 29, 1936 so he was 48 or 49.

I've seen some other older guys mash in these games - I think the wrist speed is one of the last things to go.

..... and Koufax and Killebrew faced each other in the 1965 World Series ....

Heck, Gibson hit his former roommate who was traded to another team in the first appearance between the two. Gibson was telling him "we aren't roommates anymore"

Actually it was this exact game, lol.

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Me too!

"Was" is correct. The game is virtually unwatchable these days.

He threw BP for the Dodgers in the '81 Series and had to be told to slow it down as his pitches were in the mid-80s.

U should read the acct bout Koufax throwin real batting practice to Dodgers before Game 1 of 77 WS. They said they had to get him out of there cause Dodger hitters weren’t hittin jack!

Yes....even in this game, when he did throw a "fast" ball, look how it still exploded forward, just before reaching the plate.

You mean WILL do

@@ElectricScooterMan those pitching mechanics still looked beautiful

Koufax was diagnosed with Traumatic Arthritis as you probably know when he retired. It's just a theory that TJ Surgery might've helped him but it's never been proven that he tore his UCL in later studies.

@@spcooper94 Right. Highly unlikely TJ would have done him any good.

Back, back, back...... Hey! Hey!

Weeeee!

😂

He worked at it. Running/jogging a few miles a day all these years.

Another Dodger could have had that honor: If Kershaw weren’t absolute poison in the postseason I would say that he is. But Sandy was always clutch in the postseason. So I agree with you.

I was gonna say the hard ones he threw looked about 80 they had a little pop

@@jnolette1030 Definitely. He was not throwing lollipops up there like most of the old timers do. I think he got up into the mid-eighties on a few of those.

Koufax was working for the Dodgers...1977 WS against the Yankees. They ask Sandy to throw some BP before the game...he trots out to the mound...they can't hit him...they can't get the ball out of the batting cage!!! He's striking out the Dodgers! Someone from the Dodgers goes out to the mound and gets him off the field! They're having a batting slump against a guy who hadn't pitched since the 1966 WS!!! I will take a PRIME Koufax...(1961-1966) over anyone!!!

@@beatlejim64 Steve Sax mentioned having trouble against him in the batting cage this would have been maybe 1980?

@@jnolette1030 Sax didn't debut until 1981. But I guess its possible that he faced Koufax in Spring Training in '80 while he was a minor leaguer. Either that or you're slightly off on the year it took place.

@@beatlejim64 that is a very true story! Also Koufax was always at Dodgertown in Vero Beach in Spring…I saw him uniform once when I went there He was an incredible pitcher, the Count Dracula of pitching

@@jnolette1030 Yeah, he was wrong. It was 1981.